This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jlB.2ACI/1774.1 Message Board Post: It appears from the US Federal census records that Mary Hancock was a WARE. William Ira or Ira William was her brother? I was not able to find the Hancock's in the 1870 record who were found in Cannon Co TN in 1850. 1880 - Springfield & Tehuacana, Limestone, Texas Family History Library Film 1255317 NA Film Number T9-1317 Page Number 378A Ross HANCOCK Self 57 TN Farmer VA VA Mary W. HANCOCK Wife 41 TX Housekeeper TX AL Winnie P. HANCOCK Other Female 12 TX TX AR 1880 - District 97, Mexia, Limestone, Texas Family History Library Film 1255317 NA Film Number T9-1317 Page Number 447A Ira W. WARE Self 28 TX Farmer --- --- Louisa WARE Wife 30 AL Keeping House --- AL William R. WARE Son 10 TX Mary S. WARE Dau 6 TX James J. WARE Son 2 TX Ira WARE Son 1 TX 1 June 1870, TEXAS, LIMESTONE, EUTAW P O Series: M593 Roll: 1596 Page: 237 Ira Ware, 23, TX Frances Ware, 20, TX William Ware, 10 mos, TX May? A Williams, male, 9, TX 21 June 1860, TEXAS, GONZALES, GONZALES P O Series: M653 Roll: 1295 Page: 92 Dan'l Myers, 33, stock keeper, born Hamburg Elizabeth Myers, 30, born LA Chris...? Myers, female, 6, TX Stephen Myers, 3, TX D J or P J Myers, 6 mos, female, TX Ross Hancock, 40, TN, teamster, $1000 personal wealth Mary Hancock, 18, TX Nancy Ware, 17, TX Wm I Ware, 11, TX 1850, Precinct 1, Limestone, Texas Page: 359 Roll: M432_912 James J Ware, 33, born TN, $2500 wealth Margaret Ware, 28, born AL Mary Ware, 12, TX Nancy Ware, 4, TX Ireg Ware, 2, TX 1850, District 10, Cannon, Tennessee Page: 363 Roll: M432_872 Dwelling #200 Lewis Hancock, 64, VA Bleauford J Hancock, 18, TN, male...Limestone Co, 1860, 1880 Dwelling #203 R A Hancock, male, 23, TN Lewis R Hancock, 21, TN D B Willard, 20, TN Dwelling #205 Richard Hancock, 67, VA Mary Hancock, 75, Maryland ..page 364 1850 Dist 10, Cannon, TN Charles Hancock, 27, TN.....found in Limestone Co, 1860, 1880 Acasey C Hancock, 22, TN Wm Thos Hancock, 2, TN Lewis R Hancock, 1, TN....Limestone Co, 1880 Several entries on the LDS website on Lewis R and Richard Hancock, born VA http://www.familysearch.org

Hi, Well, maybe yes and maybe no <G>. That's what I love about these lists---so many heads and hearts pulling together to help find answers. I do agree that Mary may have been a Ware but there is no way of proving it unless someone finds a family Bible with Mary and Lewis Ross's marriage and her maiden name. But, I don't know of the existence of one. No one in the Hancock family seems to know what Mary's maiden name was. Mary was born in 1838 and she does fit the age of the Mary Ware in the 1850 Limestone Census with the James J. Ware family. Also, if Mary had been a Ware that would explain how she and Lewis Ross were allowed to adopt three boys when they were 63 and 57 years of age. Again, though, this cannot be considered as proof of her maiden name. One thing about the LDS site and the Hancock information contained there. I did not submit anything to that site and I don't know the people who did, nor where they got their information. It looks like the submitters were folks who were submitting a spouse's data along with all of the Hancock data. However, some of their data is incorrect and I have never heard of any of the submitters---and, I do not know what the Hancock Family Organization is as stated by Maureen Ward, one of the submitters. I am very leery of submitting data as some commercial sites (not the LDS one) take your data and put it on a paid site or a disc to sell under their copyright and you cannot then share the same data (even though it originated with you) without infringing on their copyright. This happened on the Hancock list several years ago and there was a big "stink" when one of the Hancock members tried to share her data with others on the list---Broderbund told her that if she did not stop they would sue her under the copyright laws. Keep in mind this was over data she had submitted to the Broderbund site in the spirit of sharing her data with other Hancocks. I do not share all my information with anyone unless I put my copyright on it with the proviso that they may share with other family members but not a public website. Jean Hancock in TX ----- Original Message ----- From: pdsain1950@worldnet.att.net To: TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 10:54 PM Subject: Re: L.R. Hancock and wife Mary- (Year of 1892) This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jlB.2ACI/1774.1 Message Board Post: It appears from the US Federal census records that Mary Hancock was a WARE. William Ira or Ira William was her brother? I was not able to find the Hancock's in the 1870 record who were found in Cannon Co TN in 1850. 1880 - Springfield & Tehuacana, Limestone, Texas Family History Library Film 1255317 NA Film Number T9-1317 Page Number 378A Ross HANCOCK Self 57 TN Farmer VA VA Mary W. HANCOCK Wife 41 TX Housekeeper TX AL Winnie P. HANCOCK Other Female 12 TX TX AR 1880 - District 97, Mexia, Limestone, Texas Family History Library Film 1255317 NA Film Number T9-1317 Page Number 447A Ira W. WARE Self 28 TX Farmer --- --- Louisa WARE Wife 30 AL Keeping House --- AL William R. WARE Son 10 TX Mary S. WARE Dau 6 TX James J. WARE Son 2 TX Ira WARE Son 1 TX 1 June 1870, TEXAS, LIMESTONE, EUTAW P O Series: M593 Roll: 1596 Page: 237 Ira Ware, 23, TX Frances Ware, 20, TX William Ware, 10 mos, TX May? A Williams, male, 9, TX 21 June 1860, TEXAS, GONZALES, GONZALES P O Series: M653 Roll: 1295 Page: 92 Dan'l Myers, 33, stock keeper, born Hamburg Elizabeth Myers, 30, born LA Chris...? Myers, female, 6, TX Stephen Myers, 3, TX D J or P J Myers, 6 mos, female, TX Ross Hancock, 40, TN, teamster, $1000 personal wealth Mary Hancock, 18, TX Nancy Ware, 17, TX Wm I Ware, 11, TX 1850, Precinct 1, Limestone, Texas Page: 359 Roll: M432_912 James J Ware, 33, born TN, $2500 wealth Margaret Ware, 28, born AL Mary Ware, 12, TX Nancy Ware, 4, TX Ireg Ware, 2, TX 1850, District 10, Cannon, Tennessee Page: 363 Roll: M432_872 Dwelling #200 Lewis Hancock, 64, VA Bleauford J Hancock, 18, TN, male...Limestone Co, 1860, 1880 Dwelling #203 R A Hancock, male, 23, TN Lewis R Hancock, 21, TN D B Willard, 20, TN Dwelling #205 Richard Hancock, 67, VA Mary Hancock, 75, Maryland ..page 364 1850 Dist 10, Cannon, TN Charles Hancock, 27, TN.....found in Limestone Co, 1860, 1880 Acasey C Hancock, 22, TN Wm Thos Hancock, 2, TN Lewis R Hancock, 1, TN....Limestone Co, 1880 Several entries on the LDS website on Lewis R and Richard Hancock, born VA http://www.familysearch.org