History of Bath County Kentucky United States of America

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Alvin Hawkins, governor of Tennessee, was born in Bath county, Ky., Dec., 2, l821; son of John M. and Polly G. (Ralston) Hawkins; grandson of John Hawkins, and of English descent. He removed with his parents to Maury county, Tenn., in 1820, and became a resident of Carroll county in 1828. He was employed on a farm in his boyhood and also as a blacksmith in the shop of his father, but acquired a good education and taught school, 1841-42. He was admitted to the bar in 1843, and engaged in practice at Huntingdon, Tenn. He was married Aug. 17, 1847, to Justina M. Ott. He was a member of the general assembly in 1853; an elector on the Bell and Everett ticket in 1860, and in 1862 was elected as a Unionist a representative in the 38th congress 1863-65, but was not allowed to take his seat, owing to irregularities in the election. He was U.S. district attorney of the Western district of Tennessee, 1864-65, and judge of the supreme court of Tennessee, 1865-68, and 1869-70. He was appointed U.S. consul-general at Havana in 1868. He was elected on the Republican ticket governor of Tennessee in 1880, serving 1881-83, and was defeated for a second term in 1882. At the expiration of his gubernatorial term he retired to private life, and resumed the practice of his profession at Huntingdon, Tenn.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Local Historical and Genealogical Records:

Name: Hugh Hicklin
John W. Nol, Montgomery County, Henry W. Daniel, Fayette County, and Levi Coxwell, Harrison County, Exe. My wife, Elizabeth My daughters: Ann, Jane, Elizabeth, Ruth's female children; Sarah Ann, Martha, and Mary My son, Hugh My grandson, Charles Hicklin Written: 1 March 1811 Witnesses: Alexander McDonnell, Isaac Rice, Richard Harcourt, Peter R. Gill, Reuben Randolph, Mahlon Hall, and John Ritchey Probated: 23 September 1811

Name: Benoni Coshow
My sons: John and William My daughters: Elizabeth Cimmons, Sarah Taylor, Esther Scott, Agnes D. Cannon, Jenny Cannon, and Hannah Maice My wife, Agnes My grand-daughter, Elizabeth Scott John Coshow and John Taylor, Exe. My two grandsons Benoni Taylor and Benoni Scott Written: 20 August 1809 Witnesses: John Arnett and John Stamper Probated: 25 September 1811

Name: Thomas Oakley
To John Jones, Joel Parker, Billy Oakley ... Capt. Pugh to write an order for Joel Parker on David Allen Written: 9 February 1813 Probated: 12 April 1813

Name: John Bristol
My wife, Sarah and James M. Graham, Exe. Son, Ezra Dove Walker, my sister's daughter Written: 8 April 1813 Witnesses: Rowland Richards and Alexander Farris 14 June 1813

Name: Amos Sinclair
My wife, Mary My children: John, Thomas, Mary Snelling and Susannah Brown My grandson, Amos, son of Thomas Sinclair My son, Thomas, Exe. Written: 16 July 1813 Probated: 13 September 1813

Name: John Day
My wife My children: Elijah, Elizabeth, George, Abigail, Rhoda, Synthanna, and also one unborn William Morgan and Jeremiah Jackson, Exe. Written: 16 February 1814 Witnesses: Richard Ross, Martha Butcher, and Margaret Daugherty Probated: 11 April 1814

Name: William McCormack
My wife My children Written: 16 January 1814 Witnesses: Hugh Wiley and James Dean

Name: William Atchison
My wife, Sarah My two youngest sons, Henry and Elijah Written: 20 July 1811 Witnesses: William Lowe and Tammie Wilson Probated: 15 June 1814

Name: Samuel Rogers
My wife, Martha My oldest boys, James and John Written: 16 February 1814 Witnesses: Samuel Willson and Elijah Atchison Probated: 15 June 1814

Name: John Adam Tchroffe
Friend, Lawrence Poor Written: 13 April 1814 Witnesses: Jacob Trumbo and Thomas Owings

Name: John Lansdale
My father, William Written: 19 October 1813 Witnesses: Zachariah Green and John Crow Probated: 13 June 1814

Name: James Powers
My wife, Elinor My children ... four boys Thomas Fletcher and my son, Jeremiah, Exe. Written: 4 May 1814 Witnesses: Thomas Peory and Thomas Sinclair Probated: June 1814

Name: Mathew Bracken
My wife, Nancy My children Thomas Arnett, Exe. Written: 26 August 1813 Witnesses: John and Thomas Arnett Probated: 3 July 1814

Name: Paul Naylor
My wife My children Written: 1 May 1814 Witnesses: George Linch and George Ulery Probated: 11 July 1814

Name: Robert Brackenridge
My wife, Mary My sons: Alexander, Francis Preston, John Doke, and James My daughters: Anna and Polly Caldwell Written: 26 January 1814 Witnesses: James M. Graham, Robert Mitchell, Mathew Mitchell, and Allen Gudgell Probated: 12 September 1814

Name: Carlile Harrison
My brother, Joseph Written: 11 July 1813 Probated: 11 October 1814

Name: Sarah Mappin
My children: John, James, dec., Hannah Williams, Joseph, Sarah Rogers, and Elizabeth Bracken My son in law, Samuel Rogers Written: 27 June 1814 Written: J. Harrison and Henry Kephart Porbated: 10 October 1814

Name: Jane Mappin
My children My daughters: Sarah and Almyra Written: 22 August 1814 Witnesses: James Keithley and John Brown Probated: 11 October 1814

Name: Walter Brandon
Walter Brandon, son of Richard, Bourbon County, and John McNab, Bath County, Exe. Written: 3 May 1814 Witnesses: Charles Hicklin, Jane Hicklin, and Moses Hopkins

Name: Elisha Linville
My wife, Sarah My children My son, John and Thomas Sinclair, Exe. Written: 8 January 1815

Name: Richard Menifee
My wife, Mary, Edward, and Robert Stockton, Exe. My sister in law, Patsy Lansdale My children except my son, Allen Written: 18 August 1815 Witnesses: David Hyneman, John H. Phillips, and William Conner Probated: 11 September 1815

Name: George Baller
My wife, Mary and son in law, Gregory Hawkins, Exe. My two youngest children: Catharine and Polly My grandson, George Hawkins ... money in the hands of Geo. Newlin and Joseph House Written: 15 August 1815 Witnesses: John Whitecraft, Casandra Hawkins, and Sally Tolson Probated: 11 December 1815

Name: James Berry
My wife, Ann My daughters: Rebeckah, Elizabeth Ann, and Mary English My sons: James, Isaac, Joseph, James Henry, John William, and Isaac My son, James and Andrew Shanklin Exe. Written: 16 May 1811 Witnesses: Thomas McClure, Lawson Robertson, and Robert Barr Probated: April 1816

Name: Presley Anderson
My wife, Elizabeth My daughters: Nancy Gray, Elizabeth Howard, Sally Mockbee, Polly, Maria, Julian, and Eliza My sons: John A. L., Presley, William, and Cuthbert My sons: William and Cuthbert, and my wife, Exe. Witnesses: Ben South, Robert Ewing, and Augustin Choat Probated: 11 August 1814

Name: John Boyd
My wife, Dorcas My children Written: 20 May 1816 Witnesses: Jno. Bailey, John English, and Abram Hendrix Probated: 12 August 1816

Name: Martin Chastain
My wife, Elizabeth My children: Judith Maria Leach, w. of William Leach, Silas, Magdalene L., Elizabeth A., Rane, Levi, and Berry Written: 14 October 1816 Witnesses: John Leach, Elijah Chastain, James Ragland, and Rane C. Chastain Probated: 14 October 1816

Name: Thomas Fathergill
My daughters: Polly and Rachel My other seven children: Jonathan, Elizabeth, Nancy, David, Jinny, Elijah, and Sally Written: 22 August 1816 Witnesses: William Munns and David Smallwood Probated: 16 October 1816

Name: Jno. Mappin
My wife, Margaret My sons: William and James My wife and Andrew Shanklin, Exe. Written: 3 December 1816 Witnesses: Jno. Bailey, Hugh Alexander, and James Mappin Probated: 13 January 1817

Name: Jacob Sorency
My wife, Jeanny, Exe. My brother, David John and Silas, sons of my brother, David Written: 17 January 1817 Witnesses: D. B. Boyd and Joel Thomas Probated: 11 April 1817

Name: William Bailey
My wife, Peggy My children: Lucretia, Zachariah, John, Tatum, and Charles Wifly My grandson, Absolem and William Bailey, Exe. Written: 12 February 1817 Witnesses: Jno. Bailey, Sr., Jno. Bailey, Jr., and Thomas Ansburen Probated: 12 May 1817

Name: Nathan Atchison
My wife, Kiziah My two sons, John and Nathan Allen My daughters: Larnsey Nise, Elizabeth, Jamena, and Ann Written: 2 September 1816 Witnesses: John Arnett, Jeremiah Patrick, and William Martin Probated: 14 July 1817

Name: Thomas Ingram
My sons: Collins, Purnell, Thomas, Jr., and Abraham My daughters: Elizabeth Sexton, Elan Welch, and Lavinia Crow Written: 31 August 1815 Witnesses: Peter Davis, John Oakley, and George Pugh Probated: 11 August 1817

Name: David McVicker
To William Rhea My daughters: Jiny and Sarah To Archibald and Elizabeth My wife, Ann, Exe. Written: 7 April ____ Witnesses: John Kennedy and Thomas Doggett Probated: 11 August 1817

Name: Thomas Kincaid
My wife, Abagail Written: 15 October 1815 Witnesses: Thomas Kincaid, Sr. and James Robbins Probated: 13 October 1817

Name: Thomas Barnes
My sons: Thomas, Able, James, William, and John My daughters: Elizabeth, Sarah, Fany, Nancy, Sophia, Mary, and Dorothy My wife, Elizabeth Written: 1 February 1818 Witnesses: Robert Bailey, William Heat, and Reuben Staton Probated: April 1818

Name: John Arnett
My wife, Rebecca My children Written: 19 September 1816 Witnesses: John Whitecraft and Rachel Whitecraft Probated: 11 May 1818

Name: Josiah Richards
My son, James My wife, Harrisin and my children William and James Richards, Exe. Written: May 1814 Witnesses: John B. Warren and Jasper Clayton Probated: November 1818

Name: Rhoda Wise
My wife, Ellender, Exe. To George and Jofferson Adams My son, George To Richard Adams Written: 10 September 1818 Witnesses: George Wise and Phebe McDonnold

Name: Isaac Duncan
My mother, Margaret My sister, Priscilla To John Bailey, Jr. Written: 1 April 1819 Witnesses: Joseph Kincaid, David Goodman, and Robert Kincaid Probated: 12 July 1819

Name: Edward Perkins
My eldest son, Edmund My wife, Susannah My son, Elijah My daughter, Elizabeth Flin My grand-daughter, Peggy Vanlandingham My sons: Thomas and Edmund, Exe. Written: 27 April 1819 Witnesses: William Morgan and Robert Whitter Probated: October 1819

Name: James Lansdale
My father, William My two children: Elizabeth and Jacob My wife, Easter My father in law, Jacob Warner and Dr. John Slavens, Exe. Written: 15 November 1819 Witnesses: William Sudduth and Kinsey Lanham Probated: December 1819

Name: Warren Clayton
My wife and my children Written: 22 July 1820 Witnesses: George Boyd, Jr., William Bailey, and George B. Jamison Probated: February 1821

Name: John South
of Bourbon County My wife, Margaret ... preemption ... in the name of William Kelley My sons: Samuel, Wildron, William, Benjamin, and John My daughters: Polly, Elizabeth, and Sarah My sons, John and Samuel and my wife, Exe. Written: 6 December 1818 Witnesses: Mahlas Hall, Jr. and Harry Benningfield Probated: 10 January 1820

Name: Henry L. Lane
My brothers: Hugh, William, and Willoughby N. My Aunt Betsy Beach in Virginia My mother, Letty My nephew William L. Sudduth, son of my sister, Lucy My brother, Hugh and my brother in law, Wm. M. Sudduth, Exe. Written: 31 March 1821 Witnesses: John Barker and Hiram Lane Probated: June 1821

Name: John Johnson
My wife, Eve My oldest son, Joseph My 2nd oldest son, Ebenezer Heirs of my 3rd son, Daniel Heirs of Rachel Gannel? My 4th son, John My second daughter, Polly Adams My 5th son, Arthur My 6st son, Lewis My youngest son, Washington Written: 29 February 1820 Witnesses: Peter Wing, George Parks, and James Williams Probated: 1822

Name: John Kelso
My wife, Mary My son, William My daughters: Mary Cassity and Jane and Rebecca Written: 19 July 1822 Witnesses: Rebecca Kelso, Jane Kelso and John Richards Probated: 1822

Name: Valentine Stone
My wife, Keziah My two sons, Richard and Robert My youngest son, James F. My son, Samuel ... land in Owen County My daughter, Philadelphia Robinson ... land in Owen County My son, William My daughters: Elizabeth Lewis, Keziah Ratliff, Molly Elu?, and Matilda My grandson, Alfred Steon My sons, Samuel and James, Exe. Written: 14 July 1822 Witnesses: William Haggins and Samuel Haggins Probated: 9 September 1822

Name: Francis Clark
My sons: John and Samuel My fourth daughter, Margaret Daugherty My eldest daughter, Pupur? McGahany My second daughter, Martha Butcher My third daughter, Elizabeth Becker To Francis McGahay To Francis Daugherty To Nancy Carrol My son, John and John Trumbo, Exe. Written: 26 August 1822 Witnesses: E. T. Bugoyne and Francis Hopkins Probated: October 1822

Name: Thomas McClure
My wife, Verlinda My children Uzal Crooks, Exe. Written: ____ Witnesses: James M. Graham, Andrew Shanklin, and Reuben Fugate Probated: December 1822

Name: Henry Folio
My wife My four children: Lavina, Henry, Alvira and Ebeline My three sons: John, Enoch, and Owen My three daughters: Letha, Betsy, and Susannah My step son, Noah William George and Peter Cassity, Exe. Written: 3 November 1822 Witnesses: Thomas Iles and Polly Iles Probated: December 1822

Name: Matthew Markland
My sons: William, Levi, Jonathan, and Nathaniel My daughters: Nancy Olverson, Peggy, and Sally My wife, Polly, and Moses Nelson, Exe. Written: 20 November 1822 Witnesses: Samuel Willson and William Whaley Probated: February 1823

Name: James Crooks
My wife, Elizabeth My children My son, William, Exe. Written: 14 February 1823 Witnesses: James M. Graham and William Bradshaw Probated: April 1823

Name: Tomsay Higgins
My daughters: Polly, Betsy, and Nancy My late husband My sons: William, Henry, Thomas, and James Written: 12 March 1823 Witnesses: James Young, T. T. Young, and Nancy Offiel Probated: July 1823

Name: Francis Hopkins
My wife, Ann My sons: Richard, John, Joseph, Moses, Francis (plantation where Nelson Rice lives) and David My daughters: Sarah Davis, Betsy Moseley, Peace Hughes, and Anna McDonnald My grandson, James McCormac, son of Adam John McNab and Allen Gudgell, Exe. Written: 25 July 1823 Witnesses: James T. Duvall and Peter R. Gill Probated: 19 August 1823

Name: William Caldwell
My wife, Elizabeth My daughter, Ann P. Kincaid My oldest son, John K. My second son, Joseph My third son, Ephraim My daughters: Elizabeth Swaney and Jane Reed ... land where Thomas Reed now lives ... indebted to Thomas Kennedy of Arrard County My sons, James and Andrew Witnesses: Andrew Trumbo, Walter Caldwell, and Wm. H. Fleming Probated: 16 August 1823

Name: Jeremiah Patrick
My wife, Anna My two sons, Gabriel and Noe My sons, Herod and Enoch My daughters: Nancy Olinger, Edah Cook, Rebecca Betsy Larkin Patrick Written: 21 November 1823 Witnesses: William Martin and Francis Evans Probated: January 1824

Name: Martin Corbin
My wife, Nancy and my son, Zachariah, Exe. My daughters: Sally, Lavina, and Elizabeth Hensley My sons: Zachariah, John, and David My daughters: Milly Darnell, and Lucy Myers Written: 1 December 1818 Witnesses: William M. Sudduth and John H. Williams Probated: March 1824

Name: John Rogers
My wife, Margaret and my son, William, Exe. My daughters: Catharine, Agnes, and Betsy My sons: John, James, Samuel, Thomas, William, and Harvey Written: 29 January 1824 Witnesses: Thos. Isles and Joseph Wells Probated: July 1824

Name: Joseph Smith
My daughters: Elizabeth Adams, Mary Johnson, and Anna Fox My sons: Alexander W., Joseph, Samuel H., and John Written: 20 October 1822 Witnesses: Jesse Atchinson, Jacob Trumbo, and Robert Hale Probated: September 1824

Name: John Youcam
My wife, Priscilla My heirs: Elener Hays; William; Heirs of Francis, dec.; Polly Williams, Susanna Downing, Martha Dulaney; Elizabeth Williams, Nancy Fisher; and the heirs of John William Youcam and John Craig, Exe. Written: 16 October 1823 Witnesses: John Stephens and Elizabeth Donahew Probated: September 1824

Name: Elisha Catlett
My wife, Margaret My daughter, Leah Written: 8 November 1824 Witnesses: James M. Graham and Edwin Young and Jno. Young Probated: December 1824

Name: Abraham Hendrix
My daughter, Ruth My children Written: 17 March 1822 Witnesses: John Kinkead and Sandford Hendrix Probated: December 1824

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