Hiram HANCOCK

 

Submitter: James Richardson

Husband: Hiram HANCOCK
Born: February 8, 1805 Place: SC
Married: February 28, 1840 Place: Chambers Co., AL
Died: April 29, 1862 Place: Corinth, MS
Cemetery: ? Place:  
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Mother:  
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Wife: Nancy WATERS
Born: November 12, 1817 Place: GA
Died: April 19, 1882 Place: Dewey Prairie, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Union Cemetery Place: Freestone, Freestone Co., TX
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Mother:  
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Children:

1 Name: F Elizabeth Jane "Smugs" HANCOCK
Born: December 6, 1841 Place: Chambers Co., AL
Died: ? Place: ?
Cemetery: ? Place: ?
Spouse 1: James LUMPKIN
Married: January 10, 1867 Place: Tallapoosa Co., AL

2 Name: F Sarah Ann Fereby HANCOCK
Born: April 14, 1843 Place: Chambers Co., AL
Died: ? Place: ?
Cemetery: ? Place: ?
Spouse 1: Samuel J. KNOX
Married: August 28, 1870 Place: Tallapoosa Co., AL

3 Name: F Mary Catherine HANCOCK
Born: May 16, 1845 Place: ?
Died: July 10, 1851 Place: ? (Probably Tallapoosa Co., AL)
Cemetery:   Place:  

4 Name: M Josiah George Washington HANCOCK
Born: August 1, 1847 Place: Tallapoosa Co., AL
Died: June 7, 1890 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Union Cemetery Place: Freestone, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Mary Jane BLANKS
Married: December 24, 1868 Place: AL

5 Name: M William Andrew Jackson HANCOCK
Born: September 15, 1849 Place: Tallapoosa Co., AL
Died: November 29, 1903 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Union Cemetery Place: Freestone, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Martha Emma TUCKER
Married: April 19, 1868 Place: ?

6 Name: F Margaret Emily HANCOCK
Born: October 24, 1852 Place: Tallapoosa Co., AL
Died: October 25, 1919 Place: ?
Cemetery: ? Place: ?
Spouse 1: William Drayton KNOX
Married: February 4, 1869 Place: Tallapoosa Co., AL

7 Name: M Henry Thomas Jefferson Davis HANCOCK
Born: March 11, 1854 Place: Chambers Co., AL
Died: February 26, 1935 Place: Donie, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Union Cemetery Place: Freestone, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Parazaid EZELLE
Married: about 1876 Place: ?
Spouse 2: Mary Louisa (HOUSTON) CARROLL
Married: December 1, 1887 Place: Freestone Co., TX

8 Name: M James K. Polk HANCOCK
Born: ? Place: Chambers Co., AL
Died: ? Place: ?
Cemetery: ? Place: ?
Spouse 1:  
Married:   Place:  

NOTES:
Hiram Hancock -- Pvt., Alabama Mounted Volunteers, Capt. John Thompson's Independent Co., Co. H, Bells Battalion.  Died in Hospital, Corinth, MS while in service of CSA.
Josiah G. W. Hancock -- CSA, Co. G., 37th Alabama Infantry. February 1863-May 1865 (captured at Vicksburg, MS)

SOURCES:
Personal Research
Family papers
Headstones at Union Cemetery, Freestone, Freestone Co., TX
1900 US census, Freestone Co., TX
1880 US census, Freestone Co., TX
Freestone Co., TX marriage records
Death certificate -- Mary Louisa Hancock -- Hill Co., TX
Freestone Co., TX delayed birth records.
Headstone at Antioch Cemetery, Luna, Freestone Co., TX
"Leon County History", Centerville, TX
"Freestone County History, Vol. 1" 1976
1840 US census, Southern Dist. Alabama
"Marriage Records 1833-1861 of Chambers Co., AL" 1974
"Early Alabama Marriages, 1813-1850"
Family Adventures
1991 Funeral records, Ricks Funeral Home, Teague, Freestone Co., TX
National Archives, Veterans records, Josiah G. W. Hancock.
Confederate Research Center, Hillsboro, Hill Co., TX
Texas State Archives, Confederate Pension Records, Austin, TX
Information supplied by: Deanna J. Warren; Tom & Charlsie L. Hancock, Pasadena, TX; Penny Clarke, Austin, TX; Norman May, Bay City, TX; Mary Catherine Hancock, TX; Emily Ruth Bartee, AZ; Patsy Carter, Teague, TX; Winston May; Imogene May, Boswell, Carrollton, TX; Laura Arbuckle Burroughs, TX; Pat Gipson, TX; Bill & Hazel Hancock, Teague, TX and others.