Herod James Hancock	Mary E. Smith
Born: 1834 in South Carolina(parents) Died: 1898 Buried: Bluffton Cemetery, Clay Co., GA (gravestone photo)	Born: October 21, 1837 in Quincy, Florida(parents) Died: June 21, 1887 in Tallapoosa Co, Alabama Buried: Pentecost UMC cemetery near Reeltown, Alabama (gravestone photo)
Married: June 30, 1853 in Chambers Co, Alabama

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Children:	Born:	Died:	More info:
Mary M. Hancock	August 13, 1855	November 4, 1925	Spouse & children
Charlie Hancock	about 1858
Margaret Hancock	about 1861
Willie Hancock	August 28, 1869	June 5, 1940
Mattie Julia Hancock	September 29, 1869	August 20, 1911	Spouse & children
Samuel R. Hancock	March 20, 1870	February 5, 1908
Francis Hancock	about 1875
Eula Hancock	about 1877
Jennie Hancock	about 1879

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Notes & pictures:

• Herod James Hancock enlisted in the Confederate Army (5th Alabama Infantry Regiment) Aug 1, 1861 in Tallapoosa County.
  He was captured at Petersburg, Apr. 2, 1865, and released from Point Lookout, MD on June 28, 1865.

Sources:
• 1866 Alabama State Census - Tallapoosa Co, Township 19, range 23
• 1870 Federal Census, Tallapoosa Co, Alabama - pg 154
• 1880 Federal Census, Lee Co, Alabama - Enum. Dist. 93, sheet 21
• Chambers County, Alabama, Marriage Records (copied at courthouse)
• Military Records of Company 'B' - 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment

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