Individual Details

1860 Census. Beat 8, Hopkins Co, TX, Hh 849
J. S. Pippins, 37, Day Laborer, b. TN
Sina, 28, b. TN
Martha 8, b. TN, Sarah A., 5, Benjamin, age 2 - the last two born in Texas

Civil War Service:
Served in Company A Second Texas Partisan Rangers for two years according to his wife's pension application. His service records show him to have been a 1st Sgt in Co. A, Chisum's Regt.

He was appointed postmaster of Miller Grove, Hopkins Co TX, 13 Jun 1873. He followed James Hill, who was married to his sister Sinah (error - his sister was Mary, his wife was Sinah)
Hopkins County Heritage, Sep 1993, Vol. 10, No. 3

Children: Martha Jane, Celia (Sarah in census), Benjamin Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Thomas Green, John William (died as an infant), James William (died as a child), and William Henry Pippin.

1870 Census. Prec 4, Hopkins Co TX, Hh 236
James Pippin, 47, b. TN
Sinah, 37, b. TN
Martha 18, b. TN
Cilla, 16, Benjamin 11, Thomas, 5, John 2, Jefferson, 8 - all born in Texas (listed out of birth order - Jefferson might not be their child)

The Pippin and Hill Cemetery is located in the southwest corner of Hopkins County, near Miller Grove.
Pippin, James S. - b. 14 Aug. 1823, d. 3 Sept. 1898
Pippin, Sinah - 14 Jly. 1832, d. 28 Jly. 1901
Pippin, Frank - b. 9 May 1858, d. 14 Aug. 1931
Pippin, W. H. - b. 29 Aug. 1871, d. 3 Sept. 1944
Pippin, Malissa - b. 15 Dec. 1872, d. 6 Jly. 1940
Pippin, Rose Etta - 1875 - 1936

Hill, James N. - 1823 - 1861
Hill, Bogue - b. 24 Dec. 1861, d. 15 Oct. 1938

Birth	14 Aug 1823	Benton County, Tennessee
Marriage	27 Jul 1851	Benton County, Tennessee - Sinah Hill
Death	3 Sep 1888	Hopkins County, Texas

Spouse

Sinah Hill (1838 - 1901)

Father	John Pippin (1795 - 1842)
Mother	Jane "Jennie" Snow (1800 - 1871)
Sibling	Mary Pippin (1821 - 1880)