Son of Isaac & Rebecca (Collins) Hawk

Husband of Margaret (Lotz) Hawk

Excerpt from "Atlas of Vinton County, Ohio", Chapter 1, Early History by Charles B. Taylor

"In the year 1810, Henry Duc, the agent of Mr. Wilkes, came on to the ground, and on the tenth day of June laid out the town, naming it Wilkesville, in honor of the owner. During this year five families settled in the township. The first was that of Isaac Hawk.

Isaac Hawk moved from Greenbrier County, Virginia, in 1807, to the lower part of Gallia County, Ohio and in January, 1810, he came to Wilkesville, Athens County, (now Vinton County), where he remained until his death, in 1862. The first sermon ever preached in Wilkesville was preached at his house by Rev. Mr. Dixon, a Methodist Minister. Mr. Hawk was a soldier of the War of 1812. His venerable widow, Margaret, now in her eighty-seventh year, is the "oldest inhabitant of Wilkesville". Benjamin Hawk, Henry Hawk, Michael Hawk and Jonah Hawk, all honored citizens of the township today, are the sons of these worthy pioneers....The first child born in Wilkesville was Clara Jones; the second was Henry Hawk, Justice of the Peace for the past sixteen years....Mr. Duc boarded with them at the time when he laid out the town.

Mr. Duc offered a land warrant to the first child that should be born in Wilkesville. Competition was probably lively, but the Jones family won the race. It is understood that this is the only contest in which "Esquire Henry" was ever defeated during a long and useful life."

Excerpt from "History of Hocking Valley", 1883, pg 1348 "Hawks Station is a young settlement, principally built up since the railroad was built through the township. Near the station is Hartley's mill, the history of which extends back over half a century. It was originally built by one Houdasheldt, probably as early as 1825. It is situated on raccoon Creek, in the northwestern part of the township. Houdasheldt ran the mill for some twenty or more years, and then sold to Benjamin Hawk....Among the early settlers in this vicinity were...Isaac Hawk and his son, Benjamin Hawk, who settled in the northern part of the township in 1842. Isaac Hawk died in 1863; Benjamin Hawk died in 1856."
Voted for Abraham LINCOLN.
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