The Heard-Hawes family is a family of politicians from the
United States.
Stephen Heard 1740-1815, Governor of
Georgia 1780-1781, Georgia State Representative 1794-1795.[1]
George Washington Heard 1781-1836, Georgia State Representative 1824-1827. Son of Stephen Heard.[1]
Barnard Carroll Heard, Georgia State Representative 1822-1823. Son of Stephen Heard.[1]
Thomas Jefferson Heard 1801-1876, Georgia State Representative 1832-1833, Georgia State Senator 1835-1836. Son of Stephen Heard.[1]
Singleton Walthall Allen 1793-1853, Georgia State Representative 1828-1831, Georgia State Senator 1838 1845-1846. Son-in-law of Stephen Heard.[2]
James Lawrence Heard 1832-1922, Georgia State Representative. Son of Thomas Jefferson Heard.[1]
Robert Middleton Heard 1836-1910, Georgia State Representative 1884-1885. Son of Thomas Jefferson Heard.[1]
William Henry Heard 1845-1897, Georgia State Representative 1890-1891. Son of Thomas Jefferson Heard.[1]
Luther H.O. Martin, Sr. 1821-1866, Georgia State Representative 1853-1854. Son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson Heard.[3]
Young L.G. Harris 1812-1894, Georgia State Representative 1841 1847-1852. Son-in-law of Singleton Walthall Allen.[4]
William McPherson McIntosh 1815-1862, Georgia State Representative 1846-1847, Georgia State Senator 1855-1856, Presidential Elector from Georgia 1860. Son-in-law of Singleton Walthall Allen.[5]
William H. Mattox 1836-1900, Georgia State Representative 1865-1866, delegate to the Georgia Constitutional Convention 1877, Georgia State Senator 1880-1881. Son-in-law of Singleton Walthall Allen.[6]
William H. Heard 1850-1937,
South Carolina State Senator 1876-1877, U.S. Minister to
Liberia 1895-1898. Grandson of Thomas Jefferson Heard.[1]
Luther H.O. Martin, Jr., Georgia State Representative 1902-1908. Son of Luther H.O. Martin, Sr.[8]
Phillip W. Davis, Georgia State Senator 1882-1883, Georgia State Representative 1888-1889. Grandson-in-law of Thomas Jefferson Heard.[9]
Peyton M. Hawes, Georgia State Representative 1900-1903 1907-1908. Grandson-in-law of Singleton Walthall Allen.[10]
Willis Adams 1861-1913, Georgia State Representative 1905-1908. Grandson-in-law of Singleton Walthall Allen.[11]
A.A. McCurry, Georgia State Senator. Great-grandson-in-law of Singleton Walthall Allen.[12]
Albert Sidney Hawes 1863-1936, Georgia State Representative 1926-1927. Great grandson-in-law of Singleton Walthall Allen.[10]
Peyton Samuel Hawes, Georgia State Representative 1831-1932. Great-great grandson of Singleton Walthall Allen.[10]
NOTE: Singleton Walthall Allen was also nephew of Georgia State Senator Beverly Allen.[13] Robert Middleton Heard's son, Luther, was also son-in-law of U.S. Senator
Asbury Latimer. Young L.G. Harris was also nephew of Georgia State Senator Jeptha Vining Harris[14] and first cousin once removed of U.S. Representative
Tinsley W. Rucker Jr.[15] Willis Adams was also son of Georgia State Representative Richard E. Adams.[16]