I am quoting from an abstract in response to this query [which is well constructed--wish more queries on the internet were so well-constructed.] Message: 1 Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:13:34 -0500 From: "Ann B. Chambless" <rabc123@scottsboro.org> Subject: [MADKY] JOSEPH HAWKINS on 1792 Madison County Tax List Joseph Hawkins, Jr. married Susannah Petty (daughter of John and Rebecca Simms Petty) in Virginia and moved to Madison Co, KY, prior to 1792. Joseph Hawkins, Jr. was the son of Joseph and Jane (Nicholas) Hawkins, Sr. Joseph Hawkins, Jr. died around 1805. Can anyone tell me exactly when? Who administered his estate? Is there a court document to prove his heirs? NOTE: The children of Joseph and Susannah (Petty) Hawkins, Jr.'s children are thought to be: Martha (Patsy) Hawkins who married Richard Butcher in April 1791 in Madison Co, Ky; Susannah Hawkins who married William Campbell in 1795 in Madson Co; John Hawkins who married Rhoda Crook in 1798 in Madison Co; Sarah Hawkins who married John Pitts; and Reuben Hawkins. Richard and Martha (Patsy) Butcher, William and Susannah Campbell, and Reuben Hawkins moved to Warren County, TN, by 1812. Ann B. Chambless Scottsboro, AL 35769 Hawkins, Joseph Sr. Will Book A p. 268 Dated 23 Mar 1803 Recorded 1 Aug 1803 Wife Susannah Hawkins Son Reubin Hawkins Son Joseph Hawkins Dau. Patsy Boucher Dau. Sarah Pitts Dau. Susannah Campbell Son John Hawkins Exec. Wallis Estill John Black Susanna Hawkins Wit. James McAlister Elijah Hawkins Weden Hawkins (Source: Charles M. Franklin, MADISON COUNTY, KETNUCKY WILLS AND ESTATES, 1785-1813 [Indianapolis, IN: Ye Olde Genealogy Shoppe, 1986], p. 19) Comment: If this book is still being published and sold by the Olde Genealogy Shop, I recommend that you try to purchase it--or at least try to interlibrary loan it. Why? Because there excerpts of four wills of Hawkins males, who probably are related. About the settlement of the estate, etc.: I highly recommend that if you are near an LDS family history center, you telephone and find out their hours. Then think about ordering for a limited time, for a small fee, films of Madison Co., KY. You will be interested in probates and also in the deed indexes, both grantor and grantee. The latter films are highly readable. I do some Granville Co., NC research, and one Philemon Hawkins is prominent in the early records of that county. But Hawkins may be a good deal more common than to be concentrated in a small area. People poured into Kentucky after the American Revolution--from Virginia, its parent state; from Pennsylvania; and from North Carolina, which included Tennessee. Good luck. E.W.Wallace PS Are you near Dothan Alabama? If so, there is a pretty good genealogical library at Wallace Community College, Dothan AL. Do an internet search for that name, and click around until you find out what the policy is for research by non-students. Good luck! ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour