Joseph Hanks (abt. 1785 - 1856)

Born about 1785 in Hampshire County, Virginia, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 4 Apr 1856 at about age 71 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Joseph Hanks,' second in his line, son of Joseph Hanks and Ann "Nannie" Lee, was born 1784-1785^[1] possibly in Hampshire County, Virginia, after his family started their westward migration, but before they got to their final destination in Kentucky.^[2] In his early years, he was known as Joseph Hanks, Jr.

After the death of his father in 1793 he may have gone back to Virginia with his mother. After her death a few years later, he returned to Kentucky and became a carpenter, operating a shop in Elizabethtown. ^{[citation needed]}

He married Mary Young on November 10, 1810, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.^[3]

Children:

1. Jacob Vertrees Hanks, b-1812
2. Elizabeth Hanks, b-September 26, 1813
3. Susannah Hanks, b-January 5, 1816
4. Nancy Hanks, b-June 2, 1818
5. John Henry Hanks, b-November 22, 1822
6. Joseph Hanks, b-May 14, 1825
7. Mary Ann Hanks, b-September 23, 1827
8. Amaltha Hanks, b-August 22, 1830
9. Isabel Hanks, b-March 9, 1833
10. Caroline Hanks, b-1836

He moved to Adams County, Illinois and enlisted in the Blackhawk War. ^[4]

By the time his son Joseph came of age, the proband was known as Joseph Hanks, Sr.

Joseph executed his last Will on 25 March 1856, witnessed by Adam Miller and Wm. Hoosier, nominating his wife Mary Hanks as Executor and making bequests to her and to his children, without naming any of them except for Joseph, whom he mentioned in regard to a debt.^[5]

Joseph died "on or about the Fourth day of April A.D. 1856, as it is said," as per the administrator's bond for his estate. Mary may have renounced executorship, because Jacob V. Hanks was recorded as the administrator.^[6]

Joseph's grave is at the Melrose Chapel Cemetery in Quincy. Please disregard the genealogical assertion in the Find-A-Grave profile which, in error, asserts a relationship to Nancy Shipley. Also, note that, though the pictured stone is very difficult to read, it appears to contradict the probate records. Since we know that the probate records were made contemporaneously, we defer to them for the date of death.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85F-H7T : 9 November 2014), Joseph Hanks, Melrose, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing family 180, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Please see his father Joseph and sister Lucey's profiles for evidence on his earliest years.
3. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4QQ-ZPX : 4 December 2014), Joseph Hanks and Polly Young, 11 Nov 1810; citing Hardin, Kentucky, reference bk A pg 8; FHL microfilm 390,788.
4. ↑ Joseph Hanks, Sergeant, Black Hawk War, NARA M629. "Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the Indian wars and disturbances from 1815 to 1858," Roll 0016, Captain Pugh's Company, 5 Regiment, Whiteside's Brigade, Mounted Volunteers, Illinois Militia. https://www.fold3.com/image/311733055/ .
5. ↑ Last Will and Testament of Joseph Hanks, ex. 25 March 1856, pr. 12 May 1856. Adams County Wills, 3:215. "Will Records, 1837-1908; index to Probate Records, 1830-1969." FamilySearch, Film # 7654110, image 114.
6. ↑ Administrator bond, estate of Joseph Hanks Sr., admr. Jacob V. Hanks. Adams County Probate Letters and Bonds 5:121; "Probate related letters and bonds, 1850-1890." Adams County (Illinois). County Clerk; FamilySearch, Film # 1862669, image 659.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 19 February 2020), memorial page for Joseph Hanks, Jr (1785–4 Apr 1856), Find A Grave Memorial no. 21607036, citing Melrose Chapel Cemetery, Adams County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Byron & Mable Ramseyer Zeek (contributor 46859461).

See Also:

• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HANKS/1998-06/0897723786