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Facts and Events
Notes
- Marriage certificate: appearing in a public meeting in their meeting house at Cane Creek, SC on the 30th day of the 11th month of 1799 John Hawkins and Lidia Comer openly declared their marriage, & at the Solomon Seshan of said marriage were Mary Cook, James Dickenson, Aquilla Hollingsworth, Seth Wilson, Martha Kenworthy, Olive Cook, Rebecca Compton, Joseph Compton, John Spray, Elizabeth Comer Jr, Joseph Comer, Nathan Hawkins, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Benjamin Hawkins, Mary Spray, Isaac Hawkins, Elizabeth Cook, John Hawkins, Mary Hawkins, Elizabeth Comer, Robert Comer, Anne Hawkins, Martha Cook, Amos Hawkins, Joseph Hawkins, Sarah Wilson, Eli Hawkins, Isaac Hawkins & Nathan Hawkins.
- 1809.10.28 Received on certificate from Cane Creek MM, SC at Wayne Co., In., Whitewater MM, John Jr.
- 1809.10.28 Received on certificate from Cane Creek MM, SC at Wayne Co., In., Whitewater MM, Lydia & dt, Tamar & Sarah.
References
- Carl Henry Hawkins', Hawkins Family History,
2 (6), 17 Mar 1970.
16 December 1819 letter to John Hawkins from his brother Amos in Warren County, Ohio.
Respected brother John - I gladly embrace this opportunity of writing to thee and thine to let you know that we are all as well as usual. Hoping that these few lines will find thee and thine enjoying the same favors.
Now I may inform thee that I have sent for the money that was in Carolina and have got nine-hundred dollars of it - paying $20 for fetchin-it and leaves $880. Some of it is in hundred dollar notes - so large that we cannot divide it without changing it into smaller notes.
Further I want thee to come and see about it if thee can in the course of two or three weeks. I don't know of any chance of changing it without going to Cincinnati.
So having nothing further to write I conclude my letter with my love to you all. (signed) Amos Hawkins.
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[Note - Amos & John Hawkins were executors of their father's estate (John Hawkins, Sr.) who died in Wayne County, Indiana in 1816 - leaving considerable landholdings in South Carolina. This is likely the source of the money from Carolina. ]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Young, Andrew White. History of Wayne County, Indiana from its first settlement to the present time: with numerous biographial and family sketches; embellished with upwards of fifty portraits of citizens and views of buildings. (Cincinnati, Ohio: R. Clarke, 1872)
342, 343.
[Son John [b. 27 Nov 1777, m. Lydia Comer] settles in Wayne Township. He is from South Carolina, marries in the Carolinas. Moves 1 mile northeast of Richmond in 1807-8. Dies 1 Sep 1859. Member of the Society of Friends, "and was one of those ... who were imprisoned in the jail at Salisbury for non-compliance with the military law during the war of 1812."
four children:
Tamar, married Isaac Reynolds, both die in Dalton.
Sarah marries David Jessup, resides in Cambridge City.
Nathan marries Sarah Wright, daughter of Elijah Wright, settled on farm first owned by John Henry (Wayne county).
John marries Mary Jessup, lives on homestead with father. ]
- Will Transcript of John Hawkins, in Hawkins Family Records
2 (8), 1 May 1970.
Will made by John Hawkins (Jr) 10/26/1846 - Wayne County, Indiana - book 3, p 578. Filed in the clerk’s office of Wayne County Common Pleas Court October 18, 1859
I, John Hawkins (JH-I-6), of the County of Wayne and State of Indiana being in common good health and sound disposing mind and memory do make establish and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the manner and form following - towit:
First - after my decease I direct that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be paid and then - I WILL and Bequeath the remainder thus:
Item 1. I give and bequeath to my wife, Lydia Hawkins, all my household and kitchen furniture which I may possess at the time of my decease - together with a suitable and convenient home for her in my Mansion-House - with a good and comfortable living provided for her out of the proceeds of the farm on which she thus lives during the term of her natural life.
Item 2. I give and bequeath to my son Nathan Hawkins; sixty acres of land which I have in the south-east quarter of section thirty-three(33)and described by my deed therefor from Benjamin Kirk; and eighty acres of land which I hold in section thirty-four(34) as described in the deed from John Harvey; and(supposed to be)thirty acres of land off the south side of the north-west quarter of section thirty-four (34) - all in township fourteen and range one west - subject to the payments as are hereafter WILLED.
Item 3. I give and bequeath to my son, John Hawkins, the north-east quarter of section thirty-four(34) after the thirty acres are taken off - which I WILLED to Nathan Hawkins. This land is also in township fourteen and range one west - all subject to such payments as are hereafter WILLED and to his Mother's living.
Item 4. I give and bequeath to my two daughters, Tamer Reynolds and Sarah Jessup the sum of five-hundred dollars each--that is one-thousand dollars equally divided between them - share and share alike. Any other funds not disposed of in this WILL is to be divided equally between son Nathan Hawkins and son John Hawkins - or if there is not sufficient funds in the estate to pay the legacies-then Nathan and John shall pay in money for the deficiency, in equal proportions between them out of the land WILLED to them.
An ADIUM dated 8/20/1857 witnessed by John S. Llyle and James Perry establishes that daughter, Sarah and her husband David Jessup received $200. many years ago and that David had given other notes and owed accounts to John Hawkins (the maker of this WILL) - and states that the notes and accounts will fully discharge Sarah's legacy. The ADIUM also states that daughter Tamer Reynolds has been paid her full $500. legacy and has signed a receipt for same.
Lastly- I do hereby nominate and appoint my two sons Nathan Hawkins and John Hawkins to be the executors of this my last WILL and Testament hereby revoking and annulling all former Wills by me at anytime heretofore made and confirm this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.
In Testimony thereof I have hereunto set my-hand and seal this twenty-sixth day of the tenth month in the year of one-thousand-eight-hundred and forty-six.
Witnesses: William Cox & James E. Reeves
(Signed) John Hawkins
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