Posted By:	Connie Stringer
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	Subject:	Hewitt book available on-line
	Post Date:	October 04, 2006 at 08:49:25
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	Forum:	Gordon County, GA Genealogy Forum
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One Hewitt family book was researched and written by Dr. Norma L. Tompkins and published in 1992. It can now be found in its entirety on-line at BYU. www.lib.byu.edu/fhc When you reach the website, just put in the last name of the author under search. Three books will be listed. Choose the book titled—HEWITT -- Three Hundred Years from Jamestowne to Wyatt Switch. On October 1, 2006, I spoke to Dr. Tompkins who lives in Dallas, Texas. She told me about her research and the time she traveled to Tennessee and Georgia where she met a descendant of James Hewitt and Elizabeth Allen who took her to Walker County, Georgia. (Walker County is near Gordon County, Georgia, where James Hewitt and his family settled.) After speaking to Dr. Tompkins, I called the descendant she had discussed with me. The descendant told me Dr. W. G. Hewatt, a professor at Texas Christian University, had contacted Robert Hewitt of Lafayette, Georgia many years ago when he was compiling Hewitt family information. (Dr. Hewatt died in 1980.) This descendant went on to say most of the information about the Hewitts came from Robert Hewitt. FYI: Robert Hewitt is the oldest living grand-child of Caleb Hewitt and the uncle of the person I spoke to on Sunday. It has been said to me that “If anyone knows anything about the Hewitts, it would be Robert Hewitt.” One month ago, I talked to Robert Hewitt’s sister-in-law, who made that same statement. Evidently, Robert was interested in his family’s history and had kept records. Robert is now very ill and in the hospital. His wife died recently, and now, he is near death himself. Dr. Tompkins’ book is very informative. It gives the answers some of us were seeking in regard to James Hewitt who moved to Gordon County, Georgia. Based on Dr. Tompkins’ research, James Hewitt was married at least two times. The following information is taken from Dr. Tompkins book. I have included a few extras of my own based on interviews I’ve conducted. JAMES HEWITT, b. abt. 1790 in Spartanburg, married at least two times. He married (1)--Ms. Cowan, abt. 1810-- She was the daughter of James Cowan of Spartanburg and grand-daughter of Andrew Cowan. Their children: Cowan Landon/Landy; William B.; Sealy/Letty; and Massey FYI: Sealy was AKA Letty, and one Hewitt researcher in Gordon County, Georgia told me that Letty’s name was Lottie because her name was actually Charlotte. (Therefore, her full name was Sealy Charlotte Hewitt.) This information was supplied to him by Robert Hewitt, grandson of Caleb Hewitt, who was the son of James Hewitt and Elizabeth Allen Hewitt. JAMES HEWITT, married (2) Elizabeth Allen, sometime between 1822-1823—She was the daughter of John Allen of Spartanburg. Their children: James Allen, Caleb, Veny, Cassander, and Catherine. Cassander Hewitt Cox made an application to the federal government for a bounty of land because her father, James Hewitt, served in the War of 1812. In that application, someone had written what appears to be these words: “Her mother was Osheals.” I am not sure if the word is actually, “Her.” It is difficult to read. This revelation of her mother as an Osheals may or may not be true. Perhaps James Hewitt married a third time. Whatever the case may be, it is clear that James Hewitt married at least two times and had four children with his first wife and five children with his second wife; thereby, connecting the children only through the father’s side of the family.