Slaves of Squire Hawkins, Tennessee

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: black_heritage Tennessee

This page enumerates the slavery history of Squire Brooks Hawkins (1805-1871).

Contents 1 1850 Slave Schedule Franklin County, TN 2 1860 Slave Schedule Franklin County, TN 3 Children 4 Sources

1850 Slave Schedule Franklin County, TN

Gender Race Age Birthdate

• Female Black 33 1817
• Male Black 20 1830
• Male Black 16 1834
• Female Black 15 1835
• Male Black 12 1838
• Female Black 10 1840
• Female Black 9 1841
• Female Black 7 1843
• Female Black 5 1845
• Female Black 3 1847
• Male Black 2 1848
• Female Black 3/12 1850
• Male Black 11 1839

Total: 13

1860 Slave Schedule Franklin County, TN

Age Birthdate Gender Race

• 44 1816 Female Black
• 33 1827 Male Black
• 35 1825 Female Black
• 32 1828 Male Black -
• 30 1830 Female Black
• 23 1837 Male Black
• 16 1844 Female Black
• 13 1847 Male Black
• 11 1849 Male Black
• 6 1854 Male Black
• 5 1855 Female Black
• 3 1857 Male Black
• 2 1858 Female Black

Total: 13

Children

Squire may have fathered the following children with his slave Letitia, born about 1816:

• Tom Hawkins 1834–
• Manervery Hawkins 1835–
• Ned (Neal) Hawkins 1836–
• Matilda J Hawkins 1838–1932
• Sarah Hawkins 1838–

DNA comparison will help strengthen the claim.

Sources

• 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules:
  The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #92243425
  Squire Hawkins, slave owner of 13 enslaved people, in 1850 in District 10, Franklin, Tennessee, USA.
• 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules:
  The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #94176744
  S B Hawkins, slave owner of 13 enslaved people, in 1860 in District 10, Franklin, Tennessee, USA.