John Adam Haugch, also known as Houk, Hough
First Families of Tennessee, settled in Greene Co,Territory South of the Ohio, 1788. Early settler of Boyd's Creek.
Served as a Private in McGauhey's Co, militia, Knox Co. Reg 1792-1794 from Vol. Soldiers 1784-1811 Vol II P.138 1986
From PROMINENT TENNESSEANS, page 88, in a sketch written about Judge Leonidas Campbell Houk, his grandson, later a U.S. Congressman:
"The Houks are a German family, the name being originally spelt Haugch. John Adam Haugch was born in Germany, emigrated to Pennsylvania, afterwards to Botetourt County, Virginia, and finally settled in East Tennessee, in that portion now Sevier County. He raised a large family, two boys named John and Martin, and four girls, three of whom, Sally, Polly and Elizabeth, married three brothers named Hicks, and the fourth a Mr. Hunt. The old gentleman was a thrifty German farmer, one of the pioneers who settled Sevier County."
Believed to be buried in Old Boyd's Creek Cemetery near his son Capt. John Houk (1773-1839). Many of the oldest and fragile headstones in this cemetery were destroyed in the early 1960s when a herd of pigs overran the cemetery. No headstone can be found for John Haugch.
Sevier County, Tennessee - State of Tennessee Land Grants (book Sevier Co. Library) includes the following deed references in Boyd's Creek including those of adjacent neighbors:
Bk. 2, p. 401, No. 1291 Reid, Jeremiah 13 Apr 1807 22 May 1810
58 acres, academy tract, on the waters of Boyds Creek. Assignee of Loudermilk, Henry.
Adj: Hicks, Charles: Houk, John Adam.
Bk. 2, p. 496, No. 1401 Hicks, Abednigo, heirs 10 Jul 1807 31 May 1810
454 acres 2 rods 7 perches, academy tract, on Boyds Creek
Adj: White, James; Dean, Thomas; Williams, William; Campbell, Alexander; Henry, William; Houk, John Adam.
Bk. 2, p. 515, No. 1424 Hicks, Thomas 13 Apr 1807 12 Jun 1810
Adj: Lowdermilk, Henry; Houk, John Adams (sic); Shahan, John.
Per Excerpts From "MY DAY AND LOCALITY" by Charles Wesley "C. W." Hicks (great-grandson of John and Comfort Malone Hicks), 1916 Monroe Co., TN:. .
3 daughters of John Adam Houk and his wife Mary Malone married 3 sons of John Benton Hicks and his wife Comfort Malone, - (1) Mary (Polly) Houk married George Hicks, (2) Sarah (Sally) Houk married Charles Hicks, and (3) Margaret Elizabeth Houk married John Hicks. Mary Malone and Comfort Malone were sisters.
First Families of Tennessee, settled in Greene Co,Territory South of the Ohio, 1788. Early settler of Boyd's Creek.
Served as a Private in McGauhey's Co, militia, Knox Co. Reg 1792-1794 from Vol. Soldiers 1784-1811 Vol II P.138 1986
From PROMINENT TENNESSEANS, page 88, in a sketch written about Judge Leonidas Campbell Houk, his grandson, later a U.S. Congressman:
"The Houks are a German family, the name being originally spelt Haugch. John Adam Haugch was born in Germany, emigrated to Pennsylvania, afterwards to Botetourt County, Virginia, and finally settled in East Tennessee, in that portion now Sevier County. He raised a large family, two boys named John and Martin, and four girls, three of whom, Sally, Polly and Elizabeth, married three brothers named Hicks, and the fourth a Mr. Hunt. The old gentleman was a thrifty German farmer, one of the pioneers who settled Sevier County."
Believed to be buried in Old Boyd's Creek Cemetery near his son Capt. John Houk (1773-1839). Many of the oldest and fragile headstones in this cemetery were destroyed in the early 1960s when a herd of pigs overran the cemetery. No headstone can be found for John Haugch.
Sevier County, Tennessee - State of Tennessee Land Grants (book Sevier Co. Library) includes the following deed references in Boyd's Creek including those of adjacent neighbors:
Bk. 2, p. 401, No. 1291 Reid, Jeremiah 13 Apr 1807 22 May 1810
58 acres, academy tract, on the waters of Boyds Creek. Assignee of Loudermilk, Henry.
Adj: Hicks, Charles: Houk, John Adam.
Bk. 2, p. 496, No. 1401 Hicks, Abednigo, heirs 10 Jul 1807 31 May 1810
454 acres 2 rods 7 perches, academy tract, on Boyds Creek
Adj: White, James; Dean, Thomas; Williams, William; Campbell, Alexander; Henry, William; Houk, John Adam.
Bk. 2, p. 515, No. 1424 Hicks, Thomas 13 Apr 1807 12 Jun 1810
Adj: Lowdermilk, Henry; Houk, John Adams (sic); Shahan, John.
Per Excerpts From "MY DAY AND LOCALITY" by Charles Wesley "C. W." Hicks (great-grandson of John and Comfort Malone Hicks), 1916 Monroe Co., TN:. .
3 daughters of John Adam Houk and his wife Mary Malone married 3 sons of John Benton Hicks and his wife Comfort Malone, - (1) Mary (Polly) Houk married George Hicks, (2) Sarah (Sally) Houk married Charles Hicks, and (3) Margaret Elizabeth Houk married John Hicks. Mary Malone and Comfort Malone were sisters.
John Adam Haugch, also known as Houk, Hough
First Families of Tennessee, settled in Greene Co,Territory South of the Ohio, 1788. Early settler of Boyd's Creek.
Served as a Private in McGauhey's Co, militia, Knox Co. Reg 1792-1794 from Vol. Soldiers 1784-1811 Vol II P.138 1986
From PROMINENT TENNESSEANS, page 88, in a sketch written about Judge Leonidas Campbell Houk, his grandson, later a U.S. Congressman:
"The Houks are a German family, the name being originally spelt Haugch. John Adam Haugch was born in Germany, emigrated to Pennsylvania, afterwards to Botetourt County, Virginia, and finally settled in East Tennessee, in that portion now Sevier County. He raised a large family, two boys named John and Martin, and four girls, three of whom, Sally, Polly and Elizabeth, married three brothers named Hicks, and the fourth a Mr. Hunt. The old gentleman was a thrifty German farmer, one of the pioneers who settled Sevier County."
Believed to be buried in Old Boyd's Creek Cemetery near his son Capt. John Houk (1773-1839). Many of the oldest and fragile headstones in this cemetery were destroyed in the early 1960s when a herd of pigs overran the cemetery. No headstone can be found for John Haugch.
Sevier County, Tennessee - State of Tennessee Land Grants (book Sevier Co. Library) includes the following deed references in Boyd's Creek including those of adjacent neighbors:
Bk. 2, p. 401, No. 1291 Reid, Jeremiah 13 Apr 1807 22 May 1810
58 acres, academy tract, on the waters of Boyds Creek. Assignee of Loudermilk, Henry.
Adj: Hicks, Charles: Houk, John Adam.
Bk. 2, p. 496, No. 1401 Hicks, Abednigo, heirs 10 Jul 1807 31 May 1810
454 acres 2 rods 7 perches, academy tract, on Boyds Creek
Adj: White, James; Dean, Thomas; Williams, William; Campbell, Alexander; Henry, William; Houk, John Adam.
Bk. 2, p. 515, No. 1424 Hicks, Thomas 13 Apr 1807 12 Jun 1810
Adj: Lowdermilk, Henry; Houk, John Adams (sic); Shahan, John.
Per Excerpts From "MY DAY AND LOCALITY" by Charles Wesley "C. W." Hicks (great-grandson of John and Comfort Malone Hicks), 1916 Monroe Co., TN:. .
3 daughters of John Adam Houk and his wife Mary Malone married 3 sons of John Benton Hicks and his wife Comfort Malone, - (1) Mary (Polly) Houk married George Hicks, (2) Sarah (Sally) Houk married Charles Hicks, and (3) Margaret Elizabeth Houk married John Hicks. Mary Malone and Comfort Malone were sisters.
First Families of Tennessee, settled in Greene Co,Territory South of the Ohio, 1788. Early settler of Boyd's Creek.
Served as a Private in McGauhey's Co, militia, Knox Co. Reg 1792-1794 from Vol. Soldiers 1784-1811 Vol II P.138 1986
From PROMINENT TENNESSEANS, page 88, in a sketch written about Judge Leonidas Campbell Houk, his grandson, later a U.S. Congressman:
"The Houks are a German family, the name being originally spelt Haugch. John Adam Haugch was born in Germany, emigrated to Pennsylvania, afterwards to Botetourt County, Virginia, and finally settled in East Tennessee, in that portion now Sevier County. He raised a large family, two boys named John and Martin, and four girls, three of whom, Sally, Polly and Elizabeth, married three brothers named Hicks, and the fourth a Mr. Hunt. The old gentleman was a thrifty German farmer, one of the pioneers who settled Sevier County."
Believed to be buried in Old Boyd's Creek Cemetery near his son Capt. John Houk (1773-1839). Many of the oldest and fragile headstones in this cemetery were destroyed in the early 1960s when a herd of pigs overran the cemetery. No headstone can be found for John Haugch.
Sevier County, Tennessee - State of Tennessee Land Grants (book Sevier Co. Library) includes the following deed references in Boyd's Creek including those of adjacent neighbors:
Bk. 2, p. 401, No. 1291 Reid, Jeremiah 13 Apr 1807 22 May 1810
58 acres, academy tract, on the waters of Boyds Creek. Assignee of Loudermilk, Henry.
Adj: Hicks, Charles: Houk, John Adam.
Bk. 2, p. 496, No. 1401 Hicks, Abednigo, heirs 10 Jul 1807 31 May 1810
454 acres 2 rods 7 perches, academy tract, on Boyds Creek
Adj: White, James; Dean, Thomas; Williams, William; Campbell, Alexander; Henry, William; Houk, John Adam.
Bk. 2, p. 515, No. 1424 Hicks, Thomas 13 Apr 1807 12 Jun 1810
Adj: Lowdermilk, Henry; Houk, John Adams (sic); Shahan, John.
Per Excerpts From "MY DAY AND LOCALITY" by Charles Wesley "C. W." Hicks (great-grandson of John and Comfort Malone Hicks), 1916 Monroe Co., TN:. .
3 daughters of John Adam Houk and his wife Mary Malone married 3 sons of John Benton Hicks and his wife Comfort Malone, - (1) Mary (Polly) Houk married George Hicks, (2) Sarah (Sally) Houk married Charles Hicks, and (3) Margaret Elizabeth Houk married John Hicks. Mary Malone and Comfort Malone were sisters.
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