It’s Family Time~Hawley Rivers

Sometimes research is simple; at other times it’s very complex. Such is the case here.  Not much is known of Hawley Rivers, her marriage and the birth of her children. What I have been able to find is presented here. Two things are certain; she led a difficult life and she was a very resourceful woman.

Hawley Rivers was born about 1815, a daughter of William Rivers and Elizabeth “Betsy” Rivers.

Hawley Rivers and Robert Rivers were married about 1834 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Robert Rivers, son of Isaac Rivers and Nancy Parker, was born (date unknown).

Robert Rivers and Hawley Rivers had the following children:

        i.    William Rivers was born in 1835 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
        ii.    Nancy Rivers died before 1850. She was born in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

In 1880, Hawley age 66, is enumerated within the Household of Michael Davis. This may seem illogical until you realized the Michael wife’s Hulda is the sister of Hawley Rivers.

The exact date of Hawley's passing is unknown but is believed to be sometime in the mid-1880s. No tombstone or grave has been found for Hawley Rivers. 

Hawley Rivers is my 3rd Great Grand Aunt.













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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 179B, Line 29, Dwelling/Family 1244/1244, Household of Hawley Rivers; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 August 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 126, Line 32, Dwelling 460, Family 460, Household of George A. PARKER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 27 July 2015); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
3. 1860 Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 126, line 37, Poor House Household, dwelling 460, family 460;, Hawley Rivers; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 1217.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #5, Page 316B, Line 28, Dwelling 129, Family 129, Household of Michael DAVIS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 21 July 2011); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225.