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William Hanks Sr
1764 – 6 Oct 1851
| Birth | 1764 |
| Death | 6 Oct 1851 |
| Cemetery | Crum Cemetery Harristown , Macon County , Illinois , USA |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32972790 |
Bio
William Hanks is the son of Joseph and Nancy Ann "Nannie" 'Lee' Hanks. He was born about 1764 in the Rappahannock Country of Virginia. He married Elizabeth Hall. They had 11 known children. William was a Farmer and Blacksmith. After his father's death, William sold the farm to Joseph Nevelt, taking in exchange a treasury warrant for which, on July 17, 1810 he received a patent to land in Grayson Co., KY, near Falls of Rough Creek. He was a farmer. Later he moved to other counties in KY; Nelson, Hardin and Grayson, and then on to IN. In 1828 William moved to what is now Harristown Township, Macon Co., IL of which he is said to have been the first settler. On July 29, 1829 and again on December 2, 1835 he purchased land in Harristown Township. In 1850 he was residing in Macon Co., IL with his son, Charles, 5 of Charles's children and 2 grandchildren. William was a brother to Lucey Hanks, the grandmother of Abraham Lincoln. William served in the War of 1812 in Virginia. My information came from a pension record fround on Ancestry. Information from Barb Chandler
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Siblings
- Thomas Hanks 1759–1834 FaG
- Lucy Nancy Hanks Sparrow 1761–1825 FaG
- Lucey Hanks 1761–1825 FaG
- Lucinda "Lucy" Shipley Hanks 1765–1833 FaG
- Charles Hanks 1770–1828 FaG
- Elizabeth "Betsy" Hanks Sparrow 1771–1818 FaG
- Mary Polly Hanks Friend 1773–1821 FaG
- Nancy Hanks Hall 1780–1829 FaG
- Joseph Hanks Jr 1781–1856 FaG
Children
- Nancy Hanks Miller 1794–1873
- James Hanks 1795–1856
- William T. Hanks Jr 1796–1846
- Charles Hanks 1798–1863
- Pvt John I. Hanks 1802–1889
- Elisabeth Hanks Dillon 1804–1885
- Sarah Hanks Brown 1810–1884
- Joseph Hanks 1811–1845
- Lucinda Hanks Douglas 1813–1890
- Cecelia Hanks Wright 1814–1844
- Andrew Jackson Hanks 1815–1889
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