Fielding Hanks (abt. 1783 - 1861)

Born about 1783 in Halifax, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Harper) Hanks — married about 1803 in Slate Creek, Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1861 at about age 78 in Campton, Morgan, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Fielding was born in 1783. He was the son of Abraham Hanks and Sarah Harper. He died in 1861. ^[1]

Fielding Hanks (also "Fielden") was born around 1784^[2] to Abraham Hanks and Sarah Harper,^[3] probably in Campbell County, Virginia, the family having recently returned from Kentucky.^[4]

Adin Baber appears to be the first to publish the theory that Abraham and Sarah, Fielding's parents, died when Fielding was a minor,^[5] and that Fielding was subsequently raised to his age of majority back in Kentucky in the area of Slate Creek or Harper's station, by his (perhaps half-) uncle John Harper and family.^[6]

In 1806, Baber finds Fielding, who would have been about 22 years old, in the Montgomery County, Kentucky tax list^[7]

Some time in or before that year, Fielding must have married Lydia Harper, the daughter of his probable half-uncle, John Harper and his wife Mary Ann,^[8] for Fielding and Lydia's first child, Jordon Hanks (also spelled Jourden, Jordan)^[9] is said to have been born some time in between 1804 and 1806.^{[citation needed]}, after whom came William Hanks (b. 1807).^[10]

It is interesting to note that the 1810 census shows Fielding's home including more than just the two parents and two children, and it is not clear who the other adults and children in the home are, but they may be Hanks or Harper relatives.^[11]

Children Anna ("Annie", b. abt. 1811),^[12] and Lucinda (b. abt. 1813)^[13] followed.

Fielding Hanks enlisted for a two-month period in the Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Infantry and served as a Corporal under Major Peter Dudley from 20 September 1814 to 20 November 1814.^[14][15]

Also in 1814, Fielding and Lydia's next child, Cuthbert Million Hanks was born.^[16], then followed Andrew Jackson Hanks (b. 1817)^[17] and George S. (b. abt. 1817).^[18]

In 1818,^{[citation needed]} Fielding and family moved to the Camp Towne settlement (now Campton, Wolfe County, Kentucky), which at the time was still a nascent mining camp. It is said that the home Fielding built was the first permanent structure in the settlement.^{[citation needed]}

Again in 1820, the census, showing that Camp Towne was at that time in Floyd County,^[19] has people in the home unaccounted for (there are 11 but we account for only 9).

The last of their children were Nancy (b. abt. 1821),^[20] Louisa (b. abt. 1824),^[21] and perhaps Lydia (rumored to have been born in 1825 and married a man named Meadows).^{[citation needed]}

Fielding and his wife Lydia lived the rest of their lives in Campton.^[22][23], in later years with their son Cud's family^[24] and their deceased son George's family, the Wiremans.^[2] It seems from what passed down to some of his descendants that he loved drinking and hunting.^[25]

They both died in 1861,^[3] and were buried in the Old Campton Burying Ground. Campton would go on to become the county seat of Wolfe County when it was founded, in no small part due to the work of Fielding's son Cud to establish the new county.

1850 U.S. Census Morgan, Kentucky

1. Cudmelon Hanks Male 35 Kentucky (Cuthbert Million?)
2. Milligan Hanks Female 32 Kentucky (Milly Ann Garrett?)
3. William Hanks Male 12 Kentucky
4. Roseline Hanks Female 10 Kentucky
5. Sarah Hanks Female 7 Kentucky
6. Christopher Hanks Male 5 Kentucky
7. Mary Hanks Female 3 Kentucky
8. Laura Hanks Female 0 Kentucky
9. Samuel Noble Male 19 Virginia
10. Fielding Hanks Male 66 North Carolina
11. Lydia Hanks Female 62 Kentucky

1860 U.S. Census Morgan Kentucky

1. Fielding Hanks Male 76 Va
2. Lydia Hanks Female 76 Ky
3. Jacob Wireman Male 63 Tenne
4. Mary Wireman Female 37 Ky
5. Jackson Wireman Male 16 Ky
6. Sarah Wireman Female 14 Ky
7. Jacob Wireman Male 4 Ky

Children listed in Findagrave

1. William Hanks 1807–1870
2. Annie Hanks Cox 1808–1903
3. Lucinda Jane Hanks Chambers 1809–1895
4. Cuthbert Million Hanks 1814–1892

Alternate Biography

Fielding Hanks was the son of Abraham Hanks Jr and Sarah Harper, after Sarah died Abraham married Mary Combs, Fielding was the grandson of Abraham Hanks Sr and Jemima Million.

Fielding Hanks son Cuthbert Million Hanks was named after Cuthbert Million who was the brother of Jemima Million Hanks who was the grandmother of Fielding's father.

Abraham Hanks of Pr Wm Co VA never lived in Campbell Co VA, the Campbell Co Abraham Hanks was born in 1759 and was the son of James Hanks, this Abraham was married to Lucy Jennings and died in 1833.

Abraham Hanks Sr the grandfather of Fielding Hanks died in 1784 in Prince William Co VA, he was married to Jemima Million, his son Abraham Hanks Jr was married to Sarah Harper and Mary Combs. Fielding Hanks moved with his father Abraham Jr to Montgomery Co KY.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 May 2023), memorial page for CPL Fielding “Fielden” Hanks (1783–13 Aug 1861), Find A Grave: Memorial #13084868, citing Old Campton Burying Ground, Campton, Wolfe County, Kentucky, USA; maintained by Arkieologist (contributor 47246586), headstone. memorial stone and cemetery photos.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBX-FSX : accessed 31 July 2015), Fielding Hanks, 2nd Division, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 55, household ID 360, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,388.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953," database with images, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/1222/KYVR_994058-0348?pid=362186 : accesed 31 Jul 2015), entry for Fielding Hanks, Wolfe County, 1861, citing Kentucky, Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), Microfilm rolls #994027-994058, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort; Kentucky, Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911). Microfilm rolls #7007125-7007131, 7011804-7011813, 7012974-7013570, 7015456-7015462. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort; Kentucky, Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1955). Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
4. ↑ Baber, Adin (Baber), Nancy Hanks, of Undistinguished Families; a Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical Study of the Ancestry of the Mother of Abraham Lincoln, p. 150-151 (Kansas, Illinois: Adin Baber, 1960); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/nancyhanksofundi00babe: accessed 31 Jul 2015).
5. ↑ Baber, pp. 151.
6. ↑ Baber, p. 153, p. 173. He based this theory on "tradition" (and in particular, it seems on information passed down to Fielding's sister Sarah's descendants).
7. ↑ Baber, p. 173
8. ↑ Witness: Hardy D. Sparks (Sparks); C. C. Hanks et al, Claimants vs. Choctaw Nation, Interrogation of Claimants; Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898 - 1914 (also known as "Dawes Enrollment Applications" or the "Dawes Enrollment Jackets"); Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Office of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999, Record Group 75; database with images, Dawes Packets, Fold3 (http://www.fold3.com/image/61877321/: accessed 31 Jul 2015). "I first knew John Harper at his son in law Fielden Hanks in Morgan County Kentucky which is now in Wolfe County Kentucky... One of his daughters was named Lydia Hanks ("Hanks" is crossed out) and married Fielden Hank..."
9. ↑ Sparks, "The names of the children of Fielden Hanks + wife was William Hanks. Jackson Hanks. George Hanks and Cud. M. Hanks Jourden Hanks, Annie Hancks Lucinda Hanks. Nancy Hanks and Louisa Hanks." (http://www.fold3.com/image/61877385/ : accessed 31 Jul 2015).
10. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVQ-7GDQ : accessed 31 July 2015), William Hanks, 1870; Burial, , Powell, Kentucky, United States of America, Hanks Cemetery; citing record ID 5967957, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-F5Y : accessed 31 July 2015), Fieding Hanks, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC83-DKZ : accessed 31 July 2015), Annie Cox in household of James Cox, Precinct 2, Wolfe, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district 115, sheet 284B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0446; FHL microfilm 1,254,446.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB9-PWN : accessed 31 July 2015), Lucinda Evans in household of Henry Evans, District No 1, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 6, household ID 34, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,357.
14. ↑ "United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21913-20832-68?cc=1916219&wc=M6Y6-Y3D:203155701 : accessed 1 August 2015), Hang - Hark > image 136 of 2772; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
15. ↑ Wilder, Minnie S. Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812: (originally Published As Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812). Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1969. Print; database with images, Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/48038/KYSoldiers1812-003416-396/: accessed 1 Aug 2015).
16. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVD-WWKB : accessed 31 July 2015), Hon. Cuthbert (Cud/C.M.) Million Hanks, 1892; Burial, Campton, Wolfe, Kentucky, United States of America, Old Campton Burying Ground; citing record ID 13084880, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
17. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XK-G1L : accessed 31 July 2015), A Jackson Hanks, Benton, Linn, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 187, sheet 512C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0700; FHL microfilm 1,254,700.
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65F-T18 : accessed 31 July 2015), George Hanks, Morgan county, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; citing family 872, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
19. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHLN-TH7 : accessed 21 March 2015), Fielding Hanks, Not Stated, Floyd, Kentucky; citing p. 11, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 186,182.
20. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBX-J5N : accessed 31 July 2015), Nancy Day in household of Allen Day, 2nd Division, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 90, household ID 601, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,388.
21. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HR-CML : accessed 31 July 2015), Louisa Spencer, Illinois, United States; citing p. 20, family 130, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,767.
22. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-7J9 : accessed 31 July 2015), Fielding Hanks, Not Stated, Morgan, Kentucky; citing p. 70, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 40; FHL microfilm 7,819.
23. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHY5-WS6 : accessed 21 March 2015), Fielden Hanks, Not Stated, Morgan, Kentucky; citing p. 308, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 120; FHL microfilm 7,830.
24. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65N-QFN : accessed 31 July 2015), Fielding Hanks in household of Cudmelon Hanks, Morgan county, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; citing family 409, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
25. ↑ Baber, p. 174.

• 1850 U.S. Census. Morgan Co., Kentucky https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65N-QFN
• 1860 U.S. Census Morgan Kentucky https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBX-FSX
• Compiled by Wolfe County Woman’s Club Campton, Kentucky, Early and Modern History Wolfe County Kentucky, 1860-1957, Copyright 1957, 2019, Commonwealth Book Company, 2019. (Pages 110-113)