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Hawkins Settlement, Denton County Texas

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Title: Hawkins Settlement, Denton County Texas
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<metadataxml><content><line>&lt;p&gt;From the Book: &lt;/p&gt;History and reminiscences of Denton County&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;By Edmond Franklin Bates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Page 44. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hawkins Settlement &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; This settlement was founded in 1853 by Rev. Wm. E. Bates &lt;br&gt; and in 1854 by W, H. Bates, Harry Hawkins, and the six sons &lt;br&gt; and four sons-in-law of Harry Hawkins. It was near the east &lt;br&gt; county line on the waters of Panther Creek. It was called the &lt;br&gt; Kentucky Settlement by some, because these people immigrated &lt;br&gt; from Kentucky. They were Methodist in their church affiliation. &lt;br&gt; Many Kentuckians felt like they were kinsfolk of these people &lt;br&gt; and settled by them. The Hawkins&amp;#39; predominating in numbers, &lt;br&gt; it was called the Hawkins Settlement. Rev. William E. Bates &lt;br&gt; organized them into a Methodist society and in 1857 they built a &lt;br&gt; church house and called it Zion, after the old Zion church in Ken- &lt;br&gt; tucky, from whence they came. Many great meetings were held &lt;br&gt; here, and the people were very zealous and fervent in their wor- &lt;br&gt; ship. The standard of morality was high, resulting in a high &lt;br&gt; order of citizenship to the honor of this Kentucky colony whose &lt;br&gt; roll call will never grow old to the writer : &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Harry Hawkins, J. D. Hawkins, S. J. Hawkins, J. H. Haw- &lt;br&gt; kins, Edgar Hawkins, F. J. Hawkins, W. F. Hawkins, Thomas &lt;br&gt; Button, J. L. Landrum, W. H. Bates, C. L. Smith, W. F. Haw- &lt;br&gt; kins, Jr., T. B. Hawkins, J. H. Hawkins, Jr., Hardy Hawkins, C. C. &lt;br&gt; Hawkins, Frank Hawkins, G. C. Shearer, Rev. J. B. Hawkins, &lt;br&gt; Billy Hawkins, Bob Hawkins, Sam Hawkins, Ed. Hawkins, Dick &lt;br&gt; Hawkins, Frank Hawkins, D. B. Hawkins, Henry Hawkins, David &lt;br&gt; Landrum, A. B. Jamison, W. B. Smith, G. W. Smith, Edgar &lt;br&gt; Smith, R. H. Bates, J. P. Bates, J. H. Bates, C. W. Bates, W. E. &lt;br&gt; Bates, Jr., Jacky Ready, Bob Ready, F. M. Ready, W. A. Ready, &lt;br&gt; George T. Edmonds, J. H. Goode, Taylor Hicks, Ben Hicks, Jim &lt;br&gt; Hicks, John Hicks, Elbert Hicks, Solomon Shearer, Will Shearer, &lt;br&gt; Walter Shearer, Rev. Worth Shearer, John Morris, Jim Morris, &lt;br&gt; Smith James, and Ed James. &lt;br&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</line></content></metadataxml>

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Given names Surname Sosa Birth Place Death Age Place Last change
G. C. Shearer
May 11, 1845
179 Kentucky
0 May 20, 1928
95 83 Tulia, Swisher, Texas, USA
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