Littleberry Hawkins and Gaddy and Bedford County and Green County, Kentucky
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Green County, KY Deed Book 7 pages 308-310....9 july 1816
Benjamin Gaddy and wife Susannah of Green County to Littleberry Hawkins of Bedford Virginia....selling 184 acres This is Virginia land recorded in Green County ...the Gaddy's are selling land that is in Bedford County, Virginia to Littleberry Hawkins.....but they are recording it in Green County, Kentucky.
Elaine's Joseph had land in Green County. THe land is described as "to a Hawkins Corner"....or perhaps it was land given for Revolutionary war service? Anyone help me on this? Was Green County, KY an area that was used for land for service in either war?I feel sure that I had received that information from you. But as I was making a quick look at the old post saw that there was a comment from a researcher who believes she descends from William Hawkins the plasterer ….she is from the Benjamin Hawkins found buried on the grounds of the Biltmore estate. And her comment was:From Dot I have the following that connects the Benjamin and Hannah Hawkins who lived on the land that is now a part of the Biltmore Estate to Littleberry Hawkins as well:
We have been able to connect Benjamin and his brother, James, to William and Mary Littleberry of Bedford, VA and there is yet another William who travels down from Orange County,VA and seems to have been Ben's grandfather and was likely The Plasterer. The story goes that Ben and James went on with their grandparents to NC and then the two of them later moved on with their families to Buncombe County. There are wills and other documents and "stories" that apparently verify all this and we hope to make a VA trip at some time in the future to get the data to verify all of this.Is it possible that a man who was born in before 1700 (William the plasterer) could have moved to Bedford County? Bedford County was formed in 1754….so I suppose it is not impossible….but not very likely …..well unless he traveled with children…..Have you looked at the death of William the Plasterer when you were researching your Early Hawkins men? Don’t spend a lot of time on this…I was just curious if you had any ideas that I have forgotten over the years….I haven’t done much research on early Hawkins lines….I got off on the tangent of my James Hawkins who died in Fleming County KY c. 1834…..you can’t believe that I have found 40 dna matches to descendants of James Hawkins who is my ancestor and died in Fleming County and that does not count the matches who descend from my Thomas Ross Hawkins (James’ son) as I didn’t count them in as I have known about them for a long time. They are much closer cousins.OK….now I am rambling….Just wanted to run by you the thought that could William the Plasterer have died in Bedford County? seems kind of crazy…..
