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Dock D. Hadley was born in Georgia in 1841. Dock was the son of Jasper Hadley, Sr.,
and Hagar ??. He married his first cousin, Sarah Ellen Luevenia Hadley (1843-1946), who was the daughter of Watkins Hadley and Minerva ??. Dock and Sarah had the following children:
2. Henry Hadley 3. Peter Hadley 4. Gertrude Hadley 5. Dock D. Hadley, Jr. 6. Angela Hadley 7. Raymond Hadley 8. Charlie Fleeter Hadley Dock's father, Jasper Hadley, Sr., was named in Simon D. Hadley's (ca. 1790 - 1867) will. He was given a double barrel shotgun. Jasper's mother, Charlotte Ann Moore, was the slave of Simon D. Hadley. She was also named in his will, and was bequeathed the following: Item 2nd. "I desire and direct that Charlotte Ann Moore shall have made over to her by my execution hereinafter named for and in consideration of her unflaging attention and kind services to me during my last illness and for money advanced by her to defray my necessary expences of sickness, for her sole and separate use, for and during her natural life, free and exempt from the debts and liabilities of any other person whomsoever, thirty acres of land imbracing all that portion of land I purchased from Robert R Evans, including the site of my residence, except the house and patch occupied by Jasper Hadley. Said property to revert at her death to my nearest lineal heirs and also for and in consideration of the services above named, I give and bequeath unto the said Charlotte Ann Moore for her own use benefit and behoof forever two of my cows and calves to be selected by herself, and sixty bushels of corn; all of said property in this Item named to be made to her without delay, and to be free and exempt from the controle of any other person or persons whomsoever except in so far as may be necessary on the part of my Executor to make her proper title to the same." Simon's will was dated 23 Nov 1867, and probated on 26 Dec 1867. He died sometime between these two dates. Pedigree of Dock D. Hadley Jasper Hadley, Sr. and Hagar (?) ---Simon D. Hadley - Charlotte Ann Moore (slave of Simon D. Hadley) ---Simon Hadley, Sr. - Jane Wilkinson ---Thomas Hadley - Mary Thompson ---Joshua Hadley - Mary Rowland ---Simon Hadley - Ruth Miller |
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