John Thomas Hipp

M, b. 11 January 1843, d. 22 August 1909
John Thomas Hipp|b. 11 Jan 1843\nd. 22 Aug 1909|p402.htm|Samuel Leonidas Hipp Sr.|b. 21 Jul 1814\nd. 18 Jul 1846|p451.htm|Meeky East|b. 21 Dec 1814\nd. 1 Feb 1874|p400.htm|George Hipp|b. c 1760|p715.htm|Margaret __?__|b. c 1770|p755.htm|William East|b. c 1771|p449.htm|Elizabeth __?__|b. c 1785|p450.htm|
     John Thomas Hipp was born 11 January 1843 in Laurens District, South Carolina.1,2 He was the son of Samuel Leonidas Hipp Sr. and Meeky East. Conflicting evidence states that John was born on 17 January 1843.3 The census of 1 June 1850 enumerated on 30 July 1850 in Laurens District, South Carolina, listed John "Hipp" as a 5-year-old residing with Meeky Hipp.4 The census of 1 June 1860 enumerated on 6 August 1860 in the Antoine post office area of Missouri Township, Pike County, Arkansas, listed J. T. Hipps as a 17-year-old residing with Meeky Hipps.5 He began military service in 1862 in Arkansas; in the 19th Arkansas Volunteers of the Confederate Army.6 He served in the military during the Civil War; the Confederate Army
     John was wounded and captured at Arkansas Post, 1 Jan 1863, and carried to St. Louis, MO. He was exchanged at City Point, VA in June 1863 and was in the Army of the Tennessee the rest of the war. He took part in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, New Hope, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Franklin, and Nashville, having been in Pat Cleburne's division of Hardee's corps.6
He married Lucinda Frances Dickson on 25 November 1869 in Pike County, Arkansas..6
The census of 1 June 1870 enumerated on 5 August 1870 in the Huddleston post office area of Missouri Township, Pike County, Arkansas, listed the following:
John T. Hipp, 29-year-old head of household, a farm laborer.7
Lucinda F. "Hipp", 18-year-old.7

The census of 1 June 1880 enumerated on 16 June 1880 in Missouri Township, Pike County, Arkansas, listed the following:
John T. Hipp, 36-year-old head of household, a farmer.8
Lucinda F. "Hipp", 26-year-old wife.8
Mary E. "Hipp", 10-year-old daughter.8
James O. "Hipp", 7-year-old son.8

On 27 April 1885 John Thomas Hipp homesteaded 80 acres of land in Township 9 South, Range 24 West, Section 8, Pike County, Arkansas,
"... the east half of the north east quarter of section eight in township nine south of range twenty four west of the Fifth Principal Me in Arkansas containing eighty acres ..."9

The census of 1 June 1900 enumerated on 26 June 1900 in Saline Township, Pike County, Arkansas, listed the following:
John T. Hipp, 57-year-old head of household, a farmer, married 30 years.10
Frances "Hipp", 46-year-old wife, married 30 years with 1 child who was still living.10
John "Hipp", 14-year-old son.10
His wife, Lucinda Frances Hipp, died on 28 December 1901 in Pike County, Arkansas.11 John Thomas Hipp married Buena V. McKinnon on 29 June 1904 in Pike County, Arkansas..12 John Thomas Hipp died on 22 August 1908 in Murfreesboro, Thompson Township, Pike County, Arkansas.11,2 Conflicting evidence states that John Thomas Hipp died on 22 August 1909.3 He was buried in the Billstown Cemetery, Billstown, Pike County, Arkansas.3

Children of John Thomas Hipp and Lucinda Frances Dickson

Citations

  1. [S214] Samuel Leonidas Hipp Family Bible.
  2. [S922] Research of Grace Case.
  3. [S4451] FindAGrave.com, Memorial # 20153510.
  4. [S278] 1850 U.S. Census, Laurens County, South Carolina, page 210A line 10 dwelling 119 family 119.
  5. [S279] 1860 U.S. Census, Pike County, Alabama, page 492 line 21 dwelling 383 family 383.
  6. [S213] History of Southern Arkansas by Goodspeed.
  7. [S227] 1870 U.S. Census, Pike County, Alabama, page 214 line 1 dwelling 27 family 22.
  8. [S306] 1880 U.S. Census, Pike County, Arkansas, ED 124 Sh 09 line 23 dwelling 83 family 83 page 438 A.
  9. [S1427] Bureau of Land Management, Homestead Certificate Number 3449.
  10. [S189] 1900 U.S. Census, Pike County, Arkansas, ED 91 Sh 17B line 99 dwelling 317 family 317 page 088 A.
  11. [S521] Research of Robert Hipp.
  12. [S292] Research of Sandra J. Lee Westbrook.
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