Zachariah (Zack) Hitch

Moved to Gibson Co., IN in about 1842.

Zachariah Hitch is listed as a patron for the 1881 Map of Gibson County, Indiana (copy in the DAR Library) where he is noted as a farmer in Patoka, his settlement in the region as 1842 and his nativity as Caroline County, Maryland.

Excerpt from letter by Mrs. Adda Oliphant George, Petersburg, IN. dated Nov. 5,1930 from the Daisy Hitch Davies papers, "Zachariah Hitch was a quiet man, kind always. He enjoyed mirth, however, in his quiet way. He was a Whig - later a strong Republican. His large family prevented his taking part in the Civil War - but the family aided the Union every way possible. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but since his wife was a devout member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination, he usually went with her."

In the Federal Census of 1850, "Zack" Hitch is listed in a household in Gibson County, Indiana (page 76, White River Township) as follows: - Zack Hitch, age 28, born in DE - Mary A. Hitch, age 25, born in IN - Cordelia Phillips, age 5, born in IN - Mary Phillips, age 3, born in IN.

In the Federal Census of 1860, Zachariah Hitch is listed in a household in Gibson County, Indiana (page 858, White River Township) as follows: - Zachariah Hitch, age 41, farmer, born DE - Mary A. Hitch, age 35, born in IN - Cordelia Hitch, age 15, born in IN - Mary Hitch, age 13, born in IN - Thomas A. Hitch, age 9, born in IN - Archy S. Hitch, age 7, born in IN - James M. Hitch, age 5, born in IN - Oliver A. Hitch, age 3, born in IN - Laura Bell Hitch, age 1, born in IN - Elget Hitch, age 23, born in DE.

In the Federal Census of 1870, Zachariah Hitch is listed in a household in Gibson County, Indiana (page 365, White River Township) as follows: - Zachariah Hitch, age 52, farmer, born in DE - Mary Hitch, age 45, born in IN - Thomas Hitch, age 19, born in IN - Cordelia Hitch, age 23, born in IN - James Hitch, age 15, born in IN - Oliver Hitch, age 13, born in IN - Harrison Hitch, age 9, born in IN - Austin Hitch, age 3, born in IN.

In the Federal Census of 1880, "Zack" Hitch is listed in a household in Gibson County, Indiana as follows: - Zack Hitch, age 62, born in MD - Adline Hitch, age 55, born in IN - Thomas Hitch, age 29, born in IN - James Hitch, age 25, born in IN - Oliver Hitch, age 22, born in IN - Harrison Hitch, age 19, born in IN - Austin Hitch, age 13, born in IN - Elizabeth Spain, age 9, born in IN.

Zachariah married Mary Adeline Spain, daughter of Archibald W. Spain and Sarah Garwood, on 29 Nov 1849.¹ (Mary Adeline Spain was born on 07 Nov 1824 in Harrison Co., IN,^{1 6 8 9 10 11 12} died on 28 Jan 1904 in Patoka, Gibson Co., IN ^{1 6 7} and was buried about 31 Jan 1904 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Patoka, Gibson Co., IN.)