CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: J. T. HATTON - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Peggy Brannon - peggybrannon@hotmail.com
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

James Thomas Hatton, of Grand Saline, is one of the old, substantial and 
respected farmers of the county. The Hattons were Virginians. Thomas W. was 
J. T.'s father, and was born in Virginia, but came to South Carolina and 
married there in 1834 to Miss Anna Eliza Lake. They were farmers and were 
the parents of twelve children. Six of these are now living. The mother is 
86, and stout. Her oldest living child is 68, the youngest is 45. J. T. was 
born in Alabama March 2, 1841. In 1849 his parents moved with him to Texas 
and settled in Rusk county.  In 1856 they moved and arrived in Van Zandt in 
1857. Mr. Hatton has been here ever since, except three years spent in the 
Confederate service. They settled at Creagelville in 1857, and have lived 
near the present site of Grand Saline all these years. They went to mill 
thirty miles into Smith county. There were settlements scattered over the 
county, especially at Cedar Grove, Edom and Canton. January 16, 1868, Mr. 
Hatton married Miss Mary C. Young, who lived until April 30, 1885. She 
became the mother of eight children, three of whom are living. He then 
married Miss M. J. Riddle, who lived until April 19, 1801. She had two 
children.