What was in the pine box?

Part 4

(This is the last installment of the contents of the pine box in William
Henderson Thomas, Jr.'s possession. He copied this in 1962--typist)

WHAT WAS IN THE PINE BOX--PART 4

Receipt: Received of Jane Hill sixty two dollars and ninety-six cents,
her acct. in full up to this date, Jan. 26th, 1856. signed John Hitch
pr. Henry Hitch

(John Hitch married a daughter of Jacob Sharp and his wife was a first
cousin to Jane Hill. The Hitch family bought the mill and carding
machine on Lost Creek below the home of Jane Hill (down near the
Richardson home.) It had been known previously as Frazier's Mill.
Evidently, John Hitch also ran a store. John was the father of
Christopher Hitch known as "Kit" Hitch, father of Wallace D. Hitch,
Athens attorney. "Uncle" Henry Hitch lived until about 1905 and was an
active member of Oakes Chapel Methodist Church. John Carmony last owned
the Hitch Mill. It was here that the hermit Dunlap lived and died. He
was a saddle maker for Brice Longmire, was reputed to be rich and to
have buried his money near the Hitch Mill. He was found dead there and
buried on Dunlap Bluff, now known as Dollar Island near the John Loy
Store and Bridge on Clinch River. WHT)

Note: $11.19 One day after date I promise to pay Jacob Sharp eleven
dollars and nineteen cents for value received from him this March 1st,
1852. Attest: John Witt,
Signed by her X mark, Jane Hill

(John Witt married a daughter of Jacob Sharp. She was sickly and died
without issue. Witt drove live stock to the South for Jake Sharp. He
later married a sister to Henry Rice Snodderly and had a son Frank Witt,
father of Jim and Thorn (?--typist) Witt. After her death, John Witt
married an Irwin at Walnut Grove and had George Witt of Lost Creek and
Corryton. WHT)

Receipt: Rec'd of Terry Hill 90 cents, his tax for the year 1839. J.
Queener, sheriff

Receipt: Rec'd of Terry Hill one dollar and 39 cts his tax for the year
1845. R. Miller, sheriff

Receipt: Rec'd of Terry Hill in full of his a/c January 4th 1833.
C.B.G. Frazier

(This handwriting is decorated with fine flourishes and is beautiful.
The "G" in Fraizer's name surely stands for Gibbs. Baker, Gibbs, &
Fraizer had operated a store and mill on Lost Creek in early times. WHT)

Note: Due Jane Hill 86 cents to be paid in goods, this May 11, 1858 J.
D Sharp per Wm. Ausmus

Receipt: Rec'd of Jane Hill One dollar, 09 1/2 cents her tax for the
year 1849. John Philips, sheriff

Receipt: Rec'd of Terry Hill 93 3/4 cents his tax for 1830. M. H.
Swan, sheriff

Receipt: Rec'd of Terry Hill one dollar 27 1/2 cents his tax for the
year 1844. R. T. Miller, sheriff

Receipt: Rec'd of Terry Hill one dollars and 56 1/4 cts his tax for
1826. C. Maybry(?) sheriff

Receipt: Rec'd of Jane Hill $2.50 her tax for the year 1860. C.C.
Sharp, Dep. Rev. Collector

Court paper: State of Tennessee, Union County. William Colvin, Clerk
of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that proof under
oath has been made before me that Ferrin Hill falls within the provision
of section 1st, an act to limit the elective franchise passed June the
6th, 1865, and he is therefore a qualified voter of said county. Given
under my hand at office the 30th of July AD 1865. Signed William
Colvin, clerk

(The Federal Government did not conscript soldiers into the army in
Tennessee
during the Civil War. The Confederate Government did so conscript.
Ferrin Hill was a Union sympathizer and hid out to avoid service in the
Confederate Army. An act was passed in June of 1865 after the War to
prevent soldiers and sympathizers of the Confederacy from voting. A man
had to prove in court that he had not served the Confederacy if he
desired the franchise. This paper showed that Ferrin Hill was a lawful
voter. WHT)

(Here is an account which reveals what items cost Terry Hill. There is
no date for this torn account. WHT)

Terry Hill bought of Andrew McMillan
1 yd. calico and 1/8 25 cents
1 yd. cambric and 2/3 38 cents
2 yds. domestic 38 cents
1 handsaw file 12 cents
1 gimblet 6 1/4 cents
1/4 pound ginger 25 cents
1/4 ream of paper 25 cents
12 pounds sugar 25
total $1.81 1/4

(The rest are several receipts that I will just list the name and
amount--typist)

Terry Hill 93 3/4 cts. taxes for 1833
Jane Hill 4.00 taxes for 1865
Terry Hill 1.66 3/4 tax for 1831
Jane Hill account with Jacob Loy for 1856 and 1858 $6.37
Jane Hill 6.25 tax for 1886.
Terry Hill $1.00 tax for 1841
Terry Hill $.93 3/4 school supplies 3-14-1838
Terry Hill $1.06 3/4 for taxes for 1822
Jane Hill $3.20 taxes for 1862
Ferrin Hill $1.00 his tax for 1865

(Nearly all such receipts were scribbled on a narrow strip of paper
about 2 inches wide. Paper was scarce and costly. These items show how
very frugal and saving these people were and how carefully they kept
such receipts.

I have copied these seemingly frivolous bits of information so that my
children might know and better appreciate their ancestry. WHT This
March 17, 1962.)
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