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| Post card showing the Licking River |
John Hawkins was born about 1792 in Montgomery County, Kentucky. John's father has been identified as James Hawkins, the son of Gregory Farmer Hawkins. James can be found on the same page as John in the 1820 Census in Bath County, Kentucky. James Hawkins is one of two male Hawkins in Bath County old enough to be John’s father. The other man was John Milton Hawkins who died in 1823. We know that John Milton Hawkins is not likely the father, because he had a son named John Milton Hawkins Jr. who died in Tennessee. Since it is unlikely that he would have named two sons John (they were English, not German), that leaves James as the only likely father.
Further evidence of paternity is that James Hawkins had one male aged 16-21 living with him for the Bath County Tax Lists in 1809 and 1810. John would have been 17 and 18 years of age at the time.
John married Jane Rogers in Bath County KY on 2 Nov 1815 [Kentucky Marriages 1802-1850].
They can be found in Bath County for the next census:
1820 Bloomfield, Bath, KY
John Hawkins 1 m 16-25, 1 m 26-44, 2 f under 10, 1 f 26-44 [John was 28]
Note that his father-in-law, James Rogers, is listed as a next door neighbor, and father, James Hawkins, is just a few doors away. The following Deed Records, found in a Bath County KY Deed Record Index, are probably for our John Hawkins (they have yet to be examined):
Grantee
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Acres
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Book
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Date
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County
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Water Course
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John T. Hawkins
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65
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X
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16 Mar 1829
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Bath
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bet Beaver & Indean Crs
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John T. Hawkins
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50
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X
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17 Mar 1829
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Bath
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bet Beaver & Indean Crs
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John T. Hawkins
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150
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X
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14 Mar 1829
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Bath
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Fk Beaver Cr
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Beaver Creek runs about forty miles south-west of Lexington, Kentucky. It feeds into the modern Cave Run Lake, which was created during the years between 1965-1973 by the damming of the Licking River. Beaver Creek was originally a tributary of the Licking River. The Licking River has constituted the eastern border of Bath County, since it’s creation in 1811.
John is missing for the 1830 Census, but should have been in Bath County KY still. In 1840 he shows up:
1840 Census in Bath County KY
John Hawkins 1 m 5-9, 3 m 15-19, 1 m 40-49, 2 f 5-9, 1 f 10-14, 1 f 40-49 [John was 48]
And in 1850 he and Jane are still in Bath County KY, with some of the children still at home. In addition, there are grandchildren living with them. This information shows that a tragedy occurred in the Hawkins family. Their daughter, Mary Ann Hawkins married James H Kincaid on the 22nd of January in 1838 in Bath County KY. Just eight years after their marriage (in 1848) they both died, leaving four young orphaned children. John & Jane Hawkins took in their deceased daughter's children to care for them. It must have been a difficult time for the family, but they were together and supported one another in their grief.
1850 Census Bath County KY
58
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56
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27
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25
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22
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20
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18
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15
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11
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9
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7
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4
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Before the decade was out, John died as well. No records have been found for him after the 1850 Census, he probably died before the 1860 Census was taken. No burial record has been found for him, but he was probably buried on family property in Bath County.
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