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Genealogy: McCLENDONs and McLENDONs:
Edward Nicholas HATHORN
Also
see Descendants of Nancy
Thompson.
Harold Graham (hgraham@bellsouth.net)
sent me this file:
EDWARD NICHOLAS HATHORN
OF
COVINGTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS
Compiled By:
Gary
L. Hathorn (ghathorn@netdoor.com)
3805 Crane Blvd
Jackson, MS 39216
INTRODUCTION
The information contained in this booklet has
been obtained
from many different sources, including census
records, court
records, cemeteries, and most of all, from
descendants of
Edward Nicholas Hathorn and Betsy
Bryant.
In the old records the name was spelled
HATHORN.
Somewhere
along the way someone added an "E", and today
the descendants
of Napoleon Lafayette Hathorne use that
spelling. Most
of
the Hathorns living today in Smith County and
Jones County in
Mississippi use the old
spelling.
This is intended to be the first of many drafts,
to be added
to and corrected, before the final manuscript is
prepared.
Please notify me of any errors and
inconsistencies that you
find.
And if you have any additional information which
would
make the book more complete, please send it to
me.
I have written letters to many of the Hathorns
living in
Smith County and Jones County, and have received
only one
answer.
If anyone lives in that area, any assistance in
obtaining information from these families would
be greatly
appreciated.
Gary L. Hathorn
20 May 1988
EDWARD NICHOLAS HATHORN
Edward Nicholas "Nick" Hathorn was born about
1805 in South
Carolina and died in Covington County, MS in
1863. He
married Elizabeth "Betsy" Bryant, who was also
born about
1805 in South Carolina and died after 1880. They came to
Mississippi about 1825 and settled along Ocaha
Creek in
Covington County.
The Covington County Tax Rolls for the years
1827, 1828,
1829, 1831 and 1832 show Edward N. Hathorn with
80 acres.
In the U. S. Census of 1830 for Covington
County, Nicholas
Hathorn was shown at Household No. 145 with one
male and one
female between 20 and 30 years of age, one male
between 15
and 20, one male between 5 and 10, and one male
under 5 years
of age.
The 1840 Census lists E. N. Hathorn with one
male and one
female between 30 and 40, one male between 20
and 30, one
male between 15 and 20, and one male and one
female between
10 and 15 years of age.
In the 1850 Census, on 27 August 1850, Household
No. 40
included E. N. Hathorn, farmer, age 45, born in
South
Carolina; Elizabeth Hathorn, age 45, born in
South Carolina;
and William N. Hathorn, farmer, age 24, born in
Mississippi.
Household No. 38 consisted of Robert C. Hathorn
and his
family.
Robert's age was given as 25, born in South
Carolina.
In 1860, the Census shows that Household No. 271
in Covington
County included E. N. Hathorn, age 55, Elizabeth
Hathorn, age
55, and Robert Hathorn and his family,
consisting of his wife
and 9 children.
The Covington County, MS, Probate Court Record,
Volume 2, pp.
462 ‑ 465, indicates that on 14 December 1863
Robert C. Hathorn
petitioned the court regarding the will of E. N.
Hathorn,
deceased.
The petition stated that the widow, Elizabeth, and
the son, Robert C., were the only heirs. On pp. 480 ‑ 485
of
the same record appears an appraisement of the
estate of E.
N. Hathorn, deceased, including 8 slaves, with a
total value
of $5,559.25.
The Executors Roll 1854 - 1864 for Covington
County, MS, shows
that Robert C. Hathorn was appointed
administrator of the
estate of E. N. Hathorn on 17 December
1863. This
same
record shows that on 15 February 1862 Robert had
also been
appointed administrator of the estate of Albert
Knight, his
father-in-law.
Volume 3 of the Probate Court Minutes of
Covington County, MS
contains a number of entries regarding the
estate of E. N.
Hathorn, but these have not been
researched.
The Covington County Deed Records include a
number of entries
for Robert C. Hathorn and his descendants, but
these have not
been researched. One deed was of special interest. On 27
October 1869, Robert C. Hathorn sold 120 acres
(N1/2 NW1/4
Section 17 and SE1/4 SE1/4 Section 18, T9N,
R14W) to his
wife, Keziah Hathorn, for $300.00. Robert once owned
80
acres at Hot Coffee, including the land where
Knight's Store
is now located.
During the War Between The States, Newt Knight
was the leader
of a band of deserters from the Confederate Army
in Jones
County, MS, and became the basis for the popular
legend of
"The Free State Of Jones". In her book, The Echo Of The
Black Horn, Ethel Knight includes "-- a list of
the names of
the Company of Newt Knight, of the Free State of
Jones
County.
Organized and equipped at Salsbattery on the 13th
day of October, 1863 and commanded by Capt.
Knight until the
10th day of September, 1865." This list includes the
names
of J. W. Hathorn and G. M.
Hathorn.
Commenting on the fact that several people
included on
Knight's list were not deserters and were not
members of the
band, Mrs. Knight makes the following statement
on page 99:
"The Hathorns were not
deserters, and they were not Jones
Countians. These and other names appear on the
roll
that Newt kept until
his death, for reasons other than
service with
him."
Newt Knight was the son of Albert Knight and
Mason Rainey,
and a brother of Keziah Knight, wife of Robert
C. Hathorn.
Military records in the National Archives
indicate that the
following descendants of E. N. Hathorn served in
the
Confederate Army in the War Between The
States:
G. M. Hathorn, Co. B,
46 Miss. Infantry
J. W. Hathorn, Co. K,
12 Miss. Cavalry
R. C. Hathorn, private
and sergeant, Co. H., 12 Miss.
Cavalry
R. C. Hathorn (Robert
Hathorn), Co. D, 2 (Quinn's) State
Troops, Miss. Infantry
The following appears on page 245 of Volume V,
Centenary
Series, at the Mississippi Department of
Archives and
History:
"July 22d, 1862.‑‑‑‑‑J. M.
Speed and R. C. Hathorn, both
of our community,
reached camp on the 16th, to see their
sons, who were both
away at the hospital. They
bring
discouraging reports
of the crops."
Daniel B. Hathorn apparently was a close friend
of William
Cicero Sullivan, known as the "King" of
Sullivan's Hollow in
Smith County. In her book, Wild Bill Sullivan –
King of the
Hollow, Ann R. Hammons describes "‑the bloodiest fight
the
Hollow ever knew." on page 65. It seems that Wild
Bill
Sullivan had whipped Gabe Chain in a fight, and
to get even,
Chain intended to kill Bill's brother, Neece, at
Shiloh
Church in Covington County. Chain and his friends
attacked
Neece Sullivan, Frank Gibbeons and Dan Hathorn
at the spring
near the church, and a bloody fight ensued. When one of the
Chain gang slumped to the ground, another asked
him if he was
hurt much, and Dan Hathorn answered, "You damn
right he is
hurt.
He is dead as hell." Gabe
Chain was also killed in
the fight.
Dan Hathorn saved Neece Sullivan by pulling two
guns and warning the others that "If you touch
him, you are
dead men."
On page 99 of that same book, the following
story appears:
"Many acts of violence
occurred at the sawmill at Bunker
Hill. This sawmill, a sash mill, was first
erected by
Francis Marion Howell
and Wiley Sullivan. At one
time,
when a man named Eaton
attempted to kill his brother‑in‑
law, Hathorn, to
obtain possession of it, Eaton stabbed
Hathorn three times in
the back, and two shots were put
through his chest by a
man named Yawn who accompanied
Eaton. While Eaton was stabbing him, Hathorn
seized his
own pistol and shot
Eaton through the heart and killed
him. Hathorn recovered from his wounds and
lived
eighteen years after
this incident."
The Hathorn referred to was Daniel B.
Hathorn. The Eaton
was
Harvey Orange "Babe" Eaton, Jr., who was married
to Dan's
sister, Martha Ann Hathorn, and was the son of
H. O. Eaton
and Jane Hathorn, daughter of Samuel Hathorn,
who lived near
the present town of Bassfield in Jefferson Davis
County, MS,
but was then a part of Covington
County.
DESCENDANTS:
A.
Male child; b. between 1810 - 1815.
B.
Robert C.; b. SC, ca 1825; d. Covington Co, MS (?);
m.
Keziah Knight, dau. of
Albert Knight and Mason Rainey.
1. Sarah E.; b. Covington Co, MS, 1843; d.
1924, bu.
Old Zion Cm. near Mt. Olive, MS; m. Samuel R.
Sullivan, b. 1838, d. 1917, bu. Alex Sullivan Cm,
Smith Co, MS, son of
Thomas Sullivan and Mary
Workman, Private, Co. C, 8th Infantry, CSA.
a. Ora Anna; m. Frank
Ashley.
b. Mary Kessiah "Kizzie";
never married.
c. Robert Edward; m. Mary
Jane Sullivan, dau. of
William Cicero "Wild Bill" Sullivan and Juriah
Keyes.
1) Infant
son.
2) Minnie; m. Lee
Martin.
a)
Adrain
b)
Gerald
3) Hines J.; m. 1st, Maggie
Mae Ford.
m. 2nd, Winnie Duff King.
a) James Edward; m. Wilse
Welbourne.
b) Ralph; m. Geraldine
Ford.
c) Tammie; m. Dennis
McGraw.
4) Cuba; m. Lattis
Jones.
a)
Paul
b)
Edward
5) Bob; m. Gilmer
Godbold.
a)
Edward
b)
Jane
c)
Harry
d) Pat
6) Ulma; m. Joel Thomas
Puckett.
a)
Odean
b)
Viola
7) Gilbert; m. Sallie Ruth
Freeny.
a)
Herbert
b) Ann
c)
Jerry
d. K. Oliver; m. Joanna
Tilson.
e. W. Alonzo; m. Ella
Keyes.
f. Beulah Lee; m. 1st,
Francis Marion Howell, son
of William Howell and Elizabeth McLemore.
m. 2nd, Albert Smith.
g. Abel Eugene; m. Annie
Lulla Sullivan.
h. Nevada "Vada"; m. 1st, Cleve
Sullivan.
m. 2nd, Mark Ashley.
2. George M.; b. Covington Co, MS, __ Jun
1844; Co. B,
46 Miss. Infantry, CSA; bu. Union Junior Cm.,
Covington Co, MS; m. Elizabeth J____, b. __ Dec
1848.
a. Indian E.; b. ca
1868.
b. Mary K.; b. ca
1870.
c. Martha J. "Mattie"; b. __
Jan 1872.
d. Lula A. "Louaner:; b. __
Nov 1873.
e. Charles; b. __ Mar 1875;
m. Saleta _____, b. __
Dec
1874.
f. Joseph W.; b. 9 Aug 1877;
d. 6 Aug 1957, bu.
Friendship Cm, Taylorsville, MS.
g. Ridona; b. ca
1879.
h. Robbie; b. __ Feb
1884.
i. Nola; b. __ Jun
1886.
3. John W.; b. Covington Co, MS, ca 1845;
Co. K, 12
Miss. Cavalry, CSA.
4. Robert McD.; b. Covington Co, MS, ca
1848.
5. Daniel
B.; b. Covington Co, MS, 3 Nov
1849 (or __
June 1846 ?); m. 1st, ca 1871, Mary
Craft, b. MS,
__
Jan 1852.
a. Joshua; b. Smith Co, MS, ca
1872.
1) Maude; m. Edwin George
Klein.
a) William Robert; b.
Detroit, MI, 31
PRIVATE; m. PRIVATE, Hollywood,
CA, ____ Caldwell, b. Hollywood, CA,
PRIVATE, dau. of Walter Caldwell
and Rhoda Lacy.
(1) Joshua Charles; b.
Hollywood,
CA, PRIVATE.
(2) Jennifer Lea; b.
Hollywood, CA,
PRIVATE.
(3) Dana Allison; b.
Hollywood, CA,
PRIVATE.
2)
Charles
3) Joseph
Ball
4)
"Shuie"
b. Sallie; b. Smith Co, MS,
ca 1874.
c. W. C. "Bud"; b. Smith Co,
MS, ca 1876; m. Mary
Jane Riley.
1) Myrtle Linnie; b.
Taylorsville, Smith Co,
MS, PRIVATE; m. PRIVATE, John
Robert Gregg, b. Taylorsville, MS, 17 Aug
1898, d. 5 Jul 1975, son of N. K. Gregg
and Susan Robinson.
a) John Edwin; b. Taylorsville, MS, PRIVATE;
m. PRIVATE, Laurel,
Jones Co, MS, Ima Sue Burke, b.
Puckett, Smith Co, MS, PRIVATE,
dau. of Lewis F. Burke and Ima
McLain.
(1) Susan Gregg; b.
Oxford,
Lafayette Co, MS, PRIVATE;
m. PRIVATE, Jekyll Island,
Glynn Co, GA, Frank Shepard.
(2) John Bruce; b. Jackson,
Hinds
Co, MS, PRIVATE; m. PRIVATE,
Craig, Moffatt Co, CO,
Susan Graziane.
(3) Jameson Lewis; b.
Jackson, MS,
PRIVATE; m. PRIVATE,
Sea Island, Glynn Co, GA, Ann
Jones.
(4) Barron Duffy; b.
Jackson, MS,
PRIVATE; m. PRIVATE,
Gulfport, Harrison Co, MS,
Karen Hutto.
b) Thomas Kennis; b.
Taylorsville, MS,
PRIVATE; m. 1st, PRIVATE,
Taylorsville, MS, Billie Sue Nobles,
b. Cohay Camp, Smith Co, MS, PRIVATE,
dau. of Truman M. Nobles and
Clemmie D. Watts; divorced PRIVATE.
(1) Deborah Ann; b. Jackson, MS, PRIVATE;
m. PRIVATE,
Livingston, Livingston Co, AL,
Don R. Roberts, b. PRIVATE.
(a) Steven Joseph; b. PRIVATE.
(b) Brittney Renee; PRIVATE.
(2) Judith Carolyn; b.
Rolling
Fork, Sharkey Co, MS, PRIVATE;
m. PRIVATE, Jackson,
MS, Thomas W. MaKinster;
divorced PRIVATE.
(3) Jennifer Lisa; b.
Jackson, MS,
PRIVATE; m. PRIVATE,
Jackson, MS, Wayne Thomas
Hobbs.
(a) Jeffrey Wayne; b. PRIVATE.
m. 2nd, Alba Pozzo Houston, b. Paris,
France, PRIVATE, dau. of Louis
Pozzo and Louise Marini.
c) Myrtle Ruth; b. Taylorsville, MS, PRIVATE;
m. PRIVATE, Bill R.
Ishee, b. PRIVATE.
(1) Robert Arthur; b.
Laurel,
Jones Co, MS, PRIVATE; m.
PRIVATE, Laurel, MS, Janey
Gardner.
(2) Jeannie Dianne; b.
Jasper Co,
MS, 11 Nov 1957; d. 2 Sep 1985,
bu. Matthews Cm, Laurel, MS; m.
2
Aug 1980, Bay Springs, Jasper
Co, MS, John Wesley Gatlin.
(3) David Li