The First Joseph Mote Gill Family · Moore Family Stories

The First Joseph Mote Gill Family
Joseph Mote Gill was born in 1815 in Georgia.
We have no information on the Gill family any further back--- could you help?

Louisa (Lucinda) Brown was born in 1825 in Alabama.
They married January 25, 1838 in Jefferson, Co, Ala., she was 13 years old, he was 23
U S census records show that they could not read or write.
Their children were born there, 28 years from the first child to the last.
They are both buried in a little cemetery in Morris, Alabama.

Marshall Messer, their first child was born August 15, 1841, he died July 18, 1919
He married Armenta Missouri Davenport ( Sue) Jan. 25, 1868, in Morris, Ala
To some of us they were, "Granmama and Grandad"
She was born in Jefferson County, Alabama, May 23, 1845, died May 30, 1939
They both died in Palo Pinto, Co. Texas and are buried in the Hittson Cemetery there.
They had 3 sons and 4 daughters that lived past infancy.

1850-1860-1870 U. S. census show these children of Joseph Mote Gill and Lucinda
Marshall Messer, born August 15, 1841, M
Matilda, was born in 1843 F
Francis D, in 1848 F
Moses, 1851 M
Minerva, 1853 F
George Washington, 1859 M, He moved to Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
Thompson, 1863 M, He moved to Arkadelphia with his brother.
M A,1866 F
M E, 1869 F

The Hittson connection---to the Gills--- thru the Browns
Louisa (Lucinda) Brown Gill
Louisa had a younger sister, Martha. Their mother, Jane Barton Brown, died.
Louisa had a young niece, Salena, whose mother, Mary Nail Brown died.
Louisa Brown Gill raised the two girls.
Salena was 14 when she married John Nathan Hittson in 1851.
Three years later, Martha, 18, married his brother, William, Uncle Billy Hittson.
They were very successful, hundreds of sections of land, thousands of cattle.
Uncle Billy's Mother was Mary Ann (Polly) Beck. Her sister was the mother of----

Nathan Bedford Forrest, famed Civil War General," I got there firstest with the mostest"
He was believed to be the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, according to the
Encyclopedia Britannica. He ordered it disbanded in 1869 because of its excessive
violence. He is honored across Tennessee, with a bust in the state capitol, a state park
in his name, and a large statue in Memphis over his grave.

Louisa (Lucinda) Brown Gill
Her Mother was Jane Barton, born 1789, died 1840.
Her father was George Brown, born 1787, died 1853.
He was a prosperous farmer and slave owner.

His father was John Henry Brown, Revolutionary War veteran.
He was born May 1765, Spartenburg, South Carolina, died August 8, 1841.
His mother was Betty Crawford, born 1762, died in 1809.
She was said to have been the daughter of a Cherokee Chief, "Little Red Deer"

John Henry Brown's father was Andre Jackson Brown, his mother was Jane Young.
She was the sister of Brigadier General Nathan Young, of the British Army.
It is said that when General Young met his sister's husband face to face
after one battle--- he decided he could not fight his "own family."
He resigned his commission and returned to England.

John Brown served as a 12 year old drummer boy for the American troops
and with his father in various Indian actions,
Later he served in the South Carolina and Alabama legislatures.