Henry Clay Ragland had this to say about the Hinchman Family (Swain, p. 66-67):
"William Hinchman settled near the mouth of Rich Creek on the farm once owned by his son, James Harvey Hinchman, about the year 1814. He was the son of William Hinchman, an English sailor, and was born in Dorchester, Maryland, about 1770. He was too young to enter the army at the time of the Revolution, but was in hearing of the guns at Yorktown, and was familiar with the stirring events of the time when America desired to be independent of English domination. He moved to Montgomery County, Virginia, now Monroe County, West Virginia, about the close of the last century, when he married Mary Ann Perry, a daughter of John Perry, who had emigrated from the north of Ireland. After several of his children were born, he came, as we have seen, to the mouth of Rich Creek. His sterling worth was seen and appreciated by the people and he was soon made one of the justices of Cabell County, and upon the organization of Logan County he became a member of its first County Court. His children by his first marriage were John K., who married the daughter of Ben White; Cyrus, who married a daughter of F. R. Pennell; Hiram, who married a daughter of Thomas Riggan; Milton, who married a daughter of Ben Cary; William, who first married a Miss Seymore, then a Miss Hatfield, and as a third wife, a Miss Chapman; Dr. Ulysses, who married a Miss McDonald; James Harvey, who married a Miss Gore; Elizabeth, who married Ben Smith; Amanda, who married Robert Clendenin; Sarah, who married Ira Chambers, and Mero, who married Levi Gore. After the death of his first wife, William Hinchman Sr. married Nancy Stollings, and the children of this marriage were Floyd, who married first a Miss Chambers, and after her death, a Miss Mangus; Nancy Ann, who married Joseph Scaggs; Penelope, who married George Claypool; Risby, who married Thomas Nelson Ballard; and Edna, who died single. Of the first children of William Hinchman, John K., Cyrus, Hiram and Milton moved to the State of Michigan, William moved to the county of Cabell, Dr. Ulysses was a practicing physician and held many offices of public trust, and was several times elected as a member to the West Virginia Legislature; James Harvey was a successful farmer, a member of the West Virginia Legislature, and at different times held other important offices in the county.
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