Son of Joseph Hatfield and Rachel Smith.

Married Elizabeth Mary "Betsy" Alley in 1802. Hatfield & Alley families knew each other since Jerry & Betsy were at least toddlers so they may have been childhood sweethearts.

Jeremiah drowned in the Obed River while coming home from the town of Montgomery which was then the county seat of Morgan County. He attempted to cross the River in a canoe while the river was in a high, flood stage due to recent rains and/or melting ice from upstream.

Children: 7

1. William Hatfield (1802, TN-aft. 1870) m. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hayes (children: Greenlee, Emanuel, Andrew, Jeremiah) William's son Jeremiah should not be confused with William's younger brother Jeremiah Jr despite being of similar age & both Jeremiah's married women named Elizabeth. Documents show that they are two different individuals. Jeremiah, son of William, married Elizabeth Pittman and eventually moved to Kentucky. Jeremiah, brother of William, and his family never left Tennessee.

2. Cecilia Hatfield (1805, TN-bef. 1870, TN) m. Harris Brantley Gallaher on 7 Dec 1822, Roane Co., TN.

3. Joseph Hatfield (1809, TN-1849, TN) m. Nancy Summers (children: David, James, Samuel and Caroline. Joseph died in a rather unusual way. His brother William was subject to epileptic fits which were very severe. He had told his wife that he could not bear to see his brother William have another fit. One night William stayed all night with Joseph. On awakening next morning while they were lying in bed talking, William was seized with a convulsion. Joseph started across the room to his bed and suddenly dropped dead before reaching him.

4. Ericus "Eric" Hatfield (28 Apr 1811, TN–1894, TN) m. Polly Snow (10 children)

5. Jeremiah Hatfield, Jr. (abt. 1819, TN)

6. Fannie Hatfield (1825, TN-1840, TN). Drowned in the Obed River same as her father.

7. David Hatfield (1827, TN-2 Jan 1877, Union Co., KY) m. Ellen Bell. David joined Co. A, 48th Kentucky Mounted Infantry during the Civil War. He married Miss Ellen Bell on 6 Apr 1868, Gallatin Co., IL. They had one child Nancy. He died of pneumonia at his home in Kentucky. Ellen remarried to George Edmond Banks on 9 Aug 1878, Union Co., KY.

David had an illegitimate daughter, Lucinda, with Nancy Summers Hatfield, the widow of his brother Joseph.

***Charles Harvey Hatfield is not Jeremiah/Elizabeth's son. That opinion came from a website made by Charles' descendant who claimed that Elizabeth left Morgan County, Tennessee with Charles & his family in 1840 along with Jeremiah/Elizabeth's "younger small children", shortly after Jeremiah & Fannie drowned in 2 separate incidents, and that they all went to live in Illinois where Elizabeth in 1855 or 1858.

In reality by 1840 Jeremiah/Elizabeth's children were adults and almost all had families of their own. None left for Illinois in 1840. Elizabeth submitted an affidavit in 1844 in Morgan County in support of her mother's Revolutionary War widow's pension application. Elizabeth is on the 1850 Census report for Morgan County Tennessee & 1860 Census report for Izard County Arkansas.

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1830 Census (Morgan Co., TN)
Jeremiah Hatfield
Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Males - Under 5: 1
Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Females - Under 5: 1

1850 Census (Subdivision 19, Morgan Co., TN)
David Hatfield 25 TN (1825)
Henretta Hatfield 16
Melvina Hatfield 13
Elizabeth Hatfield 65 VA ******

Nancy Hatfield 30 TN widow of Joseph David Hatfield
David Hatfield 11 TN
Samuel Hatfield 5 TN
James Hatfield 4 TN
Caroline Hatfield 1 TN

Wm Hatfield 49 TN (1801)
Elizabeth Hatfield 56 NC (nee Hayes)
Margarett Hatfield 24
Green L Hatfield 23
Jeremiah Hatfield 22
Elizabeth Hatfield 20
Emanuel Hatfield 19
Andrew Hatfield 17
Wm C Hatfield 16
Sarah Hatfield 15

Encus Hatfield 38 TN (1812)
Mary Hatfield 39
Evina Hatfield 16
Martha L Hatfield 15
Joseph B Hatfield 13
William G Hatfield 11
Elizabeth Hatfield 9
Noah Hatfield 7
Larkin S Hatfield 5
David V Hatfield 1

Brant Gollaher 55
Celia Gollaher 45 (nee Hatfield) ***
King Gollaher 18
Jame Gollaher 20

1860 Census (District 9, Fentress Co., TN)
Carroll Hatfield 27 (William Carroll Hatfield)
Elizabeth Hatfield 20
Martha E Hatfield 1
Wm Hatfield 60 ***
Elizabeth Hatfield 60 ***

1860 Census (White River, Izard Co., AR)
David Hatfield 33 TN
Elizabeth Hatfield 77 TN *****
Nancy Hatfield 46 TN (nee Summers, widow of Joseph Hatfield)
Samuel Hatfield 10 TN (s/o Joseph & Nancy)
James C Hatfield 13 TN (s/o Joseph & Nancy)
Caroline W Hatfield 12 (d/o Joseph & Nancy)
Sarah Hatfield 6 TN
Lucinda E. (illegitimate d/o David Hatfield & Nancy Summers)

1860 Census (Dist. 3, Morgan Co., TN)
H B Gallaher 72
Cely Gallaher 56 (nee Hatfield) ***

1870 Census (Dist. 3, Morgan Co., TN)
David Hatfield 43 TN (1827)
Ellen Hatfield 25 (nee Bell)
Nancy Hatfield 0 (22 Jan 1871-15 Aug 1959, AR)

1880 Census (Bordley, Union Co., KY)
George Banks 23 Self (Head)
Ellen Banks 30 Wife (nee Bell)
Nancy Hatfield 11 Stepdaughter (Step Daughter)