I have not seen the surname Hank but there were Hawks here. Beverly ----- Original Message ----- From: "S Rigney" <sarkyrie@yahoo.com> To: <VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:13 PM Subject: [VAFRANKL] Josiah Hank > Has anyone ever heard of this man? He may have been a preacher. > According to marriage record he married my GG Grandfather and GG > Grandmother, but I can find nothing on him. The marriage was recorded in > Pitts County in 1867. > > Thanks for any help! > Sheila Rigney > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
As Rev. Hank said in his sermon, Seek and ye shall find. Knock and the door shall be opened: HANK, J.D., age 26, single, occupation Minister, son of Jehu and Susan Hank to Ann L. Berger, age 18, single, daughter of Samuel and H.A. Berger. 30 May 1862. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/pittsylvania/vitals/marriages/60-69h.txtLee Hanks was a Primtive Baptist minister from Pittsylvania County. I don't know if there was any relation. http://www.upbuild.org/author25.html Here are some other people married by Josiah Hank/Hanks: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/pittsylvania/military/civilwar/pensions/hogan-cat.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/pittsylvania/military/civilwar/pensions/west-mye.txt HAMMOCK, Nathaniel, age 21, single, occupation Blacksmith, son of Toliver and Mary Hammock to Bettie Smith, age 29, single,daughter of Samuel R. and Lucy Smith.19 October 1863. Married by J.D. Hank.http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/pittsylvania/vitals/marriages/60-69h.txtHATCHETT, Augustin F., age 31, single, occupation Farmer, son of Edward and Elizabeth Hatchett to Winnie L. Adams, age 23, single, daughter of Stokely and Winnie L. Adams. 22 October 1868. Married by Josiah D. Hank.http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/pittsylvania/vitals/marriages/60-69h.txtAny Hanks in Pittsylvania gets into the whole Nancy Hanks thing.Bob Hodges ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Merritt" <beverlym@swva.net> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 5:53 AM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Josiah Hank >I have not seen the surname Hank but there were Hawks here. Beverly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S Rigney" <sarkyrie@yahoo.com> > To: <VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:13 PM > Subject: [VAFRANKL] Josiah Hank > > >> Has anyone ever heard of this man? He may have been a preacher. >> According to marriage record he married my GG Grandfather and GG >> Grandmother, but I can find nothing on him. The marriage was recorded in >> Pitts County in 1867. >> >> Thanks for any help! >> Sheila Rigney >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try >> it >> now. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> something about your Brick Wall person. >> To contact Listowner: >> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
More Hank/Hanks performed marriages: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/pittsylvania/vitals/marriages/60-69c.txt Jehu Hank in the Danville District of the Methodist Episcopal Church: http://books.google.com/books?id=CNRLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=jehu+hank+pittsylvania&source=web&ots=ip425ljQcn&sig=J6Abn8ZxiLu-MApwsVeJzkyu0RY His name appears several times in this book. Board of Trustees of Greensboro College in 1847: http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:HYl76FH40iAJ:museum.gborocollege.edu/Images/BeyondBooks/Academic_Catalogs/AC_1846-47.pdf+jehu+hank+pittsylvania&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=14&gl=us The "noted singing evangelist": http://books.google.com/books?id=fXCCTsL_rzwC&pg=PA547&lpg=PA547&dq=%22jehu+hank%22&source=web&ots=wZZZGnUEMk&sig=Ftqrphw_U8t7n6KTL6wNZK_CP3E Jehu Hank was apparently quite well-known: http://books.google.com/books?id=jpwEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=%22jehu+hank%22&source=web&ots=4A83kUumoh&sig=c8S7CqhFauvJDQqcOcQYUjQYkug Plug "Jehu Hank" in google and find a whole raft of people named after him. There is probably a bio of him somewhere -- I'd check Methodist sources.. Appointed to the Hillsdale Mission in Giles Co., Va.: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/VAGILES/2000-06/0960424178 Minister in Monroe Co., [West] Va. in 1850, with Josiah in the house: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/monroe/census/1850pg51.txt Jehu born in Monroe Co. in 1814, s. William and Susannah Berry: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/monroe/vitals/birth/h.txt Bob Hodges ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Merritt" <beverlym@swva.net> To: <vafrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 5:53 AM Subject: Re: [VAFRANKL] Josiah Hank >I have not seen the surname Hank but there were Hawks here. Beverly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S Rigney" <sarkyrie@yahoo.com> > To: <VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:13 PM > Subject: [VAFRANKL] Josiah Hank > > >> Has anyone ever heard of this man? He may have been a preacher. >> According to marriage record he married my GG Grandfather and GG >> Grandmother, but I can find nothing on him. The marriage was recorded in >> Pitts County in 1867. >> >> Thanks for any help! >> Sheila Rigney >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try >> it >> now. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >> Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us >> something about your Brick Wall person. >> To contact Listowner: >> Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Search this list's archived messages! >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message