Durham Hancock, Sr.

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• Durham Hancock (son of James Hancock, Jr. and Jestern Joyce) was born September 08, 1786 in Craven County, North Carolina, and died March 01, 1864 in Colquitt, Georgia. He married (1) Mary Ann Hood on 1811 in Craven County, North Carolina. He married (2) Mary (Polly) Hall on 1831 in Georgia.

More About Durham Hancock:

• Military service: 1812, Durham served in the War of 1812 in a militia of Lt. John Griffis. Stationed at Fort Chancy near Tattnall, Georgia from Jan. 1814-March 1814. Durham and his brother William M. were privates and spies for the militia..

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• Durham Hancock and Mary Ann Hood - Marriage: 1811, Craven County, North Carolina.

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• Durham Hancock and Mary (Polly) Hall - Marriage: 1831, Georgia.

Children of Durham Hancock and Mary Ann Hood are:

1. +Jordan Hancock, b. February 05, 1818, Tattnall County, Georgia, d. October 12, 1867, Ft. Meade, Florida.
   
2. John D. Hancock, b. 1811.
   
3. Mary Ann Hancock, b. November 09, 1827.
   
4. Burrell Hancock, b. 1813.
   
5. Shadrack (white shade) Hancock, b. August 18, 1831.
   
6. Cader Hancock, b. February 28, 1829.
   
7. Martha Hancock, b. February 02, 1832.
   

• -------------------------------- Durham served in the War of 1812, in a militia detachment under command of Lieutenant John Griffis. He was stationed at Fort Chancy on the frontier of Tattnall County from January 12, 1814 until March 13, 1814. Durham and his brother, William M. Hancock, were identified as "spies" on the muster Roll of the militia.

In the 1880 census Cader (who is listed as Cato) lists his father ( Durham) and mother's (Mary Polly Hall) birthplace as Gerogia.

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