The Hintons – HintonJohnson

Jesse Hinton Family Gallery

Young Jesse Hinton, Sr.

Jesse and Dell Hinton and friends

Jesse Hinton, Sr.

Jesse & Dell Hinton with their children

Lt. Colonel Jesse J. Hinton Jr., United States Army

Jesse & Dell Hinton & Family

Jesse Junious Hinton, Sr. (Hut) was born August 23, 1922 in Edgecombe County to the late Octavia and Mattie Lula Johnson Hinton. He has three sisters, Josephine Hinton Johnson, Roxie Hinton Lawrence and Elizabeth (Doll) Hinton, two brothers who are deceased, Thomas and John Hinton. Jesse was reared in the Edgecombe County where he attended the Kingsboro School. When he was a child his mother and father separated. His aunts Maggie Monroe and Daisy Perry raised him. First Jesse went to live with Maggie and Willie Monroe on the Powell Farm in Edgecombe County. He stayed with them for about six years or longer. Then Jesse went to live with his Aunt Daisy and her husband in 1940. At that time Jesse was between sixteen and seventeen years old when he went to live with them. He lived there until 1945.

Jesse met and married Lela (Dell) Macklin on June 14, 1945. To this union six children were born. They were Jesse Jr., Frankie, Frederick, Madelyn, Sylvia and Larry Hinton.

Jesse Sr. and Lela Dell Hinton

From 1935-1945, Jesse worked on a farm. He worked at Merita Bread Company, May Wright, Tip Top and Flower Bakeries between 1953-1981. When Jesse was working at the bakery he kept his siblings supplied with bread and cakes.

Jesse attended the Nash County community Technical College for five years. He has been an active member at the Mount Oliver Baptist Church for fifty years and he stays in contact with his family.

His wife, Lela, was employed at Southern Upholstery until 1971, Sportswear from 1971-1973, a Lingerie store from 1973-1976, Nash County School System from 1976-1979 and Edgecombe Economic Development from 1979 until the present. Lela likes traveling and has been an active member of Mount Oliver Baptist Church for fifty years.

Jesse and Lela always look forward to the Hinton parade that is held in Nash County every Fourth of July.

Jesse & Lela Dell's Genealogy

Jessie Junious Hinton, Sr.	Lela Dell Macklin
Birthdate: August 23, 1922	Birthdate: May 23, 1927
Place of Birth: Edgecombe County	Place of Birth: Sussex County, Va
Father: Octavia Hinton	Father: Jesse Roy Macklin
Mother: Mattie Lula J. Hinton	Mother: Rebecca Garner
Brothers and Sisters: Josephine, Roxie, Elizabeth (Doll), Thomas and John Hinton	Brothers and Sisters: Paul R., Rebecca, Jesse Roy Jr., and Mattie Macklin

Jesse & Lela Dell's Children

Child	Place of Birth	Date of Birth
Jessie Junious Hinton Jr.	Nash County, North Carolina	June 24, 1946
Frederick Leon Hinton	Nash County, North Carolina	December 22, 1947
Franklin Lorraine Hinton	Nash County, North Carolina	August 4,1949
Madelyn Delois Hinton	Nash County, North Carolina	July 11, 1951
Sylvia Vernell Hinton	Nash County, North Carolina	December 5, 1952
Larry Donell Hinton	Nash County, North Carolina	July 16, 1956

Jesse J. Hinton, Jr

Lt. Colonel Jesse J. Hinton Jr. United States Army

Jesse J. Hinton Jr. was born to Jesse, Sr. (Hut) and Lela Dell Hinton in Nash County. He attended the public schools in Nash County. Upon completing high school, Jesse Jr. enlisted in the US Army in 1966.

Jesse received his military education from the following; U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, U.S. Army Organization Effectiveness Training Center Department of Defense Language Institute, U.S. Army Military Assistance Officer Course, U.S. Army Infantry Officer Advanced Course, U.S. Army Airborne School (Base and Jump Master) and U.S. Army Infantry Officer Candidate School.

In 1978 he received a BA degree in History from Fayetteville State, North Carolina. In 1980 he attended Webster College in St. Louis, Missouri where he attained an MA degree in management.

Jesse did overseas duty in Korea, Vietnam and Panama. From July 1975 to December 1975 he was commander of the US Army Airborne School 3^rd Battalion, 7^th Special Forces group Fort Sherman, Canal Zone (Panama). He planned, coordinated and directed basic and advanced airborne training for soldiers from countries throughout Central and South American at one of only three airborne schools within the United States Army. His staff of ten, using the required language for instruction of Spanish, received continuous praise for their outstanding performance.

From December 1975 to July 1977 he was the Civil Military Operation Officer 3^rd Battalion, 7^th Special forces Group Fort Gullick, Canal Zone (Panama). He coordinated and implemented community relation activities that had a tremendous impact on improving the relationship between the organization and the citizens of Panama.

Jesse was the race relation equals opportunity officer 20^th engineer Brigade, Fort Brag, North Carolina. He served as primary advisor from June 1977 to March 1978 to the commander in the area of race relations. Jesse conducted seminars and serves that determined the problem areas, real or perceived. He developed and implemented strategies that improved the racial climate and overall efficiency with the organization. Jesse conducted surveys, seminars and interventions that successfully improved the overall effectiveness of a combat organization of over fifteen hundred members.

Jesse was the Senior Assistant Professor of Military Science at North Carolina A & T State University, in Greensboro, North Carolina where he developed and presented a “Program of Instruction” that successfully prepared over eighty cadets for the transition from college student to commission officer in the United States Army. He supervised departmental staff activities in the areas of administration, recruitment, training, logistics and budget.

He was the senior army instructor JROTC at the J. H. Rose High School in Greenville, North Carolina. Jesse chaired the JROTC Department and serves as a member of the “leadership team”. The JROTC programs developed into an Honor Unit with distinguish as a result of the outstanding level of student leadership. Student leadership is a direct outcome of our focus on educating and training cadets on the fundamentals while expecting and demanding self-discipline.

Jesse has been retired from the military for twenty-two years. He is currently a Special Assistance to the Superintendent of the Pitt County School System. He is married to Rosa Joyner Hinton.

Mattie Lula Johnson Hinton

Mattie Lula Johnson Hinton (1901 – December 15, 1953) was born 1901 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina to Benjamin Sr. and Mary Jane Johnson. Mattie Lula met and married Octavia Hinton and to this union six children were born. They were Josephine, Roxie, Jesse, Elizabeth (Doll), John and Thomas Hinton. She was a member of Cedar Creek Church in Nash County.

Mattie and Octavia Hinton were living on a farm when they separated. Mattie Lula moved to a three-room apartment on Park Avenue in Rocky Mount where she was struggling to the pay the rent. Octavia and Lula went back together and tried to make their marriage work. They moved to Port Island farm on 64 Highway, where they were paid by the day. Octavia and Mattie worked on the farm for a year.

Octavia bought Mattie Lula everything that she wanted if he could afford it. When she wanted a sewing machine, he surprised her and bought it for her. He also bought her outfits with matching shoes and hats. Mattie still wanted her own money, and the problems continued. She felt if she worked, she should have her own money. Her thinking was well before women’s liberation (smile). In those days the husband gave the wife what he thought was an adequate allowance.

Mattie Lula’s mother, Mary Jane Johnson, intervened about the separation. She had warned her daughter that she should stay with her husband, but Mattie Lula didn’t listen and got a divorce anyway. Mattie Lula faced difficult times after the divorce. She couldn’t take care of her children. After Lula and Octavia divorced, some of their children went to live with various relatives.

Jesse, Sr. (Hut) went to live with his Aunt Maggie and her family. Roxie went with to live with her cousin, Mae Linda, and Octavis Battle in Battleboro, NC. Elizabeth (Doll) went to live with her father Octavia Hinton when he married Alice Farmer, where she stayed until she was grown. Josephine, John and Thomas (Tom) stayed with their mother, Mattie Lula.

Mattie Lula moved to Dunbar in Battlesboro, where she did day work on a farm. She eventually left the farm and moved to Rocky Mount, NC on Matthew Street. She was employed at Lee’s Factory until her death. Mattie Lula Johnson was a young woman when she died December 15, 1953 at the age of 52. She died from low blood pressure. Mattie was buried in Unity Cemetery, Rocky Mount NC. Mattie loved her grandchildren.

Daisy Johnson Perry

Daisy Johnson Perry (1891-March 26, 1959) was born 1891 to the Benjamin Sr. and Mary Jane Taylor Johnson in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. She met and married Robert (Bob) Perry, and to this union seven children were born. They were Almeto, Willie, Lillian, Sedora, Ernest, Flora and Walter Perry.

The Family lived on the Watson Farm near Cedar Grove Church, and they also lived on the Kitchen and Baker farm in Edgecombe County. Walter Perry became sick with tuberculosis and died from complications. After Walter’s death, Daisy Perry moved to Rocky Mount on Holly Street. She remained there until her death.

Their daughter, Sedora, preceded them in death. Sedora also died from tuberculosis.

Daisy died March 26, 1959 when she was 68 years old. She died from heart complications and was buried in the Unity Cemetery beside her husband, Walter Perry.

Mary Hinton Hill

Mary Hinton Hill was born to Joseph and Clarissa (Classic) Hinton. She was born in Edgecombe County (Birthdate unknown). Mary met and married Lonnie Hill. To this union one son, Lazard Hill, was born. Mary and her family lived on a farm in the rural area of Pinetops, North Carolina.

Mary and her husband, Lonnie Hill, died when they were young, leaving their son Lazard an orphan at an early age.

After his parent’s death, Lazard went to live with his grandfather, Joseph Hinton where he remained until his grandfather’s death. When Joseph Hinton died, Lazard went to live with his uncle Octavia Hinton were he remained until he was married. Lazard was an outdoor person who would spend most of his spare time in the woods with friends brewing corn liquor.

He married Louise (Lean Rat) Sharp. They did not have any children. Both of them were successful at saving money. Lazard and his wife Louise (Lean Rat) died from diabetes. He died in 1980. After Lazard died, Louise moved to Rocky Mount where she lived until her death.

Malissia Hinton Braswell

Malissia Hinton Braswell was the eldest of her siblings. She was born in 1889 in Edgecombe County to Joseph and Clarissa (Classic) Hinton. Malissia had eight siblings. They were Ed, Octavia, Mary, Classic, Lee, Jeurshia, Roberta and Mary Frances Hinton. She married Moses Braswell Sr. and to this union five children were born. They were Malissia (Little Lissa) Nancy, Moses Jr., Mary and Maggie Braswell.

Malissia and her family lived on a farm near Hoggood, which is located near Tarboro, North Carolina. She and her husband were farmers. Malissia and Moses did not stay in Hoggood very long. The Braswell family moved closer to Tarboro, North Carolina where they did not farm as much. When Moses died, Malissia married again.

She married Charlie Grant Sr., who had a son, Charlie Grant Jr. Malissia and Charlie Grant Sr. did not have any children. Malissia’s death was a tragic one. According to one of her daughters, prior to her mother’s death the Holy Spirit, Elijah, had revealed to Malissia that she was going to die by fire. On a dreadful winter night she was standing in front of the fireplace trying to keep warm. Her gown caught fire on Thursday evening between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on December 31, 1948. She had burns on two thirds of her body. Malissia did not survive. She died on January 1, 1949 at the Edgecombe County Hospital in Tarboro, North Carolina. She was sixty years old and was interred in the Bullock Cemetery near Providence School in Edgecombe County.

Estee (Ralph) Hinton

Estee (Ralph) Hinton was born on June 16, 1912 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina to Harry and Maggie Hinton. He had six siblings. They were Issiah, Rosabell, Pete, Spence, Joe and Queen Hinton.Ralph attended the public schools in Edgecombe County.

Ralph met and married Elizabeth Jones and to this union the following children were conceived. They were Queen, Maggie Ray, Annie Mae, Estee Hinton and Jesse Ray Mayo. Estee (Ralph) and Elizabeth sharecropped on a farm in Cornelinus, North Carolina. They moved to Farmerville, North Carolina when he was sixty-two years old. Ralph got a job at the tobacco factory there at sixty years old.

Ralph’s hobbies included cooking. He used to make many delicious dishes and was considered an excellent cook. Ralph smoked for many years, and died from lung cancer at 3:32 a.m. Monday morning on November 2, 1987 in Pinetops, North Carolina. He was seventy-five years old.

Ralph’s wife, Elizabeth was born on November 2, 1912 to Cary C. Jones and Rebecca Redmond in Edgecombe County. She was a member of the Little Sannavah Primitive Baptist Church in Cornelius, North Carolina for many years. She died on December 8, 1990 at 8:30 p.m. in the Heritage Hospital in Tarboro, North Carolina. She was 78 years old. Estee (Ralph) and Elizabeth Jones Hinton were interred in the Carver Park Cemetery in Pinetops, North Carolina.

Effie Hinton Green

Effie Hinton Green (1914-1992) was born 1914 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina to Lee and Blanch Hinton. She was the granddaughter of Joseph and Clarrisa Hinton.

Effie met and married Tommy Green in 1935. To this union one son was born, Eddie Green. Effie and Tommy did farming for living in Edgecombe County on the Collen Farm near Wiggins Road. They were married briefly for about one year. Effie left Edgecombe County and settled in Elizabeth City, North Carolina for two years. She then left North Carolina and went to live in Montclair, New Jersey in 1937 until she died.

Effie never did remarry. Moving on with life, Effie was employed at the Charm Candy Company in Broomfield, New Jersey for twenty-eight years. When Charms Candy Company relocated to another state, Effie decided to retire. She died in 1992 from Stomach cancer. Effie was 78 years old and was interred in the Rosadale cemetery in Montclair, New Jersey.

Tommy Green was born in Macon, Ga in 1914. He had three sisters and one brother. His parents moved from Macon, Georgia to North Carolina for a better living. The Green family settled in Elm City, North Carolina on a farm. Tommy met and married Effie Hinton. To this union one child was born, Eddie Green. Tommy always remained close to his son Eddie after his divorce with Effie Hinton. Tommy was employed in the Senate Building in Washington, DC. He retired from the company after 25 years of service as a chef. Tommy died in April 2000. He was eighty-six years old and his body was cremated.