(1156.) BENJAMINE KEYS HIATT (401.) (81.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b 28-5mo-1821 (or 7-10mo-1828 ?)., Surry Co., NC. (or Wayne Co., Indiana?).; d, 1895 in Indiana; m. (1st). 1850, Randolph Co., Indiana, to DINA HINSHAW, d/o Thomas and Hannah (Pickett). Hinshaw; b. 11-11mo-1826, Randolph Co., NC.; m. (2nd). in Surry Co., NC, c1877-80, to (2928.) ELIZABETH BARKER, d/o Wyatt and Matilda (Hiatt). Barker; b. c1855, Surry Co., NC. To Indiana c1880. (Elizabeth Barker was a first cousin once removed to Benjamin Keys Hiatt Dinah Hinshaw was a grand-aunt to my wife - editor.) There were no children by either marriageWhite River Minutes (Randolp Co., Indiana).: Benjamin K Hiatt (of Poplar Run). at liberty 7-9mo-1850 to marry Dinah Hinshaw; marriage reported 16-10mo-1850. (R81).
Marborough Mo. Mtg, Randolph Co., NC.:
17-11mo-1875 - Benjamin K Hiatt received on certificate from Hickles Creek Mo. Mtg, Hamilton Co., Indiana - editor.) (R45).In 1946 Mattie Hiatt (of Springville, Utah). wrote: “There is a large tribe of the descendants of Jesse Hiatt and Julia Taylor down here in Payson, and many of their close relatives live at Mt. Airy, Surry Co., North Carolina.
“For many years we tried to connect our genealogy, finally after the book of Hinshaw’s (R45). came to the Library, I requested that some of the Family come over and see if I couldn’t find their ancestry, as I had some copied into family groups all the Hiatts (as well as my Stouts and Hobsons, etc.) that were in the Record. The eldest man of the tribe, Frank Edmund Hiatt (see No. (2935.) - editor)., come over Sun. July 31st 1938 and this is what he told me, saying that he wished to tell me what he knew before I said anything: ‘ A William Hiatt deeded land to Charles and Jesse Hiatt, this Jesse Hiatt was my grandfather, and the William Hiatt may have been the father, and Charles may have been a brother of Jesse. However, Charles later sold his land, deeded to him by this William, to my grandfather Jesse and went ‘wet’ I was born on this land because it later came to my father, and I have handled and seen this deed’
“Well, I knew that the only Charles Hiatt I had seen in all the North Carolina records which Hinshaw had compiled was the son of William Hiatt.... This Charles had married mary Keyes and they had 2 children on record, a daughter Elizabeth and a son Benjamin Keyes Hiatt... So as a pot shot I asked Frank Hiatt if he had ever known a Benjamin Keyes Hiatt. He looked postively startled! And replied ‘Yes, why?’ I then asked if he knew what the relationship of this Benjamin Keyes Hiatt was to himself, and he answered, that this man had told him that he (Benjamin K). was a cousin to thy father were brothers. In going on telling of this said Benjamin Keyes Hiatt he (Frank). said that this man worked at the farm of his father-in-law, while he (Frank). was courting one of the farmer’s daughters who later became his wife (Frank’s). and that this Benjamin Keyes Hiatt, although years older, had also wanted the same girl. So we have proof of this tribe, and it is a vast one.” (R124). (This incident took place in 1877 in Surry Co., NC., on the farm of Zachery Hutchens. (See No. (2935.) Mattie Hiatt’s Great-grandfather, Reuben Hiatt, was a first cousin to Jesse Hiatt, grandfather of Frank Edmund Hiatt - editor.)
(2928.) ELIZABETH BARKER (1157.) (402.) (81.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 1855; m. (1156.) BENJAMIN KEYS HIATT. (See No. (1156.) ).
(1155.) ELIZABETH HIATT (401.) (81.) (11.) (2.) (1.):
b. 28-5mo-1821 (or 7-10mo-1828?)., Surry Co., NC
(1599.) JESSE MILLS (591.) (145.) (22.) (3.) (1.):
m. at Cherry Grove, Randolph Co., Indiana, 19-10mo-1836, to ELIZABETH THOTNBURGH, d/o Joseph and Rachel (---). Thornburgh.