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.
Issue: [HANCOCK]201 (by 1) 180. Edward6, born 8 March 1752, died 5 Jan. 1820 in Montgomery County; 181. George6, born 13 June 1752, died 18 July 1820 at "Fotheringay," Montgomery County, served in the Revolutionary War,202 attorney at Fincastle, colonel of Botetourt County militia, 1785, member of the House of Delegates, 1784-87, 1792, and of the United States Congress, 1793-97,203 married, 17 or 18 Sept. 1781 at Fincastle, Margaret Strother, born 16 Sept. 1763, died 1834 at Louisville, Ky., who [whose mother - see Note] married (2) Maj. Patrick Lockhart; 182. Augustin6, born 14 Oct. 1756, died in the army at Salisbury, N.C.; 183. Mary6, born 4 Nov. 1759, died before 1806, married (1) William Raiford, who died in South Carolina,204 and (2) Samuel Kennerley, born Feb. or March 1753 in Augusta County, died 3 Feb. 1840 at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., in his 86th year,205 Revolutionary War soldier,206 (by 2) 184. Judith6 ; 185. Hannah6 ; 186. Elizabeth6.
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.
201 Bond, op. cit., pp. 297-98.
202 Although Johnston, op. cit., p. 182, states he was a colonel, it is probable he was a lieutenant of militia (Revolutionary War pension application, Joseph Coffer, R.2097, National Archives).
203 Leonard, pp. 153, 156, 160, 187; Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1996 (Alexandria, Va., 1997), p. 1154.
204 Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia (Roslyn, Va., 1912), II, p. 56.
205 Daughters of the American Revolution application 51352.
206 Revoluntionary War pension application, Samuel Kennerley (Kennerly) S16900, National Archives.
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[cos1776 Note of Caution: There is a known error in this text. Margaret Strother, wife of George Hancock, did NOT marry (2) Maj. Patrick Lockhart. It was Margaret's mother, Mary (Kennerly) Strother, who married Maj. Patrick Lockhart.]
