Weeden Hawkins

Male 1798 - 1855  (57 years)


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  • Name Weeden Hawkins 
    Born 17 Jan 1798  prob Madison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried May 1855  Sturgeon, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 3 May 1855  Bourbontown, Boone, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4914  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Father Elijah Hawkins,   b. 1765 OR 1784, prob VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1816, Madison, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 32 years) 
    Mother Nancy 
    Married Bef 1789  prob Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Lanham,   b. Abt 1805, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1880, Sturgeon, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Married 28 Aug 1821  Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Paulina Hawkins,   b. Abt 1823, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Zerelda E Hawkins,   b. Oct 1827, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1900  (Age ~ 74 years)
     3. William W Hawkins,   b. Abt 1829, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Elijah S Hawkins,   b. 30 Mar 1832, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1900  (Age > 69 years)
    +5. James M Hawkins,   b. Abt 1834, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jun 1880  (Age ~ 46 years)
     6. Elizabeth J Hawkins,   b. Abt 1836, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Aug 1855  (Age ~ 19 years)
     7. Louisa F Hawkins,   b. Abt 1838, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Aug 1855  (Age ~ 17 years)
     8. Thomas Hawkins,   b. Abt 1840,   d. 3 May 1855  (Age ~ 15 years)
    +9. Robert B Hawkins,   b. Apr 1844, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1933, Harrisburg, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years)
     10. Sydney B Hawkins,   b. Abt 1848, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Aug 1855  (Age ~ 7 years)
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F1619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Jan 1798 - prob Madison, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Aug 1821 - Boone, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - May 1855 - Sturgeon, Boone, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BIR,DTH: Obit from Columbia Weekly Statesman, extracted in "Death Records for
      Missouri Men", pg 71, 977.8 V4n. Shows death as 3 May 1855 near
      Bourbontown, Boone County, Missouri, in his 59th year. Also, tombstone in
      Mt Horeb Ch Cem shows 3 May 1855, age 57(9) yrs 3 mos 17 days.

      MG: Boone Co Marriage Rcds 1785-1851, Pt I, pg 89. Bondsman Archibald Johns.

      CENSUS: 1860 Boone Co, MO, Bourbon TWP, Rocheport PO, DW #545-604.
      Hawkins, Elizabeth 55/KY (widow)(800,800); Pauline 37/KY; Zerelda
      32/MO; Robert B 17/MO farmhand; Sydney B 12/MO.

      WILL: Boone Co, MO Wills and Admin 1821-1870, pg 59, #1348.

      Hawkins, Weeden GR 6 Aug 1855, Administrator Elijah S Hawkins. Heirs:
      Elizabeth, widow; Paulina Hawkins, Zerelda E Hawkins, William W
      Hawkins, Elijah S Hawkins, James M Hawkins, Elizabeth J Hawkins
      Louisa F Hawkins, Robert B Hawkins, Sydney B Hawkins, all of
      Boone Co, MO. Thomas Hawkins living in Audrain Co, MO.

      Purchasers of estate: E S Hawkins, J M Hawkins, W W Hawkins, James M
      Hawkins, Elizabeth Hawkins, E V Hawkins. Land SE Q of NW Q of Sec 8 T51 R?

      LAND: Boone Co, MO Land Grants, Film 909110, BK U524, Film 909111, BK W487.

      W487: Inverted Deed-27 May 1852: Also Deed-12 Apr 1852 To Weeden Hawkins:
      SE Q of SE Q Sec 7 TWP 51 R12.
      W489: Inverted Deed-27 May 1854:
      U524: Inverted Deed-16 Aug 1852 to Robert Schooling, with Mtg. CHK OUT
      INVERTED DEEDS. Also 9 May 1857 from Weeden and Elizabeth Hawkins of
      Boone Co, sold to Robert Schooling: SE Q of SE Q Sec 7 TWP 51 R12 and
      SW Q of SE Q Sec 7 TWP 51 R12 and SW Q of NW Q Sec 29 TWP51 R12-120
      acres. (Maybe 1857 date was recording date?)

      NOTES: "History of Boone Co, MO", pg 590-591: Weeden Hawkins married to
      Elizabeth Lanham and died before 1860 in his 59th year. Was from Ill.
      Living in Sturgeon TWP. Pg 563-64: Elijah S Hawkins born 30 Mar 1832 in Howard
      County, Michigan, md Julia Copher and Sallie Engleman, a member of United Work-
      mens Union (officer pg 575), pg 578. He was a carpenter who built hotel 3
      stories tall which was blown down by a tornado, built the first building in
      Sturgeon TWP supposedly, for Smith and Burks, for a store. Lived near Sturgeon
      before town laid out in 1856.
      "Boone Co, MO Migration and Settlement" shows Weeden, Weldon Hawkins
      md to Elizabeth, born ca 1798, died 3 May 1855 in Boone County. Information
      taken from ET, Will; ET, Tomb.
      "Bits and Pieces of the Hawkins Family Puzzle", Fiche 6087967, LDS Lib,
      pg 107: "Weeden Hawkins md Elizabeth Landam in 1821 in Madison Co, KY (Mg
      Bonds, Madison Co). He was the son of John Hawkins who died in 1810 in Madison
      Co. Brothers: Phillip, Elijah, sister married- Bright Ref Blue Grass Roots
      Spring 1981. Wills at end..." TO CHECK OUT.