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Note N03532
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Sent by Mildred Wynes. See also pg. 298 of Some Quaker Families.
Daughter of George Haworth and Ann Hicks. The above books says that they are
both buried in the Hiattsville Cemetery, Appanoose Co., Ia. In 1845 moved to
Ia., settling at Hillsborough, Henry Co., Ia. In 1850 lived Taylor Twp.,
Appanoose Co., Ia. built the Hiattsville Store.
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Note N02204
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Sent by Kae HIATT Oatas. AF 12/5/92 From Aunt Evy ? Edward H. HIatt d. 17 Apr. 1940 and is buried as below. Buried in military section at Earlham Cemetery. From a History of the National Guard in Indiana (1787 - Spnanish American War) Call #977.2, 11213: A private in the S-A War, Campany F of Winchester National Guard if IN. a plasterer. Lived at 101 Williams (WR) and 808 n "G" St.
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Note N03589
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Marriage information sent by Marjorie Smith, found in North Carolina
Archives.
Some Quaker Families. On 5 Dec 1861 Zebulon recrq.
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Note N03611
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D/o Manlove Wheeler Jr. and Phoebe Beard.
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Note N00871
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A. Frank Hiatt was never married. Some Quaker Families page 95.
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Sent by William Hiatt, Westminster, Md. Surname maybe Swaim or Armfield.
Her obituary appeared in the Greensboro Patriot, August 1859
Died--- In this county, on the 20th inst., of typhoid fever, Sarah Hiatt,
widow of the late Christopher Hiatt, aged about 74 years. The home of this
venerable matron had been for many eyars the center of affection for adevoted
offspring, whose hearts and steps turned there, as the purest of earthly
shrines, when tired of the busy world. In her love, and counsels, and virtuous
examples, they were sure to find the safest guidance and the best encouragement
for the trials of this life, and for the way to the better world. may her
examples and her memory be blessed to her children and surviving neighbors, who
knew her intimately and loved her best.
Her obituary, like Christopher's gives little information and was probably a
piece used for many elderly women. Sarah is buried in New Garden Cemetary,
Guilford College. Her grave is located some distance from Christopher's. It
is rectangular in shape.
Sarah lived in Christopher's house until her death. After she died,
Nannie Letitia and her husband, William Patterson, lived in the house with Mary
Ann who never married. Elziabeth married Judge Isaac Thornburg on November 3,
1853 and did not inherit her share of her father's property (andif she had
children, they did not inherit any of the land). Perhaps she sold her portion
to Nannie Letitia. Mary Ann left her part of the estate, 96 acres to Nannie
Letitia. Nannie Letitia and her husband William Patterson apparently then
owned all of the estate. According to Christopher's will, if there were not
children, but the land did not revert. As late as 1908, the house is listed on
a map of Guilford County, as "Mrs. Patterson's home," and referred to as the
"Old Billy Patterson Place" in the 1938 newspaper article. After William
Patterson died, Nannie Letitia married Graham Hanner. The house may have gone
to William Patterson's relatives or to Graham Hanner's leaving Christopher's
children owning none of it. The house was torn down in the late 1930's by the
goverment for nonpayment of taxes.
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Sent by William Hiatt.
Christopher was born February 14, 1786, in the Guilford County area of
North Carolina. On November 17, 1808, when he was twenty-two years old, he
married Sarah Swaim, age Twenty-three (born sometime in 1785). Sarah was the
adopted daughter of Captain or Doctor Richard Swaim of Nantucket,
Massachusetts. Probably Richard was a ship's captain because there is a
reference to his having brought slaves to North Carolina from the Caribbean
Islands.
Christopher Hiatt was a farmer typical of many found in the Piedmont
section of North Carolina in the early days of America. There is no record of
his having owned slaves even though he may have owned a few men for field work
and women for household duties. Most of the farmers of the Piedmont were not
large slaveholders because their farms were not of the size which required
large numbers of workers, as did the plantations of the eastern seaboard.
Christopher raised food for his family and feed for his livestock. There is a
possibility that he raised horses because his son, John was involved in
breeding and selling horses, and in blacksmithing.
Christopher died October 9, 1849 at the age of 63 and is buried in New
Garden Cemetary, Guilford College, North Carolina. His obituary appeared in an
October 1849 issue of the Greensboro Patriot.
Died---In this county, the 9th inst., after a long illness, Christopher Hiatt,
int eh 64th year of his age. The deceased was a most worthy citizen. His
whole life was illustrated by a character without reproach, and his death was a
departure of peace, for he gave satisfactory evidence of preparation to meet
the great charge which was to usher him into the presence of his Maker and
Redeemer.
The obituary was probably a stock piece which was used for anyone. No
particulars of his life are given.
His gravestone is square in shape and larger at the top, somewhat like a
cross without the top piece. It bears his name with Sr. after the surname.
Nearby is the grave of his son Christopher Jr.
The will of Christopher Hiatt was made September 21, 1849 less than a
month before his death, October 9, 1849.
The Will of Christopher Hiatt
September 21, 1849
I, Christopher Hiatt of the State of North Carolina, and County of
Guilford, being in full possession of my mental faculties, but considering the
uncertainty of earthly existence, this 21st day of the ninth month, in the year
of our Lord, 1849, make by last Will and Testament in the manner and form
following:
Item 1st To my beloved wife, Sarah Hiatt, I will and bequeath my house where I
now reside, the tract containing 272 acres, more or less, to have and hold
during her natural life or widowhood, also in the same manner I bequeath to her
my farming toods, my wagon and carriage, my horses and sheep, household and
kitchen furniture, my smith and saddler's tools, and any other personal
property, all of which she is to hold during the time of her natural life or
widowhood.
Item 2nd To my three daughters, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, and Letitia, I leave
my house as a home, and they and each of them, so long as they remain single,
are entitled to a support cojointly with and other property; and upon the death
or remarriage of my wife, the above tract of land and tenements, together with
the above mentioned property shall be divided between my three daughters, the
said Elizabeth, Mary Ann, and Letitia, the survivor or survivors and their
heirs.
Item 3rd All of the bonds due me, together with all the cash on hand and
satisfying the other parts of my will, shall be equally divided between my
wife, Sarah Hiatt, and my three daughter, Elizabeth, Mary Ann and Letitia.
Item 4th. I bequeath an acre of ground on which the public school district
22 stands for the use of the public school, as long as the school is kept up.
I also grant to said school the privilege of using water from the spring near
it.
Item 5th. To my grandson, Christopher Gilmer Hiatt, son of Joab, I bequeath
25 Dollars.
Item 6th. To my three sons, Nathan, John, and Joab I bequeath five
dollards. I leave Cyrus Mendenhall and John A. Gilmer Executors of this
esate.
Codicil:
My meaning as to the manner in which I wish the property on the death or
remarriage of my wife, is that if either of my daughters dies before the time
of division, then the property is to belong to the survivors, but should they
died, leave children, the children are to stand in the name of the dead parent.
Christopher Hiatt
9th month, 22nd 1849
An analysis of the will shows that Christopher owned only 272 acres of the
original tract 640 acres having given or sold pieces of the land to his sons
John and Nathan. There is no record of Joab's ownign land in the area.
Perhaps Christopher disinherited Joab and remembered only Joab's son,
Christopher Gilmer, by giving him $25.00 and excluding his other grandchildren.
Christopher's wife Sarah died at age 74 on August 20, 1859 during an
epidemic of typhoid fever.
Two of Christopher's sons, John and Nathan, each received portions of land
belonging to the original 640 acre tract when they married. Nathan's portion
was northeast of Christopher's home in the section now called Pomona where he
built a house. on January 20, 1835 he married Mary W. Short, by hwom he had
five children.
Three of Nathan's 5 children who died in August and September of 1859 all
succumbed to typhoid fever, as did Nathan's mother Sarah, who died the same day
as her grandson, William C. Hiatt.
The obituaries of William C. Hiatt and Letitia Jane Hiatt are listed in
the Greensboro Patriot, August 1859. Nathan's other daughter Martha married a
man with the surname Kellog.
Nathan planted an orchard on his farm and developed an interest in
grafting and pruning. After his death in the 1870's his son Joseph G. Hiatt
moved in 1878 to Indiana. The farm and the orchard were sold to the Lindley
Family which continued to develop the orchard that eventually became Lindley
Nurseries. When Joseph G. Haitt moved to Indiana, he took plants, shrubs and
fruit graftings.
There are many Hiatt families living in Indiana and the possibility exists
that they are descendants of Joseph G. Hiatt.
Joab Caldwell Hiatt, Christopher's second son, married Thankful
Gillespie in 1838. they lived in Greensboro in a large house at the
intersection of Summit Avenue and Davie Street across from the Presbyterian
Church ( nwo the Greensboro Historcial Museum). On January 24, 1839 twins were
born to Thankful. One twin died at birth when Thankful died, and the other twin
died February 1, 1839. The twins are buried in Thankful's arms in Buffalo
Presbyterian Church cemetary. Joab Caldwell's second wife was Julia Ann
(Surname unknown) who was born November 3, 1823 and died May 8, 1848 by whom
Joab Caldwell had two children:
Christopher Gilmer Hiatt and Samuel Hiatt. On November 15, 1851 Joab
Caldwell married his third wife, Mary Brent.