Wordless Wednesday: Sparkplug

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Wanted: Info on the Whereabouts of the Hawkins Wagon

My 5th great-grandfather, Nathan Hawkins (b. 1782), is largely known for the log cabin he built in Richmond, Indiana to protect his family during the War of 1812; after the war, the Hawkins family donated the cabin to their local meeting house, and it was converted into a one-room schoolhouse that still stands today. Nathan [...]

Old Roberts Schoolhouse

Rebekah Roberts, my 5th great-grandmother, was born on August 8, 1787 in Union Co., South Carolina to Thomas and Nancy Ann (Whitson) Roberts. She married Nathan Hawkins (b. 1782), the son of Nathan and Ann (Cook) Hawkins, on November 26, 1807 in Warren Co., Ohio, and the pair had ten children in Wayne Co., Indiana: [...]