Hatfield was with Mexia at Tampico, and came to Westover's Company with Allen's men. LOMR for Westover's Command and the several versions of the T&TR roster of men all agree that he was a victim of the massacre of March 27, 1836. It appears from the files of the General Land Office that bounty, and donation certificates were issued by Commission of Claims to heirs of William Hatfield, he having "Fallen with Fannin."
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Hawkins' pay as corporal in Duval's Company from Dec. 5, 1835 to March 27, 1836, was drawn by Littleberry Hawkins as his administrator. [CMSR No. 9058, State Library.] From an article by E. L. Hawes, San Antonio Express, Oct. 20, 1935, it seems that Hawkins' full name was Norborne Botetourt Nicholas Hawkins, and that he was a son of Joseph H. Hawkins, Stephen F. Austin's partner in his Texas venture, and grandson of Col. George Nicholas, Attorney General of Kentucky,
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