Individual Details
James Monroe Hawkins
(25 Apr 1819 - 11 Oct 1896)
Family papers, dated June 8th, 1915
Events
| Birth | 25 Apr 1819 | Kentucky, United States | |||
| Marriage | 4 Feb 1846 | Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Angelina DeWitt |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 1 Sep 1850 | District 2, Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Angelina DeWitt | | | |
| Census (family) | 4 Jun 1870 | Elizabethtown Pct., Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Angelina DeWitt | | | |
| Census (family) | 1880 | Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Angelina DeWitt | | | |
| Death | 11 Oct 1896 | Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States | |||
| Burial | City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Angelina DeWitt (1820 - 1900) |
| Child | Andrew Jackson Hawkins (1846 - 1865) |
| Child | Zachariah Taylor Hawkins (1848 - 1929) |
| Child | Sarah Letitia Hawkins (1851 - 1853) |
| Child | James Waverly Hawkins (1853 - 1902) |
| Father | William Hardin Hawkins (1791 - 1851) |
| Mother | Letitia Van Meter "Letty" Chenoweth (1796 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Andrew Jackson Hawkins (1815 - 1836) |
| Sibling | William Chenoweth "Bud" Hawkins (1817 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Miles Hardin "Jack" Hawkins (1823 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Jerome Bonaparte Hawkins (1825 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Mary Jane Hawkins (1828 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Ruth Foreman Hawkins (1831 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Christiana Chenoweth Hawkins (1834 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Ellenora (Eleanor) Hawkins (1836 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Clay Henry Hawkins (1842 - 1915) |
Notes
Marriage
Hawkins, James M. married Angeline DeWitt 2-4-1846; A John DeWitt statedthat Angeline was age 21.
Their marriage is recorded in MARRIAGE BOOK "B" 1408, Hardin Co. Courthouse.
Know all men by these present that we James M Hawkins and John Dewitt are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky ...sum of 50 United States Currency for which payment wel and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves ....seals & dates this 3rd day of February 1846.
The condition of the above obligation is such that if there should be no legal cause to obstruct a marriage shortly to be solemized between the above bound James M Hawkins and Angelina Dewitt ....
James M Hawkins
John Dewitt
Census (family)
230, 230, James M. Hawkins, 30 M , KYAngeline 30 F, KY
Andrew J 3 M, KY
Zachariah T. 1 M, KY
Elizabeth Dewitt, 21 F, KY
Above are Athertons and Figgs
Census (family)
Dwelling 120 Family 120HAWKINS, Jas. M 50 m w keeps boarding house --personal pro val $200 KY
Angelina 49 f w keeps house KY
Taylor 21 m w works on farm KY
Hannah 27 m w at home KY
Minnie 2/12 (2 mos) b. April Ky
James W 16 m w KY
Lettitia 74 f w KY
Sarah 20 f w KY
Census (family)
Angeline HAWKINS Self M Female W 58 KY Keeping House KY KYJames M. HAWKINS Husband M Male W 60 KY Blacksmith KY KY
Endnotes
1. Gazaway, Kathryn DeWitt, DeWitt family research. (Utopia, Texas: compiled by Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway, grannykk@peppersnet.com).
2. "Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 30 July 2013), James M. Hawkins and Angelina Dewitt, 04 Feb 1846.
3. U.S. Census, 1850 Hardin Co., KY, Hawkins surname; read by lookup volunteer Laquita
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 > KENTUCKY > HARDIN > 2-DIST Series: M432 Roll: 203 Page: 319.
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > Kentucky > HARDIN > ELIZABETHTOWN PCT Series: M593 Roll: 467 Page: 329 .
6. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002).
7. Hawkins, Charles C., Hawkins family email, geneaology of James Monroe Hawkins. (Hawkins, Charles C.