My American HAMILTON line begins
with Archibald and Frances(Calhoun) HAMILTON who married in 1733 in County
Tyrone, Ireland, moving to Lancaster Co, VA by 1736.
They settled in the Tinkling Springs community of what is now Augusta Co, VA by 1743. They had 8 children (birth dates given)
1) Lettice (ca 1736) md John CUNNINGHAM
Jr
2) Audley(ca
1738) md Eleanor SHANKLIN
3) Andrew(ch 1743) md Jane McGARA
4) Ginny (ch 1743)
5) Alexander md Isabel
6) William (ch 1748) md Virginia
Patience CRAIG
7) John (ca 1750) md Johanna CRAIG
(both CRAIGS daughters of Rev.
John CRAIG)
8) Archibald md "a sister of King
Louis XVI"
My line continues from Andrew HAMILTON
who married his wife Jane McGARA (or McGILL) in 1764 and moved to the Granville
District of SC by 1765. From there they went to Abbeville, SC. Major
Andrew HAMILTON's Revolutionary War pension application
gives interesting accounts of his participation in the war effort.
He and his wife had 11 children;
1) Hugh (1765)died in childhood
2) Archibald III (ca 1766) md Nancy
THOMPSON
3) Sarah (ca 1768) md Dr. John
HARRIS
4) John (1767) md Jane THOMPSON
5) Frances "Fannie" (1773) md Ezekiel
CALHOUN
6) William "Wild Bill"(ca 1777)
md Nancy "Tiny" HILL
7) Hugh (ca 1779)
8) Alexander Cromer (1782) md Philadelphia
Adelia MIDDLETON
9) Jane McGILL ( 1784) md
Dr. Eli DAVIS
10) Catherine "Kitty" (1786) md
James ALSTON
11) Andrew M. (1790?)md Nancy HOGG
John HAMILTON is my mystery man, along with his elusive wife Jane THOMPSON. There is a story that John, too young to join the war effort, was at home with his mother when a wounded British officer by the name of HILLHOUSE found himself at the HAMILTON farm, and for some reason his father, Andrew, decided to take care of him. John was assigned the duty of caring for Major HILLHOUSE. They kept him in the barn so that the family guests would not hear his moans.
Major HILLHOUSE was so grateful that he offered to take young John back to England with him and pay for his education. The HAMILTONS accepted the offer and off they went. Allegedly, the HILLHOUSES tried to convince John to be adopted by them, as they wanted him for their son. John declined the offer, and after marrying a woman who died childless, found he missed his home, and returned to Abbeville, SC. The mystery is that I haven't been able to find a record of this HILLHOUSE or any reference to John's wife's name(either of them)
John, according to family tradition, married Jane THOMPSON. I am desperately seeking proof of this! Supposedly she was the sister of Nancy who married John's brother Archibald.
John and Jane HAMILTON had 7 children;
1) Rachel A.(1790-1800) md
Nathaniel LANIER
2) Jane (1794-1800) md Archibald
KENNEDY
3) Catherine (1800) md Matthew
DOUGLASS
4) Lavinia (1802) md Thomas McMILLAN
5) John Allen (1807) md Elizabeth
WHARTON
6) Elizabeth A (1804-1810) md Thomas
A DOUGLASS
7) James Alexander (1812) md Mary
HOWLETT
John Allen and Elizabeth (WHARTON) HAMILTON both lived in Abbeville SC their entire lives. They were married ca 1828 in Abbeville. I don't have any info on Elizabeth's family at all. John and Elizabeth had 10 children:
1) John Joseph (1830) md Hannah
_____ (CSA)
2) Lavinia (1831)md John C. DOUGLAS
3) Clement J. (1835) (killed at
Gettysburg)
4) Jane "Agnes" (1837) md Edward
WHARTON
5) Thompson Perrin (1840) md Elizabeth
AIKEN (CSA)
6) William R (killed at Chancellorsville)
7) James Gibert (1844) md Elizabeth
M. DOUGLASS (CSA)
8) George Allen (1846) md Isabella
Catherine DOUGLASS (CSA)
9) Louis Davis (1849) (died as
child)
10) Caldwell P (1852)
George Allen and Isabella Catherine (DOUGLASS) HAMILTON married in 1867 and remained in Abbeville County, SC until the late 1890's when they moved to Augusta, GA. They had 6 children;
1) William E (1868) md 1)Lula DANABY
2) Elizabeth CLARK
2) John P (1869) md Annie
TYSON
3) Minnie Lou (1873) md 1) Frazier
ROGERS 2) Walter RAMBO
4) George Wharton
(1876) md Bessie Naomi BARTON
5) Eugene(1878) md Bessie MURPHY
6) J Clement (1880) md Unah WOLFE
George Wharton HAMILTON was a Methodist minister. He and his wife Bessie married in 1910 in Pine Log, GA moving very often after that. The contents of his clergy books kept throughout his moves through various rural Georgia towns are posted here
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