Is his older brother Jasper Jenkins the person who shot & killed Sheriff-elect Pony Hackett ?? Fred Fred, maybe someone else can confirm this. But yes I have his name as William Jasper Jenkins and that he received a life sentence for killing Pony Hackett. Mary Knight

Info re Pony/Poney Hackett....On a visit years ago with Ernest Green (husband of "E" "L" Hackett Green) he related this story. Elijah Leonard (Poney/Pony) Hackett (spouse of Alice Toney) was 38 years of age when he was shot and killed in Pleasant Shade. He was to have be sworn in and taken office as Sheriff the first of September 1914. Elijah L. Hackett was killed a month before the birth of his daughter "E" "L" Hackett. Her initials stand for those of her father and these initials are her only given name. Ernest related that he thought there were pictures and stories in old Carthage Courier re this. (During next visit to Tennessee Ernest died of a heart attack suddenly...we attended his funeral service.) Melba -------Original Message------- From: Mary Knight Date: 09/22/05 04:46:22 To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Jenkins, Ballow, Beasley Is his older brother Jasper Jenkins the person who shot & killed Sheriff-elect Pony Hackett ?? Fred Fred, maybe someone else can confirm this. But yes I have his name as William Jasper Jenkins and that he received a life sentence for killing Pony Hackett. Mary Knight ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Visit Photos Of Cemeteries Of Smith County Over 500 + Cemeteries online with pictures and Descriptions http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/cempics.htm

Melba, I have Pony Hackett's wife was Julia Alice Gregory b. Dec. 4, 1881 d. July 30, 1971 daughter of Chesley Bridgewater Gregory & Sarah Elizabeth Butcher. I also have that she married a Tom Toney no dates. Was this before she married Elijah Leonard Hackett or after his death? Info re Pony/Poney Hackett....On a visit years ago with Ernest Green (husband of "E" "L" Hackett Green) he related this story. Elijah Leonard (Poney/Pony) Hackett (spouse of Alice Toney) was 38 years of age when he was shot and killed in Pleasant Shade. He was to have be sworn in and taken office as Sheriff the first of September 1914. Elijah L. Hackett was killed a month before the birth of his daughter "E" "L" Hackett. Her initials stand for those of her father and these initials are her only given name. Ernest related that he thought there were pictures and stories in old Carthage Courier re this. (During next visit to Tennessee Ernest died of a heart attack suddenly...we attended his funeral service.) Melba -------Original Message------- From: Mary Knight Date: 09/22/05 04:46:22 To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Jenkins, Ballow, Beasley Is his older brother Jasper Jenkins the person who shot & killed Sheriff-elect Pony Hackett ?? Fred Fred, maybe someone else can confirm this. But yes I have his name as William Jasper Jenkins and that he received a life sentence for killing Pony Hackett. Mary Knight ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Visit Photos Of Cemeteries Of Smith County Over 500 + Cemeteries online with pictures and Descriptions http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/cempics.htm ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories Wills, Fokelore,Links To The Smith Co Web Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/

Elijah Leonard Hackett and Alice Gregory were my mother's maternal grandparents. I have my mother's genealogy material, including the copy of the Courier article re: Pony's death, and will be glad to share. Email me at rking@mtsu.edu and I'll scan and send attachments. Becky King (mother: Julia Frances Ballard Bruch; gm: Tennie Pearl Hackett Ballard) Mary Knight wrote: >Melba, >I have Pony Hackett's wife was Julia Alice Gregory b. Dec. 4, 1881 d. July 30, 1971 daughter of Chesley Bridgewater Gregory & Sarah Elizabeth Butcher. > >I also have that she married a Tom Toney no dates. Was this before she married Elijah Leonard Hackett or after his death? > > >Info re Pony/Poney Hackett....On a visit years ago >with Ernest Green (husband of "E" "L" Hackett >Green) he related this story. Elijah Leonard (Poney/Pony) Hackett (spouse of >Alice Toney) was >38 years of age when he was shot and killed in >Pleasant Shade. He was to have be sworn in >and taken office as Sheriff the first of September >1914. Elijah L. Hackett was killed a month before >the birth of his daughter "E" "L" Hackett. Her >initials stand for those of her father and these initials >are her only given name. > >Ernest related that he thought there were pictures >and stories in old Carthage Courier re this. (During >next visit to Tennessee Ernest died of a heart attack >suddenly...we attended his funeral service.) > >Melba > >-------Original Message------- > >From: Mary Knight >Date: 09/22/05 04:46:22 >To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Jenkins, Ballow, Beasley > >Is his older brother Jasper Jenkins the person who shot & killed >Sheriff-elect Pony Hackett ?? > >Fred > > >Fred, maybe someone else can confirm this. But yes I have his name as >William Jasper Jenkins and that he received a life sentence for killing Pony >Hackett. > >Mary Knight > > >==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >Visit Photos Of Cemeteries Of Smith County >Over 500 + Cemeteries online with pictures and Descriptions >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/cempics.htm > > > >==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories >Wills, Fokelore,Links To The Smith Co Web Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ > > >==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== >Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project... >Already in Progress! >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm > > > >