Hatcher of Virginia and Wilkinson County, Georgia

John Hatcher was born 1750 in Henrico County Parish, Virginia and served as a Major during the Revolutionary War in Colonel William Candlers Regiment for which he received bounty lands of 187-1/2 acres in Washington County in 1785. He was married ca 1772 in Virginia to Mary Brady and they came to Wilkinson County in 1810 where he died and was buried in the old family cemetery on his plantation in the Passmore District. A deed in Wilkinson County Deed Book A, page 619, of John Hatcher, Sr. of Wilkinson County, for love and affection, deeded Crawford County land to “my grandchildren”, viz: Jeremiah B. Hatcher, Nancy L. Hatcher, Polly Hatcher, Robert Hatcher, John Hatcher, Amanda Hatcher, Henry Hatcher, Cicero Hatcher, Elizabeth Hatcher, Narcissa F. Hatcher and Obedience B. Hatcher, the children of John Hatcher, Jr. and Peggy Hatcher. Date: 10 April 1835. Issue:

• Jerry Hatcher, died May 1806 in Wilkinson County, died in a hunting accident.[1]
• Reuben Hatcher, married May Kemp on 25 December 1826 in Wilkinson County.
• Obedience Hatcher married Ezekiel McMichael on 22 May 1822.
• Jane Elizabeth Hatcher married Mr. Thorp.
• Willie E. Hatcher married Mitchell.
• Susan Hatcher.
• John Hatcher, Jr. married Margaret (born 1800 in Georgia). His LWT was dated 1849 in Crawford County. Issue:

  1. Jeremiah B. Hatcher.
  2. Nancy L. Hatcher.
  3. Polly Natcher.
  4. Robert Hatcher.
  5. John Hatcher.
  6. Amanda Hatcher.
  7. Henry Hatcher.
  8. Cicero Hatcher.
  9. Elizabeth Hatcher.
  10. Narcissa F. Hatcher.
  11. Obedience B. Hatcher.

• Robert Hatcher, removed to Randolph County.
• William Green Hatcher, married Elizabeth Webb of Hancock County and resided in Wilkinson County, later Crawford County about 1832. He was accidentally killed by a run-way horse in 1839. Issue:[2]

1. Jerry B. Hatcher.
2. Cicero R. Hatcher.
3. John Hatcher.
4. Sidney Hatcher.
5. William Hatcher.

Marker is located near the site of the old plantation.


Major John Hatcher, buried in Wilkinson County.

Sources: [1] The Augusta Chronicle dated 10 May 1806. [2] All of the sons of William Green Hatcher served as Confederates during the War Between the States; History of Wilkinson County, pp. 542-543.