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About George Hancock, 2nd
Biographical notes
From “ Buried Sitting Up – And a ‘Fed’ to Boot” May 10, 2010 by Frances Hunter
George Hancock came from one of the wealthiest and most influential families in the country. His father, also named George Hancock, owned large possessions in the Sea Islands of South Carolina. Accompanied by a large number of slaves, the elder George Hancock fled South Carolina during the early days of the Revolution, when the British took possession of the seacoast. Ill with gout, the old man faltered and died on the road.
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From Wikitree
From Adventurers of purse and person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, c2004, 4th edition), Families G-P : 282.GoogleBooks
65. GEORGE HANCOCK (Robert4, Johan3, Ligon, Mary2 Harris, Thomas1, born 22 July 1724,197 left will 22 Dec. 1780-31 Oct. 1782.198 He married (1) Mary (Jones) Cox, daughter of Rice and Frances (Bowman) Jones and widow of 25. Henry4 Cox (see COX), and (2) Rachel ___. He resided in Cumberland County199 and later in Amelia County200 and moved to South Carolina but was forced to return to Virginia before his death.
the will of Mary's mother, Frances Jones, in WB 1 P 237 (24 May 1752), Chesterfield Co., Va.: "To daughter Mary Hancock, 1 negro…" ...
Children
- Edward Hancock 1752 - 1820
- Col. George Hancock, Esq., of Fotheringay 1754 - 1820 A
- Augustine Hancock 1756
- Mary Hancock (Radford / Kennerly) 1759 - bef 1806 [1]
per wikipedia [2] Col George Hancock was born in Chesterfield County to George and Mary (Jones) Hancock.
Biographical errors
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hancock-554
The records prove conclusively that practically all of the foregoing statements as to Colonel George Hancock ancestry are incorrect. The records show that the father of Colonel George Hancock was George, his grandfather was Robert, born 1688, and not 1679.
Dorman, 20044 reported that Hancock's will (22 Dec 1780-31 Oct 1782) in Bedford Co. Will Bk. 1, pp. 434, [was] originally proved in Camden District, S.C. and that traditionally, he died while on his way from South Carolina to Virginia between the capture of Charleston (12 May 1780) and the battle of King's Mountain (7 Oct. 1780) and was buried at King's Mountain, N.C., BUT the Virginia Council granted him, 17 May 1782, permission to sell for his support slaves he had brought into the state "to avoid the vengeance of the British army" (Journals of the Council of State of Virginia, III [Richmond, 1952], p. 91). This suggests a death date bet 17 May - 31 Oct 1782.
Hancock, 2001 reported that "... according to DB 17 Page 293 (Amelia Co.) George died in Amelia Co...." - but he does not specify what that deed said.
References
- Adventurers of purse and person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, c2004, 4th edition), Families G-P : 272 GoogleBooks
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hancock_%28Virginia%29 George Hancock (June 13, 1754 – July 18, 1820) was an American planter and lawyer from Virginia. He represented Virginia as a Federalist in the U.S. House from 1793 to 1797. He was born in Chesterfield County to George and Mary (Jones) Hancock. George Hancock was appointed a colonel in the Virginia militia, where he served as aide de camp to Count Pulaski. When General Pulaski was mortally wounded at the battle of Savannah, it was Colonel Hancock that pulled the general off of his horse. George Hancock married Margaret Strother in 1781.
- Drumm, Stella M., The Kennerlys of Virginia, Reprint from Missouri Historical Society Collections, Vol VI, No 1, 1928, link page 102. Names him William.
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hancock-554
- Find A Grave: Memorial #53829798 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53829798
- The Johnstons of Salisbury: With a Brief Supplement, Concerning the Hancock ... By William Preston Johnston [4] [Note of Caution: this work is known to contain errors.] GoogleBooks
- Richmond times (Richmond, Virginia), 28 Apr 1935.[2] The Man Buried Sitting Up. Legend of Col. George Hancock's Weird Interment Substantiated by Fotheringay Owner's Exploration of the Vault - By Randolph S. Hancock (including Family Bible Corrects Biographer's Errors. which refers to errors in Johnston's 1897 book)
- Childs, J. Rives. “Hancock Family of Lower Norfolk, Henrico and Bedford Counties.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 32, no. 4, 1924, pp. 413–416. JSTOR, JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243996. [5]
- Wikipedia: George Hancock (Virginia politician) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hancock_%28Virginia_politician%29
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:George_Hancock_%2810%29
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George Hancock, 2nd's Timeline
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July 22, 1724
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Virginia, United States
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June 13, 1754
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Chesterfield County, Virginia, Colonial America
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October 14, 1756
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November 4, 1759
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Chesterfield County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1760
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Cumberland County, Virginia, United States
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Cumberland County, Virginia
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Cumberland County, Virginia, United States
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