John Hitch

In the 1824 Tax Assessment records for Sussex County, John Hitch "of Gillis" is listed in Northwest Fork Hundred to pay his personal tax. (SxTA-1824)

This may also be the John Hitch listed in the Tax Assessment of 1836 for Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, DE.

John Hitch and family moved to Brown County, Indiana between 1838 and 1839 and then to Clay County, Illinois probably after he purchased land there in the Fall of 1852.

In the Federal Census of 1850, John Hitch is listed in Brown County, Indiana (Jackson Township, page 209) in a household as follows: - John Hitch, age 46, born DE - Emily Hitch, age 38, born DE - Matilda Hitch, age 12, born DE - Adaline Hitch, age 11, born IN.

On September 28, 1852, John Hitch purchased two tracts of land in Clay County, Illinois as follows:

Purchaser: John Hitch Date: 9/28/1852 Acres: 80 Price: $0.00/acre Type of Sale: Federal Sale County, Section, Township: 13, 2, 03N Meridian: 3 Arch. Vol. No., Page: 154, 271 Record ID: 348927 Section Part, Range: S2SW, 06E and,

Purchaser: John Hitch Date: 9/28/1852 Acres: 40 Price: $0.00/acre Type of Sale: Federal Sale County, Section, Township: 13, 3, 03N Meridian: 3 Arch. Vol. No., Page: 154, 271 Record ID: 348928 Section Part, Range: SESE, 06E (Illinois State Land Sales Archive - Internet)

In the Federal Census of 1860, John Hitch is listed in Clay County, Illinois (page 537, Flora P.O.) in a household as follows: - John Hitch, age 60, born in DE - Levi Hobbs, age 22, born in IL - Adaline Hobbs, age 21, born in IN - Le H. Hobbs, age 1, born in IL.

John married Lydia Corwine on 17 Sep 1833.¹ (Lydia Corwine died on 26 Oct 1834 ¹.)

John next married Emily (Ameley, Emmila) Jenkins, daughter of Alexander Jenkins and Rebecca (?), on 08 Jun 1836 in Marion Co., OH.^{1 2} (Emily (Ameley, Emmila) Jenkins was born on 23 Aug 1811 in DE,^{9 10} died on 29 May 1856 in Clay Co., IL ¹¹ and was buried about 01 Jun 1856 in Jenkins Cemetery, Harter Twp., Clay Co., IL ⁸.)