A. J. HINTON

A. J. HINTON, one of the well-known and esteemed citizens of Meriwether County, of which he is a native, was born in August, 1841.

His grandfather, John Hinton, a soldier of the revolution, shortly after that war came with his wife, Huldah, from North Carolina, their native state, to Georgia. Here in Wilkes County, where they had settled, their son Jesse was born in 1802, and spent his early years, marrying Miss Clara Wells, a daughter of William and Sallie Wells, natives of the same county. Mr. Hinton was an industrious and energetic man, and a prosperous farmer, and his son A. J. has inherited those valuable qualities.

His early years were passed upon the farm, his first steps in the pathway to knowledge being made by the way of the old log school house of his district, after which he attended Griffin College.

Before he had attained his majority the war broke out, and in 1862 he enlisted in Company K, Fifty-fifth Georgia Regiment, under Capt. Milton P. Tucker. During the time that he was connected with this regiment he was not in any battle, but, his term of enlistment having expired, he returned home, and then re-enlisted, going out as captain of Company B, Ninth Georgia Regiment. In this company he was in many battles, among them Atlanta and the fall of Savannah. Capt. Hinton shared in the poverty of his men, and the southern forces in general, and returned penniless from the war, and for several years engaged in farming.

In 1873 he was elected clerk of the court, and, therefore, moved into Greeneville; he served two terms as clerk, and in 1877 was elected ordinary, to which office he has been re-elected every term since, which fact has well attested his faithfulness and efficiency in the duties of his office.

Capt. Hinton married in 1859 Miss Sudie Findley, the daughter of Emanuel and Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Findley, the former a native of Jasper County, who came to this county in 1833. Mrs. Hinton was born in this county in 1843 and died in 1875, leaving to her husband two children, Laurena and Jesse L.

In 1887 he married Miss Palma Walker, born in Upson County in 1855. Her parents, Hudson and Frances (Dardin) Walker, some years ago moved from Georgia to Texas, and later Mr. Walker returning to make a visit to his daughter, was taken with the yellow fever in New Orleans and died. Mr. and Mrs. Hinton are faithful and consistent Christians, the former a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, the latter belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Hinton is also an honored member of the Masonic order.

Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Containing historical accounts of the states civil, military, industrial and professional interests and personal sketches of many of it’s people, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895

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