Joseph Haskew and Lucy were married and most of their children were born in Marlboro
Co.,SC by 1860. John W. Haskew and Joseph had some kind of legal disagreement
and after the case was settled, Joseph moved his family to Florida. JoAnne Harley located a filing in court between Joseph
Haskew and John W. Haskew in Marlboro County, SC, just prior to Joseph's family
move to Florida .
The Townsends also moved there
about the same time. The 1870 census says Joseph is 58 making his birth year abt 1812. Other census give other years making
him younger. He is likely a early son of Zacheus Haskew. In the 1850 census he is an overseer. Zacheus Haskew owned land in
5 places. The Townsend plantation was next to his. Notice Joseph's first sons name is John Townsend Haskew. The names Lucy
and Parmelia are both Townsend family names and Haskew family names in this line.
Probably not a coincidence. It leads me to believe Lucy is a Townsend.
There are three major Haskew lines from this union; John Townsend Haskew, Frank Benson Haskew, and Elizabeth Sallie Haskew. Joseph had moved to Madison Co. Florida where he is listed
as a planter. By 1880, Lucy had died. John Townsend Haskew (a carpenter) had started his family in Monroe
Co. Florida and had 7 children, no wife listed in 1885 Fl.
census. The same year census in Suwanee Co. Fl., Frank Benson Haskew (a farmer) and Sarah Missouri
Wilson had started their family.
Sallie apparently lived with the parents and inherited the place when they died. Sally kept some letters to Lucy from Frank Townsend to his ant Lucy. From the letters (see 4 Lucy letters above) we can see that
Joseph and John William Haskew were both sons of Zacheus Haskew of Three Creeks-Marlboro
County, South Carolina. She married and raised her family on the property.
Our thanks
to Vickie Theilacher (a descendant) for finding, preserving and sharing these gems found in an old trunk in the attic.
There is also a letter to Lucy informing her of her sons death
in the Civil War.
