Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1886. Barren County.

HON. JAMES A. HINDMAN is the second of three sons and four daughters of
Robert and Malinda (Jemerson) Hindman, and was born in Barren County,
January 14, 1831.  Robert Hindman was born in Barren County, September
14, 1801; he was a farmer and teacher, also practiced law, and was one
of the leading men of the county.  He served as a magistrate for many
years, his last term expiring the day he died in May, 1875. His parents
were Robert, Sr., and Nancy (Baw) Hindman, natives, respectively, of
Virginia and North Carolina. Robert, Sr., was an extensive farmer and
slave holder; owned about 1,000 acres, near where Cave City now stands,
and was the first constable of Barren County. He was a captain in the
war of 1812, and was accidentally killed at Vincennes, Ind. His father,
also named Robert, was born in Scotland and came to America as a soldier
under Gen. Braddock; he took part in the Revolution and afterward
settled in Virginia, where he taught school; about 1785, he immigrated
to upper Kentucky and shortly after settled on Beaver Creek, Barren
County, where he taught school and cleared a farm. Mrs. Malinda Hindman
was a daughter of George Jemerson, who married his cousin, Elizabeth
Jemerson; they were both born and reared in Louisa County, Va. George
was an early pioneer of Barren County; he was a farmer and brick mason
and laid the first brick in Glasgow, and the first brick house in
Barren County was built by him and his brothers. He was a slave holder,
and served in the war of 1812 under Gen. Harrison. He first immigrated
to Fayette County; about 1795, settled in the north part of Barren
County, and died about 1854, at the age of eighty-four years. His
father, Robert Jemerson, an Englishman, was a soldier in the Revolution
and one of the first men to enter land in Barron [sic] County, where he
became an extensive farmer and slave holder.  J. A. Hindman was reared
on a farm and educated principally at Washington Seminary.  At the age
of sixteen he commenced teaching, which profession he followed for
thirty years in Barren and adjoining counties; taught for three years in
Bowling Green, and was considered one of the ablest teachers in the
country. August 5, 1858, he was united in marriage with Frances A. Fant,
of Warren County, a daughter of William and Mary (Perkins) Fant,
natives, respectively, of Allen and Warren Counties. William Fant was a
farmer and slave holder; was of English descent, and a strong Union man
during the war.  To Mr. Hindman and wife one child was born, Mary E.
(Cox).  In August, 1861, Mr. Hindman enlisted in Company C, Sixth
Kentucky Regiment (Confederate); was elected first lieutenant, and in
the fall of 1862 he resigned on account of ill health, and was appointed
to special duty as drill-master of the cavalry, but this also he was
obliged to abandon, and returned home, so broken in health that he was
unable to do anything for some time.  He was elected to represent his
county in the Lower House of the Legislature in 1883, and was one of the
best representatives the county ever had.  In 1878 he located on 350
acres where he now resides, near Glasgow Junction; he now owns 700
acres, 300 of which are highly improved and cultivated. Hon. Mr. Hindman
is a member of the Christian Church, and of the Masonic fraternity;
politically he is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for
Fillmore in 1856.

Baw Braddock Cox Fant Hindman Jemerson Perkins
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Allen Bowling_Green-Warren Fayette Louisa-VA NC Scotland VA Vincennes-IN

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