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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Mary Ann Nichols ================================================================================= July 1999 STEPHEN HAWKINS Stephen Hawkins, son of Thomas Hawkins, was born about 1790 in Georgia. He was first married to Mary Etheridge about 1810, probably in Georgia. Stephen served in the War of 1812. An old letter says that "while Grandpa Hawkins was in the War of 1812, the soldiers were all camped on a creek and were drinking whiskey, they wanted to have a little fun so they set a canebrake on fire. Every one thought it was the enemy coming and it frightened people nearly to death. There was only one man in the community, old man Jones. All the women in the country went to old man Jones. Grandma Hawkins had two children, she picked them up and ran a mile to Mr. Jones.'" According to War of 1812 Pension Application filed by his third wife, Stephen enlisted in Twiggs Co, GA on May 1, 1812, and was at Ft. George during the war. Stephen was described as being five feet, eight inches, 190 pounds, with fair complexion, light hair and eyes. He is next found in the 1820 and 1830 Conecuh County, Alabama censuses. In 1840-60, he is found in Lowndes Co. He had twelve slaves in the 1850 census. Mary died during the Civil War and he remarried July 4, 1865 to Nancy Bullock, a widow. After her death, he married Mary H. Manning. Mary was the widow of John W. Manning, daughter of Soloman "Jack" Adams, and sibling to the Adams girls Stephen's sons married. They married September 26, 1868 in Lowndes County. Mary had three children when they married, and they are reported to have had to feed Stephen due to his palsy being so severe. He died March 18, 1875 in Manningham, Butler Co., Alabama. He had 100 grandchildren and 52 great grandchildren at his death. He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church for 49 years. Children of Stephen and Mary Etheridge Hawkins were: John Hawkins, born about 1812 in Georgia, married Tericy Whittle on January 13, 1835 in Lowndes Co., Alabama. They had no known children. Thomas Hawkins married Martha Adams on August 27, 1838 in Lowndes County. They had lived in Crenshaw County, and later moved to Robinson Springs, Elmore County. They had twelve children; with only three living to survive their mother, who died at age seventy-eight. She had been widowed since the age of forty-four. Their known children were: Eugenia Elizabeth; Ann Judson "Juggie" Hawkins; Wiley B. Hawkins; Charlotte G. A.; James Thomas (died young); and Thomas W. Hawkins. Frances "Fannie" Hawkins married Nathan Francis Holladay, son of James Holladay and Catherine Acreman. Nathan served in the Civil War. They moved to the Gadsden, AL area after the Civil War. Their children were: James F.; Mary Ellen, Martha Frances, Thomas J. ; Nathan , Jr., Stephen; Mack Bowie; and Jane Holladay. Sarah Hawkins was born in 1817 in Georgia. She married James M. Acreman on August 18, 1841 in Lowndes County, Alabama. Their children were: Mary; Frances; George; John Henry; Zebulon R.; Matilda E; Catherine M; and Millard F. Acreman. Stephen Morrow Hawkins was born April 11, 1821 and died June 15, 1903 at Mount Willing. He married Sarah "Sallie" Whittle, daughter of Jesse Whittle, on October 7, 1841. Their children were: Susan; James; Steve ; William Henry ; Mary Eliza , John Calvin; Margie Jane; Wesley Brooks and Jesse Says Hawkins. Census records indicate there was another son born between these children, who apparently died young without issue. Eliza Hawkins, born December 24, married John Adams on October 15, 1839 and Warren M. Williams on December 30, 1856. Children of her first marriage were: Thomas Soloman; Charles; Stephen; John Henry; and James Adams . Children of her second marriage were: Mary Eliza; Eden "Edie" Adelade; and Warren Beauregard Williams. William "Bill" Hawkins, was born about 1826. He married Elizabeth Adams on April 25, 1844 in Lowndes Co. They moved to Ellis County, Texas about 1874-5. Their children were: Martha Margaret; M. C. Hawkins; J. E.; John; and T. F. Hawkins. Mary Ann Hawkins, born December 30, 1830 in Conecuh Co, Alabama, and died January 29, 1911 in Limestone Co, Texas. She married John Z. Adams on February 10, 1848 Lowndes County, Alabama. They moved to Texas in 1872. Known children are: Lisabell "Lizzie"; John Thomas; G. L.; W. E.; William H.; Josephine; Joel Silas; and Julia A. Adams. Martha Jane Hawkins was born September 12, 1834 and died May 21, 1902. She married James Henry Holladay, son of James Holladay and Catherine Acreman, on November 28, 1850 in Lowndes County. Their children were: John Calvin; Mary Jane; Henry Shuford; N. Ella; C. Priscilla, Margaret Elizabeth; James Thomas; Stephen Watson; William Nathan; Lou Ida; Bishop Andrew; Joseph Scott; and George Washington Holladay. Henry Hawkins was born in July 1837 in Lowndes County and died in Ragland, Alabama after 1900. Henry married 1st to Nancy Fortner, 2nd to Martha D. "Nettie" Shanks, and 3rd to Anna Eliza Shanks, daughter of William W. and Jane Cochran Shanks, and cousin to his second wife. He served in the Civil War as a Private Co. D, 5th Batt'n, Hilliard's Legion, and Co. D., 10th Confederate Cavalry, which was formed from Hilliard's Legion. After the Civil War, Henry Hawkins and his in-laws moved to Etowah County. His occupation was dock keeper on the river. Children of his first marriage were: Oliver; Georgianna; and James T. Hawkins. While away in the war, both Henry's mother and wife died, and it is said that the family slaves cared for the children. There may have been a child by his second wife (according to a family letter). The child likely died young, as no record has been found. Children of his marriage to Eliza Shanks were: Mary J. "Mollie" ; Emma Cora ; Minnie Moore; William Henry "Bill"; Alice Eugenia; and George F. Hawkins.