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Emsla Hilton

M, #11129, b. 16 July 1800, d. 17 March 1856

Family: Ethelinda Harris (b. 23 November 1808, d. 16 February 1876)

Daughter*	Nancy Jane Hilton (b. 16 October 1826, d. 29 September 1843)
Son*	James W. Hilton+ (b. 1832, d. 1881)
Son*	J. M. Hilton (b. 1838)
Daughter*	Martha Ann Hilton (b. 1839, d. before 27 February 1876)
Daughter*	Sarah Ethelinda Hilton (b. 30 January 1843, d. 3 May 1883)

Biography

Emsla Hilton was born on 16 July 1800 in North Carolina.^1,2,3,4,5 He was born in 1801 in North Carolina.³ He and Ethelinda Harris were married on 23 November 1825 in Clark County, Indiana.^3,6,5 He died on 17 March 1854 at age 53 in Clark County, Indiana. buried in New Chapel Cemetery^4,5 He died on 17 March 1856 at age 55 at New Chapel Cemetery in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana.¹ He was buried in 1854 at New Chapel Cemetery in Clark County, Indiana.³

Emsla Hilton was also known as Emsley Hilton. He witnessed the probate of the estate of Lewis R. Harris between 6 April 1819 and 18 May 1831 in Clark County, Indiana.^7,8,9 Emsla Hilton was a grantee of on 30 August 1825 of in Clark County, Indiana. 82 acres from John Odem.⁸ Ethelinda Harris was appointed guardian to Emsla Hilton before June 1829 in Clark County, Indiana.⁸ He was a grantee of on 12 February 1834 of in Clark County, Indiana. 100 acres.⁸ He appeared in the census in 1840 in Clark County, Indiana.¹⁰ He appeared in the census in 1850 in Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana.^2,3 He sold to Lewis Robert Patrick on on 6 October 1853 of in Clark County, Indiana.⁸

Citations

[S150] ClarkCoIN Cemeteries recorded as Extract #191 Charlestown, Indiana Library, Clark county, Indiana cemeteries, listed by townships (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985),FHL#1428819 Item 1. Hereinafter cited as Clark County Cemeteries.
[S2438] IN Census 1850 recorded as Extract #3026 1850 Indiana Federal Census and Index, Original, FHL#0007726.
[S2600] JeffersonvilleCLARKIN Library recorded as Extract #3287 Letter from Reich, Marylynn (P.O. Box 1548 Jeffersonville, IN 4) to Rasmusson, Jenny, 25 Mar 1998; (.)
[S161] ClarkCoIN Genealogy recorded as Extract #204, Clark county, Indiana Family Genealogical Records (Salt Lake City: Charlestown, Library, 1985). Hereinafter cited as Clark county Genealogical Records.
[S6754] US Genealogy Family Treemaker recorded as Extract #9186 Family Tree Maker, online http://www.familytreemaker.com, Family Tree Maker (), downloaded 1 Mar 2001.
[S8874] ClarkCoIN Court Records - Marriages recorded as Extract #10479 Marriage records 1808-1951, and indexes 1815-1952, FHL#1415849-2312748. Hereinafter cited as Clark County Marriages.
[S3166] ClarkCoIN Probate Records 1801-1835 recorded as Extract #4426 Clark county, Indiana Probate Records 1801-1835 FHL#549316-549317 (Clark County (Indiana). County Clerk), Indiana Exchange, Indianapolis, Indiana. Hereinafter cited as Clark county, Indiana Probate Records 1801-1835.
[S143] ClarkCoIN Land Deeds recorded as Extract #180 Clark county, Indiana Deeds, FHL#1428648-50. Hereinafter cited as Clark County Deeds.
[S10981] ClarkCoIN Probate records, 1817-1919 recorded as Extract #11692 Clark county, Indiana Probate records, 1817-1919, FHL#1415962 -1428592. Hereinafter cited as Clark county Probate records, 1817-1919.
[S144] IN Census 1840 recorded as Extract #181, 1840 Indiana Federal Census and Index (). Hereinafter cited as 1840 Indiana Census.