HILDRETH HERITAGE -
Southeast Alabama

Dedicated to the memory of Armorita Nell Hildreth Gilchrist

Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth brought his family from South Carolina to Dale County in southeast Alabama about 1830. The information on this page represents the direct descendancy of Morgan Bascom Hildreth from Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth. In 1989, James Wilson Newman Sr. and William Alton Newman Sr. authored a book called The Hildreth Family. In it are only brief references to Rev. Travis Zaccheus Hildreth, a son of Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth, and his offspring. The primary focus of the Newman book are the descendents of Rev. Robert Henry Jackson Hildreth, a younger son of Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth. This page will hopefully provide a partial supplement the Newman book. Every effort is made to be as accurate as possible, but there may be errors. If you can help correct errors or supply missing information, I would love hearing from you! Please check back for corrections and updates.

Below you will find:

1st Generation - Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth

2nd Generation - Rev. Travis Zaccheus Hildreth

3rd Generation - Marvin Bascom Hildreth

4th Generation - Morgan Bascom Hildreth

1st Generation

Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth

Benjamin Griswold Hildreth was born about March 15, 1802 in Charleston, South Carolina, and baptized on April 10, 1803 at the Independent Congregational (Circular) Church, Charleston, South Carolina (alternate link), as the son of Benjamin and Mary Hildreth (per Newman & Newman, The Hildreth Family, page 8.) On March 28, 1811, at the age of eight, he was admitted to the Charleston Orphan House by his mother Mary [Groshen]. According to Newman & Newman, Benjamin Hildreth of Charleston had probably died and his wife Mary had probably remarried. On August 10, 1815 (per e-mail from A. Templeton), Benjamin G. Hildreth was indentured to Elizabeth McBride as an umbrella maker with the indenture expiring March 18, 1824 (per Newman & Newman, page 9.) According to Newman & Newman, Elizabeth McBride was Benjamin G. Hildreth's aunt.
Benjamin G. Hildreth married Jemima Dowling 1823 in Darlington District, South Carolina, daughter of John Dowling and Nancy Boutwell. She was born March 01, 1807 in Jeffries Creek, Darlington District, South Carolina. (The ancestry of the Dowling Family of Southeast Alabama has been well-chronicled at Southern-Style.)
In 1829, Benjamin & Jemima Hildreth, along with several other relatives, sold land in Darlington County, South Carolina (per Newman & Newman, The Hildreth Family, page 10.) It is apparent the family moved to Alabama about this time since Benjamin Hildreth is listed on the 1830 Dale County, Alabama census.
Benjamin Hildreth is listed as "Benjamin Hildridge" on the roll of soldiers for the Creek War, which took place in 1836-37, as a member of Arch Justice's Company of Wellborn's Alabama Mounted Volunteers (per K. Parker e-mail of 24 July 2001 referencing records in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.)
On September 20, 1839, and July 1, 1841, Benjamin Hildreth obtained patents for two parcels of land of about 40 acres each in Dale County, Alabama. (Images of the land patent documents can be seen by conducting a search at The Bureau of Land Management web site.) The area of Dale County in which these parcels of land were located became part of the newly created Coffee County in December, 1841. On December 10, 1841, Benjamin Hildreth obtained patents for two additional parcels of land of approximately 40 acres each in Coffee County, Alabama. (Duke Vickery, on his web site South of the Road has mapped the townships and ranges of Dale and Coffee Counties and prepared an index of patentees to make it easier to see where exactly these parcels were located. All four of these parcels of land now make up part of the Fort Rucker Army Aviation Center.)
Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth served as a Methodist Circuit-Rider (a minister of early Methodism who was appointed by his bishop to be responsible for caring for one or more local churches and starting new churches within a circuit) and farmed. Sometime after 1860, he moved to Greenville, Butler County, Alabama.
Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth died November 26, 1868 in Greenville, Butler County, Alabama and is buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Greenville, Butler County, Alabama. Jemima Dowling Hildreth died February 08, 1891 in Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama and is buried in Old Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.

Children of Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth and Jemima Dowling are:

1. Infant Hildreth - nothing is known about this child.
2. William C. Hildreth - born between about 1821 and 1825, South Carolina; married Milly or Emely __?__ about 1849. She was born about 1832, Alabama, and died between 1880-1900. He died after 1900.
3. Harriet Calloway Hildreth - born June 17, 1825, South Carolina; died February 21, 1883, Brandon, Hill County, Texas; married Henry Benjamin Grimes, March 10, 1840, Alabama, son of Stephen and Bethany Hines Grimes . He was born June 10, 1820, Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, and died March 25, 1859, Haw Ridge, Coffee County, Alabama. Harriet Calloway Hildreth Grimes is buried in Brandon Cemetery, Hill County, Texas. Her husband, Henry Benjamin Grimes is buried in Beulah Cemetery, Dale County, Alabama.
4. Susan Hildreth - born 1827, South Carolina or born 1847, Alabama. (Sources give conflicting information.)
5. Travis Zaccheus Hildreth - born December 30, 1830, Daleville, Dale County, Alabama; died September 30, 1900, Coffee County, Alabama; married first Quincy Ann Edge; married second Elizabeth Samantha Hays, about 1853, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama, daughter of Farmer and Mary Hays. She was born March 24, 1837, Stewart County, Georgia, and died May 21, 1913, Coffee County, Alabama. Travis Zaccheus and Elizabeth Samantha Hays Hildreth are buried at Old Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.
6. James Marion Hildreth - born about 1832-1836, Alabama; died May 15, 1908, Paul (then McCreary), Conecuh County, Alabama; married Amanda Louisa Folsom, daughter of David and Nancy D. Monk Folsom, about 1856-1857. She was born October 27, 1837, Georgia, and died March 04, 1918, Paul, Alabama. James Marion and Amanda Louisa Folsom Hildreth are buried at New Providence Church Cemetery, Paul, Conecuh County, Alabama.
7. Mary E. Hildreth - born about 1835-1836, Alabama.
8. Martha M. Hildreth - born about 1838, Alabama.
9. Frances Hildreth - born May 06, 1840, Alabama; died July 01, 1913; married Elbert Wright "Finney" Curenton, about 1861, son of Reason and Mary Summerlin Curenton. He was born October 12, 1839, Barbour County, Alabama; died March 05, 1896, Alabama. Elbert Wright Curenton is buried at Level Plains Baptist Cemetery, Dale County, Alabama. Frances Hildreth Curenton is buried at Piney Grove Cemetery, Samson, Coffee County, Alabama.
10. John B. Hildreth - born about 1842-1845, Coffee County, Alabama; died October 14, 1863, while serving as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. John B. Hildreth is buried at Old Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.
11. Robert Henry Jackson Hildreth - born April 30, 1846, Dale County, Alabama; died November 12, 1907, Coffee County, Alabama; married first Julia Spikes Hamner, December 24, 1868, Coffee County, Alabama, daughter of Wesley and Mary Maria Polly James Hamner. She was born October 17, 1845, Sumter County, Georgia, and died August 05, 1892, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama. He married second Anna or Annie Ruth Carmichael, July 04, 1893, Coffee County, Alabama, daughter of Archibald M. and Susan Annie Marsh Carmichael. She was born January 06, 1872, and died February 01, 1947. Robert Henry Jackson is buried at Enterprise City (Carmichael) Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama. Both his wives are also buried at Enterprise City (Carmichael) Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.
12. Saphronia Jane Hildreth - born about August 2, 1848, Haw Ridge, Coffee County, Alabama; died May 22, 1928, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida; married John Wesley Lang, son of Thomas G. and Susan Rebecca Lang, November 19, 1868, Greenville, Butler County, Alabma. He was born October 25, 1845, Barbour County, Alabama, and died October 10, 1914, in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.
13. Sarah Hildreth - born 1849, Dale County, Alabama; married Matthew J. Bailey, November 19, 1868.

Asariah Witkowska - born April 27, 1855, Alabama; died June 10, 1870. Asariah appears on the 1860 U.S. Census in the Benjamin Hildreth household. The exact relationship of Asariah Witkowska to Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth is unknown. Asariah Witkowska is buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Greenville, Butler County, Alabama.

Census records for Rev. Benjamin Griswold Hildreth:

1830 Census for Dale County, Alabama, page 225
Benjamin Hildreth
1 - free white male of 5 and under 10
1 - free white male of 20 and under 30
1 - free white female under 5
1 - free white female of 5 and under 10
1 - free white female of 20 and under 30
1 - free white female of 60 and under 70

1840 Census for Dale County, Alabama, page 17
Bnj~ Huldreth
3 - free white males of 5 and under 10
1 - free white male of 15 and under 20
1 - free white male of 30 and under 40
2 - free white females under 5
1 - free white female of 5 and under 10
1 - free white female of 10 and under 15
1 - free white female 30 and under 40

1850 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, page 276A & B, Lines 42 (A) and 1-9 (B)
Enumeration Date: 17 October 1850
Family #154
Benjamin Hildreath - 48 M; Occupation: Meth. minister; Value of real estate: $600; Place of birth: South Carolina
Jemimah " - 43 F; Place of birth: South Carolina
Zacheriah T. " - 19 M; Occupation: farm; Value of real estate: $100; Place of birth: Alabama
James " - 15 M; Place of birth: Alabama
Mary E. " - 14 F; Place of birth: Alabama
Martha M. " - 12 F; Place of birth: Alabama
Frances " - 10 F; Place of birth: Alabama
John ? " - 5 M; Place of birth: Alabama
Henry R. J. " - 4 M; Place of birth: Alabama
Saffronia J. " - 1 F; Place of birth: Alabama

1860 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, Election Precint No. 11, Haw Ridge post office, page 927 (printed) or 174 (handwritten), lines 3-9
Enumeration date: 29 August 1850
Dwelling #1190, Family #1190
Benjamin Hildreth - 57 M; Occupation: Farmer; Value of real estate: $1600, Value of personal property: $250; Place of birth: South Carolina
Jimmima " - 53 F; Place of birth: South Carolina
Mary " - 25 F; Place of birth: Alabama
Frances " - 20 F; Place of birth: Alabama
John " - 18 M; Place of birth: Alabama
Jackson " - 15 M; Place of birth: Alabama
Saphronia " - 13 F; Place of birth: Alabama
Sarah " - 11 F; Place of birth: Alabama
Azariah W. " - 5 M; Place of birth: Alabama

Census records for Jemima (Dowling) Hildreth:

For the 1810 U.S. census, Jemima Dowling, though not named, is most likely found with her father, John Dowling, in Darlington District, South Carolina, page 10. For the 1820 U.S. census, Jemimima Dowling, though not named, is most likely found with her father, John Dooling (sic), in Darlington District, South Carolina, page 65.

1810 Census for Darlington District, page 10, line 26
John Dooling
3 - Free white males of 10 and under 16
2 - Free white males of 16 and under 26
1 - Free white male of 45 & up
1 - Free white female under 10
1 - Free white female of 10 and under 16
1 - Free white female of 16 and under 26
1 - Free white female of 26 and under 45

1820 Census for Darlington District, page 65, line 21
John Dowling
3 - Free white males of 16 and under 26
1 - Free white male of 45 & up
1 - Free white female of 10 and under 16
1 - Free white female of 16 and under 26
1 - Free white female of 45 & up

For the 1830 U.S. census and the 1840 U.S. census, Jemima Dowling, though not mentioned by name, is most likely found in the household of her husband, Benjamin Hildreth. Jemima Dowling is named in the 1850 U.S. census and the 1860 U.S. census as a member of the Benjamin Hildreth household. (See above.)

1870 Census for Butler County, Alabama, Greenville Post Office, page 422, lines 8-11
Enumeration date: 17 June 1870
Dwelling #364, Family #367
Hildreth, Jemima - 64 F W; Occupation: Keeping house; Value of real estate: $500; Place of birth: South Carolina
" Jackson - 22 M W; Occupation: Carpenter; Place of birth: Alabama
" Julia - 24 F W; Occupation: Keeping house; Place of birth: Alabama
" Susan - 22 F; Occupation: At home: Place of birth: Alabama

1880 Census for Butler County, Alabama, Beats 3 & 15, Enumeration District 42, Sheet 504B, line 45-50 & 1-3
Enumeration date: 24 June 1880
Dwelling #605, Family #606
Hildreth, Jimima - W F 73; Place of birth: Alabama
Hildreth, Robert - W M 34; Occupation: Farmer; Place of birth: Alabama
----- July - W F 34; Wife; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Lina - W F 10; Daughter; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Victoria - W F 8; Daughter; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Hanner - W F 6; Daughter; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Buler - W F 4; Daughter; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Birtune - W F 2; Daughter; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Munsey - W F 7/12 (Oct.); Daughter; Place of birth: Alabama

Jemima Dowling Hildreth's obituary, written by her grand-nephew Angus Dowling, which appeared in the Methodist Advocate, February 1891. The portion of that obituary reprinted in The Hildreth Family, Newman & Newman, page 16, follows.

"Jemima Hildreth was born in Darlington District, South Carolina, March 1st, 1807. She was the daughter of John and Nancy Dowling, who was a noted class leader for many years in that section. She was a sister of Rev. Zaccheus Dowling, long a member of the Alabama Conference. Her mother was noted for sweet and steady piety. Under such parental example and teaching her character was formed, which became the legacy of her whole pure life. At an early age she professed saving grace and joined the Methodist Church. In the sixteenth year of her life she married Benjamin Hildreth, whose early training was like hers. He became a local Methodist preacher. Early in 1830 they moved to Alabama and settled in Dale County near Ozark. He was an earnest and successful worker in planting Methodism in southeast Alabama. He died and was buried in the Greenville Pioneer Cemetery, Alabama, about the close of the war. After the death of her husband, she made her home with her youngest son, Rev. Robert Henry Jackson Hildreth. Early last year he moved to Coffee County, Alabama. At this new home she closed her earthly pilgrimage, at 7 o'clock, Sunday Morning, February 8th, 1891, age 83 years, 11 months, 7 days. Up to within a few days of her death she was remarkably well preserved in body and mind."

Mr. Emmett Cox of the Pea River Historical Society, Alabama, researched and found this additional portion to the "Eulogy of Jemima Dowling Hildreth."

"Religion was her chief concern and formed the staple of her daily conversation. She never neglected secret prayer, and never allowed family prayer to be omitted. She was fully ready for death and heaven.

"She was the mother of thirteen children, nine of whom still live. Two sons, Reverends Travis HILDRETH and Jackson HILDRETH, are local preachers. Up to the time of her death seventy grandchildren and 100 greatgrandchildren had been born. Most of these, of proper age, are members of the church. One grandson is a preacher in Texas. Her name and influence go down to the last generations. This will constitute her monument of earth and her rejoicing through the endless ages of eternity.

"In her last moments she received the ministrations of her preacher sons and others of her children and grandchildren.

"She was buried at Carmichael's Chapel (now Enterprise City Cemetery), Coffee County, [Alabama] where she awaits the trump of God in the resurrection morn."

2nd Generation

Rev. Travis Zaccheus Hildreth

Travis Zaccheus Hildreth was born December 30, 1830 in Daleville, Dale County, Alabama. He married first Quincy Ann Edge. He married second Elizabeth Samantha Hays about 1853 in Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama, daughter of Farmer Hays and Mary __?__. She was born March 24, 1837 in Stewart County, Georgia.
Rev. Travis Z. Hildreth was a Methodist Circuit-Rider as his father had been before him. When Old Tabernacle Methodist Church was established in 1858, he was one of the charter members. He served as the pastor of Old Tabernacle for forty years. According to a narrative written by Marion Bailey Brunson in his book Pea River Reflections, Rev. Travis Z. Hildreth would not accept any payment for his services as the pastor of the church, but instead earned his living as a farmer.
On 1 December 1851, Travis Z. Hildreth obtained a land patent of about 40 acres in Coffee County, Alabama, Township 6-N, Range 22-E, Section 36, which is exactly the same area in which his father obtained a patent about 10 days later. On 1 September 1858, Travis Z. Hildreth obtained two land patents, one of about 40 acres in Coffee County, Alabama, Township 5-N, Range 22-E, Section 1, and the other of about 280 acres in Geneva County, Alabama, Township 2-N, Range 23-E, Section 34.
Rev. Travis Z. Hildreth died September 30, 1900 in Coffee County, Alabama. Elizabeth Samantha Hays Hildreth died May 21, 1913 in Coffee County, Alabama. Both Rev. Travis Zaccheus Hildreth and Elizabeth Samantha Hays Hildreth are buried at Old Tabernacle Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.

Children of Rev. Travis Zaccheus and Elizabeth Samantha Hays Hildreth are:

1. Franklin Pierce Hildreth - born July 1, 1854, Alabama; died March 26, 1890; married Frances Lenora Mims, November 16, 1876, daughter of John J. and Susan Ann Braswell Mims. She was born October 28, 1861, Alabama, and died December 02, 1910. Franklin Pierce Hildreth is buried at Enterprise City Cemetery, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama.
(Census records for Franklin Pierce Hildreth.)
2. Nancy Jane Hildreth - born February 23, 1856, Alabama; died November 17, 1926; married James Marvin Madison Heath about 1875, son of William Ellis and Margaret Elizabeth Clark Heath. He was born November 10 1853, Alabama, and died January 12, 1928. Both Nancy Jane Hildreth Heath and her husband are buried at Enterprise City Cemetery, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama.
3. Missouri Frances Hildreth - born October 2, 1858, Alabama; died February 22, 1942; married John Robert Engram before 1876, son of John Claude and Lucile Alberta Curtis Engram. He was born about 1852, and died between 1898-1900.
4. Sarah Elizabeth Hildreth - born February 16 1860, Coffee County, Alabama; died April 15 1933, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama; married James Monroe Chancey, October 8, 1884, son of John Nathan and Mahalia Jane McDonald Chancy. He was born November 26, 1862, Alabama, and died October 4, 1947, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama. James Monroe Sarah Elizabeth Hildreth Chancy are buried at Enterprise City Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.
5. George Travis Hildreth - born July 7, 1862, Coffee County, Alabama; died April 15, 1940, Farmers Academy Community, Coffee County, Alabama; married Emma Missouri Mixson, December 30, 1886, Old Tabernacle Church, Coffee County, Alabama, daughter of John Elijah and Elmira Cole Mixson. She was born November 12, 1868, Coffee County, Alabama, and died October 5, 1943, Coffee County, Alabama.
6. Mittie Emma Hildreth - born October 1865, Alabama; married Anderson Lafayette Wilson, December 23, 1883, Coffee County, Alabama. He was born November 1861, Alabama.
7. Henry Walter Hildreth - born February 14, 1869, Alabama; died July 19, 1939; married Lillie Ann Skipper, July 21, 1892, Dale County, Alabama, daughter of Robert Green and Sarah Ann Hallford Skipper. She was born August 26, 1872, and died July 3, 1963. Henry Walter and Lillie Ann Skipper Hildreth are buried at Old Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.
8. Marvin Bascom Hildreth - born December 25, 1871, New Brockton, Coffee County, Alabama; died December 22, 1952, Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida; married Lula Lee Cotter, September 25, 1890, Coffee County, Alabama, daughter of Joseph Cancel and Nancy Ann Elizabeth Edge Cotter. She was born December 13, 1873, Haw Ridge, Coffee County, Alabama, and died March 15, 1969, Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida. Marvin Bascom and Lula Lee Cotter Hildreth are buried at Old Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.
9. Ada Lillian Hildreth - born November 10, 1876, Alabama; died October 25, 1946, Conecuh County, Alabama; married David Marion Mixson, son of Wiliam Cicero and Martha E. Law Mixson, February 9, 1893, Coffee County, Alabama. He was born November 14, 1867, Coffee County, Alabama, and died May 14, Coffee County, Alabama. They are buried at Old Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.

Census records for Travis Zaccheus Hildreth:

Travis Zaccheus Hildreth is probably listed as one of the males "age 5 and under 10" on the 1840 Dale County, Alabama Census record for his father, Benjamin Hildreth's household (see above.)

Travis Zaccheus Hildreth is listed on the 1850 Coffee County Census record for Benjamin Hildreth's household as "Zacheriah T. " - 19 M; Occupation: farm; Value of real estate: $100; Place of birth: Alabama." (Note: I have not found any record that gives his middle name as "Zaccheus," but that is the middle name given in the Newman book.)

1860 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, Election Precint No. 11, Haw Ridge post office, page 927 (printed) or 174 (handwritten), lines 3-9
Enumeration date: 29 August 1850
Dwelling #1189, Family #1189
Travis Z. Hildreth - 29 M; Occupation: Farmer; Value of real estate: $1400, Value of personal property: $250; Place of birth; Alabama
Elizabeth " - 23 F; Place of birth: Georgia
Franklin P. " - 6 M; Place of birth: Alabama
Nancy J. " - 4 F; Place of birth: Alabama
Missouri " - 1 F; Place of birth: Alabama
Infant " - 4/12 M; Place of birth: Alabama
Milly Sessions - 14 F; Place of birth: Alabama

(Note: The "Infant" is probably Sarah Elizabeth Hildreth, born in February of 1860.)

I have been unable to locate Travis Hildreth on the 1870 Census.

1880 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, Centerville Beat No. 12, Enumeration District 44, sheet 314D
Enumeration Date: 17 July 1880
Dwelling #464, Family #464
Hildreth, Trav. - W M - 50; Married; Occupation: Farmer - Preacher; Place of birth: Alabama - Father's place of birth: South Carolina - Mother's place of birth: South Carolina
-----Elizabeth - W F - 44; Wife; Occupation: Keeping House; Place of birth: Georgia - Father's place of birth: South Carolina - Mother's place of birth: South Carolina
-----Sarah - W F - 18; Daughter; Place of birth: Alabama
-----George - W M - 16; Son; Occupation: Working farm; Place of birth: Alabama
-----Emma - W F - 14; Daughter; Place of birth: Alabama
-----Henry - W M - 10; Son; Occupation: Working farm; Place of birth: Alabama
-----Bascom - W M - 7; Son; Place of birth: Alabama
-----Ada - W F - 4; Place of birth: Alabama

1900 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, Precinct 12, Centerville, Enumeration District 52, Sheet No. 6A, Lines 34-35
Enumeration Date: 9 June 1900
Dwelling #107, Family #107
Hildreth, Travis - Head - W M; Born Dec. 1830, age 69; Married 47 years; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's place of birth: South Carolina, Mother's place of birth: South Carolina; Occupation: Farmer.
-----Elizabeth S. - Wife - W F; Born Mar. 1837, age 63; Married 47 years; Mother of 9 children, 8 living; Place of birth: Georgia, Father's place of birth: South Carolina, Mother's place of birth: South Carolina

Census records for Elizabeth Samantha Hays Hildreth:

Elizabeth Samantha Hays is probably listed in her father, Farmer Hays' household in the 1840 Census for Stewart County, Georgia, as one of the two "females under 5."

1850 Census for Macon County, Georgia, 814 District, page 143, lines 1 - 10
Enumeration date: 23 September 1850
Dwelling #652, Family #652
Farmer Hays - 54 M W; Occupation: Farmer; Value of Real Estate: $1800; Place of birth: South Carolina
Niven " - 22 M W; Occupation: Farmer; Place of birth: South Carolina
George " - 17 M W; Occupation: Farmer; Place of birth: South Carolina
Joseph " - 15 M W; Place of birth: South Carolina
Ebenizer " - 6 M W; Place of birth: South Carolina
Wm " - 4 M W; Place of birth: South Carolina
Jack Barfield - 16 M W; Place of birth: South Carolina
Mary Hays - 48 F W; Place of birth: South Carolina
Elizabeth " - 13 F W; Place of birth: South Carolina
Jane " - 11 F W; Place of birth: South Carolina

Elizabeth Samantha Hays Hildreth is listed in the household of her husband, Travis Zaccheus Hildreth, on the 1860 Coffee County, Alabama Census. (See above.)

I am still looking for the 1870 Census record for Travis Zaccheus Hildreth and his wife, Elizabeth Samantha Hays Hildreth.

Elizabeth Samantha Hays Hildreth is listed in the household of her husband, Travis Zaccheus Hildreth, on the 1880 Coffee County, Alabama Census and the 1900 Coffee County, Alabama Census. (See above)

I have not yet found a 1910 Census record which includes Elizabeth Samantha Hays Hildreth.

3rd Generation

Marvin Bascom Hildreth

Marvin Bascom & Lula Lee Cotter Hildreth

Marvin Bascom Hildreth was born December 25, 1871 in New Brockton, Coffee County, Alabama, and died December 22, 1952 in Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida. He married Lula Lee Cotter September 25, 1890 in Coffee County, Alabama, daughter of Joseph Cancel Cotter and Nancy Ann Elizabeth Edge. She was born December 13, 1873 in Hawridge, Coffee County, Alabama, and died March 15, 1969 in Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida. Marvin Bascom Hildreth and Lula Lee Cotter Hildreth are buried at Old Tabernacle Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.

Children of Marvin Bascom and Lula Lee Cotter Hildreth:

1. Winnie Etha Hildreth - born October 11, 1892, Alabama; died March 24, 1974, Geneva County, Alabama; married Ira David Murdock, April 2, 1911, son of Amariah Shorter and Arrenia Elizabeth Peters Murdock. He was born January 17, 1885, Dale County, Alabama, and died May 18, 1973, Geneva County, Alabama. Ira David and Winnie Etha Hildreth Murdock are buried at Meadowlawn Cemetery, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama.
(Census records for Winnie Etha Hildreth Murdock.)
2. Marvin Joseph Hildreth - born April 1, 1893, Alabama; died May 9, 1974, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; married Eola Kate Pelham, March 10, 1914, Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama, daughter of Alonzo L. and Georgia Ann Owens Pelham. She was born October 8, 1893, and died December 9, 1983. Marvin Joseph and Eola Kate Pelham Hildreth are buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama.
(Census records for Marvin Joseph Hildreth.)
3. Emmett Franklin Hildreth - born December 19, 1895, Alabama; died July 28, 1973, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama; married first Allison Van Nette, before 1825, probably in Ohio, daughter of Brodmond (?) and Alice Van Nette. She died January, 1925, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. He married second Mary Emory Peebles, February 17, 1927, Aliceville, Pickens County, Alabama, daughter of Emory Battle and Mamie Eliza Bonner Peebles. She was born May 1, 1894, Vienna, Pickens County, Alabama, and died June 8, 1992. Emmett Franklin and Mary Emory Peebles Hildreth are buried at Mesopotamia Cemetery, Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama.
(Census records for Emmett Franklin Hildreth.)
4. Lloyd P. Hildreth - born February 9, 1897, Coffee County, Alabama; died August 20, 1898, Coffee County, Alabama; buried at Old Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama.
5. Elizabeth Mae Hildreth - born September 1899, Alabama; married Evan F. Underwood, about 1919, born about 1895.
(Census records for Elizabeth Mae Hildreth Underwood.)
6. Ola Lee Hildreth - born about 1903, Alabama; married Alonzo Allen.
7. Irene Louise Hildreth - born May 8, 1904, Alabama; died July 26, 1978, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida; married Prezzie Calvin Russell, son of Ignatius Lee and Joicy Dowling Russell. He was born May 28, 1898, and died July 1971, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida.
8. Max S. Hildreth - born about 1907, Alabama; died 1950, Gadsden County, Florida; married Bernice __?__, about 1927, born about 1911, Florida.
(Census records for Max S. Hildreth.)
9. Lula Ruth Hildreth - born September 20, 1909, Alabama; died March 03, 2003, Florida; married Thomas Jefferson Bower September 16, 1933. He was born October 11, 1900 and died November 7, 1983. Lula Ruth Hildreth Bower and Thomas Jefferson Bower are buried at Strickland Cemetery, Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida.
10. Morgan Bascom Hildreth - born October 28, 1910, Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama; died January 22, 1991, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; married Lucile Raynor, March 30, 1929, Milton Santa Rosa County, Florida, daughter of Major James and Mary Nettie Davis Raynor. She was born May 9, 1909. Morgan Bascom Hildreth is buried at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.
11. Edith Merle Hildreth - born about 1916; married Johnny Hamilton.

Census records for Marvin Bascom Hildreth:

Marvin Bascom Hildreth is listed in the household of his father, Travis Zaccheus Hildreth in the 1880 Census for Coffee County, Alabama. (See above.)

1900 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, Centerville Precinct 12, Enumeration District 52, Sheet 7B, Lines 9-14
Enumeration Date: 12 June 1900
Dwelling #133, Family #134
Hildreth, M.B. - Head - W M; Born Dec. 1871, age 28; Married 9 years; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's place of birth: Alabama, Mother's place of birth: Georgia; Occupation: Farmer
-----Lauler L. - Wife - W F; Born Dec. 1873, age 26; Married 9 years; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's place of birth: Alabama, Mother's place of birth: Georgia
-----Winnie E. - Daughter - W F; Born Oct. 1892, age 8; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
-----Marvin J. - Son - W M; Born Apr. 1893, age 7; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
-----Emit F. - Son - W M; Born Dec. 1895, age 4; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
-----Lizzy M. - Daughter - W F; Born Sept. 1899, age 8/12; Single; Place of birth: Alabama

1910 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, Enterprise Town, Enumeration District 67, Sheet 171B
Enumeration date: April 1910
Dwelling #58, Family #60
Hildreth, Marvin B. - Head - M W 38; Married 19 years; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's place of birth: Alabama, Mother's place of birth: Georgia; Occupation: Farmer
----- Lula L. - Wife - F W 36; Married 19 years; Mother of 9 children, 8 living; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's place of birth: Georgia, Mother's place of birth: Alabama
----- Winnie E. - Daughter - F W 18; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Joseph M. - Son - M W 17; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Emmett F. - Son - M W 15; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Lizzie Mae - Daughter - F W 10; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Ola Lee - Daughter - F W 8; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Irene L. - Daughter - F W 6; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Max S. - Son - M W 3; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Lula Ruth - Daughter - F W 7/12; Single; Place of birth: Alabama

1920 Census for Covington County, Alabama, Precinct 1, Enumeration District: 48, Sheet #19A & 19B, Lines 44-50 (19A) & 1 (19B)
Enumeration date: 28 January, 1920
Dwelling #314, Family #347 (South Three Notch Road)
Hildreth, Bascomb M. - Head; M W 48; Married; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's Place of birth: Alabama, Mother's place of birth: Georgia; Occupation: Farmer (general farm)
----- Lula - Wife; F W 46; Married; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's Place of birth: Alabama, Mother's place of birth: Georgia
----- Olla Lee - Daughter; F W 17; Single; Place of birth: Alabama; Occupation: Labor on Farm
----- Irene - Daughter; F W 15; Single; Place of birth: Alabama; Occupation: Labor on Farm
----- Max - Son; M W 13; Single; Place of birth: Alabama; Occupation: Labor on Farm
----- Ruth - Daughter; F W 10; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- M.B. Jr. - Son; M W 7; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Myrle - Daughter; F W 3 9/12; Single; Place of birth: Alabama

1930 Census for Pike County, Alabama, Troy, Enumeration District 5, Sheet 8A (218 West Madison Street)
Enumeration Date: 7 April 1930
Dwelling #161, Family #181
Hildreth, Bascom - Head; M W 58; Married at 19; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's place of birth: Alabama, Mother's place of birth: Alabama; Occupation: Assistant Manager - Sewing Machines
----- Lula - Wife; F W 56; Married at 17; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's place of birth: Alabama, Mother's place of birth: Alabama
----- Ruth - Daughter; F W 17; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
----- Edith - Daughter; F W 13; Single; Place of birth: Alabama

Census records for Lula Lee Cotter Hildreth:

1880 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, Enumeration District #44, Centerville Beat No. 12, page 57
Enumeration Date: 21 July 1880
Dwelling #508, Family #508
Cotter, Joseph C. - W M - 27; Married; Occupation: Farmer; Place of birth: Georgia - Father's place of birth: Georgia - Mother's place of birth: Georgia
-----Elizabeth - W F - 30; Wife; Married; Occupation: Keeping House; Place of birth: Georgia - Father's place of birth: Georgia - Mother's place of birth: North Carolina
-----Lula - W F - 7; Daughter; Single; Place of birth: Alabama
-----Mary - W F - 3; Daughter; Place of birth: Alabama
-----Joseph - W M - 1; Son; Place of birth: Alabama

Lula Lee Cotter Hildreth is listed in the household of her husband, Marvin Bascom Hildreth on the 1900 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, the 1910 Census for Coffee County, Alabama, the 1920 Census for Covington County, Alabama, and the 1930 Census for Pike County, Alabama. (See above.)

4th Generation

Morgan Bascom Hildreth

Morgan Bascom Hildreth was born October 29, 1910 in Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama and died January 22, 1991 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. He married Lucile Raynor March 30, 1929 in Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida, daughter of Major James Raynor and Mary Nettie Davis. She was born May 09, 1909 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and died January 17, 2004, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. Morgan Bascom and Lucile Raynor Hildreth are buried at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.

Children of Morgan Bascom and Lucile Raynor Hildreth:

1. Living Hildreth
2. Armorita Nell Hildreth - born February 4, 1934, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida; died July 20, 1983, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; married Jacques Horace Gilchrist, July 7, 1952, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, son of John Daniel and Lena Pearl Gilchrist. He was born February 18, 1928, Whistler, Mobile County, Alabama, and died March 8, 1999, Spanish Fort, Baldwin County, Alabama. Jacques Horace and Armorita Nell Hildreth Gilchrist are buried at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.
3. Morgan Edward Hildreth - born September 12, 1938, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida; died October 26, 2000, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida; buried at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.
4. Living Hildreth
5. Living Hildreth

Census records for Morgan Bascom Hildreth:

Morgan Bascom Hildreth is listed in the household of his father, Marvin Bascom Hildreth, in the 1920 Census for Covington County, Alabama. (See above.)

1930 Census for Pike County, Alabama, Troy, Enumeration District 6, Sheet 1B (218 Brundige Street)
Enumeration Date: 10 April 1930
Dwelling #18, Family #21
Hildreth, Morgan - Head; M W 19; Married at age 18; Place of birth: Alabama, Father's place of birth: Alabama, Mother's place of birth: Alabama; Occupation: Salesman - Sewing Machines
----- Lucile - Wife; F W 19; Married at age 18; Place of birth: North Carolina, Father's place of birth: North Carolina, Mother's place of birth: North Carolina

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If you have any information on this family, I would appreciate you passing it on to marnel@ellijay.com

My special thanks to the following individuals who have contributed information, pictures, and/or encouragement for Hildreth Heritage - Southeast Alabama:

R. H. Bower
T. W. Floyd
B. Hildreth
J. B. Hildreth
L. R. Hildreth
B. Kiem
G. H. Luckie
D. H. Nolan
K. Parker
M. Peeples
S. Schaffer
E. H. Shaw
A. Templeton
C. G. Thacker

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Links to Internet Resources

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Additional Sources:

Ancestry.com, Florida Death Index, 1952, (2001), "Electronic."

Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, "Electronic."

Brooks, Rachel, "Rachel and William Brooks", The Heritage of Coffee County, Alabama, 2002, page 123.

Chancey, Dr. Ken, "James Monroe Chancey", The Heritage of Coffee County, Alabama, 2002, pages 152-153.

Hayes, E. Howard, Coffee County, Alabama Cemetery Records, (1998).

Hildreth, Doris, "Franklin Pierce and Elizabeth Samantha Hayes Hildreth", The Heritage of Coffee County, Alabama, 2002, page 248.

"Lucille Raynor Hildreth Obituary," Mobile Register, 19 January 2004, page 4B.

Lula Lee Hildreth, death certificate no. 69-020298 (1969), (Florida Office of Vital Statistics, Jacksonville [Informant: Mrs. Ruth Bower]).

Marvin Bascomb Hildreth, death certificate no. 30271, (Florida Office of Vital Statistics, Jacksonville [Informant: Mrs. Lula Hildreth]).

Newman, James Wilson Sr., The Hildreth Family, (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1989)

Schafer, Sylvia, "The Homer Hildreth Family", The Heritage of Coffee County, Alabama, 2002, page 248-249.

Standlee, Ranald, "Henry Benjamin Grimes", The Heritage of Coffee County, Alabama, 2002, page 212-213.

White, Jesse W., Cotter Family.

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HILDRETH HERITAGE - Southeast Alabama

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(Note: The "Infant" is probably Sarah Elizabeth Hildreth, born in February of 1860.)

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