Larkin Hitt (abt. 1785 - aft. 1850)

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Census

1810 Laurens Co., South Carolina ^[1]
Larkin Hitt 20100 -- 00011; 2 slaves
male female
2 <10
10-15
1 16-25
26-44 1
>45 1

He is in the sequence Curtis Cearnal, Larkin Hitt, x, Benja Hitt Sen'r, 5x, David Hitt, Henry Hitt, x, Lewis Ball. The older female is probably his widowed mother.

1820 Laurens Co., South Carolina ^[2]
Larkin Hitt 000110 --- 20110; 2 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
<10 2
10-16
16-18
1 16-26 1
1 26-45 1
>45

1830 Laurens Co., South Carolina; pg 203 ^[3]
Larkin Hitt 2000001 -- 121101; no slaves
male female
2 < 5 1
5-10 2
10-15 1
15-20 1
20-30
30-40 1
1 40-50
50-60
60-70 </pre>

He is next to his first cousin Reuben Hitt and 3 entries away from his uncle Lazarus Hitt.

1840 Laurens Co., South Carolina ^[4]
Larkin Hitt 20200001 -- 001211; 3 in manufactures; no slaves; 1 deaf & mute, 14-24
male female
2 < 5
5-10
2 10-15 1
15-20 2
20-30 1
30-40 1
40-50
1 50-60
60-70

He is next to his first cousin Reubin Hitt.

1850 Laurens Co., South Carolina ^[5]
17/17
Larkin Hitt 65 M SC $-- Cooper
Martha Hitt 24 F SC
Reubin Hitt 22 M SC $-- Cooper
James Hitt 20 M SC $-- Cooper
Hamilton Hitt 10 M SC
Patrick Hitt 13 M SC

In the Slave Schedule he has no slaves.

Land

On March 7, 1825 Larkin Hitt of Laurens District, South Carolina sold to Thomas Hitt of the same place for $306 that plantation of 102 acres on which he was then living situated in Laurens District on Bank's Creek. According to a plat it adjoins land already owned by Thomas. The deed is signed Larkin Hitt, and the witnesses are John W. Moore, Marshall Pollard and John Hitt. (Laurens Co. Deed Records M/64)

Bethabara Baptist Church

On page 4 of the Minutes of the Bethabara Baptist Church in Laurens Co., SC (LDS microfilm 22728) Larkin Hitt is the 34th entry in the list of male members. This list was probably created in 1805 and then later added on to. To the right of his name: "Recv'd by experience August 8, 1818 Excommunicated Feb 1825". On July 8, 1820 he was chosen as Church Clerk.

September 7, 1822: "The church tollerated brother Larkin Hitt to exercise a publick gift within the bounds of the church"

On May 10, 1823 he was delegated to cite another member to a meeting and then on February 12, 1825: "In Conference Excluded Larkin Hitt and Nancy Clark".

Military

According to Fold3 and Ancestry, Larkin Hitt was a private in Tucker's Reg't in South Carolina, during the War of 1812. No additional information found.

Wives

Larkin was about 25 years old in 1810, and it appears that he already had 2 young sons. His youngest son Hamilton was born about 1840. Larkin must have had 2 wives. In 1860 a widow P. Hitt (60, SC) is living in Laurens Co. (post office Cross Hill) in the household of Wm. Lindsey, a tailor. It is tempting to think that she is Larkins's second wife, but she is not in the 1850 census.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-9FW : Sat Mar 09 18:31:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Larkin Hitt, 1810.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-ZTG : Fri Mar 08 17:08:50 UTC 2024), Entry for Larkin Hill, 1820.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5S-D92 : Sat Mar 09 11:24:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Larkin Hitt, 1830.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRY-WYM : Sun Mar 10 17:17:00 UTC 2024), Entry for Larkin Hitt, 1840.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QJ-VF7 : Sun Mar 10 11:45:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Larkin Hitt and Martha Hitt, 1850.