Sergeant William Carroll Hester

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama
• Census: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Census: 1880, Twp. 10 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; Enumeration District 88
• Census: 1900, Belgreen, Franklin, Alabama; Enumeration District 6-23
• Civil War Veteran: Sep 1862 - Apr 1865; Co. E, 4th Alabama Cavalry CSA
• Occupation: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; Farm laborer
• Occupation: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1880, Twp. 10 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1900, Belgreen, Franklin, Alabama; Miller
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; With parents Roling and Lucinda (Richardson) Hester, eight siblings and two uncles
• Residence: 1867, Precinct 1, Franklin, Alabama; Election district 42
• Residence: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; With wife Jane (Bolton), eight children and a brother-in-law
• Residence: 1880, Twp. 10 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; With wife Jane (Bolton), four children, brother James T, father Roling
• Residence: 1900, Belgreen, Franklin, Alabama; With wife Jane (Bolton), a brother and three boarders

Notes:

Wartime Letter From William Carroll Hester

(Thanks to Patricia Cooper and Robert Williams for forwarding this)


April 18th. 1864

Dear beloved wife
I take my pen in hand to let you know how I am getting along I am well as present and a doing very well I hope when these few lines come to hand once more we are at Hill Burrogh on the Rail Road about tenn mils from Decatur they say there are seven thousand yankys in Decatur we saddle up this morning to go hav a fight the yankys went bac and did not hav any fight. I expect we will hav fighting to do hear we left Georgia the 6th of Aprile and got hear the 16th all of our boys ar well S R and R B are well and a doing very well I would to hear from you very well to know how your Pa was geting along with his crop I would like to know what J A BOLTON sas a doing I want to know what all is a going on in the contry. I hant received but one letter sinc I was at home I want to see you very bad I dont know when I will get to come home to see you the yankys is as thick as black birds up hear. my prays is for peace once more in our land so we can liv togher as we have once before I want you to do the same and pray to God to pardon our sins and your Dear Husband will do the same writ soon as no more only I remain your tru Husband untill death
Wm. C HESTER the 4th Ala. Cav Co. E
Johns Brigade Capt. E J Oden Company

Sgt. William Carroll Hester, born 14 Oct 1829 in Franklin County, Alabama; died 21 Nov 1908 Franklin County Alabama. He married 23 Sep 1852 to Jane Bolton, daughter if Benjamin Littleberry Bolton and Emoline Elizabeth Jones. William Carroll and Jane Hester are buried in Greenhil-Ezzell Cemetery, Franklin County Alabama. They were the parents of :

1. Robert Carroll Hester (b.7 Jun 1853, d. 22 Sep 1942), married Martha Adeline Bolton.

2. Chesley Amos Hester (b. 3 Mar 1855, d. 1 Jan 1944), married Amy Elizabeth Rickard.

3. Joseph Porter Hester (b. 17 Apr 1858, d. 26 Apr 1927), married 1st Kizya Ann Johnson, married 2nd Ann Rosetta (Massey) Tyra.

4. Druciller Victoria Hester (b. 4 Oct 1859, d. 9 Oct 1942), married Benjamin Hammon Johnson, Son of William J. and Nancy Jane Morris.

5. Lucinda Emeline Eliza Hester (b. 12 Jan 1862, d. 28 Jun 1941), married William Garrisson Brown, son of Joseph Brown and Catherine Ezzell.

6. William Jehu Hester (b. 18 Aug 1864, d. 21 Oct 1859), married Jessie Rhoda Jones.

7. Leora Etta Hester (b. 8 Jan 1867, d. 13 Apr 1959), married Levi Mitchell Rickard.

8. Roland Arthur Hester (b. 16 May 1869, d. 12 Nov 1951), married Molsey Elizabeth Flanagan, daughter of James Alexander Flanagan and Miranda King.

In 1922, William Carroll Hester's widow received a Confederate Pension from the State of Alabama. The only property listed was 145 acres she owned in Franklin County, Alabama which was then worth $1500.00. His tombstone records his service in Company G, but it is known that he enlisted Sept. 1862 in Company E and served until surrender.

Probate records of Franklin Co., Alabama are available online in Family History Centers (26 Sep 2017)

Buried:
Greenhill-Ezzell Cemetery

William married Jane Bolton 23 Sep 1852, Franklin County, Alabama. Jane was born 25 Apr 1835, Pickens County, Alabama; died 19 Sep 1925, Belgreen, Franklin, Alabama; was buried Franklin Co., Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1830, Franklin Co., Alabama
• Census: 1840, Franklin Co., Alabama
• Census: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Census: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Census: 1880, Twp. 10 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; Enumeration District 88
• Occupation: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Farmer
• Occupation: 1880, Twp. 10 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; Retired
• Residence: 1830, Franklin Co., Alabama; With a boy under age 5 and a woman age 20 to 29
• Residence: 1840, Franklin Co., Alabama; With a boy and a girl under age 5, two boys aged 5 to 10, a boy aged 10 to 15 and a woman aged 30 to 40
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; With wife Lucinda (Richardson), nine children and two brothers
• Residence: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; With wife Lucinda (Richardson) and six children
• Residence: 1867, Precinct 1, Franklin, Alabama; Election district 42
• Residence: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; With wife Lucinda (Richardson) and three sons
• Residence: 1880, Twp. 10 Range 13, Franklin, Alabama; With son William C Hester and family

Notes:

At least four sons of Roling Hester (b. 23 Jan 1807 NC, d. 20 Jul 1882 AL) and Lucinda Richardson (b. 9 Dec 1805 GA, d. 9 Oct 1875 AL) served in the Confederate Army. Roling was the son of William "Buck" Hester (b. 27 Jan 1780 NC, d. 5 Oct 1847 Franklin Co., AL) and Amy Malone. "Buck" Hester and Amy Malone were married 18 Oct 1805 in Person County, North Carolina. Amy was born 17 March 1789 in North Carolina and died 23 Jan 1840 Franklin County, Alabama. She was the daughter of John Malone (b. abt 1763 North Carolina) and Anne Blackwell who married 25 Jul 1786 in Granville County, NC. John was a son of Daniel Malone (b. about 1725 Virginia). Buck Hester was the son of Robert Hester (will written 22 Aug 1820 and probated June 1827, Person Co., NC). Buck came to Franlin county in 1818, first settling east of Russelville, around Tharp Springs. He later moved near Frankfort along Tollison creek. Buck and Amy Hester were the parents of sixteen children, four of whom were known to have served in the Confederate army: Sgt. William Carroll Hester, Pvt. Roland Benton Hester, Sterling Richardson Hester (rank unknown) and Pvt. Wiley Robertson Hester.

Roling Hester was born 23 January 1807 in North Carolina. He was the oldest child of William H. (Buck) Hester Sr. and Amy Malone Hester. In the spring of 1818, the year before Alabama became a state, young Roling, a lad 11 years of age, traveled by ox cart with his father, William H. (Buck) Hester Sr., from North Carolina to northwest Alabama. They settle five or six miles east of Russellville, Alabama, near the Gaines Trace at Tharp Springs. They cleared land, planted a small corn crop and erected a log cabin for themselves. William H. (Buck) Hester Sr. secured a section of land in 1818 in Franklin County from the Bureau of Land Management. Franklin County was created February 4, 1818 by the Alabama Territorial Legislature at St. Stephens.

In the latter part of 1818, Roling and his father returned to North Carolina to bring Roling's mother, Amy Malone Hester, and her six other children to their new home in Alabama. On the trip to Alabama, the Hester family was accompanied by Pumphrey and James Malone, who were brothers of Amy Malone Hester. They traveled in an ox cart caravan from Person County, North Carolina to their new home in the Territory of Alabama. In Alabama, the number of children of William H. (Buck) Hester Sr. and Amy Malone Hester grew to a total of 16.

Subsequently the Hester famly left their first settlement east of Russellville to relocate near the banks of Tollison creek, near Frankfort, Alabama. Descendants think the reason for the move was that the eastern part of Franklin County was becoming too heavily populated. largely as a result of the finalizing of the 1817 Indian treaties. This increase in population lessened the supply of fish and game in east Franklin County. There was a bountiful supply of wild game in the unsettled wilderness and an abundance of fish in Tollison creek. This area was bounded on the western side by the Chickasaw Indian Territory, which followed the course of Cane Creek through what is today Colbert County (created 1867) and continued southward through Franklin County. According to old land records, Roling Hester purchased over 200 acres of land in this area between 1834 and 1855.

At the age of 22, Roling married Lucendy Richardson, a native of Georgia who was 17 at the time. They reared nine children to adulthood. Eight of these children parented large families. Their third child, James Goodloe Hester never married. Much of the seventy five year life span of Roling Hester was spent along Tollison Creek. He and his wife Lucendy Richardson Hester, are buried in that area of Franklin County, Alabama, in the Malone Cemetery.

Probate records of Franklin Co., Alabama were destroyed in 1890 and are not available for earlier years (26 Sep 2017)

Buried:
Malone Cemetery

Roling married Lucinda Richardson 11 Dec 1828, Maury Co., Tennessee. Lucinda (daughter of John Wiley Richardson and Syntha Willis) was born 9 Dec 1805, Georgia; died 9 Oct 1875, Alabama; was buried Franklin Co., Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama
• Census: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Census: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Frankfort P.O.
• Occupation: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; Domestic
• Occupation: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; Keeping house
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 6, Franklin, Alabama; With husband Rolin Hester, nine children and two brothers-in-law
• Residence: 1860, Eastern Subdiv., Franklin, Alabama; With husband Roling Hester and six children
• Residence: 1870, Twp. 6 Range 12, Franklin, Alabama; With husband Roling Hester and three sons

Notes:

Buried:
Malone Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
Officiated by Alex Johnson, J.P.

Other Events:

• Census: 1820, Franklin Co., Alabama
• Census: 1830, Franklin Co., Alabama
• Census: 1840, Franklin Co., Alabama
• Residence: 1820, Franklin Co., Alabama; With four boys and four girls under age 21 and a woman over age 21
• Residence: 1830, Franklin Co., Alabama; With two girls under age 5, two boys and two girls age 5 to 9, a boy and a girl age 10 to 14, a boy and a girl age 15 to 19 and a woman age 40 to 49
• Residence: 1840, Franklin Co., Alabama; With three boys and two girls aged 5 to 9, two girls aged 10 to 14, a boy aged 15 to 19, and a man aged 20 to 29

Notes:

Some sources say William "Buck" Hester was born in Ceder Creek, Franklin County, North Carolina. He left North Carolina in the Spring of 1818 for north Alabama. He was accompanied by his oldest son, Roling. That spring they cleared several acres of land in Franklin County near Gaines Trace at Tharp Springs and planted a corn crop. In the fall they returned to North Carolina to bring Amy and the rest of the children to Alabama in an ox cart. Two of Amy's brothers, Pumpfrey Malone and James Malone, also made the trip and settled in Alabama at the same time. The 1830 census of Franklin County, Alabama shows a Wm Hester, P(umpfrey) Malone, James Malone and R(oling) Hester all on the same page, p. 41.

In his book Forefathers of Franklin County, p. 76, Ritchie Hester recounts that a short while later Buck moved his family to Tollison Creek to be in a less populated area and to be near Amy's brothers. According to Ritchie Hester, Buck had a reputation as a great bear hunter and the Tollison Creek area offered bountiful fishing and game.

Buck made his living as a farmer.

According to Johnny Hester in his book Facts and Fables of Franklin County pgs. 31-32, there are two theories regarding where Buck Hester may be buried. Some people believe that he is buried in the Malone Cemetery which is the final resting place of his son, Roling. There is an unmarked grave next to Lucendy, Roling Hester's wife. Some people believe that this is Buck's grave.

The second theory is that Buck is buried in an unnamed cemetery about 2 1/2 miles from Frankfort. The cemetery has ten unmarked graves. Less than a quarter of a mile from Buck's last homeplace, this is a possibility because it was customary at that time for people to buried near their homes. Some people believe that this may be the burial site for both Buck and Amy.

Additional sources for the information on this generation are:

My Malones by Darse Malone Fant.
Records and information from Freddie Mae Malone.
Records and information from Evelyn Evans.
Olden Times Book, Volume I, sections on the Greenhill Family Cemetery.

Buried:
Unnamed Cemetery #5

William married Amy Malone 18 Oct 1805, Person Co., North Carolina. Amy (daughter of John Malone and Anne Blackwell) was born 17 Mar 1789, North Carolina; died 23 Jan 1840, Frankfort, Franklin, Alabama; was buried Franklin Co., Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

-- Hester Descendants: Family of Roling Hester and Lucendy Richardson Hester,
compiled by Bernice Hester, 1992 publication information p. iii.
The Hesters that are descended from William Buck and Amy Malone Hester are forever indebted to Amy for being an unusually good record keeper. Her records survive in the family Bible. The family records portion of that Bible was published in The Natchez Trace Traveler, May, 1982 edition.

Buried:
Unnamed Cemetery #5

Other Events:

• Census: 1820, Maury Co., Tennessee
• Census: 1830, Maury Co., Tennessee
• Census: 1840, 6th Civil Dist., Maury, Tennessee
• Probate: 6 Jul 1846, Maury Co., Tennessee; Estate sale
• Residence: 1820, Maury Co., Tennessee; With four boys and a girl under age 10, two girls age 10 to 15, two men and two women aged 16 to 25, a man and a woman age 26 to 44, and six slaves
• Residence: 1830, Maury Co., Tennessee; With a boy age 5 to 9, a boy age 10 to 14, a man age 15 to 19, a woman age 50 to 59, and six slaves
• Residence: 1840, 6th Civil Dist., Maury, Tennessee; With a man aged 15 to 19, a man aged 20 to 29, a woman aged 60 to 69, a free "colored" man over age 55, and five slaves
• Will: 25 Feb 1839, Maury Co., Tennessee

Notes:

Investigation reveals the William Richardson, Sr. left a will written in 1806, filed 1808 in Wilkes Co., Georgia, in which he names his three sons, William, John, and Thomas. A Thomas Richardson is probated in Maury Co., Tennessee in the 1830s and would be of an age to have been John Wiley Richardson's brother. It is possible but far from proven that William Richardson is the father

Some researchers make him the son of William Richardson, Sr. of Wilkes Co., Georgia but do not cite sources.

Died:
Probably closer to the later date, i.e. Jun 1846; he appears in the 1840 census but his estate is auctioned on 6 Jul 1846; his will contained a number of provisions that would have had to have been executed prior to the auction

John married Syntha Willis 1790, Wilkes Co., Georgia. Syntha died Aft 1839. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

No mention in Wilkes Co., Georgia probate records of a Syntha Willis Richardson (30 Nov 2015)
No Willis wills of Wilkes Co., Georgia through 1840 mention a Syntha Willis or Syntha Richardson (30 Nov 2015)

Died:
Mentioned by name in husband John W Richardson's will of 1839

Other Events:

• Census: 1800, Hillsboro Twp., Granville, North Carolina
• Census: 1820, Person Co., North Carolina
• Probate: Jun 1827, Person Co., North Carolina
• Residence: 1800, Hillsboro Twp., Granville, North Carolina; With three boys and three girls under age 10, three boys and one girl age 10 to 16, a woman age 26 to 44 and five slaves
• Residence: 1820, Person Co., North Carolina; With one boy under age 10, three boys age 10 to 15, one woman age 16 to 25, one "free colored person" and thirteen slaves
• Will: 22 Aug 1820, Person Co., North Carolina
• _MILT: Dec 1779 - Feb 1780, North Carolina; Private in Gen Lincoln, Col Lytle's regiment, Maj O'Neal, Capt Barnett Pullam's company
• _MILT: May 1780 - Aug 1780, North Carolina; Private under Col. Stephen Moore's regiment, Majors Caden, Parker, Capt. Peter Bennett's company
• _MILT: Feb 1781 - Mar 1781, North Carolina; Private under General Butler, Capt. William Hester's Company, Colonel Joe Taylor's regiment

Notes:

Robert Hester was born November 20, 1760 in Granville County, NC. He served and was wounded in the Revolutionary War. His will, dated August 22, 1820 and probated June 1827 in Persons Co., NC, listed his children as:

Henry H. Hester
William H. Buck Hester
Nicholas H. Hester
Elijah H. Hester
Nancy Malone
Sally Malone

Robert Hester resided during the American Revolution in North Carolina and assisted in establishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of a volunteer soldier and patriot.

Person County, North Carolina records: In Deed Book D, page 364, 8 Feb 1813, Person County, North Carolina, Robert Hester to his six grandchildren; Henry Malone, Wright Malone, Robert Pomphrey Malone, Nancy Malone, Brandis Malone and Betsy Malone, all children of daughter Sally Malone, wife of Brandis Malone, for love and affections, three negroes: Eady, age 21 yrs; William, age 2 yrs; Squire, age 6 mos. Wits: Elijah Hester, William Hester.

Deed Bk D, p 363, Person County, North Carolina 8 February 1813. Robert Hester to four grandchildren: Sally Malone, Robert Malone, Elijah Malone and Daniel Malone, children of daughter Nancy Malone, wife of Staples Malone of Orange County, for love and affection, three negroes: Hannah, age 18 yrs; Nicholas, age 3 yrs; Yancy, age 2 yrs. Wit: Elijah Hester, William Hester.

Also in 1819, Elijah Hester, brother of Nancy Hester Malone, was appointed guardian for Sally, Robert, and Elijah Malone. Evidently Daniel, mentioned in the deed of gift, had died. There was also another son born in 1814 after the deed of gift by Robert Hester to Nancy and Staples Malone, George Washington Malone.

Robert Hester was granted pension for service in Revolution on 5 November 1832, in Morgan County, Georgia. Copy of this document in my file, this may have been another Robert Hester. A Robert Hester was also granted a pension under the Act, 7th June 1832 with his pension of $30 a year to begin on the 4 March 1834, this veteran had also been wounded.

December 1779 - substitute for 3 months Private in Gen. Lincoln, Col Lytle;s regiment, Maj. O 'Neal, Capt Barnett Pullam's company.

May 1780 - substitute for 3 months Private under Col. Stephen Moore's regiment, Majors Caden , Parker, Capt. Peter Bennett's company
He was severely wounded in the head and arm at Gates Defeat, August 16, 1780; and from February 1781 - substitute for 3 months Private under General Butler, Capt. William Hester's Company, Colonel Joe Taylor's regiment and was in the battle of Guildfor Court House.

Record of the Swearing of Allegiance and payroll script recorded in Revolutionary Army Accounts, Volume XII, Page 53, Folio 4, State of North Carolina, Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History.

The State Records of North Carolina Collected and Edited by Walter Clark, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina Vol. XXII, Miscellaneous.

Check on pamphlet entitled HESTERS FOR THE HESTERS by John B. Hester, Historian, Franklin County Commission, Russellville, Alabama.

Information from Chris Bryant Homepage

St. Lukes' district, early Person County, NC in 1783, Robert Hester, Sr. owned 200 acres of land, one white pole and three blacks. His will dated 22 August, 1820 and probated June 1827 in Persons County NC listed 6 children Henry, William Buck, Nicholas, Elijah, Nancy Malone and Sally Malone. The tax records of Persons County, NC list William Hester in 1806 with one white pole and one vote.
Person County, NC was founded in 1791. There were at least 3 Robert Hesters who were soldiers in the Revolutionary War and there is no doubt but what the ancestors of Robert Hester, Sr. belonged to the Virginia group of 1680. However, the official record of them during that period has not been located. A copy of the will of Robert Hester Sr. may be obtained from the Hall of Archives, Raleigh, NC for a small fee. The original is recorded in Will Book #10, page 328. It was tranferred there several years ago from Roxboro, NC. A copy of the marriage license of William Hester and Amy Malone may be obtained from the County Clerk, Person County, Roxboro, NC for a fee.

Robert Hester served in the Revolutionary War. His will, dated August 22, 1820 and probated June 1827 in Person Co., NC and listed his children.

taken from :

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/3843/hester.html

Robert — Nancy McCrary. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

No McCrary found in Person Co., North Carolina wills cross-index; no devisee Nancy Hester
No McCrary found in Guilford Co., North Carolina wills cross-index; no devisee Nancy Hester
No McCrary found in Granville Co., North Carolina wills cross-index; no devisee Nancy Hester
No McCrary found in Stokes Co., North Carolina wills cross-index; no devisee Nancy Hester

Other Events:

• Census: 1800, Hillsborough Dist., Person, North Carolina
• Census: 1810, Person Co., North Carolina
• Census: 1820, Limestone Co., Alabama
• Census: 1830, Franklin Co., Alabama
• Residence: 1800, Hillsborough Dist., Person, North Carolina; With three boys and a girl under age 10, a boy age 10 to 15, a man age 16 to 25, a woman age 26 to 44, a woman over age 44 and four slaves
• Residence: 1810, Person Co., North Carolina; With two girls under age 10, a boy age 10 to 15, two men and a woman age 16 to 25 and a woman over age 45
• Residence: 1820, Limestone Co., Alabama; With a boy and girl under age 21 and a woman over age 21
• Residence: 1830, Franklin Co., Alabama; With a boy age 15 to 19 and a woman age 60 to 69

Notes:

Franklin Co., Alabama probate records were destroyed in 1890 and are not available for earlier dates (28 Sep 2017)

John married Anne Blackwell 25 Jul 1786, Granville Co., North Carolina. Anne (daughter of John Blackwell and Frances Pomfret) was born 1766, Cedar Creek, Franklin, North Carolina; died Aft Feb 1818. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ancestral file, 1990
Our Webb Kin of Dixie, p. 67, Old Southern Bible Records by M. A. Lester,
Corres. with J.R. Malone died 3 yrs ago This from Kay Beal, Farmington, UT 1991


MARRIAGE: See Hester Descendants... in birth entry.

Birth:
Hester Descendants: Family of Roling Hester and Lucendy Richardson Hester, compiled by Bernice Hester, 1992 publication information p. iii.

Died:
She is listed as an heir to father John Blackwell

Other Events:

• Probate: 4 Mar 1807, Wilkes Co., Georgia; Will proved on oath of witnesses
• Probate: 20 Mar 1807, Wilkes Co., Georgia; Estate appraisal
• Will: 13 Feb 1806, Wilkes Co., Georgia; To unnamed wife (all possessions during her life or widowhood); to son William Richardson (after death of "wife", all possessions except one slave to be purchased by a William Mills); "my wife" and sons John Richardson and Thomas Richardson, executors; witnesses John Russel, John Richardson, Jaen (sic.) Mills