Hezekiah Hughes 
Hezekiah was born in 1797 in , , Tennessee, USA.1 Hezekiah's father was John Hughes and his mother was Jane Skyles. His paternal grandparents were Francis Hughes and Rebekah Allen. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Frank, William Brownlow, John, Ephraim, Margaret, Nancy and Rebecca. He was the oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 80 in 1877 in Opossum Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. He was buried in Bowman Cemetery, Flattop Mountain, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA.1 1 General Notes
Research of Susan Kimes Burgess:
1830 United States Census: , Bledsoe, Tennessee, Page: 283; NARA Roll: M19-175; Family History Film: 0024533.
Name: Hzakich Hughs
[Hzakiah Hughs]
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total Slaves: 1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9
next residence:
Name: John Hughs
Home in 1830: , Bledsoe, Tennessee
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Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 John abt. age 51
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Jane abt. age 50
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 2
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total Slaves: 8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 19
next census page:
1830 United States Census: Bledsoe, Tennessee; Page: 284; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 175; Family History Film: 0024533.
Name: Aaron Hughs
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Bledsoe, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 4
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 11
Next residence:
Name: Ephraim Hughs
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Bledsoe, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total Slaves: 1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):
1840 United States Census: , Bledsoe, Tennessee; Roll: 517; Page: 165; Image: 336; Family History Library Film: 0024542
Name: Elizabeth Hugh
[Elizabeth Hughs]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Bledsoe, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 ?, William abt. 0
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Francis abt. 9
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 Hezekiah abt. 46
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 Rebecca abt. 6
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 Rachel abt. 10
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Elizabeth abt. 47
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7
1850 United States Census: Eastern District, Bledsoe, Tennessee; Roll: M432_870; Page: 402B; Image: 252.
713 Hughs Jzakiah 56 abt 1794 Male Tennessee
713 Hughs Elizabeth 57 abt 1793 Female Tennessee
713 Hughs Francis 19 abt 1831 Male Tennessee
713 Hughs Rebecca 16 abt 1834 Female Tennessee
713 Hughs William 10 abt 1840 Male Tennessee
713 Click Mary A 86 abt 1764 Female Tennessee
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Research of Carolyn Whitaker <attsissie at aol dot com>
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=carolynwhitaker&id=I3776
(after the 1850 census)
The next year both Francis (Frank) and Rebecca married. William married, joined the Union Army and died in Andersonville Confederate prison on 23 Aug 1864.
Mary Ann (Borders) Click, the mother of Elizabeth Click Hughes, lived with her daughter's family on Walden's Ridge, Tennessee. She was called "Little Lady de Granny" by her friends and family.
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1870 United States Census: District 12 Subdivision 43, Hamilton, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1532; Page: 623B; Image: 347; Family History Library Film: 553031.
135 Hughes Kinney 40 abt 1830 Male White
135 Hughes Adeline 38 abt 1832 Female White
135 Hughes Samuel 19 abt 1851 Male White
135 Hughes Margret 17 abt 1853 Female White
135 Hughes Eliza 14 abt 1856 Female White
135 Hughes William 9 abt 1861 Male White
135 Hughes Benjamin 2 abt 1868 Male White
136 Rice Lewis 60 abt 1810 Male White
136 Rice Sallie 40 abt 1830 Female White
136 Rice Jessee 19 abt 1851 Male White
136 Rice Zachariah 15 abt 1855 Male White Georgia
136 Rice Larvesnee 13 abt 1857 Female White
136 Rice Luera 10 abt 1860 Female White
136 Rice Lincoln 5 abt 1865 Male White
136 Rice Rosencranse 4 abt 1866 Male White
137 Hickson John 25 abt 1845 Male White
137 Hickson Sarah 28 abt 1842 Female White
138 Hughes Hesckich 75 abt 1795 Male White
138 Hughes Elizabeth 80 abt 1790 Female White
138 Hughes Harden Rebecca 35 abt 1835 Female White
138 Hughes Nancy 12 abt 1858 Female White
139 Hughs Frank 38 abt 1832 Male White
139 Hughs Margret 38 abt 1832 Female White
139 Hughs Nancy 17 abt 1853 Female White
139 Hughs Mary 16 abt 1854 Female White
139 Hughs Luticia 13 abt 1857 Female White
139 Hughs Tennessee 10 abt 1860 Female White
139 Hughs Thomas 6 abt 1864 Male White
139 Hughs Dick 5 abt 1865 Male White
139 Hughs Elizabeth 2 abt 1868 Female White
1880 United States Census: District 12, Hamilton, Tennessee; Roll: 1259; Family History Film: 1255259; Page: 115B; Enumeration District: 050;
Hardin Frank White Male 55 abt 1825 Self (Head) Married Tennessee Tennessee
Hardin Charlotte White Female 54 abt 1826 Wife Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hardin John White Male 16 abt 1864 Son Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hardin Mary White Female 14 abt 1866 Daughter Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hardin George White Male 11 abt 1869 Son Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Wade Jesse White Male 25 abt 1855 Self (Head) Married Georgia
Wade Nancy White Female 23 abt 1857 Wife Married Georgia Tennessee Tennessee
Wade Enoch White Male 3 abt 1877 Son Single Tennessee Georgia Georgia
Wade Irena White Female 1 abt 1879 Daughter Single Tennessee Georgia Georgia
Bowman Henry White Male 30 abt 1850 Self (Head) Married Tennessee Bowman Elisabeth White Female 26 abt 1854 Wife Married Tennessee
Bowman Albert White Male 8 abt 1872 Son Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Bowman Minnie White Female 4 abt 1876 Daughter Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Bowman Babie White Female 2 abt 1878 Daughter Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Bowman Andrew White Male 26 abt 1854 Self (Head) Married Tennessee
Bowman Louvinia White Female 19 abt 1861 Wife Married Tennessee
Hardin William White Male 28 abt 1852 Self (Head) Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hardin Mercilla White Female 23 abt 1857 Wife Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hardin George White Male 2 abt 1878 Son Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hardin Deliliah White Female 1 abt 1879 Daughter Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hughes John M. White Male 53 abt 1827 Self (Head) Married Tennessee Virginia Tennessee
Hughes Sarah White Female 50 abt 1830 Wife Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hughes William White Male 17 abt 1863 Son Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hughes Benhamine White Male 12 abt 1868 Son Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hughes Elisabeth White Female 84 abt 1796 Mother Widowed Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hixon John M. White Male 40 abt 1840 Self (Head) Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Hixon Sarah White Female 37 abt 1843 Wife Married Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Varner Hezekiah White Male 43 abt 1837 Self (Head) Married Tennessee Virginia Tennessee
Varner Mary White Female 43 abt 1837 Wife Married Tennessee
Varner Henry White Male 15 abt 1865 Son Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Varner Sarah J. White Female 12 abt 1868 Daughter Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Varner Mollie White Female 10 abt 1870 Daughter Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Varner Francis White Female 9 abt 1871 Daughter Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Coleman Elisabeth White Female 33 abt 1847 Sister Divorced Tennessee Virginia Tennessee
Blair Frank White Male 24 abt 1856 Single Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
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Research of Carolyn Whitaker <attsissie at aol dot com>
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=carolynwhitaker&id=I3776
She has done extensive research on the Hezekiah Hughes Family and many of the census records I have reviewed were because of her research.
HAMILTON COUNTY PIONEERS by John Wilson, BookCrafters, Chelsea, Michigan, First Edition c1998.
Article on HUGHES family, pages 131-134
page: 133 Elizabeth CLICK, Mary Ann CLICK
5th paragraph quoted:
"Hezekiah and Francis HUGHES, the oldest sons of John HUGHES, Sr., lived at Bledsoe County, though Hezekiah HUGHES moved to Hamilton County after the Civil War. Francis HUGHES married Temperance LASSETER, and they had no children. His lands were deeded to his slaves and held by them until their death.
It was said that Hezekiah HUGHES, who was Iame, 'fooled away' his Bledsoe farm. Hezekiah HUGHES married Elizabeth CLICK. Her widowed mother, Mary Ann CLICK, lived with the HUGHES family for many years. She is said to have lived to be 105. In Hamilton county, Hezekiah HUGHES occupied several hundred areas between Opossum and Rock creeks. He cleared a portion for fields and also made
whisky, according to later descendants. The children of Hezekiah HUGHES and Elizabeth CLICK included Nancy who married Benjamin Franklin "Frank" COLEMAN, Eliza, Rachel who married Tom DAVIS and then Byrd McWILLIAMS, Mary Ann who married Lewis VARNER, John McKinney, Francis, Rebecca who married Henry BOWMAN, and William. Eliza HUGHES eloped with a CORDELL. McKinney and Francis married DUFF sisters. McKinney married Adaline DUFF and Francis married Margaret DUFF."
http://www.interment.net/data/us/tn/bledsoe/bowman/bowman.htm
Take hwy 111 north from Soddy Daisy, TN toward Dunlap, TN. At top of mountain turn right onto Jones Gap Road. Go about 3Ùa miles. Bowman Cemetery Road turns right go about 1 mile. Cemetery is on right.
History of Hezekiah Hughes burial ground. Near this spot in the Henry Bowman Cemetery lie the remains of pioneer settlers Hezekiah Hughes & his wife Elizabeth Click. As farmers they worked this land which served as a family orchard. When their young daughter died from a bee sting, they sought the most beautiful spot on their property for her final resting place.
Accordingly this blossom covered ground became the family cemetery. It was dedicated by family May 26, 1997. A monument is in the cemetery about this. There are many markers without names in this cemetery.
http://www.familyorigins.com/users/s/k/i/Sunnie-L-Skiles/FAMO1-0001/d36.htm#P393
Henry Reynolds Senr. Decd. Monday 26 Jan. 1835 Mins. 18. P7 The execution of the last will and testament of HENRY REYNODS decd. Was duly proven by the oath of HEZEKIAH HUGHES, GEORGE REEVES and HENRY REYNOLDS. Subscribing Witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded and is as follows "In the name of God amen. I Henry Reynolds Sr. of the County (p 125) of Greene and State of Tennessee considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound and perfect mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same cauling to mind that it is appointed for all men once die I do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament. That is to say princepally and first of all I give and recommand my soul to God who gave it, and my body to the earth to be deasantly buried. And as touching sutch wourldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. First give and bequeath unto my beloved wife CHARITY REYNOLDS fifty acres of Land including the dwelling house whare I now live and the ballance of my land to be divided amongst my beloved children DAVID REYNOLDS, ELLANDER REAVES, WILLIAM REYNOLDS, JOSEPH REYNOLDS, RICHARD REYNOLDS divided equally according to quality and quantity DAVID REYNOLDS including the improvements whare he now lives. ELLANDER including the improvement whare she now lives. and WILLIAM REYNOLDS at the upper end of the upper tract all including water to each part. JOSEPH REYNOLDS to join JAMES KELLY'S and RICHARDS to join ELLANDER'S. The above named parcels of land to be divided by HENRY RENOLDS JUNR. and GEORGE REAVES and HEZEKIAH HUGHES according to the above directions. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife CHARITY, all my personal estate during her natural life and all my money in hand and out of hand and all remaining property at my wife's death to be sold by my executors at a reasonable credit and to be equally divided amongst my beloved children, HENRY, PATSEY, DAVID, SALLEY, ELLANDER, WILLIAM, JOSEPH, RICHARD when all just debts are paid. The above land to be layed of at my death. Lastly, I do appoint my trusty friends HENRY REYNOLDS and BENJAMIN REAVES my executors of this my last Will and Testament no requireing security of them, hereby revoking all other or former wills by me made. In witness I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty five. Signed Sealed and acknowledged in presents of HEXEKIAH HUGHES his GEORGE REAVES HENRY X REYNOLDS HENRY REYNOLDS mark And thereupon the said HENRY REYNOLDS and BENJAMIN RAVES the executors named in said will appeared in court and entered into bond in the sum of five hundred dollars payable...
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1665 in Wales d.~ 1711
- b.~ 1697 in Philadelphia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d.1777 in Augusta/Rockingham County, Virginia
- b.~ 1675
- b.< 1732 in Pennsylvania d.07 Jul 1791 in Greene County, Tennessee
- b.~ 1706
- b.1759 in Dunmore/Shenandoah County, Virginia d.25 Jan 1841 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
- d.> 1795 in Greene County, Tennessee
- b.~ 1781 in , , Tennessee, USA d.15 Mar 1871 in , Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
- b.~ 1750 d.< 1840 in , Greene County, Tennessee, USA
- b.1797 in , , Tennessee, USA d.1877 in Opossum Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
- b.~ 1780 in , , Virginia d.BET 1850 AND 1860 in , Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
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Details of Hezekiah's family with Elizabeth Click
1 Find a Grave
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