Hackworths

by

Fred McCaleb

From the Gonce and Wynne Genealogy:
"There was also a John who married Mary Preston; and a Peter Hackworth. Both
Gabriel and Nichodemus Hackworth signed a petition in 1801, to create Anderson
Co., Tenn.

"The Hackworths date back from the 11th century, where they were Castle
Dwellers, or Barons. There is a great castle called "The Hackworth Castle,"
still standing in South Wales.

" Hackworths came from Normandy with William the Conqueror. Peter de
Haeck/Haeche crossed the English Channel before 1066. He lived in Sussex and
Essex, England. The Hackworths were called Haeche in Normandy, but when they
came to England and got land "worth" was added to the name. They changed the
"Haeck" to "Hack" and added worth- thus becoming Hackworth. Tow brothers,
William and Stephen, believed to be descendants of this line emigrated from
England to Virginia in the early colonial days.

"Augustine Austine Hackworth and William Hackworth (possibly a brother) both
assisted in establishing American Independence, by serving in Thomas Buford's
Company of Bedford County, Virginia Militia during the war of the Revolution.
They were both in the Battle at Point Pleasant, 10th of October 1774. See
following pages for Augustine's military documentation. "

(It tells all the battles and where he marched and who his commanders
were...then states: "The applicant afterwards removed from the State of Virgina
to Greene County, N.C. (now Tennessee) where, in the month of August, 1789, as
well as he recalls, he was agian drafted to serve a three-month tour of duty in
the company commanded by Capt. James Moore and Ensign Samuel Hall. ....that this
applicant was marched with the reg't. from there across Holston River by Tellico
Plains and to the Lookout Mountain in the Cherokee Nation where they had an
engagement with the Indians."

---------"That he was born in Caroline County, VA. in the year 1746 (the month
he does not recollect); that he had a record years ago, but it has been
destroyed he knows not ho; that he was living in the county of Bedford, VA when
drafted to serve first and in Greene County (now Tenn.) when drafted to serve
the last term of duty. That from Bedford County, VA he removed to Botetourt
County, VA., where he lived about six years, from there he removed to Greene
County (not Tenn.) where he lived but a few months from there he removed to
Buncombe County, N.C. where he lived one year, from there he removed to Green
County, N.C. (now Tenn.) again where he lived one year, from there he removed
to Knox (now Anderson) county, Tennessee, where he lived about thirty-three
years and from there he removed to Marion County, Tennessee, where he now
lives."

"There are several Court Minutes in Vol. I, 1801-1809 for Anderson Co., TN.
which refer to Augustine and Austin Hackworth serving on Jury duty."

"This following news item from the South Pittsburg Hustler, was sent to the
author by Mary Ruth Hackworth Hodson.
"Sunday, Sept. 9, 1928, the children, grandchildren and many relatives of the
Newton Hackworth family had a picnic and reunion at Sequatchie Spring. This
gathering consisted of about 250 of the Hackworths, one of the first families
to settle in Sequatchie Valley. The following is a brief history of this
family.
"About the year 1812 two brothers, Austin and Sam Hackworth, left the Wautauga
settlement in East Tennessee, and came down the Tennessee River prospecting for
suitable lands for a new settlement. The selected and entered lands near what is
now Condra's Station in Marion County.
"Austin Hackworth selected what is known as the Hackworth Bend. This consists of
a large horseshoe shaped tract of land, containing about 400 acres almost
surrounded by Big Sequatchie River."
"Sam Hackworth became a noted Fiddler of his day. Austin Hackworth became a
noted gun smith.
Newton Hackworth, the second son of Austin Hackworth, born Oct 25, 1825, reared
ten sons and two daughters, who lived to be grown and reared families of their
own. (ten who were living attended a reunion..many of them live in Ala.
1. M.W. Hackworth, retired merchant from Llano, Texas.
2. R. J. Hackworth, deceased, represented by his widow. Mary Hackworth and their
son, Mike, from Dayton, Ohio.
3. I.N. Hackworth, deceased represented by two sons, Oscar, cashier of Tennessee
Valley Bank, Florence, Ala. and Travis Hackworth, President and Manager of a
meat-packing establishment at Florence, Ala.
4. J.B. Hackworth, ex-Probate Judge, Scottsboro, Ala.
5. J.$. Hackworth, Superintendent of Education Marion County, Jasper, Tenn.
6. J.L. Hackworth, Attorney, State's solicitor, Jackson County, Bridgeport, Ala.
7. S.A. Hackworth, retired merchant, Jasper, Tenn.
8. Mrs. Anne H. Matthews, wife of John Mathews, mechanic, N.C. & St. L. RR,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
9. Dr. C. L. Hackworth, deceased, represented by his widow, Mrs. Grace, and his
son, John Bible Hackworth, South Pittsburg, Tenn.
10. Joe J. Hackworth, distributor of Gulf Refining Co., Gas and Oils,
Scottsboro, Ala.
11. Mrs. Lydia H. Sells, teacher, Graysville, GA.
12. Bunyan Hackworth, retired pharmacist, dealer in hardware, Stevenson, Ala.
13. W.M. Allison, half brother by Mother's former marriage, farmer, Anderson,
Tenn."