Rebecca (Dillon) Hawkins (abt. 1790 - 1843)

Born about 1790 in Tennessee

Descendants

Died 1843 at about age 53 in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States

Biography

When Rebecca Dillon was born in 1790 in Tennessee, her father, Carter, was about 38, and her mother, Hannah, was about 30 (source: Ancestry.com trees). Rebecca married William H. Hawkins in about 1810, based on when their children were born. They had at least nine children in 21 years (sources: 1830 McMinn, TN census and 1840 War Eagle, Madison, TN census). Some children reported numerically in pre-1850 censuses have not been identified and may have died young. She died in 1843 in Carroll, Arkansas, at the age of 53 (source: Find a Grave). Rebecca died about 7 years before her husband William (source History of Northwest Arkansas, Goodspeed Publishing).

Note

Note: Biography and references came from Deborah Finch and initial info came from Jack Frost of Madison,GA jackfrost99 at mindspring.com. Very little information has been found for Rebecca Dillon.

Sources

• Year: 1830; Census Place: McMinn, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 178; Page: 179; Family History Library Film: 0024536.

• Year: 1840; Census Place: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas; Roll: 19; Page: 33; Family History Library Film: 0002474.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149404476/rebecca-hawkins: accessed 27 July 2022), memorial page for Rebecca Dillon Hawkins (1790–1843), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149404476, ; Maintained by Dora E Niceschwander Isaacks (contributor 46487297)Burial Details Unknown.

• Ancestry.com. Arkansas, Northwestern Counties History, 1889 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data:History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago, IL, USA: Goodspeed Publishing, 1889. Source Description: History of northwest Arkansas with biographies of some who lived there.

• WikiTree profile Dillon-435 created through the import of Martin_Cleaned.ged on Apr 3, 2012 by Donna Drury. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Donna and others.