Lewis Hawkins

Birth Date

c1827

Death Date

1864-06-24

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and solider. North Carolina native. Married to Martha R. Hopkins. Father of William T. Hawkins, Mary E. Hawkins, Nancy Hawkins, Alford Hawkins, and Phebe Hawkins. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Served in the 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a private from November 20, 1863, to June 25, 1864. Killed in action at Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky, on June 25, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 125A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, p. 605.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 228A.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 360.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0414.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #91580, Certificate #60916.

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