| Mary Roberts was born in about1805 in Anderson County, TN, the third child of Nathan and Abigail Roberts. After moving to Tuscaloosa County, AL with her family, she married William Hancock in 1823. She and William settled in Copiah County, MS, where all of thier 8 children were born. They moved to Texas in circa 1845-47 where the lived in several different counties. Mary died in 1874 in Coryell County, TX at the age of 69.
William Hancock and Mary Roberts were married by Zachariah Middleton. |
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Tuscaloosa County Alabama Deed Bk A pg. 318 Feb. 12, 1825
Mississippi RecordsCopiah County Mississippi Records Dec. 20, 1825
1830 Census Copiah County Mississippi pg. 31
1840 Census Copiah County Mississippi
Copiah County Mississippi Original Entry Bk pg. 131 Aug. 6, 1835 and July 27, 1835
Copiah County Mississippi Deed Bk H pg. 37, 48, 207
Texas RecordsCass County Texas Deed Bk B pg. 145 Oct. 12, 1847
1850 Census Cass County Texas
No. 23, Precinct 4
Cass County Texas Deed Bk F pg. 72-74 Aug. 12, 1851
When William Hancock and family left Cass County Texas about 1851-53, they lived first in McLennan County Texas. The Handbook of Waco and McLennan County Texas by Dayton Kelley
No evidence has been found to indicate he was from Missouri, but he did settle first on Stampede Creek near old Perry, Texas. When the railroad bypassed the settlement of Perry and passed through Moody, Texas, all of old Perry moved the few miles to Moody. Only the old Perry Cemetery remains to mark the location of Perry, Texas. There are numerous deed records in the General Land Office at Austin, Texas and deed records in Bell County Texas and McLennan County Texas describing the land on Stampede Creek in McLennan County where William Hancock settled on 320 acres by preemption privileges. A sworn statement by Elijah x Knowles said that William Hancock was ‘bona-fide settled’ prior to Dec. 21, 1853 (General land Office, Austin, TX). The land was surveyed July 15, 1854 by G. W. Stubblefield with Joseph Knowles and Jonas Leach as chain carriers. McLennan County Texas Deed Bk H pg. 167 Oct. 5, 1855
McLennan Co TX Deed Bk M pg. 768-769 Apr. l4, 1857
McLennan Co TX Deed Bk G pg. 448-449 Apr. l4, 1857
McLennan Co TX Deed Bk J pg. 388-389 March 25, 1861(?)
A letter from a descendant of William and Mary(Roberts) Hancock stated that she was attempting to verify that Mary Roberts Hancock died in Coryell County Texas in l874 and William Hancock died in Houston County Texas in l877. Tombstone of Mary Roberts, wife of William Hancock
Joel C. Hancock, a son of William and Mary Hancock, was residing in Coryell County Texas in l875 and perhaps prior to that time. Joel C. Hancock was on the 1880 Houston County Texas census. William Hancock and wife Mary might have been residing with first one and then another of their children. Loyde Hancock enlisted Oct. 26, 1861 as a private in Capt. Thomas 0. Moody's Co. K, 7th Division, CSA at Mansfield, Texas. His age was recorded as 18. No other data has been found for Loyde Hancock. Joel C. Hancock enlisted the same day in the same company. Loyde Hancock enlisted Oct. 26, 1861 as a private in Capt. Thomas O. Moody's Co. K,
1910 Census Borden County Texas----ED 2, P 2B
Research Information provided by Bobby T. Alexander of Irving, TX and Mildred Maddux of Palestine, TX. Additional Information from Patricia Freeman of Amarillo, TX and |