Household #96: Hancock, Charles

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In the 1900 Barney census, Charles Hancock headed a 3-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

Charles Hancock headed a 3-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner and 1 child.

Charles Hancock's listed occupation was Farmer.

All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.

1900 Census Household

Children and Later Trails

This section is reserved for later-life child evidence. No later spouse, death, burial, obituary, probate, separate household, or descendant-line identification has been added here yet from direct records.

Family Narrative

The 1900 census places Charles Hancock in Barney with wife Nancy and son Emit. That household is the firm anchor for HH#96. The census shows Charles as a farmer renting his place, born in May 1862, unable to read or write, and married for what the enumerator recorded as nineteen years. That marriage length does not fit the direct marriage record, which is more reliable.

The marriage evidence is now clear. A Harris County, Georgia, marriage license was issued on 14 May 1883 for Charles Hancock and "Nannie Grissome", and the return shows the marriage was performed on 15 May 1883. The record appears to use both "Charles Hancock" and "Charlie Hancock", which should be treated as normal name variation rather than a separate identity. This record gives the strongest present basis for identifying Nancy Hancock of the 1900 Barney household with Nannie Grissome of the 1883 marriage.

Later evidence does not yet firmly relocate Charles and Nancy themselves, but it does materially strengthen the track of their son. The 1900 "Emit Hancock", age eighteen, is very likely the same man later recorded as Emmett or Emett Hancock in west-central Georgia. In 1920, Emmett Hancock appears in Big Sandy District, Chattahoochee County, Georgia, age thirty-eight, born in Georgia, with a daughter Mary C. Hancock. In 1930, "Emett Hancock" appears in Tazewell, Marion County, Georgia, age fifty, with wife Etta H. Hancock. In 1940, Emmett Hancock, age fifty-nine and widowed, appears in the Pine Knot district of Chattahoochee County in the household of George Wright, where he is identified as father-in-law. In 1950, Emmett Hancock, age sixty-eight and widowed, appears again in Brantley, Marion County, Georgia. Taken together, these records make it difficult to sustain the older claim that the Hancock household vanished after 1900.

Even so, some points remain unsettled. The present record set does not yet show where Charles and Nancy were in 1910 or 1920, does not yet document their deaths, and does not yet fully prove the link between Emmett Hancock and daughter Mary C. Hancock in 1920 and the later George Wright household beyond the strong circumstantial pattern. A 1910 record for William H. Hancock should not be folded into this household without a direct connection.

Connections to Other Barney Families

The strongest present family continuation for HH#96 runs through son Emit Hancock, who was likely the later Emmett Hancock found in Chattahoochee and Marion counties. The 1940 father-in-law relationship in the George Wright household suggests that Mary C. Hancock of the 1920 household was likely the later Mary Clyde Wright, but that identification still needs direct-record confirmation.

Open Research Questions

• Parentage audit: Keep head-of-household and spouse parentage as unresolved unless a cited direct record names the parents or the entry explains the census chain supporting the identification.
• Child census audit: Continue direct-record tracking for each child named in the 1900 household where later census, marriage, death, burial, obituary, or other parent-link proof is not already cited above.
• Charles Hancock and Nancy Hancock have not yet been located with confidence in 1910 or 1920.
• Charles Hancock's death record and burial place have not yet been documented.
• Nancy/Nannie Hancock's death record and burial place have not yet been documented.
• The likely identification of 1900 "Emit" Hancock with later Emmett/Emett Hancock is strong, but a direct bridging record would still be valuable.
• The likely Mary C. Hancock to Mary Clyde Wright connection still needs direct proof.
• William H. Hancock in a 1910 record remains unproven for this household.

Research Status

Well-researched in its core 1900 household and 1883 marriage framework, with meaningful improvement from later records for the son. The entry is no longer limited to a single census snapshot, but Charles and Nancy themselves still need a clearer later-life record trail before the household can be treated as closed.

Sources

• 1900 U.S. census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Charles Hancock, Nancy Hancock, and Emit Hancock.
• Harris County, Georgia, marriage license for Charles Hancock and "Nannie Grissome," issued 14 May 1883.
• Harris County, Georgia, marriage return for Charles or Charlie Hancock and "Nannie Grissome," married 15 May 1883.
• 1920 U.S. census, Big Sandy district, Chattahoochee County, Georgia, household of Emmett Hancock.
• 1930 U.S. census, Tazewell district, Marion County, Georgia, household of "Emett Hancock" and Etta H. Hancock.
• 1940 U.S. census, Pine Knot district, Chattahoochee County, Georgia, household of George Wright, including father-in-law Emmett Hancock.
• 1950 U.S. census, Brantley, Marion County, Georgia, household including Emmett Hancock.
• Find a Grave search of Brooks County, Georgia, cemeteries for Charles Hancock, Nancy Hancock, and Emmett Hancock produced no confirmed memorials in the present search pass.

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