Eve, We seem to be connecting to all the women rather than the Hatcher you were asking about. I am interested in the Perry connection. I have been trying to determine for some time if Franklin Perry might be the son of my ancestor John Perry and his wife Martha Partin and whether he is the Mark F. Perry that married Sarah Hancock. Here's what I have found. Any additional information, confirming or refuting this, is most welcome. Sharon - John Perry b. abt 1797 in NC, parents unknown - Martha Partin b. abt 1797 in SC, parents unknown - John Perry and Martha Partin md in Twiggs County bef. 1830. - They appear in the 1830, 1840, 1850 Crawford County census listings. - John Perry is a witness to the will of Benjamin Morris as is Britain Partin. When Britain (also Britton) moved to Crawford County, he bought land from John. His daughter, another Martha, married Allen Becham. John's daughter Catherine married Allen's brother Geo. Washington. This obviously does not show a relationship between John and Britain, but the families were close. John and Martha Perry also named their youngest son Britian. I am making the tentative assumption that Britain and Martha Partin were closely related, possibly siblings. - The 1850 census shows John and Martha with 4 children: Ann C. (later married Wash Becham), Nancy, John O. (married Sarah Cole in Abbeyville, AL), and Britain. The 1830 and 1840 census records show that they had at least two older sons, one of whom was born 1825-1830. They also had two other daughters. - In 1850, Franklin is living next door to John and Martha. He and his wife Sarah are both 22, no children. - In January 1850 Mark F. Perry married Sarah Hancock (Crawford county marriage records). M.F. Perry is later found buried (died 1897) in Knoxville Methodist cemetary. His date of birth on the tombstone is 1826, Frank would have been born 1827-1828. Frank's younger sister Ann Catherine went by her middle name, possibly Frank did as well? Also, Sarah Perry was probably widowed by 1900 since she appears in the census with the Hatchers. Sarah is not buried with him. At one time I found a website with the Hancock family cemetary and Sarah Perry was buried there, but not her husband. - When Clement Hancock's estate was settled in 1849, two of the appraisers were John Perry and Robert Hatcher. - Frank and Sarah named their first daughter Martha. Not definitive, since Martha was a common name, but worth considering. - John Perry, sr may have died about 1857, when the records show a quitclaim deed from his son, John O. Perry to Ann Perry Becham & children. At the time that I was looking at the Crawford county records, I did not know the significance of a quitclaim deed and so did not think to look and see if there were similar ones from any of the other siblings. Martha also either died or moved from Crawford county by 1860 since she does not appear in that census. EveYarbrough@aol.com wrote: > I am looking for any information on my gr. grandfather, Robert Andrew > Hatcher, b.1858 in Crawford Co., married Martha Ethelyn Perry, daughter of > Franklin Perry and Sarah; his father, Cicero A. Hatcher, b. 1827 in Crawford > Co., married to Martha Louise Burnett, daughter of Rev. Samuel Branch > Burnett. I would like to know more about these ancestors (what they did, > where they lived, etc.) Any info would be very much appreciated. Eve > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > "Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity; but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it; these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, - and died." > --Rev. Dr. Randolph McKim (inscription on Confederate soldiers monument, Arlington National Cemetery)