Oliver Perry HOPKINS, Sr.

1821 - 1897  (75 years)

• Name	Oliver Perry HOPKINS  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	21 Nov 1821	Madison County, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 May 1897	Madison County, GA   [1]
  Burial	Danielsville City Cemetery, Madison County, GA   [2]
  Person ID	I5552	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Dennis HOPKINS,   b. 1797, Elbert County, GA d. Sep 1823, Madison County, GA (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret PATTEN,   b. 1798, Madison County, GA d. Aft 1870, Madison County, GA (Age > 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Feb 1816	Madison County, GA   [1]
  Family ID	F5965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary M JOHNSON,   b. 9 Apr 1834, Jackson County, GA d. 1 Mar 1912 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1860	Madison County, GA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. William Henry HOPKINS,   b. 1861   d. 1907, Madison County, GA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Reuben Dillmus HOPKINS,   b. Nov 1864, Madison County, GA d. 1942 (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Alice Elizabeth HOPKINS,   b. 5 Jul 1867, Madison County, GA d. 17 Oct 1922, Madison County, GA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. Margaret J HOPKINS,   b. 16 Sep 1869, Madison County, GA d. 29 Feb 1912 (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]   5. E E HOPKINS,   b. 1871, Madison County, GA  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Ann BIRD,   b. 1829, Madison County, GA d. Bef 1860 (Age < 30 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1845	Madison County, GA   [1]
  Children	1. John W HOPKINS,   b. 23 Oct 1846, Jackson, Georgia, United States  [Father: natural]   2. Josiah Dennis HOPKINS,   b. 1 Dec 1849   d. 15 Mar 1941 (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]   3. James L HOPKINS,   b. 1 Dec 1849  [Father: natural] + 4. Martha Cora HOPKINS,   b. 27 Sep 1852, Madison County, GA d. 4 Mar 1930, Madison County, GA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Oliver Perry HOPKINS, Jr.,   b. 21 Dec 1857, Madison County, GA d. 29 Apr 1920, Covington, Newton County, GA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F3916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  OLIVER P HOPKINS, SR: 1865 Amnesty Oath - fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 5'7", age 43, farmer. - reference research of William Kerr. ----------------------------- O.P. Hopkins, Sr. was a Private in Co.D, 3rd Georgia Infantry, CSA (State Guards)in 1863 for 6 mos. He reinlisted in February 1864 with the rank of Corporal. In 1865 he took an Oath of Amnesty. He served two terms as Sheriff of Madison Co., GA (1877-78 and 1881-82). In 1890 Georgia Property Digest for Madison County shows him as a farmer in GMD 383, owner of a 300 acre farm valued at $600. He died in 1897 at the age of 76 and was buried at the Old Danielsville Presbyterian Church, Madison County, GA. His widow, Mary M. Hopkins received an annual Confederate Widow's pension of $60, 1911-1912. She died in March 1912. Reference, research of Timothy S. Hopkins, great-great-grandson of Oliver P. Hopkins, Sr. Died at age 75 years, 5 months, 26 days.

  
  

• Sources

  [S261] COMPTON'S PLACE OF GEORGIA CONNECTIONS, Research of William Compton Kerr GA, Joyce Compton, et al. [S261] COMPTON'S PLACE OF GEORGIA CONNECTIONS, Research of William Compton Kerr GA, Joyce Compton, et al, p44.