-----Original Message----- From: Marian <eepedersen@email.msn.com> To: HACKWORTH-L@rootsweb.com <HACKWORTH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 7:37 AM Subject: Fw: Hackworth > >-----Original Message----- >From: Marian <eepedersen@email.msn.com> >To: JimmieHack@aol.com <JimmieHack@aol.com> >Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 7:31 AM >Subject: Hackworth > > >>I don't have a Jimmy Hackworth , Leonard Hackworth or a L.T. Hackworth >>listed. >> >>I do have Tolbert Hackworth born 1809. Father: John B. Hackworth born 1743 >>and mother: Mary Preston. born 1755.(2nd wife of John) >>(1st wife was Martha Agnes David m. abt 1769 in Bedford, VA/ >>I have Tolbert's spouse was Lettie Font. (You stated Trent). >>(I don't know where right now I had Font from) >> >>Was the census 1860 or 1850? You typed 1860. Is that correct? >> >>Thanks for the information from the census. I did not have that. >>I haven't looked in the state of Missouri for this surname. Who or what >>connection do you think the Missouri John Hackworth has? Do you know who >>his parents were? >> >>Information I have: >>George Hackworth was born about 1725 in England. He died in Bedford Co., VA >>married about 1742 in Caroline, VA to >>Ann Leftwich >>Children: >>John B, Hackworth md. Mary Preston m. 1788 GA >>Augustine Austin Hackworth md. Mary Ruth Rigney 1778 VA >>William Hackworth md. Dorothy Newman 22 May 1790 VA >>George Hackworth md. Ann Pearcy (Anne Pearcey) >>Joseph Hackworth born aft 1754 in VA died in 1823 >>Thomas Hackworth md. Elizabeth Ann Johnson 27 Jan 1786 VA >>Elizabeth Hackworth md. Reuben Radford 1772 VA >>Samuel Hackworth >>------------------------------------------- >>John B. Hackworth born 1743 in Bedford Co., VA died: 20 Aug 1826 in Pike >>Co., Kentucky. >>married to Mary Preston in 1788 in Richmond Co., VA >>Children: >>Nancy Hackworth >>Thomas Hackworth >>Tabitha Hackworth >>George Hackworth >>Joseph Hackworth >>Pleasant Hackworth >>Jeremiah Hackworth b. abt 1784 >>Susan Hackworth >>Mary Hackworth b. 1793 d. 1795 >>Piety Hackworth b. 1808 >>Tolbert Hackworth >>Preston Hackworth b. abt 1811 >>Jesse Hackworth b. 1812 >>John Hackworth >>Information I received from Burney Parker. >>------------------------------------------------ >>John and Mary Hackworth R4411, VA Line, Widow applied 10 December 1851 in >>Lawrence Co., OH, aged 96. Soldier lived in Bedford Co., VA at enlistment. >>Their home in Floyd Co., KY was burned in 1809. Soldier married Mary >>Preston in the spring of 1788 in Richmond Co., GA He was a widower with >five >>children when they married. They lived in GA for one year after they were >>married, and then moved to near Brushy Mountain (state not given but may >>have been TN) for two years, then to Bedford Co., VA for several years, >then >>to Floyd Co., KY (now Pike County, KY) and he died there 20 August 1826. >>Information from Burney Parker. >>---------------------------------- >>Maybe when you go to England you could search this out. >>This was copied from Page 240 of Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern >>Kentucky. >> >> Hackworth Family of Floyd County >> This is a local surname, "of Hackworth", that is, the worth of the >>farmstead of Hake. The family is of English extraction and was seated in >>England in very early times as is evidenced by the Hundred roll which bears >>the names of Peter de Hakeworth and John de Hakeworth, County Devon, 1273. >>Members of the family emigrated from England to Virginia in early colonial >>days and were numerous in Bedford County, Virginia. That colony in the >>middle 1700s. In Virginia they defend the colony in all its wars and >>supported the cause of American Independence. >> >> Augustine Hackworth and William Hackworth had service in Thomas >>Buford's Company of Bedford County, Virginia militia and were in the battle >>at Point Pleasant (Oct. 10, 1774) between the Virginia troopers under >>General Andrew Lewis, and a strong Indian Army led by the Shawnee chief, >>Cornstalk. Thomas Hackworth had service in the Rev. War in Capt. Trigg's >>company of militia. >> >> The Hackworth Family of Eastern Kentucy >> Members of the Hackwroth family migrated and settled in Eastern >>Kentucky in early pioneer days, the exact time not certainly known. The >>earliest available records, the U.S. Census of Floyd Co., KY for 1810, bear >>the names of John Hackworth, and Jeremiah Hackworth as heads of families. >>John Hackworth and his wife were then over 45 years of age; and living in >>the household were eight sons and three daughters. Jeremiah Hackworth and >>his wife were then between 26 and 45 years of age; and living in their >>household were their two sons. Apparently John Hackworth was the ancestor >>of a great many of the Eastern Kentucky Hackworths. >> Members of the Hackworth family married into some of the important and >>influential peoneer families of Eastern Kentucky. among others were the >>Haywoods, the Laynes, the Meades, the Pattons, the Ratliffs and the >Wittens. >>The family became numerous and spread over the entire Eastern section of >the >>state. >> >> Marriages of the Pioneer Hackworth Family in Floyd County >>HACKWORTH, Thomas ...Jenny Preece, Nov 5, 1816. >>HACKWORTH, John ..Betsy Allen, Feb 2, 1829. >>HACKWORTH, George...Elizabeth Franklin, Jan. 17, 1830. >>HACKWORTH, Abner...Doris Patton, May 11, 1831. >>HACKWORTH, George ..Polly Hansbrun, Oct. 15, 1833. >>HACKWORTH, Thomas...Lucretia Spradlin, July 26, 1839. >>HACKWORTH, Elizabeth...John W. Walker, Jan. 29, 1835. >>HACKWORTH, Lockey...William Witten, Oct. 24, 1819 >>HACKWORTH, Polly ....Moses Meade, Oct. 4, 1810. >> >> Pike County >>HACKWORTH, Tolbert....Lelia Trent, August 31, 1826. >>HACKWORTH, Pleasant....Rachel Ratliff, Sep. 25, 1827. >>HACKWORTH, Preston....Nancy Branham, Feb 19, 1828. >>HACKWORTH, Jesse.....Polly Ratliff, Oct. 7, 1830. >>HACKWORTH, Piety...William Layne, April 24, 1823. >> >> Greenup County >>HACKWORTH, Nancy Ann Elizabeth....William B. Boley 10/29/1836. >>HACKWORTH, Narotha.....John Dixon, May 26, 1838. >> >> Thomas Hackworth, Revolutionary War soldier, appeared in the Bedford >>County, Virginia Court on April 11, 1833, and made declaration for a >pension >>on account of his war services, wherein he >>stated, among other things, that he was 70 years of age; that he entered >the >>service in March 1781, under Captain Alexander Clemins and Lieutenant >Conrad >>Speece as a drafted militiaman; that he left >>his home in Bedford County, Virginia, and reported at New London for duty >to >>guard magazines there; and was in the service for three months when he was >>discharged in June, 1781; that he was again >>drafted for service in July or August, 1781 and served in Captain John >>Trigg's company of the regiment commanded by Colonel Tucker; that he >marched >>to Yorktown, Virginia and guarded prisoners surrendered there as they were >>being taken from place of surrender to Winchester, Virginia; that he was >>discharged in October 1781, and subsequently returned to his home in >Bedford >>County, Virginia. Other records show that Thomas Hackworth removed from >>Bedfrord County, Virginia, to Greenup County, Kentucky in November, 1837. >>for the reason his children had previously removed to that state. >> >> The U.S. Census of Greenup Copunty for the year 1850 shows the >>following with respect to John Hackworth, apparently a son of Thomas >>Hackworth, Revolutionary soldier: >> >>Hackworth, John aged 41; farmer, born in Virginia. >>Hackworth, Sarah (wife) aged 40; born in Virginia. >>Children: >>William T. Hackworth; aged 22; b. in Virginia >>Tabitha Hackworth, aged 18; b. in Virginia. >>James Hackworth, aged 18; b. in Virginia >>Reuben Hackworth, aged 12; b. in Kentucky >>Charles Hackworth, aged 8; b. in Kentucky. >>Joseph Hackworth, aged 5; b. in Kentucky. >>Elias Hackworth, aged 7 months; b. in Kentucky. >>This information was sent to us 12/21/74 from Fran Hackworth. >>---------------------------------------------------------------- >>I have: >>John B. Hackworth and Mary Preston >>Children: >> 1. Nancy Hackworth md. HATCHER >> 2. Thomas Hackworth >> 3. Tabitha Hackworth >> 4. George Hackworth >> 5. Joseph Hackworth >>The above children must be (1st wife) Martha Agnes Davis m. 1769. >>The item I typed above mentions that John was a widower with 5 children >>before he married Mary Preston in spring of 1788. >> 6. Pleasant Hackworth >> 7. Jeremiah Hackworth >> 8. Susan Hackworth md. Branham >> 9. Mary Hackworth >> 10. Piety Hackworth >> 11. Tolbert Hackworth >> 12. Gabriel Hackworth >> 13. Preston Hackworth >> 14. Jesse Hackworth >> >>I don't have dates on all the births so they could be listed in the wrong >>order....I need to research this. So, therefore I am not sure which >>children were Martha Agnes David's and which were Dorothy Newman's. If >you >>know would you please advise me? Thanks. >>-------------------------------------------------------------- >>This is enough for today... >>Hope this helps someone. >>Marian >>eepedersen@msn.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >