1790 census of Wayne Co., NC 524 for James Hinson showed 3 white males>16, 3 white males<16, and 5 white females. NOTE - this entry was indexed under Johnston Co., NC on Ancestry as of 6/25/12, but viewing original image shows that it was Wayne Co.

It is probable that sometime between 1795 and 1800, James HINSON moved from Wayne Co., NC to Robeson Co., NC with his wife (name unknown), sons Jesse and Joshua, and one other male who appears in James 1800 census.

1800 - census of Fayetteville, Robeson Co., NC shows James HINSON and two males of age 10-15, one male of age 16-25, probably Joshua age ~17, and one male of age over 45, probably James himself. There are also 2 females age 16-25 and 1 female over age 45, probably James’ wife (name unknown). 530 This 1800 census data for James Hinson is consistent with James Hinson’s 1790 census data if the female over 45 in 1800 is James’ wife (name unknown)

1810 - James does not appear explicitly in the 1810 census, but his son, Joshua,, at age ~27, appears in the 1810 census of Robeson Co. with a male over age 45 who may be James. There is no female over age 45 in that household so James’ wife may have died in the period 1800-1810. 1416

There is no such older person in Joshua’s household in 1820 in Columbus Co., NC so James may have died in the period 1810-1820.

Some searchers have suggested that james’ wife was “Martha Isabella Wells”. I have not found any authoritative evidence of a wife by that name. The only “Martha Isabella Wells” that I have found is a female by that name who was born about 1834 to Levi & Martha Wells and who died in Connecticut in April 1851 at age 17; obviously not James’ wife.