Thomas Hawkins
Lifespan: 1841 - 1898
Birth: 12 May 1841 in Georgia, USA
Occupation: Unknown
Marriage: Polly C Newton
Children: Dinah Hawkins, Lisa Tisha Hawkins, Wiley Hawkins, Alice Hawkins, Thomas Tommy Hawkins, Alfred Hawkins, Will Hawkins, Harrison Hawkins, Clara Hawkins, Addaline Hawkins, Peter Hawkins, Ransom Hawkins
Parents: William Wiley Hawkins Sr & Adeline Murphy
Death: 4 Nov 1898 in Epps Bridge Crossing, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Athens, Clarke, Georgia, USA
Chapter 1: Born of the Land — Georgia Roots (1841–1859)
In the soft hills of Georgia’s cotton country, where the soil bled red and the days rose hot, a boy named Thomas Hawkins came into the world on May 12, 1841. He was born in what is now Barrow County, though in those years, it was still part of Jackson County, a place stitched together by dirt roads, creek beds, and the bitter economics of forced labor.