Annie (Miller) Hawkins (1847 - aft. 1936)

Born 1847 in Georgia, United States

Wife of Harvey Bedford — married 20 Jan 1884 in Franklin, Texas, United States

Wife of Neely Hawkins — married 5 Nov 1928 in Bryan, Oklahoma, United States

Descendants

Died after 1936 after age 89 in Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Annie (Miller) Hawkins is a part of US Black heritage.

Annie was born in 1847. She passed away after 1936.

Annie Hawkins was interviewed in Colbert, Oklahoma about October 1937 about her life and her time as an enslaved person. The typescript is stamp dated August 13, 1937.

"I calls myself 90, but I don't know jest how old I really am but I was a good size gal when we moved from Georgia to Texas. We come on a big boat and one night the stars fell. Talk about being scared! We all run and hid and hollered and prayed. We thought the end of the world had come."

"My old Master was Dave Giles."

"During the war we seen lots of soldiers. Some of them was Yankees and some was Sesech soldiers."

"I been married four times and all my husbands died. The last time I married it was to a man that belonged to a Indian man, Sam Love. He was a good owner and was one of the best men that ever lived. My husband never did move far away from him and he loved him like a father. He always looked after him till he died. My husband has been dead five years. I have had fifteen children. Four pairs of twins, and only four of them are living."

Interview: Annie Hawkins was interviewed in Colbert, Oklahoma by an unknown interviewer as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

The 1900 census says Ann is the mother of 9 children, with 5 living at that time.

Notes

Death place: . end page 133, image 138

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Annie Hawkins - Vol. 13, Oklahoma; pages 131-133, images 136-138 of 369.

• https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:The_Night_the_Stars_Fell_-_1833%2C_USA&public=1

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJX-3MC : Tue Oct 03 15:58:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Ann Staton and Adaline Staton, 1880.

• "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL6D-MPR : Thu Nov 30 11:22:52 UTC 2023), Entry for Harvey Bedford and Ann Miller, 20 Jan 1884.

• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GW-TX8 : Tue Oct 03 23:50:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Annie Bedford and Julia Bedford, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MJ-HXK : Fri Oct 06 04:38:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Paul Waxle and Emma Waxle, 1910.

• "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVGW-MLJ : 23 February 2021), Neely Hawkins and Annie Wilson, 05 Nov 1928; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQB-WXB : Wed Oct 04 21:34:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Nely Hawkins and Annie Hawkins, 1930.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75564089/anne-hawkins: accessed 17 December 2023), memorial page for Mrs Anne “Annie” Miller Hawkins (1845–3 Jun 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75564089, citing Sandy Cemetery, Cartwright, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Virginia Brown (contributor 47053782).

Research Notes

Grandson Jessie Bedford, age 12 born Texas, is enumerated with Annie in the 1900 census. Who are his parents?