BIO BY CONTRIBUTOR BEV
William Hearne, was born in Somerset County, MD., in 1746; After he married his cousin, Tabitha Hearne, they moved to North Carolina, when it was a new country.
At the commencement of the Revolutionary War he enlisted and served during the seven years and only missed being at General Gates' defeat at Camden by being left behind with smallpox.
He came to Alabama in 1819; He died September 21, 1832, in Lowndes,County, Ala.
In the Memorial Record of Alabama, vol. ii, p. 426, mention is made of William Hearne from North Carolina, a Revolutionary soldier, and it states that he died in Lowndes County, Ala. The grave is in a private burying ground which is now on the plantation belonging to I. D. Hauser of Opelika. It is on that part of the plantation that he bought of the Mickle estate, and very near Manack station. It is surrounded by a brick wall and apparently contains three or four graves.
These facts are obtained from The Hearne History, p. 383.
BIO BY CONTRIBUTOR BEV
William Hearne, was born in Somerset County, MD., in 1746; After he married his cousin, Tabitha Hearne, they moved to North Carolina, when it was a new country.
At the commencement of the Revolutionary War he enlisted and served during the seven years and only missed being at General Gates' defeat at Camden by being left behind with smallpox.
He came to Alabama in 1819; He died September 21, 1832, in Lowndes,County, Ala.
In the Memorial Record of Alabama, vol. ii, p. 426, mention is made of William Hearne from North Carolina, a Revolutionary soldier, and it states that he died in Lowndes County, Ala. The grave is in a private burying ground which is now on the plantation belonging to I. D. Hauser of Opelika. It is on that part of the plantation that he bought of the Mickle estate, and very near Manack station. It is surrounded by a brick wall and apparently contains three or four graves.
These facts are obtained from The Hearne History, p. 383.
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