In 1855, William married Nancy Sebrina Matheny who was born in Arkansas. In the 1850s the Hawleys traveled to the temporary Mormon settlements in western Iowa. In 1856 they joined the Jacob Croft Company which departed for Utah in late June. Traveling with William were his older brothers, George and John, and their families. They arrived in Salt Lake valley in early October.
In 1857, William and his brothers, George and John, along with his wife and his brother-in-law, Sims Matheny were original settlers in Washington Washington County, in southern Utah. In September 1857, William S. Hawley, 27, was sergeant under 2nd Lt. James Mathews' platoon, in Harrison Pearces's Company I, in John D. Lee's 4th Battalion. An arrest warrant was issued for "William Halley" in 1859 in connection with the Mountain Meadows massacre, but William's exact role in the massacre is uncertain.
William and his family left southern Utah in 1858 settling in Fillmore, Millard County. In the mid-1860s, a William S. Hawley was a deputy sheriff in Millard County. Between April 1865 and November 1867, Hawley was in the militia, or home guard, charged with protecting settlement and livestock and pursuing Indian raiders.
Hawley remained in Millard County until his death in 1893. He was survived by his wife and seven children.
(From an article on the web about the 1857 Iron county militia.)
In 1855, William married Nancy Sebrina Matheny who was born in Arkansas. In the 1850s the Hawleys traveled to the temporary Mormon settlements in western Iowa. In 1856 they joined the Jacob Croft Company which departed for Utah in late June. Traveling with William were his older brothers, George and John, and their families. They arrived in Salt Lake valley in early October.
In 1857, William and his brothers, George and John, along with his wife and his brother-in-law, Sims Matheny were original settlers in Washington Washington County, in southern Utah. In September 1857, William S. Hawley, 27, was sergeant under 2nd Lt. James Mathews' platoon, in Harrison Pearces's Company I, in John D. Lee's 4th Battalion. An arrest warrant was issued for "William Halley" in 1859 in connection with the Mountain Meadows massacre, but William's exact role in the massacre is uncertain.
William and his family left southern Utah in 1858 settling in Fillmore, Millard County. In the mid-1860s, a William S. Hawley was a deputy sheriff in Millard County. Between April 1865 and November 1867, Hawley was in the militia, or home guard, charged with protecting settlement and livestock and pursuing Indian raiders.
Hawley remained in Millard County until his death in 1893. He was survived by his wife and seven children.
(From an article on the web about the 1857 Iron county militia.)
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UTAH
CAPTAIN UTAH TER. MILITIA
INDIAN WARS
Family Members
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William Pierce Hawley
1856–1935
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Jacob C Hawley
1857–1942
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Sarah Lovina Hawley Noyes
1860–1916
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Henry Wise Hawley
1863–1929
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Ruth Ellen Hawley Chase
1865–1931
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Sims Matheny Hawley
1867–1927
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Laminda Amelia "Minnie" Hawley Jenkins
1869–1949
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Pearl Adele Hawley Brown
1876–1936
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Hawley
unknown–1878
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W S Hawley
unknown–1878
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