Joseph Hankins (1752 - 1822)

Born 1752 in Charlotte, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane (Lamb) Hankins — married 1786 in Virginia

Descendants

Died Oct 1822 at about age 70 in Roane County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Joseph was born about 1752. He was the son of Daniel Hankins and Hannah Clift.

Joseph Hankins was listed on the Tax List of Roane County, Tennessee 10 May 1808. Free Holders in Capt Wallace's Company. ^[1]

Joseph Hankins married first Sarah Jane Hankins (1766–1813) in 1785 in South Carolina or 1786 in Virginia. Their children were:

1. James Lemuel Hankins (1788–1850)
2. Sarah Rhea Hankins (1790–1876)
3. Joseph Hankins (1790–1863)
4. Ann Hankins (1794–1860)
5. Ladocia "Dicey" Hankins (1796– )
6. George Washington Hankins (1800– )
7. Ladocia Minerva Hankins (1805–1886)
8. Elizabeth Hankins (1807– )
9. John Smith T. Hankins

Joseph Hankins married second Keziah Fuller Reynolds (1773–1853). Bond dated 27 March 1817. Bondsman John Burris. Marriage performed by Thomas McMullin, J.P., 10 April 1817 Roane County, Tennessee. ^[2]

Joseph Hankins passed away about 1822. Inventory was dated 28 January 1823, Roane County, Tennessee. ^[3]

Keziah Fuller married first Jethro Reynolds and then Joseph Hankins. ^[4]

Keziah Fuller's first husband Jethro Reynolds was killed in Nov 1813 (War of 1812) and they were living in Tennessee at that time with 11 children. Keziah then married Joseph Hankins, Sr. in Roane Co. TN. There are guardianship papers dated 1819-1821 where Joseph was made guardian of 7 of Keziah's children who were still home. Joseph Hankins, Sr. and Keziah Fullar Reynolds had no children together. It was the second marriage for Joseph Hankins, Sr. also. ^[5]

Joseph was born in 1752. He passed away in 1822.

Sources

1. ↑ Wells, Emma Middleton,. The history of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1870. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Printed by the Lookout Pub. Co., c1927. p 17
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
3. ↑ Roane TN Wills & Settlements, Vol A-D, 1802-1846 p 189. James Hankins was administrator.
4. ↑ Roane County Court Minutes Tuesday January 23 1820 The Court here being Satisfied from the testimony of Kezeah HANKINS later Kezeah REYNOLDS Widow and wife of Jethro REYNOLDS later private in the First Rifle Regiment of the United States Deceased the said Kiziah HANKINS being first duly Sworn Saith that...
5. ↑ Descendants of Samuel Fuller - mullins-net.com [www.mullins-net.com/website/chris/gen/samuelfuller.rtf]

• Pankey, George Edward. John Pankey of Manakin Town, Virginia and his Descendants.Ruston, Louisiana. Vol 1 (1969), p458-462; Vol 3 (1981) p50-55 The Hankins Family.

• Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-LKY : accessed 13 March 2018), Joseph Hankins Jur, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing p. 20, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 71; FHL microfilm 181,431.
• Family files