Hiram R. Runnels
- Hiram R. Runnels was born.
- 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.