bullet Elijah HEWITT was born in 1803 in Jones Co., NC. He appeared on the census in 1840 in Jones Co., NC. p. 291: 1 M 30-40, 5 slaves. He appeared on the census in 1850 in Jones Co., NC. White Oak District, p. 115. He appeared on the census in 1860 in Jones Co., NC. White Oak District, p. 969. He died after 1860. Parents: Rigdon HEWITT and Prudence SIMMONS.

bullet Elijah HEWITT(47) was born in 1843/44 in Onslow Co., NC. Parents: Caleb Smith HEWITT and Louisa HEWITT.

bullet Eliza C. HEWITT was born in 1845. Parents: Isaac HEWITT (P?) and Clarissey.

She married to J. J. HUFFMAN on 13 Mar 1866 in Onslow Co., NC.

bullet Elizabeth HEWITT Parents: Thomas HEWITT and Elizabeth WHITEHURST.

bullet Elizabeth HEWITT was born about 1834 in AL. Parents: John HEWITT and Ann (Anna) YOUNG.

She married to Obediah Jr SLAYTON on 28 Dec 1853 in Elyton, Jefferson Co., AL.

bullet Elizabeth "Betsy" HEWITT was born about 1805 in Rutherford Co Tn ?. She died between 1861 and 1870 in Winn Parish (Near) Goodwater La.??. Parents: Goldsmith Whitehouse HEWITT and Nancy Jane KIRKMAN .

She married to Jesse CUNNINGHAM on 26 Jun 1823 in Jefferson Co., AL. Children were: John T. CUNNINGHAM , Sarah Ann CUNNINGHAM, Goldsmith Whitehouse (aka Geo. Wash.) CUNNINGHAM, Leander J. CUNNINGHAM, Elizabeth A. CUNNINGHAM , William R. CUNNINGHAM.

bullet Elizabeth Ann HEWITT was born on 14 Aug 1836 in Elyton, Jefferson Co., AL. She died on 18 Aug 1852 in Elyton, Jefferson Co., AL. Parents: James Highnight HEWITT and Eleanor "Ellen" Martha TARRANT.

bullet Ellen Jane HEWITT was born in 1838 in Elyton, Jefferson Co., AL. unclear 1860 census Jefferson Co Al

#112 Elizabeth Ayres 38 Al, mary A Ayres 15 Al, Francis M
Ayres12 Al, Jane Hewitt 21 Al, nancy A 10 Al, Mary 8 Al Parents: Goldsmith Whitehouse HEWITT Jr and Anna TARRANT .

She married to Francis L. NEAVES on 26 Jul 1860 in Jefferson Co., AL.

bullet Ellener HEWITT died after Jan 1809. Parents: John HEWITT Jr. and Hannah PITTS.

bullet Elmira Eldene HEWITT (Private). Parents: William T. HEWITT and Lorena Cumine ALFORD.

She married to Bruce MCBRIDE on 19 Jan 1939.

bullet Emily HEWITT(48) was born in 1824 in Jones Co., NC. She died about 1855 in Carteret Co., NC. Parents: Rigdon HEWITT and Nancy PITTS.

She married to John WEEKS about 1842. Children were: Alexander G. WEEKS, Samuel R. WEEKS, Alonza Winfield WEEKS, Catherine WEEKS, Edward Grayham WEEKS, Nicholas C. WEEKS, Elijah WEEKS.

bullet Emma HEWITT was born on 4 Jun 1899 in Pawnee Jefferson Co Ala. She died on 15 Jun 1992 in Bessemer, Jefferson Co., AL. She was buried in Highland Memorial Gardens, Bessemer, AL. Parents: John James HEWITT and Ida Elector PRAYTOR.

She married to Oklahoma H. TOWER on 15 May 1920 in Birmingham, AL.

bullet Ethel HEWITT Parents: John Monroe HEWITT and Helena BENNETT.

bullet Ethel B. HEWITT was born on 30 Sep 1867 in Lowndes Co., GA. She died on 5 Jul 1897 in FL. Parents: John Jasper HEWITT and Martha "Mattie" DAMPIER.

She married to Edward A. BUCKLES on 6 Sep 1891. Children were: Leonard "Sam" BUCKLES, Madge BUCKLES , Arden BUCKLES.

bullet Ethel E. HEWITT Parents: Rigdon Pitts HEWITT Jr..

bullet Ethel Janie HEWITT Parents: John (Johnnie) F. HEWITT and Annie WEBB.

She married to Joe SHINER. Children were: Eloise SHINER, Bill SHINER, J. W. SHINER.

bullet Etta Jeanette HEWITT was born on 7 Nov 1870 in NC. (49) She died on 23 Oct 1948 in Norfolk, VA. Parents: Caleb Smith HEWITT and Sallie MELTON.

She married to Henry E. MORTON on 1 May 1892 in Hubert, NC. (50) Queens Creek Methodist Church

bullet Eugene HEWITT Parents: Bion HEWITT and Pearl BYRD.

bullet Eula Louis HEWITT (Private). Parents: Clarence Floyd "Slim" HEWITT and Beaulah RUTHERFORD .

bullet Eulah Lois HEWITT was born on 2 Feb 1910. She died on 27 Jan 1973 in (Near) Clairmore Ok. She was buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, OK. Parents: William T. HEWITT and Lorena Cumine ALFORD.

She married to Leonard DILLINGHAM on 11 May 1929 in Madill, OK.

bulletFannie Roberta HEWITT. Parents: Robert Greene HEWITT and Fannie Jane HICKMAN.

bulletFenelon HEWITT. Parents: Caleb Smith HEWITT and Sallie MELTON.

bulletFernando P. HEWITT was born in 1849 in Jones Co., NC. Parents: Rigdon Pitts HEWITT and Mary Elizabeth PELLETIER .

bullet Florice HEWITT Parents: Benjamin F. HEWITT and Nora LAND.

She married to JACKSON.

bullet Francis Asbury HEWITT was born on 25 Nov 1853 in AL. Parents: Jackson Shackleford "Jack" "Dock" HEWITT and Catherine IVY.

bullet Rev. Francis Asbury "Frank" HEWITT was born on 9 Jul 1828 in Elyton, Jefferson Co., AL. He died on 18 Feb 1907. He was a Methodist Minister;farmer. He was Methodist. Barnett Wilson, _The Wilson Hendricks Hallmark Hewitt Families_, says he was named for an early Methodist leader; was a minister in that faith for many years and was recorded as being a fine preacher. "Took part in the funeral of Adam, the slave of Capt. James Tarrant [FAH's grandfather]; Adam was a devout Christian and a true Methodist. He was the one who cut and hauled the logs for Bethlehem Church. "Grandpa Hewitt was of a strong and independent character. He was asked to preach the funeral of a man of whom very little good could be said. Grandpa Hewitt rose to speak. 'I was not well acquainted with the deceased, but I understand he was a good husband and kind father at such times as he was sober.' This being the total sermon. Some did not think too well of his brevity. He said that was about all he could say and stay within the bounds of truth. . . . Another story illustrates his natural tendency to follow the Hewitt family motto: 'Be just. Fear not. After darkness comes light.' It seems that Grandpa Hewitt was a clerk in a hardware store (in Warrior, I think) when a lynch mob formed and was ready to hang a man. They did not have a rope, so they roared into the hardware store to get one. Grandpa Hewitt announced that there were to be no rope sales that day. They said they were going to take the rope anyway. Grandpa Hewitt straddled the rope and with good words and a little help from a sawed off shotgun, discouraged them to the point that they left without the rope and the man was not hanged."

From Owen's History Vol III p805. Sketch of Francis Asbury Hewitt...mentions he is great-grandson of Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt and wife, Nancy KIRKMAN, the former a Revolutonary Soldier who came from England and landed in Virginia at the age of 16 during the seige of yorktown and was immediately engaged in hauling provisions to Washington's army, who was married after the Revolutionary War, moved from Virginia to North Carolina, then to kentucky, to Tennessee and finally to Alabama in 1819 or 1820, settling in Jones Valley, Jefferson County. Parents: James Highnight HEWITT and Eleanor "Ellen" Martha TARRANT.

He married to Lucinda Delaney BRAKE on 17 Nov 1849 in Elyton, Jefferson Co., AL. Children were: Mary Elizabeth HEWITT, Martha Ellen HEWITT, Sarah Katherine (Kittie) HEWITT , Francis Asbury (Frank) HEWITT Jr.

He married to Nancy Isabel WARD on 11 Jan 1866.

bullet Francis Asbury (Frank) HEWITT Jr was born on 1 Feb 1862 in Birmingham, AL. He died after 2 Mar 1937 in Jefferson Co., AL. He was a teacher;tax assessor. Dictionary of Alabama Biography p 805 Parents: Rev. Francis Asbury "Frank" HEWITT and Lucinda Delaney BRAKE .

He married to Nettie MARTIN on 28 Nov 1894 in Birmingham, AL. Children were: Robert Goldsmith HEWITT , Charles Mason HEWITT, Mary HEWITT, Ruth Francis HEWITT.

bullet Fred HEWITT Parents: John Monroe HEWITT and Helena BENNETT.

bullet Frieda HEWITT Parents: Thomas William HEWITT and Luna LEE.

bullet G. R. HEWITT was born in 1847 in Onslow Co., NC. Parents: Isaac HEWITT (P?) and Clarissey.

bullet Garvin Travis HEWITT (Private). Parents: Clarence Floyd "Slim" HEWITT and Beaulah RUTHERFORD .

bullet George T. HEWITT was born on 22 Aug 1854. He was buried in Walker Chaptel Cem Birmingham Ala. Parents: Thomas Leander Griffin HEWITT and Saraphine HEWITT.

bulletGeorge W. HEWITT was born on 18 Sep 1892 in Pawnee Jefferson Co Ala. He died on 3 Jul 1893. He was buried in Trussville Baptist Cem Trussville Ala. Parents: John James HEWITT and Ida Elector PRAYTOR.

bullet Girlie HEWITT was born on 25 Feb 1901 in Mangum, OK. She died on 20 May 1992 in Canyon, TX. Parents: Whithouse Powell "White" HEWITT and Henritta Matilda BOWERS.

She married to Warren Richard THOMAS on 1 Dec 1915 in Silverton Brisco Co TX. Children were: Vida Mae "Jackie" THOMAS.

bullet Gladis Victoria HEWITT was born on 2 Mar 1911 in Flomont, TX. She was buried in Artesia, NM. Parents: Ebbenezer Cole "Ebb" HEWITT and Carrie Lea DAVIS.

bulletGladys HEWITT. Parents: Benjamin F. HEWITT and Nora LAND.

She married to LIFLER.

bullet Glenda Louise HEWITT (Private). Parents: Clifford Sidney HEWITT Sr and Millie Janet WARDLAW.

Children were: Joseph Hewitt FOWLER, Daniel Anthony FOWLER.

bulletGoldsmith HEWITT (P?) was born in 1800. He appeared on the census in 1850 in Onslow Co., NC. Not sure that Goldsmith is the son of John and Alse Hewitt, but there are no other obvious alternatives. Parents: John HEWITT and Alse HOWARD.

He married to Margaret. Children were: David HEWITT, Jane HEWITT, Isaac HEWITT, Peona HEWITT.

bullet Goldsmith Whitehouse HEWITT(51) was born about 1766 in Onslow Co., NC. He was George Hazzard is named guardian to Goldsmith Hewitt. in Jan 1781 in Onslow Co., NC.(52) He appeared on the census in 1790 in Johnston Co., NC. He appeared on the census in 1800 in Knox Co., KY. He died on 10 Aug 1846 in (Near) Birmingham Jefferson Co Ala.. He was buried in Smith Chapel Cem. 3 mi south Pinson Highway 79. He was a farmer. Information given by Kathleen Much:

Barnett Wilson, "The Wilson Hallmark Hendricks Hewitt Families", p. 62: "He came to America at the age of 16 [later amended by BW to say date of arrival unknown, but he was present in Virginia by 1782, and his parents had also come earlier] during the siege of Yorktown (1782). He engaged in hauling provisions to Washington's Army. . . . he was an eyewitness to the surrender at Yorktown. This was the final battle of the Revolution. . . . After the Revolution he married Nancy Kirkman of Virginia. They moved to North
Carolina and then to Cumberland County, Kentucky. In the 1800 the census showed he lived in Knox County, Kentucky. Shortly thereafter, he must have moved to Tennessee, as his son James H. Hewitt was born in Tennessee in 1801.

He came to Alabama before it became a state and finally, about 1819 or 1820, settled in Jones Valley in Jefferson County. . . . buried in the Smith Chapel Cemetery some 12 miles north of Birmingham." Smith Chapel Cemetery is now Greene-Massey Cemetery, 10 miles north of Elyton (Birmingham). Ruth Hewitt of Carson Road, Birmingham, AL, says the overgrown cemetery is commonly known as Posey's Cemetery, at the end of Kent Rd. off
the Pinson Valley Road south of Pinson, AL.

Elizabeth Slater Seay, _Alabama Bound: Revolutionary War Patriots in Jefferson Co._ (DAR 1971), pp. 9-10: "Goldsmith W. Hewitt was a member of the Smith Chapel Methodist Church. . . . The approximate location of the patriots and veterans according to land records, federal census records, Mr. Franke's manuscript and communications from descendants.

Deed Book 1, p113 Jefferson Co Al. Deed of gift from Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt of Jefferson Co., AL to children: John Hewitt, James Hewitt, Betsey Hewitt and Whities Hewitt, personal property in Alabama and Tennessee, 15 Feb 1821. Witnesses: JAMES
HANEY, Isaac HANEY.

There appears to be one other daughter who died young.

Revolutionary War patriots of Jefferson Co., AL: Goldsmith W. Hewitt; James Tarrant; Hugh Morrow; William Pullen; William Sanders; William Speer; James Boyd; John Burford; Michael McCarty; Thomas Goode; R.S. Shepherd; Edward Tatum; Jonathan odall; Leonard Miller.

Alabama Bound-Revolutionary War patriots in Jefferson Co by Elizabeth Slater Seay p 2-11.

For the burial place of Goldsmith Whitehouse hewitt- "go up the old huntsville Rd to Smith's Chapel in the Hagood neighborhood; then turn a quarter of a mile to Grime's Spring. he is buried in Greene Cem or Smith's Chapel Burying Ground, near Pinson." ..Greene Cem located between Tarrant City and Pinson on Hwy 79 in an overgrown lot behind Richardson Tank Co and across the road from the Kent Corp. It was established in 1835 and slaves were buried to one side.

Alabama Historical Quarterly-Winter Issue 1944 vol 6 pp583

The following marriages in Jefferson Co., AL cannot be accounted for at this time:

(perhaps these are blacks?)

Sallie Hewitt m R. Gatewood m 19 Dec 1871
Ada Hewitt m John Alexander 18 Sept 1876
G.L. Hewitt m Elizabeth Billingsly 4 Apr 1875
Josephine Hewitt m Amos L. Sharitt 12 Feb 1867

Also there is another Goldsmith Hewitt found on the 1850 census Onslow Co who is aged 50 with wife Margaret and is the son of Thomas H. Hewitt. (who is he??)

Bladen Co., NC land warrant dated 1735-1749 and 1743-1749 ..George Bishop had 100 ac on the N side of the N prong of Goldsmith Whitehouse Creek just below the head of sd creek certified in May 1735. This is referred to variously as Whitehouse and Whitehurst Creek in other documents. (note a Bishop-Cunningham family lived in Jefferson Co., AL). Parents: Thomas HEWITT and Elizabeth WHITEHURST.

He married to Nancy Jane KIRKMAN about 1797. Children were: John HEWITT, James Highnight HEWITT, Elizabeth "Betsy" HEWITT, Sarah HEWITT , Goldsmith Whitehouse HEWITT Jr.

bullet Goldsmith Whitehouse HEWITT Jr was born about 1810 in Rutherford Co Tn. He died in Mar 1860 in Jefferson Co., AL. He was buried in Jefferson Co., AL. He was educated res about 8 mi no of Birmingham. Parents: Goldsmith Whitehouse HEWITT and Nancy Jane KIRKMAN.

Children were: Ellen Jane HEWITT, Benjamin Tarrant HEWITT, Mourning HEWITT, Goldsmith Whithouse HEWITT III, John B. HEWITT , William M. HEWITT, Nancy A. (J.?) HEWITT, Mary HEWITT.

bulletGoldsmith Whitehouse (Todd) HEWITT II was born on 14 Feb 1834 in 10 mi from Elyton Jefferson Co Ala.. He died on 28 May 1895 in Birmingham, AL. He was buried in Oak Hill Cem Birmingham Ala. He was a Congressman,legislator;lawyer. He was Protestant Episcopalian. From Owen's History Vol III p805. Sketch of Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt...his family lived on a farm ten miles north of Elyton. His father was a native of Tennessee, who came to Alabama before the admission of the state into the union and while Jefferson was a part of Blount County....he studied law under Judge W.S. Mudd at Elyton, finishing his law training in the Lebanon Law School in Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, became a member of the law firm of Ernest adn Earle, and later formed a partnership with John C. Morrow...After the war, Mr. Hewitt resumed the practice of law. In 1870 he was elected to the lower house of the State Legislature, and two years later was sent to the State senate.
While serving in the latter body, he was elected to congress. He was a member of the 44th congress, and was returned to the 45, 47 and 48 congresses. His first act was the introudction of a "bill to secure an impartial administration of justice in the state of Alabama", in which he advocated the removal of political machinary from influence in the courts. Other measures introduced by him included a bill designed to put a stop to partisan assessment of officials in the departments of the Federal civil service, a bill to pension surviviors of the Mexican and Indian Wars, and a bill to repeal the act forbidding pensions to all, save those who had taken the Union side in the War of Secession. he wanted to suppress polygamy in Utah. He served in the Alabama legislature of 1886.

From Law Department listing of Faculty and Students Lebanon Law School, Lebanon Tenn.: -Goldsmith W. Hewitt listed his residence in the catalog as Oregon, Alabama...also listed John C. Morrow, Elyton Alabama.

-Jefferson County and Birmingham Alabama-Historical and Biographical 1887-p324-328. Parents: James Highnight HEWITT and Eleanor "Ellen" Martha TARRANT.

He married to Sarah J. MORROW on 22 Dec 1858 in Elyton, Jefferson Co., AL. Children were: John James HEWITT.

He married to Harriet EARLE on 30 Oct 1868. Children were: Eleanor "Nonie" HEWITT, Harriett "Hattie" HEWITT, Pauline HEWITT.

bullet Goldsmith Whithouse HEWITT III was born in 1844 in Elyton, Jefferson Co., AL. living with Timothy Neaves 62 NC family on 1860 census Jefferson
Co Al #109 Parents: Goldsmith Whitehouse HEWITT Jr and Anna TARRANT.

bullet Gracie HEWITT Parents: John (Johnnie) F. HEWITT and Annie WEBB.

She married to Clarence DUSE on 22 Dec 1933.

bullet Greenberry HEWITT was born in 1859. Parents: Edward Grant HEWITT and Louisa (Lucy) LANDEN.

bullet Gus HEWITT Died from injuries recevied in a bicycle accident at age 19 years. Parents: Caleb Smith HEWITT and Sallie MELTON.

bullet Gwenalyn HEWITT Parents: John Benjamin HEWITT and Idell AYERS.

bullet H.C. Caddus HEWITT was born on 9 Mar 1879. He died on 24 May 1890 in Bellview, TX. He was buried in Bellview, TX. He was educated died of appendicitis. Parents: Benjamin Tarrant HEWITT and Lavenia Victoria COLE.

bullet Harlow Jerome HEWITT (Private). Parents: Thomas Wesley HEWITT and Katie THOMAS.

He married to Shelia Janette ROBINSON. Children were: Bryon Charles HEWITT, Dorothy Jennett HEWITT, Edith Ann HEWITT, John Wesley HEWITT, David Charles HEWITT, Philip Andrew HEWITT.

bullet Harriett "Hattie" HEWITT was born in 1873 in Jefferson Co., AL. Parents: Goldsmith Whitehouse (Todd) HEWITT II and Harriet EARLE.

bulletHarry Clifford HEWITT (Private). Parents: Clifford Winton HEWITT and Lula Tidd BEEBE.

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