Posted on: Cherokee Co. SC Biographies Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/SC/CherokeeBios/4 Surname: DAWKINS ------------------------- Dawkins, James Baird (1820-1883) Born in Hancockville, S.C., November 14, 1820. Delegate to Florida secession convention, 1861; Representative from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1862; state court judge, 1863-65, 1877-83. Died in Gainesville, Fla., February 12, 1883. Interment at Gainesville Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.