Born: January 29, 1814
Edgefield District, SC

Died: 1870
Georgia (probably Walker County)

Married: 1) Susanna Newton
ca. 1834— Edgefield District, SC

Children:
Sara Dove Jennings Healan Leet
Mary A. Jennings Shealy
Robert William Jennings
Martha C. Jennings Fulmer
Elizabeth Newton Jennings Nash
Margaret Anita Jennings Davis
R. Tyre Jennings

Married: 2) Nancy Anna Gwinn
ca. 1858; Georgia

Children:
Richard Hasting Jennings
Julia Jennings Estill
John H. Jennings
Emma Jennings Burns

Married: 3) Sarah Elizabeth ?
ca. 1867; Georgia

Children:
Thomas Jennings

Siblings:
Tyre, Lucy, John, Nancy, Elizabeth, Mary
Susannah, Martha, Letitia, Lott, Rachel,
Eleanor, Frances, William, Philip

Parents:
Nancy Dove and William Jennings

Although of an earlier generation than all other family members in this section, Hasting was included because we have a photograph of him. We know only a few pieces of verifiable information about his life.

Described in later years by his daughter, Elizabeth, as a “student and dreamer,” we also know that Hasting and his brother, Tyre, angered their father, William. William's will states specifically that the 2 sons are to receive the sum of no more than five dollars each because of their “misconduct” to him. By the 1850s, he sold their remaining holdings in SC and moved the family to Georgia.

Hasting's first wife, Susanna, died in Roswell County, GA, on July 11, 1854. Her obituary in The Edgefield Advertiser indicated that the family had moved from the Edgefield District to Georgia several years earlier.

Hasting married twice after Susanna's death. His second wife was Nancy Anna Gwinn; their children were Richard, Julia, John and Emma. The youngest son, Thomas, was born to Hasting and his third wife, Sarah Elizabeth (maiden name unknown).

The 1860 census shows Hasting living in LaFayette, Walker County, GA, with his second wife, their first child, and Tyre, his youngest child from his first marriage. His occupation was listed as lecturer. Hasting died in April, 1870.

I have not located his burial place, but it is almost certainly in or near LaFayette, GA.

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