Solomon Hinshaw

1. William Henshall m Margerie Gyll 2.. Thomas Henshall (?-c1631) m - Kendrick 3... John Henshall (1611-c1687) m Elizabeth - 4.... William Hinshaw (?-1699) m Elizabeth - 5..... Thomas Hinshaw (c1680-?) m Mary Marshall (c1685-?) 6...... Jacob Hinshaw (1710-1796) m Rebecca Mackey (c1716-1796) 7....... Thomas Hinshaw (c1749-1825) m Hannah Seasfield (c1745-1835) 8........ Jonathan Hinshaw (c1774-1859) m Ann McDaniel (c1775-?) 9......... John Hinshaw (c1801-1885) m Hannah Carter (c1805-1887) 10.......... Solomon Hinshaw (c1842-1863) +Ruth Mills (1833-?) 11........... William A. Hinshaw (1862-1945) ¹

Born about 1842, North Carolina.^2,3,4,5 (Very probably Surry, now Yadkin, County, North Carolina).

He married Ruth Mills, Mar 21 1861, Yadkin County, North Carolina.^2,3,6 Ruth was born Mar - 1833, North Carolina.^7,8,9

A marriage bond was recorded for Solomon Hinshaw & Ruth Mills on March 16, 1861, Yadkin County, North Carolina. They were married five days later by A. Speer, J.P. Martin Hinshaw was recorded as a bondsman.^10,11

At Deep Creek MM on 8-2-1862, Ruth Hinshaw (formerly Mills) was disowned for her "marriage out of unity".¹²

Solomon Hinshaw died Feb 11 1863, buried Deep Creek Friends Cemetery, Yadkin County, North Carolina.^2,3

Solomon was killed in a schoolhouse by Confederate Home Guard troops because he was a Union sympathizer.^2,3 Jesse Virgil Dobbins and his brother William T. Dobbins were present in the schoolhouse, Jesse being accused of being the ringleader of the "Bushwackers" (draft resisters); they were the sons of Jacob Dobbins & Jane Carter, and believed to have been Solomon's first cousins.¹³

After Solomon was killed, Ruth remarried on Oct 3 1866 to John McCollum.⁶ A marriage bond was recorded for Ruth Hinshaw & John McCollum on October 3, 1866, Yadkin County, North Carolina. They were married the very same day by R. G. Zachary, J.P.¹⁰ Ruth and John had a son, Sandy McCollum.¹

Ruth and family were shown in the 1870 census (Aug 11 1870), Boonville Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina:⁷

Ruth and family were again shown in the 1880 census, Boonville Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina:⁸

Ruth and family were again shown in the 1900 census (Jun 16 1900), Fall Creek Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina:¹⁴

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