The Hathcock surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,726 people carried this name — #8,793 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,603 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hathcock surname

Variant of Heathcock.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hathcock» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Hathcock in American newspapers,
1904–1928.

Newspaper page from The Freeman carrying the name Hathcock
The Freeman 1912-08-03
Newspaper page from Palestine Daily Herald carrying the name Hathcock
Palestine Daily Herald 1904-12-14
Newspaper page from Imperial Valley Press carrying the name Hathcock
Imperial Valley Press 1928-04-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,826 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hathcock,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carlos Hathcock
    Carlos Hathcock 1942–1999 · sniper
  • Jerry Hathcock 1911–1997 · film director

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hathcock,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States174 records

174 records of the Hathcock name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 27
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Delmus T. Hathcock

    Born 1909 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Shelby; farmer from Monroe County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at New Hope Cemetery, Amory, Mississippi.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Larry Cecil Hathcock

    Born 1948; from Stanfield, North Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Martin Franklin Hathcock

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1935, died 1997; buried at Stanly Gardens of Memory, Albemarle, North Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 174 records for Hathcock in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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