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Descendants of Clement Hancock, Sr.

5. CLEMENT² HANCOCK, JR. (CLEMENT¹) was born Bet. 1790 - 1794 in Prob. Warren County, Georgia, and died Bet. 1840 - 1842 in Crawford County, Georgia. He married TEMPERANCE JACKSON Abt. 1817 in Wilkinson County, Georgia, daughter of THOMAS JACKSON and ELLEN REED. She was born 1797 in Prob. Wilkinson County, Georgia, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Crawford County, Georgia.

Notes for CLEMENT HANCOCK, JR.:
NOTE: Information from Patti Gettinger: 1820 Putnam County, Georgia census, shows Clement Hancock, a free white male between 26-45; three free white females, one under 10, two between 10-16, one between 26-45. Eight people in agriculture; six male slaves: 3 under 14, 3 between 14-26; six female slaves: 2 under 14, 2 between 14-26, 2 between 26-45.

The 1820 Wilkinson County, Georgia census records the following:
Clemmont Hancock: 1 male to 10 (Henry H. Hancock); 1 male 26 to 45 (Clemmont). 1 female 16 to 26 (Temperance). 1 person in agriculture.

The 1830 census again records a Clement Hancock still in Putnam while the 1830 Crawford County census records "my" Clement present in that county.

The 1830 Crawford County, Georgia census lists the following for Clement Hancock: 1 male under 5; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 30-40. 2 females, 5-10; 1 female, 30-40. The sons were Henry, about 10 in 1830 and John C. about 5. the daughters were Rachel about 9 and Mary about 7. Clement would have been the male between 30-40 which would mean he was born between 1790 and 1800. Temperance would have been the female between 30-40, also born between 1790 and 1800.

I have no idea who the Putnam County Clement Hancock might be - just another Clement Hancock to further muddy the waters. jrh

The 1840 Crawford County census for Clement Hancock records:
1 male under 5 (Thomas J) ; 2 males 5/10 (Wilborn & Little B.) ; 1 male 10/15 (John C.) ; 1 male 20/30 (Henry H.) ; 1 male 40/50 (Clement). 2 females under 5 (Martha Ellen & Sarah Ann); 1 female 15/20 (Mary); 1 female 30/40 (Temperance).
The only child not accounted for on this census is Rachel who would have been 18 and was already married to Thomas Jefferson Grant. jrh

NOTE: Some of the years of birth of the children of Clement and Temperance Hancock have been 'assigned' based on the above census records. There are conflicting dates from difference sources and there are no bible records, to my knowledge, which record the births of Clement's children. Therefor, the dates on the family page may not be exactly accurate.

Clement Hancock, Jr., probably born about 1790 in Warren County, Georgia, and his wife Temperence Jackson had nine children. Of those nine, five were sons and all five served in the Army of the Confederate States of America during the War Between the States. Of those sons who were in service, three died during the war. My great, great grandfather, Henry H. Hancock, died at the battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland in 1862. His younger brother, Little Berry Hancock, died in 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. A third brother, Wilborn, was wounded during the Battle of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863 and died in 1865, after returning to Georgia, probably as a result of those wounds. The youngest brother, Thomas Jackson Hancock, joined the same company that his oldest brother Henry had joined. Thomas died of pneumonia in a hospital in Richmond, Virginia in 1864 and is buried there in the Hollywood Cemetery. The fifth son, John Clark Hancock enlisted in 1861 at Macon, Georgia in the 57th Regiment of Company F of the Georgia Res. and was discharged in 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina. His widow, Epsy Gray Hancock, was one of the "Widows Entitled to Pensions" as advertised in THE CRAWFORD COUNTY NEWS, on June 4, 1909. John C. survived the War Between the States only to be murdered by his cousin, 17 year old Jerome Burnett, in 1887. Jerome was the stepson of Martha Victoria Hancock and son of A. J. Burnett. Martha's father was Morgan Hancock whose father, John Hancock, was a brother of Clement, Jr.
(Note: I have not been able to find any Civil War records for John Clark Hancock. Bobby Stokes, researcher of Crawford County, had his doubts as to whether John C. was actually in the war. jrh)

While Clement Hancock, Jr. was still in Wilkinson County, he drew land in Early County in the 1820/1821 Land Lottery. He was living in Lees Military District of Wilkinson County and drew Land Lot No. 244, District 5 in Early County. I have not researched this county so I don't know what happened to the land. jrh

Clement Hancock, Jr. died in Crawford County, Georgia sometime between the 1840 census and November 12, 1848 at which time his widow, Temperance Jackson Hancock, married Benjamin Stripling. (See note below concerning date of Clement's death.) His son, John C. Hancock, was named administrator of his father's estate, so evidently there is no will on record. This court action may have been precipitated by the remarriage of Clement's widow.

(SOURCE: MISCELLANEOUS ESTATE RECORDS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, GEORGIA. VOLUME I, pages 64-65 and 101.)
Page 64: 8 Jan. 1849: John C. Hancock appointed Administrator. Notice having been published in a public gazette. John Hancock, John Culverhouse, John Perry, Jason Castleberry and Robert Hatcher appointed as Appraisers.
Hancock, Ellen (minor)
Hancock, Jackson (minor)

7 May 1849: Benjamin Stripling husband of Temperance (Hancock) appointed Guardian of the person and property of Ellen Hancock and Jackson Hancock minors.

The following Returns to January Term 1849 is from Book E of Crawford County, Georgia Returns, found on filmstrip in the Washington Library in Macon, Georgia.
"The Inventory of the Property belonging to Clement Hancock decd of Crawford County Viz 1 Bay mare. One cut & Sling. 27 head hogs. 12 head Sheep. 4 feather beds. 3 bed Steds, 1 mettal clock. 5 chairs 1 side board. 2 Pine Tables. one looking glass. 1 lot crockery. 1 trunk. 1 slate. 13 books. one small looking glass. one loom. 6 p------- c-------. 7 Piece Ivy ware (?). lot Barrels & Boxes, lot tin. 1 spinning wheel. 4 axes. 2 bills, 4 weeding hoes. pr steelyards (?). 10 plow -----(?). Plow Stocks. 2 Sett gear. 1 grub hoe. 2 wedges. Sla- - & Hames. 1 Pr tongs & shovel. 2 augers & chissels. Three head of geese. lot fodder. 75 bushels corn. 1000 lb Pork. 1 water bucket. 1 Tub. 4 bush. oats. 1 1/2 bush. Peas. 1cowhide. 1 sickle. 1 P--- Shucks. 1 Potrack. 2 Pare Pothooks. 1 lot glass. 1 set knives & forks. 5 ten spoons. 1 set plates. 1 carving knife. ch------ gold lot (?).

Returned in open court on oath of adm. & ordered to record Jany Term 1849. signed by J J Ray cc Recorded January 20, 1849, Jas J Ray c.c."

From the same Returns Book E: "Returns to March Term 1849. Inventory & appraisment of the Estate of Clement Hancock decd of said county - viz: ( and there follows a list of property and the amount for which each item was sold.) Some of the items were: one yoke of steers and a cart, $60.00; one bay mare, $25.00; one saddle, $3.50; 4 feather beds and their steds, $70.00; one pot rack and fire tongs, $1.00; one cow, $10.00; one stack of fodder, $10.00; one side board and looking glass, $3.00, etc. This report was submitted by John Perry, John Culverhouse and Robert Hatcher on 8 Feby. 1849 and sworn to by Morgan Hancock, JP. Recorded March 10, 1849, by James J Ray, C.C.

Another list of items sold, the purchasers and the amount of each sale are recorded in Book F of Crawford County Returns and dated March 31, 1849, on the oath of John C. Hancock, administrator of the estate of Clement Hancock. (John C. was son of Clement) Some of the buyers of the property were: Green Hancock (a dominant buyer); Benjamin Stripling; Henry Hancock; Morgan Hancock; Mary Hancock; L. B. Causey; Berry Sullivan; and William Dunn.

Clement Hancock is buried in the Clement Hancock family cemetery which is located on US Highway 80 near Knoxville, Georgia. His widow, Temperance Jackson Hancock who had married Benjamin Stripling, is probably buried there also as she did not remain married to Stripling very long. Also probably buried there is Amanda Hatcher Hancock, the widow of Henry H. Hancock, son of Clement and Temperance.

Interesting to note that two of Clement Hancock's children, Thomas Jackson Hancock and Martha Ellender Hancock married a daughter (Henrietta Emmaline Holloman) and a son(Thomas Jefferson Holloman) of John C. Holloman. And, Mary Ann Hancock, daughter of Clement's son Henry H. Hancock, married William A. Holloman, also a son of John C. Holloman.

NOTE: From Terre Moody Walker's website on the Hancock Family, comes the following statement concerning the date of death of Clement Hancock, Jr.: "Clement Hancock, Jr. died between the 1840 census and 1842 at which time his widow Temperance paid taxes on land he had owned and was still in his name." This land was 101 1/4 acres in Lot 233, 2nd District in Crawford County. The estate was not settled until 1848 at which time Temperance Hancock and Benjamin Stripling applied for a marriage license."

For more information about some of the Clement Hancock and John Hancock families, see the file "Hancock Material copied from Bobby Stokes's file", in my 2-drawer filing cabinet. jrh

NOTE: On April 26, 2000, a beautiful granite monument was placed in the Clement Hancock, Jr. cemetery. The monument is 5' long X 2' high X 6" thick and rests on a granite base. On the side facing east, are engraved the names of Clement Hancock, Jr & Temperance Jackson; four daughters - Rachel Hancock Grant, Sara Hancock Scarborough, Mary Hancock and Ellen H. Hollomon; and a daughter-in-law, Amanda Hatcher Hancock wife of Henry H. Hancock. On the side facing west are engraved the names of the five sons: Henry H. Hancock, 1820-1862 Sharpsburg, MD; John C. Hancock, 1825-1887 Mt. Paron Cem.; Little Berry Hancock, CA 1834-1863 Gettysburg, PA; Wilborn H. Hancock, 1835-1865; and Thomas J. Hancock, 1837-1864 Richmond, VA. The locations following the names of Henry, John, Little Berry, and Thomas J. indicate the places they are buried. Wilborn was the only son buried in the family cemetery. His grave is marked with a CSA tombstone. Two daughters, Sara Scarborough and Mary Hancock and daughter-in-law Amanda Hatcher Hancock are buried in the family cemetery. Rachel Grant and Ellen Hollomon are buried elsewhere. (NOTE: I collected money from a number of Clement's descendants to pay for the monument. jrh)

Notes for TEMPERANCE JACKSON:
The 1860 Crawford County, Georgia census shows Temperance Stripling, age 63, as head of household with Mary Hancock, age 32; John Hancock, age 15; James Hancock, age 13; and Amanda, age 8. The children were three of the four children of Henry H. Hancock and Amanda Hatcher. Amanda, age 8 was Margaret Amanda, evidently named for her grandmother Margaret Lord Hatcher and her mother Amanda Hatcher Hancock.

The 1880 Crawford County census shows the following people living in the Clement Hancock, Jr. home: Mary Hancock, age 40 (this was Clement's daughter who did not marry); Sarah Scarborough, age 45, daughter of Clement and wife of Albert Scarborough; Alice, age 13; Cornelia, age 12; Willie Volena, age 11; Sallie, age 9; John, age 7; and Jackson, age 5. The children were all sons and daughters of Sarah Hancock and Albert Scarborough.

Where was Albert? He had survived the War Between the States and did not die until 1899.

From the minutes of Mt. Paron Primitive Baptist Church: Persons whose names appear in the minutes at the time of dismissal but not when they joined: Temperance Striping, dismissed Oct. 1849. (NOTE: No date of acceptance was recorded.)

Temperance and Benjamin Stripling did not live together very long before she moved back to the Clement Hancock homeplace. Temperance is buried in the family cemetery. JRH

Children of CLEMENT HANCOCK and TEMPERANCE JACKSON are:

20.	i.	HENRY H.³ HANCOCK, b. Abt. 1818, Wilkinson County, Georgia; d. September 17, 1862, Battle of Sharpsburg, MD.
21.	ii.	RACHEL HANCOCK, b. Abt. 1823, Crawford County, Georgia; d. May 13, 1911, Meigs, Georgia.
	iii.	MARY HANCOCK, b. Abt. 1824, Crawford County, Georgia; d. Aft. 1880, Crawford County, Georgia.

Notes for MARY HANCOCK:
Mary Hancock, sister of Henry H. Hancock, never married. She lived with her mother, Temperance Jackson Hancock Stripling, and helped to raise three of Henry's four children.

After her father's death, Mary's mother remarried. The 1850 census shows Mary Hancock, age 27 as head of the household with the following siblings: Wilborne Hancock, age 20, Berry Hancock, age 16, S. A. (Sarah Ann) Hancock, age 14, Jackson Hancock, age 11 and Elender Hancock, age 9. (Elender is later referred to as Martha Ellen).

The 1860 census shows Mary in the household with her mother Temperance Stripling and three of the four children of Henry H. Hancock, Mary's oldest brother whose wife Amanda Hatcher had died.

Mary lived her last years with her sister Sarah Ann Hancock who was married to Albert Scarborough. The 1870 and 1880 Crawford County censuses show Mary in the household with Sarah Scarborough and Sarah's children. She is buried in the family cemetery on the old Clement Hancock, Jr. farm.

iv.

JOHN CLARK HANCOCK, b. Abt. 1827, Crawford County, Georgia; d. June 07, 1887, Crawford County, Georgia; m. (1) MARTHA PERRY, December 23, 1849, Crawford County, Georgia; m. (2) EPSY ANN GRAY (YARBOROUGH), March 07, 1867, Crawford County, Georgia; b. September 17, 1829, Pike County, Georgia; d. December 24, 1911, Crawford County, Georgia.

Notes for JOHN CLARK HANCOCK:
Reported in The Macon Daily Telegraph, Thursday Morning, June 9, 1887 is the following article:

MURDER IN CRAWFORD

Two prominent Farmers Engage in a Quarrel That Ends Fatally.

"The news reached the city yesterday of a fearful tragedy which occurred six miles north of Knoxville in Crawford county, Tuesday evening, and which resulted in the killing of Mr. John Hancock, one of the oldest and most prominent farmers of that county, by Jerome Burnett, a son of Mr. A. J. Burnett, also a prominent farmer. The facts of the unfortunate occurrence as far as could be learned, are about as follows:
The plantations of Hancock and Burnett adjoin, and until recently the families have been on very friendly terms. Several weeks ago Mr. Burnett's hogs broke into Mr. Hancock's field and damaged his crop considerably. He sent word to Burnett that if this occurred again, he would kill the hogs. This message provoked a reply, and several messages and threats were passed. Tuesday the hogs were again on the crops, and Mr. Hancock shouldered his gun and went to the field, where he was met by Burnett and his three sons, Homer, Watson and Jerome, the last armed with a shotgun. A quarrel ensued, which resulted as stated above, in Mr. Hancock being shot and killed by Jerome Burnett. An inquest was held over the body Tuesday evening. The jury brought in a verdict of murder against Jerome Burnett and against the father and two others as accessories to the crime. Warrants have been issued for the four, but no arrests had been made as late as yesterday noon.
It is generally believed that the defendants are still in the county and will surrender themselves to the officers. It was reported that Hancock shot one of the Burnetts before he was killed by Jerome, but the report has not been verified. Mr. S. B. Causey came in town yesterday after the coffin and reports considerable excitement, as both families are well-known and have many friends. Jerome Burnett is a lad of about seventeen years old, the youngest of the sons. Mr. Hancock is over fifty and leaves a family."

A death notice published in a local paper announced the death of Jerome Burnett, age 17, 9 June 1887. Revenge or remorse? (The notice was evidently in error since Jerome lived to stand trial for the murder of John C. Hancock.) Bobby Stokes, Crawford County researcher, says that Jerome disappeared rather than died. Evidently, there was a trial. In Bobby's notes he makes the statement, "This murder took place on 7 June 1887 in Crawford County, Ga. During the trial Albert Scarborough was called as a witness at the Sep[t. term of Superior court."

A. J. Burnett was the husband of Martha Victoria Hancock who was a daughter of Morgan Hancock and Mary Brimberry which would have made Martha V. and John Clark Hancock cousins. Martha Hancock Burnett had died in March before this tragedy took place in June, so she was spared this heartache.

John Clark Hancock survived 4 years of war from 1861, when he joined Company F of the 57th Georgia Reserves in Macon and was discharged in 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina, only to be murdered by a relative. (NOTE: I have not been able to find any record of John's service during the War Between the States. See notes for John's widow, Epsy Ann Gray, for explanation for the claim that he was in service. JRH)

The 1854 minutes of Mt. Paron Primitive Baptist Church lists John C. Hancock as a member. He had been recieved by baptism in June 1853. John is buried at Mt. Paron Church Cemetery which is on US 80 between Lizella and Roberta, GA. Although married twice, John Hancock had no children.

John C. Hancock's toombstone reads: John C. Hancock was murdered June 7, 1887, aged 62 yrs. 6 mos.

Notes for EPSY ANN GRAY (YARBOROUGH):
Espy Hancock is listed on the 1900 Crawford County census as Epsie Hancock, head of household, W/F b. Sept. 1830, 69 years of age, born in Georgia. Listed in the household with Espy is Maude Childers a 17 year old, black "servant."

Espy is in household #420. In household #418 is Dolphus Hancock, wife Emma and six children; in #419 is Thomas Strembridge and wife Nancy; in #421 is Reuben Wright and wife Mary (2nd wife) and daughters Lilius and Olie May; in #422 is James Hancock, wife Bettie and children Willie, Pearl, Linda and Gender. (Pearl is my grandmother. JRH.)

Epsy/Epsey Hancock was one of the "Widows Entitled to Pensions" as listed in the CRAWFORD COUNTY NEWS on June 4, 1909. The entry reads: "Hancock, Epsy, Husband: J. C. Married: Oct. 10 1867; Co. F. 57 Ga. Res. Enlisted: 1861 at Macon, Ga. Discharged: 1865, Greensboro, N.C.. J. H. Joyner, Witness (for pension application.)

The above date of marriage, Oct. 10, 1867, differs from the date recorded on the family page, Mar. 7, 1867 as found in MARRIAGE RECORDS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, GEORGIA 1823-1899, compiled by William R. Henry, p.98.

After the death of his father, John C. Hancock was appointed executor of the estate and evidently inherited or bought the Clement Hancock farm. After John's death, the farm became Epsy's and she deeded some of the Clement Hancock farm to Sarah Hancock Scarborough, Clement's daughter; some to my great grandfather James M. Hancock, son of Henry Hancock, Clement's son; and some to Rodolphus (Dolphus) Hancock, son of Wilborn Hancock, Clement's son.

The following is a copy of Epsy A. Hancock's will from CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL BOOK C - 1894-1948, pp 82-83, on Filmstrip #3725 at Washington Library, Macon, Georgia:

"Georgia Crawford County.
In the name of God Amen: I Epsy A. Hancock, of said County, and State, Being of sound mind and disposing memory do make declare and publish this my last Will and testament, hereby revoking all other Wills heretofore made by me.
Item: 1) After my death, I desire Christian burial suitable to my circumstances in my life.
Item, (")
I give and bequith to Maud Warren, the home place, I now reside on, containing 25 acres more or less, bounded as follows: North and East by Public Road, leading to Macon, Ga? and Wilson Estate, South by Macon and Columbus Road, West by J. M Hancock, and Jack Hancock, also all of my household and kitchen furniture, I desire that the remainder of my lands be sold, at public or private sale, as my Executor hereinafter named may see and deem best, and the proceeds arrived from said sale be paid or equally devided between Mrs. Emma V. Hancock, J.M. Hancock, and R. E. Wright.
Item (3)
I nominate and appoint R. J. Hancock, as my sole Executor, of this my last Will and testament, relieving him of making any Inventory and Returns to the Court of Ordinary, or any other Court, leaving every thing to his best judgement.
Signed sealed and published this 16th, day of March 1911.
Epsy A. Hancock. Seal)
Signed sealed and published in our presence, as subscribing witnesses of last Will and Testament of Epsy A. Hancock, at the special instance and request of testarix she signing in our presence and we signing in her presence, and in the presence of each other, This 16th, day of March 1911.
R. J. Hancock,
R. M. Hamlin,
James Z. Smith,

NOTE: I have typed the transcript of the will as it is, with the several typing errors and misspelled words. jrh

The heirs named in Epsy's will were Emma Viera Gray Hancock, niece of Epsy and wife of Rodolphus Jerome (R.J.) Hancock; J. M. Hancock was James Madison Hancock, son of Henry H. Hancock who was killed during the War Between the States; and R. E. Wright was Reuben E. Wright nephew of Epsy and also son-in-law of James Madison Hancock. Maud Warren was Epsy's black servant and friend.

Epsy Ann Gray was a sister of Nancy Gray who married Lewis W. Wright. Lewis and Nancy were the parents of Reuben E. Wright who married (1) Carrie Orline Hancock, oldest daughter of James Madison and Betty Thomason Hancock. Emma Viera Gray was daughter of Epsy's brother, Seaborn A. Gray who married Elizabeth Bowers. Rodolphus (Dolphus) Hancock was the son of Wilborn Hancock who was a younger brother of Henry H. Hancock.

The 1898 minutes of Mt. Paron Primitive Baptist Church near Lizella, list Epsy Hancock as a member.

LITTLE BERRY HANCOCK, b. Abt. 1831, Crawford County, Georgia; d. July 02, 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Notes for LITTLE BERRY HANCOCK:
Little Berry Hancock never married. He enlisted on March 1, 1862 in Company B, 11th Battalion of the Georgia Artillery and was killed in action at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1863.

22.	vi.	SARAH ANN HANCOCK, b. October 30, 1835, prob. Sumpter County, Georgia; d. 1910, Crawford County, Georgia.
23.	vii.	WILBORN H. HANCOCK, b. October 24, 1836, Crawford County, Georgia; d. June 20, 1865, Crawford County, Georgia.
24.	viii.	THOMAS JACKSON HANCOCK, b. February 02, 1838, Crawford County, Georgia; d. December 03, 1864, Richmond, Virginia.
25.	ix.	MARTHA ELLENDER HANCOCK, b. February 01, 1841, Crawford County, Georgia; d. July 03, 1901, Georgia.

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