Lanier, Hankins, Hopkins & Taylor Families

• Born: ca 1760, Frederick County, Virginia
• Marriage: Sarah GILL on 30 October 1783 in Frederick County, Virginia ¹⁷⁸⁹
• Died: aft. 1833, Hopkins County, Kentucky

  More Information:

• Residence: Virginia. John was living in Frederick County when he first joined the Revolution and later lived in Culpeper County.

• Revolutionary War Military Service: According to his pension records, John enlisted from Frederick County, Virginia near the beginning of the revolution and served 3 years as a private in the companies of Capts. Landson, Yancy and Terrel in the Virginia Regiment under Col. Edmonds.

Later, while living in Culpeper County, Virginia, he enlisted a 2nd time and served as a private in Capt. White's Virginia Company under Cols. Thorn and Southall.

He was in the battle of Guilford and the seige of Yorktown & surrender of Lord Cornwallis after which he was discharged. [Length of 2nd service not listed in record.] Charles Brown and Barnabas Sisk were witnesses to his service. ¹⁷⁹¹

• Residence: Wilkes County, North Carolina. According to his Revolutionary War pension records, John moved to Wilkes County sometime after the war.

• Residence: Hopkins County, Kentucky. ¹⁷⁸⁰ John moved from Wilkes County, North Carolina to Hopkins County in the early 1800's. He was listed in the 1810 Census in Hopkins County and was probably there a few years before that.

• 1810 United States Federal Census, John Hankins household, Hopkins County, Kentucky ¹⁷⁸⁰: John's household consisted of 1 m 10-15 [Timothy], 2 m 16-25 [Barnabas & Daniel], 1 m 45+ [John], 1 f 10-15 [Rachel], 3 f 16-25 [Susannah, Nancy & Mary], 1 f 45+ [Sarah].

• 1820 United States Federal Census, John Hankins household, Hopkins County, Kentucky ¹⁷⁹²: John's household consisted of 1 m 45+ [John], 1 f 16-25 [unknown - all daughters were married prior to 1820], 1 f 45+ [Sarah].

• Not Found in Census: John could not be found in the 1830 census but he was apparently still living in Hopkins County because he filed a Revolutionary War Pension application there in Oct 1832. It's possible that he (& maybe Sarah) were living with one of their children in 1830.

• Revolutionary War Pension Application: John filed application #S16404 in October 1832 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. John's pension was approved 6 Feb 1833 for $80 per annum effective 4 Mar 1831 and ending 4 Mar 1833. He was paid $160.00. He was 72 years old at the time of his application in 1832.

• Possible Ancestry: John's parents may have been William Hankins & Jane Sharp but further research is needed to prove this relationship.

John married Sarah GILL on 30 October 1783 in Frederick County, Virginia.¹⁷⁸⁹ (Sarah GILL was born bef. 1765 ¹⁷⁸⁰.)

• Children: The children of John & Sarah are mostly identified by assumption. John was the only Hankins listed in the Hopkins County, Kentucky Census in 1810. In 1820, John, Barnabas & Timothy are the only Hankins' listed. Marriage records in Hopkins County from 1811 - 1816 show marriages for Barnabas, Polly, Nancy, Rachel, Timothy & Susannah Hankins so they are all likely John's children.

Three of John & Sarah's children married children of Titus & Elizabeth Wright Fox. Barnabas married Sarah Fox, Timothy married Rachel Fox and Nancy married James Fox.