Jay County Indiana - Hawkins Cemetery

Hawkins Cemetery

The cemetery is located off Boundary Pike on County Rd. 250; on a bank at the forks of the Little Salamonia. Portland is the nearest town.
Hawkins Pioneer Cemetery is located on land once owned by War of 1812 veteran John J Hawkins & his wife Nancy Sellers Hawkins who are buried in the cemetery, according to Rebecca James.
According to the History of Jay County, John J Hawkins was the "first death and burial among the early residents in Jay County,"
making Hawkins the first cemetery in Jay County.
The last known burial in Hawkins was in 1901 or 1902.

Thanks to Lana Freeman McAfee & Jim Cox who photographed the cemetery in September 2016!

Updated 10/30/2018

Hawkins Cemetery
Surname	First Name (Maiden)	Birth Date	Death Date	Spouse Marriage Date	Parents	Military	Obit	Stone
Bickel	Alihu J	5/24/1849	4/23/1852		J & M			photo
Bickel	George
Bickel	Jacob	6/25/1816	11/11/1888					photo
Bickel	Malinda	4/1/1824	1/25/1873	J
Bickel	Theadore	5/26/1867	6/16/1867		J & M
Bickel	Thomas	3/29/1773	8/15/1844					photo
Bickel	Willis	2/1/1859	9/26/1891
Ensminger	Mary	11/5/1821	6/17/1866		P & M			photo 1; photo 2
Ensminger	Mary (Park)	4/8/1786	4/8/1861	Philip				photo 1; photo 2
Ensminger	Philip	4/1/1777	3/29/1867	Mary Park	Johann George & M Magdalena Greist Ensminger			photo
Hawkins	Benjamin W	1/20/1816	10/27/1878					photo
Hawkins	Caroline (Ensminger)	12/28/1816	8/17/1900					photo
Hawkins	John Jones	9/25/1789	3/15/1832	Nancy Sellers	Samuel & Christina Worthington Hawkins	War of 1812 - Lt OH Mil
Hawkins	Joseph C	10/9/1818	10/31/1885
Hawkins	Mary Jane	12/2/1839	3/3/1860		B W & Caroline			photo
Hawkins	Nancy (Sellers)	6/4/1789	11/12/1870	John J	Nathan & Sarah Finley Sellers
Hawkins	Nathan B				John J & Nancy Sellers Hawkins
Hawkins	Philip E	7/20/1852	9/10/1853		Benjamin W & C			photo
Hawkins	Sarah	9/28/1822	7/31/1857	J C
Hawkins	Theodore F	11/11/1844	10/1/1845		B W & Caroline			photo
Hughes	John	1832	12/23/1850		Emmeriah & Elizabeth			photo
Manley	Alpharetta	12/18/1858	10/31/1884
Mays	Hannah (Bonnell)	5/5/1824	1/18/1902	Thomas - 1/6/1846	William & Rebecca Bonnel	stone: d 1901	obit	photo 1; photo 2
Mays	Thomas Jefferson	12/2/1818	12/16/1884	Hannah Bonnell	John S & Hannah Redden Mays			photo
Simmons	Avaline (Hawkins)				John J & Nancy Sellers Hawkins
Simmons	Christina A (Hawkins)	9/29/1816	6/30/1863	James				photo 1; photo 2
Simmons	James	7/20/1809	3/22/1873					photo
Simmons	James A P	5/19/1857	2/1/1858		J & C A			photo 1; photo 2
Simmons	Lucinda A	7/28/1852	8/5/1852		J & C A			photo 1; photo 2