iGenealogy Blog

I think it’s always interesting when I discover a relative that leaves his mark on the landscape. Since I don’t have many “famous” ancestors to speak of (except my one connection to Abraham Lincoln - my relative was his mother’s step-father), it’s always nice to find visible remnants of my relatives.

While looking on Google Maps I found a road called “Tinnin Ford Road”. This road is named after my relative Hugh Tinnin who purchased 500 acres of Colorado River frontage land (land now that would be included almost entirely in Austin City limits) in the 1850’s. His daughter - Lucy Jane Tinnin - from his first wife Betsy Rutherford was my third great grandmother.

Here’s a small history on him:

Hugh Tinnin
Born in 1800, died in Burleson County, Texas 13 December 1869.

HISTORY: Hugh Tinnin moved with his family from Mississippi to Washington County, Arkansas in about 1836. When his first wife Betsy Rutherford died, he married her sister Fanny Rutherford. Betsy probably died while the family still lived in Mississippi. Fanny died in Washington County where he met his third wife, Helen Mary Kirkpatrick, whose family had moved from Kentucky to Fayetteville, Arkansas. Letters addressed to him were addressed to Mr. Hugh Tinnin, Esquire, Boonsboro, Arkansas. Federal Census shows his residence in Mountain Township.

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