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Facts and Events
| Name |
George Hancock |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[4] |
22 Jul 1724 |
Virginia, United States |
| Property[3] |
8 Aug 1748 |
Henrico, Virginia, United Statesis deeded 350ac on Beaver Ponds of Swift Creek from William Hancock, his brother |
| Property[3] |
1 Jul 1751 |
Chesterfield, Virginia, United Statesis deeded 141ac on north side of Appomattox River from Margaret Hancock, his mother |
| Marriage |
Abt 1751 |
Virginia, United Statesto Mary Jones |
| Residence[4] |
1758 |
Cumberland, Virginia, United Statesper 1758 Tithable list |
| Marriage |
Aft 1760 |
Virginia, United Statesto Rachel (add) |
| Will[4] |
22 Dec 1780 |
Bedford (county), Virginia, United States |
| Residence[4] |
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Amelia, Virginia, United Statesper Deed Bk 10, p 233 ; Bk 17, p 293 |
| Residence[4] |
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Camden (district), South Carolina, United Statesper original probate of will |
| Other[4] |
17 May 1782 |
Virginia, United StatesVA council granted him "permission to sell for his support slaves he had brought into the state" |
| Death[3] |
Bet 17 May 1782 and 31 Oct 1782 |
Virginia, United States |
| Alt Death[3] |
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Amelia, Virginia, United States[based on DB 17 Page 293 (Amelia Co.) which needs verification] |
| Burial[4] |
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[tradition states Kings Mtn, NC, but it is not proven] |
| Probate[4] |
31 Oct 1782 |
Bedford (county), Virginia, United States |
Research Notes on the Death of George Hancock
- Death date and place are uncertain.
- Dorman, 20044 reported that Hancock's will (22 Dec 1780-31 Oct 1782) in Bedford Co. Will Bk. 1, pp. 434, [was] originally proved in Camden District, S.C. and that traditionally, he died while on his way from South Carolina to Virginia between the capture of Charleston (12 May 1780) and the battle of King's Mountain (7 Oct. 1780) and was buried at King's Mountain, N.C., BUT the Virginia Council granted him, 17 May 1782, permission to sell for his support slaves he had brought into the state "to avoid the vengeance of the British army" (Journals of the Council of State of Virginia, III [Richmond, 1952], p. 91). This suggests a death date bet 17 May - 31 Oct 1782.
- Hancock, 20013 reported that "... according to DB 17 Page 293 (Amelia Co.) George died in Amelia Co...." - but he does not specify what that deed said.
References
- SUPPLEMENT. COLONIAL FAMILIES OF HANCOCK, STROTHER AND PRESTON, in Johnston, William Preston. The Johnstons of Salisbury: With a Brief Supplement Concerning the Hancock, Strother, and Preston Families. (New Orleans: Press of L. Graham & Son, 1897)
pp 178 - 216.
[Note of Caution: this work is known to contain errors.]
[According to Johnston, per Family Bible record]
... George, born 1724, who married Mary Jones and had issue. ...
... George Hancock and Mary Jones' children were Edward, born 1752; never
married; died 1820; George, born June 13, 1754, died July 18, 1820; ...
- The Man Buried Sitting Up by Randolph S. Hancock, in Richmond times (Richmond, Virginia)
28 Aug 1935.
[see Family Bible Corrects Biographer's Errors which refers to errors in Johnston's 1897 book]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Jim Hancock, 2001 post, in Rootsweb.
5. George, "b 1724, married Mary Jones and had issue"
[He was involved in several land transactions with his mother and brothers.
And according to DB 17 Page 293 (Amelia Co.) George died in Amelia Co., and
his eldest son was Edward Hancock. ...
Children of George (b. 1724) and Mary (Jones) Hancock:
1. Edward, "born 1752, never married, died 1820"
2. George, "born June 13, 1754, died July 18, 1820, married Peggy or Margaret
Strother ...
8 Aug 1748, William Hancock, of Henrico Co., 350 acres of land on Beaver
Ponds of Swift Creek, purchased by said William of Thomas Richardson 5 Jul
1744, to George Hancock, of same. One of the witnesses was Joshua Hancock.
1 Jul 1751, Margaret Hancock, and Joshua Hancock of Chest. Co. 141 acres on
the north side of Appomattox River joining the river and Skin Quarter Creek,
being the land granted to said Margaret by deed from William Hatcher in 1747,
to George Hancock of same. (Chest Co). ...
Mary Jones (wife of George Hancock, b. 1724), was the daughter of Rice and
Frances (Bowman) Jones. See in part, the will of Mary's mother, Frances
Jones, in WB 1 P 237 (24 May 1752), Chesterfield Co., Va.: "To daughter Mary
Hancock, 1 negro…" ...
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[cos1776 note: The death info is uncertain.]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 George Hancock, in Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of purse and person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, c2004, 4th edition)
Families G-P : 282.
65. GEORGE HANCOCK (Robert4, Johan3, Ligon, Mary2 Harris, Thomas1, born 22 July 1724,197 left will 22 Dec. 1780-31 Oct. 1782.198 He married (1) Mary (Jones) Cox, daughter of Rice and Frances (Bowman) Jones and widow of 25. Henry4 Cox (see COX), and (2) Rachel ___. He resided in Cumberland County199 and later in Amelia County200 and moved to South Carolina but was forced to return to Virginia before his death. ...
197 Bond, loc. cit.
198 Bedford Co. Will Bk. 1, pp. 434, originally proved in Camden District, S.C. Traditionally, he died while on his way from South Carolina to Virginia between the capture of Charleston (12 May 1780) and the battle of King's Mountain (7 Oct. 1780) and was buried at King's Mountain, N.C., but the Virginia Council granted him, 17 May 1782, permission to sell for his support slaves he had brought into the state "to avoid the vengeance of the British army" (Journals of the Council of State of Virginia, III [Richmond, 1952], p. 91).
199 Cumberland Co. Tithable list, 1758, in The Virginia Genealogist, XLVII, p. 147; Amelia Co. Deed Bk. 8, p. 33.
200 Amelia Co. Deed Bk. 10, p. 233; Deed Bk. 17, p. 293.
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