Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Warren C. Hawks

Warren C. Hawks (son of Henry Hawks and Elizabeth Farmer) was born in June 13, 1813 in Georgia.  He died on July 01, 1877 in Jackson County, Georgia.  He married Nancy Caroline Farmer (daughter of Robert Hardin Farmer and Elizabeth Crumpton Talley) on  May 03, 1855 in Newton County, Georgia.  She was born in December 1835 in Georgia.

Children of Warren C. Hawks and Nancy Caroline Farmer are:
1.  Elijah Ulysses Hawks was born on March 28, 1856.
2.  Robert H. Hawks was born on July 6, 1858.
3.  Erastus Stiles Hawks was born in 1860.
4.  Cordelia Ann Hawks was born on May 6, 1865.
5.  Nancy Hawks was  born in 1867 in Georgia.
6.  Warren Monroe Hawks was born in June 1869.

Sources:
1850 Census: Greene County, Georgia
1850 Census: Newton County, Georgia
1860 Census: Jackson County, Georgia
1870 Census: Jackson County, Georgia
1900 Census: Jackson County, Georgia
Obituary of Warren Hawks - The Forest News - June 1875 to Jan 1881
Mr. Warren Hawks, a highly respected citizen of Jackson, died at his residence some 11 miles east of Jefferson on last Saturday. We are not sure, but believe that Mr. Hawks' disease was a bronchial affectin from which he had been a sufferer a long time. His age was 64 years and a few days
State of Georgia Oglethorpe County Ordinary Office Recorded in Book M of Bonds at Page 392
this 8th day of June 1863.
E. C. Shackelford (signature)Ordinary STATE OF GEORGIA Oglethorpe County
Know all Men by these Presents, that we, Warran Hawks, Thomas D. Hawks and Henry Hawks, Jr. are held and firmly bound and obliged unto the Ordinary of said County, for the time being, and his successors in office, in the sum of Eighty thousand Dollars, to be paid to the said Ordinary, his successors in office, or assigns; for which payment, well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, jointly and severally, and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated at Lexington the Sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Whereas, Henry Hawks, Sr. late of Oglethorpe County deceased, died intestate, having, whilst he lived, at the time of death, divers Goods, Chattels, and Effects and Credits within the County and Sat e aforesaid; And whereas the above bound Warran Hawks and Thomas D. Hawks have made application to the said Ordinary, for Letters of Administration on the estate and effects of the said Henry Hawks, S r. deceased, but the time limited by law, for the granting of the same, not having expired, and the Goods and Chattels of the deceased being liable to be wasted and injured, unless authority is granted to some person to collect and keep the same together until administration thereon shall be granted.
Now, the Condition of the above Obligation is such, That is the above found Warran Hawks and Thomas D. Hawks do and shall faithfully collect, gather and keep together the Goods, Chattels and Effects o f the said Henry Hawks, Sr. deceased, without impeachment of waste, or charge of waste, or improper management of the property which shall come into their possession; or for any transactions concerning the same, until legal administration shall be granted thereon, and in the mean time render into the office of the Ordinary of said County, an account of their actings and doings therein; then this obligation to be void, otherwise remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in Presence of Warren Hawks (L.S.)Thomas D. Hawks(L.S.)Henry Hawks, Jr.(L.S.)
Mr. E. C.: Shackleford, ordinary of Oglethorpe County, does hereby authorize Thomas D. Hawks to assign my name as security for himself and Warren Hawks to a Bond for the Administration of the Estate o f Henry Hawks, late of Oglethorpe County deceased this 28th July 1863.
Richard Dowdy
Adm Bonds W Hawks

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