Re: James Hawkins BRADLEY TN and NC
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Re: James Hawkins BRADLEY TN and NC
Paula Bicket 7/27/06
Hi Paula,
Well here is how my Hawkins line goes;my mother Alice Edna Hawkins; daughter of William Haygood Hawkins of Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia.William H Hawkins was the son of Fletcher Young Hawkins (of Atlanta GA).Fletcher Y. Hawkins was the son of James Hawkins and Nancy Smith Hawkins. James Hawkins was born about 1837 in Tennessee.I found his family with parents James and Catherine Hawkins living in Bradley Co TN 1850.The elder James Hawkins was born in North Carolina about 1805.He appears in Bradley County as early as 1830.I do not know where he was born in North Carolina.His youngest son, though Jackson Hawkins, may be the same Andrew Jackson Hawkins who later lives in Buncombe Co NC and who was married to Harriett Israel. But I haven't been able to prove that.I tried checking a death index for this Andrew Jackson Hawkins because he didn't die until 1922. But it apparently does not include his parents names.
I thought perhaps my James Hawkins of Bradley Co was the son of the Benjamin Hawkins who left a will in I believe it's Monroe County TN.But I did some more research, and it appears another James Hawkins was living in Bradley County during this time and he is likely the son mentioned in that will.So I'm back to square one again - no idea where in NC James was born and who his parents are.
Appreciate any help you can give me if this ties in with your research.