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From: "perriwinkle" <>
Subject: Re: William F. Hankins b. 1848, TN
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 10:31:23 -0700


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> To:
> Subject: Re: William F. Hankins b. 1848, TN
> Date: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 6:52 AM
>
> Dear Joanne,
>
> You might want to try Tazewell County, Virginia. I am doing research
myself
> there, since my great (5) grandfather John Hankins, Sr settled in
Tazewell
> County in the mid-1700s. He raised his children there, etc., and many
are
> buried in the Hankins Cemetery in Tazewell. There is also a Hankins
Cemetery
> in Richlands, Tazewell County.
>
> I'm reasonably certain that all of the Virginia Hankinses go back to
John,
> Sr., eventually. There is a hitch, however. It seems that John was
> accompanied by a young man who was not his son whose name was Hankins.
He
> might have been a nephew. In that case, his descendants would trace back
to
> a brother of John, Sr. I have substantiated John, Sr. and am now trying
to
> "plug in" other Hankinses. Tazewell County has been rich, for me, and
> perhaps so for you.
>
> I have written a book on my family which included much information on the
> Hankinses of the area, but, unfortunately, I have no more copies. I'm
> probably going to publish the descendants of John Hankins, Sr. one of
these
> days.
>
> Keep in touch, and best of luck,
> Milt Hankins
>
> p.s. I'm of the opinion that John Sr.'s father's name might be Thomas,
but I
> can't substantiate that. I have a Thomas Hankins who married a Mary
> Clevenger in 1728.

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