Moses Hanks Sr. (1746 - 1831)

Born 15 Jul 1746 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Agatha Jane (Dodson) Hanks — married 1767 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 19 Aug 1831 at age 85 in Old Knob Creek, Maury, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Moses Hanks Sr. lived in Virginia.

Moses Hanks Sr. performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Moses Hanks Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A051138.

Moses Hanks Sr. was a Tennessean.

Moses Hanks Sr. was born on the 15th of July, 1746, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British Colonial America. Moses was a son of Luke Hanks Sr. and Elizabeth Glascock.

He married Agatha Dodson in Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1767.^[1] After the Revolutionary War he took the oath of allegiance to the USA in Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1777.^[2][3] Later he had a farm in Hat Creek, Campbell, County, Virginia, near where his brother, Abraham, had moved his family in 1783.

The Hanks, Dodson, Fitzgerald, and Hill families lived very near each other in the southern mountains of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and intermarried. They migrated together in the 1790s to Maury County, Tennessee. But by 1807 most of Moses Hanks' children had gone on to Texas.

Thomas Hill was a preacher, and three of his children married three of Moses' children. Three other of Moses' children married Dodsons. Maury County, Tennessee contains the marriage records of that year and records the marriage of his youngest son Elijah's niece, Frances, to James Fitzgerald, thus establishing the Hanks family there in middle Tennessee.^{[citation needed]}

Moses Hanks died on the 19th August 1831, in Maury County, Tennessee and was buried at the Old Knob Creek Cemetery in Maury County, Tennessee.^[4]

Research Notes

These are records needing citations showing Moses Hanks and his Dodson kin in Pittsylvania county Virginia and his purchase and sale of land in Pulaski county Kentucky in 1798:

• Oct 5, 1784 George Dodson to Thomas Hill. 250 acres. Begin John Mading's corner, crossing Jeremiah's Fork. Signed: George Dodson. Wit: Reuben Hill, Moses Hanks, Anne (X) Dodson. Nov 15, 1784 Ack by George Dodson

• Sep 27, 1796 Moses Hanks & George Hanks to George Dodson 3 1/3 122 acres begin Moses Hanks line, red oak, line by agreement, line chop agreement Signed: Moses (x) Hanks, George Hanks Wit: Heath Gardner, Thomas Medciff, George Dodson, John Dodson, Robert Mading. proved 10 Feb 1797

• Sep 27, 1796 George Hanks to George Dodson. 3 122 acres. Bound side Jeremiah fork of Birches Creek, red oak, pointers in said Hanks west line, Martin Trues corner, his line, fork of said Creek, meanders of said creek. Signed: George Hanks Wit: Heath Gardner, Thomas Midciff, George Dodson, John Dodson, Robert Mading Feb 20, 1797 Proved by three of witnesses

• Nov 1796 Moses Hanks to John Cheney.Tract on waters of Double Creek, 100a Maple corner tree in Charles Collies line and William Walters, thence Walters line to post oak corner, thence Walters line to pin corn tr Walters line and Jonathan Weldon's, thence Weldons line to white oak in John Madden's line, on Madden's line, William Wilder's line. Signed: Moses Hanks Wit: Heath Gardner, Charles Chaney, James Donneson, George Dodson Apr 17, 1797 Proved by three of witnesses

• Dec 4,1798 Moses Hanks entered and patented 200 acres on waters of Pitman Creek, Pulaski County Kentucky, sold 200 acres Dec 14, 1806 for 150 pounds, sold 128 acres for 110 pounds

• February 24, 1801, William Dodson, Reubin Hill and Moses Hanks made bond for ,000 to justices for Dodson, conveying the forty acres of land to the court on or before March 1, 1802. Dodson made bond to convey all this land except one acre on which the Sinking Creek Baptist Church stood and three lots which he retained for himself. Here Moses Hanks made a bond with William Dodson (son of 2nd fork) and his son-in-law Reuben Hill.

• Mar 25, 1816 Pulaski Co., KY. Alexander Hittson and Samuel Dodson of Halifax Co, VA to Jesse Dodson of Hardin Co., KY, 1/8 part each (except for 1 town lot given to Sam'l Dodson) of a tract of land formerly the prop. of Wm. Dodson, dec'd, which fell to his father, Thomas Dodson, dec'd, and by him willed to the legatees: Wm. Johnson, James Johnson, Stephen Johnson Alexander Hittson, Jesse Dodson, the heirs of Thos. Dodson, Jr., and Samuel Dodson, adj. the Town of Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY. Ack: 25 Mar 1816 bef the ct. in Halifax Co., VA by Alex. Hittson and Samuel Dodson.

• Apr 20, 1816 Pulaski Co KY Jesse Dodson of Hardin county KY to Galen P. Elliott for 0, 3/8 part of a tract adj. Somerset, dev. to Jesse Dodson by his father Thomas Dodson dec'd "as heir at law of Wm. Dodson dec'd."

• [S2995] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). !--Whose, when, and where needed-->

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Record U.S. & International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
2. ↑ Daughters Of The American Revolution (DAR) Genealogical Research Databases. Moses Hanks, Ancestor #: A051138 DAR Ancestor Database

   HANKS, MOSES

   Ancestor #: A051138

   Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE

   Birth: 7-15-1748 VIRGINIA

   Death: 8-19-1831 MAURY CO TENNESSEE

   Service Source: Lucy A. Posey, Patriots who took the oath of allegiance, 1777, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, (San Antonio, TX: Daughters of the American Colonists, 1977) p. 17

   Service Description: 1) SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE

   RESIDENCE: 1) County: PITTSYLVANIA CO - State: VIRGINIA

   SPOUSE: 1) AGATHA DODSON

3. ↑ Lucy A. Posey, Patriots Who Took The Oath Of Allegiance 1777 Pittsylvania County, Virginia, (San Antonio, TX: Daughters of the American Colonists, 1977) p. 17
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 28 May 2017), memorial #10293871 for Moses Hanks, Sr (1746 - 1831) Find A Grave: Memorial #10293871.

• Montgomery, David B, Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Owensville, Indiana: J P Cox, 1903), Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc.
• Montgomery Heritage Volume Three, Montgomery, Oral, (Name: Name: Oral Montgomery; Location: San Antonio, Texas; Date: 1987), Series of Five volumes of typed manuscript from Oral Montgomery on his line plus some other Montgomery data. Books available at San Antonio Library MontHerV3.pdf.
• https://www.geni.com/people/Moses-Hanks-I/2413580