Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Hines, William, 1760 

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WILLIAM HINES

1735 - 1816

   He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hines, who first settled and 
reclaimed from the wilderness the plantation called Poplar Grove, laying partly 
in Sussex and partly in Southampton County, on which they both lie buried.  
Inheriting from his parents a competency he increased it largely by industry 
and intelligence until at his death he was a large landed proprietor and the 
owner of about three hundred slaves. He was for many years a Magistrate and 
High Sheriff of Southampton and took an active part in the interest of Virginia 
during the War of Independence. He was part owner of many privateers that 
sailed from South Quay on the Blackwater River and from various parts in North 
Carolina. The cellar of his house was stored with arms for the patriot troops, 
which caused Lord Cornwallis when he reached the Roanoke River, on his march to 
Yorktown to detail a part of Tarleton’s Cavalry to burn his house to the 
ground, the order however countermanded at the solicitation of his friend, Col. 
John Hamilton of the Royal Army. At length, in the 80th year of his age, with a 
mind and body still vigorous, he fell from his horse whilst riding over his 
plantation and died full of years in a green old age, after having lived a most 
useful and honorable life. He was of medium height and slightly aquiline 
features, stoutly and compactly built, and a bold and manly bearing; his eyes 
were deep blue and his complexion very florid, his hair turned gray at the 
early age of forty, and curled on his neck when not confined in a cue. After 
the Revolution he was frequently solicited to become a candidate for Congress, 
but steadfastly refused to fill any save County offices. He was a man of mark 
in his time and district and was consistently and warmly a supporter of the 
Federal part.

James Henry Rochelle (his grandson)

February 1st, 1867


[William HINES, d. age 80, 
 interred in Poplar Grove Cemetery] 

[bio donated by Jeffrey A. Hines  (JAHines@cox.net), 
 file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.] 

[Courtesy of the Southampton Historical Society]