Wife of Francis T Hawks, Daughter of Hon Judge Manly of NC.
Hawks - On the 22d instant, at Nihil, Prince George's county, Md, the residence of the late Mrs E Gaston Graham, HANNAH GASTON HAWKS, wife of Francis T Hawks and daughter of M E Manly, of North Carolina.
sources: The Baltimore Sun, Saturday April 25, 1874
also Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, Virginia, Saturday, April 25, 1874 - Page 2
Name Hannah Gaston Hawks
Spouse Francis T Hawks
Father Manly
Death Maryland 22 Apr 1874
Vital Maryland 22 Apr 1874
Publication 28 Apr 1874 New York
Historical Correspondence Donated to Tryon Palace Collection
This certificate was awarded to Hannah M. Gaston on July 1, 1823 for excellence and “successful exertions” in the subject of Geography. Hannah was one of two daughters born to William Gaston and his second wife, Hannah McClure.
Historical documents donated to the Tryon Palace Collection paint an intimate portrait of Judge William J. Gaston (1778-1844) and his descendants, including those who share lineage with Palace architect John Hawks (1731-1790). These documents are now available for the first time as valuable research tools, offering vast new opportunities for exploration of this significant New Bern and North Carolina figure.
Donated by a direct descendant of Judge Gaston and John Hawks, this collection sheds light on the private lives and historical legacies of William Gaston and his family. Born in New Bern, Gaston is best known for his service as a U.S. Senator and Supreme Court judge, but he is further recognized for his time as a North Carolina legislator and New Bern lawyer. His father, Alexander Gaston, described in the collection as an “Irish gentleman of letters,” was a noted New Bern physician, and his mother, Margaret Sharpe, was an English immigrant from a family of devout Catholics.
The collection includes descriptive accounts of Alexander and Margaret Gaston, a manuscript diagram of the family line, handwritten and typescript narratives of the family’s history, and late 19th and early 20th century correspondence between Gaston descendants.
The bulk of the collection consists of nearly 150 letters exchanged between William Gaston and his youngest daughter Catherine Jane. Gaston split his time between his family and law practice in New Bern and his public responsibilities in Raleigh, serving a total of four terms in the North Carolina Senate, seven terms in the North Carolina House of Commons, and 11 years as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. As a result, many of the letters are written while young “Kate” was studying at the Ladies Academy of the Visitation in Georgetown or at home in New Bern and while Judge Gaston was temporarily residing in Raleigh. The letters span 1827 to literally days before his death in January 1844.
The letters chronicle a young girl’s transition into adulthood and an attentive father who conveys his values and seeks to shape his daughter’s character. Though this collection corresponds with other manuscripts related to the career of Judge Gaston, it provides an intimate picture previously unknown to scholars.
Tryon Palace is pleased to help realize the donor’s wish that these letters and the other Gaston and Hawks family materials be preserved and made publicly accessible.
Submitted by: Craig Ramey, Marketing and Communications, Manager, Tryon Palace
Nihil, 13100 Dille Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Description
All that remains of the site of Nihil is a wooded knoll which has been graded on both sides. On lower ground to the northeast are the County Detention Center and DWI facility; on lower ground to the southwest is the County Police automobile storage lot. Grading, construction and extension of the auto lots have obliterated the contours of the terraced gardens, and the house foundations have been buried in dense undergrowth at the top of the remaining knoll. The house at Nihil consisted of a mid- nineteenth century frame main block attached to a lower brick wing. It was demolished in March 1968, after the property was purchased by the County for use as a government complex. Two more buildings on the property stood for another decade: a gable-roof tobacco barn with attached shed, and a one-and-one-half story frame tenant house with board-and-batten siding. Both of these buildings have been demolished since 1978.
Significance
The house at Nihil was a good example of the side-hall-
and-double parlor plantation house popular in mid-nineteenth century in Prince George's County. It was demolished, however, before the 1974 Survey of Historic Resources, and only a tenant house and a tobacco barn were identified in the course of that survey. Both of those buildings have since been destroyed, and the land is dominated by automobile storage lots on the west, and the County Detention Center on the east. The house at Nihil was built by George Graham in the 1840's; it stood on land which Graham had inherited from his brother, a short distance west of Upper Marlboro. During the second half of the nineteenth century, Nihil was one of the prominent social centers of the Marlborough area. The Grahams were
wealthy and politically prominent, and were members and benefactors of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marlborough. Part of the Nihil land was deeded to the church to serve as the parsonage property, and as Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Nthil passed at the end of the nineteenth century to a great-nephew of the Grahams, and in this century to the Dille family. Recent construction of the County Detention Center and extension of the Police automobile lots have substantially altered the site. The foundations of the mansion are no longer visible, and the contours of the terraced gardens have been destroyed. Although the Nihil farmstead was an important part of the historic Marlboro area, virtually nothing remains of it today.
Acreage: 132.69 acres
The house at Nihil was built by George Graham; it stood on land (part of Brooke Grove and Beall •s Chance) which Graham had inherited from his brother, a short distance west of Upper Marlboro. The brick section may have been standing before George Graham inherited the land; the frame main
block was probably built by George Graham shortly after his marriage to Eliza Gaston in 1842. George and Eliza Gaston Graham were living in the house by 1850.
After this time, Nihil became one of the prominent social centers of the Marlborough area. The Grahams were wealthy and politically prominent, and were members and benefactors of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marlborough. George W. Graham died in 1863, and his widow continued to live at Nihil. In 1872 she deeded seven acres of Nihil land to the Order
of the Carmelites of the Catholic Church; this land on the north side of Washington-Marlborough Turnpike came to be the St. Mary's Church parsonage.
In 1874, Mrs. Graham deeded two more acres on the south side of the pike to St. Mary's Church for a burial ground; it is today known as Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
After Eliza Graham's death in 1874, , Nihil passed to her sister, Kate Gaston, and subsequently to their great-nephew, William Gaston Hawkes, who had been raised at Nihil by his two great-aunts. The house had been vacant for several years before its demolition in 1968.
Hawks - On the 22d instant, at Nihil, Prince George's county, Md, the residence of the late Mrs E Gaston Graham, HANNAH GASTON HAWKS, wife of Francis T Hawks and daughter of M E Manly, of North Carolina.
sources: The Baltimore Sun, Saturday April 25, 1874
also Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, Virginia, Saturday, April 25, 1874 - Page 2
Name Hannah Gaston Hawks
Spouse Francis T Hawks
Father Manly
Death Maryland 22 Apr 1874
Vital Maryland 22 Apr 1874
Publication 28 Apr 1874 New York
Historical Correspondence Donated to Tryon Palace Collection
This certificate was awarded to Hannah M. Gaston on July 1, 1823 for excellence and “successful exertions” in the subject of Geography. Hannah was one of two daughters born to William Gaston and his second wife, Hannah McClure.
Historical documents donated to the Tryon Palace Collection paint an intimate portrait of Judge William J. Gaston (1778-1844) and his descendants, including those who share lineage with Palace architect John Hawks (1731-1790). These documents are now available for the first time as valuable research tools, offering vast new opportunities for exploration of this significant New Bern and North Carolina figure.
Donated by a direct descendant of Judge Gaston and John Hawks, this collection sheds light on the private lives and historical legacies of William Gaston and his family. Born in New Bern, Gaston is best known for his service as a U.S. Senator and Supreme Court judge, but he is further recognized for his time as a North Carolina legislator and New Bern lawyer. His father, Alexander Gaston, described in the collection as an “Irish gentleman of letters,” was a noted New Bern physician, and his mother, Margaret Sharpe, was an English immigrant from a family of devout Catholics.
The collection includes descriptive accounts of Alexander and Margaret Gaston, a manuscript diagram of the family line, handwritten and typescript narratives of the family’s history, and late 19th and early 20th century correspondence between Gaston descendants.
The bulk of the collection consists of nearly 150 letters exchanged between William Gaston and his youngest daughter Catherine Jane. Gaston split his time between his family and law practice in New Bern and his public responsibilities in Raleigh, serving a total of four terms in the North Carolina Senate, seven terms in the North Carolina House of Commons, and 11 years as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. As a result, many of the letters are written while young “Kate” was studying at the Ladies Academy of the Visitation in Georgetown or at home in New Bern and while Judge Gaston was temporarily residing in Raleigh. The letters span 1827 to literally days before his death in January 1844.
The letters chronicle a young girl’s transition into adulthood and an attentive father who conveys his values and seeks to shape his daughter’s character. Though this collection corresponds with other manuscripts related to the career of Judge Gaston, it provides an intimate picture previously unknown to scholars.
Tryon Palace is pleased to help realize the donor’s wish that these letters and the other Gaston and Hawks family materials be preserved and made publicly accessible.
Submitted by: Craig Ramey, Marketing and Communications, Manager, Tryon Palace
Nihil, 13100 Dille Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Description
All that remains of the site of Nihil is a wooded knoll which has been graded on both sides. On lower ground to the northeast are the County Detention Center and DWI facility; on lower ground to the southwest is the County Police automobile storage lot. Grading, construction and extension of the auto lots have obliterated the contours of the terraced gardens, and the house foundations have been buried in dense undergrowth at the top of the remaining knoll. The house at Nihil consisted of a mid- nineteenth century frame main block attached to a lower brick wing. It was demolished in March 1968, after the property was purchased by the County for use as a government complex. Two more buildings on the property stood for another decade: a gable-roof tobacco barn with attached shed, and a one-and-one-half story frame tenant house with board-and-batten siding. Both of these buildings have been demolished since 1978.
Significance
The house at Nihil was a good example of the side-hall-
and-double parlor plantation house popular in mid-nineteenth century in Prince George's County. It was demolished, however, before the 1974 Survey of Historic Resources, and only a tenant house and a tobacco barn were identified in the course of that survey. Both of those buildings have since been destroyed, and the land is dominated by automobile storage lots on the west, and the County Detention Center on the east. The house at Nihil was built by George Graham in the 1840's; it stood on land which Graham had inherited from his brother, a short distance west of Upper Marlboro. During the second half of the nineteenth century, Nihil was one of the prominent social centers of the Marlborough area. The Grahams were
wealthy and politically prominent, and were members and benefactors of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marlborough. Part of the Nihil land was deeded to the church to serve as the parsonage property, and as Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Nthil passed at the end of the nineteenth century to a great-nephew of the Grahams, and in this century to the Dille family. Recent construction of the County Detention Center and extension of the Police automobile lots have substantially altered the site. The foundations of the mansion are no longer visible, and the contours of the terraced gardens have been destroyed. Although the Nihil farmstead was an important part of the historic Marlboro area, virtually nothing remains of it today.
Acreage: 132.69 acres
The house at Nihil was built by George Graham; it stood on land (part of Brooke Grove and Beall •s Chance) which Graham had inherited from his brother, a short distance west of Upper Marlboro. The brick section may have been standing before George Graham inherited the land; the frame main
block was probably built by George Graham shortly after his marriage to Eliza Gaston in 1842. George and Eliza Gaston Graham were living in the house by 1850.
After this time, Nihil became one of the prominent social centers of the Marlborough area. The Grahams were wealthy and politically prominent, and were members and benefactors of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marlborough. George W. Graham died in 1863, and his widow continued to live at Nihil. In 1872 she deeded seven acres of Nihil land to the Order
of the Carmelites of the Catholic Church; this land on the north side of Washington-Marlborough Turnpike came to be the St. Mary's Church parsonage.
In 1874, Mrs. Graham deeded two more acres on the south side of the pike to St. Mary's Church for a burial ground; it is today known as Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
After Eliza Graham's death in 1874, , Nihil passed to her sister, Kate Gaston, and subsequently to their great-nephew, William Gaston Hawkes, who had been raised at Nihil by his two great-aunts. The house had been vacant for several years before its demolition in 1968.
Wife of Francis T Hawks, Daughter of Hon Judge Manly of NC.
Hawks - On the 22d instant, at Nihil, Prince George's county, Md, the residence of the late Mrs E Gaston Graham, HANNAH GASTON HAWKS, wife of Francis T Hawks and daughter of M E Manly, of North Carolina.
sources: The Baltimore Sun, Saturday April 25, 1874
also Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, Virginia, Saturday, April 25, 1874 - Page 2
Name Hannah Gaston Hawks
Spouse Francis T Hawks
Father Manly
Death Maryland 22 Apr 1874
Vital Maryland 22 Apr 1874
Publication 28 Apr 1874 New York
Historical Correspondence Donated to Tryon Palace Collection
This certificate was awarded to Hannah M. Gaston on July 1, 1823 for excellence and “successful exertions” in the subject of Geography. Hannah was one of two daughters born to William Gaston and his second wife, Hannah McClure.
Historical documents donated to the Tryon Palace Collection paint an intimate portrait of Judge William J. Gaston (1778-1844) and his descendants, including those who share lineage with Palace architect John Hawks (1731-1790). These documents are now available for the first time as valuable research tools, offering vast new opportunities for exploration of this significant New Bern and North Carolina figure.
Donated by a direct descendant of Judge Gaston and John Hawks, this collection sheds light on the private lives and historical legacies of William Gaston and his family. Born in New Bern, Gaston is best known for his service as a U.S. Senator and Supreme Court judge, but he is further recognized for his time as a North Carolina legislator and New Bern lawyer. His father, Alexander Gaston, described in the collection as an “Irish gentleman of letters,” was a noted New Bern physician, and his mother, Margaret Sharpe, was an English immigrant from a family of devout Catholics.
The collection includes descriptive accounts of Alexander and Margaret Gaston, a manuscript diagram of the family line, handwritten and typescript narratives of the family’s history, and late 19th and early 20th century correspondence between Gaston descendants.
The bulk of the collection consists of nearly 150 letters exchanged between William Gaston and his youngest daughter Catherine Jane. Gaston split his time between his family and law practice in New Bern and his public responsibilities in Raleigh, serving a total of four terms in the North Carolina Senate, seven terms in the North Carolina House of Commons, and 11 years as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. As a result, many of the letters are written while young “Kate” was studying at the Ladies Academy of the Visitation in Georgetown or at home in New Bern and while Judge Gaston was temporarily residing in Raleigh. The letters span 1827 to literally days before his death in January 1844.
The letters chronicle a young girl’s transition into adulthood and an attentive father who conveys his values and seeks to shape his daughter’s character. Though this collection corresponds with other manuscripts related to the career of Judge Gaston, it provides an intimate picture previously unknown to scholars.
Tryon Palace is pleased to help realize the donor’s wish that these letters and the other Gaston and Hawks family materials be preserved and made publicly accessible.
Submitted by: Craig Ramey, Marketing and Communications, Manager, Tryon Palace
Nihil, 13100 Dille Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Description
All that remains of the site of Nihil is a wooded knoll which has been graded on both sides. On lower ground to the northeast are the County Detention Center and DWI facility; on lower ground to the southwest is the County Police automobile storage lot. Grading, construction and extension of the auto lots have obliterated the contours of the terraced gardens, and the house foundations have been buried in dense undergrowth at the top of the remaining knoll. The house at Nihil consisted of a mid- nineteenth century frame main block attached to a lower brick wing. It was demolished in March 1968, after the property was purchased by the County for use as a government complex. Two more buildings on the property stood for another decade: a gable-roof tobacco barn with attached shed, and a one-and-one-half story frame tenant house with board-and-batten siding. Both of these buildings have been demolished since 1978.
Significance
The house at Nihil was a good example of the side-hall-
and-double parlor plantation house popular in mid-nineteenth century in Prince George's County. It was demolished, however, before the 1974 Survey of Historic Resources, and only a tenant house and a tobacco barn were identified in the course of that survey. Both of those buildings have since been destroyed, and the land is dominated by automobile storage lots on the west, and the County Detention Center on the east. The house at Nihil was built by George Graham in the 1840's; it stood on land which Graham had inherited from his brother, a short distance west of Upper Marlboro. During the second half of the nineteenth century, Nihil was one of the prominent social centers of the Marlborough area. The Grahams were
wealthy and politically prominent, and were members and benefactors of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marlborough. Part of the Nihil land was deeded to the church to serve as the parsonage property, and as Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Nthil passed at the end of the nineteenth century to a great-nephew of the Grahams, and in this century to the Dille family. Recent construction of the County Detention Center and extension of the Police automobile lots have substantially altered the site. The foundations of the mansion are no longer visible, and the contours of the terraced gardens have been destroyed. Although the Nihil farmstead was an important part of the historic Marlboro area, virtually nothing remains of it today.
Acreage: 132.69 acres
The house at Nihil was built by George Graham; it stood on land (part of Brooke Grove and Beall •s Chance) which Graham had inherited from his brother, a short distance west of Upper Marlboro. The brick section may have been standing before George Graham inherited the land; the frame main
block was probably built by George Graham shortly after his marriage to Eliza Gaston in 1842. George and Eliza Gaston Graham were living in the house by 1850.
After this time, Nihil became one of the prominent social centers of the Marlborough area. The Grahams were wealthy and politically prominent, and were members and benefactors of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marlborough. George W. Graham died in 1863, and his widow continued to live at Nihil. In 1872 she deeded seven acres of Nihil land to the Order
of the Carmelites of the Catholic Church; this land on the north side of Washington-Marlborough Turnpike came to be the St. Mary's Church parsonage.
In 1874, Mrs. Graham deeded two more acres on the south side of the pike to St. Mary's Church for a burial ground; it is today known as Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
After Eliza Graham's death in 1874, , Nihil passed to her sister, Kate Gaston, and subsequently to their great-nephew, William Gaston Hawkes, who had been raised at Nihil by his two great-aunts. The house had been vacant for several years before its demolition in 1968.
Hawks - On the 22d instant, at Nihil, Prince George's county, Md, the residence of the late Mrs E Gaston Graham, HANNAH GASTON HAWKS, wife of Francis T Hawks and daughter of M E Manly, of North Carolina.
sources: The Baltimore Sun, Saturday April 25, 1874
also Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, Virginia, Saturday, April 25, 1874 - Page 2
Name Hannah Gaston Hawks
Spouse Francis T Hawks
Father Manly
Death Maryland 22 Apr 1874
Vital Maryland 22 Apr 1874
Publication 28 Apr 1874 New York
Historical Correspondence Donated to Tryon Palace Collection
This certificate was awarded to Hannah M. Gaston on July 1, 1823 for excellence and “successful exertions” in the subject of Geography. Hannah was one of two daughters born to William Gaston and his second wife, Hannah McClure.
Historical documents donated to the Tryon Palace Collection paint an intimate portrait of Judge William J. Gaston (1778-1844) and his descendants, including those who share lineage with Palace architect John Hawks (1731-1790). These documents are now available for the first time as valuable research tools, offering vast new opportunities for exploration of this significant New Bern and North Carolina figure.
Donated by a direct descendant of Judge Gaston and John Hawks, this collection sheds light on the private lives and historical legacies of William Gaston and his family. Born in New Bern, Gaston is best known for his service as a U.S. Senator and Supreme Court judge, but he is further recognized for his time as a North Carolina legislator and New Bern lawyer. His father, Alexander Gaston, described in the collection as an “Irish gentleman of letters,” was a noted New Bern physician, and his mother, Margaret Sharpe, was an English immigrant from a family of devout Catholics.
The collection includes descriptive accounts of Alexander and Margaret Gaston, a manuscript diagram of the family line, handwritten and typescript narratives of the family’s history, and late 19th and early 20th century correspondence between Gaston descendants.
The bulk of the collection consists of nearly 150 letters exchanged between William Gaston and his youngest daughter Catherine Jane. Gaston split his time between his family and law practice in New Bern and his public responsibilities in Raleigh, serving a total of four terms in the North Carolina Senate, seven terms in the North Carolina House of Commons, and 11 years as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. As a result, many of the letters are written while young “Kate” was studying at the Ladies Academy of the Visitation in Georgetown or at home in New Bern and while Judge Gaston was temporarily residing in Raleigh. The letters span 1827 to literally days before his death in January 1844.
The letters chronicle a young girl’s transition into adulthood and an attentive father who conveys his values and seeks to shape his daughter’s character. Though this collection corresponds with other manuscripts related to the career of Judge Gaston, it provides an intimate picture previously unknown to scholars.
Tryon Palace is pleased to help realize the donor’s wish that these letters and the other Gaston and Hawks family materials be preserved and made publicly accessible.
Submitted by: Craig Ramey, Marketing and Communications, Manager, Tryon Palace
Nihil, 13100 Dille Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Description
All that remains of the site of Nihil is a wooded knoll which has been graded on both sides. On lower ground to the northeast are the County Detention Center and DWI facility; on lower ground to the southwest is the County Police automobile storage lot. Grading, construction and extension of the auto lots have obliterated the contours of the terraced gardens, and the house foundations have been buried in dense undergrowth at the top of the remaining knoll. The house at Nihil consisted of a mid- nineteenth century frame main block attached to a lower brick wing. It was demolished in March 1968, after the property was purchased by the County for use as a government complex. Two more buildings on the property stood for another decade: a gable-roof tobacco barn with attached shed, and a one-and-one-half story frame tenant house with board-and-batten siding. Both of these buildings have been demolished since 1978.
Significance
The house at Nihil was a good example of the side-hall-
and-double parlor plantation house popular in mid-nineteenth century in Prince George's County. It was demolished, however, before the 1974 Survey of Historic Resources, and only a tenant house and a tobacco barn were identified in the course of that survey. Both of those buildings have since been destroyed, and the land is dominated by automobile storage lots on the west, and the County Detention Center on the east. The house at Nihil was built by George Graham in the 1840's; it stood on land which Graham had inherited from his brother, a short distance west of Upper Marlboro. During the second half of the nineteenth century, Nihil was one of the prominent social centers of the Marlborough area. The Grahams were
wealthy and politically prominent, and were members and benefactors of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marlborough. Part of the Nihil land was deeded to the church to serve as the parsonage property, and as Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Nthil passed at the end of the nineteenth century to a great-nephew of the Grahams, and in this century to the Dille family. Recent construction of the County Detention Center and extension of the Police automobile lots have substantially altered the site. The foundations of the mansion are no longer visible, and the contours of the terraced gardens have been destroyed. Although the Nihil farmstead was an important part of the historic Marlboro area, virtually nothing remains of it today.
Acreage: 132.69 acres
The house at Nihil was built by George Graham; it stood on land (part of Brooke Grove and Beall •s Chance) which Graham had inherited from his brother, a short distance west of Upper Marlboro. The brick section may have been standing before George Graham inherited the land; the frame main
block was probably built by George Graham shortly after his marriage to Eliza Gaston in 1842. George and Eliza Gaston Graham were living in the house by 1850.
After this time, Nihil became one of the prominent social centers of the Marlborough area. The Grahams were wealthy and politically prominent, and were members and benefactors of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marlborough. George W. Graham died in 1863, and his widow continued to live at Nihil. In 1872 she deeded seven acres of Nihil land to the Order
of the Carmelites of the Catholic Church; this land on the north side of Washington-Marlborough Turnpike came to be the St. Mary's Church parsonage.
In 1874, Mrs. Graham deeded two more acres on the south side of the pike to St. Mary's Church for a burial ground; it is today known as Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
After Eliza Graham's death in 1874, , Nihil passed to her sister, Kate Gaston, and subsequently to their great-nephew, William Gaston Hawkes, who had been raised at Nihil by his two great-aunts. The house had been vacant for several years before its demolition in 1968.
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