Ed Hinton (1890- 1962) was born in 1890 to Joseph and Classic Hinton. His parents had seven children. They were Malissia, Ed, Octavia, Mary, Classic, Lee and Jeurshia. Roberta and Mary Frances Hinton was by his father’s second marriage. Ed met and married Minnie Knight in 1908. She was born on August 25, 1889 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. They had the following children; Clarence, James, Laursha and Cleveland Hinton.
Ed and his family lived on the Davis Town Farm near Pinetops, North Carolina where they did sharecropping. He retired from farming in 1959 due to illness. Ed and Minnie moved to Tarboro, North Carolina. Ed was always a great cook and was known by his grandchildren for his delicious Chopped-Barbecue and Brunswick Stew and Minnie could make the best lemonade and roasted corn.
Ed and Minne would have family gatherings at their home. They would barbecue a pig and have all the trimmings, which Little Lissa Pettaway remembers. She also recalls both of them being great cooks. They were faithful members at Few In Number Primitive Baptist Church in Pinetops, North Carolina until they died.
Ed died on May 19, 1962 from cancer in Tarboro Hospital. Minnie died in 1983 at the age of ninety-three. Ed and Minnie were interred in the Community Cemetery in Princeville, North Carolina.
Note: The recipe for Ed’s Barbecue and Brunswick Stew can be found in the Hinton and Johnson Cookbook.