Hanson Melvin Woodcock

  General Notes:

(Hanson M. 18 at home with father and step-mother.)
1860 Federal Census - Colvin's Creek Township, New Hanover County, NC.
John B. 54 farmer VRE $300., VPE $400.
Elizabeth 25
Flora A. 20
Hanson M. 18
Richmond D. 17
Ann 14
Nelson T. 13
Thomas H. 2
Franklin V. 1

Civil War Record
Name: Hanson M Woodcock
Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 15 March 1862
Distinguished Service: Distinguished Service
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: North Carolina
Unit Numbers: 158 158 S
ervice Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 March 1862 at the age of 19
Enlisted in Company A, 51st Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 19 April 1862.
Sick on 15 January 1863 (Estimated day)
Received a disability discharge Company A, 51st Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 06 February 1863

1870 Federal Census - New Hanover County, NC.
Hanson M. 24
Nelson 23
Richmond D. 22
Mary Boswell 34, housekeeper.
(Sons by first wife living together after father remarried.)

1880 Federal Census - Caswell Township, New Hanover County, NC
H.M. 39 Cooper
Melissa J. 24 Wife
H.J. 7 dau.
A.E. 5 dau.,
Judson 3 son
Jessie 10 mos.

Another 5 children are born prior to Melissa's death.

1885
Land Bank of Columbia
Abstract of Deeds
Hanson M. Woodcock & wife Melissa Woodcock
to
George W. Horrell
Kind of conveyance: Warranty Deed
Date of Conveyance: Jan. 5, 1875
Date of Filing for Record: Sept. 23 1885
Book "I" Page 201

June 10, 1898 - Melissa Jane dies.

1900 Federal Census - Caswell Township, Pender County, NC.
Census taken on 14 June, 1900 Enumerator: Eli Larkins
Hanson M. Widow 55
Hattie J. 23
Juddie 22
Jessie 19
Florence 16
Alford W. 14
Neal M. 13
Raymond 9
Mary 7

Hanson is a farmer. He owns his home and farm, free of mortgage. He is a widower at this time as his wife Melissa Jane Barnhill has died (1898). Hanson cannot read or write. Eight children are at home with him. The two oldest sons are farm laborers. The children can read and write. The four youngest children are in school.

1902 Voters Registration - Caswell Township, Pender County, NC.
Hanson M. 40 descended from John B. Woodcock who voted in NC.

Hanson, according to the census records, cannot read or write.

1910 Federal Census, Atkinson, Pender County, NC
Enumerated on April 18
Hanson M. Woodcock 68 Widowed
Mary 17 Daughter
Alf 24 Son

Hanson is a widower shown with 2 of his children.

Alf is a Blacksmith by trade. Mary keeps house

Hanson married Melissa Jane Barnhill, daughter of Griffith W. Barnhill and Eliza Jane Henry, on 28 May 1872 in New Hanover County, NC. (Melissa Jane Barnhill was born on 23 Oct 1854 in New Hanover County, NC, died on 10 Jun 1898 in Pender County, NC and was buried in Jun 1898 in Woodcock Cem., Atkinson, Pender County, NC.)