... 8. Howell, born March 5, 1758 and died c.1789; married Ann. There is another Howell Hines, born September 5, 1747, son of David Hines (died 1789), who was married in Sussex County, Virginia on August 21, 1777 to Nancy Collier, daughter of Sampson Collier, who should not be confused with the individual here being discussed. The birth of each Howell Hines is reported in Albemarle Parish Register, Surry & Sussex Counties, Virginia 1739-1778, by Richards, with the parents of each Howell listed, so there is no confusion as to which Howell belongs to which family. The only confusion that can arise is in the subsequent families. The will of this Howell Hines is filed in Southampton County, Virginia, dated November 4, 1789 and entered for record December 18, 1789, in which his family is named. Deed Book 4, page 349, in Southampton County, contains references to his wife Ann, and his children as well. The will reads partially, as follows:
Item: I give unto my beloved wife Ann Hines the use of all my lands during her natural life and after her death to be sold and the money arising therefrom to be equally divided among my children to wit Dolly C., Sarah and Elizabeth Hines, to them and their heirs...
Item: to my beloved wife Ann Hines for the support of herself and children Dolly C., Sarah and Elizabeth Hines during her widowhood the following negroes, viz, Moses, Tom, Ned, Anthony, Aggy, Cate, Fanny and Milly, all the household and kitchen furniture and plantation utensils, my bay horse named Ball, the choice of the stock of my cattle, all my stock of hogs omitting them which are to be fattened and all my stock of sheep, one thousand two hundred pounds of fat pork, one side beef, fifty barrells of corn and all my crop of pease, cotton and potatoes, all my old bacon and fresh provided she should marry, I then give her during her life the following negroes Aggy, Fanny and Milly and at her marriage I desire that Moses, Tom, Ned, Anthony and Cate be hired out and the money arising therefrom to be appropriated to the use of the above mentioned children...
Executors were Captain Josiah Vick and James Chappell. It was witnessed by Boling Hines, brother of Howell, and by James Chappell, who married his sister Sally, thus almost surely identifying this Howell Hines as the maker of the will. There is also a certain repetition of names among those of the slaves listed here in Howell's will, and in that of his father, William Hines, Jr. (1714). Howell's children were:
a. Dolly C. (or Polly C.), married in Greensville County, Virginia to Robert Dupree on August 16, 1797
b. Sarah
c. Elizabeth C. ...
