Husband: Samuel O. HOPKINS
Birthdate: 11 Feb. 1829
Birthplace: Pickens Co., S.C.
Death date: 18 Jan. 1909
Place of death: Rabun Co., Ga.
Burial: Antioch Methodist Church, Rabun Co., Ga.
Father: Benjamin Franklin Hopkins
Mother: Margaret Eaton

Marriage date: 1 Jan. 1865 or 1866
Marriage place: Oconee Co., S.C.

Wife: Elizabeth Moss BRADLEY
Birthdate: about 1845
Birthplace: S. C.
Death date: 22 April 1923
Place of death: Rabun Co., Ga.
Burial: Tiger Cemetery, Tiger, Rabun Co., Ga.
Father: Jefferson Jeptha Bradley
Mother: Serilda Moss

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: MARTIN ALBERT "Mart" HOPKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 26 Oct. 1867
Birthplace: Rabun Co., Ga.
Death date: 9 June 1949
Place of death: State Hospital, Columbia, Richland Co., S.C.
Burial: Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Chedar, Anderson Co., S.C.
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Mary L. Frady

Child No. 2: WILLIAM M. "Bill" HOPKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Jan. 1868
Birthplace: Rabun Co., Ga.
Death date: 30 Oct. 1937
Place of death: Rabun Co., Ga.
Burial: Tiger Cemetery, Tiger, Rabun Co., Ga.
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Elberta "Lizzie" Page

Child No. 3: JOSEPH HOPKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 Oct. 1868 or 1870 see notes
Birthplace: Rabun Co., Ga.
Death date: 5 Jan 1946
Place of death: Macon Co., N.C.
Burial: Wright Cemetery, Macon Co., N. C.
Marriage date: 15 Feb. 1901
Marriage place: Walhalla, Oconee Co., S.C.
Spouse's name: Frances Savannah Wilbanks

Child No. 4: SAMUEL O. HOPKINS, Jr.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 Sept. 1883
Birthplace: Rabun Co., Ga.
Death date: 6 Sept. 1970
Place of death: Macon Co., N.C.
Burial: Bethel United Methodist Church, Macon Co., N.C.
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: probably Rabun Co., S.C.
Spouse's name: Mattie M. Sorrels-see notes
 

Documentation:
NOTES ON SAMUEL O. HOPKINS, Jr.:
Sam may have been married twice. If so, his first wife was Mattie Sorrels and his second wife was Tilly unknown. I belive Mattie and Tilly are the same person and her name was probably Matilda, or Mattie Matilda. He is burried with Mattie M. Hopkins. In the early 1960's he came to South Carolina to see my grandmother and she said his wife was called Tilly.

NOTES ON JOSEPH HOPKINS: His tombstone gives his year of birth as 1868; however, all other records support a birthdate of 1870.
REFERENCES:
1. 1850 Census Eastern Division, Pickens Co., S.C. taken by F. N. Garvin on 8 0CT. 1850.
Hopkins, Benjamin Franklin age 49 W M farming R/E 500 B-SC Hopkins, Margaret 47 W F B-SC Hopkins, James O. Z. 19 W M laborer B-SC
Hopkins, Samuel O. 16 W M laborer B-SC
Hopkins, Joseph C. 14 W M B-SC
2. Samuel O. Hopkins went to Rabun Co., Ga about 1858 and can be found in the 1860 Census, Warwoman Dist., Rabun Co., Ga.
Hopkins, Samuel O. age 27 W M farmer B-SC
3. In July 1862 Samuel enlisted in Co. E, 24 th. Georgia Volunteers of Woffords Brigade of McLaws Division of Longstreet's Corp of Lee's Army of Virginia. He served under Captain J. T. Langston. The 24 th. Ga. Volunteers were known as the Rabun Gap Riflemen. On 19 Oct. 1864, while being transported by rail from Richmond, Va. to Charlotte, N.C., he was taken prisoner at Strausburg by Federal Troops under General Sheridan. He was first located at a POW camp at Harpers Ferry, Va. and then sent to Point Lookout, Md. On March 28 1865 he was sent to Aiken's Landing, Va. for exchange.
On 11 Sept. 1906 Samuel applied for a pension on his Civil War service which was granted.
His wife, Elizabeth was granted a widow's pension after his death.
The records for the above information are located at the Georgia State Archives.
4. A marriage record in Oconee Co., S.C. has not been found. The date of their marriage is from Elizabeth's pension application.
5. 1880 Census, Warwoman Dist., Rabun Co., Ga., taken 25 June 1880 by F. A. Bleckley (Ga. Mimitia Dist 452)
Hopkins, Samuel O. age 46 farmer SC SC SC
Hopkins, Elizabeth M. 35 SC Ga. SC
Hopkins, Martin A. 13 Ga SC Sc
Hopkins, William 12 Ga SC SC
Hopkins, Joseph 10 Ga. SC SC

REFERENCES for Elizabeth Moss Bradley:
1. 1860 Census, Warwoman Dist., Rabun Co., Ga., taken 16 June 1860 by James Bleckley.
Bradley, Jeptha age 35 W M farmer R/E 200 B-SC
Bradley, Serilda 36 W F B-SC
Bradley, James F. 14 W M B-SC
Bradley, Elizabeth M. 12 W F B-SC
Bradley, Mary M. 10 W F B-SC
Bradley, Robert A. 9 W M B-SC
Bradley, G. B. 7 W M B-Ga.
Bradley, Darcus M. 6 W F B-Ga.
Bradley, Jeptha A. 4 W M B-Ga.
Bradley, George P. 3 W M B-Ga.
Bradley, Martin A. 1 W M B-Ga.