100 acres of land on the Middle Fork of Wolf River by William Morgan sold to Wiley Hatfield by Henry Helm. Witnesses were James Hatfield and Lewis Hatfield.
1850 census: District no. 8, Fentress County, Tennessee[3]
Jas Hatfield M 42 Tennessee
Rhoda Hatfield F 47 Kentucky
Emily Hatfield F 23 Tennessee
Ephraim Hatfield M 22 Tennessee
Jane Hatfield F 19 Tennessee
Wm Hatfield M 16 Tennessee
Rebecca Hatfield F 14 Tennessee
Linda Hatfield F 12 Tennessee
Elizabeth Hatfield F 10 Tennessee
Prudy Hatfield F 8 Tennessee
Nimrod Hatfield F 6 Tennessee
Julia Hatfield F 4 Tennessee
Pleas Hatfield M 2 Tennessee
1860 census: Liberty (post office), District no. 2, Casey County, Kentucky[4]
James Hatfield M 52 Tenn
Rhoda Hatfield F 54
Eliza Hatfield F 21
Newman Hatfield M 18
Catherine Hatfield F 16
Julia Hatfield F 14
Plesant M Hatfield M 11
1870 census: Lee precinct, Casey County, Kentucky[5]
James Hatfield M 62 Tennessee
Rhoda Hatfield F 67 Tennessee
Elizabeth Hatfield F 31 Tennessee
Catharine Hatfield F 26 Tennessee
Julia A Hatfield F 24 Tennessee
Research Notes
A will for Jonathan Hatfield names a William and Jonathan Hatfield in it. Is William actually James William ? Altenburg-72 23:06, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
Probate: "Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008" Will Books, 1858-1895, Sequatchie County, Tennessee; Author: Tennessee. County Court (Sequatchie County); Probate Place: Sequatchie, Tennessee Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9176 #3865140 (accessed 16 March 2023) Jonathan Hatfield probate on 24 Jul 1869 in Sequatchie, Tennessee, USA.)
Sources
↑Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #181847852 : accessed 30 April 2019), memorial page for James William Hatfield (15 Jun 1808–3 Sep 1893); Maintained by hjordan (contributor 47195398) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Unknown.
↑ Fentress County, Tennessee Deed Book D, page 223, 12 October 1847.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDD-KQ3 : 12 April 2016), Jas Hatfield, Fentress county, Fentress, Tennessee, United States; citing family 600, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX75-4BR : 12 April 2016), James Hatfield, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 1, family 5, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,953
Death of daughter Janes Brown: "Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965" Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1222 #601703202 (accessed 16 March 2023) James Hatfield in death record for daughter Janes Brown, 20 Jun 1877, husband of Rhoda Hatfield, in Casey, Kentucky, USA.
Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" Source number: 1264.045; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 Ancestry Record 7836 #546264 (accessed 16 March 2023) James Hatfield marriage to Rhoda.
See also:
Hatfield and Phillips Families of Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern West Virginia" by Harry Leon Sellards, Jr., (1993), page 8.
Family Bible of Ephraim Hatfield, son of James William Hatfield
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