Grandson of:
John Hackney and Rebecca Laughlin
John Hackney, b. 23 Nov 1744, Delaware, of Loudon county, Virginia, m. Rebecca Laughlin, moved to this area that later became East Tennessee. Accompanying him were his six sons:
Hugh b. 1779-1814 m. Mary Lambert - grandfather of the late H.L.W. and F.R. Hackney
John , b. 1781-1814 m. Rachel Jones/ Jane Rogers - He was the father of John and George who lived and died here and who owned Hackney Mills
Joseph b. 1784- - It is not known what became of him.
+ Aaron b. 1786-1828 - m. Jane Jones
Thomas b. 1 Apr 1789 Orange, NC, d. 1863 Friendsville, Blount - m. Eliza Jones
Samuel b. 11 Jan 1792-5 Jun 1841 - Joseph L. Hackney, James Hackney and Hiram Hackney were his sons

S/o- Aaron Hackney (not in fag)
b. 29 Jun 1786, Orange County, North Carolina - d. 1 Mar 1828, Blount, Tennessee
m. Jane Jones, b.27 Oct 1789, Friendsville, Blount, Tennessee - d. 10 Jan 1842, Blount County, Tennessee
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Joyous Occasion
It is not often your correspondent has witnessed a pleasant association of one of the participants of so joyous an occasion as fell to his lot today. It was the birth day party and dinner given to celebrate the 66th anniversary of Aaron T. Hackney Sr. together with a reunion of the descendants of Aaron Hackney, deceased. The pleasant occasion was at the residence of H. A. Hackney and present home of Francis Hackney and Sarah Hammer [formerly from Jasper co., Iowa]. The said Francis Hackney and Sarah Hammer and Aaron T. Hackney, Sr., are the only surviving children of Aaron Hackney, deceased and their combined ages are 213 years.
The following items of family history were obtained by the writer; In 1796 John Hackney, grandfather of the above named parties, moved to the, then new state of Tennessee and purchased from Esq. Gallaher, an occupant claim that embraced the Francis Hackney farm, Church property and town site of Friendsville, moved to said property into the house still standing being the main building of the homestead today. The U.S. Troops from Fort Bell came and moved them back across the Indian treaty line of 1789, as this claim promised to be just inside of Indian Territory.
A new treaty was soon made with the Indians, embracing the lands to the Little Tennessee River and the claimant was allowed to again occupy his claim, and it continues the property to his descendants today except that part embraced in Friendsville and Friend's Church property. Francis Hackney has lived n this property for more then 77 years.
After partaking of a sumptuous dinner from a well laden table, engaging in pleasant reminiscing and social conversation, Margaret Hackney read the 81st Psalm and offered a fervent and earnest prayer that the blessing of our Heavenly Father might continue to abide with and rest upon the relatives present, that the five broken families might again be reunited in the Heavenly Kingdom... After earnest and encouraging words from others the assemblage closed the exercises with an appropriate song.
The only disappointment expressed was the absence of Mrs. William Coning, of Maryville, who was expected to be present. ---- James F. Beals

The Maryville Times • Maryville, Tennessee •27 Jun 1894
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Death of Aaron T. Hackney Recalls Some Early History
Friendsville, Tennessee - December 26, 1903
Aaron T. Hackney, whose sickness was mentioned in a former letter, died Sabbath morning, and his remains were interred in the Friends cemetery on Monday afternoon with Masonic honors. Just here, this writer is reminded of some of the pioneer settlers of this valley. As early as 1794 while the treaty line with the Cherokees ran from the mouth of the Clinch river to the head of Little river, and an about one-fourth of a mile northeast of Friendsville. John Hackney of Loudon county, Virginia, moved to this locality. Accompanying him were his six sons, Hugh, Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, Aaron and John. Of these sons, Aaron was the father of the late Francis Hackney and the Aaron T. Hackney herein mentioned. The oldest residence on Gallaher's Creek is the one where Aaron Hackney settled, and is now owned by the Tennessee Variegated Marble Company. Thomas was the father of the late Wm. J. Hackney, who died some years since in Maryville, and who was noted during the of Civil War as a staunch unionist, having a cave where he concealed union men until he could pilot them across the Tennessee river to the next station. Another son, John, was the father of John and George, who lived and died here and who owned Hackney Mills of this place. This is one of the oldest mills in Tennessee, and remained in the Hackney family for about eighty years. Remodeled, it is now the Friendsville Roller Mills, and part of it is more then a century old. Hugh was the grandfather of the late H. L. W. and F. R. Hackney. Joseph L. Hackney, James Hackney and Hiram Hackney were the sons of Samuel Hackney. The only one of these six sons that did not settle permanently here was Joseph Hackney. It is not known what became of him.
• The Journal and Tribune • Knoxville, Tennessee • 27 Dec 1903 •
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