Samuel Hathcock was born in Bibb or Tuscaloosa County, Alabama about 1833, the sixth child of Charles and Frances Hathcock. He moved from Alabama with his parents about 1835 to Tennessee and appears in his father's household in Lincoln County in 1850. On 27 November 1851 he married Caroline Isham in Lincoln County (Book A, page 224}. In 1860 Samuel Hathcock was living in Lincoln County, Tennessee and he and Caroline had a family of six.

1860 Census of Molino, Lincoln Co TN

Name Age
Samuel Hathcoat 36
Caroline Hathcoat 26
Angeline Hathcoat 10
Alfred Hathcoat 7
Lucretia Hathcoat 5
Frances Hathcoat 4
Simeon Hathcoat 11/12

Samuel Hathcock enlisted as a Private during the early part of the Civil war, with the Army of the Confederate States. He enlisted in the same organization as did his brothers, Matthew W. and B. Franklin, and probably at the same time. They all were members of Company C of the 41st Regiment of the Tennessee Infantry. Samuel Hathcock died in the military service at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi 1 Jully 1863, and he is probably buried there.2243

1850 Census of Limestone Co AL

Name Age
Ann Isham 74
Edward W Isham 38
Caroline Isham 17
Angeline Isham 1