Following courtesy of a descendant:960

Howell Pinkney Joseph Hathcock was born about 1827 at Pocahontas, Coffee Co TN. He was named in his father’s will written in 1840, Coffee County Will Bk. O., p. 84; Bk. 1, p.201; WPA. Howell P J, (under age) received 246 1/4 acres on Kirkland and Goose Pond branches of the Barren Fork of the Duck River.

Howell P J married Louisa Parker about 1846 in Cannon Co TN. They were living near Gilley Hill, Cannon Co TN when the 1850 census was taken and Goose Pond, Coffee Co TN when the 1860 census was taken. Louisa (Louvice) was born about 1828 in the Cherokee Nation, which included several counties in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. She was the daughter of Silas Parker and the sister to Samuel Parker.

At McMinnville, Tennessee November 28, 1862, Colonel Wright enlisted Howell P J in Company B, 16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. Howell P J’s regiment was sent to General Polk’s Corps at Murfreesboro, Tennessee where he fought in the Battle of Stone’s River, December 31, 1862 - January 3, 1863. On January 3, 1863, Bragg withdrew his forces from Murfreesboro and setup his Headquarters at Winchester, with Hardee at Tullahoma and Polk at Shelbyville. When Rosecrans made his move against Bragg June 24, 1863, Howell was taken prisoner at Shelbyville, TN on July 1, 1863. He was sent to Nashville and he was received at Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky July 15, 1863. Howell died with chronic diarrhea November 17, 1864 in a Civil War prison at Fort Delaware. He is buried at New Castle, on the Jersey Shore in the Confederate Cemetery on Pea Patch Island, Delaware. Louisa was a widow living in Coffee Co when the 1870 and 1880 census were taken. I have a picture of Uncle Miles and Aunt Jossie Hathcock family, three boys, Claude, Elmer, and Neely and four girls, Daisy, Ada, Mattie, and Willie, made at his home in Fairfield, Bedford Co TN. My father used to visit him at his home in Fairfield when my great grandmother, Sarah Anna Hathcock, lived with his family in the early 1900s. Louisa is probably buried at Gilley Hill, Co TN

1850 Census of Dist 4, Brady’s Rock, Cannon Co TN

Name Age
Howell Hathcock 23 TN
Louisa Hathcock 23 TN
Mary Hathcock 4 TN
Nancy Hathcock 1 TN

1860 Census of Dist 6, Coffee Co TN

Name Age
H P Hathcock 31
Louisa Hathcock 28
May Hathcock 13
Nancy Hathcock 10
Cornelious Hathcock 8
Silas Hathcock 6
Sarah Hathcock 4
John Hathcock 3/12

Hathcock, Howell Pickney Joseph Pvt. B Int., Gen., Fam., CSR, Head, CRC, OR2470

Enlisted 11/28/62 at Mcminnville. Was paid bounty of $50.00 for reenlisting in 3/63. Deserted 6/30/63 at Tullahoma. Federal records show him as captured at Shelbyville on 7/1/63 and sent to Nashville and he was received at Military Prison, Louisville, KY, 7/15/1863. Born in circa1827 at Pocahontas, Coffee Co TN. The son of Howell P. and Mary (Nelson) Hathcock. Named Pickney from the Pickney Island in South Carolina, where is mother is from. He received 246 1/4 acres on Kirkland and Goose Pond branches of the Barren Fork of the Duck River in his fathers will even though underage. He married Louisa Parker in 1845-6 in Cannon Co, TN. They were living near Gilley Hill, Cannon Co TN in 1850 and Goose Pond, Coffee Co TN in 1860. She was born about 1828 in the Cherokee Nation, and was believed to be full-blooded Cherokee of the Echota Tribe, the daughter of Silas Parker and the sister to Samuel Parker. Mentioned in OR. Series 2, Vol. 6 pgs 377 and 1065. He died on 11/17/1864 at Ft. Delaware, Pea Patch Island, New Castle Co, DE, of chronic diarrhea. He is buried in Confederate Cemetery

located on the NJ shore at Finn's Point National Cemetery, near Fort Mott State Park, Salem, N.J. They had 12 children with these the only known names: Mary Jane, Nancy E., Miles Neeley, Cornelius, Silas D., Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, John L. and James Sulvan Hathcock. His widow was living in Coffee Co when the 1870 and 1880 census’ were taken and is probably buried at Gilley Hill Cemetery, Cannon Co, TN.

According to a descendant, John Lee Fults, GG grandson of Howell P. J. Hathcock and Louisa Parker, Louisa Parker was full-blooded Cherokee of the Echota Tribe:

My ancestor Howell P J Hathcock married Louisa Parker about 1846 in Cannon County, TN. She was full blood Cherokee Echota Tribe. The Cherokee Nation was composed of several counties of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. The capitol was at  Fort Payne, Dekalb County, Alabama. According to Louisa¹s descendant and author of Hoover’s Gap, the family came to Coffee (Warren) County in the 1820 and settled at Pocahontas, Gilley Hill, Goose Pond Communities. That was before they were rounded up and sent to Oklahoma. Howell P J was captured in July 1863 at Shelbyville, TN. He died in prison November 17, 1864 at Fort Delaware and is buried on Pea Patch Island, Delaware. His daughter, Sarah Hathcock is my great grandmother. She died in December 1933 and is buried in Fox/Fulks Cemetery near Hoover’s Gap.960