William
Stewart HARKINS was born on March 23, 1799, in Pendleton
District, South Carolina, the son of Judge
Walter
HARKINS and Joanna STEWART. He came to Alabama in the late
1810's or early 1820's. About 1828, he was married to
Catherine Lemons MOORE, daughter of
Lewellen MOORE, a noted preacher and elder in the Primitive Baptist
Church. Their home was located approximately 6 miles west of
Fayette on the Leuxapolia River.
William Stewart HARKINS died on December 4, 1853, at the age of 54 and
was buried in
Mt. Vernon Methodist
Cemetery. His wife Katy, as she was called, was left to
manage the estate and raise the children. Sometime in the 1870's,
Katy left Alabama and moved to Lampasas Co., Texas, where some of her
children and brothers lived. She was listed on the 1880 census
living next to her brother, John MOORE. Katy died on May 16,
1895, and was buried in Killeen, Texas.
William
Stewart and Catherine Lemons Moore Harkins had the following children:
1.
Hugh Lewellen HARKINS,
born September 23, 1829.
Died March 17, 1875, in Elgin,
Bastrop Co., Texas. Buried in Hogeye Cemetery. Married
Julia Catherine TURNER.
2.
Elijah Moore HARKINS,
born ca. 1831.
Died in Civil War in Chickamauga,
Georgia. Married
Sarah BOBO.
3.
Julia Ann Elizabeth
HARKINS, born December 6, 1832.
Died August 23, 1908, in Clarendon, Donley Co.,
Texas.
Buried in Citizens Cemetery. Married a
Mr. SHEPHARD.
4.
James Martin HARKINS,
born ca. 1835.
Died in Civil War in Virginia.
Married
Agnes SELF.
5.
John
Thomas HARKINS,
born December 4, 1837.
Died October 4, 1904, in Killeen,
Bell Co., Texas. Buried in Killeen, Texas. Married
Mary
Jane JONES.
6.
William Benton HARKINS,
born September 19, 1840.
Died April 4, 1921, in Fayette,
Alabama. Buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Married
Mary Caroline SMITH.
7.
Biddie Priscilla
HARKINS, born September 2, 1844.
Died January 26, 1924, in Killeen,
Texas. Buried in Killeen, Texas. Married
John R. SMITH.
8.
Walter Worth HARKINS,
born January 19, 1849.
Died May 30, 1922, Fayette,
Alabama. Buried in
Fayette City
Cemetery. Married
Lula
BURRIS.
*Walter's daughter Musa was married to Alabama
senator John Hollis BANKHEAD.