Individual Details
Elisha Hawkins
(25 Aug 1752 - 24 Nov 1833)
James Eldon Edwards, Sr., A Genealogical History of the Descendents of Uriah and Mildred Head Edwards; p. 12.; also Mildred Showalter Farmer, Bites and Pieces of the Hawkins Family Puzzle; p. 25; KY. Historical Society; Frankfort, KY. Elisha Hawkins was the son of William Hawkins and Elizabeth Wall born about 1752 in Orange County, VA. He married; 1st Elizabeth Edwards, the daughter of Uriah Edwards and Mildred Head of Spotsylvania, County, VA. before 1781; 2nd Rachel Scandland 24 Jul 1820 by Reverend William Hickman, Jr. Elisha died in Nov 1833 in Franklin County, KY.
Biographical sketch: Elisha enlisted in the Regular Army in 1776 under Captain Captain Francis Taylor. He served for two years and belonged to the 2nd Virginia Continental Regiment. He was discharged at Valley Forge. Elisha and Elizabeth had 4 children: Elisha, Moses, Frances and John Carlostin. Elisha moved to KY. and it is thought that Elizabeth did not accompany them. It is not known if she died or just didn't want to leave VA. Elisha married Rachel Scandlund in KY. where he lived before 1796 on Dry Run in Franklin, County, KY. (Farmer, p. 25).
Events
| Birth | 25 Aug 1752 | Orange, Virginia, Crown Colony |  | ||
| Military | Abt 1776 | American Revolution - Virginia, United States |  | | |
| Marriage | Abt 1777 | Orange, Virginia, United States - Elizabeth Edwards | | ||
| Marriage | 24 Jul 1820 | Franklin, Kentucky, United States - Rachel Scandland | | | |
| Death | 24 Nov 1833 | Franklin, Kentucky, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Edwards (1756 - ) |
| Child | Moses Hawkins (1777 - ) |
| Child | Frances Hawkins (1779 - 1846) |
| Child | John Carlston Hawkins (1787 - 1860) |
| Child | Elisha Hawkins Jr. (1793 - ) |
| Spouse | Rachel Scandland ( - ) |
| Father | William Hawkins (1725 - 1799) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Wall (1725 - 1799) |
| Sibling | William Hawkins Jr. (1750 - ) |
| Sibling | Reuben Hawkins (1754 - 1812) |
| Sibling | Archelous Hawkins (1756 - ) |
| Sibling | Jehu Dryer "John" Hawkins (1756 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Hawkins (1758 - ) |
Notes
Military
KENTUCKY PENSION ROLL OF 1835ELISHA HAWKINS
FRANKLIN COUNTY
PRIVATE
VIRGINIA LINE
$80.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$217.80 AMOUNT RECEIVED
OCTOVER 29, 1832 PENSION STARTED
AGE 79
DIED NOVEMBER 24, 1833
Hawkins, Elisha, esf 1776, Orange Co., VA; PN ae 77 Franklin Co, KY, 1832; Jehudiah Hawkins (b 8/25/1756) Aff there then he res near sol Orange Co, VA when sol esf there. F-S311303 R1227
Marriage
James Eldon Edwards, A Genealogical History of the Descendents of Uriah and Mildred Head Edwards; 929; E2bs; p. 12Rachel married Elisha Hawkins, son of William Hawkins and Elizabeth
Wall, 24 Jul 1820 in Franklin County, KY.
Apr-16-1796
Edmund Scanland and Ann Hawkins
Bondsmen: Edmund Scanland & Austin Bohanon
Consent: Father-William Hawkins
Endnotes
1. Patrick G. Wardell, Virginia and West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records: Volume 2 - Dabbs through Hyslop (Westminister, MD: Heritage Books, 2008), 282; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 11 October 2010.
2. Patrick G. Wardell, Virginia and West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records: Volume 2 - Dabbs through Hyslop (Westminister, MD: Heritage Books, 2008), 281; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 11 October 2010.
3. Ison/Isham, Michael Ison
4. William Armstrong Crozier, editor, Spotsylvania County Records 1721 - 1800: Being transcriptions from the orignial files at the county court house, of wills, deeds, administratiors' and guardian's bonds, marriage liecenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. (Baltimore, Maryland: Southern Book Co. / Genealogical Book Co., 1955), 35-36; digital images, Ancestral Trackers (http://www.ancestraltrackers.net/va/resources/virginia-county-records-v1.pdf : accessed 2 April 2017.
5. Ison/Isham, Michael Ison
6. Ison/Isham, Michael Ison