William was the son of Jesse Hinkle and according to family lore Frances Riley (there is no documentation presently to prove this). About 1813 in Chester District, South Carolina, he married Sarah "Sally" Downing. Their children included Jesse, John, Andrew, Catharine, Mary, Serena, Baltis, Francis, and William Riley. On January 6, 1845, William assigned to his son John D. an entry for 21 acres on Indian Creek in Wayne Co., Tennessee. Then on November 6, 1845 he sold 160 acres in the same county, District 7, to his 2 oldest sons, Jesse and John D., for $1300. It seems likely that he came to Arkansas shortly thereafter. He appears on the Izard Co. tax roll for the first time in 1846. His son, William Riley, helped organize The Flatwoods Missionary Baptist Church, organized out of the Rocky Bayou Missionary Baptist Church of Ludenburg, Arkansas, in 1846 and met for regular worship in the community of Riggsville some two miles southeast of Mountain View, Arkansas.
William was the son of Jesse Hinkle and according to family lore Frances Riley (there is no documentation presently to prove this). About 1813 in Chester District, South Carolina, he married Sarah "Sally" Downing. Their children included Jesse, John, Andrew, Catharine, Mary, Serena, Baltis, Francis, and William Riley. On January 6, 1845, William assigned to his son John D. an entry for 21 acres on Indian Creek in Wayne Co., Tennessee. Then on November 6, 1845 he sold 160 acres in the same county, District 7, to his 2 oldest sons, Jesse and John D., for $1300. It seems likely that he came to Arkansas shortly thereafter. He appears on the Izard Co. tax roll for the first time in 1846. His son, William Riley, helped organize The Flatwoods Missionary Baptist Church, organized out of the Rocky Bayou Missionary Baptist Church of Ludenburg, Arkansas, in 1846 and met for regular worship in the community of Riggsville some two miles southeast of Mountain View, Arkansas.
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