father left him executor of his estate when he died Jan., 1762. He married Nancy Wilson, who was born on the eastern shore of Maryland, as was he himself. They emigrated to North Carolina, Onslow Co., where their son Thomas was born Jan., 1768. In a few years he moved to Montgomery Co. and settled a few miles from the mouth of the Yadkin River. He was possessed of good property at the outbreak of the war of the Revolution, and having taken the oath of allegiance to the king, he would not espouse the cause of the Colonists, but he refused to bear arms against them. Hence he fared badly at the hands of both parties and between the two, lost most of his property. He died 1800.

Besides the son Thomas, born 1768, he had eleven other children, viz: George, Nancy, Rachel, William, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Abner, Edmond, Howell, Stephen, Drewry, and John W. Thomas, the elder son, went to Virginia in 1786 and married Rachel Drewry, who was born 1767. They had nine children, but I cannot give their names in order. They are: Thomas D., William R., John and Ebenezer (twins), Nancy, Wilson, Mary, Brunetta, and Aquilla. They were a poor couple and had to work hard for a living. They became parents of two sons in succession, and then of twin sons, John and Ebenezer. Until nearly grown there was a striking parallel, so to speak, between the twins. When one got sick, the other became sick at the same time and both recovered at the same time, Thomas Hearne had few facilities for educating his children. About 1810 he emigrated from North Carolina to Wilson Co., Tenn., and he and wife both died there 1852.

EBENEZER, son of Thomas and Rachel Drewry Hearne, was born Sept. 25, 1794, and died Dec. 24, 1862 married Mary Walker, 1822, who was born 1800. In 1813 he enlisted in the army and served in the Creek War under Gen. Andrew Jackson. Prior to and for sometime after the war he had strong impressions that he should enter the ministry. In 1816 he was admitted by the Tennessee Annual Conference into the itinery of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was assigned to the Duck River Circuit Apr., 1818. He was sent to Alabama to form societies and circuits. 1820 he was transferred to the Mississippi Conference, and 1823 to Louisiana, and later sent back to Alabama, where he labored the rest of his life, in various and important positions, most of the time as Presiding

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