Hosea H. Runnels

b. circa 1803, d. 1837
  • Hosea H. Runnels was born circa 1803.
  • Hosea H. Runnels appeared in the US federal census of 7 August 1820 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.
  • He married Lucy Jackson on 24 December 1823 in Lawrence County, Mississippi, with Samuel Stamps, JP, officiating.
  • Hosea H. Runnels became a widower at the circa 1827 death of his wife Lucy Jackson.
  • He married Elizabeth Wilson on 1 June 1830 in Hinds County, Mississippi, by license dated 31 May 1830.
  • Hosea H. Runnels and Elizabeth Wilson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Hinds County, Mississippi.
  • Hosea H. Runnels died in 1837 in Mississippi.
  • Based on circumstantial evidence, it is an educated guess that Cecelia H. Runnels was a daughter of Hosea H. Runnels and Elizabeth Wilson.
  • In 1842, in Hinds County, Mississippi, Hiram G. Runnels, guardian for three of the minor heirs of Hosea Runnels, asks permission to sell a slave family held by the estate of the said Hosea. The petitioner represents "that it will be impossible to make a fair and equal distribution of said slaves among the four distributees . . . without selling the same and dividing the proceeds among them."
  • In 1843, in Hinds County, Mississippi, Hiram R. Runnels, one of the minor heirs of Hosea H. Runnels, asks that his uncle, Hiram G. Runnels, be appointed his guardian.
  • Last Edited: 26 Dec 2012

Family 1: Lucy Jackson d. circa 1828

Family 2:

Family 3: Elizabeth Wilson