Walter A Hawkins

Image under MEDIA tab is the marriage certificate between Walter Hawkins and Mary Cross (widow), dated 22 July 1803. Document was in the Harrison County Marriage Records, book 2, page 1.

Excerpt from Lela Prewitt's 1964 book on the Hawkins / Yates, and others, is under the MEDIA tab.

Correct mother? Most sources list his mother as Elizabeth (Bourne) Hawkins, but there is one source below* that claims his mother was the SECOND wife of William Eaton Hawkins, Ann Bohannon (Smith) Hawkins, married 28 Jul 1785 in Culpeper County, Virginia. More research needed.

Walter A. Hawkins (m) 22 July 1803 Mary YATES Cross (w) 1774 – 1804 1780 - 1853

Source: Joel Hawkins (information, with the expanded families, on the LDS site FamilySearch)

Children: Elizabeth Hawkins, Fanny Hawkins, Thomas Hawkins, Presley Hawkins

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Children of Mary Yates and Walter A Hawkins (5):

Frances "Fanny" Hawkins Carder Hammond 1798–1850

Thomas Hawkins 1804–1886

Elizabeth Hawkins Wiseman 1806–unknown (after 1850)

Presley Hawkins 1812–1889

Mary Hawkins Norris 1815–1853