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- North Carolina historical review [1942 : January]
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- January 1942
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- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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North Carolina historical review [1942 : January]
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The North Carolina
Historical Review
Volume XIX January, 1942 Number 1
5
COLONEL BENJAMIN HAWKINS-
NORTH CAROLINIAN— BENEFACTOR
OF THE SOUTHERN INDIANS1
By Merritt Bloodworth Pound
PART I
Philemon Hawkins, founder of the Hawkins family of
North Carolina, came from Virginia in 1737 and settled
on Six Pound Creek. Delia Hawkins, his wife, was also a
Virginian, daughter of Zachariah Martin, a planter. The
young couple prospered in their new home and established
one of the most prominent families in their section of North
Carolina. Hawkins was a loyal subject of King George II
and acted as chief aide to Governor Tryon in the battle of
Alamance. As a result he bore the military title of colonel.2
Colonel and Mrs. Hawkins were the parents of four sons
and two daughters: Colonel Joseph Hawkins, an officer in
the Continental service who died in 1785; Colonel John
Hawkins, the father of five sons, two of whom became
generals in the militia, four of whom served in the North
Carolina assembly, and one who served for many years in
Congress; Colonel Philemon Hawkins, Junior, the master of
Pleasant Hill, father of seven sons, six of whom graduated
from The University of North Carolina, and five daughters;
Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, the subject of this sketch;
Delia, who married L. Bullock; and Ann, who became Mrs.
Macajah Thomas.
Benjamin Hawkins was bom into this family on August
15, 1754, in the old homeplace on the northern side of the
highway about three miles from the Bute County court-
1 The material presented in this article is based on The Public Career of Colonel Benjamin Hawkins
unpublished doctoral dissertation. The University of North Carolina, 1639.
* William E. Dodd, The Life of Nathaniel Macon, p. 10; John H. Wheeler, Historical Sketches of
North Carolina, p. 426.
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