With my family tree on Ancestry.com, I have posted the history of my family from Clay, Coosa, Talladega and Tallapoosa Counties with the following primary surnames: Dunn, Gaddis, Haines, Hancock, Hughes and Todd.

Many of my ancestors were slaves, but I have not been able to confirm the names of their owners. One family to whom my family is that of John and Emily Demaris Hughes Clisby. Their son, George Clinton, had a child with my great-great-grandmother, Hester Haines Hughes, who was a slave to the Clisbys. “Hettie,” as she was called, was also a nurse-midwife and delivered many children in Tallapoosa and Coosa Counties, including several of her grandchildren.

My great-great-grandparents, Henry Hancock and Mary Dunn Hancock, were slaves in Tallapoosa County, Alabama and lived in Hackneyville.

Some of my Todd relatives left Russell County, Alabama following Emancipation. They landed in Hackneyville. They married into the Gaddis and Murray families there. They left about 1915 to go to Birmingham.

My family is huge, so I encourage everyone to review the family history. There just might be a connection -- Black, white or Native American.

Steve Townsend

I have some ancestors from Georgia that were also Hancocks.
My Hancocks were in Crawford County, Roberta Georgia

The woman whom I believe to be my great-great-great-grandmother, Rachael Hancock, appears to have come from Rome, Georgia, Floyd County. Henry Hancock, her son and my great-great-grandfather, reported that he was born in Georgia as were his parents. I am still trying to prove the relationship between Henry and Rachael.

Steve

My patience Hancock had a son named Henry. He was born in crawford county and they were originally the slaves of William hancock and were given to his son Robert on his death in 1851.

Do you have any more information about that Henry Hancock, such as birth date, spouse/children's names, etc.?

Steve

He was born about 1851. My great grandmother was his sister

He was born about 1851. The 1870 census shows him and his family. My great grandmother was my henry's sister.

I was checking some information regarding my ancestor, Samuel Hancock of Tallapossa, Al. and ran accross this posting. Don't know what you have found out the last couple of years but the 1880 Federal Census Slave Schedules for Tallapossa County lists 7 unamed slaves owned by Samuel Hancock. One is a "Mulatto" listed as 20years of age. There is a Henry Hancock listed as 40 years of age on the 1880 census. He is listed as mulatto and born in Georgia. Samuel Hancock and family moved to Tallapossa, Al about 1842. He was my ggg grandfather. Could this be the connection you have been looking for? Will be happy to share any information to see the is any connection.