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December   16,    1920. 

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S.  C  Jones  (author  of  this  book)  and  wife,  Eunice  W.  Jones,  and  gkand- 

DAUGHTER,    MaGGIE    JONES 


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HAMRICK  GENERATIONS 


BEING  A  GENEALOGY  OF  THE 
HAMRICK  FAMILY 


BY 
S.  C.  pNES 

SHELBY,  N.  C. 


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DEDICATION 

To  the  memory  of  my  loving  mother,  who  departed 
this  life  on  March  1,  1887,  at  whose  knees  I  sat  as 
a  child  and  listened  to  many  a  recountal  of  the  heroic 
struggles  and  vicissitudes  of  her  early  Hamrick 
ancestors  whose  exploits  and  undertakings  account, 
in  a  large  measure,  for  the  sterling  citizenship  and 
well-founded  progress  of  this  immediate  section,  this 
book  is  respectfully  and  lovingly  dedicated. 


PKEFACE 

The  author  wishes  to  thus  assure  the  readers  of  this  work  that  he 
has  made  no  effort  to  invite  fame  nor  has  he  undertaken  the 
furtherance  of  the  art  of  authorship — rather  it  has  been  his  in  the 
compilation  of  data,  facts  and  figures  to  give  the  direct  and  diverse 
ramifications  of  the  several  Hamrick  generations  and  to  show  the 
honest  strivings  of  them  as  early  settlers  and  hardy  pioneers. 

'No  attempt  has  been  made  to  perpetuate  the  fame  of  this  great 
family  in  song  and  story  rather  the  author  has  \vritten,  in  plain  and 
unpolished  words,  their  rugged  history.  After  all  what  could  be 
more  eloquent  than  the  simple  and  hardy  annals  of  the  forebears  of 
an  honest  and  prosperous  commonwealth  whose  efforts  at  building 
a  sturdy  citizenship  have  prevailed. 

Then  too,  no  community  is  greater  than  the  noble  traditions  and 
sentiments  which  it  cherishes;  so  likewise  is  it  with  the  individual. 
Wherefore,  the  writer  prays  the  reader's  leniency  only  as  to  gram- 
matical construction  for  no  apology  is  needed  and  none  is  offered 
for  the  record  of  achievements  of  the  several  generations  herein 
enumerated. 

Pardon  is  requested  at  this  juncture  for  a  personal  allusion  to  the 
author :  The  author  is  by  no  means  a  finished  scholar  having  attended 
the  old  field  schools  but  a  few.  months  all  told  and  going  only  at  rare 
intervals,  but  in  those  rugged  log  temples — really  monuments  to  the 
early  efforts  of  each  community's  foremost  educators — he  at  least 
learned  the  value  of  an  education  and  was  inspired  to  continue  his 
eager  search  of  knowledge.  Those  facts  being  true  the  author  has 
made  no  pretention  at  preempting  the  field  of  the  rhetorician  nor  has 
he  given  his  personal  opinions ;  he  has  given  the  facts  and  the  word- 
history  as  handed  down.  With  these  prefatory  facts  ever  before  you 
it  is  asked  of  you  that  you  read  the  book  with  an  eye  single  to 
acquisition  of  historical  fact  rather  than  grammatical  precision. 

S.  C.  Jones. 


HAMRICK  GENERATIONS 


The  purpose  of  this  book  is  to  show  the  future  generations  the 
genealogy  of  the  Hamrick  Family.  The  Hamrieks  are  of  German 
descent  yet  in  their  vein^  today  flows  the  blood  of  the  Irish,  Scotch- 
Irish,  English  and  French.  So  it  is  hard  to  tell  what  are  the  leading 
characteristics  of  this  people ;  whether  the  stubbornness  of  the  Scotch, 
the  quick  temper  of  the  Irish  or  the  lack  of  humor  of  the  English. 
The  spirit  of  the  Hamrick  of  today  has  given  him  traits  which  char- 
acterize him  as  a  law  abiding,  peace  loving  citizen.  The  Hamrieks 
are  like  the  children  of  Israel,  they  too  cannot  be  numbered  by  multi- 
tudes. The  Children  of  Israel  were  like  the  sands  of  the  sea,  they 
could  not  be  numbered  by  multitudes,  just  so  with  the  Hamrieks.  In 
almost  every  state  in  the  union  the  Hamrieks  are  found ;  some  are 
farmers,  some  are  lawyers,  doctors,  manufacturers,  merchants,  jew- 
elers, school  teachers  both  in  public  and  private  schools,  electricians, 
magistrates,  legislators,  congTessmen,  judges,  preachers,  and  in  fact 
in  everv  pursuit  vou  find  the  Hamrieks  enaao-ed. 

The  Hamrieks  came  to  America  in  1731.  George  Hamrick  left 
Germany  on  account  of  his  religion  as  he  was  not  allowed  to  worship 
God  according  to  the  dictates  of  his  ov»-n  conscience,  none  daring  to 
molest  or  make  him  afraid.  He  was  a  predestinarian  Baptist  or 
what  we  call  the  Primitive  or  Hard  Shell  Baptist  and  I  have  it  from 
the  lips  of  Old  Uncle  Berry  Hamrick  that  all  of  the  old  set  of  Ham- 
rieks were  Primitive  Baptists  and  but  few  of  them  ever  joined  the 
church  but  all  of  them  were  ready  and  able  to  give  a  good  reason  for 
their  hope  of  a  better  world  beyond  this  vale  of  tears.  The  Hamrieks 
are  generally  fond  of  out  door  life  and  are  among  the  best  farmers 
of  the  land  today.  Some  are  poor  and  some  are  good  livers  while 
others  are  rich,  or  what  we  call  rich  people  in  the  South.  Physically 
they  are  strong  and  hearty ;  mentally  they  are  among  the  highest  order 


10  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

of  the  land.  It  has  been  repeatedly  published  that  if  yon  marry 
kinspeople  that  your  offspring  will  be  deaf,  dumb,  lame  and  blind, 
also  mentally  weak.  If  this  be  true  then  I  make  the  assertion  that 
there  is  not  a  Hamrick  in  all  the  land  who  would  have  sense  enough 
to  go  to  the  mill  and  back  by  himself.  Eighty  per  cent  of  the  Ham- 
rick generation  have  married  their  kin  from  the  time  they  crossed  the 
water.  In  olden  times  when  a  man  went  to  look  out  a  bride  for  him- 
self the  Lord  told  him  plainly  to  go  among  his  own  kin,  even  his 
first  cousins  and  we  have  the  same  God  today  that  we  had  thousands 
of  years  ago.  I  have  searched  all  the  court  records  and  I  have  only 
found  six  of  this  large  generation  ever  indicted  in  the  criminal  court. 
They  are  honest,  law  abiding  people.  Old  David  Webb  once  said 
that  he  was  not  afraid  to  sell  goods  to  a  Hamrick  on  credit  and  so 
instructed  his  son  Hatcher  to  sell  anything  to  the  Hamricks  on  time 
and  without  mortgage.  I  have  found  some  Hamricks  who  say  they 
are  not  related  to  the  other  set  of  Hamricks  "just  across  the  river." 
I  have  searched  the  records  and  they  show  that  only  one  Hamrick 
ever  crossed  the  water.  He  left  Germany  in  the  year  1730  and 
landed  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  in  1731,  being  seven  months  on  the 
waters.  He  sailed  from  Rotterdam,  Holland.  The  original  name 
was  Homrick,  but  today  we  spell  it  Hamrick.  Xow  the  Hamricks  in- 
clude and  contemplate  the  Greens,  the  Blantons,  the  Bridges,  Har- 
rells,  McSwains,  Champions,  Washburns,  Wrays,  Suttles,  Bosticks, 
Ledbetters,  Doggetts,  Conners,  Hughes,  Magnesses,  McBrayers, 
Webbs,  Lovelaces  and  Williamsons.  I  don't  think  you  will  find  any 
better  people  than  found  in  tliis  large  generation  of  people.  It  has 
been  in  my  mind  for  many  years  to  write  a  history  of  the  Hamrick 
generations  or  family,  but  I  did  not  think  then  that  they  covered  the 
land  as  water  covers  the  sea.  When  I  was  young  my  dear  mother 
would  sit  and  tell  all  about  her  kin  people  and  my  grandmother, 
Peggy  Hamrick,  as  she  was  called,  would  sit  till  midnight  and  tell 
all  about  her  relatives.  Neither  of  them  had  much  education  but 
very  retentive  minds  and  could  tell  one  all  about  their  family  history. 
I  have  sat  and  heard  iheiu  talk  till  1  thought  everybody  was  related  to 
them  but  I  never  experienced  it  till  I  began  getting  up  this  record. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  11 

I  have  a  small  book  iu  which  I  began  to  take  notes  as  long  ago  as  1870 
and  I  had  kept  getting  up  a  few  more  facts  here  and  there  until  1910. 
I  went  to  work  at  this  book  with  the  intention  of  getting  up  this 
record  of  the  Hamrick  family  but  if  I  had  known  then  what  I  do  now 
I  would  never  have  undertaken  the  task.  This  has  been  one  of  the 
most  stupendous  jobs  I  have  ever  undertaken.  I  have  made  two 
trips  to  Washington  and  four  trips  to  Raleigh  and  have  searched  all 
records  to  find  out  this  family  and  I  am  just  now  to  "baker." 

Old  Aunt  "Sookie"  Hamrick,  as  she  was  called,  gave  me  a  great 
deal  of  information  about  the  Hamricks.  Her  name  was  Susanna 
Hamrick  but  they  called  her  "Sookie"  as  a  nickname,  Leander  Ham- 
rick has  been  a  great  help  to  me  in  this  work  also  his  brothers,  John 
and  Sidney.  James  Y.  Hamrick,  now  dead,  was  also  of  great  benefit 
to  me,  as  ho  had  a  fine  memorv  which  enabled  him  to  tell  all  about 
his  relatives.  But  I  owe  the  greatest  part  of  my  help  to  one  whom  I 
dearly  loved,  to-wit.  Old  Uncle  Berry  Hamrick.  I  have  sat  for  days 
at  a  time  and  asked  him  many  questions  about  the  Hamrick  genera- 
tions: He  could  sit  and  tell  one  something  new  about  them  all  the 
time  and  all  about  whom  they  married  and  where  they  settled.  He 
said  he  had  visited  every  old  Hamrick  who  had  ever  come  to  this  part 
of  the  country  and  he  could  tell  one  just  what  kind  of  a  house  each 
lived  in  and  all  about  how  they  farmed.  Uncle  Berry  lived  to  be 
ninety-eighi  years  old  and  had  a  splendid  memory  especially  as  to  his 
kin-people.  The  early  Hamrick  houses  were  made  of  logs  and 
daubed  with  mud  with  two  doors  and  two  windows.  One  window  at 
the  fire  place  and  the  other  at  the  back  end  of  the  house.  Some  had 
what  they  called  double  cabins  or  two  houses  built  together,  with  the 
chimneys  reaching  from  one  side  of  the  house  to  the  other  or  nearly 
so.  They  w^ere  generally  from  eight  to  ten  feet  wide  and  provided 
with  w'hat  was  called  a  pot  rack,  a  pole  up  in  the  chimney  to  hang  a 
pot  on.  Uncle  Berry  Hamrick  said  that  many  of  their  houses  had 
no  floors  as  there  were  no  saw  mills  in  this  countrv  at  that  time.  A 
great  many  of  their  houses  had  no  shutters  and  the  doors  were  filled 
with  logs  and  poles  to  keep  out  the  wild  animals  of  which  there  were 


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History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


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History  of  the  Hameick  Generations  13 

a  great  many  in  those  days.     Some  of  them  kept  a  fire  all  night  in  or- 
der to  keep  the  wild  animals  from  entering  their  houses. 

When  George  Hamrick  left  Germany  he  was  an  officer  under  the 
Kaiser,  something  on  the  order  of  Examiner  of  Passports  for  those 
going  or  coming  across  the  ocean.  Dr.  W.  C.  Hamrick,  of  Gaffney, 
S.  C,  has  several  letters  stating  that  there  is  a  large  sum  of  money  in 
Germany  for  the  heirs  of  one  George  Hamrick  who  left  there  about 
the  same  time  George  Hamrick  came  to  this  country,  but  there  is  no 
credence  to  be  to  be  put  in  such  idle  reports.  This  George  Hamrick 
settled  in  what  is  now  known  as  Germantown,  Pa.,  and  there  is  at  that 
place  a  monument  marking  his  last  resting  place.  He  was  the  father 
of  twenty-four  children  but  I  have  failed  so  far  to  get  more  than 
seventeen  of  them  and  this  book  contemplates  only  three  of  them. 
ISFow  I  will  give  some  of  their  names  which  are  as  follows:  George, 
David,  william,  Moses,  Thomas,  John,  Elijah,  Greenberry,  James, 
Reuben,  Jane,  Susanna,  Hannah,  Rebecca^,  Mollie,  Mary,  Sarah  and 
Benjamin.  Three  of  his  boys  settled  in  Virginia  their  names  were 
Moses  Richard,  George  and  Banjamin.  They  died  and  were  buried 
in  Virgina  but  most  of  their  children  came  to  l^orth  Carolina  about 
the  year  1765. 

Benjamin's  people  all  went  on  to  Georgia  and  Alabama  about  the 
year  1830.  Most  all  of  Moses  Richard's  people  went  to  Georgia  and 
Alabama  and  some  further  West. 

The  Hamricks  came  here  before  there  was  any  county  as  the  records 
show  that  Trvoii  Countv  was  formed  in  1769,  four  years  after  thev 
arrived.  A  great  many  of  the  Hamricks  left  here  about  1830,  or 
later.  The  Hamricks,  Blantons,  Greens,  Bridges,  Champions,  Wash- 
burns,  Bowens,  McSwains  all  came  across  the  ocean  with  George  Ham- 
rick. The  Blantons  are  of  English  descent,  George  Blanton  was 
the  first  Blanton  that  ever  crossed  the  ocean.  Gabriel  Washburn  was 
from  Germany,  Henry  Green  came  from  England,  Housand  Harrell 
came  also  from  England,  William  Champion  was  from  France. 

ISTow  I  will  give  as  nearly  as  possible  the  places  where  these  people 


14  HlSTORT   OF  THE   HaMRICK   GENERATIONS 


settled,  and  where  thej  were  buried.  I  think  it  would  be  a  good  thing 
to  have  a  meeting  some  time  in  the  future  and  pay  some  respect  to  our 
beloved  dead,  as  they  were  the  pioneers  and  founders  of  this  g-reat 
section.  I  have  visited  all  of  the  old  graves  of  all  these  people  men- 
tioned above.  There  have  been  from 'seven  to  ten  generations  count- 
ing those  that  have  passed  away  and  those  still  living. 

Samuel  Hamrick  entered  land  in  1797,  one-half  mile  from  Mt. 
Sinai  Church  and  settled  about  two  hundred  yards  from  the  old 
-McSwain  grave  yard.  In  1814  he  entered  land  one-half  mile  east 
of  Boiling  Springs  Church,  just  where  George  Eobertson  Hamrick 
lives.  He  was  buried  at  what  is  known  as  the  Katie  Hamrick  old 
place,  two  miles  east  of  Boiling  Springs  Church. 

James  Hamrick,  his  brother,  entered  land  at  what  is  kno^\ai  as  the 
Katie  Hamrick  old  place  in  the  year  1795,  also  in  1800. 

Jones  Hamrick  entered  lands  at  what  is  known  as  the  Dr.  Miller 
old  place  on  the  west  side  of  First  Broad  river.  He  was  brother  to 
James  and  Samuel  Hamrick.     Jones  went  West  about  the  year  1830. 

Frederick  Hamrick  entered  land  in  1800  near  the  present  Patterson 
Station.  He  went  West  about  the  year  1830.  He  was  a  brother  to 
James  and  Samuel  Hamrick. 

Price  Hamrick  entered  land  in  1797,  five  miles  west  of  Selby  on 
what  is  now  known  as  the  Dock  F.  McSwain  old  place  and  was  buried 
at  the  same  place.  His  brother,  Enoch  Hamrick,  entered  land  m 
1800  on  the  west  side  of  First  Board  river  where  Esley  Davis  once 
lived.  He  was  buried  down  the  river  not  far  from  William  Latti- 
more's. 

Nathaniel  Hamrick  entered  land  in  1797  on  the  waters  of  Hickory 
creek  and  First  Broad  river.  This  land  is  now  owned  by  Major  Sam 
Green.  Nathaniel  was  buried  at  Old  Buffalo  Church,  York,  S.  C. 
He  was  a  brother  to  Price  Hamrick. 

Jeremiah  Hamrick  entered  land  just  below  the  mouth  of  Hickory 


HlSTOEY   OF   THE   HaMRICK    GENERATIONS  15 

creek  on  the  east  side  of  First  Broad  river.     He  went  to  Alabama 
about  the  year  1830.    He  was  also  a  brother  to  Price  Hamrick. 

Henry  Haini-ick  entered  land  on  what  is  known  as  Bowen's  river, 
just  on  the  east  side  of  the  stream  and  now  owned  by  John  Crawford. 
He  was  buried  at  Buffalo  Church,  York,  S.  C. 

Yelverton  Hamrick  entered  land  near  Patterson  Station  and  went 
West  about  the  year  1830.     He  was  also  a  brother  to  Price  Hamrick. 

David  McSwain  came  from  Scotland  and  settled  near  the  McSwain 
old  grave  yard  on  the  east  side  of  First  Broad  river  at  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Buck  McSwain  old  place.  He  was  the  first  white  per- 
son buried  in  this  part  of  the  country.  He  was  buried  at  the  Mc- 
Swain old  grave  yard. 

N^ext  I  shall  tell  how  Bowen's  river  got  its  name.  The  Hamricks 
and  Bowens  camped  on  the  river  the  first  night  they  came  into  this 
country  and  Minor  Bowen  gave  this  creek  the  name  of  Bowen's  river. 
He  gave  nicknames  to  all  people  and  places.  This  river  heads  in 
Earl  Station  and  runs  south  and  empties  into  Main  Broad  river  just 
below  Buffalo  Church,  York,  S.  C. 

Minor  Bowen  settled  on  the  west  side  of  this  river  and  just  oppo- 
site where  Henry  Hamrick  settled. 

George  Blanton  entered  land  on  the  west  side  of  Sandy  Eun  creek, 
two  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  Boiling  Springs  church.  He 
married  Elvira  Lee  and  was  buried  at  his  old  place.  He  was  the  first 
Justice  of  Peace  in  Try  on  county  appointed  by  King  George  of  Eng- 
land on  JSTovember  10th,  1769,  the  year  the  county  was  formed. 
Tryon  county  reached  from  the  Virginia  line  and  ran  southwest  to 
about  where  Charlotte  is  now  located.  It  struck  the  main  Broad  river 
where  the  two  states  now  join.  All  of  this  western  country  was  Tryon 
county. 

Gabriel  Washburn  entered  land  in  Burke  county  but  later  moved 
to  Eutherford  county  in  1820.  He  married  Priscilla  McSwain  and 
was  buried  on  the  Berryman  McSwain  old  farm. 


16  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Isaac  Robertson  entered  land  on  the  west  side  of  Grogg  creek  near 

the  Dock  Rollins  old  place.     He  married  Rebecca  House  and  she 

made  a  trip  every  year  to  Virginia  to  see  her  people,  walking  there 
and  back.     At  one  time  her  sister  came  home  with  her  and  while 

here  took  sick  and  died  and  was  buried  at  the  Isaac  Robertson  old 
place.  The  heirs  of  Isaac  Robertson  raised  money  to  put  up  a  monu- 
ment at  his  grave.  Isaac  Robertson  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier  and 
belonged  to  Sharp's  Company. 

All  of  the  Elijah  Hamrick  and  Avife  Margaret  McSwain  children 
are  eligible  to  join  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution  through  Isaac 
Robertson  lineage.  Margaret  Hamrick's  mother  was  Catherine  Rob- 
ertson, daughter  of  Isaac  Robertson. 

All  of  Moses  Hamrick's  people  can  join  the  Daughters  of  the  Revo- 
lution through  Isaac  Robertson,  as  Moses  Hamrick  married  Sarah 
Robertson,  Isaac's  daughter. 

Henry  Green  came  here  with  the  Hamricks  and  married  Nanc^y 
Reaves.  He  settled  not  far  from  Boiling  Springs.  Housand  Har- 
rell  settled  on  the  east  side  of  Beaver  Dam  creek,  one  mile  north- 
west of  Beaver  Dam  church,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Rutherford 
and  Shelby  road  just  below  the  Bill  Bowen  place  and  was  bviried 
at  the  Aletha  Green  place,  near  Ellenboro.  He  was  elected  to  the 
Legislature  from  Rutherford  county  in  1804  and  rode  horseback  to 
Raleigh  and  there  bought  his  first  saddle.  He  married  Delphia 
Street. 

William  Champion  settled  on  the  east  side  of  Main  Broad  river 
just  below  the  mouth  of  Sandy  Run  creek.  He  married  Mollie  Ham- 
rick and  was  buried  at  his  old  home  place. 

James  Bridges  settled  one  mile  North  of  Mount  Sinai  church  at 
what  is  now  known  as  the  Rufus  Hamrick  old  place  and  was  buried 
three  hundred  yards  north  of  liis  old  ])lacc.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
deacons  of  Buffalo  Church.     He  mai-ried  Rebecca  Hamrick. 

William  ^FcSwain  mnrriod  Susanna  TTnmrick  and  settled  near  his 


History  of  the  Hameick  Generations  17 

father,  David,  on  the  east  side  of  First  Broad  river.  He  was  buried  at 
the  McSwain  old  grave  yard.  His  son,  William,  married  Jnda 
Moore.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  in  Brevard's  Company. 
All  of  his  descendants  can  join  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution 
through  him.  I  do  hope  his  descendants  will  erect  a  monument  to  his 
memory.  What  a  nice  thing  it  would  be  if  the  people  would  erect 
some  monument  to  the  last  resting  place  of  all  these  old  settlers  who 
first  came  into  this  country.  Parenthetically  I  remind  that  I  have 
traveled  several  thousand  miles,  mostly  a  foot,  from  house  to  house, 
spending  several  hundred  dollars  in  getting  up  this  work,  but  if  I 
never  pi'ofit  further  than  that  of  having  the  satisfaction  of  having 
written  the  history  of  this  great  family's  achievements  I  shall  be 
content. 

'Now  we  have  nineteen  of  the  different  families  of  this  and 
Rutherford  county.  These  people  are  among  the  very  best  in  both 
counties.  You  may  search  the  world  over  and  you  will  not  find  any 
better  people  and  as  few  backward  ones  in  all  the  land.  I  have 
searched  the  court  records  and  found  but  few  of  all  these  people  who 
had  any  trouble  with  the  courts. 

Next  I  will  write  of  the  Blantons.  They  are  good  law  abiding 
citizens  and  are  among  the  very  best  people  of  this  country.  It  is 
seldom  you  see  their  names  in  any  court  proceedings  except  when  pre- 
scribed by  business  ends.  They  are  good  farmers  and  very  thrifty  in 
all  their  business  affairs  and  undertakings. 

The  McSwains  who  are  very  numerous  are  very  good  farmers  and 
law  abiding  citizens.  One  never  sees  their  names  in  court  unless  per- 
chance it  is  to  obtain  some  right  prescribed  by  law.  They  practice 
attending  to  their  own  affairs  as  much  so  as  any  family  of  people  in 
the  land. 

Then  there  are  the  Greens.     They  are  good  honest  people.     Good 
farmers  and  law  abiding  and  peace  loving  citizens.     We  should  not 
look  on  the  faults  of  one  or  two  persons  and  judge  the  others  by  their 
2 


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conduct  but  I  am  speaking  of  all  these  people  as  a  whole,  their  record 
as  a  family  is  inspiring. 

l^ext  the  Bridges.  They  are  good  people,  good  farmers  and  law 
abiding  citizens,  honest  in  all  their  dealings  with  mankind.  I  only- 
found  one  or  two  bv  the  name  who  have  figured  in  the  courts. 

Then  we  take  up  the  Champions.  Thev,  too,  are  good  people  and 
it  is  seldom  you  see  their  names  in  the  court  records.  They  are  good 
farmers,  honest  and  upright  in  their  dealings  with  their  fello^vman. 
Some  of  the  old  set  were  of  very  decided  temperaments,  but  as  a  whole 
they  are  good  people,  doing  well  their  parts. 

The  Wrays  are  also  very  good  people  and  are  among  the  best  peo- 
ple in  the  country.  I  don't  think  I  found  a  single  Wray  who  had 
had  any  trouble  in  the  courts.  They  are  honest,  sober  and  good 
farmers. 

Then  we  take  up  the  Suttles  and  we  find  them  to  be  very  fine  people, 
honest  in  all  their  dealings,  peace  loving  and  law  abiding  citizens. 
They  are  among  the  best  people  of  this  country. 

Then  here  is  the  Bostic  family.  Tliey  arc  very  good  people  al- 
though there  are  not  many  farmers  among  them,  nevertheless  they 
seem  to  be  inclined  towards  serving  the  public.  They  are  honest 
and  upright  in  their  dealings,  law  abiding  and  peace  loving  citizens. 

The  Harrells  are  also  very  good  people  and  I  never  found  an}'  of 
them  in  court  trouble.  Some  of  them  are  verv  2:ood  farmers  but  taken 
as  a  whole  Ihey  like  public  service  and  business  life. 

Then  we  take  up  the  "Washburn  family.  They  are  all  very  good 
people  and  have  among  them  some  very  good  farmers,  but  they,  too, 
are  inclined  to  be  public  men.  They  are  honest  and  one  seldom  finds 
their  names  on  the  criminal  docket. 

Tlien  come  the  Connors.  ]\rost  of  these  people  are  inclined  to  be 
farmers  and  are  among  our  very  best  people.  They  give  the  courts 
very  little  trouble.     This  speaks  well  for  any  family. 


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;N^ext  we  take  up  the  Magness  family.  These  are  good,  h^w  abid- 
ing, people,  honest  and  thrifty  and  boasting  but  few  farmers. 

Then  we  take  up  the  Mathenys  and  we  find  them  to  be  among  the 
very  best  people  of  the  land,  honest  iu  all  their  dealings  and  good 
farmers.  This  history  covers  every  Matheny  that  ever  came  to  this 
country.     They  are  of  Irish  descent. 

'Next  we  speak  of  the  Hughes.  We  find  them  good  people  and  I 
never  found  but  one  of  this  name  who  ever  gave  the  courts  any 
trouble.  They  are  mostly  farmers  yet  we  find  some  of  them  engaged 
in  publixj  works. 

Then  we  take  up  the  McBrayer  family.  We  find  them  to  be  among 
the  best  people  of  this  country.  They  are  law  abiding  and  peace 
loving  people.  They  seem  to  be  inclined  as  a  whole  to  public  life 
rather  than  to  the  farm,  though  some  of  them  are  successful  farmers. 

Xext  comes  the  Webbs.  We  find  them  among  our  very  best  people. 
They  also  seem  to  be  inclined  to  public  service  rather  than  to  the 
farm.  I  have  never  found  anv  of  their  names  on  the  criminal  docket, 
althoua'h  the  name  boasts  some  of  the  state's  leadino-  iurists. 

Then  we  take  up  the  Lovelaces.  These  people  are  mostly  inclined 
to  farming  and  yet  we  see  some  of  them  in  public  life.  They  are 
good  people,  honest  in  all  their  dealings,  and  I  never  found  but  a  few 
of  them  on  the  criminal  docket. 

Then  we  take  up  the  Williamsons  and  v/e  find  most  of  them  farmers. 
They  are  among  the  very  best  people  of  the  land.  I  never  found 
many  of  the  name  on  the  criminal  docket ;  they  are  kind  and  neigh- 
borly. 

Then  we  take  up  the  Doggetts  and  we  find  them  good,  law  abiding 
and  peace  loving  people,  yet  we  find  very  few  farmers  among  them, 
though  they  seem  possessed  lovers  of  stock  and  stock-trading. 

Then  we  take  up  the  Byers  family,  for  nearly  all  of  them  are  in 
this  history.     They  are  good  people,  law  abiding  and  peace  loving,  yet 


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there  are  few  farmers  among  tliem.     Some  liave  been  public  office 
holders. 

I  have  been  very  brief  in  speaking  of  all  these  different  families 
as  they  are  all  kindred  characters  and  families.  All  are  good  people 
— just  as  good  as  one  finds  in  all  the  land.  I  have  expended  my  best 
efforts  in  compiling  a  complete  history  of  the  Hamrick  generations, 
yet  it  is  not  as  complete  as  I  should  wish  it  to  be.  Then,  too,  I  know 
that  mortal  man  is  not  perfect,  so  if  you  see  a  mistake  in  this  work  do 
not  make  mockery  of  that  which  is  intended  to  be  good.  Then,  too, 
think  that  the  one  who  has  labored  so  faithfully  never  went  to  school 
six  months  in  all  his  life.  It  was  said  that  the  writer  could  not  get 
up  this  history,  but  God  being  my  helper,  I  am  about  completing  it. 
About  ninety  per  cent  of  the  present  generations  are  Baptists  and 
Democrats.  We  were  about  to  omit  mentioning  the  Turners  who  are 
concerned  in  this  w^ork.  They,  too,  are  among  the  very  best  people  in 
this  country.  They  are.  mostly  farmers,  honest  and  upright  in  all 
their  dealings  with  their  f  ellowman. 

JSTow  we  come  to  speak  of  the  condition  of  the  country  at  the  time 
that  these  pioneer  families  came  here.  There  were  no  white  people 
here  at  that  time.  Vast  tribes  of  Indians  inhabited  this  section.  One 
tribe  six  miles  south  of  Shelby,  near  the  Frank  Young  old  place,  one 
south  of  Boiling  Springs,  one  near  Grassy  Pond  and  one  tribe  near 
Forest  City.  So  you  can  see  that  the  future  looked  very  dark  for 
these  people.  Some  of  the  early  settlers  herein  nientioneil  were 
killed  by  savages,  some  carried  off  and  were  never  heard  of  again. 

When  the  Ilamricks  came  here  they  nearly  all  came  in  what  is 
known  as  a  slide  or  sled,  as  such  vehicles  are  called.  When  they  came 
to  a  river  canoes  were  made  of  large  trees  and  all  of  their  possessions 
put  in  these  and  taken  across.  Uncle  Berry  Hamrick  said  that  he  saw 
many  years  afterward  some  of  the  sleds  that  brought  them  here  at  his 
grandfather's,  Samuel  Hamrick's.  Wlien  these  pioneers  came  here 
they  cleared  up  their  lands  by  cutting  out  llu;  younger  growth.  This 
was  done  with  a  mattock.     They  killed  the  large  trees.     After  being 


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cleared  the  land  was  dug  up  with  a  mattock.  Afterward  they  made  a 
crude  plow  stock  out  of  a  crooked  tree^  as  nearly  the  shape  of  our 
plow  stocks  of  today  as  they  could  make  them.  Then  they  had  what 
was  called  a  mold  board  which  they  fastened  to  the  plow  stock  and 
made  tight  with  a  wedge.  With  this  they  plowed  their  lands.  Their 
traces  and  lines  were  made  of  bark  as  there  were  no  shops  of  iron  in 
this  country  at  that  time.  Most  of  them  used  oxen  as  the  only 
means  of  draft  animals  for  cultivatins;  their  lands.  Tliev  took  a 
piece  of  crooked  wood  and  hewed  it  out  so  as  to  form  a  yoke,  the 
traces  were  fastened  thereto.  They  worked  their  oxen  from  early 
in  the  niorning  until  late  at  night,  then  they  turned  them  out  to 
graze.  They  brought  a  little  corn  with  them  when  they  came  to 
this  country.  Some  they  planted  and  some  they  saved  for  bread. 
Most  of  the  corn  gave  out  before  they  could  make  a  crop  and 
there  were  two  or  three  months  in  which  they  had  to  go  without 
bread.  J^aturally  they  suffered  many  hardships  which  to  this 
present  generation  would  seem  to  be  unbearable.  They  killed  wild 
game  which  they  ate.  They  went  to  work  early  in  the  morning 
and  worked  until  about  nine  o'clock,  then  ate,  then  back  to  their 
work  where  they  remained  until  about  four  in  the  afternoon  at  which 
time  they  would  eat  again.  They  ate  twice  a  day  and  only  sparingly 
at  that.  It  was  about  ten  years  after  they  came  into  this  country  before 
they  sowed  any  wheat  as  they  brought  none  with  them.  But  about  this 
time  some  people  came  from  Virginia  into  this  section  who  brought 
wheat.  Governed  by  the  Golden  Rule^  they  divided  this  wheat,  giv- 
ing nearly  every  one  a  portion.  I^ow  they  threshed  their  wheat  by 
digging  the  ground  down  to  the  hard  clay  then  took  a  maul  and  beat 
the  gTOund  until  it  was  very  hard.  Then  they  drove  a  post  in  the  mid- 
dle of  this  hole  and  put  a  shaft  in  the  post,  then  hitched  an  ox  or  oxen 
to  the  shaft.  Then  the  wheat  was  strown  all  around  and  as  the  oxen 
went  around  they  trod  out  the  wheat.  Uncle  Berry  Hamrick  said 
the  oxen  wiiich  were  used  in  treading  out  the  wheat  were  never  muz- 
zled. Tlien  they  put  the  wheat  into  a  vessel,  two  men  got  hold  of  a 
sheet  and  they  raised  a  wind  by  warping  the  sheet  so  as  to  fan  the  chaff 
awav.     Thev  then  erround  the  wheat  in  what  is  called  a  hominv  mill 


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and  sifted  it  through  a  single  slade  cloth.     Then  the  flour  was  made 
into  bread  without  any  soda  or  shortening. 

The  mill  was  made  by  taking  a  large  tree  and  digging  out  a  hopper 
in  it  about  a  foot  deep  and  lined  it  with  large  headed  nails.  Then 
they  took  a  large  piece  of  wood  and  shaped  it  like  a  maul.  With  it 
they  beat  up  the.  corn.  Also  they  took  another  maul  very  much  like 
the  first  one  and  fastened  a  large  piece  of  wood  to  it,  then  tied  a 
large  rock  to  the  other  end  of  the  pole,  two  men  pulled  up  the  beater 
and  the  rock  pulled  it  back  down.  In  this  way  the  corn  was  ground. 
They  also  made  another  sort  of  mill :  This  they  fastened  to  limb  on  a 
tree  and  the  limb  helped  them  to  manage  the  mill.  They  also  used 
still  another  sort :  They  took  a  large  tree  and  dug  a  trough  in  one  end 
and  had  a  piece  about  four  feet  long  under  the  other  end.  Then 
they  turned  the  water  into  the  trough  and  when  the  trough  was  filled 
with  water  the  other  end  went  downed  and  poured  out  the  water. 
This  made  the  heavier  end  come  down  so  hard  that  it  beat  up  the  corn. 
The  corn  which  was  finely  ground  they  used  for  meal  and  the  coarser 
was  used  for  hominy.  A  picture  showing  this  old  hominy  mill  is  re- 
produced in  this  w'ork. 


FIEST  CHUECH 

A  period  of  twenty-one  years  elapsed  after  they  came  into  this 
country  before  there  were  any  church  buildings.  Buffalo  Church 
in  York  countv,  South  Carolina,  was  the  first  church  organized  in 
this  part  of  the  country.  It  was  organized  in  the  year  17SG.  So  you 
see  these  old  settlers  had  no  })lace  to  go  to  church  but  nothing  daunted 
them.  They  had  meetings  in  private  homes.  Joseph  Camp  was  the 
first  pastor  of  Bufl^alo  church  and  James  Bridges  was  the  first  named 
deacon.  His  iiiimc  is  mentioned  in  this  book.  Now  I  will  <'(nnc  as 
near  as  I  can  in  describing  the  old  church  building.  It  was  about 
forty  feet  long,  twenty-five  feet  wide  and  about  twelve  feet  high.  The 
cracks  were  from  four  to  six  inches  wide  and  were  not  daubed  with 
mud  like  their  dwclUng  houses,  but  were  left  open.     It  had  two  doors 


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23 


OLD    BUFFALO    CHtTRCH    HOUSE    IN    YORK     COUNTY,     S.     C. — THE    FIRST     CHURCH    IN 

WESTERN     NORTH     AND     SOUTH     CAROLINA      (bAPTIST). 

DEDICATED    IN    THE    YEAR    17S6 


24  HiSTORT   OF  THE   HaMRICK    GENERATIONS 

in  it  and  one  window.  A  door  was  at  each  end  and  the  window  was  in 
the  middle  just  over  the  "stand."  The  house  was  covered  with  four 
foot  boards  which  were  fastened  on  with  wooden  pins  and  then  hung 
over  the  rib  poles.  Three  feet  of  the  boards  were  exposed.  The  end 
logs  went  to  the  top  of  the  building.  The  building  had  a  partition  in 
the  back  end  and  this  space  was  reserved  for  colored  people.  The  doors 
and  windows  were  hung  on  wooden  hinges  and  the  doors  were  fastened 
with  wooden  latches.  I  show  in  this  book  an  illustration  of  this  old 
building.  "When  the  people  went  to  church  in  those  days  they  walked 
back  and  forth.  They  usually  went  to  church  on  Saturday  and  then 
walked  back  on  Sunday.  The  women  wore  home  spun  dresses  made 
of  materials  which  they  had  carded  and  spun  by  hand.  Their  shoes 
were  made  of  home  made  leather  over  a  very  course  last.  The  heels 
were  as  large  as  the  shoe  was  wide.  Wlien  they  went  to  church  the 
women  went  bare  footed  and  carried  their  shoes  with  them.  When 
nearing  the  meeting  place  they  sat  down  and  put  on  their  shoes.  The 
church  had  no  chimney  so  they  were  kept  warm  by  the  fiery  discourse 
and  arguments  of  the  preacher  who  warmed  up  the  whole  congrega- 
tion, and  the  fire  burned  the  chaff,  for  it  was  salvation  by  grace  alone 
and  this  always  burns  the  chaff.  The  people  walked  from  eight  to  ten 
miles  to  hear  the  Gospel  in  those  days  and  never  seemed  to  get  tired. 
The  benches  in  the  church  were  logs  split  open,  one  log  making  two 
benches.  In  1789  Sandv  Eun  church  was  built  verv  much  on  the 
same  style  as  the  Buffalo  church.  The  deeds  of  both  these  old 
churches  were  made  to  the  Predestinarian  Baptists  as  one  can  see  by 
the  records. 


SLEDS 


Almost  everybody  knows  something  about  a  slide  or  sled.  They 
were  made  from  eight  to  ten  feet  long  with  two  runners.  The  front 
ends  were  cnrvod  so  as  to  run  over  rough  })laces  and  stumps.  Most 
of  the  slides  had  standards.  Tlic  slides,  or  sleds,  were  boxed  up  and 
a  whole  family  could  get  into  one  slide,  or  sled,  and  go  to  "preachin'  " 
or  move  from  one  place  to  another  in  them.     Old  Uncle  James  Ham- 


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rick,  "Jeems,"  as  lie  was  called,  would  put  liis  wife  and  five  or  six 
children  in  one  of  these  slides,  or  sleds,  and  go  to  visit  "Aunt  Polly's" 
father,  miles  awav. 


THE  TEEAD  MILL 

In  later  years  they  made  a  pen  of  rails  about  four  feet  high  and 
covered  it  over  with  rails.  When  their  wheat  got  ripe  they  cut  it  and 
laid  it  into  these  pens,  then  took  a  hickory  pole  and  beat  out  the  wheat 
and  cleaned  it  in  the  same  manner  as  before  stated.  Later  they  in- 
vented a  thresher  which  had  wooden  teeth  in  it.  This  thresher  was 
run  by  confining  a  horse  in  a  certain  position  and  the  horse  kept 
tramping  with  his  fore  feet,  one  foot  upon  one  paddle  and  one  foot 
upon  another.  By  this  process  they  operated  the  thresher  which 
threshed  out  the  wheat.  I  have  seen  this  done,  and  still  in  some 
places  they  clean  the  wheat  in  the  manner  above  stated,  that  is  known 
as  the  treadmill. 


SAW  MILL 


Now  in  those  days  they  had  what  they  called  a  whip  saw.  It  was- 
the  only  kind  of  saw  mill  the  people  had  in  those  days  with  which  to 
saw  plank.  This  saw  mill  was  mounted  on  a  hill  side  with  a  scaffold 
built  about  10  feet  high.  They  hewed  one  side  of  the  log  and  then 
lined  it  off  with  a  blacking  line,  the  lines  just  as  far  apart  as  they 
wanted  the  planks  sawed.  One  man  stood  on  the  ground  and  another 
upon  the  top  of  the  log  in  order  that  he  might  see  the  lines.  The  man 
pulled  up  and  another  pulled  down  and  in  this  way  the  planks  were 
sawed.  One  person  sat  on  the  top  of  the  log  and  drove  a  wedge  in 
behind  the  saw  so  as  to  keep  the  saw  from  pinching.  I  have  a  finger 
now  missing  that  was  cut  off  by  one  of  these  saw  mills  while  tightening 
the  wedge.  I  show  a  cut  of  the  old  whip  saw  mill  in  this  book.  Two 
good  men  could  saw  from  four  to  five  hundred  feet  of  lumber  in  a 
day,  but  it  was  hard  work. 


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FUEXITUEE  OF  THE  SETTLEES 

Uncle  Berry  Hamrick  said  that  many  of  these  old  settlers  had  no 
beds  when  they  came  to  this  country.  They  got  some  oak  leaves  and 
made  a  bed  in  one  corner  of  the  house.  Some  had  what  they  called  a 
bedstead.  It  had  only  one  leg  or  post  and  it  stood  out  in  the  middle 
of  the  room.  A  hole  bored  in  one  side  of  the  house  and  a  hole  in  the 
bed  post  and  a  railing  put  into  these  holes ;  the  other  was  made  the 
same  way  and  slats  were  laid  across  the  railings,  then  the  bed  clothes 
were  put  on.  I  have  seen  many  of  these  old  bedsteads  in  Mitchell  and 
Yancey  counties  in  this  state.  Bed  curtains  were  hung  on  these  beds, 
the  curtains  hunc  from  the  bed  to  the  floor. 


FLAX 


Xow  I  will  tell  you  something  about  raising  flax  and  tlie  manner  of 
preparing  it  for  cloth.  The  settlers  planted  the  flax  in  a  low  wet 
place  and  v;hen  ripe  it  was  cut  and  soaked  in  water  for  several  days. 
Then  it  was  dried  and  beaten  with  poles.  Next  it  was  put  into  a 
"break" ;  which  was  made  with  four  slats  on  the  bottom  about  three 
inches  apart  and  about  five  feet  long  with  three  pieces  on  top  as  long 
as  the  bottom  pieces.  The  top  pieces  went  down  through  the  bottom 
pieces  and  the  flax  was  laid  between  them  and  when  they  came  down 
together  they  broke  up  the  flax  into  smaller  workable  bits.  Then  a 
paddle  about  tliree  feet  long  and  four  inches  wide  and  about  one  inch 
thick,  sharp  on  both  edges  like  an  old  fashioned  butcher  knife  was 
used.  jSText  the  flax  was  taken  in  one  hand  and  the  singling  knife  in 
the  other  and  the  flax  was  beaten  to  pieces.  Then  what  was  called  a 
hackle  was  used.  This  hackle  was  made  as  follows:  A  piece  uf  ])lank 
was  used  about  four  feet  long  and  six  inches  wide,  two  inches  thick 
and  about  one  hundred  sharp  spikes  made  out  of  steel  were  driven  into 
it.  These  spikes  were  about  six  inches  long  and  about  two  inches 
apart  with  about  four  iuclies  exposed.  The  flax  was  taken  and 
slashed  witli  these  sharp  spikes  until  it  was  cut  very  fine,  following 
that  it  was  spun  on  wliat  is  called  a  flax  wheel.     An  illustration  of  this 


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old  fashioned  flax  wheel  is  shown  in  this  book.  Then  the  flax  was 
woven  in  a  loom  and  finally  made  into  clothing,  both  for  men  and 
women.  The  flax  was  never  colored,  being  manufactured  in  the  origi- 
nal color.  I  have  seen  many  dresses  made  of  the  flax  cloth,  which 
was  durable  and  lasting. 


COTTOIT  CULTURE 

In  the  year  1815  the  people  began  to  raise  cotton.  They  planted  it 
like  corn,  covering  it  with  a  plow.  In  a  few  days  they  knocked  the  top 
soil  oJf  with  a  board.  When  the  cotton  came  up  a  hoe  was  used  and 
one  person  on  one  side  and  another  on  the  other  scraped  the  row  from 
one  end  to  the  other.  They  never  thought  of  cutting  up  a  single  stalk. 
They  were  very  careful  about  cutting  cotton  up.  When  the  cotton 
came  up  it  was  about  six  inches  wide  across  the  row.  They  made 
from  two  to  three  hundred  pounds  of  seed  cotton  to  the  acre.  They 
never  used  anv  manure  or  anv  kind  of  fertilizer  in  those  davs.  After 
the  cotton  was  gathered  they  picked  off  every  particle  of  trash  and 
picked  out  the  seed  with  their  fingers.  ISText  they  washed  the  lint  as 
clean  as  they  could.  Then  it  was  dried,  carded  and  spun.  They 
used  a  reel,  what  was  called  a  cracking  reel :  Some  of  these  reels  took 
one  hundred  and  twentv  threads  to  make  a  cut  and  five  cuts  made  a 
yard.  Some  had  one  hundred  threads  to  the  cut  and  it  took  six 
threads  to  make  a  cut.  These  reels  did  their  own  counting  and  when 
they  got  a  cut  they  cracked  off.  This  thread  was  taken  and  put  upon  a 
pair  of  winding  blades  and  it  was  wound  off  on  spools.  Then  it  was 
warped  on  a  pair  of  warping  bars.  Xext  the  thread  was  put  on  the 
beam  of  the  loom,  then  through  the  harness  and  through  the  sleigh 
and  around  the  small  beams  of  the  loom.  Then  the  thread  was  woven 
into  cloth.  The  cloth  was  colored  and  afterward  made  into  clothing. 
A  cut  is  shown  of  an  old  loom  also  the  old  cracking  reel  and  winding 
blades  in  this  book. 

Some  time  later  what  was  called  a  wooden  cotton  gin  was  invented. 
This  gin  was  made  with  two  wooden  rollers,  one  on  top  of  the  other, 
and  as  close  as  they  could  be.     These  rollers  had  a  crank  on  one  side 


28  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

whicli  was  turned  and  one  roller  turned  them  both.  So  the  rollers 
ran  together  and  the  cotton  was  fed  in  between  these  rollers.  The 
seed  came  out  on  the  same  side. 

I  have  it  from  Uncle  Berry  Hamrick  that  Samuel  Hamrick  in- 
vented the  first  wooden  roller  cotton  gin  in  this  country.  I  will  also 
show  a  cut  of  the  old  wooden  cotton  gin  in  this  book,  similar  to  the 
one  exhibited  at  the  museum  at  Washington. 


WOOLEI^  CLOTH 

Afterward  sheep  raising  was  undertaken  and  woolen  goods  were 
then  made  in  very  much  the  same  way  as  the  cotton  goods.  The 
woolen  goods  were  always  colored  with  dj'e  flowers  or  walnut  bark  or 
some  kind  of  coloring.  Indigo  was  raised  in  those  days  and  the  peo- 
ple colored  much  of  their  cloth  with  it  A  good  spinner  could  card 
and  spin  a  yard  of  thread  a  day,  which  was  great  speed  for  those 
days. 

The  raising  of  cotton  entailed  the  use  of  what  was  called  a  hogs- 
head. This  was  a  lar<2:e  tree  cut  down  and  burned  or  cut  out  as  thin 
as  one  could  make  it.  A  head  was  put  in  one  end,  the  hogshead 
filled  with  cotton  and  packed  with  a  press,  on  the  style  of  an  old 
fashioned  cider  press.  Then  the  other  end  was  planked  up  and  a 
shaft  put  through  the  hogshead  and  shafts  to  the  hogshead.  Then  a 
horse  or  oxen  was  hitched  to  it  and  the  cargo  carried  to  market  at 
Columbia  or  Charleston,  S.  C.  The  tobacco  was  also  carried  to  mar- 
ket in  the  same  manner.  Charleston  and  Columbia  were  the  only 
markets  in  those  days. 


WAGONS 


The  wlieels  of  the  first  wagons  were  made  of  two  pieces  of  wood, 
about  eight  inches  wide  niid  throe  inches  thick  and  five  feet  long. 
They  were  put  across  one  anotlier.  The  axle  tree  was  put  into  the 
middle  of  these  pieces  and  a  wooden  rim  as  thick  as  a  large  spoke  and 


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the  rim  was  fastened  to  the  spokes  with  wooden  pins.     I  have  seen 
many  of  these  old  fashioned  wagons  in  the  mountains  of  this  state. 

I  tell  you  that  the  people  had  a  hard  time  in  those  days.  Just  think 
for  a  moment  of  leaving  father  and  mother,  brother  and  sister  and 
loved  ones  and  going  off  into  a  strange  unsettled  land  where  no  white 
people  lived  and  where  you  expected  to  never  see  your  loved  ones  again 
or  hear  any  more  from  them  in  this  life,  for  they  never  had  a  postoffice 
away  back  in  those  days.  The  first  mail  ever  carried  in  the  United 
States  was  in  1804,  and  the  first  stamps  were  used  in  the  year  1847. 
So  you,  see  they  never  heard  from  home  or  loved  ones  any  more  lafter 
leaving  them.  They  had  no  knives  or  forks,  for  the  first  ones  manufac- 
tured in  America  were  made  in  1814.  So  they  had  to  make  good  use 
of  their  hands  in  those  days.  A  lot  of  them  made  wooden  knives,  forks, 
spoons  and  bowls.  They  also  had  wooden  plates  and  wooden  cups  and 
saucers.  Some  time  later  they  made  all  these  things  out  of  pewter 
and  soapstone. 


OTHEE  I:NVEKTI0^S 

The  first  steamship  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  1819.  It  made  its  trip 
in  about  forty  days.  The  first  printing  press  made  in  America  was 
in  1814.  The  first  newspaper  was  published  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in 
1704.  It  was  the  Boston  ISTews,  April  24th,  1704.  This  newspaper 
which  was  very  small  was  printed  by  hand.  The  first  railroad 
in  the  United  States  was  in  1828.  The  first  telegraph  in  1835. 
The  first  sewing  machine  in  1846  w^as  invented  by  Elias  Howe. 
The  first  clock  in  1836  was  invented  by  Eli  Terry.  First  electric 
lights  in  1844.  The  first  leather  ever  tanned  in  the  United  States 
was  in  1795.  The  first  matches  were  made  in  1805  and  cost  ten 
cents  for  sixty  matches.  The  first  saw  mill  was  in  England  in  1770. 
The  first  spinning  jinny  in  1767.  It  had  only  eight  spindles.  So 
you  see  that  all  these  first  settlers  were  deprived  of  every  new  inven- 
tion that  we  are  now  enjoying. 

Back  in  those  early  days  almost  all  of  the  settlers  made  and  used 
whiskey  in  some  way  or  form.   You  seldom  heard  of  any  one  getting 


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drunk.  The  preachers  made  and  used  it,  also  the  deacons  and  church 
members.  Xo  one  ever  thought  of  slighting  his  brother  in  the  church 
for  drinking.  I  have  it  from  the  records  that  one  of  the  best  preachers 
in  those  days  had  a  still  and  if  he  did  not  make  whiskey  himself  he  had 
it  done.  One  Baptist  preacher  would  still  till  meeting  time,  then 
go  and  preach,  then  back  to  the  still  that  evening.  That  has  not  been 
more  than  sixty  years  ago. 

Yes,  thev  liad  fiddling  in  those  days  and  one  of  the  best  preachers 
would  go  to  church  and  preach  and  then  go  l)ack  liomo  to  play  his  fid- 
dle. He  never  played  such  vulgar  tunes  as  they  do  in  these  days.  The 
fiddle  was  considered  very  creditable  in  those  days. 

They  had  no  moiu*ners'  bench  in  those  days  at  the  church  as  the 
first  mourners'  bench  was  erected  in  1835  by  Lorenzo  Dowe.  I  have 
his  book  and  he  tells  just  how  he  got  the  mourners'  bench  started. 
Also  the  first  protracted  meeting.  He  went  through  this  country  in 
the  year  1835.  My  mother  said  that  she  had  heard  him  preach  sev- 
eral times.  He  tried  with  all  his  might  to  get  a  stir  among  the  people 
but  failed.  As  he  was  going  along  one  day  near  the  state  line  in 
South  Carolina  he  saw  a  little  negro  boy  blowing  an  old  tin  bugle. 
His  name  was  Gabriel.  He  said  that  he  had  never  heard  the  like  in 
all  his  da^'S,  that  it  almost  made  the  hair  rise  on  his  head.  He  asked 
the  little  negro  if  he  would  go  witli  him  and  blow  the  bugle  for  him. 
He  finally  persuaded  the  little  negro  to  go  with  him.  They  both  went 
on  together  before  time  for  preaching.  He  got  the  negro  Gabriel  to 
climb  the  tree  in  the  church  yard  and  stay  u\\  in  the  tree  until  the 
crowd  gathered,  and  when  he  heard  the  preacher  come  over  the  name 
''Gabriel"  for  him  to  blow  the  bugle  with  nil  his  might.  AVhcn  the 
preacher  began  preaching  that  night  he  tried  with  all  his  might  to 
get  the  people's  hearts  astir  but  failed.  Tlien  Lorenzo  Dowe.  the 
preacher,  came  down  with  his  fist  on  the  book  board  as  hard  as  he 
could  and  at  the  same  time  uttered  these  words:  "And  wliat  if  you 
were  to  hear  Gabriel  sound  liis  mighty  trumpet  tonight.  What  would 
you  do?"  Then  the  negro  Gabriel  in  the  tree  sounded  his  trumpet 
with  nil  liis  might.     Tliey  came  tumbling  over  each  other,  both  men 


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and  women,  both  old  and  young.  The  hke  was  never  seen.  Lorenzo 
Dowe  had  no  trouble  the  next  night  in  getting  people  to  the  mourners' 
bench. 


THE  OLD  SETTLEES'  COURTSHIPS 

Well  I  will  give  a  few  courtships  of  some  of  the  old  Hamricks. 
There  was  one  Moses  Hamrick  who  was  going  to  see  Sarah  Robertson. 
I  suppose  thev  had  the  match  made  up.  However,  one  day  Moses 
was  ploughing  along  when  all  of  a  sudden  he  decided  that  it  was  as 
good  a  time  for  him  to  get  married  as  he  would  ever  have.  He  stopped 
his  plow,  took  out  his  horse  and  rode  him  off  the  field  with  his  old 
clothes  on  and  rode  about  ten  miles  over  to  Isaac  Robertson's,  the 
father  of  Sarah.  When  he  got  there  Sarah  was  down  at  the  wash 
place  and  he  went  on  do^\Ti  there.  When  he  got  there  he  said,  "Sarah 
this  is  as  good  a  time  to  marry  as  we  will  ever  have."  "Yes,"  said 
Sarah,  "But  where  are  your  clothes  ?"  Moses  says,  "I  have  them  on." 
"Well,"  said  Sarah.  "If  you  are  ready  I  am  too.  Where  is  the 
preacher?"  Then  Moses  said,  "He  is  up  here."  They  were  both 
married  in  their  everv  dav  clothes.  This  is  no  ioke,  it  is  the  plain 
truth  for  there  are  many  witnesses  to  prove  this  statement. 

jSTow  I  will  give  you  the  courtship  of  Old  Uncle  "Jeames"  Hamrick, 
as  he  was  called.  This  he  told  me  from  his  own  lips.  He  was  going 
to  his  Uncle  Billy  McSwains'  to  see  Aunt  "Polly"  and  he  said  they 
talked  of  marrying  but  he  was  like  Ben  Purdle,  he  could  not  get 
his  "blame"  mouth  off.  So  he  went  on  in  that  way  for  months  and 
every  time  that  he  would  go  to  Uncle  Billy's  he  would  try  to  get  his 
mouth  to  ffo  off  but  it  would  not.  So  one  Saturdav  evening  he  went 
again  to  Uncle  Billy's  and  when  he  got  there  there  was  no  one  at  the 
house  but  Aunt  "Polly,"  He  shook  hands  with  her  and  as  he  took 
hold  of  her  hand  he  says  "Polly  would  you  have  a  body  ?"  "Why  yes, 
Jeames  you  know  I  would,"  This  was  all  of  their  courtship  for  they 
were  married  the  next  Sunday.  I  suppose  it  does  not  make  so  much 
difference  as  to  the  amount  of  words  used  as  it  does  the  love  3'ou  have 
for  one  another.     I  think  if  there  ever  was  a  couple  who  loved  one 


32  History  of  the  Hamkick  Generations 

another  it  was  Uncle  "Jeaines"  and  Aunt  Polly.  I  once  knew  a  man 
who  went  to  see  a  woman  twenty  years  and  married  her,  then  killed 
her.  A  hundred  years  ago  you  never  heard  of  any  divorces.  They 
married  in  those  days  for  love,  but  today  they  seem  to  marry  for  the 
fun  of  it.  It  has  been  recently  published  that  forty  per  cent  of  the 
people  that  marry  today  get  a  divorce. 

In  the  old  days  if  a  person  made  a  debt  the  account  was  put  on  the 
books  and  it  was  good.  You  can't  say  that  today,  for  some  people 
will  sit  in  the  Amen  corner,  sign  a  mortgage  and  then  lie  awake  .that 
night  planning  how  to  beat  the  other  fellow  out  of  the  money. 

The  people  back  in  those  days  were  very  poor  farmers.  They  ran 
their  rows  up  and  down  the  hills.  You  can  see  some  sign. of  their 
poor  farming  today.  In  a  few  years  they  had  to  clear  up  another  field 
as  the  other  land  was  washed  away.  They  never  valued  timber  as  worth 
anything.  There  has  been  enough  of  good  forest  timber  burnt  up  and 
destroyed  in  the  field  which  if  we  had  it  today  it  would  build  almost 
every  house  in  America.  They  cut  the  large  pines  down  and  burned 
them  up  on  the  ground  and  let  some  of  them  lie  and  rot.  They  never 
studied  about  riches  as  do  the  people  of  today.  "When  you  struck 
them  on  religious  matters  they  were  up-to-date.  Oh !  what  a  change 
has  taken  place  since  forty  years  ago. 


CAPTAIN  MAGNESS 

All  of  Benjamin  ]\Iagness'  descendants  can  join  the  Daughters  of 
the  Revolution  through  him.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  Revolutionary 
army.  He  first  married  Elizabeth  Mauney  and  then  later  married 
Sarah  "Walker.  Almost  all  of  the  Hamricks  were  in  favor  of  the 
freedom  of  this  country  but  there  were  only  a  few  who  took  any  active 
part,  nor  were  they  called  upon  to  do  so  owing  to  the  sparsely  settled 
community. 

Xow  I  will  give  a  little  episode  and  I  suppose  it  was  true.     I  have 

if  from  some  of  the  younger  set  of  Hamricks.     On  one  occasion  one 

-of  the  old  Hamricks  took  on  n  little  too  much  booze  and  went  to  his 


History  of  the  Hamkick  Generations  33 

brother  Billy's  and  asked  him  to  get  up  and  give  him  some  more 
booze.  Bill}-  told  him  plainly  that  he  would  not  give  him  any  more. 
"You  go  home  you  have  too  much  now,"  said  Billy.  Asa  says,  "If  you 
don't  give  me  some  whiskey  I  will  jump  into  the  well."  "Go  ahead," 
says  Billy.  In  a  few  minutes  they  heard  Asa  hit  the  bottom  of  the 
well.  The  well  was  ninety-four  feet  deep.  Billy  jumped  out  to  see 
and  sure  enough  Asa  was  in  the  well.  Then  Billv  had  to  tear  down 
the  beadstead  to  get  ropes  to  pull  Asa  out.  As  they  rolled  him  out 
he  said  "Eoll,  Billy  EoU,"  and  about  every  ten  feet  "Roll,  Billy  Eoll." 
So  this  became  a  by-word  at  log  rollings.  "Roll,  Billy  roll."  At  an- 
other time  Asa  and  one  of  his  sons  were  going  along  one  night.  Asa 
had  on  a  little  too  much  booze  again.  He  stepped  off  into  a  new  well 
about  twenty  feet  deep.  His  son  told  him  "to  stay  there"  until  he 
went  home  and  got  some  one  to  help  him  out.  Asa  turned  a  new  leaf 
after  that  and  professed  a  hope  in  Jesus.     I  truly  hope  he  is  at  rest. 

Old  Uncle  Berrv  McDaniel  and  mv  father  were  working  at  Elder 
Drury  Dobbins.'  He  set  some  whiskey  on  the  table  and  said  "Breth- 
ren, if  any  of  you  want  a  little  whisky  here  it  is,  but  don't  drink  too 
much."  Xow  this  is  not  mentioned  to  slander  Elder  Dobbins  but  only 
to  show  the  use  of  whiskv  in  those  davs.  I  am  sure  that  no  one  es- 
teemed  Elder  Dobbins  any  higher  than  myself. 

The  first  person  buried  at  Buffalo  Church  was  a  foreigner.  He  was 
passing  the  church  yard  with  his  gun  when  he  saw  a  squirrel  up  one 
of  the  trees.  He  shot  the  squirrel  and  killed  it.  It  lodged  in  the 
tree  and  he  climbed  up  the  tree  and  fell  out  and  he  himself  was  killed. 
They  buried  him  at  Buffalo  Church  in  1787,  one  year  after  the  church 
was  founded.  Xo  one  ever  found  out  the  name  of  this  man.  I  have 
this  from  old  Uncle  William  Gaston,  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Church. 
The  first  jDerson  buried  at  Boiling  Springs  was  Sarah  Hamrick,  a 
daughter  of  Reuben  Hamrick  and  wife,  Hannah  McSwain.  She  was 
buried  in  1806.  She  was  only  two  years  old.  The  first  person  buried 
at  Bethel  was  George  Hamrick,  son  of  Reuben  Hamrick  and  Hannah 
McSwain.  He  was  buried  the  9th  of  May,  1882.  The  first  person 
buried  at  Double  Springs  was  Elijah  Hamrick,  son  of  William  Ham- 
3 


34  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

rick  and  wife,  Jane  McSwain,  on  October  lOtli,  1881.  The  first  per- 
son buried  at  Beaver  Dam  was  Hosev  Harrell,  son  of  John  Harrell 
and  wife  Susanna  Washburn.  He  was  buried  April  10th,  1871. 
The  first  person  Imried  at  Wall's  Church  was  Octavia  Bridges,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  Winbrown,  May  1st,  1877. 
So  you  see  the  Hamricks  were  the  first  in  this  country  and  the  first 
to  be  buried  at  a  number  of  the  churches.  Warren  Hoyle,  son  of 
Mr.  F.  L.  Hoyle  and  wife  was  the  first  person  killed  in  the  European 
war  from  this  county.  He  is  a  descendant  of  George  Hamrick,  who 
crossed  the  Atlantic  in  the  year  1731.  The  Hamrick  generations 
lost  many  people  both  in  the  Civil  and  European  War.  I  had  eight 
first  cousins  killed  in  one  battle  in  the  Civil  War. 

In  1881  a  day's  work  brought  fifty  cents.  Today  it  is  worth  from 
three  to  five  dollars.  Flour  in  1881  was  five  dollars  and  fifty  cents 
a  sack.  Home  killed  meat  twenty  cents  a  pound ;  shoes  from  two  to 
three  dollars  per  pair;  a  suit  of  clothes  eight  to  twelve  dollars  a  suit. 

]^ow  I  will  give  an  example  of  the  high  cost  of  living.  Consider 
the  automobile  and  look  at  the  enormous  amount  of  money  spent  every 
day  and  night.  If  we  only  could  keep  an  account  of  all  the  money 
spent  for  the  above  and  say  nothing  about  fruit  stands  and  vaudeville 
shows  and  the  like,  then  we  would  begin  to  see  where  the  high  cost 
of  living  comes  in.  I  cut  cross  ties  in  1886  for  $8.00  a  month  and  ate 
two  meals  a  day.  That  was  only  thirty  one  cents  a  day,  which  would 
amount  to  fifty  cents  a  daj^  with  two  meals  added.  Now  I  have  a 
son  making  thirty  two  dollars  for  four  and  one-half  nights'  work. 
So  I  don't  see  any  use  of  complaining  about  the  high  cost  of  living. 
It  all  comes  from  extravagant  living.  Cotton  in  1881  was  nine  cents 
per  pound.  In  1919  it  was  forty  cents  per  pound,  over  four  times  as 
much  as  it  was  in  1881.  Guano  was  twenty-one  dollars  per  ton;  in 
1919  it  was  sixty-five  dollars  per  ton. 


PUZZLING  CONNECTIONS 

Now  I  will  give  the  readers  of  this  book  a  few  puzzles  to  work  out. 
Since  I  liave  l^een  getting  u])  tlio  Hamrick  History  I  have  found  five 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Gexeratioxs  35 

families  tliat  had  three  great  grandfathers  and  all  three  of  them  were 
brothers.  I  have  fonnd  five  families  that  had  three  great  grandmothers 
and  all  three  of  them  were  sisters.  I  have  found  three  men  whose 
grandfather  and  great-grandfather  were  brothers.  I  have  found  one 
man  who  had  a  first  cousin  and  he  and  his  first  cousin's  children  were 
first  cousins.  I  found  one  man  who  was  his  grandchildren's  own  uncle. 
I  have  found  three  people  whose  father  was  their  uncle.  Now  can 
you  find  out  these  riddles  ?  They  are  all  in  the  Hamrick  generations. 
I  have  found  three  sons,  thev  and  their  father  were  brothers-in-law 
and  vet -thev  have  sense  enough  to  2,0  to  mill  and  back  bv  them- 
selves. 

Xow  if  you  see  any  families  that  are  not  represented  in  this  book 
you  may  know  that  they  left  here  many  years  ago.  Elijah  Hamrick 
married  Milly  ]\IcSwain  and  went  "West  about  seventy-five  years  ago. 
Hood  Jolley  and  Eichard  Hughes  both  married  Hamricks  and  went 
to  Missouri  many  years  ago.  Some  of  the  Bridges  went  West  as  did 
some  of  the  Harrells.  Also  some  of  the  Blantons,  McSwains  and 
Washburns  journeyed  westward. 

Xow  I  have  made  an  estimate  of  Georo-e  Hamrick's  descendants 
comine-  here  from  Vireinia,  and  if  the  twentv-one  other  children  mul- 
tiplied  like  the  three  who  figure  in  this  book  there  would  be  at  least 
three  hundred  and  fifteen  thousand  of  these  people  in  one  hundred 
and  ninetv  vears.  So  vou  see  that  thev  are  as  the  sands  of  the  sea. 
Those  three  who  are  mentioned  in  this  book  have  at  least  fifteen  thou- 
sand descendants  in  one  hundred  and  ninetv-one  vears.  Records  of 
twenty-one  children  I  was  unable  to  get  into  this  work.  That  looks 
like  they  are  of  Abraham's  descendants. 

There  has  been  a  ereat  chang-e  in  the  last  fiftv  vears.  Back  then 
when  passing  a  home  you  could  hear  the  roar  of  the  wheels  and  the 
cards  and  if  vou  should  2:0  in  would  hear  them  talkinsj  about 
grandfather  and  grandmother,  or  some  of  their  relatives.  Today 
you  will  find  one-fourth  of  the  people  talking  politics  and  worldly 
matters.  When  you  ask  these  people  who  was  your  grandfather  or 
grandmother  they  can't  tell  you.     I  have  asked  many  people  since 


36  History  of  the  Hamrick  Gei^erations 

I  began  this  work  who  was  your  grandfather  or  grandmother  and 
they  couhl  not  saj.  I  asked  one  grown  boy  who  his  mother  was  before 
she  married  and  lie  conld  not  telL  Back  in  those  days  the  people 
used  to  visit  one  another  and  sit  and  tell  their  experiences  and  how 
they  passed  from  law  to  grace.  Today  they  are  busy  telling  all  about 
their  corn  and  cotton  and  worldly  affairs.  You  do  not  hear  much 
said  about  religion,  only  what  "they  are  doing  for  the  Lord."  The 
Bible  says  that  many  shall  come  in  that  day  saying,  "Lord,  Lord,  we 
have  prophesied  in  thy  name  and  in  thy  name  done  many  wonderful 
works,  and  in  thy  name  cast  out  devils,"  and  the  Lord  shall  say,  "De- 
part from  me  for  I  never  knew  you."  I  will  let  the  readers  of  this  book 
judge  between  now  and  fifty  years  ago  as  to  religious  matters.  Back 
in  those  days  they  would  sit  and  tell  what  great  things  the  Lord  had 
done  for  their  souls.  I  have  heard  my  father  and  mother  tell  their 
experiences  and  then  old  people  would  come  in  and  they  would  sit  up 
imtil  midnight  telling  their  experiences.  Some  telling  of  their  loved 
ones  gone  on  before  to  a  better  land  than  this. 


FIEST  STORE 

Xow  the  first  store  in  all  this  part  of  the  country  was  near  Gaffney, 
S.  C,  and  was  owned  by  Mike  Gaffney  and  another  man  by  the  name 
of  McCosten.  This  store  was  running  in  1800.  Only  a  very  few 
articles  were  kept  in  this  small  store. 

There  was  one  Charles  McSwaiii  who  was  father  of  a  boy  about  five 
years  old.  This  boy  was  the  reddest  haired  boy  you  ever  saw.  His 
father  and  mother  thought  very  much  of  him.  One  day  he  went  out 
to  get  something  to  make  a  fire  and  while  away  the  Indians  stole  him. 
This  was  about  the  year  1800.  As  they  thought  so  much  of  their  red 
haired  George  they  named  tlie  next  boy  born  George.  This  boy  was 
black  haired.  In  1812  tlie  Indian  war  broke  out  and  tlicy  recaptured 
their  son  from  the  Indians.  So  you  see  they  had  two  boys  named 
George,  one  red  haired  and  the  other  black  haired.  Uncle  Berry  Ham- 
rick  said  that  he  had  seen  both  those  boys.  Neither  of  them  ever  mar- 
ried.  Tliov  liad  a  sister  named  ^^Fariiarct  who  mari'icil  TIkuikis  ^Foore. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  37 


You  have  heard  a  great  deal  said  about  red  headed  George  McSwain, 
this  is  what  o'ave  rise  to  the  name. 

There  was  one  of  this  generation  shot  at  the  stake  in  time  of  the 
Civil  War.  His  name  was  George  Washington  McSwain.  He  was 
one  of  the  best  men  in  this  part  of  the  county  and  one  of  the  best 
soldiers  in  the  Civil  War.  He  got  a  letter  from  home  that  his  wife 
was  in  a  bad  state  of  affairs  financially  and  that  she  wanted  him  to 
come  home  at  once.  He  got  a  furlough  for  thirty  days  and  when  the 
time  was  up  he  failed  to  go  back  on  account  of  the  conditions  at  home. 
When  thev  came  after  him  he  was  tried  bv  court-martial  and  con- 
demned  to  be  shot  at  the  stake.  I  will  give  a  copy  of  his  last  letter 
that  he  wrote  to  his  dear  wife  and  children.  It  is  very  pathetic. 
Charles  J.  Hamrick  and  William  Jasper  Jones  were  dra^\^l  to  shoot 
him.  Charles  J.  Hamrick  got  out  by  being  related  to  the  condemned 
man  and  McSwain  was  killed  before  Jones  had  fired.  They  both 
said  that  George  McSwain  was  one  of  the  best  men  in  their  company. 
Whereupon  comes  the  following  letter : 

Camp  near  Orange  Court  House,  Virginia, 
January  3rd,  1864. 

Hannah,  Dear  Wife  and  dear  Children: — 

It  is  with  painful  regret  that  I  have  to  say  to  you  in  way  of  writing  my  last 
letter  that  I  ever  expect  to  write  in  this  world  to  you,  as  my  days  are  but  few 
that  I  have  to  spend  in  this  unfriendly  world,  as  I  expect  to  part  this  life 
next  Saturday  by  sentence  of  a  general  court  martial  to  be  tied  down  to  a 
stake  on  that  day,  the  9th  of  this  month,  and  shot  to  death  with  muskets. 
But  little  thought  I  had  of  this  when  I  volunteered  in  the  service  of  my 
country  to  protect  my  home  and  family  that  my  life  would  be  taken  by  my 
own  people  simply  from  absenting  myself  from  my  post  with  the  view  of  pro- 
tecting my  little  helpless  children  and  affectionate  wife  who  are  as  near  and 
dear  to  me  as  my  own  life.  Hannah,  I  was  in  very  good  heart  and  didn't 
think  they  would  shoot  me  until  yesterday  morning.  My  sentence  was  read 
to  me  that  I  had  to  be  shot  next  Saturday.  It  washed  against  me  like  the 
raging  billows  against  a  lonely  rock  in  a  sweeping  storm,  and  I  carefully 
examined  myself  and  I  feel  well  assured  that  when  I  leave  the  world  that  I 
will  be  better  off  than  here.  But  to  my  little  children  and  affectionate  wife 
may  the  Lord  prepare  and  fit  them  to  meet  me  in  heaven,  for  there  will  be 
no  more  TDarting  of  husbands  and  wives  and  dear  children,  but  be  rest  for 
ever.  Hannah,  dear  wife,  and  dear  little  children,  I  never  expect  to  see  you 
any  more  in  this  life.  My  prayers  are  that  you  will  meet  me  in  heaven.  Do 
the  best  vou   can,  and   may  God   in   his   mercy    rest   and   remain    with   you 


38  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


forever.  Dear  wife,  don't  grieve  nor  trouble  after  me,  for  I  feel  that  I  am 
going  to  a  better  Avorld  and  be  at  rest.  Then  I  won't  be  here  to  be  punished 
any  longer.  ]My  afflictions  have  been  severe,  and  I  feel  that  I  will  be  better 
off  when  I  leave  this  world.  Tell  all  my  friends  farewell  for  me,  and  fare- 
well, dear  wife,  farewell,  dear  children.  Prepare  to  meet  me  in  heaven.  I 
will  close  by  saying,  God  bless  my  wife  and  little  children.     Farewell. 

(Signed)     George  W.  Mc Swain. 

I  will  now  give  a  list  as  nearly  as  possible  of  all  members  of  the 
families  herein  mentioned  who  held  public  oiSces : 

Housand  Harrell  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Rutherford  county 
in  the  year  1804,  and  rode  a  horse  bare  backed  to  Ealeigh,  and  there 
bought  his  first  saddle. 

David  Hamrick  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Rutherford  county 
in  1S;J4,  As  there  were  so  many  David  Hamricks  I  will  distinguish 
him  from  the  others.  His  first  wife  was  Rebecca  Raney,  his  second 
wife  Sarah  McSwain. 

William  F.  Jones  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Rutherford  county 
in  1846. 

Amos  Harrell  served  in  the  Legsilature  from  Rutherford  countv. 


in 


185G. 


Benjamin  AVasliburn  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Rutherford 
county  in  1858. 

Charles  Blanton  was  the  first  Sheriff  for  Cleveland  county,  elected 
in  1842  and  served  until  1852.  He  never  carried  a  gun  or  pistol  dur- 
ing his  term  of  office. 

George  Green  served  as  Deputy  Sherifi*  under  Charles  Blanton 
from  1842  to  1852,  He  was  then  elected  High  Sheriff  in  1852  and 
served  until  1864.  Then  was  elected  again  in  1864  and  served  until 
1876.     He  served  as  Countv  Treasurer  for  several  years. 


James  Y.  Hamrick  was  the  first  Legislator  for  Cleveland  county. 
0  was  elected 
term  of  office. 


He  was  elected  in  1844  and  again   in  1848  and  died  during  his  second 


History  of  the  Ha:\ikick  Generations  39 

Richard  Champion  was  the  first  Clerk  of  Court  for  Clevehiud 
countv.  Elected  in  1842  and  served  until  1866,  24  years.  The  court 
was  held  at  the  old  Evans  House  near  Zion  Church  in  this  county. 

John  Blanton  served  as  Sheriff  of  Rutherford  county  from  1880  to 
1890. 

His  brother,  Burwell  Blanton,  was  one  of  the  first  trustees  of  the 
!N"orth  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanical  Arts  in  the 
year  1889,  and  his  name  is  on  the  cornerstone  of  the  college  at 
Raleigh. 

Greenberry  Pruett  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Rutherford 
county  in  1883. 

Dr.  John  B.  Harrell  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Rutherford 
county  in  1885. 

Capt.  Gold  Grifiin  Holland  served  in  the  Legislature  ^from  Cleve- 
land county  in  the  year  1850. 

TTilliam  !M.  Blanton  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Cleveland 
county  in  the  year  1856. 

James  Y.  Hamrick,  Jr.,  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Cleveland 
countv  in  the  vear  1881.  Also  in  the  Senate  in  1895.  He  was 
elected  bv  the  Lea-islature  of  Xorth  Carolina  as  Statistician  from 
1897  to  1901. 

James  L.  Webb  served  in  the  Legislature  for  Cleveland  county 
in  1883  and  was  elected  state  solicitor  and  served  for  several  years. 
He  was  then  appointed  judge  of  the  16th  Judicial  District.  He  was 
appointed  to  this  office  by  the  Honorable  Charles  B.  Aycock,  Governor 
of  iJsTorth  Carolina.  He  was  afterwards  elected  by  the  people,  and  is 
judge  up  to  the  present  time. 

Wiley  C.  Hamrick  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Cleveland  county 
in  the  year  1889.     Also  in  the  Senate  from  South  Carolina  in  1910. 

Landrum  L.  Smith  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Cleveland 
county  in  1895. 


40  History  of  the  Hameick  Geivekatioxs 

Clyde  E,.  Hoey  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Cleveland  county 
in  the  year  1895.  Also  in  1901.  Also  in  Senate  in  1903.  He 
was  appointed  Assistant  District  Attorney  in  1915  and  held  that 
office  till  elected  to  Congress  December  16th,  1919. 

Edwin  Y.  Webb,  served  in  the  Senate  in  Cleveland  county  in  1901 
and  was  elected  to  Congress  in  1902  and  served  until  1919  when  he 
was  then  appointed  by  the  Hon.  Woodrow  Wilson  as  Federal  Judge 
for  the  Western  District  of  Xorth  Carolina. 

Oliver  JMaxwell  Gardner  was  elected  to  the  Senate  in  1911  and  in 
1915.  In  1916  he  was  elected  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Xorth  Caro- 
lina pro  tern.  He  is  now  a  candidate  for  Governor  and  I  make  the 
assertion  that  he  will  be  our  next  governor. 

Drury  S.  Lovelace  served  in  the  Legislature  from  Cleveland  county 
in  1909  and  has  been  county  commissioner  for  several  years  and  has 
served  as  Justice  of  Peace  for  Xo.  2  Towmship  for  many  years. 

William  Hamrick  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  forty-five  years 
and  it  was  said  of  him  that  he  married  more  people  than  any  other 
person  in  his  day.  He  was  known  as  ''Squire  Billy."  He  got  up  a 
history  of  the  Hamrick  generation  which  he  loaned  to  some  of  the 
deacons  of  Buffalo  church  and  never  e-ot  it  back. 

Asa  Monroe  Lovelace  has  been  Justice  of  Peace  and  Countv  Sur- 
veyor  of  Cleveland  county  for  many  years. 

Marshall  Xewton  Hamrick  was  elected  Sheriff  in  1881  and  served 
until  1894. 

Albert  B.  Suttle  was  elected  Sheriff  of  Cleveland  county  in  1896 
and  served  until  1908. 

S.  C.  Jones  was  appointed  by  the  County  Commissioners  as  Deputy 
Sheriff  to  \vind  up  A.  B.  Suttle's  tax.  He  served  two  years.  He 
was  elected  Coroner  of  Cleveland  county  in  1912. 

Roy  Blanton  was  elected  Recorder  of  the  Court  of  Rutherford 
countv,  served  three  vears  and  rosiffned  (liiriiii>'  1917. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  41 


Willard  Winslow  "Wasliburn  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
Cleveland  county  a  number  of  years. 

W.  Posey  Beam  served  as  Captain  in  the  Civil  War;  also  served 
as  County  Surveyor  for  Cleveland  county  several  years. 

Dr.  Lowson  A.  Harrell  was  Captain  in  the  Civil  War  and  made 
a  good  captain. 

Gold  Griffin  Holland  was  also  a  Captain  in  the  Civil  War. 

S.  11.  Beam  served  several  years  as  a  Justice  of  Peace  for  Ruther- 
ford countv. 

Leander  Holland  served  as  Justice  of  Peace  for  Rutherford  county 
several  vears. 

T.  C.  Eskridge  has  served  as  a  Justice  of  Peace  for  Cleveland 
countv  and  is  now  countv  coroner  of  this  countv. 

J.  H.  Beam  served  as  Justice  of  Peace  for  Cleveland  county  for 
mauv  vears. 

James  Beam  served  for  many  years  as  Justice  of  Peace  for  Cleve- 
land countv. 

Joseph  H.  Jones  served  as  Justice  of  Peace  for  Cleveland  county. 

Wilson  W.  Bridges  served  as  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Cleveland  county 
for  several  vears. 

Thomas  J.  Holland  served  as  Justice  of  Peace  for  Cleveland 
county. 

John  D.  Putnam  served  as  Deputy  Sheriff  for  Cleveland  county 
for  several  years.  He  is  now  Road  Commissioner  of  ISTo.  7  Town- 
ship. 

John  L.  ]\EcSwain  served  several  years  as  Deputy  Sheriff  for  Cleve- 
land countv. 

William  B.  Harrell  served  as  Deputy  Sheriff  for  Cleveland  county 
for  several  vears. 


42  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Lester  Hamrick  served  several  years  as  Deputy  Sheriff  for  Cleve- 
land county. 

Lawson  A.  Bridges  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  many  years 
for  Cleveland  county. 

Burwell  Benson  Byers  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  several 
years  in  Rutherford  county. 

Junius  T.  Gardner  served  as  Mayor  of  the  town  of  Shelby  for 
twenty-two  years.  He  was  captain  of  the  Cleveland  Guards  in  the 
Spanish-American  War. 

Now  I  will  give  every  reader  of  the  book  something  to  study  about 
when  thev  have  nothing  to  do  but  talk  about  one  another.  Read  the 
Golden  Rule  and  do  unto  others  as  you  would  that  they  do  unto 
you.  Love  your  enemies,  do  good  to  them  that  hate  you,  pray  for 
them  that  despitefully  use  and  persecute  you  and  say  all  manner  of 
evil  against  you  falsely  for  my  sake. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  GEjfERATioisrs  43 


In  speaking  of  a  person's  faults 

Pray  don't  forget  your  own. 
Remember  those  in  homes  of  glass 

Should  seldom  throw  a  stone. 

If  we  have  nothing  else  to  do 

Than  talk  of  those  who  sin, 
'Tis  better  to  commence  at  home, 

And  from  that  place  begin. 

We  have  no  right  to  judge  a  man 
'    ■  Until  he's  fairly  tried; 

Then  should  we  not  like  his  company, 
^f  We  know  the  world  is  wide. 

Some  may  have  faults.    Who  has  none? 

The  old  as  well  as  young. 
Perhaps  we  may,  for  aught  we  know, 

Have  fifty  to  their  one. 

And  though  I  sometimes  hope  to  be 

Xo  worse  than  some  I  know, 
My  own   shortcomings   bid   me  let 

The  faults  of  others  go. 

Then  let  us  all  when  we  begin 

To  slander  friend  or  foe. 
Think  of  the  harm  one  word  may  do 

To  those  we  little  know. 

Remember,  curses  sometimes,  like 

Our  chickens,  roost  at  home; 
Then  don't  speak  evil  of  others'  faults 

Until  we  have  none  of  our  own. 

Oil !  "what  a  fine  lesson  is  contained  in  the  above  piece  of  poetry  if 
every  one  wonld  heed  it. 


44  History  of  the  Hameick  Generations 


I've  no  mother  now,  I'm  weeping, 

She  has  left  me  here  alone; 
She  beneath  the  sod  is  sleeping; 

Oh!  there  is  no  joy  at  home. 
Tears  of  sorrow  now  have  parted 

Her  bright  smiles  no  more  I  see; 
All  the  loved  ones  too  have  parted, 

Oh!  there  is  no  joy  at  home. 

Chorus. 

Weeping,  lonely,  she  has  left  me  here; 
Weeping,  lonely,  for  my  mother  dear. 

She  was  all  this  world  to  father, 

And  she  loved  her  children  so, 
But  she  is  now  at  rest  with  Jesus. 

Oh!  I  long,  I  long  to  go 
Where  my  mother's  singing  glory 

And  the  angels  hovering  'round, 
All  the  saints  of  every  nation. 

Oh!  how  sweet,  how  sweet  the  sound. — Chorus. 

Since  my  mother  left  me  lonely, 

Death,  that  awful  fiend,  has  come. 
And  has  taken  from  me  my  father, 

I'm  an  orphan  child  alone. 
Oh!  when  will  the  storm  pass  over, 

And  the  sun  shine  out  again? 
Then  I  hope  to  meet  my  father 

And  my  mother  once  again. — Chorus. 

One  by  one  my  brothers  going 

To  a  world  unknown  to  me; 
And  my  sisters  too  have  parted. 

Their  bright  faces  no  more  I  see. 
Time  will  only  tell  the  story 

When  I  too  will  meet  them  there; 
But  I  hope  and  trust  in  Jesus 

All  our  troubles  will  be  o'er. — Chorus. 

I'm  an  orphan  now  I'm  weeping, 

All  my  dear  ones  now  are  gone, 
But  I  hope  the  time  is  coming 

When  I'll  meet  them  'round  the  throne. 
Won't  that  be  a  hapi)y  meeting? 

Glory,  honor  to  His  name;    . 
There  will  be  no  more  sad  parting 

In  the  new  Jerusalem. — Chorus. 

The  above  was  compcsed  by  S.  C.  Jones  on  January  15,  1915,  for  the 
Hamrick  generation. 


History  of  the  Hamkick  Genekatioists  45 


I  hear  the  cold  winds  sweeping, 

Through  every  vale  and  tree, 
Where  my  dear  father's  sleeping 

Away  from  home  and  me. 

Tears  from  my  eyes  are  falling. 

Deep  sorrow  shades  my  brow; 
Cold  in  the  grave  he  is  sleeping, 

I  have  no  father  now. 

He  was  a  loving  father, 

A  friend  to  all  his  foes; 
He  is  now  at  rest  with  Jesus, 

Where  all  good  people  go. 

Kind  friends  will  cease  to  greet  him, 

For  death  has  paled  his  brow; 
I  want  to  go  and  meet  him, 

I  have  no  father  now. 

I  see  the  darkness  hovering 

Around  my  mother's  grave; 
But,  oh!  that  lonesome  cottage, 

No  mortal  one  can  crave. 

I've  thought  of  my  dear  mother 

With  tears  upon  my  brow; 
For  she  has  gone  and  left  me, 

I  have  no  mother  now. 

Sad  was  the  hour  of  parting; 

She  said  in  words  so  sweet: 
"My  loved  ones,  now  I'm  dying, 

In  glory  we  shall  meet." 

I  hope  to  meet  my  parents 

Upon  the  eternal  shore; 
And  there  we'll  dwell  together. 

Where  parting  is  no  more. 

I  had  a  little  brother. 

The  idol  of  my  heart; 
But  he,  too,  now  is  sleeping; 

How  sad  it  is  to  part. 

The  resurrection  morning. 

When  all  the  saints  shall  rise, 
They  all  shall  live  with  Jesus, 

So  far  above  the  skies. 

I  had  a  loving  sister, 

To  me  she  was  so  kind, 
But  now  I  am  so  lonely. 

For  I  am  left  behind. 

But  God  saw  fit  to  call  her; 

Farewell,  we  all  must  part, 
And  meet  dear  ones  in  glory. 

And  there  no  more  to  part. 

This  was  composed  by  S.  C.  Jones  on  Marcli  31,  1916,  for  my  dear 
cousin,  Fannie  Hamrick,  Dothan,  Ala.  It  is  sung  to  the  old  tune  of 
"Complainer." 


46  History  of  the  Hameick  Generatioists 


One  night,  while  I  was  all  alone, 

A  dark  and  lonesome  sigh, 
My  time  on  earth  I  thought  had  come, 

And  I  was  bound  to  die. 
My  sins  all  in  a  moment  rose. 

Like  a  tumult  in  the  skies; 
I  tried  the  law  and  no  mercy  there 

For  rebels  such  as  I. 

My  mother  then  began  to  sing; 

But  to  a  dying  man, 
I  thought  that  in  a  moment  I 

Should  surely  with  Him  stand. 
To  hear  my  just  and  certain  doom, 

Like  a  criminal  at  the  bar, 
Pleading  for  mercy  though  death  be  just, 

Lord  save,  was  my  desire. 

That  night  has  often  come  to  me, 

Although  my  mother's  gone, 
I  still  can  hear  her  voice  ascend 

The  great  celestial  throne. 
I  thought  her  prayers  were  then  too  late 

For  this  poor  sinful  man, 
Not  knowing  then  that  I  had  come 

Where  every  poor  sinner  must  come. 

I  don't  believe  one  wants  to  be 

In  such  a  dreadful  state; 
Oh,  brethren,  sisters,  one  and  all. 

Oh,  won't  you  here  relate, 
If  it  had  then  been  left  to  you, 

Let  the  bitter  cup  pass  on. 
And  you  had  been  as  you  were  before, 

That  you  had  not  been  born. 

Ye  weary,  heavy-laden  souls, 

AVho  are  oppressed,  sore; 
Ye  travelers  through  this  wilderness 

To  Canaan's  peaceful  shore; 
Come  tell  me  is  it  thus  with  you, 

And  is  my  story  true? 
For  if  you  are  saved,  it  is  by  grace. 

There  is  nothing  you  can  do. 

It  was  one  night  upon  my  bed 

This  burden  rolled  away; 
It's  brought  my  weary,  hungry  soul 

Up  to  the  present  day. 
Oh,  what  a  happy  thought  is  this, 

To  hear  the  sinner  tell, 
How  Jesus  in  His  mercy  has 

Saved  his  poor  soul  from  hell. 


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I  started  out  one  summer  day, 

I  thought  a  home  to  find; 
I  found  a  place  they  called  the  church, 

It  did  not  ease  my  mind. 
My  troubles  then  arose  anew, 

I  then  began  to  search; 
I  hoped  that  Jesus  in  His  love 

Showed  me  the  only  church. 

We  are  often  like  the  lonesome  dove. 

That  mourns  her  absent  mate; 
From  hill  to  hill,  from  grove  to  grove, 

Her  woes  she  doth  relate. 
But  Canaan  just  before  us  lies, 

Sweet  spring  is  coming  on; 
A  few  more  beating  winds  and  rains, 

And  winter  will  be  gone. 

Oh,  for  a  breeze  of  heavenly  love. 

To  waft  ray  soul  away 
To  that  celestial  world  above, 

Where  pleasures  ne'er  decay. 
It's  far  beyond  the  glittering  sun. 

That  blissful,  heavenly  dove, 
I  hope  to  dwell  when  time  is  done. 

And  praise  my  God  above. 

Oh,  who  can  tell  of  a  lonesome  dove, 

While  mourning  her  love  to  know. 
Her  mate  is  taken  away  and  gone. 

And  she  is  left  alone; 
Just  so  poor  sinners  sometimes  are, 

When  Jesus  hides  His  face, 
But  when  His  blessed  voice  they  hear, 

"My  child  you  are  saved  by  grace." 

The  above  was  composed  by  S.  C.  Jones,  July  12,  1876,  on  his  experi- 
ence. 


48  HiSTOKY   OF   THE   HaMRICK    GejSTERATIONS 


In  slumbering  sleep  I  lay 

One  night  upon  my  bed, 
A  vision  very  strange 

Or  a  thought  came  to  my  head; 
I  dreamed  of  the  day  of  doom, 

And  doubtless  it  had  come. 
And  Christ  Himself  was  there 

To  summons  old  and  young. 

And  I  myself  was  called, 

"With  trumpets  loud  and  shrill. 
Saying,  "Every  soul  must  rise, 

Be  their  sentence  good  or  ill." 
With  fear  I  trembling  stood. 

And  little  did  I  know, 
But  I  knew  Christ's  mercy's  great, 

And  I  trusted  and  did  go. 

I  had  not  been  there  long 

Before  old  Satan  came, 
Dressed  up  in  his  filthy  robe. 

And  my  sins  he  brought  along; 
He  laid  them  before  the  Lord, 

And  said  I  was  his  own. 
My  sins  being  full  and  great. 

For  'twas  many  I  had  done. 

Then  said  our  blessed  Lord, 

"I  soon  will  end  the  strife, 
I'll  see  if  the  sinner's  name 

Is  not  in  the  book  of  life." 
The  book  of  life  was  brought. 

And  many  leaves  unfold, 
And  the  sinner's  name  was  there, 

And  the  letters  written  in  gold. 

Then  said  our  blessed  Lord, 

"Oh,  stay,  old  Satan,  stay. 
For  the  sinner's  name  is  here. 

And  his  sins  are  washed  away." 
Then  murmuring  Satan  stood 

All  in  a  dismal  plight. 
And  said  unto  the  Lord, 

"Your  indictments  are  not  right." 

Then  said  our  blessed  Lord, 

"Oh,  why,  old  Satan,  why? 
Satan,  you  know  right  well 

For  poor  sinners  I  did  die. 
I  died  to  redeem  my  bride. 

Who  once  was  lost  by  thee, 
And  to  save  all  faithful  souls 

That  do  put  their  trust  in  me." 


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THE  GOSPEL  CHURCH 

Well,  wife,  I've  found  the  model  church, 

And  worshipped  there  today; 
It  made  me  think  of  good  old  times 

Before  my  hair  was  gray. 
The  meeting  house  was  finer  built 

Than  they  were  years  ago; 
But  then  I  found  when  I  went  in 

It  was  not  built  for  show. 

The  sexton  did  not  sit  me  down 

Away  back  by  the  door; 
He  knew  that  I  was  old  and  deaf, 

And  saw  that  I  was  poor. 
He  must  have  been  a  Christian  man, 

He  led  me  boldly  through 
The  crowded  aisle  of  that  grand  church 

To  find  a  pleasant  pew. 

You  should  have  heard  that  singing,  wife, 

It  had  the  old-time  ring; 
The  preacher  said  with  trumpet  voice, 

"Let  all  the  people  sing." 
Old  Coronation  was  the  tune, 

The  music  upward  rolled, 
Until  I  thought  the  angel  choir 

Struck  all  their  harps  of  gold. 

My  deafness  seemed  to  melt  away. 

My  spirit  caught  the  fire, 
I  joined  my  feeble,  trembling  voice 

With  that  melodious  choir; 
And  sang  as  in  my  youthful  days, 

"Let  angels  prostrate  fall; 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 

And  crown  him  Lord  of  all." 

I  tell  you,  wife,  it  did  me  good 

To  sing  that  hymn  once  more; 
I  felt  like  some  wrecked  mariner 

W^ho  gets  a  glimpse  of  shore. 
I  almost  want  to  lay  aside 

This  weather-beaten  form. 
And  anchor  in  the  blessed  port 

Forever  from  the  storm. 

'Twas  not  a  flowery  sermon,  wife. 

But  simple  gospel  truth; 
It  fitted  humble  men  like  me. 

It  suited  hopeful  youth. 
To  win  the  sin-sick  souls  to  Christ 

The  earnest  preacher  tried, 
He  preached  not  of  li^mself  or  creed, 

But  Jesus  crucified. 

Dear  wife,  the  toil  will  soon  be  o'er, 

The  victory  soon  be  won. 
The  shining  land  is  just  ahead. 

Our  race  is  nearly  run. 
We  are  nearing  Canaan's  happy  shore, 

Our  home  so  bright  and  fair; 
Thank  God  we'll  never  sin  again, 

There'll  be  no  sorrow  there. 


50  History  of  the  Hameick  Generations 

COUNTY  HISTORIES 

Alamance — Alamance  County  was  formed  in  1849  from  Orange. 
The  name  is  supposed  to  have  been  derived  from  an  Indian  word 
meaning  blue  clay.  The  County  gets  its  name  from  Alamance  Creek. 
On  the  banks  of  which  were  fought  the  battle  between  the  Colonial 
Troops  under  Gov.  Tryon  and  the  Regulators,  May  the  16th,  1771. 
The  county  seat  is  Graham, 

Alexatider. — Alexander  Countv  was  formed  in  1817  from  Iredell, 
Caldwell  and  Wilkes.  Was  named  in  honor  of  William  J.  Alexander, 
of  Mecklenburg  County,  several  times  a  member  of  the  Legislature 
and  speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons.  The  county  seat  is  Taylors- 
ville. 

Alleghany. — Alleghany  County  was  formed  in  1859  from  Ashe. 
Tlie  name  is  derived  from  an  Indian  tribe  in  the  limits  of  North 
Carolina.  Sparta  is  the  county  seat.  Alleghany  voted  with  Ashe 
until  1866. 

AThson — Anson  County  was  formed  in  1749  from  Bladen.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  Lord  George  Anson,  a  celebrated  English  Admi- 
ral who  circum-navi2;ated  the  c-lobe.  He  lived  for  a  wliile  on  the 
Pee  Dee  in  South  Carolina.  In  1701  ho  was  given  the  honor  of 
bringing  to  her  marriage  with  King  George  III,  Charlotte,  Princess 
of  ]\recklenburg,  for  whom  Mecklenburg  County  is  named.  The 
county  seat  is  Wadesboro. 

Ashe. — Ashe  County  was  formed  iji  J  799  from  Wilkes.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  Samuel  Ashe  of  New  Hanover,  brother  of  General 
John  Ashe.  Samuel  Ashe  was  a  Revolutionary  patriot,  one  of  the 
first  judges  of  the  State,  and  afterwards  governor.  The  county  seat 
is  Jefferson. 

Beaufort. — Beaufort  County  M^as  formed  in  1705  from  Bath.  Was 
first  called  Archdale  and  name  changed  to  Beaufort  aboutl7l2.  It 
was  named  in  honor  of  Henry  Sumerset,  Duke  of  Beaufort,  who  in 
1709  became  one  of  the  Lord  proprietors  of  the  Carolinas.     He  pur- 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  51 

chased  the  share  originally  owned  by  the  Duke  of  Albemarle.     The 
county  seat  is  Washington. 

Bertie. — Bertie  County  was  formed  in  1722  from  Bath.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  James  and  Henry  Bertie,  Lord  Proprietors,  who 
in  1728  owned  the  shares  of  Lord  Clarendon.  The  county  seat  is 
Windsor. 

Bladen. — Bladen  County  was  formed  in  1734  from  Bath,  Was 
named  in  honor  of  Martin  Bladen,  one  of  the  members  of  the  Board 
of  Trade  which  had  charge  of  colonial  affairs.  The  county  seat  is 
Elizabethtown. 

Brmisioick. — Brunswick  was  formed  in  1764  from  ISTew  Hanover 
and  Bladen.  Was  named  in  honor  of  the  famous  house  of  Bruns- 
wick, of  which  the  four  Georges,  kings  of  England,  were  members. 
The  county  seat  is  Southport. 

Buncombe. — Buncombe  County  was  formed  in  1791  from  Burke 
and  Rutherford.  Was  named  in  honor  of  Col.  Edward  Buncombe,  a- 
Revolutionary  soldier,  who  w^as  wounded  and  captured  at  the  battle 
of  Germantown,  Oct.  4th,  1777,  and  died  a  parole  prisoner.  May  1778, 
in  Philadelphia.  Col  Buncombe  lived  in  Tyrrell  County.  He  was 
noted  for  his  hospitality.  Over  the  door  of  his  house  were  these  lines : 
^'Welcome  all  to  Buncombe  Hall." 

Burke. — Burke  County  was  formed  in  1777  from  Rowan  County. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  Dr.  Thomas  Burke,  member  of  the  Continen- 
tal Congress  and  Governor  of  l^orth  Carolina.  The  county  seat  is 
Morganton. 

Bute. — Bute  County  was  formed  in  1764  from  Grandville.  Was 
named  for  John  Stuart,  Earl  of  Bute,  one  of  the  principal  Secre- 
taries of  State,  also  first  lord  of  the  treasury  under  King  George  III, 
over  which  monarch  he  exercised  a  dominant  influence.  The  Earl 
became  very  unpopular  with  the  Americans,  and  in  1778  the  General 
Assembly  of  Xorth  Carolina  passed  an  act  which  wiped  Bute  County 
from  the  map,  dividing  its  territory  into  new  counties  called  Warren 


52 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


OLD-FASHIONED   WHIP    SAW    USED    IN    EARLY    MANUFACTrUE    OF    LUMBEHl. 

(see  page  25) 


History  of  the  Hamkick  Generations  53 


and  Franklin,  after  the  Eevolutionary  patriots,  Joseph  Warren  and 
Benjamin  Franklin.  • 

Caharrus. — Cabarrns  County  was  formed  in  1702  from  ]\Iecklen- 
biirg.  Was  named  in  honor  of  Stephen  Cabarrus,  of  Edenton,  sev- 
eral times  member  of  the  Legislature  and  often  speaker  of  the  House 
of  Commons.     The  county  seat  is  Concord. 

Caldwell  — Caldwell  County  was  formed  in  1841  from  Burke  and 
Wilkes.  Was  named  in  honor  of  Joseph  Caldwell,  the  first  Presi- 
dent of  the  University  of  jSTorth  Carolina.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
and  strongest  advocates  of  the  public  school  system,  and  of  the 
railroad  through  the  center  of  the  state  from  Morehead  City  to 
Tennessee.     Lenoir  is  the  county  seat. 

Camden.—  Camden  County  was  formed  in  1777  from  Pasquotank. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  the  learned  Englishman,  Charles  Pratt,  Earl 
of  Camden,  who  was  one  of  the  strongest  friends  of  the  Americans 
in  the  British  Parliament.  He  took  their  side  in  a  dispute  over 
taxation  without  representation.  The  county  seat  is  Camden  Court 
House. 

Carteret, — Carteret  Countv  was  formed  in  1722  from  Bath.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  Sir  John  Carteret,  afterwards  in  1744  Earl  Gran- 
ville, one  of  the  Lord  Proprietors,  when  the  other  Lord  Proprietors 
sold  their  shares  to  the  king  in  1728,  Cartaret  was  induced  to  sell. 
An  immense  tract  of  land  in  Xorth  Carolina  was  laid  off  as  his  share 
in  1744.  It  was  called  Granville  District  and  was  the  cause  of  a  great 
deal  of  trouble.  He  lost  it  by  confiscation  when  the  Kevolutiun  freed 
jSTorth  Carolina  from  the  British  rule.     Beaufort  is  the  county  seat. 

Caswell. — Caswell  County  was  formed  in  1777  from  Orange.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  Richard  Caswell,  member  of  the  First  Continental 
Congress,  first  Governor  of  ISTorth  Carolina  after  the  Declaration  of 
Independence.  Six  times  re-elected  Governor  and  Major-General  in 
the  Eevolutionary  Army.     Yance^wille  is  the  county  seat. 

Catawha. — Catawba  County  was  formed  in  1842  from  Lincoln. 


54  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Was  named  after  a  tribe  of  Indians  which  dwelt  in  that  section  of 
the  State.  Newton  is  the  county  sfcat.  Catawha  County  voted  with 
Gaston  and  Lincohi  until  1854. 

Chatham. — Chatham  County  was  formed  in  1770  from  Orange. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  the  great  Englishman  who  won  for  England 
all  of  Ereuch  Aniericu  and  was  the  most  eloquent  dcfcndcnt  of  the 
American  cause  in  the  British  Parliament  during  the  llevolution, 
William  Pitt,  Earl  of  Graham.     Pittsboro  is  the  county  seat. 

Cherohee. — Cherokee  County  was  formed  in  1839  from  Macon. 
Was  named  after  an  Indian  tribe  which  still  dwells  in  that  section 
of  the  State.     Murphy  is  the  county  seat. 

Choiuan. — Chowan  County  was  formed  in  1672  from  Albemarle. 
Was  named  for  an  Indian  tribe  dwelling  in  the  northeastern  part  of 
the  State  when  the  English  first  came  to  North  Carolina.  Edcnton  is 
the  county  seat. 

Clay. — Clay  County  was  formed  in  1861  from  Cherokee.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  the  great  orator  and  statesman  Henry  Clay. 
Hayesville  is  the  county  seat.  Prior  to  1868  Clay  voted  with  Chero- 
kee. 

Cleveland. — Cleveland  County  was  formed  in  1841  from  Iiuther- 
ford  and  Lincoln.  Was  named  in  honor  of  Col.  Benjamin  Cleve- 
land, a  noted  partisan  leader  on  the  western  North  Carolina  frontier 
in  the  Revolution,  and  one  of  the  heroes  of  King's  Mountain.  Shelby 
is  the  county  seat. 

Columbus. — Columbus  County  was  formed  in  1808  from  Bladen 
and  Brunswick.  Was  nanicd  in  honor  of  the  discoverer  of  tlie  new 
world.     Wliiteville  is  the  county  seat. 

Craven. — Craven  County  was  formed  in  1712  from  Batli.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  William,  Lord  Craven,  one  of  the  Lord  Proprietors 
of  Carol  inn.       New  Bern  is  the  county  scat. 

Cumberland. — Cumberland    County   was   formed    in    1754   from 


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Bladen.  Was  named  in  honor  of  William  Augustus,  Duke  of  Cum- 
berland, second  son  of  King  George  II.  Cumberland  was  commander 
of  the  English  Army  at  the  battle  of  Culloden,  in  which  the  Scotch 
Highlanders  were  so  badly  defeated.  Many  of  them  came  to  America 
and  their  principal  settlement  was  at  Cross  Creek  in  Cumberland 
County.     Fayetteville  is  the  county  seat. 

Currituck. — Currituck  County  was  formed  in  1672  from  Albe- 
marle. Was  named  after  an  Indian  tribe.  Currituck  Court  House  is 
the  county  seat. 

Dare. — Dare  County  was  formed  in  1870  from  Currituck,  Tyrrell 
and  Hyde.  Was  named  in  honor  of  Virginia  Dare,  the  first  English 
child  bom  in  America.     Manteo  is  the  county  seat. 

Davidson — Davidson  County  was  formed  in  1822  from  Rowan. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  General  William  Lee  Davidson,  a  soldier  of 
the  Revolution,  who  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Cowan's  Eord,  when 
General  Green  retreated  across  JSTorth  Carolina  before  Comwallis  in 
1781.  He  stationed  some  troops  under  General  Davidson  at  Cowan's 
Ford  over  the  Catawba  Eiver  to  delav  the  British  Army.  The  Brit- 
ish  attacked  the  Americans,  killed  General  Davidson,  and  forced  the 
passage.  The  United  States  has  erected  a  monument  in  his  honor 
on  Guilford  Battle  Ground.     Lexington  is  the  county  seat. 

Davie. — Davie  County  was  formed  in  1836  from  Rowan.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  William  R.  Davie,  distinguished  as  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution,  member  of  the  Federal  Convention  of  1787,  Governor  of 
Xorth  Carolina,  Special  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary to  France,  father  of  the  L^niversity  of  !Xorth  Carolina. 
Mocksville  is  the  county  seat. 

Dohhs. — Dobbs  County  abolished  in  1701. 

Duplin. — Duplin  County  was  formed  in  1740  from  Xew  Hanover. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  George  Henry  Hay,  Lord  Duplin,  an  En- 
glish nobleman.     Kenansville  is  the  county  seat. 

Durham. — Durham  County  was  formed  in  1881  from  Orange  and 


56  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Wake.     Was  named  after  the  town  of  Durliam,  a  thriving  manufac- 
turing city.     Durham  is  the  county  seat. 

Edgecomhe — Edgecombe  County  was  formed  in  1735  from  Bertie. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  Richard  Edgecombe,  who  became  Baron 
Edgecombe  in  1742,  an  English  Xobleman  and  a  Lord  of  the  Treas- 
ury.    Tarboro  is  the  county  seat. 

Forsyth. — Forsyth  County  was  formed  in  1849  from  Stokes.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  CoL  Benjamin  Forsyth,  U.  S.  A.,  a  citizen  of 
Stokes  County,  wlio  was  killed  on  the  Canadian  frontier  on  June 
28th,  1814,  during  the  second  war  with  Great  Britain.  Winston- 
Salem  is  the  county  seat. 

Franklin — Franklin  County  was  formed  in  1779  from  Duke.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  Benjamin  Franklin,     Louisburg  is  the  county  seat. 

Gaston. — Gaston  County  was  formed  in  184G  from  Lincoln.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  Judge  William  Gaston,  memlx'r  of  Congress  and 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  iSTorth  Carolina.  Dallas  is  the 
county  seat.  From  1846  to  1852  Gaston  voted  with  Lincoln  and 
Catawba. 

Gates. — Gates  County  was  formed  in  1778  from  Chowan,  Perqui- 
mans and  Hertford.  Was  named  in  honor  of  General  Horatio  Gates, 
who  commanded  an  American  army  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga.  At 
this  battle  an  entire  British  army  was  ca])tni'('(l,  but  General  Gates 
contributed  nothing  to  that  success.  It  was  regarded  as  one  of  the 
most  important  battles  in  the  history  of  the  world.  Gatesville  is  the 
county  seat. 

Glasgow. —  (Abolished  in  1799.) 

Graham. — Graham  County  was  formed  in  1872  from  Cherokee. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  Gov.  Willinin  A.  ( !raliaiii.  Fiiited  States  Sena- 
tor, Governor  of  Xorth  Caroliii;i,  Secretary  of  the  Xavv.  Confederate 
State  Senator.  Roblnnsville  is  the  county  seat.  C}raliam  voted  with 
Cherokee  until  1883. 


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Granville. — Granville  County  was  formed  in  1746  from  Edge- 
combe. Was  named  in  honor  of  John  Carteret,  Earl  of  GTanville, 
who  owned  the  •  Granville  District.  He  was  prime  Minister  under 
King  George  II,  and  a  very  brilliant  man.  Oxford  is  the  county 
seat. 

Greene. — Greene  County  was  formed  in  1799  from  Glasgow.  Was 
named  in  honor  of  General  liathaniel  Greene,  Washington's  right 
hand  man.  iN^ext  to  Washing-ton,  General  Greene  is  regarded  as  the 
greatest  soldier  of  the  Eevolution.  He  fought  the  battle  of  Guilford 
Court  House  and  saved  J^orth  Carolina  from  the  British.  Snow  Hill 
is  the  countv  seat. 

Guilford. — Guilford  County  was  formed  in  1770  from  Rowan 
and  Orange.  Was  named  in  honor  of  Francis  jSTorth,  Earl  of  Guil- 
ford, an  English  nobleman.  He  was  the  father  of  Lord  jSTorth  who 
was  Prime  Minister  under  King  George  III  during  the  Revolution. 
Lord  Xorth  afterwards  succeeded  his  father  as  Earl  of  Guilford. 
Greensboro  is  the  county  seat. 

Halifax. —  Halifax  County  w^as  formed  in  1751  from  Edgecombe. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  George  Montague  Dunk,  Earl  of  Halifax, 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trade  which  had  control  of  the  colonies 
before  the  Revolution.     Halifax  is  the  county  seat. 

Harnett. — Harnett  County  was  formed  in  1855  from  Cumberland. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  Cornelius  Harnett,  eminent  Revolutionary 
patriot,  President  of  the  Provincial  Council,  President  of  the  Council 
of  Safety,  Delegate  to  the  Continental  Congress.  Author  of  the 
Halifax  Resolution  of  April  12,  1770.  Lillington  is  the  county 
seat.     Harnett  voted  with  Cumberland  until  1865. 

HaivJiins. —  (Xow  in  Tennessee.) 

Hayu-ood. — Haywood  County  was  formed  in  1808  from  Buncombe. 
Was  named  in  honor  of  John  Haywood,  who  for  forty  years,  1787- 
1827,  was  the  popular  Treasurer  of  the  State.  Waynesville  is  the 
county  seat. 


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Henderson. — Henderson  county  was  formed  in  1838  from  Bun- 
combe. Was  named  in  honor  of  Leonard  Henderson,  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Xorth  Carolina.  Hendersonville  is  the 
county  seat. 

Hertford. — Hertford  County  was  formed  1759  from  Chowan, 
Bertie,  and  North  Hampton.  Was  named  in  honor  of  Francis  Sey- 
mour Conway,  Marquis  of  Hertford,  an  English  Nobleman.  He 
was  a  brother  of  General  Conway,  a  distinguished  British  soldier 
and  member  of  Parliament,  who  favored  the  repeal  of  the  Stamp 
Act.  The  word  Hertford  is  said  to  mean  Bed  Ford.  Winston  is 
the  county  seat. 

Hohe. — Hoke  County  was  formed  in  1911  from  Cumberland  and 
Bobeson.  Was  named  in  honor  of  Bobert  S.  Hoke,  of  North  Caro- 
lina, Major-General  in  the  Confederate  States  Army.  Baeford  is 
the  county  seat.  ♦ 

Hyde. — Hyde  County  was  formed  in  1705  from  Bath.  Called 
Wickham  until  about  1712.  Named  Hyde  in  honor  of  Gov.  Edward 
Hyde,  of  North  Carolina,  a  grandson  of  the  Earl  of  Clarendon.  The 
Earl  was  one  of  the  Lord  Proprietors.  Gov.  Hyde  was  a  first  cousin 
of  Queen  Anne.    County  seat  is  Swan  Quarter. 

Iredell. — Iredell  County  was  formed  in  1788  from  Bowan.  Named 
in  honor  of  James  Iredell,  of  Edenton,  who  was  one  of  the  foremost 
lawyers  of  the  State.  In  1788  and  1780  he  was  one  of  the  leaders 
in  the  State  in  advocating  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States.  His  speeches  in  the  Convention  of  1788  at  Hills- 
boro  were  among  the  ablest  delivered  by  any  of  the  advocates  of 
the  Constitution.  Washington  appointed  him  in  1700  a  Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  The  County  seat  of 
Iredell  (Jountv  is  Statesville. 

Jackson. — Jackson  County  was  formed  in  1851  from  Haywood 
and  ]\riieon.  Named  in  honor  of  Andrew  Jackson,  who  was  born  in 
Mecklenburg  County.     (The  site  of  his  birthplace  is  now  in  Union.) 


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He  won  the  brilliant  victory  over  tlie  British  at  JSTew  Orleans  in 
1815,  and  was  twice  elected  President  of  the  tJnited  States.  The 
county  seat  is  Webster. 

Johnston. — Johnston  County  was  formed  in  1746  from  Craven. 
Afterwards  parts  of  Duplin  and  Orange  were  added.  Was  named  in 
honor  of  Gabriel  Johnston,  Governor  of  JSTorth  Carolina  from  1731 
to   1752.      The  county  seat  is  Smithfield. 

Jones. — Jones  County  was  formed  in  1778  from  Craven,  was 
named  in  honor  of  Willie  Jones,  of  Halifax.  He  was  the  leading 
patriot  of  the  Revolution,  was  President  of  the  Council  of  Safety, 
and  was  opposed  to  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States.  It  was  due  to  his  influence  that  the  Constitution  at  the 
Convention  of  1788  repected  it.     The  county  seat  is  Trenton, 

Lee. — Lee  County  was  formed  in  1907  from  Chatham  and  Moore, 
named  in  honor  of  Robert  E.  Lee.    The  county  seat  is  Laurinburg. 

Lenoir.— 'Lei\o\r  County  was  formed  in  1791  from  Dobbs  and 
Craven,  was  named  in  honor  of  General  William  Lenoir,  one  of  the 
heroes  of  Kino-'s  Mountain.     Kinston  is  the  countv  seat. 

Lincoln. — Lincoln  County  was  formed  in  1779  from  Tryon,  was 
named  in  honor  of  Col.  Benjamin  Lincoln,  General  of  the  Revo- 
lution, whom  Washington  appointed  to  receive  the  sword  of  Lord 
Cornwallis  at  the  surrender  of  Yorktown.  Lincolnton  is  the  county 
seat. 

Macon. — Macon  County  was  formed  in  1828  from  Haywood,  was 
named  in  honor  of  jSTathaniel  Macon,  Speaker  of  the  ISTational 
House  of  Representatives,  United  States  Senator,  President  of  the 
Constitutional  Convention  of  1835.     The  county  seat  is  Franklin. 

Madison. — Madison  Countv  was  formed  in  1851  from  Buncombe 
and  Yancey,  was  named  in  honor  of  James  Madison,  fourth  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States.     The  county  seat  is  Marshall. 

Martin. — Martin  County  was  formed  in  1774  from  Halifax  and 


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Tyrrell,  was  named  in  honor  of  Josiali  Martin,  the  last  Eoyal 
Governor  of  !N'ortli  Carolina.  It  is  probable  that  this  name  would 
have  been  chano-ed  like  those  of  Dobbs  and  Trvon,  but  for  the 
popularity  of  Alexander  Martin,  who  was  Governor  in  1782  and 
again  in  1790.     The  county  seat  is  Williamston. 

McDowell. — McDowell  Countv  was  formed  in  18-12  from  Eutlier- 
ford  and  Burke,  was  named  in  honor  of  Col.  Joseph  McDowell,  an 
attractive  officer  of  the  Revolution.  McDowell  voted  with  Rutherford 
and  Burke  until  1854.     Marion  is  the  countv  seat. 

Mecklenhurg. — Mecklenburg  County  was  formed  in  1762  from 
Anson,  was  named  in  honor  of  Princess  Charlotte,  of  Mecklenburg, 
Queen  of  George  III,  King  of  England.  The  county  seat,  Char- 
lotte, one  of  the  prettiest  cities  in  the  State,  was  also  named  in  her 
honor.  Mecklenburg  County  was  the  scene  of  some  of  the  most 
stirring  events  of  the  Revolution.     Charlotte  is  the  county  seat. 

Mitchell. — Mitchell  Countv  was  formed  in  1861  from  Yancev, 
Watauga,  Caldwell,  Burke  and  McDowell,  was  named  in  honor  of 
Dr.  Elisha  Mitchell,  a  professor  in  the  University  of  North  Carolina. 
^^^lile  on  an  exploring  expedition  on  ]\It.  Mitchell,  the  highest  peak 
East  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  Dr.  Mitchell  fell  from  a  high  jx^ak 
and  was  killed.  His  body  was  buried  on  the  top  of  this  lofty  moun- 
tain. The  county  seat  is  Bakersvilli'.  ^Mitchell  County  voted  w^ith 
Yancey  County  until  1868. 

Mo7itgomery. — Montgomory  Comity  was  formed  in  1778  from 
Anson,  was  named  in  lionor  of  the  liravo  General  Richard  Mont- 
gomery, who  lost  his  life  ;it  the  battle  of  Quebec  in  1775  while 
trying  to  conquer  Canada.     The  county  seat  is  Troy. 

Moore. — IMoore  C(ninty  was  foi-nu'd  in  17S1  from  ( 'uiiiberhiiid, 
was  named  in  lionor  of  Capt,  Alfred  ^loore,  of  l^)nins\vi('k,  a  soldier 
of  the  Rcvoluti<jii  and  afterwards  a  Justice  of  the  Sn|trenie  (Nmrt  of 
the  T"^nitod   States.      I'lie  county  seat   is  Cartliag(\ 

Nash. — Nash  County  was  formed  in  1777  from  Edgecombe,  was 


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named  iu  lienor  of  General  Francis  ISTasli,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution, 
who  was  mortally  wounded  while  fie'htino;  under  Washinaton  at 
Germautowu.  The  United  States  has  erected  a  monument  in  his 
honor  at  the  Guilford  Battle  Ground,  near  Greensboro.  The  county 
seat  is  Nashville. 

Neiv  Hanover. — ISTew  Hanover  County  was  formed  in  1729  from 
Bath,  was  named  after  Hanover,  a  country  in  Europe  whose  ruler 
became  King  of  England,  with  the  title  of  George  I.  The  county 
seat  is  Wilmington. 

Northampton. — Northampton  County  was  formed  in  174:1  from 
Bertie,  was  named  in  honor  of  George,  Earl  of  jSTorthampton,  an 
English  Xobleman.  His  son,  Spencer  Compton,  Earl  of  "Wilmington, 
was  high  in  office  when  Gabriel  Johnston  was  Governor  of  I^orth 
Carolina,  who  had  the  town  of  Wilmington  named  in  his  honor.  The 
county  seat  is  Jackson. 

Onslow. — Onslow  County  was  formed  in  1734  from  Bath,  was 
named  in  honor  of  Arthur  Onslow,  for  more  than  thirty  years  speaker 
of  the  House  of  Commons  in  the  British  Parliament.  The  county 
seat  is  Jacksonville. 

Orange. — Orange  County  was  formed  in  1753  from  Granville, 
Johnston,  and  Bladen,  was  named  in  honor  of  William  of  Orange, 
who  became  King  William  III  of  England.  He  was  one  of  the 
greatest  of  the  kings  of  England  and  saved  the  English  people  from 
the  tyranny  of  James  11.  His  name  is  held  in  honor  wherever 
English  liberty  is  enjoyed.     The  county  seat  is  Hillsboro. 

Pamlico. — Pamlico  County  was  formed  in  1872  from  Craven  and 
Beaufort,  was  named  after  the  sound  of  the  same  name,  which  was 
the  name  of  a  tribe  of  Indians  in  Eastern  l^orth  Carolina.  There 
was  a  Pamlico  precinct  in  Xorth  Carolina  as  early  as  1705.  Pamlico 
County  voted  with  Beaufort  u])  to  1883.    The  county  seat  is  Bayboro. 

Pasquotanh. — Pasquotank  County  was  formed  in  1672  from  Albe- 


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marie,  was  named  for  a  tribe  of  Indians  in  Eastern  part  of  State. 
The  county  seat  is  Elizabeth  City. 

Pender. — Pender  County  was  formed  in  1875  from  !N^ew  Hanover, 
was  named  in  honor  of  General  William  D.  Pender,  of  Edgecombe 
County,  a  brave  Confederate  soldier  who  was  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Gettysburg.  The  last  order  given  by  the  famous  Stonewall  Jack- 
.  son  on  the  battle  field  was  to  General  Pender :  "You  must  hold 
your  ground,  General  Pender,  you  must  hold  your  ground,"  he 
cried  as  he  was  carried  off  the  field  to  die.  General  Pender  held 
his  ground.     The  county  seat  is  Burgaw. 

Perquimans — Perquimans  was  formed  in  1G72  from  Albemarle, 
was  named  after  a  tribe  of  Indians.    The  countv  seat  is  Hertford. 

Person. — Person  Countv  was  formed  in  1791  from  Caswell,  was 
named  in  honor  of  General  Thomas  Person,  Revolutionary  patriot, 
member  of  the  Council  of  Safety,  and  Trustee  of  the  University. 
He  gave  a  large  sum  of  money  to  the  University,  and  a  building 
was  erected  in  his  honor  called  Person  Hall.  The  county  seat  is 
Roxboro. 

Pitt. — Pitt  County  was  formed  in  1760  from  Beaufort,  was  named 
in  honor  of  William  Pitt  (see  Chatham  County).  The  county 
seat  is  Greenville. 

Polk. — Polk  County  was  formed  in  1855  from  Rutherford  and 
Henderson,  was  named  in  honor  of  Col.  William  Polk,  who  rendered 
distinguished  service  in  the  battles  of  Germantown,  Brandywine,  and 
Eutaw,  in  all  of  which  he  was  wounded.  The  county  seat  is  Columbus. 
Polk  County  voted  with  Rutherford  until  1868. 

Randolph. — Randolph  County  was  formed  in  1779  from  Guilford, 
was  named  in  honor  of  Peyton  Randolph,  of  Virginia,  the  President 
of  the  First  Continental  Congress.     The  county  seat  is  Ashboro. 

Pichmoml. — Richmond  County  was  formed  in  1779  from  Anson, 
was  named  in  honor  of  Cliarles  Lennox,  Duke  of  Richmond,  Principal 
Secretary  of  State  in  William  Pitt's  second  administration.     He 


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was  a  strouo;  friend  of  the  American  colonies  and  made  the  motion 
in  the  House  of  Lords  that  they  be  granted  their  independence.  The 
county  seat  is  Rockingham. 

Bobeson. — Robeson  County  was  formed  in  1786  from  BLaden, 
was  named  in  honor  of  Col.  Thomas  Robeson,  a  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution. He  was  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  battle  of  Elizabethton, 
which  was  fought  in  September,  1781.  By  this  battle  the  Tories 
in  the  Southeastern  part  of  the  State  were  crushed  forever.  The 
commander  of  the  Whigs  was  Col.  Thomas  Brown.  The  county 
seat  is  Lumberton. 

RocMngJiam. — Rockingham  County  was  formed  in  1785  from 
Guilford,  was  named  in  honor  of  Charles  Watson  Wentworth,  Mar- 
quis of  Rockingham,  who  was  the  leader  of  the  party  in  the  British 
Parliament  that  advocated  American  independence.  He  ws  Prime 
Minister  when  the  Stamp  Act  was  repealed.  The  county  seat  is 
Wentworth. 

Boivan. — Rowan  County  was  formed  in  1753  from  Anson,  was 
named  in  honor  of  Matthew  Rowan,  a  prominent  leader  before  the 
Revolution  and  for  a  short  time  after  the  death  of  Gov.  Gabriel 
Johnston,  acting  Gov.     The  county  seat  is  Salisbury. 

Butherford. — Rutherford  County  was  formed  in  1779  from  Tryon 
and  Burke,  was  named  in  honor  of  General  Griffith  Rutherford,  one 
of  the  most  prominent  of  the  Revolutionary  patriots.  He  led  the 
expedition  that  crushed  the  Cherokees  in  1776,  and  rendered  other 
important  services,  both  in  the  Legislature  and  on  the  battle  field. 
The  county  seat  is  Rutherfordton. 

Sampson. — Sampson  County  was  formed  in  1784  from  Duplin  and 
I^ew  Hanover,  was  named  in  honor  of  Colonel  Sampson,  who  was 
a  member  of  Gov.  Martin's  council.     The  county  seat  is  Clinton. 

Scotland. — Scotland  County  was  formed  in  1899  from  Richmond, 
was  named  after  the  country  of  Scotland,  the  northern  part  of  the 
island  of  Great  Britain.  Most  of  tlie  people  in  this  county  are 
descendants  of  Scotch  Highlanders.     The  county  seat  is  Laurinburg. 


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Stanly. — Stanly  County  was  formed  in  1841  from  Montgomery, 
was  named  in  honor  of  John  Stanlv,  for  manv  years  a  member  of 
the  Legislature  and  several  times  speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons. 
The  county  seat  is  Albemarle. 

Stokes. — Stokes  County  was  formed  in  1798  from  Surry,  was 
named  in  honor  of  Col.  John  Stokes,  a  brave  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lution who  was  desperately  wounded  at  the  Waxhaw  Massacre  when 
Col.  Buford's  regiment  was  cut  to  pieces  by  Tarleton.  After  the 
war  Washington  appointed  him  judge  of  the  United  States  Court  in 
Xorth  Carolina.     The  county  seat  is  Danbury. 

Surry.- — Surry  County  was  formed  in  1770  from  Rowan,  was 
named  in  honor  of  Lord  Surry,  a  prominent  member  of  Parliament 
who  opposed  the  taxation  of  the  American  colonies  by  Parliament. 
The  county  seat  is  Rockford. 

Swain. — Swain  County  was  formed  in  1871  from  Jackson  and 
Macon,  was  named  in  honor  of  David  Lowrie  Swain,  Governor  of 
jSTorth  Carolina  and  President  of  the  University.  The  county  seat 
is  Bryson  City. 

Transylvania: — Transylvania  County  was  formed  in  1861  from 
Henderson  and  Jackson,  the  name  is  derived  from  two  Latin  words, 
''trans"  across  and  "sylva,"  woods.  The  county  seat  is  Brevard. 
Transylvania  County  voted  with  Henderson  until  1868. 

Tryon. — Tryon  County  was  formed  in  1769  in  honor  of  Gov. 
William  Tryon,  who  was  twice  Governor  of  Xorth  Carolina.  It 
was  abolished  in  1779. 

The  first  county  seat  of  Tryon  County  was  on  Main  Broad  River, 
just  above  Ellis'  Ferry,  and  was  laid  off  in  1769.  The  county  seat 
was  in  a  beautiful  place,  a  natural  eminence  with  an  abundance 
of  springs  of  pure  cold  water,  and  about  one-half  mile  above  Ellis' 
Ferry.  At  that  time  Broad  River  was  navigated  up  to  the  county 
seat,  there  being  no  less  than  two  flat-bottomed  boats  regailarly 
plying  up  and  down  the  river.  The  boats  continued  until  the 
Revolutionary  war  and  traffic  was  never  resumed  by  boat  afterward. 
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Parenthetically,  I  remind  that  the  first  General  Assembly  ever 
held  in  Xorth  Carolina — so  authentic  history  states — was  in  Pas- 
quotank County,  North  Carolina,  near  Nixonton,  under  a  giant 
oak  tree,  on  the  left  hand  side  of  the  road.  It  is  interesting  to 
note  that  one  of  the  by-laws  of  tliat  Assembly  admonished  that 
"all  members  should  wear  shoes,  if  not  stockings,  during  the  sessions 
of  the  body,  and  they  must  refrain  from  throwing  chicken  and  other 
bones  under  the  tree."  We  would  that  we  were  given  time  to  specu- 
late on  the  deliberations  of  that  early  body ;  suffice  it  to  say,  however, 
that  the  inspiration  of  the  giant  oak  and  the  freedom  of  the  expansive 
open  must  have  suggested  to  the  pioneer  legislators  the  sturdiness 
and  freedom  of  government  given  us  today.  The  little  "acorn" 
legislature  held  there  in  that  distant  day  has  grown  into  the  great 
law-tree  of  today. 

Tyrrell. — Tyrrell  County  was  formed  in  1720  from  Albemarle, 
was  named  in  honor  of  Sir  John  Tyrrell,  who  at  one  time  was  one 

of  the  Lord  Proprietors.     The  county  seat  is  Columbia. 

Union. — Union  County  was  formed  in  1842  from  Anson  and  Meck- 
lenburg.    The  county  seat  is  Monroe. 

Vance. — Vance  Countv  was  formed  in  1881  from  Granville, 
Warren,  and  Franklin,  was  named  in  honor  of  Zcbulon  B.  Vance,  the 
great  war  Governor,  a  member  of  Congress,  Governor  of  North 
Carolina,  United  States  Senator.     Countv  seat  Henderson. 

yCalce. — Wake  County  was  formed  in  1770  from  Johnston,  Cum- 
bej'land,  and  Orange,  was  named  in  honor  of  Gov.  Tryon's  wife, 
whoso  maiden  name  was  Margaret  Wake.  Some  historians  say 
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person  ever  existed.  She  is  purely  a  creature  of  tlic  imagination. 
The  county  scat  is  Paleigh. 

Warre7i. — Warren  County  was  formed  in  1770  from  Bute,  was 
named  in  honor  of  General  Joseph  Warren,  a  brave  Massachusetts 
soldier  who  fell  while  fighting  at  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  The 
county  seat  is  Warrcnton. 


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Washington. — Washington  County  was  formed  in  1799  from  Tyr- 
rell, was  named  in  honor  of  George  Washing-ton.  The  county  seat 
is  Plymouth, 

Watauga. — Watauga  County  was  formed  in  1849  from  Ashe, 
Wilkes,  Caldwell  and  Yancy,  was  named  after  an  Indian  tribe.  The 
county  seat  is  Boone. 

Wayne. — Wayne  County  was  formed  in  1779  from  Dobbs  and 
Craven,  was  named  in  honor  of  General  Anthony  Wayne,  one  of 
Washington's  most  trusted  soldiers.  His  courage  was  so  great  as 
to  almost  amount  to  rashness  and  his  soldiers  called  him  ''Mad 
Anthony  Wayne."    The  county  seat  is  Goldsboro. 

Wilkes. — Wilkes  County  was  formed  in  1777  from  Surry  and 
Burke,  was  named  in  honor  of  John  Wilkes.  Wilkes  was  a  violent 
opponent  of  the  Tory  party  in  England,  which  would  not  let  him 
take  his  seat  in  Parliament,  to  which  he  had  been  elected.  The 
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and  named  the  county  in  his  honor.     The  county  seat  is  Wilkesboro. 

Wilson. — Wilson  County  was  formed  in  1855  from  Edgecombe, 
Kash,  Johnston,  and  WajTie,  was  named  in  honor  of  Louis  E. 
Wilson,  many  times  a  member  of  the  Legislature  from  Edgecombe 
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of  fever.  He  was  a  benefactor  of  the  poor  of  the  native  county. 
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Yadkin.— -Yii.dkin  County  was  formed  in  1850  from  Surry.  Its 
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Yancey. — Yancey  County  was  formed  in  1833  from  Burke  and 
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advocates  of  the  public  school  system  of  N^orth  Carolina.  The  county 
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76  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Chapter   1.  First  -Generation. 
George  Hamrick  from  Germany  in  1731.     Married  iSTancj  Cook. 

Chapter  2,      Second  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Hamrick  and  wife,  I^ancy  Cook:  George 
married  Susanna  Blanton.  Benjamin  married  Fannie  Burchett. 
Moses  Eichard  married  Mary  Bridges. 

Chapter  3.  Third  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Hamrick  and  wife,  Susanna  Blanton :  Samuel 
married  j\rarv  Hamrick.  James  Married  Susannah  Hamrick.  Jones 
never  married.  Frederick  never  married.  Rebecca  married  James 
Bridges.  Susanna  married  William  McSwain.  Mollie  married 
William  Champion. 

Chapter  4.  Fourtli  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Hamrick  and  wife,  Marv  Hamrick :  James 
married  Frankie  Blanton.  Flijah  married  Marv  McSwain;  second 
wife,  Margaret  McSwain.  John  married  Barbara  Maruney.  Eeuben 
married  Hannah  McSwain.  David  married  Rebecca  Raiiev;  second 
wife,  Sarah  ]\[cSwain.  Samuel  married  Susanna  Adams.  Nancy 
married  Hesekiah  Wilkins.  Elizabeth  married  James  Bridges.  Mol- 
lie  married  Samuel  Bridges.     Susanna  married  David  McSwain. 

Cpiapter  5.  Fifth    Generation. 

Children  of  James  Hamrick  and  wife,  Frankie  Blanton  :  William 
married  Hannah  Randall ;  second  wife,  Jane  McEntire.  Albert 
married  Martha  Hicks.  Allen  married  Susanna  ]\[cSwain;  second 
wife,  Fli7.al)('tli  Xolan.  Flioiiiiison  man'ied  Essie  Stone;  second 
wife,  Essie  Rinnans. 


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Chatter   0.  Sixth   Generation. 

Cliildi'cn  of  Willi;iiii  Ilninriek  and  wife,  Hannah  Randall:  Thomas 
married  Rebecca  ]Marks.     IJuplni-  iiiaiiied  Louisa  Blanton.     Caswell 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  77 

married  Millie  McEiitire.  Jacob  married  l^ancj  Idlet.  Sarah 
married  Oliver  P.  Gibson,  Elizabeth  married  George  Blanton.  ISTar- 
cissus  married  Anthony  Dickey.  Adolphns  never  married.  Drury 
Dobbins  never  married. 

Children  of  William  Hamrick  and  wife,  Jane  McEntire:  Drayton 
married  Margaret  Camp.  Jane  married  Monroe  Moore.  Philo  never 
married.     Two  infants. 

Chapter  7.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Hamrick  and  wife,  Rebecca  Marks :  William 
S.  married  Mary  Roberts.  Thomas  Wells  married  Pauline  Marks. 
Eranklin  married  Louisa  Green.  Hudson  married  Lenora  Hart- 
grove.  Sarah  Evelyn  married  Thomas  Button.  Lilly  married  Marion 
Button.  Eiilas  never  married.  John  never  married.  Charles  never 
married.     Jesse  not  married. 

Chapter  8.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Rufus  Hamrick  and  wife,  Louisa  Blanton :  Eli  mar- 
ried Charlcey  Wiley.  Thompson  married  Ida  Humphries.  William 
married  Saleny  Champion.  Delphus  married  Charlotte  Cleary. 
Giles  L.  married  Docia  Camp.  Susanna  married  James  Crawford. 
John  married  Martha  Beheeler.,    Jacob  married  Carrie  Smith. 

Chapter  9.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Caswell  Hamrick  and  wife,  Millie  McEntire :  Ackellie 
married  Mollie  Smith.  Wilej^  married  Mary  Starnes ;  second  wife, 
Vernie  Putnam.  George  married  Callie  Moore.  Coleman  never 
married. 

Chapter  10.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Jacob  Hamrick  and  wife,  Nancy  Idlet:  Roswell 
never  married. 

Chapter  11.  Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  Oliver  P.  Gipson  and  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick:     Syrus 


78  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

married  Ida  Stephens.     Victoria  married  Joseph  Mullinaux.     Mary 
married  Daniel  Turner.    Alice  never  married.    Sarah  not  married. 

Chapter  12.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Blanton  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hamrick :  Elze- 
berry  married  Euth  Wright.  Eiiphus  married  Mattie  Williams. 
Julius  married  Susanna  Williams.  Thomas  married  Orrie  Holland. 
Louis  married  Ella  Costner.  Enoch  married  Laura  Ward.  Lowe 
married  Sarah  Fisher.  Carrie  married  ITathaniel  Miller;  second 
wife,  Etta  Brown.  Harriet  married  Eli  Rich.  Xenophan  married 
Hull. 

Chapter  13.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Anthony  Dickey  and  wife,  ITarcissus  Hamrick:  El- 
vira married  James  Moore.  Mary  married  Monroe  Moore.  Texanna 
married  John  Turner.     Laura  married  Clarence  Hunter.     William 

Anthony  never  married. 

Chapter  14.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Drayton  Hamrick  and  wife,  Margaret  Camp :  Joseph 
married  Loy  Taylor.  Carrie  married  Grayson  Osteen.  Julia 
never  married.    Clara  never  married. 

Chapter  15.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Monroe  Moore  and  wifC;  Jane  Hamrick:  Elizabeth 
married  James  Bright.  Hattie  Jane  married  Effort  Jones.  Francis 
Marion  married  Fannie  Elliott.  Alice  O'Neil  married  Jaronie 
Martin. 

Children  of  Monroe  Moore  and  wife,  Mary  Dickey:  Anthony 
never  married.  Clarence  Victor  never  married.  Marvin  Euhi  never 
married.     Siddio  not  married. 

Chapter  1G.     Sixth  Generation. 
Children  of  Albert  Hamrick  and  wife,   Martha  Hicks:     Miles 


History  of  the  Hameick  Generations  79 


married  Sarah  Ann  Hopper,     Dillie  married  James  Weir,     Calvin 
married  Cordelia  Hicks.    Elizabeth  married  Lumpkin  Wiley. 

Chapter  17.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Miles  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Ann  Hopper :  Calvin 
married  Margaret  Eoss,  Hudson  married  Mary  Gardner.  Fannie 
married  William  Poston.  Julia  married  George  Hunt.  Martha 
never  married.  Carrie  never  married.  Lenore  never  married.  Clif- 
ton never  married.     Albert  never  married. 

Chapter  18.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Calvin  Hamrick  and  wife,  Cordelia  Hicks:  Calvin 
never  married. 

Chapter  19,  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Lumpkin  Wiley  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hamrick :  Cyrus 
never  married.    One  infant. 

Chapter  20.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Weir  and  wife,  Dillie  Hamrick :  John  Albert 
married  Addie  Houston.  Martha  Elizabeth  married  Joseph  W. 
Bridges.  K'e^vman  married  ]\rary  HufFstettler.  William  J.  married 
Virginia  Susanna  Beam.  Milas  married  Georgie  ISTeal.  Margaret 
married  George  Barber.  Robert  never  married.  Wheeler  never 
married. 

Chapter  21.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Allen  Hamrick  and  wife,  Susanna  McSwain :  Elphus 
married  Lucinda  Carpenter;  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Stroup;  third 
wife,  Eoxanna  Jones.  Thompson  married  Martha  Grigg;  second 
wife,  Georgianna  Grigg.  Dillard  married  Matilda  Gardner.  Jane 
married  Phillip  Wright,  Hannah  married  Monroe  McSwain.  Su- 
sanna married  George  Collins.  Albert  never  married.  Margaret 
never  married.     Hester  never  married. 


80  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

CiiArTER  22.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elphiis  Hamrick  and  wife,  Lucinda  Carpenter:  Al- 
bert married  xVmanda  Hendrick.  Cleophus  married  Sarali  Hoyle. 
Mary  married  "Wade  "Williamson.  Susanna  married  Barnett  Mc- 
Swain.    Vianna  married  William  Grig-g.    Alplionso  married . 

Children  of  Elphus  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Stroup :  Vader 
married  Henr}^  Cabiness. 

Chapter  23.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Dillard  Hamrick  and  wife,  Matilda  Gardner:  Edgar 
married  Olive  Gardner.  Julia  married  Bylus  E.  Gardner. 
Docia  married  John  H.  Lackev.  Florence  married  Preston  Costner. 
Delia  married  Grady  "Wilson.  William  S.  married  Emma  Cline. 
Lemuel  married  Edith  Smith.  Clifton  never  married.  Mary  Jane 
never  married.  Vangie  married  Grady  Smith.  Ruby  not  married. 
Bivie  not  married. 

CiiArxER  2-1.  SixtJi  Generatio}i. 

Children  of  Thompson  Hamrick  and  wife,  Essie  Stone:  William 
x\ndrew  married  Cordelia  Hicks,    John .    Harvey . 

CiiAPTEE  25.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Andrew  and  wife,  Cordelia  Hicks:  Mary 
Etta  married  Richard  Anthony.    Essie  never  married. 

Chapter  26.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  'rhom})Son  Hamrick  ;iiid  wife,  Martha  Grigg:  Clcary 
married  Joshua  Wright.  .Minnie  never  married.  Jasper  never 
married. 

Children  of  Thompson  Hamrick  and  wife,  Georgianna  Grigg: 
Beuna  not  married.  Loyd  not  married.  Posey  not  married.  Dimsey 
not  married. 

Chapter  27.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children   of    riiillip    Wi'ight   and    wife,    .lane    ILinirick:      David 


History  of  the  Hamkick  Generations  81 


married  Pantha  Hamrick.  Jane  married  Clifton  McSwain.  Thomas 
married  Elizabeth  Beam.  Susanna  married  Sylvanuus  Grigg,  Ellen 
married  Albert  Seism.    Hannah  Marc-aret  married  William  Williams, 


^to*^ 


Chapter  28.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Monroe  McSwain  and  wife,  Hannah  Hamrick :  Nancy 
married  Monroe  Wright.  Effie  never  married.  Henry  not  married. 
Julia  not  married.  Maggie  not  married.  Eva  not  married.  Allen 
not  married. 

Chapter  29.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary  McSwain:  William 
married  Jane  McSwain.  Samuel  married  Penina  McSwain.  David 
married  Sarah  Hamrick.  James  married  Mary  McSwain.  Elijah 
married  Hannah  Hamrick.  Marv  married  George  McSwain,  second 
husband,  John  McSwain.  Judith  married  William  McSwain.  Eliz- 
abeth married  David  McSwain.     One  infant. 

Children  of  Elijah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Margaret  McSwain:  George 
Robinson  married  Rebecca  Hamrick;  second  wife,  Sarah  Matheney; 
third  wife,  Elvira  Hamrick.  Johnothan  McSwain  married  Elizabeth 
Hamrick.  Catherine  married  Berry  Hamrick.  K^ancy  married  John 
Judson  Jones.  Reuben  married  Jane  Pinson ;  second  wife,  Phoebia 
Hamrick.  Sarah  married  Charles  Jefferson  Hamrick.  Jane  mar- 
ried Drury  Harrell.    John  never  married.    Rebecca  never  married. 

Chapter  30.  Sixtlt  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Hamrick  and  wife,  Jane  McSwain:  Elijah 
married  Catherine  Bridges.  James  married  Susanna  Wright.  Samuel 
married  Lettie  Durham.  David  married  Caroline  Hardin.  Drury 
Dobbins  married  Sara  Hardin.  Doctor  Abram  F.  married  Susanna 
Jones.     Thomas  never  married. 

Chapter  31.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Catherine  Bridges  :    Samuel 
married  Alice  Blanton.      Doctor  married  Nancy  Blanton.      Caleb 
6 


82  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

married  Viola  Robbins.  Amanda  married  Elijah  Webb;  second 
husband,  Perry  Humphries.  Docia  married  Perry  Holland.  Ollie 
married  Demus  Blanton.      Patience  not  married. 

Chapter  32.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Hamrick  and  wife,  Susanna  Wright :  Carva 
married  Priscilla  Owens.  Alonzo  Oliver  married  Ollie  Green.  Lu- 
cindy  married  William  Burns.  Patience  married  Edmond  L.  Jen- 
kins. Victoria  married  Joseph  Wilson.  Callie  married  Jesse  Owen ; 
second  husband,  Martin  Hunnicutt.  MoUie  married  Crayton  Green; 
second  husband,  Martin  Hunnicutt.  Johnnie  married  Luther  Ham- 
rick.    Sumetress  married  Clavton  Wiji'pins. 

Chapter  33.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Dobbins  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Hardin: 
Clementine  married  Francis  IsTewman  Gardner. 

Chapter  34.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Hamrick  and  wife,  Caroline  Hardin :  Jane 
married  Jesse  Whitston  Bridoes.    Hessentine  married  James  Frank- 


lin Bridges. 


Chapter  35.  Seventli  Generation. 


Children  of  Doctor  Abram  F.  Hamrick  and  wife,  Susanna  Jones: 
Laura  married  J.  P.  D.  Withrow.  Blaucli  Diarried  Theodoro  Heaf- 
ner.     Carrie  married  William  Thomas  Calton. 

Chapter  3G.  Seventh  Generation. 

Cliildren  of  Samuel  Hamrick  and  wife,  Peninah  McSwain :  Wil- 
liam Aseph  married  Louisa  Jane  Borders.  James  Madison  married 
Frances  Grubbs.  Samuel  married  Margaret  Glover.  David  Jones 
married  Angelinc  Rodgers.  John  never  married.  Sarah  never 
married.     One  infant. 


History  of  the  Hameick  Generation's  83 

Chapter  37.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Hamrick  and  wife,  Lettie  Durliam :     Clinton 
.    Exenoplian .    Missouri 


Chapter  38.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Aseph  Hamrick  and  wife,  Louisa  Jane  Bor- 
ders: John  Leon  married  Susanna  Hawks;  second  wife,  Bessie 
McEntire.  Alfred  married  Alice  Hartsfield.  Jesse  W.  married 
Hattie  Lia-htsev.    Jane  married  Adam  Hartsfield.    Susanna  married 

Joseph  Walker.    Walter  married  Euth  Hawks.    Mary  married 

Letworth.     Sarah  Jane  married  Perry  Boseymon. 

Chapter  39.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Madison  Hamrick  and  wife,  Frances  GruLbs: 
Lela  married  Thomas  McClellan.  Rebecca  married  Ruphus  Mc- 
Clellan.  Jane  married  Lawrence  McClellan.  Franklin  married 
Lillie  Sledge.  Charles  not  married.  Emma  not  married.  Sadie 
not  married. 

Chapter  40.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Hamrick  and  wife,  Margaret  Glover:  Su- 
sanna married  Lee  Mills.    Lillie  married  — Luddington;  second 

husband,  Jesse  Breedlove.    Willie  — — .    Mollie  married 

Glidwell.      Jesse   married   ■ ■   Johnson.      Henry 

.     John .     Lee . 

Chapter  41.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Jones  Hamrick  and  wife,  Angeline  Rodgers : 
Minnie  married  Avie  Henderson.  Edgie  married  Mitchell  Hender- 
son. Burwell  married  Clara  Ward.  Doctor  Oliver  married  Maudie 
Bishop.  Ada  married  Stover  Walker.  Benjamin  married  Susanna 
Turner.  Thomas  never  married.  Ellen  never  married.  Letitia 
never  married.  Doctor  Bascomb  never  married.  Turner  never 
married.  Xellie  never  married.  Lawyer  never  married.  Ellis  not 
married. 


84  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


Chapter  42.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarali  Hamrick:  Perry 
married  Roxanna  Hamrick.  Hannali  married  George  McSwain; 
second  husband,  James  Hawkins.  Judith  married  Joseph  Price. 
Martha  never  married. 

Chapter  43.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Perrv  Hamrick  and  wife,  Roxanna  Hamrick:  Per- 
melia  married  Madison  Brooks.     Docia  married  Preston  Hawkins. 

Chapter  44.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Price  and  wife,  Judith  Hamrick:  Mary 
married  Hamrick  McSwain. 

Chapter  45.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Hamrick  and  wife^  Mary  ]\lcS\vain :  William 
married  Sylvira  Ledbetter;  second  wife,  Sarah  Champion.  Elijah 
married  Elizabeth  ]\IcSwniii.  Joseph  married  Lucretia  Jolley.  Isaac 
married  Silveraney  Jolley.  Abram  married  Nancy  McSwain.  James 
Louis  married  Sarali  McSwain.  Thomas  married  Elmina  Matheney ; 
second  wife,  Margaret  McSwain.  Julia  Ann  married  Thomas  Love- 
lace. Mary  Jane  married  George  Champion.  Sarah  married  George 
Champion.  Rebecca  married  Thomas  McSwain.  Louisa  married 
William  Harrell ;  second  husband,  Perry  Lovelace  (no  children). 
Susanna  married  Gilead  Green.  Einiline  married  Ambrose  Mc- 
Swain. Roxanna  married  Perrv  Hamrick.  David  never  married. 
Five  infants. 

Chapter  4G.  Seventh  Generalioii. 

Children  of  Elijali  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  jNEcSwain:  Sam- 
uel married  Vianna  Padgett.     ]\rary  married  John  Stewart. 

Chapter  47.  Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  Joseph  Hamrick  ami   wife,  Lucretia  Jolloy:     Joanna 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Geis^erations  85 

married  Austin  Turner.     Marv  Elizabeth  never  married.     Charles 
never  married. 

Chapter  48.  Seventh  Ge^ieration. 

Children  of  Isaac  Hamrick  and  wife,  Silveraney  Jollev:  James 
Thomas  married  Julia  Blanton.     One  infant. 

Chapter  49.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Abram  Hamrick  and  wife,  jSTancy  ]\IcSwain :  Oliver 
Abram  married  Julia  Blanton.  James  Louis  married  Sarah  Blanton. 
]\Iartha  married  John  Blanton;  second  husband,  William  Jasper 
Jones.  Julia  married  James  Withrow.  Elijah  married  Alda  Put- 
nam. Roxanna  married  Elam  McKinnev.  Hannah. married  Chivus 
Gettys.  Eva  married  George  Putnam.  Pinkney  never  married.  Mary 
never  married. 

Chapter  50.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  McSwain  and  wife,  Rebecca  Hamrick :    Alice 
married  David  Richard  McSwain.      Henry  married   Xancy  Xeal.- 
Blanch  never  married. 

Chapter  51.  Seventh  Generation. 


Children  of  Thomas  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elmina  Mathenev:     John 
irried  Ella 
never  married. 


married  Ella   Stockton.     Panthia  married  David  Wright.      Jame 


Chapter  52.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Louis  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  McSwain: 
Brunitia  married  John  Moore.  Cora  married  Asa  Lovelace;  second 
husband,  Perry  Humphries. 

Chapter  53.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Hannal;  Hamrick:  Noah 
married  Mary  Xarcissus  Hamrick.  Wiley  married  Matilda  Green. 
Elijah  married  Patheney  Green.     Margaret  married  Jesse  J.  Mc- 


86 


History  of  the  Hamkick  Generations 


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History  of  the  Hamkick  Geijerations  87 

Murry.  Saraii  married  Joseph  Green.  JSTancy  never  married.  Jane 
never  married.  Andrew  Jackson  never  married.  David  never  mar- 
ried.    Perry  never  married. 

Chapter  5-i.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Xoah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary  ITarcissus  Hamrick: 
Carvus  married  Amanda  Lovelace.  Wellington  married  Beufer 
McCraw.  Galena  married  Thomas  Jolley.  Essie  married  Everett 
Goode.    Pinkney  married  Eosanna  Lee.     Jasper  not  married. 

Chapter  55.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Wiley  Hamrick  and  wife,  Matilda  Green:  Duke 
married  Ida  Holland. 

Chapter  56.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Patheney  Green:  Bruno 
not  married. 

Chapter  57.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Green  and  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick:  Solon 
married  Catherine  Hamrick.  Andrew  Jackson  married  Permelia 
Green.  Patience  married  George  Green  McSwain.  Charles  Jefferson 
never  married. 

Chapter  58.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Jesse  J.  McMurrv  and  wife,  Margaret  Hamrick: 
Andrew  Simeon  married  Irene  Suttle.  Avery  Winslow  married  Cora 
Willis.     Hannah  married  Honey  Illiff  Washburn. 

Chapter  59.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Robertson  Hamrick  and  wife,  Rebecca  Ham- 
rick :  Sarah  Ann  Margaret  never  married.  !Nancy  Jane  never 
married. 

Children  of  George  Robertson  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elvira  Hamrick : 
Drury  Pleasant  married  Susanna  Hamrick.  Burton  married  Florence 


88  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


Dickson.  William  Glintou  married  Elizabeth  Lee.  Clearendy  mar- 
ried Green  Gold  Lovelace.  Mary  Alice  married  Amose  Wright 
McSwain.    Rockaney  married  Wesley  Lee.    Piukney  never  married. 

Chapter  60.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Jonathan  McSwain  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth 
Hamrick :  George  Pinkney  married  Sarah  Anthony.  Charles  Elam 
married  Eugenia  Pruett.  Margaret  married  Junius  Costner  Love- 
lace. Hannah  married  David  Scruggs.  Rosanna  married  Moses 
Wood.  James  Crowder  never  married.  Melton  Webb  never  mar- 
ried. Asburv  never  married.  Eunice  never  married.  John  Syl- 
vanus  never  married.  Sara  Lucindy  never  married.  Loueasy 
married  James  Pruett  (no  children). 

Chapter  61.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Pinkney  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Anthony: 
Earl  married  Adele  Geier. 

Chapter  62.  Seventh  Generation.    . 

Children  of  Charles  Elam  Hamrick  and  wife,  Eugenia  Pruett: 
Jonothan  married  Mississippi  Jones;  second  wife,  Bertha  Davis. 
Clyde  married  Daisy  Green.  Eunie  married  Lenora  Hopper.  Dollie 
married  Robert  Stover.    Clarence  married  Ida  Jones. 

Chapter  63.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Jndson  Jones  and  wife,  jSTancy  Hamrick :  Cyn- 
thia Catherine  never  married.  Elijah  Edmon  married  Eunice  Har- 
din. William  Asburv  married  Sarah  Moore.  Reuben  married  Ma- 
remley  Kirljy;  second  wife,  Laura  Lee.  Drury  Pinkney  married 
Sarali  INfcDaniel.  Josic  Gilbert  married  Sarah  Harrcll ;  second  wife, 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Davis.  Liddie  Jane  married  Eli  Davis;  second 
husband,  Oliver  Ilaynes.  John  Kondrick  married  Roseline  Mc- 
Daniel;  second  Avife,  Bernice  I^owery.  Stephen  Collins  married 
Eunice  Wilson  Jones.  Leander  Judson  married  Margaret  Allen; 
second  wife,  Lucindy  Brown;  third  wife,  Ida  Short;  fourth  wife, 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  89 

Sarah   Frady.      Joseph   ISTewton  married  Elizabeth   Quiun.      John 
Ezell  never  married.     Alvie  Alexander  never  married. 

Chapter  64,  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Edmon  Jones  and  wife.  Eunice  Hardin:  John 
Jesse  married  Victoria  Webb.  Columbus  xVlexander  married  Mindia 
Bridfi-es.  Laura  Etta  never  married,  Fannie  Roxanna  married 
Thomas  Murk.  Hannah  Margaret  married  John  Skinner.  William 
Wesley  married  Flora  Bailej.  jSFancy  Loueasy  married  Willie  Owens. 
Mary  Catherine  married  Colon  Wright.  George  Lee  married  Mary 
Philbeck.  Zillie  Jane  married  Cicero  Melton.  Lenna  Elizabeth 
married  John  Wilson.     Joseph  not  married. 

Chapter  65.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Asburv  Jones  and  wife,  Sarah  Moore :  John 
Blanton  married  ISTancy  Brown ;  second  wife,  Darcus  Stegall.  James 
Clarence  married  Ida  Hamrick.  Sarah  Elendcr  married  George 
Lookadoo  Pruett.  Eulter  Mathue  married  Alice  Blanton.  William 
Sylvannus  married  Frances  Fulton.  Horace  Columbus  married  Ma- 
mie Bridges.  Georgia  Mozell  married  John  Davis.  Farmer  ]\Ioore 
never  married.  Manervey  Catherine  never  married.  Colton  El- 
dridge  married  Bessie  Warren.     Xancy  not  married. 

Chapter  66.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Eeuben  Wilson  Jones  and  wife,  Maremley  Kirby: 
IN^ancy  Caroline  married  Hugh  C.  Wray.  Susanna  Catherine  mar- 
ried Allen  Eobert  Kelley.  Thomas  Henry  married  Pearl  Smith. 
John  never  married. 

Chapter  67.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Pinkney  Jones  and  wife,  Sarah  McDaniel : 
Charles  x\lexander  married  Bell  Hollifield ;  second  wife,  Emma  E. 
Knowles.  Sidney  Crowder  married  Sarah  Sparks.  Berry  Austin 
married  ISTolie  Wilson.  Eliza  never  married.  Luln  Eetta  married 
William  Hollifield.     John  Cravton  not  married. 


90  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generatioi^s 

Chapter  68.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Josie  Gilbert  Jones  and  wife,  Sarah  Harrell :  George 
Batie  married  Bell  Wray.  l^athaniel  Louis  married  Clara  Berry; 
second  wife,  Lela  McMellon.  Mississippi  married  Jonothan  Hamrick. 
Essie  Estella  married  Flay  Green.  Ella  L.  married  James  Workman. 
Addie  not  married.     Ada  Lee  never  married.     Seven  infants. 

Chapter  69,  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Eli  Davis  and  wife,  Liddie  Jane  Jones:  Monroe 
married  Queen  Victoria  Gibbs.  Cicero  married  Pansy  Allen.  Hester 
married  Lawson  Melton. 

Chapter  70.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Kendrick  Jones  and  wife,  Roseline  McDaniels: 
Leroy  Hampton  married  Missouri  Rodgers.  Landrum  Decatur  mar- 
ried Loney  Moore. 

Children  of  John  Kendrick  Jones  and  wife.  Bernice  Lowerv: 
Ora  not  married.     Straucey  Catherine  not  married. 

Chapter  71.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Stephen  Collis  Jones  and  wife,  Eunice  Wilson  Jones : 
Hilda  Jane  married  Doctor  Seaton  Jones.  Elisha  Edgar  married 
Effie  Hamrick;  second  wife,  Lillie  Wall.  Silas  Gold  married  Lillie 
Smith.  John  Alvie  married  Lillie  Benton.  Nancy  Priscilla  mar- 
ried Durant  Pressley.  Lawrence  Wclborn  married  Ola  Rumfelt. 
Joseph  Benjamin  Llall  married  Polly  Pressley. 

Chapter  72.  Seventh  Generation. 

Cliildren  of  Leandcr  Jud:;on  Jones  and  wife,  Lucindy  Brown: 
Minnie  Lee  married  John  Terry.  Georgeanna  married  Archie  ISTew- 
man.     John  Judson  married  Fannie  ISTcblett.     Four  infants. 

Children  of  Leander  Judson  Jones  and  wife,  Ida  Short:  Claud 
married  Matilda  Sauter.  Lula  May  not  married.  Joseph  not 
married.    Novella  not  married.    Ella  not  married. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  GEXERATioisrs  91 

Chapter  73.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  IsTewton  Jones  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Quinn: 
Thomas  Judson  married  Lillie  Goode.  Clara  married  Landrum 
Collins.  Bernard  B.  married  Carroll  Jane  ISTanney.  Susanna  Bell 
married  Chivus  Earley.    Delois  married  Fredrick  Jones. 

Chapter  74.  Sixth  Generation.  ^ 

Children  of  Beuben  Hamrick  and  wife,  Phoebia  Hamrick :  Charles 
Clingman  married  Maggie  Wilson.  Snsanna  married  George  Cham- 
pion McSwain.    Sarah  married  Leander  Sheppard  Hamrick. 

Chapter  75.  Seventh  Generation. 


Children  of  Charles  Clinginan  Hamrick  and  wife,  Maggie  Wilson : 
Liller  marri 
not  married. 


Fuller  married  Pauline  Olive.    Gertrude  married  Peter  Grigg.    Oren 


Chapter  76.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Harrell  and  wife,  Jane  Hamrick:  Louisa 
Elizabeth  married  Sidney  Hill  Hamrick.  Eliza  married  Willard 
Winslow  Washburn.     Roseline  married  Chauncy  Abram  Washburn. 

Chapter  77.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Hamrick  and  wife,  Barbara  Maruney :  Edmond 
married  ISTancv  Bostic.  Robert  married  Hannah  Dobbins.  Jane 
married  Thomas  Pruett.  Jesse  never  married.  Martin  never  mar- 
ried.    Rebecca  never  married. 

Chapter  78.  Sixth   Generation. 

Children  of  Edmon  Hamrick  and  wife,  JSTancy  Bostic:  Drury 
married  Ammie  McKinnev.  William  married  Jane  Hamrick.  Ches- 
lev  married  Matilda  O'Neal ;  second  wife,  Nancv  Walker :  third 
wife,  Sarah  Ann  Green.  Elizabeth  married  John  McKinney.  Sarah 
married  John  McSwain.  iJ^arcissus  married  Martin  Weathers.  Eu- 
nice married  Berrv  Green. 


92  HlSTOEY   OF  THE   HaMRICK    GeXERATIONS 

Chapter  79.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Hamrick  and  wife,  Ammie  McKinney :  Mary 
Ann  married  Eicliard  Cogdell ;  second  husband,  Perry  Cogdell.  Julia 
Ann  married  William  Jasper  Jones  (no  children).  Biddie  Ann 
married  Thomas  Buchannan.     ^lartha  Ann  never  married. 

Chapter  80.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Chesley  Hamrick  and  wife,  Nancy  Walker :  Edmond 
married  Carolina  Hamrick.  ]\[artha  married  Lawson  Brooks.  Brv- 
son  married  Eliza  Barnett.  Lucindy  married  James  Green.  Eliz- 
abeth married  John  Nolan.  Drury  married  Susanna  Stroup.  John 
never  married. 

Children  of  Chesley  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Ann  Green :  Ko- 
sanna  married  John  Morrow.     Dovie  married  John  Quinn  Padgett. 

Chapter  81;  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Robert  Hamrick  and  wife,  Hannah  Dobbins :  James 
Louis  married  Elizabeth  Hamrick.  Robert  Benson  married  Emiline 
Home.  Cook  married  Louisa  Jane  Dobbins.  Thomas  married  Mary 
Earl  (no  children).  Emiline  Rencie  married  Isam  Home,  Rachael 
never  married. 

Chapter  82.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Cook  Hamrick  and  wife,  Louisa  Jane  Dobbins :  Barney 
Mc^Iahan  married  Caroline  Henrv,  James  Marcillus  married  Ma- 
mie  Eli.  McLauton  married  Josic  Wright.  Octavia  married  James 
Louis  Hamrick.  Luvenia  married  Braxton  Wall.  Dora  married 
George  Dobson.  Erances  Marion  married  Mollie  Freeman.  Lenna 
married Haney.    Prerarie  never  married. 

Chapter  83.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Isam  Home  and  wife,  Emiline  Rencie  Hamrick: 
1'liomas  married  Eliza  Price.  Susanna  married  James  Canipe. 
Carrie  married  Evens  Chitwood.     Missouri  married  George  Horton. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Gexeeatioxs  93 


Braxton  married   Sarah  Bostic.      Josepli   married   Susanna-  Crow. 
John  never  married. 

Chapter  84.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Louis  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hamrick: 
Albert  married  Phoebia  Wammock.  James  Louis  married  Octavia 
Hamrick.      Cicero  married  Sarah   Smilev. 

Chapter  85.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Robert  Hamrick  and  wife,  Emiline  Home :  Landrum 
married  Martha  Davis.  Martha  married  John  Davis.  Hannah 
married  Curtis  Wall.  Julia  married  Andrew  McGinnis.  Alfie 
married  Monroe  Hollifield.    Malindy  never  married. 

Chapter  86.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Hamrick  and  wife,  Jane  Hamrick:  Asa 
married  Caroline  Bridges  (no  children).  ISTancy  Susanna  married 
Wiley  Bridges ;  second  husband,  Chesley  Bostic. 

Chapter  87.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Wiley  Bridges  and  wife,  aSTancy  Susanna  Hamrick: 
Joseph  Suttles  married  Alice  Hamrick. 

Chapter  88.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  McKinney  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hamrick :  Xar- 
cissus  married  Louis  Scoggins.  Martha  married  Alonzo  Rollins. 
Josiah  Durban  never  married. 

Chapter  89.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Martin  Weather  and  wife,  jSTarcissus  Hamrick :  Glover 
married  Eunice  Quinn ;  second  wife,  Sara  Ann  Green.  ISTancy  mar- 
ried Alfred  Hamrick.  Priscilla  married  William  Boswell  McSwain. 
Laura  married  Hamilton  Jenkins ;  second  husband,  Albert  Cicero 
Bridges.     John  married  Annie  Wall.     Willis  Monroe  married  Sarah 


94  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Blanton;  second  wife,  Millie  Green.     Rebecca  married  Columbus 
McCraw.     Charles  married  Cyntbis  Barnett. 

Chapter  90.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Berry  Green  and  wife,  Eunice  Hamrick :  John  mar- 
ried Hesentine  Cudd.  Boxanna  married  Bryson  Green.  George 
Thomas  married  Judia  Cleary.  Dora  Jane  married  Hackett  Wall. 
Harvey  Hatcher  married  Jane  Lee.     James  Andrew  never  married. 

Chapter  91.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Pruett  and  wife,  Jane  Hamrick:  William 
married  Adeline  Webb.  John  married  Susanna  Holland.  Perrv 
married  Susanna  Earl.  Wilej-  S.  married  Hannah  Earl.  Thomas 
married  Mary  Hughes  (no  children).  James  Crowder  married  Mary 
Jolley.  Almedia  married  Alfred  Turner  (no  children).  Jane  never 
married.    Lucindy  never  married. 

Chapter  92.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Pruett  and  wife,  Adeline  Webb :  John  mar- 
ried Sarah  Beam. 

Chapter  93.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Pruett  and  wife,  Susanna  Holland:  Perry 
Henderson  married  Hannah  Lovelace.  Lemuel  M.  married  Maggie 
Shaw.  James  L.  married  Louise  Hamrick ;  second  wife,  Ella  Kirby. 
Thomas  married  Maggie  Sperlin.  Greenberry  B.  married  Maggie 
Sperlin.  Permelia  married  James  Louis  Lovelace.  Eugenia  married 
Charles  Elam  Hamrick,  Gold  Griffin  never  married.  Sarah  never 
married.     Doctor  Melvin  never  married. 

Chapter  94.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Wiley  Pruett  and  wife,  Hannah  Earl:  John  Jethro 
married  Elizabeth  Green.  Elizabeth  Jane  married  Ruphus  Pinkney 
Weathers.  George  Lookadoo  married  Susanna  Blanton;  second  wife, 
Sara  Ellender  Jones.    Jefferson  Davis  married  Etta  Tate.     Madison 


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D.   married  Eliza  Griffin.      Eoxanna  married  George  Washington 
Lovelace.    Alice  Docia  married  Thomas  Plonk. 

Chapter  95.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Crowder  Pruett  and  wife,  Mary  Jolley:  James 
Crowder  married  Patience  Tate.  Almedia  married  Oliver  ISTewton 
Hamrick  (no  children).  Dora  married  James  Lee  McSwain.  Rose- 
line  married  Landrum  Jolley.  Thomas  never  married.  Jesse  never 
married.     Essie  never  married. 

Chapter  96.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Perry  Pruett  and  wife,  Susanna  Earl:  Thomas 
Newton  married  Francis  Beheeler;  second  wife,  Ada  Home;  third 
wife,  Fannie  Hamrick.  Rachael  Jane  married  Gilead  Green.  Wil- 
liam Cicero  married  Maggie  Fei^gusson.  Francis  Marion  married 
Mary  Latham. 

Chapter  97.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Reuben  Hamrick  and  wife,  Hannah  McSwain :  George 
married  Mary  Hamrick.  William  married  Martha  McSwain.  Asa 
married  Drucindy  Bridges ;  second  wife,  Mary  Hughes.  Berry 
married  Catherine  Hamrick ;  second  wife,  Celia  Pannell ;  third  wife, 
Delphia  Hardin.  Xarcissus  married  James  Green.  Rebecca  married 
Elias  Green.  Judith  married  James  Lovelace.  Mary  married  Louis 
McSwain.  Elizabeth  married  Jonothan  McSwain  Hamrick.  Sarah 
never  married. 

Chapter  98.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary  Hamrick:  Amos 
married  Judy  Allen.  Doctor  ISToah  married  Eliza  Matheney ;  second 
wife,  Evelyne  Blanton.  Elias  married  Ivucindy  Wilkie.  Green- 
berry  married  Mary  Owen.  Jahue  married  Elizabeth  Green.  Eli 
married  Sarah  Anne  Green.  Hannah  married  Isaac  Hollifield. 
Sarah  Minervia  married  John  Green.  Jayson  married  Sarah  Anne 
Blanton.  Wiley  married  Sarah  Matheney.  John  Landrum  never 
married.     Archibald  never  married.     Louis  never  married. 


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Chapter  99.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Amos  Hamrick  and  wife,  Judia  Allen:  JSTorman 
married  Elizabeth  Dedmon.  Mary  married  Alcie  Green  Randall. 
John  never  married. 

Chapter  100.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Doctor  ISToah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Eliza  Matheney: 
Elizabeth  never  married. 

Children  of  Doctor  Xoah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Evelyne  Blanton: 
Sarah  married  Pinkney  Bridges.  George  married  Josephine  Blanton. 
Elijah  married  Effie  Goforth.  Arrie  married  Shaw  Eandall.  Charles 
married  Minnie  Walker.  Claudie  married  Shaw  Randall.  Ida  mar- 
ried Thomas  Goforth.  Clyde  married  Maudie  Hambright.  Blanch 
married  Beaufort  Randall.  Howard  not  married  Corene  not  mar- 
ried. 

Chapter  101.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elias  Hamrick  and  wife,  Eucindy  Wilkie :  Panthia 
married  Shaw  Randall.  Eliza  married  Mascoe  Wease.  Ola  married 
ISToah  Green.  George  married  Maggie  Beam.  Emiline  married 
Charles  Dobbins.     Mattie  married  Josej^h  Blanton. 

Chapter  102.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Greenberry  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary  Owens:  Wiley 
married  Martha  Baily.  Luther  married  Permelia  McKinney ;  second 
wife,  Johnnie  Hamrick;  third  wife.  Susanna  Webb. 

CiiAi'TEU  103.  Seventh  Generaliun. 

Children  of  Jeheu  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Green:  James 
Louis  married  Josie  Bridges.  Greenberry  married  Nancy  Green, 
^lary  married  Milas  Hawkins.  iNTancy  Jane  married  Edgar  Holli- 
field.  Asa  married  Eva  Padgett.  Crayton  married  Ella  Lanchaster. 
Gilford  married  ^^faudie  Cole.  Edith  married  Seth  Hamrick.  Lemuel 
Eli  never  married.     One  infant. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Gexeratioxs  97 

Chapter  104.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Eli  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Ann  Green:  Jane 
married  George  Hill.  Seth  married  Edith  Bostic ;  second  wife,  Edith 
Hamrick.  David  married  Lula  Eobbins.  Margaret  married  Leander 
Bnrns ;  second  husband,  George  Hill.  Hannah  Sarah  never  married. 
One  infant. 

Chapter  105.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Isaac  Hollifield  and  wife,  Hannah  Hamrick:  Edgar 
married  Allie  Allen ;  second  wife,  Xancy  Jane  Hamrick. 

Chapter  106.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Green  and  wife,  Sarah  Minervia  Hamrick : 
Xoah  married  Ora  Hamrick.  Eoxanna  married  George  Blanton; 
second  husband,  Andrew  Higgins.  Marenda  married.  William  James. 
Hannah  married  Joseph  Brooks.  Monroe  married  Savannah  Turner. 
Luther  married  Laura  Harvey.     Asa  married  Susanna  Higgins. 

Chapter  107.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Jason  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Ann  Blanton :  Nancy 
married  Frankin  Blanton. 

Chapter  108.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  "Wiley  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Ann  Matheney : 
Roxanna  married  George  Hill. 

Chapter  109.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Hamrick  and  wife,  Martha  McSwain :  Cassie 
married  David  Oliver  Green. 

Chapter  110.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Green  and  wife,  Xarcissus  Hamrick:     Elias 

married  Rebecca  Rollins.     Rueben  married  Judith  Green.     George 

married  Martha  Rollins ;  second  wife,  Elizabeth  McKinney ;  third 

wife,  Eliza  Black.    Ewell  married  Catherine  Green.     Xoah  married 

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98  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

ISTancy  Cawliqrne.  Asa  married  Millie  Green.  Berry  married  Jane 
Owens.  James  Moore  married  Hannah  McSwain.  Elizabeth  mar- 
ried Jaheu  Hamrick.  William  married  Rebecca  Champion;  second 
wife,  l^ancy  Green.  Judith  married  Benjamin  Franklin  McSwain. 
ISTancj  married  Martin  Earl.  Edmond  never  married.  Hannah 
never  married.    One  infant. 

Chapter  111.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elias  Green  and  wife,  Rebecca  Rollins :  Bryson 
married  Roxanna  Green;  second  wife,  Susanna  Allison.  Malissa 
married  Richard  Jolley,  Jane  married  Edley  Jolley.  Cordelia  mar- 
ried William  Hicks;  second  husband,  Louis  Hamrick,  Malindy 
married  David  Hamrick  Moore.  Webb  married  Ella  Elliott.  Hill 
married  Ella  Wilson.  Doctor  married  Susanna  Bridges.  Monroe 
married  Mittie  Cleary.     James  married  Ada  Reace. 

Chapter  112.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Reuben  Green  and  wife,  Judith  Green:  ISFoali  mar- 
ried Fannie  Pearson;  second  wife,  Margaret  Hamrick;  third  wife. 
Patience  Bridges.  Joseph  married  Ricey  Gatheria  Hamrick.  John 
married  Lucindy  Green ;  second  wife,  ]\fary  Green ;  third  wife, 
J^ancy  Byers,  Judith  married  Willis  Green,  Pathenia  married 
Elijah  Hamrick.  Hesentine  married  Berry  Ezell  McSwain.  Han- 
nah never  married. 

Chapter  113.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Green  and  wife,  Martha  Rollins:  Jefferson 
Wright  married  Susaima  Jolley.  Noah  married  Jane  Bridges  (no 
children),  Rebecca  married  /ecli;iri;ili  Dobbins  Harrell,  Marion 
never  married.  Ellen  never  married.  Adeline  ne\er  married.  Nar- 
cissus never  married. 

Chapter  114.  Seveiith  Generation. 
Children  of  Berry  Green  and  wife,  Jane  Owens:     Zorah  married 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  99 


James    Collins.      Martha    married   Elislia   Hinson.      James   Willis 
married  Cora  Scruggs.     Mary  Ellen  never  married. 

Chapter  115.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Asa  Green  and  wife,  Millie  Green:  Ida  married 
Thomas  Goode. 

Chapter  116.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Moore  Green  and  wife,  Hannah  McSwain: 
Gilead  married  Eachael  Jane  Pruett;  second  wife,  Susannah  Ham- 
rick. Eeuben  married  Catherine  Murrell.  Preston  married  Sarah 
Hopper.  Senith  married  William  jSTeal;  second  husband,  Ruphus 
Gladden. 

Chapter  117.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Green  and  wife,  Rebecca  Champion :  James 
married  Lucindy  Hamrick.  Dixon  married  Rebecca  Green.  Roda 
married  Thomas  Blanton,  Xaiicy  married  Benjamin  Justice.  George 
never  married. 

Children  of  William  Green  and  wife,  ISTancy  Green:  Willis 
married  Marv  Ann  Green.  Jane  married  Asa  Green.  Rebecca 
married  Jacob  Tate;  second  husband,  Williamson  Brindell.  Cleo 
married  William  Glasgow.     Hannah  married  Joseph  Robertson. 

Chapter  118.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Martin  Earls  and  wife,  Xancy  Green :  Willis  married 
Cora  Scruggs.  Xarcissus  married  Elijah  Ledbetter.  William  mar- 
ried Mary  Ramsey.  Elizabeth  married  James  Colver  Green.  Rosilla 
married  Robert   Padgett. 

Chapter  119.  Slxtli  Geyieration. 

Children  of  Elias  Green  and  wife,  Rebecca  Hamrick:  Benjamin 
married  Susanna  Elmore.  Reuben  married  Jane  Scruggs.  Berry 
married  Eunice  Hamrick.  Albert  married  Mary  Jane  Washburn ; 
second  wife,  Zulia  Durham.     Thomas  married  Susanna  McSwain. 


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100  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Judith  married  Volney  Goode.  Hannah  married  James  Wood.  Dru- 
cindv  married  John  Green.  Jonothan  married  Louisa  Wood.  Sarah 
married  David  Scruggs.  Mary  never  married.  Harvey  never  mar- 
ried. 

Chaptek  120.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Albert  Green  and  wife,  Mary  Jane  Washburn :  Cora 
never  married. 

Chapter  121.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Eeuben  Green  and  wife,  Jane  Scruggs :  Toliver  mar- 
ried Johnnie  Burge.  Robert  Lee  married  Elizabeth  Jollev.  Jonothan 
married  Blanch  Hamrick.  Seaton  married  Susanna  Canton.  Mur- 
phy married  Erie  Pearson,  Permelia  married  Andrew  Green.  Kan- 
sas married  Chivus  Bridges.  Volnev  never  married.  Albert  never 
married.     Two  infants. 

Chapter  122.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Volnev  Goode  and  wife,  Judith  Green:  Oscar  mar- 
ried  ^olla  Pope.  Ollie  married  Franklin  Weathers.  Elsie  married 
Eex  McCraw.  Charles  married  Susanna  Wilson;  second  wdfe,  Pa- 
tience Tate.  Eunice  married  ClufF  McSwain.  Tony  married  Ernest 
Burton  Lovelace.  George  married  Julia  Painter.  Thomas  married 
Ida  Green. 

Chapter  123.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Wood  and  wife,  Hannah  Green :  Moses  mar- 
ried Eosanna  Hamrick;  second  wife,  Eosanna  Ledbetter.  Eunice 
married  Gabriel  Ellis.  Mary  Susanna  married  William  Skinner. 
Eebecca  married  Aaron  Eeuben  Hamrick.     Three  infants. 

Chapter  124.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Jonothan  Green  and  wife,  Louisa  Wood :  Ida  married 
John  Pruett.  Docia  married  Plate  Brooks.  Eebecca  married  Law- 
rence Eollins.  Willard  married  Dovia  Scoggins.  Melvin  married 
Lillio  Bland.     Essie  never  married. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  101 


Chapter  125.  Seventh  Generation. 

Cliildreii  of  Benjamin  Green  and  wife,  Susanna  Elmore:  Octavia 
married  George  Hawkins.  Penina  married  George  ]\Iatheney.  Mary 
Jane  married  Drurv  Dobbins  Hamrick. 

Chapter  126.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Asa  Hamrick  and  wife,  Drucindy  Bridges:  Aaron 
Eeuben  married  Massie  Bvers :  second  wife,  Rebecca  Wood.  Jabez 
married  Martha  Durham ;  second  wife,  Kisiah  McDaniel ;  third  wife, 
Mahalie  Surratt.  Drury  Joseph  married  Elizabeth  Xicholson.  Dr. 
Timmons  Greenberry  married  Cora  Lovelace;  second  wife,  Mary 
Harrell.  Rosanna  married  Capt.  Oliver  Holland.  Hannah  Sarah 
married  David  Matheney.  Cordelia  married  Asa  Monroe  Lovelace. 
Susanna  never  married.     Cynthia  never  married. 

Chapter  127.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Jabez  Hamrick  and  wife,  Martha  Durham :  Thedocia 
married  Marida  White.  Susanna  married  Drury  Pleasant  Hamrick. 
Edwin  B.  married  Ocie  Foy  Hamrick. 

Chapter  128.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Aaron  Reuben  Hamrick  and  wife,  Massie  Bvers: 
Brodus  married  Antonnettie  Bridges.  Missouri  married  James  IMc- 
Swain.  Susanna  Veltazer  married  Asbury  Webb.  Georgie  not 
married. 

Chapter  129.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Joseph  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Xicholson  : 
Clarence  married  Myrtle  Hamrick.  Blanch  married  Jonas  Green. 
ifiTancy  married  John  Cash.  Bertha  married  Julius  Davis.  Maudie 
married  ISv'ebbet  Kendrick.  Dr.  John  A.  married  Catherine  Kirsli- 
tattler.    Marv  never  married.    Grace  never  married. 

Chapter  130,  Seventh  Gerieration. 
Children  of  Capt.  Oliver  Holland  and  wife,  Rosanna  Hamrick : 


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Dr.  Bezolan  married  Lillie  Hull.     Permelia  married  John  Hopper. 
Williamson  never  married. 

Chapter  131.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Dr.  Timmons  Greenberry  Hamrick  and  wife,  Cora 
Lovelace:  Forest  Gains  married  Carrie  Thompson.  Malgrim  Flay 
married  Maude  Michael.    Cora  Anne  not  married. 

Children  of  Dr.  Timmons  Greenberry  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary 
Harrell :    Timmons  Rhoe  not  married.     Asa  Harrell  not  married. 

Chapter  132.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Hamrick  and  wife,  Susanna  Adams  :  William 
married  Narcissus  Hughes.  Adroniram  nian-ied  ifancy  Dobbins. 
Burwell  married  Nancy  Elizabeth  Hughes.  Asa  married  Edith 
Scoggins ;  second  wife,  Nancy  Christmas.  Nancy  married  Starlin 
Hughes.  Elizabeth  married  James  Louis  Hamrick.  Susanna  mar- 
ried Simon  Davis.  Madeline  married  Allen  Cogdell.  Jane  married 
William  Hamrick.    Mary  never  married. 

Chapter  133.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  nanirick  and  wife.  Narcissus  Hughes:  Sam- 
uel Young  married  Sarah  Turner.  Martha  Elvira  married  George 
Robertson  Hamrick.  Mary  Narcissus  married  Noah  Haiin-iek.  Sarah 
married  Williamson  Lee.  Nancy  Dianna  married  Laiidruin  L.  Smith. 
Susauua  married  Andy  Hamrick;  second  husbaiul,  (icoi-gp  IJowciis. 
Putnam  Myers  never  married.  Vestie  Victoria  nuirried  (iencral 
Moore.  Julia  Malindy  never  married.  Margaict  June  never  mar- 
ried.    Luciiidy  never  married.     William  never  mari'icd. 

Chapter  134.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Young  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Turner : 
Rush  married  Etta  Putnam.  1  )(ir:i  Etta  married  Thomas  Goode. 
Boswell  Hill  married  Rilla  ]\foore.  Thomas  Grover  married  Lottie 
Ledbetter.  ^fartha  Jane  married  Henry  Smith.  Louisa  Coy  mar- 
ried Orie  Bowens.     Claude  Franklin  married  Mont  Crawford.     Au- 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  103 


gusta  Emeline  married  Bayliis  Proctor.     Docia  Ellen  married  Jesse 
Hawkins.   jSTelson  never  married  Kansas  never  married.   Two  infants. 

Chapter  135.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Adronniram  Hamrick  and  wife,  I^ancy  Dobbins : 
William  married  Margaret  McDaniel;  second  wife,  Cora  Simmons. 
Martha  married  Thomas  Canady  (no  children).  Almedia  married 
William  McDaniel.  Kisiah  married  Thomas  Thombs;  second  hus- 
band, James  Green.  Vinson  Dobbins  married  Mary  Jane  Green. 
Louis  married  Lettie  Wammac.    Albert  married  Julia  Webb. 

Chaptee  136.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  McDonniel  and  wife,  Almedia  Hamrick: 
Monroe  married  Ada  Moore.  Burrus  married  Lucindy  Williamson. 
Madison  married  Edith  Helton.  Dollie  married  Robert  Carroll. 
Julius  married  Ida  Moore.  Cantus  married  Florence  Griffin.  Sarah 
married  Alonzo  Bostic.  Essie  married  Garland  Shull.  Zulia  mar- 
ried John  Carroll.     Joseph  Crayton  never  married.     One  infant. 

Chapter  137.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Vinson  Dobbins  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary  Jane  Green : 
Gallena  married  Millard  Fisher.  Cletus  married  Callie  Free.  Su- 
sanna married  Coran  Hardin.  Oscar  married  Dovie  Canady.  Alonzv 
married  Carrie  McSwain.  Elsie  married  Herbert  Smith.  Carrujs 
married  Ada  Wells.  Vallie  married  Webb  Lookado.  Howard  never 
married.    Walter  not  married.    Mamie  not  married. 

Chapter  138.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Albert  Hamrick  and  wife,  Julia  Webb :  George 
Pinkney  married  Xancy  Smith.  I^ancy  married  James  Brown. 
Lishie  not  married.    Eussell  not  married.     Mary  never  married. 

Chapter  139.  Sixth  Generation. 
Children  of  Burwell  Hamrick  and  wife,  ISTancy  Elizabeth  Hughes: 


104  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Hill  married  Eunice  Jane  McSwain.    Landrum  never  married.  James 
never  married.     Mary  Jane  never  married. 

Chaptee  140.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Hill  Hamrick  and  wife,  Eunice  Jane  McSwain :  John 
Landrum  married  Docia  Green.  Gidnev  married  Ida  Harrell.  An- 
drew  Miller  married  Elizabeth  Green.  Thomas  Burwell  married 
Margaret  Blanton ;  second  wife,  Hester  Green.  David  married  Bell 
Wood.  Solon  married  Cora  Beam.  George  married  Cleopatra  Mc- 
Swain. Elsie  married  William  Bridges.  Leander  married  Lena 
Spratt.    Broadus  not  married.     Hannah  not  married. 

Chapter  141.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Asa  Hamrick  and  wife,  Edith  Scoggins :  Terpin 
Goode  married  Sarah  Jane  Baber.  Louise  married  Louis  Doggett. 
Lafa^'^ette  married  Elizabeth  Moore.  John  married  Emma  McDon- 
niel. 

Chapter  142.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Lafayette  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Moore:  Asa 
Vance  married  Emma  Hinson.  Doctor  Louis  married  Dollie  Wom- 
mack.  John  Lafayette  married  Viola  Hardin.  ]\Iorris  never  mar- 
ried.     Two  infants. 

Chapter  143.  Seventh  Generation.    ■ 

Children  of  Terpin  Goode  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary  Jane  Baber: 
Broadus  married  Carrie  Bergin.  Attie  married  Harris  Coifee.  Cora 
married  Bost  Dean.  Dora  married  Doctor  Crawley.  Ezcll  married 
Ida  Hardin.  ]\raniie  married  John  Johnston.  Earl  married  Laura 
Bell  Cash.     Agnes  married  James  Baber.     Myrtle  never  married. 

Chapter  144.  Seventh  Gencralion. 

Children  of  John  Hami-ii-k  and  wife,  Emma  McDaniel:  Mamie 
married  Columbus  Pritchard.  Penina  married  Levi  Ellis.  Elsie 
married  John  Nelson  Pritchard.     Kebecca  married  James  Dearman. 


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106  HiSTOKY   OF  THE   HaMRICK   GENERATIONS 

Edith  married  William  Dunn.     Asa  Alburtie  married  Mary  Carroll. 

Mary  married  Franklin  Swann.     Bertie  married  Burleson. 

Ocie  not  married. 

Chapter  145.  8eve7ith  Generation. 

Children  of  Euphus  Doggett  and  wife,  Louise  Hamrick :  Edith 
married  Robert  GriiRn.  I^ancy  married  Rolley  Hardin.  Leroy  mar- 
ried Mattie  Sorrells.  Ida  married  Quince  Jones.  George  married 
Gatheria  Huntley.  Cora  married  Luther  Morrow.  Durham  never 
married. 

Chapter  146.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Starlin  Hughes  and  wife,  ISTancy  Hamrick:  William 
married  Martha  Turner.  Jane  married  ISFelson  Watterson.  Susanna 
married  Fennell  Patterson.  Malindy  married  Rush  Gladden.  Eliz- 
abeth married  William  Coggins.  McKenzie  never  married.  Julia 
never  married.     Jefferson  never  married. 

Chapter  147.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Nelson  W^atterson  and  wife,  Jane  Hughes :  John  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Howell.  Hope  married  Martha  Ware.  ]\Iagby  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Howell.    Mary  married  Martin  Hicks. 

Chapter  148.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Ruphus  Gladden  and  wife,  Malindy  Hughes:  James 
married  Julia  Johnston.    Clarence  married  Alma  Kerr. 

Chapter  149.  Seventh  Generation. 

Ciiildron  of  Fennell  Patterson  and  wife,  Susanna  Hughes:  Thomas 
married  Susanna  Camp;  second  wife,  Charity  Biggerstaif.  William 
iii;iiri('d  Delia  Edwards.  John  married  Fannie  Wilson.  Lemuel  mar- 
ried J)ocia  Smith.  Julius  married  Margaret  Morrison.  Junie 
married  Thomas  Camp.  Mary  married  John  Glover.  Docia  mar- 
ried Grover  Howell. 


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Chapter  150.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Albert  Hamrick  and  wife,  Phoebia  "Wommack :  Bjuum 
married  Elsie  Walker.  Eoy  married  Maggie  Shyttle.  Hoyel  mar- 
ried Beula  Hoyle.  Susanna  married  Elbert  Dobbins.  Phoebia  mar- 
ried Decatur  Early.  Mary  married  Oscar  Wright.  Josie  married 
Evans  Dobbins.     Three  infants. 

Chapter  151.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Simon  Davis  and  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick:  Eranklin 
married  Lucindy  Sheppard.  Xoah  married  Ella  Robertson.  Bryspn 
married  Ida  Inman.  Monroe  married  Dona  Davis.  Malindv  mar- 
ried  John  Moore.    Julia  never  married. 

Chapter  152.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Allen  Cogdell  and  wife,  Madaline  Hamrick :  Martha 
married  Crayton  Lovelace.  Xancy  never  married.  Ensley  never 
married.    Eive  infants. 

Chapter  153.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Hamrick  and  wife,  Rebecca  Raney:  Archibal 
married  Sarah  Webb. 

Children  of  David  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  McSwain :  Moore 
married  Mary  Green.  Mary  married  George  Hamrick.  Elizabeth 
married  John  Matheney.  Sarah  married  David  Hamrick.  Eliza 
married  Benjamin  Green.  Hannah  married  Elijah  Hamrick.  Re- 
becca married  George  Robertson  Hamrick.  Elijah  married  Millie 
McSwain.    Judith  never  married.    ISTancv  never  married. 

Chapter  154.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Archibal  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Webb :  James 
married  Rosanna  Lovelace.  David  married  Lucindy  Powell.  Elijah 
married  Emiline  Webb.  Alfred  married  Xancy  Weathers.  Nancy 
married  Peal  Canady.  Martha  married  Perry  Blanton.  Sarah  mar- 
ried Wiley  Lovelace ;  second  husband,  Matthew  Sperlin.    Mary  mar- 


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ried  George  Matbeney;  second  liiisband,  John  Canady.  Malissa 
married  James  ISTolan.  Rebecca  married  James  Champion.  Rose- 
anna  married  Kenneth  Blanton.  Angaline  never  married.  Elizabeth 
never  married. 

Chapter  155.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Hamrick  and  wife,  Rosamia  Lovelace:  Na- 
thaniel Archibald  married  Hester  Melton.  Monroe  married  Effie 
Webb.    Biddie  married  Xolvey  I^ovelace. 

Chapter  156.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Alfred  Hamrick  and  wife,  Xancy  Weathers :  Broadus 
married  Bessie  Bailey.  George  married  Gertrude  Putnam.  Ethel 
married  George  Dover. 


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Chapter  157.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Emiline  Webb.  Christo- 
pher married  Cordelia  McSwain.  Xarcissus  married  George  Mc- 
Swain. 

Chapter  158,  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Hamrick  and  wife,  Lueindy  Powell :  John  B. 
married  Laura  Byers.  Louis  married  Harris  Rippy;  second  wife, 
Maggie  Dixon.  Sarah  married  McCager  Mauney.  Carolina  mar- 
ried Edmond  Hamrick.    Susanna  married  John  Rippy. 

Chapter  159,  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Peal  Canady  and  wife,  !N'ancy  Hamrick:  Fredrick 
married  Rosanna  Dish.    Rody  married  Perrv  Couch.     Four  infants. 

Chapter  IGO.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Kenneth  Blanton  and  wife,  Rosanna  Hamrick:  Dora 
married  Joseph  Powell.  Sarali  married  Scott  McMalian.  Hessie 
married  Scott  McMahan.  Dovie  married  Robert  Biggerstaff.  Hoyle 
never  married. 


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Chapter  161.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  ISTolan  and  wife,  Malissa  Hamrick:  Sarali 
married  William  Joseph  Green.  Mary  married  Willis  Green.  John 
married  Elizabeth  Hamrick.     David  married  Ola  Champion. 

Chapter  162.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Champion  and  wife,  Eebecca  Hamrick:  Wil- 
liam married  Lucindy  Johnston.  Mary  married  William  Short. 
Beattie  married  Hattie  McCoy;  second  wife.  May  Davis.  George 
married  Loney  Ross.  Tishia  married  Alfred  Lindsay.  Frankie  mar- 
ried Phillip  Seism. 

Chapter  163.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Perry  Blanton  and  wife,  Martha  Hamrick:  Joseph 
married  Mattie  Hamrick.  Thomas  married  Ida  O'Brien.  George 
married  Lillie  Butler.  John  married  Willie  Harrell.  Elijah  mar- 
ried Lnla  Eandall.  Jane  married  John  Harrell.  Margaret  mar- 
ried Thomas  Hamrick.  Elizabeth  never  married.  Eansom  never 
married. 

Chapter  164.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Moore  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary  Green:  David 
married  Sarah  Moore.  Sarah  married  Eollie  Eoberts.  ISTancy  mar- 
ried David  Green.  Henry  married  Amanda  Holland.  Judith  mar- 
ried Elijah  Green.  Susanna  married  Chamber  Wood.  Aaron 
married  Susanna  Wood.     Eliza  never  married. 

Chapter  165.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Eollie  Eoberts  and  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick:  William 
married  Louisa  Gillespie.  Ezra  married  Jane  Green.  Mary  Anne 
married  Eichard  Hughes.     Xancy  married  Julius  Goode. 

Chapter  166.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Moore:  Thomas 
married  Susanna  Jolley.     James  Marida  married  Pathenia  Hopper. 


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Louis  married  Cordelia  Green,  Franklin  married  Susanna  Hamrick ; 
second  wife,  Elsie  Humphries ;  third  wife,  Susanna  Humphries. 
•John  married  Ida  Hamrick.  Leah  Jane  married  Alvy  Jones.  Sarah 
married  Hilary  Jollev.  Leander  married  Delia  Surratt.  Eunice 
married  William  Hawkins.    ]\Iary  married  Moses  Scruggs. 

Chapter  16Y.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Henry  Hamrick  and  wife,  Amanda  Holland :  Gilford 
married  Tolithia  Holland.  James  married  Jane  Jolley.  Mary 
Jane  married  Jackson  Jolley.  Martha  married  Robert  Jones. 
Charles  married  Assill  McCombs.     David  never  married. 

Chapter  168.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Aaron  Hamrick  and  wife,  Susanna  Goode:  James 
William  married  Turie  Haynes ;  second  wife, Scruggs. 

Chapter  169.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Chambers  Wood  and  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick :  Walter 
married  Susanna  Green. 

Chapter  170.  Fourth  Generation. 
Children  of  James  Bridges  and  wife,  Rebecca  Hamrick :  Samuel 
married  Rebecca  Hamrick;  second  wife,  Mollie  Hamrick.  Aaron 
married  Sarah  Hamrick.  John  married  Elizabeth  Bridges,  l^ancy 
married  Price  Hamrick.  Margaret  married  George  Blanton  (no 
children).  Frankio  married  Thomas  McSwain.  Mary  married 
William  McSwain.  Phoebia  Margaret  married  Burwell  Blanton. 
Vianna  married  Henry  I^edbetter.  Nancy  married  Benjamin 
Hughes.  Burwell  married  Nancy  Elizabeth  Harmon.  James  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Hamrick.  George  married  Mary  Matheney.  Eliza- 
beth married  William  Bridges.  Asa  never  married.  Richard  never 
married. 

Chapter  171.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Bridges  and  wife,  Rebecca  Hamrick :  Jesse 
married  Elizabeth  Harrell ;  second  wife,  jMalindy  Dye. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  111 

Children  of  Samuel  Bridges  and  wife,  Mollie  Hamrick:  John 
married  Cinthia  Jones.  Caleb  married  N"ancy  Young.  Washington 
married  Artie  Hamrick.  Mary  married  Robbin  Green.  Sarah  mar- 
ried Louis  Sparks.  Susanna  married  Calvin  Sparks.  Eeuben  married 
Cinthia  McSwain.  Charlotte  married  Edward  Parish  Jones.  Re- 
becca never  married.     Elizabeth  never  married. 

Chapter  172.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Jesse  Bridges  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Harrell:  Samuel 
married  Marian  Pinson;  second  wife,  jSTancy  Green.  Frankie  mar- 
ried Marion  Hamrick.    Elmira  married  Street  Hamrick. 

Children  of  Jesse  Bridges  and  wife.  Malindy  Dye :  Jsse  Whitston 
married  Jane  Hamrick.  Reuben  married  Margaret  Mauney  Gold; 
second  wife,  Alice  Washburn.  Sarah  Jane  married  William  F.  Bar- 
nett. 

Chapter  1Y3.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Jesse  Wliitston  Bridges  and  wife,  Jane  Hamrick: 
Samuel  married  Aquilla  Hamrick.  Cicero  married  Leona  Magness. 
Charles  married  Missouri  Bridges.  Lora  married  Jesse  Blanton; 
second  husband,  Albert  Johnston.  Clarence  married  Cleo  Washburn. 
Summey  never  married. 

Chapter  174.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Reuben  Bridges  and  wife,  Margaret  Mauney  Gold : 
Robert  married  ]Srancy  Sigmon ;  second  wife,  Laura  Lee.  Nola 
married  Oliver  Beaty  Hamrick.  Laura  married  John  Epley  Cham- 
pion. John  married  James  Stevens.  Florence  Gaither  never  mar- 
ried.    Cora  never  married. 

Chapter  175.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  F.  Barnett  and  wife,  Sarah  Jane  Bridges : 
Jesse  married  Eva  Wilson.  James  married  Amanda  Chitwood.  Pan- 
thia  married  Richard  Champion.  Reuben  married  Wilma  Price. 
Marv  married  Joliii  Walker. 


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Chapter  176.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Bridges  and  wife,  Cinthia  Jones :  Wilson  W. 
married  Louisa  Hamrick.  Zecheriah  married  Xancv  Hamrick. 
Louise  married  Elijah  Reuben  Hamrick.  Susanna  married  Crawford 
Hamrick.  Marion  married  Sarah  Pannell ;  second  wife,  Mary  Ann 
McDaniel.  Madison  married  Jane  Ramsey;  second  wife,  Mary  Ann 
McPhearson.  Edmoud  J.  married  Elizabeth  Mitchell  Gold;  second 
wife,  Mary  L.  Baucom.  James  Monroe  married  Martha  Beam; 
second  wife.  Laura  Kendall.  Albert  married  Erslev  Pricilla  Harrell. 
Thomas  married  Carrie  Reaves ;  second  wife,  Lela  Dodd.  Octavia 
married  Samuel  Auirustus  McKinnev.  Zulia  married  William  Put- 
nam.     Louisa  married  Martin  Green.     Martha  never  married. 

Chapter  177.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Caleb  Bridges  and  wife,  Xancy  Young:  Samuel 
married  Delphia  Hardin,  Martha  married  Robbin  Green.  Cath- 
erine married  Eliah  Hamrick.  Patience  married  Xoah*  Green.  Mary 
married  Berry  Lovelace.  Lucindy  married  Willis  Green.  Rebecca 
never  married.    Rachael  Ann  never  married. 

Chapter  178.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Bridges  and  wife,  Delphia  Hardin :  James 
never  married.     Sarah  Elizabeth  married  Asa  Cicero  Hamrick. 

Chapter  179.  Sixtlt  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  Ann  Pinson :  Amanda 
married  Jezebell  Lovelace. 

Children  of  Samuel  Bridges  and  wife,  Xancy  Green :  James 
Franklin  married  Hessentine  Hamrick.  Charles  Monroe  married 
Susanna  Buchannan.  Alljert  Cicero  married  Laura  Weathers ;  second 
wife,  Susanna  Hornc.     Roxaiina  marriefl  Lafavette  Earlv. 

Children  of  William  Green  and  wife.  Xancy  Green:  Hannah 
married  Joseph  Robertson.     Rebecca  married  Jacob  Tate;  second 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  113 

Imsband,  Amose  Brindell.     Jane  married  Asa  Green.     Willis  mar- 
ried Marj  Ann  Green,     Cleo  married  Sylvanus  Glasgow, 

Chapter  180,  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Eobbin  Green  and  wife,  Mary  Bridges :  ISToali  married 
Sara  Ann  Dycus.  Samuel  married  iSTarcissns  Padgett.  William 
married  Malindy  Lovelace,     Mary  married  George  Lovelace. 

Children  of  Eobbin  Green  and  wife,  Martha  Bridges:  Junius 
married  Spratt. 

Chapter  181.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Xoah  Green  and  wife.  Sarah  Ann  Dycus :  Chauncy 
married  Laura  Tessineer.  Panthia  married  Enslev  Lovelace,  Callie 
married  Martin  Ramsey. 

Chapter  182.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Green  and  wife,  Malindy  Lovelace:  Sidney 
married  Dovie  Wright.  Calvin  married  Xancy  Hatfield.  Edna 
married  Dora  Cogdell ;  second  wife,  Ollie  Jones ;  third  wife,  Cath- 
erine Bailey.  Dorothy  married  Eobert  Butler.  Charles  never  mar- 
ried.    Marshall  Lotian  never  married. 

Chapter  183.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Green  and  wife,  IvTarcissus  Padgett :  Ellen 
married  James  Bright.  Carrie  married  Smith  Bridges.  Emeline 
married  Grayson  Walker ;  second  husband,  Achillis  Daves.  McKin- 
sey  married  Xancy  Blankinship.  Seth  married  Georgeanna  Bridges. 
Belvey  never  married. 

Chapter  184.  Seventh  Generation. 

■Children  of  George  Lovelace  and  wife,  Mary  Ann  Green:    Xolvey 

married  Biddie  Hamrick.      James  married   Susanna  Blankinship. 

Joseph  L.  married  Ira  Wright.    Luke  married  Leckie  Wright.    Laura 

Jane  married  Richard  McEntire.    Vandora  married  Lawson  Eodgers. 

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114  History  of  the  Hamrick  Gknerations 

Genevia  married  Robert  McEntire.     Olavine  married  Guyman  Ray- 
burn. 

Chapter  185.  Sixth  Generatioii. 

Children  of  Louis  Sparks  and  wife,  Sarah  Bridges :  Andrew 
married  Martha  Sperlin.  Caleb  married  Emily  Watson.  Ensley 
married  ^^fattie  BiggerstafF.  Landrum  married  Mary  Mintz  (no 
children) . 

Chapter  18G.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Andrew  Sparks  and  wife^  Martha  Sperlin :  Caleb 
married  Beula  Wall.  Sarah  married  Sidney  Jones.  Jesse  married 
Lillie  Harrell.  Hessie  married  ]!^oah  Patterson  Guffey.  William 
married  Pearl .    Eannie  not  married.    Callie  never  married. 

Chapter  187.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Ansley  Sparks  and  wife,  Mattie  Biggerstaff :  Arthur 
married  Maybell  Montague.  John  married  Floy  Hamrick.  Thelma 
married  Lassie  Byers.  Ella  married  Ezekiel  Fowles.  Eva  married 
Albert  Street  Green.  Lowell  married  Joseph  ]\rartin.  Georgie  mar- 
ried Garrison  Edwards.     Clarence  never  married. 

Chapter  188.  Sixtli  Generation. 

Cliildren  of  Calvin  Sparks  and  wife,  Susanna  Bridges:  Jane 
married  John  Cartee.  Mary  married  Xapolcon  Boneparto  McBrayer. 
Merritt  never  married. 

Chapter  189.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Xapoleon  Boneparto  McBrayer  and  wife,  IMary 
Sparks:  George  married  J>liziil)otli  Brooks,  (^hi  married  Joseph 
Owen.  Thomas  Lorenzo  married  A'ancy  Culbreth.  Effie  married 
Bunyan  Henderson.  Dovie  married  Volney  Ivu])pe.  Bessie  married 
Aden  Hamrick.  Etta  married  Grant  Allen.  James  Calvin  married 
IS'anzie  Brice.  John  never  married.  Allicc  not  married.  Lola  not 
married. 


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Chapter  190.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Edward  Parish  Jones  and  wife,  Charlotte  Bridges: 
Joseph  Hamilton  married  Susanna  Green.  Susanna  married  Doctor 
Abram  Franklin  Hamrick.  Biddie  married  William  B.  Stroud  (no 
children).  Edmond  never  married,  l^ewton  never  married.  James 
Crowder  never  married.  Sarah  never  married.  Jane  never  married. 
Alfred  Webb  never  married.     Drurv  Dobbins  never  married. 

Chapter  191.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Hamilton  Jones  and  wife,  Susanna  Green: 
Foster  married  May  Boston.  Vider  married  Monroe  Heafuer.  Clyde 
married  Addie  Harrell.     Joseph  not  married. 

Chapter  192.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Eeuben  Bridges  and  wife,  Cinthia  Harrell:  David 
married  Celia  Davis ;  second  wife,  Ida  Philbeck.  Jane  married  J^oah 
Green;  second  husband,  Alouzo  Rollins. 

Chapter  193.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  "Washing-ton  Bridges  and  wife,  Artie  Hamrick :  Seaton 
married  Josina  ^fcSwain.  Wiley  married  jSTancy  Susanna  Hamrick. 
Thomas  married  Margarctt  Hamrick  (no  children).  Charlotte  never 
married. 

Chapter  194.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Seaton  Bridges  and  wife,  Josina  McSwain :  Coleman 
married  Marland  Jenkins.  Gerthie  married  Boneparte  Welman. 
Ella  married  William  Wright.  Minnie  not  married.  Arthur  not 
married.  Xewton  not  married.  Carver  not  married.  Oscar  never 
married.  Albert  never  married.  Collis  never  married.  Annie  Bell 
never  married.     Ola  never  married.     Two  infants. 

Chapter  195.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Aaron  Bridges  and  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick:  Drury 
quarried  Ethie  Elwithie  Hicks.    Timmons  married  Silveraney  Jolley. 


116  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Eosanna  married  Osborne  Lee.     Drucindv  married  Asa  Hamrick. 
Pricilla  married  George  Lee. 

Chapter  196.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Bridges  and  wife,  Ethie  Elwithie  Hicks :  Mary 
married  Burton  Cragg  Lovelace.  Aaron  A.  married  Matilda  Bridges ; 
second  wife,  Alice  Justice.  Jefferson  D.  married  Lettie  Hawkins. 
Mattie  married  Howell  Pearson  (no  children).  Kisiah  married 
Ray  Hollifield.  Josie  married  James  Louis  Hamrick.  Joseph  S. 
married  Bessie  Lankfort  (no  children).  William  P.  never  married. 
Marindy  never  married.  Catherine  never  married.  Essie  never 
married. 

Chapter  197.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Timmons  Bridges  and  wife,  Silveraney  Jolley :  Kisiah 
married  John  Moore.  Ellen  married  Joseph  Beason.  James  W. 
married  Mary  Beason. 

Chapter  198.  Sixth  Geyieration. 

Children  of  George  Lee  and  wife,  Pricilla  Bridges:  William 
Crook  married  Drucindv  Hardin ;  second  wife,  Ida  Cline.  Franklin 
married  Sarah  London.  Phoebia  married  Cathie  Wolfe.  Sarah 
married  John  Walker.  Jane  married  Eli  P.  Shuford.  John  never 
married.     Owens  never  married. 

Chapter  199.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Crook  Lee  and  wife,  Drucindy  Hardin : 
George  married  Carrie  London.  Eranklin  married  Minnie  Rollins. 
Blanch  married  Clarence  Glasgow.  Jane  married  Plato  Bridges. 
Emma  married  George  Hord.  Robert  never  married.  Hester  never 
married. 

Chapter  200.  Seventh  Generafinn. 

Children  of  John  Walker  and  wife,  Sarah  T>oe :  /echeriah  married 
Victoria  Lovelace;  second  wife,  Lucindy  Wall.  ]>iiiir;i  married  John 
A.  Jenkins.     Elizabeth  married  Louis  Scruggs.     ^Margaret  married^ 


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Garry  Whitaker.     Benjamiu  never  married.     Foster  never  married. 
Carrie  never  married. 

Chapter  201.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Cathy  Wolfe  and  wife,  Phoebia  Lee :  William  mar- 
ried Mary  Wesson.  George  married  Etta  Goode.  Sanford  married 
Sarah  Sellers.  Florence  married  Finkney  Lackev.  Dewev  mar- 
ried  Emma  McGill.  ]\Iary  married  William  Blanton.  Jane  married 
William  Jenkins.    Ellen  married  Doctor  Grigg.    Erie  never  married. 

Chapter  202.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Eli  P.  Shnford  and  wife,  Jane  Lee:  John  married 
Ella  Copeland ;  second  wife,  Amanda  Propcs.  William  married 
Martha  Frances  Blanton.  Bobert  married  Bessie  Peeler.  George 
married  Eva  Crowder.  Sarah  married  Chauncv  Hastin.  Alice 
married  Lawson  Davis,  Margaret  married  Franklin  Grigg.  One 
infant. 

CiiArTEK  203.  Sixth  Uciieratioi. 

Children  of  Osborne  Lee  and  wife,  Rosanna  Bridges:  Drucindy 
married  I^eander  Holland.  Pricilla  married  Drury  S.  Lovelace. 
John  married  Penina  Elmore.  Drnry  married  Helen  Harrell.  Tim- 
mons  Ganiewell  married  Permelia  Holland.  Osborne  married  Edith 
Blanton. 

Chapter  20-1.   Serriifh  (Irnrrdfioii. 

Children  of  Leander  Holland  and  wife,  Drncindy  Lee:  Tinunons 
C.  married  Missouri  Bridges.  Rosanna  married  Pinkney  Randall. 
Louisa  married  George  Matheney.  Osborne  W.  married  Eva  Jenkins. 
Austin  niiirried  Louise  Fortune.  ]\Iaiy  married  Gifton  Wall.  Per- 
melia married  'rimmas  Wilkins.  IjCrov  married  Flois  Hamrick. 
James  ne\er  married.      Gaines  nuL  married. 

Chapter  205.    Seventh  Generation. 

C'liil<1i'cii  (if  Fimmons  Gamewdl  Lee  and  wife,  Permelia  Ann  TTol- 


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land:     Lawrence  Victor  married  Susanna  Lattimore.     Etta  married 
Kobert  Lee  Green. 

Chapter  206.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Driirv  Lee  and  wife,  Helen  Harrell:  Jolin  married 
Ida  E Stella  Hamrick.  Wesley  married  Rockaney  Hamrick.  Charles 
married  Mittie  Green.  Joseph  married  Willie  Carter.  Elizabeth 
married  William  Clinton  Hamrick.  Susanna  married  Pinkney 
Hamrick.     Sidnev  married  Susanna  Pierce. 

Chapter  207.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Osborne  Lee  and  wife,  Edith  Blauton:  Elizabeth 
married  Xoah  Jolley.     William  never  married. 

Chapter  208.  Seventh  Generation.  ' 

Children  of  John  Lee  and  wife,  Penina  Elmore :  Ellen  married 
Junius  Lovelace.     Marindy  married  Benjamin  Hughes. 

Chapter  209.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Moore  and  wife,  Ivisiah  Bridges :  Columbus 
married  Ellen  Eillson ;  second  wife,  Cora  Surratt.  Dela  married 
Marion  Scruggs.  Ida  married  Benjamin  Humphries.  Eva  married 
Tilman  Bridges.  William  married Webber.  Susanna  mar- 
ried William  Buice.  Irvin  married  Panthia  Davis. .  D.  D.  married 
Joseph  Humphries.     Ollie  never  married. 

Chapter  210,  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Beason  and  wife,  Ellen  Bridges :  Grady  mar- 
ried  Hattie  Ramsey.      Robert  married  .      Kiusey  married 

Frances  Scruggs.  Pinkney  married  Dicie  Waters.  Clinton  married 
Mary  Tate.  Paul  married  Loney  Green.  Eugenia  married  Joseph 
McCraw.  Docia  married  Charles  Tate.  Perrilla  married  Rondy 
Green. 


120  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Chapter  211.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  W.  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  Beason:  Chivus 
married  Arkansas  Green;  second  wife,  Lottie  Hamrick.  Rex  mar- 
ried Oder  McSwain.  Zeuophan  T,  married  Euzelia  McCraw.  Cuttie 
never  married. 

Chapter  212.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Bridges  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Bridges:  Drury 
married  Elizabeth  Robertson.  Malindy  married  Robert  Wilson. 
Ephraim  married  Ella  Dobbins.  Thomas  married  Margaret  Win- 
brown.  William  married  Fannie  Winbrown.  Samuel  married  Mary 
Winbrown ;  second  wife,  Catherine  Harrell.  John  S.  married  Vianna 
Bj^ers ;  second  wife,  Vianna  Padgett.  Dial  married  Dennie  Scruggs 
(no  children).    Berry  married  Sarah  Maze.    Aaron  never  married. 

Chapter  213.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Bridges  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Robertson :  Lorenzo 
married  Sarah  Wiggins.  Thomas  married  Martha  Hicks.  Beattie 
married  Mary  Jane  White.  George  married  Amanda  Smart.  Su- 
sanna married  Julius  Melton.  Amandy  married  Emulus  Walker. 
Jayson  married  Mary  Good.  Adeline  married  Daniel  Peeler.  Wil- 
liam married  Callie  Korrells.    Dora  married Hawkins. 

Chapter  214.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Robert  Wilson  and  wife,  Malindy  Bridges:  James 
married  Christine  Hawkins.  Elizabeth  niai'i-iod  James  Rollins. 
Benjamin  never  married.     John  never  married. 

Chapter  215.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Bridges  and  wife,  Margaret  Winbrown: 
Thompson  married  Patience  Durham;  second  wife,  Kisiali  Adeline 
Pearson.  Samuel  nuirried  Martha  Brown.  Charles  married  Mar- 
garet Harris.  Willinm  married  Docia  Fortune.  Landrum  married 
]\rary  Jenkins.  -lolm  married  Hattie  Parker.  James  married  Min- 
nie  Reel.      Snsanna    inaiTicd    Fi'anl<lin    P.Ianton.      George   married 


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Belle  Blanton;  second  wife,  Susanna  Huglies.  Sarali  married 
Marion  Harmon  (no  children).  Clementine  never  married.  Dial 
never  married.     Martha  never  married. 

Chapter  216.  Sixtli  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Bridges  and  wife,  Fannie  Winbrown :  Monroe 
married  Susanna  Bibbie.  Hill  married  Susanna  Philbeck.  Bankston 
married  Clarenda  Ledbetter.  Jane  married  Asbury  G.  Wiggins. 
Catherine  married  Quinn  Padgett.  Lucindy  married  Lawson  Price. 
Bruce  married  Lula  Whiite.  Leah  Verge  married  George  Melton. 
Wade  never  married.     Berry  never  married. 

Chapter  217.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  Winbro-\^m :  James 
married  Frances  Bibbie.  John  married  Luraney  Jones ;  second  wife, 
Sarah  Edwards.  Victoria  married  Jefferson  Davis  Bridges.  Plato 
married  Dora  Dycus.  Lucretia  married  Alexander  McDaniel  (no 
children).  William  married  Elizabeth  Bridges.  Pinkney  married 
Sarah  Hamrick.  Louisa  married  Franklin  Whisnant.  Susanna 
married  Aaron  Wall.  Margaret  married  Dobbins  Hunt.  Malindy 
married  Joseph  Self.     Octavia  married  Taylor  Wall. 

Chapter  218.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  S.  Bridges  and  wife,  Vianna  Byers :  Monroe 
married  Alice  Blanton.  Sarah  married  John  Wright.  Nancy  mar- 
ried Larkin  Green;  second  husband,  Dobbins  Robbinsou.  Jane  mar- 
ried Richard  Wifi-gins. 

Children  of  John  S.  Bridges  and  wife,  Vianna  Pad2;ett:  Rox- 
anna  married  Whitstone  Blanton.    Arkansas  married  Amose  Bridges. 

Chapter  219.  SixtJi  Generation. 

Children  of  Berry  Bridges  and  wife,  Sarah  Maze:  Greenberrv 
married  Martha  Bedford.  Susanna  married  Columbus  Jolley.  Eliz- 
abeth married  Drury  Green ;  second  husband,  Robert  Philbeck. 


•122  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Chapter  220.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Burwell  JJlanton  aud  wife,  Phoebia  ]\rargaret  Bridges: 
Charles  married  Judia  Hamrick.  Xancy  married  Joseph  Byers; 
second  husband.  Abram  Padgett.  George  married  Pricilla  Harrell. 
Susanna  married  William  "Winbrown.  James  married  Mary  Bridges ; 
second  wife,  Rebecca  Hamrick.  Jesse  married  Fannie  Tate;  second 
wife,  Liddie  Sapaugh  (no  children).  John  married  Rebecca  Hughes. 
Sarah  married  Young  Hughes.     Elizabeth  married  Thomas  Harris. 

Chapter  221.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Charles  Blanton  and  wife,  Judia  Hamrick:  John 
married  Gatherie  Stroud.  William  married  Josephine  Setzer.  Albert 
married  Roxanna  Irviii.  Jane  married  Drury  Dobbins  Suttle.  Mar- 
garet married  Minor  Doggett.  Elvira  married  Joseph  Suttle.  Bur- 
well  married  Frances  Doggett ;  second  wife,  Martha  Ramsey.  George 
married  Mary  Jane  Elliott.  Pinknev  never  married.  Gilford  never 
married.     James  never  married. 

Chapter  222.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Blanton  and  wife,  Gatherie  Strowd:  Ola  mar- 
ried Ik'njaiiiiu  Hampton.  Charles  William  married  Georgie  Rollins. 
John  Broadus  married  Ida  Biggerstati'.  Enla  married  Robert  E. 
Biggerstaff.  Rudolph  married  Minnie  Fortune.  Alda  never  mar- 
ried.    Roy  not  married. 

Chapter  223.  Seventh  Generation. 

Cliildren  of  Minor  Do'ii'ctt  mid  wife,  Alai'uaret  Blanton:  Charles 
married  Laura  Wray.  Elizalxth  inarricd  Steady  Lipscomb.  George 
married  Agnes  Halliburton.  l-'lorence  married  James  Cowan. 
Tlioiiias  married  Beniiio  Riggs.     Halliburton  married  Dora  Brown. 

CuAi'iKif  224.  Sei'oitJt  Generation. 

Children  of  All)ert  15l;iiit(iii  and  wife,  Roxanna  Trvin:  Charles 
Tr\in  mari'icd  Pfrnidin  ('abiness.  Martha  inarricd  David  Mc- 
Brayer.     .loscpli  married  Hester  Botts.     Permdia  married  Thomas 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  123 

Clingman   Eskridge.      Lawson   married   Jolin   Wray.      Beattie  not 
married. 

CiiAPTEK  225.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Blanton  and  wife,  Josephine  Setzer :  William 
married  Minnie  JSTeal.  Cephns  married  Mattie  Shuford.  Dobbins 
married  Xanev  Fleming.  Albert  married  Charlotte  Walker.  Charles 
never  married. 

Chapter  226.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Suttle  and  wife,  Elvira  Blanton:  Albert 
Benjamin  married  Lou  Miller.  Charles  Beatty  married  Esther 
Wrav.  Sarah  married  Geore;e  Wrav.  Esther  married  Dr.  Victor  Me- 
Braver. 

Chapter  227.  Seventli  Generation. 

Children  of  Drurv  Dobbins  Suttle  and  wife,  Jane  Blanton :  Donia 
married  Edward  Wright.  Pinkney  never  married.  Emma  never 
married.  Ella  never  married.  Joseph  never  married.  Frances 
never  married. 

Chapter  228.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Burwell  Blanton  and  wife,  Frances  Doggett :  Charles 
Coleman  married  Ora  Brewster.  Mary  married  Richard  Eskridge. 
Margaret  married  George  Webb.  George  married  Ida  Wood.  Dora 
married  Rush  Oats.     Edgar  Burwell  married  Mary  Martin. 

Chapter  229.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Winbrown  and  wife,  Susanna  Blanton :  Wal- 
lace married  Jane  Hawkins.  Mary  married  Samuel  Bridges.  Mar- 
garet married  Thomas  Bridges.  Fannie  married  William  Bridges. 
Julia  Ann  married  Ransom  ISTewton  Hawkins.  Lucretia  married 
Lemuel  Pearson.  Emma  married  Jacob  Smitli.  Eunice  married 
William  Ledbetter.  Octavia  married  Henderson  Hawkins;  second 
husband,  Jefferson  Hawkins.     Sarah  married  Jefferson  Hawkins. 


124  HlSTORT   OF  THE   HaMRICK   GENERATIONS 

Chapter  230.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Wallace  Winu  and  wife,  Jane  Hawkins:  Orvi  mar- 
ried Jane  Hawkins.  Catherine  married  Thomas  Padgett.  Susanna 
married  Achella  Padgett.  Mary  married  Ward  Padgett.  Leuvenia 
married  George  Wood.  Minervia  married  John  Wilkins.  James 
never  married. 

Chapter  231.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Ransom  Newton  Hawkins  and  wife,  Julia  Ann  Win- 
brown  :  Governor  Vance  married  Olive  Blanton ;  second  wife,  Bessie 
Gladden.  Armindy  married  Burwell  B.  Blanton.  Preston  married 
Susanna  Smith.  William  T.  married  Nancy  Blanton.  John  H. 
married  Hattie  Hughes.  Joseph  married  Etta  Smith.  Callie  mar- 
ried George  Moore.  Dora  married  Ciecro  Lovelace.  Octavia  E. 
married  James  L.  Green.     Eobert  IST.  never  married. 

Chapter  232.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Reuhen  Pearson  and  wife,  Lucretia  Winbro^vn :  Kisiah 
Adeline  married  Thompson  Bridges.  Caroline  married  Zenothan 
Blanton.  Luke  never  married.  Hannah  never  married.  Nancy 
never  married.     James  never  married. 

Chapter  233.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Lemuel  Pearson  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Winbrown : 
Jesse  married  Mary  Blanton.  George  married  Missouri  Champion. 
William  married  Sarah  Blanton.  Howell  married  Chestine  Ownes; 
second  wife,  Mattie  Bridges.  Elizabeth  married  John  White.  Mat- 
tie  married  John  Harrell.  Nancy  Susanna  never  married.  Cath- 
erine never  married. 

Children  of  Andy  Blanton  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Winbrown ;  John 
Franklin  novor  married.     Jndith  never  married. 

Chapter  234.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Byers  iiiid  wife,  Nancy  Blanton:  Crayton 
married  Emiline  Pliilbeck.    Burwell  Benson  married  Mary  Blanton. 


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George  married  Margaret  Doggett.     Elizabeth  married  James  Bed- 
ford ;  second  liiisband,  Wiley  Bridges.    William  never  married. 

Chapter  235.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Crayton  Byers  and  wife,  Emeline  Philbeck :  James 
married  Josephine  Eunyans.  Joseph  married  Hattie  Martin.  Mar- 
tha married  Adolphiis  Hamrick.  Laura  married  John  Hamrick. 
I^ancy  married  Marshall  Bowens.  Chivus  married  Georgia  Hardin. 
Franklin  never  married. 

Chapter  236.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Bnrwell  Benson  Byers  and  wife,  Mary  Blanton : 
Benjamin  Franklin  married  Theodocia  Price.  John  James  married 
Roseline  Smart ;  second  wife,  Ella  Ruppe.  Joseph  Crayton  married 
Drilla  Price.  Mary  married  Armbristor  Smart,  ^ancy  married 
John  Blanton. 

Chapter  237.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Byers  and  wife,  Margaret  Doggett:  John 
married  l^^ancy  Gnllick.  George  married  Margaret  Bridges;  second 
wife.  Elizabeth  Elliott.     Kansas  Ellen  married  James  Youne:  Ham- 


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rick.      Missouri   married    Alexander   Fergusson.      Massie   married 
Aaron  Reuben  Hamrick.     Josephine  never  married. 

Chapter  238.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Blanton  and  wife,  Pricilla  Harrell :  Beattie 
married  Julia  Webb;  second  wife,  Elmira  Whitsides.  Susanna  mar- 
ried James  Young.  Margaret  married  Alexander  Wray.  Pricilla 
Jane  married  George  Melton  Webb.  Hill  married  Amanda  Whit- 
sides.    Guilford  married  Marv  Johnston. 

Chapter  239.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Young  and  wife,  Susanna  Blanton :  George 
married  Margaret  Lorance  (no  children).  Margaret  married  Dr. 
Oliver  P.  Gardner.     Dr.  Guilford  married  Florence  Jackson.     Pri- 


126  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

cilia  married  Greenberrv  Padcett,  Sarali  Jane  married  John  Quinn. 
Xancy  married  Thomas  Moore.  Estella  married  Columbus  Martin. 
Samuel  married  Elizabeth  Mauney ;  second  wife,  Jane  Goode.  James 
married  Julia  Ann  Gettys.  William  married  Saphronia  Wood.  Su- 
sanna married  Isaac  Kewton  Biggerstaff.     John  never  married. 

Chapter  240.  Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Dr.  Guilford  Young  and  wife,  Florence  Jackson: 
Claude  married  Claudia  Fortune.  Olive  married  Thomas  Wilkie. 
Catherine  married  Jacob  A.  Alexander.  Georgie  married  Eugene 
Brinncrman.  Nelle  not  married.  Margaret  not  married.  Belle 
never  married.     Two  infants. 

Chapter  241.  Eiglith  Generation. 

Children  of  Columbus  Martin  and  wife,  Estella  Young:  Darcus 
married  Charles  Crowell.     Mame  not  married. 

Chapter  242.  Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Dr.  Oliver  P.  Gardner  and  wife,  Margaret  Young: 
Junius  T.  Gardner  married  Texanna  l^oah.  Oliver  Maxwell  married 
Fay  Lamar  Webb.  William  H.  married  Margaret  Wra3%  Bessie 
married  Clyde  P.  Hoey.  Bate  B.  married  Mary  Warren.  Addie 
married  Robert  M.  Farthing,  Cleo  married  Thomas  A.  Pobertsou. 
Olive  married  J.  Austin  Anthony. 

Chapter  243.  Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Greenberrv  Padgett  and  wife,  Pricilla  Young:  ]\rar- 
shall  married  ^^Fary  Wclhouser.  William  married  Erie  Huntley. 
Tilden  married  Cleo  Kino-.  Maudie  married  Charles  Busbev.  Mar- 
garet  married  Jolm  Carpenter.  Susanna  married  Wade  Tillison. 
Ilaiiue  not  married. 


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Chapter  244.  Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Young  and  wife,  Elizabeth  JMauney:     Blanch 
married  Columbus  Bnrrns.      Cuttio  married  Joseph  Biggerstaff. 


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128  HiSTOKT   OF  THE   HaMKICK    GENERATIONS 

Chapter  245.  Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Quinn  and  wife,  Sarah  Jane  Young:  John  W. 
married  Sarah  Moss.  Thomas  H.  married  Sarah  Hallman.  Nancy 
S.  married  Jacob  A.  Beam.  Mary  married  John  Henderson ;  second 
husband,  Sidney  Setzer.  Elizabeth  married  Thomas  Whitter.  Louisa 
married  John  A.  Miller. 

Chapter  246.  Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Young  and  wife,  Julia  Ann  Gettys :  Clarence 
married  Esther  Taylor.  Grady  married  Lucy  Whilhouser.  Milus  mar- 
ried Pearl  Carswell.  Elizabeth  married  Joseph  Hardin.  Addie 
married  Alster  Bedford.  Clyde  never  married.  Cleo  not  married. 
Susanna  not  married.  William  James  not  married.  Leander  not 
married. 

Chapter  247.  Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Young  and  wife,  Saphronia  Wood:  Jesse 
married  Clara  Blankenship.  Margaret  married  Butler  Higgins. 
x\rthur  married  EfRe  Flack.  Gathia  married  Solon  Scoggins.  Jordan 
married  Bessie  Harrell.     Two  infants. 

Chapter  248.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Blanton  and  wife,  Mary  Bridges :  William 
Asbury  married  Lucindy  Lovelace. 

Children  of  James  Blanton  and  wife,  Rebecca  Hamrick :  Drury 
Allen  married  Julia  Ann  Ledbetter.  James  Hamrick  married  Cath- 
erine Ledbetter.     Georjre  never  married. 


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Chapter  249.  Seventh  Generation. 

ChildrPii  of  William  Asburv  Blanton  and  wife,  Lucindv  Lovelace: 
James  married  Elizabeth  Blanton  :  William  married  Fannie  Louisa 
Smith.  Elizabeth  Jane  marrietl  Franklin  Blanton.  Miller  never 
married.    Bonner  never  married. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  129 

Chapter  250.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Allen  Blanton  and  wife,  Julia  Ann  Ledbetter : 
James  Henrv  married  Marv  Luvenia  Lee.  William  Norman  mar- 
ried  Rebecca  Blanton.  John  Summey  married  Jane  Blanton.  Bur- 
well  Benjamin  married  Permelia  Hawkins.  Cordelia  Arvezenia 
married  Cicero  Hughes.  Nancy  Jane  married  Leonard  Yelton. 
Mary  Elizabeth  married  Amos  Davis.  Julia  Ann  married  Robert  A. 
Houser.     Drurv  Allen  never  married. 

CiiAPTEK  251.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Blanton  and  wife,  Rebecca  Hughes :  Franklin 
married  Sarah  Chitwood.  William  married  Emiline  Hughes.  Andy 
married  Elizabeth  Jolley.  Mary  married  Burwell  Benson  Byers. 
Rebecca  married  Doctor  Jollev.  John  married  Sarah  Hughes.  Ma- 
lindy  never  married.     Albert  never  married. 

Chapter  252.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Franklin  Blanton  and  wife,  Sarah  Chitwood :  John 
married  Martha  Hamrick.  Jesse  married  Lora  Bridges.  Albert 
married  Mary  McKey.  Julia  married  Oliver  Abram  Hamrick.  Ellen 
married  Doctor  A.  Price.  Sarah  married  James  Louis  Hamrick. 
Malindy  married  Vernon  Allen.  Elizabeth  married  Newton  Daves. 
Fannie  married  Martin  Gold.  Eliza  married  T witty  Daves.  James 
never  married.     William  never  married. 

Chapter  253.  Seventh  Ge^ieration. 

Children  of  William  Blanton  and  wife,  Emiline  Hughes:  John 
married  Rosanna  Bates.  Narcissus  married  Burwell  William  Blan- 
ton. Greenberry  married  Nancy  Susanna  Pearson.  Franklin  mar- 
ried Lottie  Jollev.  Julia  married  James  Hamrick.  Mollie  married 
Alanson  Williams.  Elizabeth  married  George  Kellev.  Martha  not 
married. 

Chapter  254.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Andv  Blanton  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Jollev:     Albert 
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married  Catherine  Greeu.  Caroline  married  Asa  Hamrick.  Edith 
Ellen  married  Osborne  Lee.  Mary  Missalanej  married  Jesse  Pear- 
son. ISTancy  Susanna  married  George  Lookado  Pruett.  Elizabeth 
Josephine  married  Pinknej  Bridges.  Jane  married  Eli  Turner. 
Roxanna  married  Arthur  Blanton.     Crowell  never  married. 

Chapter  255.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Blanton  and  wife,  Sarah  Hughes:  Elizabeth 
married  Marcus  Morehead.  Malindy  married  William  Blanton. 
Tucker  married  Jane  Blanton.     Jesse  never  married. 

Chapter  256.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Young  Hughes  and  wife,  Sarah  Blanton:  Putnam 
married  Julia  Wray.  Susanna  married  James  McMurry.  Amos 
married  Jane  Alexander.  Wesley  married  Sarah  Ann  Roberts. 
Elizabeth  married  W^esley  Blanton.  Artie  Elizabeth  married  Na- 
poleon Davis.  ]S[arcissus  married  William  Hamrick.  Sarah  married 
John  Blanton.  Richard  married  Elizabeth  Hamrick.  Jesse  never 
married.    Jolley  never  married. 

Chapter  257.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  McMurry  and  wife,  Susanna  Hughes:  John 
married  Mary  White;  second  wife,  Eunice  Doty.  James  married 
Mary  Dycus.  Noah  married  Minnie  Putnam.  Julius  married  Alice 
Putnam.  Sarah  married  Crockett  Wilson.  Nancy  married  Elijah 
Dycus.  Martha  married  Samuel  Sherrill.  Burwell  never  married. 
Graham  never  married.  Elizabeth  never  married.  Mary  never 
married.  Susanna  never  married.  Rachael  never  married.  Mar- 
garet never  married. 

CiiAi'TEi;  258.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Napoleon  Davis  and  wife,  Artie  Elizabeth  Hughes: 
Amos  married  Mary  Blanton.  Perry  married  Permclia  Burgin. 
Henrv  married  S:iv;nm:ili  Brannan.  Leuvenia  married  Mills  Flack. 
Eenora  never  married. 


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Chapter  259.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Harris  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Blanton :  Burwell 
married  Teomira  Bridges.    ]\Iaroaret  married  James  Huskev.    Erne- 

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line  married  Bowen  Bridges. 

Chapter  260.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Bowen  Bridges  and  wife,  Emeline  Harris :  Burton  H. 
married  Meldonia  McKinney.  Margaret  B.  married  George  Bvers. 
Sarah  B.  married  Hartwell  Blanton.  Thomas  Aaron  married  Mary 
McSwain.  Matilda  married  Aaron  A.  Bridges.  Thompson  married 
Julia  Wood.  James  O.  married  Elizabeth  Roberts.  Pinkney  mar- 
ried Josie  Blanton.     Susanna  never  married. 

Chapter  261.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Burwell  Harris  and  wife,  Tegmira  Bridges :  John 
married  Carrie  Simmons,  Thomas  married  Octavia  Wiseman.  Cath- 
erine married  John  Wesley  Harrell.  Ellen  married  Silas  Bland. 
Emeline  married  Charles  Bridges. 

Chapter  262.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Huskey  and  wife,  Margaret  Harris :  John 
married  Alice  Camp.  Thomas  married  Cordelia  Moore.  Alexander 
married  Sugar  Davis.  Julia  married  Pinkney  Scruggs.  Sarah 
married  Jackson  Jones.  Mary  married  William  Humphries.  Eliza- 
beth married  Asbury  McCraw.  Jenkins  married  Hattie  Hopper. 
Barney  married  Prairie  Scruggs;  second  wife,  Bessie  Ellis.  Joel 
married  Zora  Scruggs.     Albert  never  married. 

Chapter  263.  Seventh  Generation. 


Children  of  Beattie  Blanton  and  wife,  Julia  Webb :  Hackett  mar- 
ried Dela  Hamrick.  John  married  Orelia  Barr;  second  wife,  Mary 
Persall. 


132  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Chapter  2G4.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Hill  Blanton  and  wife,  Amanda  Whitsides:  Hill 
married  Ida  Kendrick.     Dovie  married  John  Herndon. 

Chapter  265.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Melton  Webb  and  wife,'  Pricilla  Jane  Blan- 
ton :  James  Landrum  married  Arkansas  Andrews.  Edwin  Yates 
married  Willie  Simmons.  George  married  Margaret  Blanton. 
Charles  married  Ida  Cox.  Dora  married  Summer  Alexander.  Edna 
married  John  Darwin. 

Chapter  266.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Alexander  Wray  and  wife,  Margaret  Blanton :  George 
married  Sarah  Suttle.  Pricilla  married  James  Toms.  James  L. 
married  Amanda  Hogiie.  Julius  married  Susanna  Toms.  Arthur 
married  Ellen  Dameron.  Esther  married  Charles  Beattie  Suttle. 
Docia  married  William  H.  Jennings.  Emmulus  married  Alice 
Amelia  Dennis;  second  wife,  Susanna  Chapman. 

Chapter  267.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Henry  Ledbetter  and  wife,  Vianna  Bridges:  Elijah 
married  Rebecca  Jones.  Anonymus  married  Permelia  McSwain ; 
second  wife,  Rebecca  McSwain.  Eurias  married  Kancy  Bridges. 
William  married  Eunice  Winbrown.  Saleny  married  Roliert  Cham- 
pion. Elmira  married  James  Hughes.  Arrieuia  married  William 
McSwain.  Julia  married  Drury  Allen  Blanton.  Catherine  mar- 
ried James  Hamrick  Blanton.  Sylvira  married  William  Hamrick 
(no  children),    Erankie  married  Marcus  McSwain. 

Chapter  268.  SixUi  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Ledbetter  and  wife,  Rebecca  Jones:  William 
married  Julia  McDaniel.  Elijah  married  Narcissus  Earl.  Susanna 
married  Reuben  ]\rcSwain.  Jane  married  James  David  Green. 
Elizabeth   married   William   Robbins. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  133 

Chapter  269.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Anonymus  Ledbetter  and  wife,  Rebecca  McSwain: 
Smith  married  Xancy  Ann  Blanton. 

Chapter  270.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Eiirias  Ledbetter  and  wife,  ]^ancy  Bridges :  John 
married  Mary  Lee ;  second  wife,  Mary  Flack.  Columbus  M.  married 
Priscilla  Smith.     Cleophus  married  Anonymus  McSwain. 

Chapter  271.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Robbin  Champion  and  wife,  Saleny  Ledbetter :  George 
married  Mary  Jane  Hamrick;  second  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick;  third 
wife,  Susanna  Putnam.  James  married  Jane  Turner.  Sarah  mar- 
ried "William  Hamrick  (no  children).  Martha  married  Thomas  Mc- 
Swain. Mary  married^  George  Pearson.  Caroline  married  James 
Blanton.  Lucretia  married  Elam  Weaver.  Stansberry  married 
Samanthy  Padgett.     Crowell  never  married. 

Chapter  272.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Benjamin  Hughes  and  wife,  ISTancy  Bridges :  James 
married  Elmira  Ledbetter.  Sarah  married  Jesse  Jolley.  Xancy 
married  James  Hicks.  Mary  married  Thomas  Pruett  (no  children)  ; 
second  husband,  Asa  Hamrick  (no  children).  Elizabeth  married 
Burwell  Hamrick ;  second  husband,  Willis  Hicks.  William  married 
Rebecca  Justice.  Sanford  married  Verdie  Durham.  Starland  mar- 
ried Xancy  Hamrick. 

Chapter  273.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Jesse  Jolley  and  wife,  Sarah  Hughes:  James  Porch 
married  Malindy  Moore.  Willis  married  Susanna  Bridges.  Asbury 
married  Sarah  Moore.  Jesse  Landrum  married  Cinthia  McBrayer 
(no  children).  Crawford  married  lAicretia  Jolley.  Amose  married 
Sarah  Lovelace.  Irene  married  Thompson  Barnett.  Kisiali  Emiline 
married  Berry  Hawkins.     Sarah  Malindy  married  James  Crowder 


134  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Pruett.  Jane  married  James  Hamrick.  Susanna  married  Tliomas 
Hamriek.  Cvnthia  Carolina  never  married.  Elizabeth  Arrenia 
never  married.     Lnciudy  never  married. 

Chapter  274.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Hicks  and  wife,  Xancy  Hnghes :  Gather  mar- 
ried Susanna  Goforth. 

Chapter  275.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Hughes  and  wife,  Rebecca  Justice.  Doctor 
married  Mary  Davis.  Amanda  married  James  David  Barnett.  Julia 
married  Robert  Davis.  Drurv  married  Marv  Jane  Davis  (no  chil- 
dren).  Annettie  married  William  Ferrell.  Mary  married  Evans 
Chitwod.  Joseph  never  married.  Laura  never  married.  Xancy 
never  married.     Four  infants. 

Chapter  276.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Sanford  Hughes  and  wife,  Virdie  Durham:  David 
married  ^fary  Beam.  Jackson  married  ^Martha  Gold.  Almernay 
married  Miles  Francis.  Veranda  married  Doctor  S.  Putnam.  Jane 
married  Cleophus  Ellis.  Sanford  married  Mary  Jane  McEntire. 
Green  married  Cinthia  Tate.  Benjamin  married  Malindy  Jolley. 
Richard  married  Eliza  Turner;  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Goode.  Sarah- 
ann  married  John  Turner.    Harriett  married  Wade  Blanton. 

Chapter  277.  SixtJi  Generation. 

Children  of  Da\id  Durham  and  wife,  IMalindy  Hughes:  Seaton 
Gales  nevei'  nwirried.  Xoali  iii;ii'i'i(Ml  Essie  Coleman.  Hill  iiiari'icd 
Mary  Sullivan.  Jolm  married  Sarah  Sliuford;  second  wife,  JNIalindy 
Lewis.  Jane  mai-i-ied  Rease  Davis.  Benjamin  never  married. 
Verandv  never  mairied.     Cora  never  married. 

Chapter  278.  Sixth  Generation. 

Cliildren  of  Burwell  IJiidges  and  wife,  Xancy  Elizabeth  Harman : 
Walter    married    Sarah    Blanton.      Andrew    married    Sarah    Lee. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Ge^sterations  135 


Amanda  married  Adolplius  Eoberts.  ^N'ancy  married  Enrids  Led- 
better.  Wallace  never  married.  Pinkney  never  married.,  Franklin 
never  married.     Burwell  never  married. 

Chapter  279.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Bridges  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hamrick :  Wiley 
married  Vianna  Huckeby;  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Byers  (no  chil- 
dren). Anderson  married  Nancy  Bedford.  James  married  Biddie 
Johnston;  second  wife,  Mary  Gold.  Mary  married  Joseph  Bedford 
(no  children).  Elizabeth  married  John  Beam  (no  children). 
Erankie  married  Eodney  Doggett  (no  children).  Mary  never  mar- 
ried. 

Chapter  280.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Bridges  and  wife,  Biddie  Johnston :  Jefferson 
Davis  married  Victoria  Bridges.  Elizabeth  married  John  Wamac. 
Ellen  married  George  Goforth.  Octavia  married  Benjamin  Wall. 
James  married  Attie  Davis ;  second  wife,  Susanna  Murk.  William 
married  Louisa  McEarland.  Wiley  never  married.  Willis  never 
married. 

Chapter  281.  8ixtli  Generation. 

Children  of  Anderson  Bridges  and  wife,  Xancy  Bedford:  Eliza- 
beth married  William  Bridges.  Martha  married  Berry  Wall.  Mar- 
garet married  Jesse  Harrell.  Arrie  married  John  Teeter  Wilson. 
Susanna  married  Eobert  Lee  ]\rcDaniel.  Laura  married  Amose 
Bridges.  Florence  married  Valentine  Wlii taker.  Fannie  married 
Craton  McDaniel. 

Chapter  282.  Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Bridges  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Bridges :  Ezekiel 
married  Permelia  Webb.  Cameron  married  Susanna  Bowcns.  James 
married  Marthian  Dycus.  Sarah  married  James  Jones.  Elizabeth 
married  William  Connor.    Mary  married  Jesse  Doty.    Artie  married 


136  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Jesse  Hardin  (no  children).     Vates  never  married.     Mariah  never 
married.     Margaret  never  married.     Nancy  never  married. 

Chapter  283.  Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Ezekiel  Bridges  and  wife,  Permelia  Webb:  Lawsou 
A.  married  Mary  Justice.  William  married  Mary  Ann  Walker. 
Alfred  married  Susanna  Wright.  Amos  mtirried  Parmelia  Robert- 
son;  second  wife,  Jocansas  Bridges.  David  married  Margaret  Hor- 
ton.  Wiley  married  Eva  McCall.  Celia  married  William  Wright ; 
second  husband.  Green  Dycus.  Arbella  married  Hamby  Davis.  Isaac 
James  married  Lanedsey  Dicus.  John  never  married.  Dial  never 
married.    Burwell  never  married. 

Chapter  28-i.  Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Lawson  A.  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  Justice :  Columbus 
married  Nancy  Blanton.  Dawson  married  Blanch  Wright.  Etta 
married  James  Green.  Josie  married  Marcus  Stockton.  Georgia 
married  Robert  Gold. 

Chapter  285.    Seventh  Generatioyi. 

Children  of  Alfred  Bridges  and  wife,  Susanna  Wright:  Brysou 
married  Etta  Jones;  second  wife,  Mary  Ellen  Price.  Malindy 
married  Willis  Webb.  Green  married  Nancy  Price.  George  married 
Sophia  Ownes.  Joseph  B.  married  Elmira  Grigg.  Nancy  married 
Noah  Lovelace. 

Chapter  286.  Seveiith  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  Ann  Walker:  Sum- 
mey  married  Ester  "Williams.  Jane  married  Otus  Carson.  ]\Ialissa 
iiiiirricil  Ainly  Price.  Crowdl  married  JNTary  Hardin.  IMnto 
married  Jane  Lee.  James  married  Ella  Abernathy.  Alonzo  married 
Etta  Robbiii.-.  l''i';iiic(>s  married  Geor2:e  Flovd.  Hester  married 
Willis  lloyle.     Ella  married  Chancy  Price. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  137 


Chapter  287.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Bridges  and  wife,  Margaret  Horton:  George 
Miller  never  married.     Biddie  not  married. 

Chaptee  288.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Wright  and  wife,  Celia  Bridges:  George 
married  Sarah  Ann  Dycus.  Lawson  married  Jane  Allen;  second 
wife,  Jane  Ruppe,  Frankie  married  Daniel  Philbeck.  Hester  mar- 
ried Thomas  Dotj.  Isabell  married  James  Culbreth.  Emeline 
never  married. 

Children  of  Green  Dycas  and  wife,  Celia  Bridges :  Ricey  married 
Willis  Owens.  Biddie  married  Huston  Pool.  Rosanna  married 
Drury  Dobbins  Webb.  Carrie  married  Duffie  Spratt.  William 
married  Johnnie  Cogdell.  James  married  Georgia  Bailey.  Julianne 
never  married. 

Chapter  289.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Isaac  James  Bridges  and  wife,  Louisa  Dycas: 
Joseph  D.  married  Ella  Price.  Zecheriah  married  Caroline  Ramsey. 
Dond  married  William  Pinkney  McKinney.  Mincey  married 
Andy  Price.     Amanda  not  married. 

Chapter  290.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Bridges  and  wife,  Martha  Dycas:  George  mar- 
ried Texana  Wells.  ISTeeley  married  Roseline  Philbeck.  Kimsey 
married  Diddie  Felker.  ISTewton  married  Josie  Felker.  Crayton 
married  Samanthia  Hesentine  Brooks ;  second  wife,  Missouri  Felker. 
Joseph  Married  Lenora  Home.  Elizabeth  married  James  Fowler. 
Roseline  married  Landrum  White.  Texanna  married  John  Morgan. 
John  married  Susanna  Wiggins.     Leander  never  married. 

Chapter  291.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Wiley  Bridges  and  wife,  Eva  McColl :  Carrie  married 

Harvey  Vinson.     Claud  married .     Ralph  married 

,      Pearl    married    Fredrick    Nixon.      Earl    never 


138  HiSTOKY   OF   THE   HaMRICK    GENERATIONS 

married.     Maudie  never  married.     Edna  never  married.     Franklin 
never  married.     Clay  never  married.     Daulton  not  married. 

Chapter  292.     Fifth   Generation. 

Children  of  Jesse  Doty  and  wife,  Mary  Bridges:  Osborne  never 
married. 

Chapter  293.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Hamby  Davis  and  wife,  Arbella  Bridges :  Joseph 
married  ]\Iargaret  White;  second  wife,  Priscilla  Jane  Jones.  Hill 
married  Frances  Philbeck.  Melton  Webb  married  Maryann  Wright. 
Dexton  married  Mamie  Stockton;  second  wife,  Mary  McCnrry. 
Simon  married  Eva  Whitesides.  Essie  married  Thomas  Bostic. 
Louisa  married  John  Grayson.     Permelia  married  John  Melton. 

Chapter  294.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Conner  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Bridges :  Frank- 
lin married  Maryann  Spanglar;  second  wife,  Caroline  Hawkins. 
Hoyle  married  Martha  Philbeck.  Mary  Jane  married  Edman 
Glascoe.     William  never  married.     Alber  never  married. 

Chapter  295.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Edmon  Glascoe  and  wife,  Mary  Jane  Conner:  Mar- 
garet Lucindy  married  Avery  Smith.  William  E.  married  Octavia 
Grigg.  Doctor  John  married  Ola  Bridges ;  second  wife,  Cora  Street. 
Carrie  May  married  Landreth  ]\IcSwain.  Martha  Jane  married 
Alexander  Wilson.  ^riniiie  Olive  married  James  L.  Spanglar. 
Carrie  Lavenia  never  married. 

Chapter  296.     Sevoiili   Generation. 

Children  of  Franklin  Cunnur  and  wife,  Maryann  Spanglar:  Jane 
married  Albert  Home.  Cleo  married  William  Tessaneer.  Essie  mar- 
ried Stonewall  ]\rauney.  Ossie  married  William  Weathers.  Zoar 
married  Hugli  Cliani])ion.      Two  infants. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  139 

Chapter  297.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Hoyle  Connar  and  wife,  Martha  Philbeek :  Cora  mar- 
ried David  Francis.  Xitia  married  Boss  Green.  James  married 
Eunice  Willis.  Mary  married  William  Green.  Alonzo  married 
Lenard  Gocev.     Bertie  married  John  Murphv. 

Chapter  298.     Suvth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Jones  and  wife,  Sarah  Bridges :  David  Dial 
married  Marv  Collins ;  second  wife  Emilv  Susanna  Jones.  Starline 
married  Malindy  Philbeek.  John  married  Susanna  Jones.  Perry 
never  married.  Martha  Jane  never  married.  Mariah  never  mar- 
ried. James  Wiley  never  married.  Mary  never  married.  Wilson 
never  married. 

Chapter  299.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Dial  Jones  and  wife,  Marv  Collins :  James 
married  Catherine  Xelson;  second  wife,  Eliza  Jane  Bennett.  Wil- 
son married Williams.     Asberry  married  Jane  Haynes. 

Mary  married  Angus  Fortenberry.     Willis  never  married. 

Children  of  David  Dial  Jones  and  wife,  Emilv  Susanna  Jones: 
Doctor  Seaton  married  Hilda  Jane  Jones.  Leander  Jasper  married 
Lillie  Collis.  Sarah  Loucindy  married  Beriy  Lemons.  Fannie 
Eugenia  married  John  Grant.     Perry  Alexander  never  married. 

Chapter  300.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Starlin  Jones  and  wife,  Malindy  Philbeek.  Amos 
Wall  married  Martha  Burton.  William  Columbus  married  Martha 
Humphries.  Asberry  B.  married  ^lalindy  Jenkins.  Emeline  mar- 
ried Bryson  Bridges.  Elizabeth  married  David  Tate.  Etta  mar- 
ried Joseph  White.     Martha  Gold  never  married. 

Chapter  301.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Jones  and  wife,  Susanna  Jones:  Xancy  mar- 
ried James  Holland. 


140  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Chapter  302.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  Matlieney:  David 
married  Elizabeth  McSwain.  William  married  Mary  McSwain. 
Hassell  married  Adlissey  Hicks;  second  wife,  Mahaley  Hord. 
Abrian  married  Mary  Allen.  Lawson  married  Emeline  McSwain. 
Vianna  married  Crawford  ^Vhite,  (no  children).  Frankie  married 
Carney  Huffstettler.  Mary  married  James  McSwain.  Elizabeth 
married  Lee  Kendrick.     Sarah  never  married. 

Chapter  303.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Lawson  Bridges  and  wife,  Emeline  McSwain:  Her- 
riott  married  Thomas  Camp.  Ellen  married  James  Saunders. 
Martha  never  married. 

Chapter  304.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Hassell  Bridges  and  wife,  Adalissey  Hicks:  Fletcher 
married  Hester  Roberts.  Permelia  married  Miller  Rudasill. 
Toliver  Rush  never  married. 

Chapter  305.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Abrian  Bridges  and  wife,  ^Mary  Allen :  Samantha 
never  married.     Liddie  married  Batie. 

Chapter  306.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Crawford  White  and  wife,  Vianna  Bridges :    William 

married Ross.     Georgie  never  married.     IMary  never  mar-. 

ried.     One  infant. 

CiiAi'TKii  307.     Fourth  Gencmlion. 

Children  of  William  McSwain  and  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick:  Wil- 
liam married  .Imliili  Moore.  David  married  Rebecca  Cowart ; 
second  wife,  Catherine  Robertson.  Benjamin  married  Rebecca 
Smith.  I'riscilla  married  Gabriel  Washburn.  Jonathan  married 
Sarah  Norwood.     Elizabeth  married  John  ]\rathency.     Charles  mar- 


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ried    Margaret    Xorwood.     James    married    Elizabeth    Moore    (no 
children). 

Chapter  308,     Fifth   Generation. 

Children  of  "William  McSwain  and  wife.  Judith  Moore:  David 
married  Susanna  Hamrick.  James  married  Sarah  Bostic.  Hannah 
married  Euben  Hamrick.  Sarah  married  David  Hamrick.  Mary 
married  Elijah  Hamrick.  Rebecca  married  George  Champion, 
Elizabeth  married  James  Moore.  William  married  ^lary  Bridges. 
John  married  Judith  Moore.  Judith  married  John  Green.  Thomas 
married  Frankie  Bridoes.  Georsre  married  Marv  Weathers. 
Susanna  never  married. 

Chapter  309.     Sixth  Generation-. 

Children  of  John  McSwain  and  wife,  Judith  Moore :  Louis  mar- 
ried Mary  Hamrick.  Martha  married  William  Hamrick;  second 
husband,  George  Hardin.  Judith  married  David  Moore.  Xancy 
married  Wiley  Padget. 

Chapter  310.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Louis  McSwain  and  wife,  Marv  Hamrick :  Reuben 
married  Judith  Margaret  McSwain ;  second  wife.  Susanna  Ledbetter. 
Xancy  married  Abriam  Hamrick.  Hannah  married  James  Moore 
Green.  Judith  married  Edmond  Padgett.  Elizabeth  married 
Elijah  Hamrick.  Bonnar  married  Xancy  Bird.  John  married 
Eliza  Hardin.  Lucev  married  Jonathan  Love.  Louis  Moore  mar- 
ried  Sarah  Rolx^rt5.  Sarah  married  Christopher  Stewart,  ^fartha 
married  Posey  Hopper.  Ambrose  married  Emeline  Hamrick.  Mar- 
garet married  Thomas  Hamrick.     Harvey  never  married. 

Chapter  311.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  McSwain  and  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick:  David 
married    Lucindv   McSwain.      William   married   Judith    Hamrick. 

ft/ 

Samuel  married  Marv  Lovelace.      John  married  Sarah   Hamrick: 
second  wife.  Eunice  ^loore :  third  wife,  Elizabeth  Hughes ;  fourth 


History  of  the  Hamkick  Genekatioxs  143 


wife,  Earsley  Daily.  George  married  Lucindv  Wright.  Berry  mar- 
ried Barbara  Padgett.  Drury  married  Elizabeth  Walker,  (no  chil- 
dren j.  Judith  married  Thomas  Lovelace.  Jane  married  Xathaniel 
Lovelace.  Cinthia  married  Hoiisand  Harrell;  second  husband, 
Reuben  Bridges.     Mary  married  Charles  Bostic. 

Chapter  312.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  AVilliam  McSwain  and  wife,  Judith  Hamrick:  Elijah 
married  Susanna  Hamrick.  Mary  married  Willi  am  Lovelace. 
George  married  Hannah  Hamrick.  David  married  Delphia  Street 
Harrell.  Judith  Margaret  married  Reuben  McSwain.  Sarah  mar- 
ried James  Louis  Hamrick.  Berryman  never  married.  Ensley 
never  married. 

Chaptejj  313.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  McSwain  and  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick:  Bar- 
nett  married  Zudie  Bostic ;  second  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick.  Achella 
married  Xancy  Catherine  McSwain.  Ella  married  Drury  Dobbins 
Jones. 

Chaptee  314.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Reuljen  McSwain  and  wife,  Judith  Margaret  Mc- 
Swain :  Ensley  married  Louella  Dowdle ;  second  wife,  Maggie  Gettys. 
Elijah  married  Ella  Humphries.  Mary  JiirliTh  never  married. 
Berry  Cleophas  never  married.     Panthia  not  married.     One  infant. 

Children  of  Reuben  McSwain  and  wife,  Susanna  Ledbetter. 
Louis  Austin  married  Missouri  Putnam.  Broadus  Bonnar  married 
Crausbey  Green.    Alpha  Am^a  married  Virgil  Weaver. 

Chaptee  315.     Seventh  Generation 

Children  of  George  McSwain  and  wife,  Hannah  Hamrick :  George 
Pinkney  never  married.     Andrew  Hamrick  never  married. 


144  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Chapter  316.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  David  McSwain  aiid  wife,  Delphia  Street  Harrell: 
John  Leonard  married  Jane  Brooks.     Vernetia  never  married. 

Chapter  317.    Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  McSwaiu  and  wife,  Mary  Lovelace:  Samuel 
married  Nancy  Ann  Hopper,  (no  children).  Asa  A.  married  Eliza- 
beth Cornwell.     Lucindy  married  Zecheriah  R.  McKinney. 

Chapter  318.    Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Zecheriah  R.  McKinney  and  wife,  Lucindy  McSwain : 
Meldonia  married  Burton  H.  Bridges. 

Chapter  319.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  McSwain  and  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick:  Edmon  J. 
married  Edith  Bostic;  second  wife  Jesse  Murry.  Eunice  Jane  mar- 
ried James  McSwain;  second  husband,  Elbert  Hughes. 

Chapter  320.    Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Asa  A.  McSwain  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Cornwell : 
jMalery  Andrews  married  Ella  Cornwell;  second  wife,  Mollie  Corn- 
well.  Mollie  married  Boneparte  Smith.  \Plato  married  Dovie 
Hamrick.     Joseph  never  married.     Monroe  never  married. 

Chapter  321.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Berry  McSwain  and  wife,  Barbara  Padgett :  Coach 
Henderson  married  Susanna  Elliott.  Larkin  Arkansas  married 
Louisa  Lovelace.  William  Berry  married  Mary  Justice.  Drury 
Reuben  married  Wilier  Ramsey.  Chelcedonia  married  Leander 
Padgett.  Lucindy  married  John  Davis  McSwain;  second  husband, 
John  Green.  Barbara  Finnettie  married  William  Thomas  D.  Green. 
Cordelia  married  David  Christopher  Hamrick. 

Chapter  322.    Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  David  McSwain  and  wife,  Lucindy  McSwain:  Wil- 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Gexeratioxs  145 

liam  Boswell  married  Priscilla  Weathers.  George  Champion  mar- 
ried Susanna  Hamrick.  Susanna  married  William  Thomas  Green. 
Sarah  married  John  Green.  James  married  Eunice  Jane  McSwain. 
Landrum  never  married.     Elizabeth  never  married. 

Chapter  323.  Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  George  McSwain  and  wife,  Lucindy  Wright :  John 
David  married  Lucindv  McSwain;  sceond  wife,  Malindv  Harriot 
Padgett.  George  married  Xai-cissus  Hamrick.  William  Berry  mar- 
ried Millie  Ledford.  Margaret  married  Berry  Bostic  Melton.  Sarah 
married  Andy  Hamrick;  second  husband,  Ximrod  Champion.  Cin- 
thia  married  John  Green.  Mary  married  Hoyle  R.  Blanton.  jSTancy 
Jane  never  married. 

Chaptee  324.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Lovelace  and  wife,  Judith  McSwain:  Craw- 
ford married  Martha  Beam.     Eunice  married  Smith  Wilkins. 

Chapter  325.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Charles  Bostic  and  wife,  Mary  McSwain :  David  mar- 
ried Amanda  Padgett,  (no  children).  Chesley  married  JSTancy 
Susanna  Hamrick.  Susanna  married  William  Wright,  (no  chil- 
dren). Eunice  married  William  Wright.  James  married  Harriett 
Gardner.     Cinthia  never  married.     Sarah  never  married. 

Chapter  326.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Housand  Harrell  and  wife,  Cinthia  McSwain:  Dice 
Elizabeth  married  Columbus  M.  Melton;  second  husband,  Rhodes 
Glover. 

Chapter  327.     Sixth  Geyieration. 

Children  of  James  McSwain  and  wife,  Sarah  Bostic:  Lucindy 
married  David  McSwain. 

Chapter  328.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Moore  and  wife,  Elizabeth  McSwain:  David 
10 


146  History  of  the  Hamrick  Gexeratioxs 

married  Judith  McSwain,  Rebecca  married  Green  Lovelace.  Mar- 
tha married  Thomas  Green.  Sarah  married  Leander  Green.  Judith 
married  Stephen  Green.  Elizabeth  married  Henrv  Champion. 
Malindv  married  James  Porch  Jolley.  Mary  married  Asburv  Jolley. 
Hannah  married  Berry  Hicks.  Eunice  married  John  McSwain. 
James  Married  Jane  Bridgers.     George  married  Mary  McSwain. 

Chapter  329.     Sixth   Generation: 

Children  of  Green  Lovelace  and  wife,  Rebecca  Moore:  Benjamin 
married  Eunice  Green.  Albert  married  Margaret  Bradley.  Leander 
married  Elizabeth  Lovelace.  John  married  Vianna  Campbell,  Gray- 
son married  Mary  Campbell.     William  married  Sarah  Bridges. 

Chapter  330.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Green  and  wife,  Martha  Moore:  David  mar- 
ried Julia  Rollins.  Elizabeth  married  James  Champion.  Rebecca 
Jane  married  Richard  Champion.  Jane  married  Ezra  Roberts. 
Martha  married  Miles  Francis.  Susanna  married  Walter  Wood. 
Xarcissus  never  married.  Sarah  never  married.  Mary  never  mar- 
ried. 

Chapter  331.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Leander  Green  and  wife,  Sarah  ^loore:  James  mar- 
ried Mary  Wilson ;  second  wife,  Hannah  Matheney,  Elizabeth  mar- 
ried John  Burgess. 

Chapter  332.     Sixth   Generation. 

Children  of   Stephen   Green   and   wife.    .ludirli   groove:   Dobbins 

married  Priscilla  Blanton ;  second  wife,  Webl).     Abraim 

married  Rebecca  Green.  Sarah  married  William  Wilson.  Elizabeth 
married  George  Blanton.  George  married  Margaret  !Moore.  Wil- 
liam married  Matilda    Dnlibins.      James  married  . 

John  married . 

Chapter   333,      Sixth    Generation 
Children  of  Henry  Champion  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Moore:  David 


History  of  the  Hambick  Generations  147 

married  Dartliia  Phillips;  second  wife,  Jane  Patterson.  James 
married  Elizabeth  Green.  Richard  married  Rebecca  Moore.  Nar- 
cissus married  William  Curtice. 

Chapter  33-i.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Porch  Jolley  and  wife,  Malindy  Moore:  Rich- 
ard married  Malissa  Green.  Sarah  married  Henry  Bedsan.  Mary 
married  Luther  Robertson.  George  married  Julia  Rebertson. 
Eunice  never  married. 

Chapter  335.     Sixth   Generation. 

Children  of  Asburv  Jolley  and  wife,  Mary  Moore:  Edley  married 
Jane  Green.     Sarah  Ann  never  married.     Margaret  never  married. 

Chapter  336.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Berry  Hicks  and  wife,  Hannah  Moore:  William  An- 
drew married  Cordelia  Green.  Willis  G.  married  I^ancy  Webb. 
Catherine  never  married. 

Chapter  337.     Sixth   Generation. 

Children  of  David  Oliver  Moore  and  mfe,  Judith  McSwain: 
Martha  Susanna  married  Richard  McSwain.  Sarah  Malinda 
married  Monroe  Morgan.  Eunice  Jane  married  Butler  Gladden. 
Hannah  Caroline  married  Alonzo  Hartis.  John  James  Married 
Harriett  Roberts;  second  wife,  Hester  Campbell.  David  Hamrick 
married  Malindv  Green.     Margaret  Ellen  never  married. 

Chapter  338.     Sixth   Generation. 

Children  of  James  Moore  and  wife,  Jane  Bridges :  Auston  mar- 
ried Malinda  Goode.  James  Robert  married  Marv  Green.  Burwell 
married  Eliza  Scruogs. 

Chapter  339.     Fifth   Generation. 

Children  of  William  McSwain  and  wife,  Marv  Bridges:  Burwell 
married  Eliza  McSwain;  second  wife,  Jane  Hamrick,  (no  children). 


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History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  149 


William  married  Sarah  McSwain.  George  married  Hamiah  Mc- 
Swain.  Mary  married  James  Hamrick.  Susannah  married  Allen 
Hamrick.  Richard  married  Mary  Weathers;  second  wife,  Susanna 
Moore.  Elizabeth  married  David  Bridges.  Nina  married  Wiley 
Padgett.     Jane  married  Benjamin  Green. 

Chapter  340.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  McSwain  and  wife,  Hannah  McSwain :  Green 
married  Margaret  McSwain.  Thomas  married  Martha  Champion. 
Kina  married  Frankey  Ledbetter.     Wellington  married . 

Chapter  341.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Eichard  McSwain  and  wife,  Mary  Weathers :  George 
married  Mary  Hopper.  Wallace  married  Catherine  Weathers.  Mary 
married  Georo-e  Moore.  Franklin  never  married.  Albert  never 
married.     Elizabeth  never  married. 

Children  of  Eichard  McSwain  and  wife,  Susanna  Moore:  Alice 
Miscellany  married  Perry  Humphries.  David  Oliver  married  Alice 
McSwain. 

Chapter  342.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Bridges  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Moore:  William 
Philando  married  Sarah  Cism.  George  married  Oldvine  Cism.  As- 
berry  married  Delia  Hudson.  John  never  married.  Roseline  never 
married.     Cordelia  never  married.    Martha  Roseanna  never  married. 

Chapter  343.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Burwell  McSwain  and  wife,  Eliza  McSwain:  Doctor 
F.  married  ]\rargaret  Holland.  Cinthia  married  Andrew  J.  Tate. 
Jane  married  George  Davis. 


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Chapter  344.     Fifth  Generation. 
Children  of  Thomas  McSwain  and  wife,  Frankey  Bridges:  Wil- 
liam married  Malissa  Gipson,  (no  children).  Thomas  married  Nancy 
Byers.    Permelia  married  Anonymous  Ledbetter;  second  husband, 


150  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Starliu  Weaver  (no  children.  Eliza  married  Burwcll  McSwain.  Sarah 
married  William  ^leSwain.  Hannah  married  George  MeSwain. 
Elizabeth  married  Hugh  Roberts.  Judith  married  Abner  Allen 
Rebecca  married  Anaymus  Ledbeiter.  Marv  married  William 
Bridges,      Prairie  married  Dulcina  McSwain. 

Chapter  3-i5.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  McSwain  and  wife,  Arrenia  Ledbetter: 
Thomas  married  Rebecca  Hamrick.  Anonjmus  married  Cleophus 
Ledbetter.  Josina  married  Seaton  Bridges.  Henry  married  Har- 
riott Weaver.  Isabell  married  Timmons  McSwain,  Salena  married 
Caphus  Lee.  Frankie  never  married.  Vianna  married  William 
Cleary. 

Chapter  346 

Children  of  Thomas  McSwain  and  wife,  Nancy  Byers :  Monroe 
married  Hannah  Hamrick.  Sarah  married  Samuel  Hogaie.  Susanna 
never  married. 

Children  of  Thomas  McSwain  and  wife,  Mary  Bridges :  Jane  mar- 
ried John  Mayes.     Allis  married  Ruphus  Allen. 

Chapter  347.     Sixth  Generation 

Children  of  William  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  McSwain :  David 
married  Jane  Bookout;  second  wife,  Margaret  Head,  James  mar- 
ried Mary  Jane  Gantt.  Burwell  married  Martha  Goforth.  William 
married  Sarah  McKee.  Albert  married  Mattie  McKee.  Landrum 
married  Elizabeth  Burton.  Calvin  married  Canzadie  Foster.  Law- 
son  married  Christinia  Foster.  George  married  ]\rartha  Elizabeth 
Weir.     Elizabeth  never  married. 

Chapter  348.     SixtJi  Gene  ml  ion. 

Children  of  William  McSwain  and  wife,  Sarah  McSwain:  Perdrie 
married  Dulcenia  ^IcSwain.     Timmons  married  Isabell  ^McSwain. 

William  married  Maggie  i\IcSwain.     Louisa  married 

Green.     Robert  never  married. 


HiSTOKY  OF   THE  HaMRICK   GENERATIONS  151 

Chapter  349.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Abner  Allen  and  wife,  Judith  McSwain :  Dixon  mar- 
ried Minty  Dawson.  Eoxanna  married  Columbus  Camp.  Walter 
married  Elmira  Huifstetler.  Kuphus  married  Allis  McSwain. 
Elizabeth  never  married. 

Chapter  350.     Fifth   Generation. 

Children  of  John  Green  and  wife,  Judith  Green :  George  married 
Xanev  McSwain ;  second  wife.  Patience  Washburn.  William  mar- 
ried Matilda  Bridges.  David  married  iSI^ancy  Hamrick.  John  mar- 
ried Sarah  McSwain.  Thomas  married  Susanna  Bridges.  Joseph 
married  Sarah  Hamrick.  James  married  Priscilla  McBrayer; 
second  wife,  Sarah  Beam.  Judith  married  Ruben  Green.  Mary 
married  Asa  Lovelace.  Eunice  married  Harvey  Randall,  l^ancy 
married  Benjamin  Franklin  McSwain.  ^ 

Chapter  351.    Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Green  and  wnfe,  iSTancy  McSwain :  Franklin 
married  Wilmina  Cabness.  Clarrisa  married  McClain  Pannell; 
second  husband,  James  Green. 

Children  of  George  Green  and  wife,  Patience  Washburn :  Mary 
Jane  married  James  Robert  Moore.  iSTancy  Victoria  married  Pres- 
ton McAfee.     Charles  not  married.     Jefferson  not  married. 

Chapter  352.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Green  and  wife,  !Nancy  Hamrick:  John  mar- 
ried Jane  Simmons.  Judith  married  James  Moore.  Elizabeth  mar- 
ried Byard  Ruppe. 

Chapter  353.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Green  and  wife,  Sarah  McSwain:  Clemmie 
married  Margaret  Champion.  William  David  Fulton  married 
Mollie  Stockton.  Loucindy  married  James  Weaver.  Susanna  mar- 
ried   Cornelius    Sanders.      Maryann    married    Thomas    Spangler. 


152  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


Thomas  Engenia  married  Oliver  Glasgoe.  Patience  married  Rich- 
ard Spangler.  George  never  married.  Joseph  Suttle  never  married. 
James  McSwain  married  Missouri  Stockton. 

Chapter  354.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Green  and  wife,  Susanna  Bridges:  Gallener 
married  Elijah  Ely  Hamrick.     Matilda  married  Wiley  Hamrick. 

Chaptee  355.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Green  and  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick :  Solon  mar- 
ried Catherine  Hamrick.  Andrew  Jackson  married  Permelian 
Green.  Patience  Jane  married  George  Green  McSwain.  Charles 
Jefferson  never  married. 

Chapter  35G.     Sixtli  Generation. 

Children  of  Asa  Lovelace  and  wife  Mary  Green:  James  Louis 
married  Permelia  Pruett.  Benjamin  Franklin  married  Nancy 
Green.  Major  John  married  Permelia  Lovelace;  second  wife, 
Susanna  Green.  Burton  Cregg  married  Mary  Bridges.  George 
Washington  married  Eoxanna  Pruett.  Willis  never  married.  Sarah 
never  married.     Judith  never  married.     Nancy  never  married. 

Chapter  357.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Green  and  wife,  Priscilla  McBrayer:  Robert 
Lee  married  Etta  Lee.     Susanna  married  Joseph  Hamilton  Jones. 

Children  of  James  Green  and  wife,  Sarah  Beam:  Liddie  married 
William  B.  Wells.  ]\rittie  marriod  Charles  Lee.  Ida  not  married. 
Bettie  not  married.     Two  infants. 

Chapter  358.  •   Sixth  Genornfinn. 

Cliildren  of  Harvey  Randall  and  wife,  Eunice  Green:  Achella 
married  Martha  Dedmon.  Pinkney  married  Rosanna  Holland; 
second  wife,  Gussie  Harrell.  Shaw  married  Panthia  Hamrick, 
second  wife,  Arric  Hamrick;  third  wilV  Claudie  Hamrick.     Alice 


History  of  the  Ha:meick  Genekatioxs  153 

Green  married  Mary  Hamrick.  Jacob  married  Delila  Harrell. 
Samuel  Tilden  married  Lela  Harris.  Martha  married  Robert  Big- 
gerstaif.  Cora  married  Daw  Wilkie.  Margaret  married  Braxton 
Harrell. 

Chapter  359.     Sixth  Generatio7i. 

Children  of  William  Green  and  wife,  Matilda  Bridges :  John  mar- 
ried Cinthia  McSwain;  second  wife  Loucindy  McSwain.  Elvira 
married  John  Beason.  Crawford  married  Clementine  Lovelace; 
second  wife,  Rebecca  McSwain.  Susanna  never  married.  Boss  mar- 
ried   . 

Chapter  360.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  McSwain  and  wife,  Rebecca  Cawart :  Thomas 
married  Hannah  Green.  James  married  Mary  Wilson.  George  mar- 
ried Mary  Hamrick.  Xancy  married  George  Green.  Jane  married 
William  Hamrick.     Millie  married  Elijah  Hamrick. 

Children  of  David  McSwain  and  wife,  Catherine  Robertson :  Mar- 
garet married  Elijah  Hamrick.  Elizabeth  married  David  Robertson, 
(no  children). 

Chapter  361.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  McSwain  and  wife,  Mary  Wilson :  Sarah  Jane 
married  Benjamin  Childers.  John  married  Caroline  Black. 
ISTancy  never  married.  Eliza  Ann  never  married.  Amanda  never 
married,  xllexander  never  married.  James  Matherson  never  mar- 
ried. Loucindy  never  married.  Elvira  never  married.  Mary  never 
married      Two  infants. 

Chapter  362.     Sixth  Gerieration. 

Children  of  Thomas  McSwain  and  wife,  Hannah  Green:  George 
Davis  married  Eliza  Wammac.  Amos  Wright  married  Mary  Allis 
Hamrick.  James  Lee  married  Dora  Pruett.  Eunice  Jane  married 
Hill  Hamrick.     John  never  married. 


154  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


Chapter  363,     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  McSwaiii  and  wife,  Mary  Hamrick:  Catherine 
married  Moses  T^atham.     Elizabeth  never  married. 

Children  of  John  McSwain  and  wife,  .Marv  Hamrick:  Elijah 
married  Harriott  Jackson.     Xancv  married  Eliiah  McSwain. 

Chapter  364.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  McSwain  and  wife,  Harriott  Jackson:  John 
married  Mary  White.  William  Ensley  married  Margaret  Isler. 
Joseph  I^onlo  never  married.  Samnel  Avon  married  Ruth  Hogue. 
Loucindy  married  Columbus  Mathis.  Elijah  married  Ella  Carroll. 
Catherine  Jane  never  married.  Cynthia  Ellen  never  married.  Ed- 
mond  Gaston  never  married.  Mary  married  Kelley  Allen.  Xancy 
married  Thomas  Allen.  Rebecca  never  married.  James  married 
Henderson. 

Chapter  365.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Moses  Latham  and  wife,  Catherine  McSwain :  Moses 
married  Mary  Biggcrs ;  second  wife,  Jane  Mitchell.  Mary  married 
Francis  ]\rarion  Pruett.  Nancy  Jane  married  Moses  White.  Sarah 
xVnn  never  married. 

Chapter  366.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Benjamin  McSwain  and  wife,  Rebecca  Smith:  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  married  Nancy  Green;  second  wife,  Judith  Green. 
David  married  Mary  Ann  Hawkins;  second  wife,  Elizabeth  INfclina 
Jones.  James  William  married  Martha  McGinnis.  Hassell  mar- 
ried Mary  Chambers.  Priscilla  married  David  Freeman.  Sarah 
married  James  Braddlev.     Margaret  married  David  Hocuc  Smith. 

Dinersey  never  married.      Candace  never  married.      Easter  never 
married.     Elizabeth  never  married. 

Chapter  367.     Sixth  Generation. 
Children    of    Benjamin     Franklin    McSwain    and    wife,    Nancy 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  155 

Greeii :  Geore-e  Green  married  Patience  Jane  Green.  Berrv  Ezell 
married  Xaney  Jane  Etters ;  second  wife,  Karcissus  Hessentine 
Green.    Xancy  never  married. 

Children  of  Benjamin  Franklin  McSwain  and  wife,  Judith 
Green :  Lenard  married  Laura  Crawley,  second  wife  Susanna  Wil- 
liams. Ellen  married  Benjamin  Kizer ;  second  husband,  Monroe 
Xewton.  Joseph  Enboden  married  Fannie  McSwain;  second  wife, 
Sarah  Cantrell.    Louisa  married  Xathaniel  Lovelace.    Candas  never 

married.  Margaret  never  married.  Galveston  married  Alexander 
Kiser,     Benjamin  Bussie  married  Mamie  Moore. 

Chapter  368.     Sixtli  Generation. 

Children  of  William  McSwain  and  wife,  Margaret  McGinnis: 
Dinersev  married  John  Berrv.  Loucindv  married  Moses  Cash. 
Dideamey  married  Thomas  Blackwood.  Evy  Silvanie  never  mar- 
ried. Marv  never  married.  Emma  never  married.  Doctor  never 
married. 

Chapter  369.     SLvth   Generation. 

Children  of  Hasell  McSwain  and  wife,  Mary  Chambers :  Fannie 
married  Joseph  Enboden,  McSwain.     One  infant. 

Chapter  370.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Jackson  McSwain  and  wife,  Ellen  Hawkins:  Ben- 
jamin Franklin  mrried  Martha  Wall;  second  wife,  Lenna  Hardin; 
third  wife  Roxanna  Hamrick.  Charles  married  Laura  Lovelace. 
Adline  married  Dillard  Dobbins.  Catherine  married  James  Scruggs. 
Hannah  married  Smith  Canady.  Rebecca  married  Coley  Scruggs. 
Mary  married  General  Tate.     Elizabeth  married  James  Gettis. 

Children  of  Jackson  McSwain  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Maleney 
Jones:  Penina  Ritta  married  Benjamin  F.  Cooper.  George  Griffon 
married  Tillie  Webb. 


156  History  of  the  Hamrick  Geisterations 

Chapter  371.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Hogue  Smith  and  wife,  Margaret  McSwain: 
Albert  married  Louisa  Guffey.     Effie  married  James  Campbell. 

Chapter  372.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  McSwain  and  wife,  Mary  Ann  Hawkins :  Lan- 
drumn  married  Millie  Scruggs.  Sina  married  James  Dobbins. 
Richard  married  Louvenia  Dobbins.  James  married  Fannie  Hop- 
per.    William  married  Laura  Weathers. 

Chapter  373.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Gabriel  Washburn  and  wife,  Priscilla  McSwain: 
Abriam  married  Rebecca  Durham.  Martha  married  Gilbert  Har- 
rell.  Susanna  married  John  Harrcll.  Benjamin  married  Delphia 
Philbeck;  second  wife,  Mary  Dobson.  Gabriel  married  Emeline 
Thompson.  Joseph  married  Mary  McEntire.  John  married  Mary 
Ann  Magness. 

Chapter  374.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Washburn  and  wife,  Mary  Ann  Magiiess :  Perry- 
married  Elizabeth  Henson.  Abner  married  Zinnie  Proctor.  Ruben 
married  Sarah  Crowder.  jMargaret  married  Robert  Crowder.  Mary 
married  William  Suttles.  Catherine  married  William  Gold.  Pris- 
cilla married  Anderson  Williamson.     Benjamin  married  . 

Chapter  375.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Perry  Washburn  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hinson :  Joseph 
married  Easter  Fortenberry;  second  wife,  J^arrie  Williamson. 
Thomas  B.  married  Carrie  Elliott;  second  wife,  Grace  Woodruff. 
Robert  Lee  married  Mildred  Carpenter.  ISTarcissus  married  Peter 
McKee.     Rhoda  married  James  Crowder. 

Chapter  376.     SeveMh  Generation. 

Children  of  Ruben  Washburn  and  wife,  Sarah  Crowder:  William 
married  Laura  Wells.    ISTollio  married  Hester  Horton.    AUis  married 


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Ruben  Bridges  (no  children).  Mary  married  Tatum  Hollifield. 
Bertha  married  Oakley  Biggerstaif.  Daisy  married  Charles  Davis. 
John  never  married. 

Chapter  377.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  xinderson  Williamson  and  wife,  Priscilla  Washburn: 
Decatur  married  Martha  Elliott.  Eliza  married  Joseph  Walker. 
Lafayette  married  Susanna  Gross.  Clifton  married  Elizabeth  Mau- 
ney.  Joseph  married  Eliza  Hord.  Pearson  married  Beamie  Blair. 
Philetus  married  Minnie  Lee  Charles.  James  married  Mattie  Wells. 
Johnnie  married  Julian  L.  Carson. 

Chapter  378.     Seventli  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Gold  and  wife,  Catherine  Washburn :  Perry 
married  Susanna  Covington.  Monroe  married  Adline  Wofe.  John 
Oliver  married  Mary  Carroll.  Benjamin  Franklin  married  Xar- 
cissus  Pannell.  Robert  Crowder  married  Gatheria  Chitwood.  Mar- 
garet Mauney  married  Ruben  Bridges.  Elizabeth  Mitchell  married 
Edmon  J.  Bridges.  Mary  Ann  never  married.  Missouri  Catherine 
never  married.     Leander  never  married.     Cicero  never  married. 

Chapter  379.     Sixth   Generation. 

Children  of  Abriam  Washburn  and  wife,  Rebecca  Durham: 
Charles  Gabriel  married  Earsley  Walker;  second  wife,  Sarah  Crow- 
der. ]\fargaret  married  Elijah  Eskridge.  Priscilla  married  Edmond 
J.  Lovelace.  Mary  Jane  married  Albert  Green.  Patience  married 
George  Green.    Thomas  never  married.    Eunice  never  married. 

Chapter  380.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Charles  Gabriel  Washburn  and  wife,  Sarah  Crowder : 
Willard  Winslow  married  Eliza  Harrell.  Phoebie  Adline  married 
George  Washington  Hamrick.  Rebecca  Hessentine  married  Cleophus 
Averose  Hamrick.  Chauncey  Abriam  married  Roseline  Harrell; 
second  wife,   Arrie  Estella  Hamrick.     Patience  Priscilla  married 


158  HiSTORT  OF   THE  HaMRICK   GeNERATIOIVS 

Joseph  Cabness;  second  liiisband,  Sidney  Hill  Hamrick.  Seaton 
Allen  married  Mintie  Missouri  Hamrick.  Cliivans  Averose  mar- 
ried Hessentiue  Irvin.  Honey  Illif  married  Hannah  McMurry. 
Cora  married  Coleman  Doggett.  Dennis  Gordan  married  Ella  Ham- 
rick. Margaret  Jane  married  George  Washington  Stockton.  James 
Crowder  never  married.  Doctor  William  married  Catherine  Briscoe. 
Thomas  never  married. 

Chapter  381.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Eskridge  and  wife,  Margaret  Washburn: 
Thomas  Clingmau  married  Permelia  Blanton.  Richard  married 
Mary  Judith  Blanton.  Carrie  married  Robert  B.  McBrayer  (no 
children).  Martha  married  Pinkney  Cabness.  Eunice  married 
Thomas  Jefferson  Holland.  John  never  married.  Charles  never 
married. 

Chapter  382.     Sixtli  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Harrell  and  wife,  Susanna  Washburn :  Housand 
married  Cinthis  McSwain.  Robert  married  Margaret  Wesson. 
Abriam  married  Adline  Coble.  Hosie  married  Cai^oline  Webb. 
Delphic  Street  married  David  McSwain.  Priscilla  married  Henry. 
Cluuiipiun.  Sarah  married  Isaac  I'rice.  Thomas  married  Loucindy 
Hamrick.  Xathaniel  married  Susanna  Lovelace.  Dicey  never  mar- 
ried.    Daniel  never  married. 

Chapter  383.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Hosie  Harrell  and  wife,  Caroline  Webb:  William 
married  Eannie  Jenkins.  Robert  Lee  married  Judith  ^fcSwain. 
Charlotte  married  John  CallKninc  Hamrick. 

Chapter  384.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Nathaniel  Harrell  and  wife.  Susanna  Lovelace:  Jane 
married  Cicero  "Miller  iJridges.  llessentine  niai'i'ied  Charles  Cabness. 
Sarah  married  Asbcrry  Xewton  Bridges. 


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Chapter  385.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Harrell  and  wife,  Loucindy  Hamrick :  Phoe- 
bia  married  Judson  Pettie.  Fannie  married  Franklin  Eoyster. 
Lillie  never  married. 

Chapter  386.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Eobert  Harrell  and  wife,  Margaret  Wesson :  George 
married  Ellen  McEntire;  second  wife  Carrie  Home.  James  W. 
married  Liddie  Moore.  John  married  Carrie  Allen,  Charles  B. 
married  Lillie  Dobbins.  Allis  Victoria  married  Marshall  Beard. 
Eaford  Fitzhnah  married  Clarrie  Louis.  David  Abriam  never 
married. 

Chapter  387.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Henry  Champion  and  wife,  Priscilla  Harrell:  Amanda 
married  Leander  Eandall.  Charlotte  married  George  McDaniel.  Per- 
melia  married . 

Chapter  388.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Isaac  Price  and  wife,  Sarah  Harrell :  Louisa  married 
Arthur  Wall.  Francus  married  Benjamin  Cleary.  Adline  never 
married.      Susanna  never  married.     Permelia  married  John  Lan- 

chaster.     John  Louis  married Butler.     Eobert  married 

.     Charlotte  married . 

Chapter  389.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Gilbert  Harrell  and  wife,  Martha  Washburn :  Housand 
married  Abie  Beam.  Street  married  Sarah  McCombs.  Gilbert  mar- 
ried Sarah  Jones.  Jonathan  married  Elizabeth  Blanton.  Martin 
married Blanton ;  second  wife,  Darcus  Dillingham.  Nancy  mar- 
ried Elijah  Blanton.  ]\rartha  married  jSTeeley  Green.  Lanier  married 
William  Kitchins.      Frankie  married  Eobert  Lankford.      Priscilla 

married  Gilbert  Digh.     Gabriel  married  .     Joseph 

never  married.     William  never  married. 


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Chapter  390.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Housen  Harrell  and  wife,  Abie  Beam:  David  mar- 
ried Permelia  Harrell.  William  married  Jane  Durham;  second  wife, 
Louisa  Hamrick.  Catherine  married  Samuel  Bridges.  Barberry 
never  married.     Elizabeth  married  Thadus  Walker. 

Chapter  391.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Gilbert  Harrell  and  wife,  Sarah  Jones:  Elijah  New- 
ton married  Vianna  Blanton.  Drury  Dobbins  married  Jane  Ham- 
rick.    IMartha  married  ISTewton  Eskridge.     Cinthia  never  married. 

Cpiapter  392.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Street  Harrell  and  wife,  Sarah  McCombs:  Mary 
Ann  never  mari^ied.    Loucindy  never  married.    Ellen  never  married. 

Chapter  393.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Jonothan  Harrell  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Blanton :  Wes- 
ley married  Catherine  Harriss.    Eliza  Helen  married  Drury  Lee. 

Chapter  394.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijali^Blanton  and  wife,  Nancy  Harrell:  ]\Ionroe 
married  Repsey  Webb.  ]\raterson  married  Catherine  Carpenter. 
John  married  Nancy  Byers.     Sarah  Martha  married  Taylor  Webb. 

Chapter  395.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Neeley  Green  and  wife,  ]\[artha  Harrell :  ]\rartin 
married  Louisa  Bridges.  Joseph  H.  married  Callie  Magness.  David 
married  Ollio  Dailev. 

Chapter  396.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Kitchen  and  wife,  Laurdncr  Harrell :  Ga- 
briel married  Sarah  Green.  Mary  married  Alanson  Green.  Silver- 
aney  married  Jolm  ^McFarlaiid.  Adline  never  married.  Isabell 
never  married. 


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Chapter  397.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Robert  Lankf ord  and  wife,  Frankie  Harrell :  Aquilla 
married  Mary  Walker.  Love  married  Loiicindy  Glascoe.  Elzeberry 
married  Sarah  Workmen.  Walter  married  Amanda  Moore.  Genelia 
married  Monroe  Morgan.  Robert  married  Hester  Lemons.  Mary 
never  married. 

Chapter  398.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Jonathan  MeSwain  and  wife,  Sarah  Norwood :  George 
married  Margaret  Latham.  John  married  Mary  Hamrick.  David 
married  Elizabeth  Hamrick.  Penina  married  Samuel  Hamrick.  Mary 
never  married.    Rebecca  never  married. 

Chapter  399.     Si^th  Generation. 

Children  of  Georae  McSwain  and  wife,  Maraaret  Latham:  Mar- 
garet  married  David  McSwain.    Penina  married  Jonothan  McSwain. 

Chapter  400.     Sixth   Generation.  > 

Children  of  David  McSwain  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hamrick  :  Elijah 
married  Nancy  McSwain.  David  married  Margaret  McSwain.  Jono- 
than married  Penina  ^IcSwain.  John  never  married.  Sarah  never 
married.  Mary  never  married.  Judith  never  married.  Samuel 
never  married.     Catherine  never  married.     Jane  never  married. 

Chapter  401.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  ^McSwain  and  wife,  Xancy  McSwain:  Mary 
Elizabeth  married  Thomas  Walker  McSwain.  James  Thomas  married 
Mintie  Duncan.  Xancy  Catherine  married  Achella  McSwain.  Elijah 
Hamrick  married  Mary  Price.  John  David  never  married.  Hannah 
Jane  never  married.  Judith  never  married.  Elizabeth  never  mar- 
ried. 

Chapter  402.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children    of    David    McSwain    and    wife,    ^fariiaret    McSwain: 
Thomas  Walker  married  Mary  Elizabeth  McSwain.     David  Andrews 
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married  Sarah  Edwards;  second  wife,  Emeline  Champion.  Elijah 
Matterson  married  Eliza  Davis ;  second  wife,  Carrie  Campbell.  Mary- 
married  Samuel  Edgar  Champion. 

Chapter  403.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Matheney  and  wife,  Elizabeth  McSwain :  John 
married  Elizabeth  Hamrick.  Elizabeth  married  Kelson  Turner. 
Mary  married  George  Bridges.     Jonothan  never  married. 

Chapter  404.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  ISTelson  Turner  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Matheney :  John 
married  Sarah  Ellis.  Emeline  married  Craton  Ledford.  Jane 
married  Wiley  Blanton ;  second  husband,  James  Champion.  Arthur 
married  Arkansas  Turner.  William  married  Jane  Lee ;  second  wife, 
Prarie  Turner.  Elizabeth  married  ^tTathaniel  Scoggins.  Eliza  mar- 
ried Berry  Putnam;  second  husband,  Richard  Hughes.  Richard 
married  Salene  Blanton.  Eli  married  Jane  Blanton.  Sarah  married 
Samuel  Young  Hamrick.  Margaret  never  married.  Hoyle  never 
married. 

Chapter  405.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Craton  Ledford  and  wife,  Emeline  Turner:  John 
married  Elizabeth  Glover ;  second  wife,  Elmira  Jolley.  Berry  mar- 
ried Adelia  Turner.  William  married  Saline  Houser.  Ambrose 
married  Mary  Westbrooks.  George  married  Kisiah  Hullender; 
second  wife,  Sarah  Louis.  Susanna  married  John  Beam.  Jane 
married  Robert  Wright.  Frances  married  Todge  Anthony.  Two 
infants. 

Chapter  406.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Berry  Putnam  and  wife,  Eliza  Turner:  William 
married  Zilphia  Spurlin. 

Children  of  Richard  Hughes  and  wife,  Eliza  Turner:  John 
Berry  married  Ada  Goode.  James  married  Hannah  jMatheney; 
second  wife,  Elossie  Hawkins.     Clifford  married . 


164  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Chapter  407.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Turner  and  wife,  Jane  Lee:  Ralph  married 
Sarah  Bright.  Ada  married  Hackett  Wall ;  second  husband,  William 
Putnam. 

Children  of  William  Turner  and  wife,  Prarie  Turner :  Edgar 
married  Elmira   Pandall.      Festus  married  Eva  Millwood ;   second 

wife,  Millie .     Aaron  married  Willie  Wilkins.     Tula 

married  John  Weaver.     Hattie  married  William  Henrv.     Eva  mar- 
ried  John  Pettie. 

Chapter  408.    Seventh  Geiieration. 

Children  of  Eli  Turner  and  wife,  Jane  Blanton :  John  C.  married 
Margaret  Crisp.  William  Perrj  married  Cora  Underwood.  Cleo- 
phus  married  Mandie  McCreary.  Elizabeth  married  Alexander  B. 
Lee.  Maudie  married  James  Aaron  Lee.  Hoyle  Burton  not  mar- 
ried. Gazzie  not  married.  Susanna  Lottie  not  married.  Dennis 
Clifton  not  married.     Charles  D.  not  married. 

Chapter  409.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Richard  Turner  and  wife,  Salena  Blanton:  Hoyle 
married  Laura  Hawkins.  Malena  married  Ransom  Hicks.  Ida 
married  Robert  Lee  Jones.  Alpha  married  George  Webb.  Elizabeth 
married  John  O.  Wright.  Aria  married  Augustus  Bridges.  Mar- 
garet married  Joseph  Beam.  Martha  married  Emma  Rollins.  Clar- 
ence never  married. 

Chapter  410.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Arthur  Turner  and  wife,  Arkansas  Turner:  William 
Arthiii'  married  Ollie  Surratt.  Alice  niai-ried  (Jreeii  Siu'i'att.  Ellu 
married  Hope.     John  married  Elizabeth  . 

Chapter  411.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  Matheney :  William 
married  Mary  McSwain.     Hassell  married  Adlissey  Hicks.     Abriam 


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married  Mary  Allen.  Lawson  married  Emeline  McSwain.  Vianna 
married  Crawford  White.  Frankie  married  Carnie  Huffstettler. 
David  married  Elizabeth  McSwain.  Mary  married  James  McSwain. 
Elizabeth  married  Leander  Kindrick.    Sarah  never  married. 

Chapter  412.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Lawson  Bridges  and  wife,  Emeline  McSwain:  Har- 
riott married  Thomas  Camp.  Ellen  married  James  Saunders,  Mar- 
tha never  married. 

Chapter  413.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Matheney  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hamrick :  David 
married  Hannah  Sarah  Hamrick.  George  married  Mary  Hamrick. 
Louis  married  Tempie  Simmons.  Sarah  married  Wiley  Hamrick; 
second  husband,  George  Robertson  Hamrick.  Rebecca  married  Alvin 
Padgett.  Mary  Elizabeth  married  William  D.  Gillispie.  Hannah 
married  Louis  Hawkins;  second  husband,  James  Green.  Elmira 
married  Thomas  Hamrick.  Joseph  never  married.  John  never 
married.     James  Landrum  never  married. 

Chapter  414.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Matheney  and  wife,  Hannah  Sarah  Hamrick: 
Cleophas  married  Hester  Scruggs.  Eveline  married  Monroe  Haw- 
kins. John  married  Cinthia  Jones.  Loucindy  married  Seaton  Green. 
Bessie  married  Pinkney  Green.  Carmelia  married  George  Simmons. 
Elijah  married  Penina  Green. 

Chapter  415.     Sixth   Generation. 

Children  of  George  Matheney  and  wife,  Mary  Hamrick :  John 
Landrum  married  Panthia  Tate.  Wiley  married  Ella  Tate.  George 
married  Louisa  Holland. 

Chapter  416.     Sixtli  Generation. 

Children  of  Louis  Matheney  and  wife,  Tempie  Simmons :  Joseph 
married  Clearenda  Wall;  second  wife,  Laura  Scoggins. 


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Chapter  417.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  D.  Gillispie  and  wife,  Mary  Elizabeth  Ma- 
theuey:  William  married  Lancretia  Goode.  Joseph  married  Ma- 
nervia  Goode.  Nancey  married  Richard  Padgett.  Catherine  mar- 
ried Elijah  Lovelace. 

Chapter  418.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Louis  Hawkins  and  wife,  Hannah  Matheney :  -  Toliver 
married  Thaney  Goode. 

Children  of  James  Green  and  wife,  Hannah  Matheney:  Clarrie 
Jane  married  Berry  McSwain  Padgett.  Susanna  married  Columbus 
Hoyle. 

Chapter  419.    Seveiith  Generation. 

Children  of  George  McSwain  and  wife,  Margaret  Latham:  Mar- 
garet married  David  McSwain.    Penina  married  Jonothan  McSwain. 

Chapter  420.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Charles  McSwain  and  wife,  Margaret  ISTorwood :  Mar- 
garet married  Thomas  Moore.  "Red  Headed"  George  never  mar- 
ried.   Black  Headed  George  never  married. 

Chapter  421.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Moore  and  wife,  Margaret  McSwain  :  General 
married  Vesty  Victoria  Hamrick.  Elizabeth  married  Thomas  Jolley. 
Martha  married  Calvin  Holland.  Leah  married  Leander  Jolley. 
Mary  married  Erasmus  Holland.  Cinthia  married  Gold  Griffon  Hol- 
land.    Sarah  married  David  Hamrick.     Francis  married  Loucindy 

O'ls'eal. 

Chapter  422,     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Jolley  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Moore:  Brivet 
married  Penina  Elmore ;  second  wife,  Sarah  Holland ;  third  wife, 
Ella  Robertson.  Stanford  married  ]\Iollie  Durham.  Prairie  married 
Julia  Durham;  scconrl  wife,  Mary  ITinn]ilirios.     Loncrctia  mnrrird 


History  or  the  Hamkick  Generations  167 

Joseph   Hamrick;    second  husband,    Crawford   Jolley.      Silveraney 
married  Isaac  Hamrick.    Elizabeth  married  James  Morehead. 

Chaptek  423.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Calvin  Holland  and  wife,  Martha  Moore:  Francis 
never  married.  George  married  Julia  HajTies.  Pinkney  married 
Octavia  Fowler.  Loucindy  married  George  Bridges;  second  hus- 
band, Thomas  Hayne.  Julia  married  Wallace  Hopper.  General 
never  married. 

Chapter  42-i.     Seventh  Generation.  ! 

Children  of  Leander  Jolley  and  wife,  Leah  Moore:  Hilary  mar- 
ried Sarah  Hamrick.  Caroline  married  William  White.  Cordelia 
married  Berry  Hopper.  Sarah  married  Louis  Scruggs.  Susanna 
married  Jackson  Scruggs.  Jane  never  married.  Zoulia  never  mar- 
ried.    Two  infants. 

Chapter  425.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Erasmus  Holland  and  wife,  Mary  Moore:  Thomas 
married  Cleary  Ha^Ties.  Elizabeth  married  Richard  Hughes.  Te- 
litha  married  Gilford  Hamrick.     Jane  never  married. 

Chapter  426.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Gold  Griffon  Holland  and  wife,  Cinthia  Moore: 
Thomas  married  Eunice  Eskridge ;  second  wife,  Jane  White.  Adline 
married  Marshall  Xewton  Hamrick.  Permelia  married  Timmons 
Gamewell  Lee.  Sarah  married  Samuel  Eobert  Haynes.  Franklin 
married  Mollie  Wall.  Jane  married  Roy  Morehead.  Gold  Griffon 
married  Allis  Champion.     Mary  never  married. 

Chapter  427.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  General  Moore  and  wife,  Vesty  Victoria  Hamrick: 
Davie  married  Elizabeth  Lattimore.  Marshall  married  Dovie  Bl  an- 
ion. Mollie  married  Charles  Putnam.  Carrie  married  Lauton 
Blanton.     Olive  married  Burnice  Harrell.     Margaret  married  John 


168  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Enich  Morehead.    Aquilla  married  Coraii  Blaiiton.     John  Matterson 
married  Ef^e  Freeman. 

Chapter  428.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Francis  Moore  and  wife,  Loucindy  O'Neal:  John 
married  Kisiali  Bridges.  Thomas  married  Louisia  Pritchard. 
James  married  Elvenia  Dickey;  second  wife,  Mary  Blanton;  third 
wife,  Jndith  Green.  Stanley  ]\[oore  married  Jane  Hamrick ;  second 
wife,  Mary  Dickey.  Georg-e  married  Roseline  Blanton.  Margaret 
married  Georo-e  Green.     Rebecca  never  married. 


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Chaptek  429,     Fourth  Generation.     ■ 

Children  of  William  Cham])ioii  and  wife,  Mollie  Hamrick:  George 
married  Rebecca  McSwain;  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Bostic. 

Chapter  430.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Champion  and  wife,  Rebecca  McSwain : 
Richard  married  ]\lariah  Burchott. 

Children  of  George  Champion  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Bostic :  Martha 
married  Phillip  Davis.  David  married  Amelia  Jane  McBrayer. 
Sarah  married  Christopher  Love.  Jndia  married  William  Carr  Mc- 
Swain. IMarsaret  married  William  McSwain.  George  never  mar- 
ried.     Elizabeth  never  married. 

Chapter  431.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Champion  and  wife,  Amelia  Jane  McBrayer: 
Dr.  Clifton  Otns  married  Allis  Crowder.  .Martha  Elizabeth  married 
Thomas  C.  Pettie. 

Chapter  432.     Sixth  Generation. 

CliiMfcn  of  Christopher  Love  and  wife,  Sai-ah  Chanipiuu :  James 
never  married.     George  never  married.  ^ 

Chapter  433.     Sia-tli   Generation. 

('Iiildrcn  id"   i'liillip   l);i\-is  immI   wil'c.    .M;ii'tli;i   ( 'li;iin))ion :     Cliam- 


History  of  the  Haairick  Generations  169 

pion  married  ^largaret  Scruggs.  Lola  Effie  married  Samuel  Turner. 
Sarah  Elizabeth  married  Eichard  Byers.  Ida  May  married  George 
Simmons.     Phillip  never  married.     One  infant. 

Chapter  434.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Carr  ]\[eSwain  and  wife,  Judith  Champion : 
Georg-e  never  married.     James  never  married. 

Children  of  William  Carr  McSwain  and  wife,  Margaret  Champion : 
Eachael  never  married.    Eebecca  Elizabeth  married  Crawford  Green. 

Chapter  435.     Fourth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Hamrick  and  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick :   George  ^ 
married  Phoebia  Wright ;  second  wife,  Anna  Martin.     Susanna  mar- 
ried Samuel  Harrell.  ^Mary  married  Thomas  Hardin.  Elizabeth  mar- 
ried Samuel  Bridges.     Eebecca  married  Samuel  Bridges. 

Chapter  436.     Fiftlt   Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Harrell  and  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick :  Housand 
married  Levisey  McBrayer.  Frankie  married  Eobert  McBrayer. 
Eebecca  married  Martin  Beam.  Samuel  married  Leah  McBrayer. 
Priscilla  married  George  Blanton.  Susanna  married  James  Mc- 
Braver.  John  married  Jane  Wrav.  Cinthia  married  John  Bostic. 
Amos  married  Elizabeth  Baxter.  James  married  Susanna  Blanton. 
William  married  Elizabeth  Bennix. 

Chapter  437.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Eobert  McBrayer  and  wife,  Erankie  Harrell :  Amos 
married  Amanda  Strawd  fno  children).  David  married  Martha 
Blanton.  John  married  Margaret  Lovelace.  Priscilla  married  James 
Green.  Cinthia  married  Samuel  Eskridge;  second  husbnd,  Jesse 
Jolley.  Eobert  B.  married  Carrie  Eskridge;  second  wife,  Amanda 
Logan.     James  never  married.     Susanna  never  married. 

Chapter  438.     Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  David  McBrayer  and  wife,  Martha  Blanton :  Charles 


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married  Pearl  Wray.     John  married  Susanna  Blanton.     Olive  mar- 
ried Samuel  S.  Koyster. 

Chapter  439.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  H.  JMcBraver  and  wife,  Margaret  Lovelace: 
Robert  William  married  Buena  Packard.  Carrie  married  George 
P.  Webb.  Addie  May  married  William  Broadway.  David  Roy  not 
married.     Edwin  Yates  not  married. 

Chapter  440.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Robert  B.  McBrayer  and  wife,  Amanda  Logan :  Rob- 
ert married  Louise  Mallah.  Corrie  married  Cletus  Hord.  Ida 
married  William  Lawery.  Loula  married  Daniel  Davis.  Logan  E. 
married  Fay  Young.  Stella  married  Henry  Dosier.  Mamie  married 
Grover  King.     Mabel  married  Myrtle  Hunneycutt. 

Chapter  441.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Martin  Beam  and  wife,  Rebecca  Harrell :  Martin 
married  Dora  Harrell.  John  married  Donia  Strowd.  Posey  mar- 
ried Narcissus  Gordan.  Amelia  married  Achillis  Durham.  Priscilla 
married  Joseph  Edwards.  Mary  married  Willis  McDaniel;  second 
husband,  George  Doggett;  third  husband,  James  Canady.  Martha 
married  Crawford  Lovelace.  Sarah  married  James  Green.  James 
never  married.     David  never  married. 

Chapter  442.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Edwards  and  wife,  Priscilla  Beam :  Martin 
Luther  married  Louisa  Bridges.  Ellen  Rebecca  married  Wilber 
Day.  Doctor  Gardner  married  Jane  Davidson ;  second  wife.  Bar- 
berry Wood.  Sarah  married  John  Bridges.  David  married  Jimmie 
Bridges.     James  never  married.     Joseph  never  married. 

Chapter  448.     Seventh  Generation. 
Cliildron  of  Acliillis  Durlinin  anf]  wifo.  Amelia  Beam:     Willinm 


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Jasper  married  Margaret  Manning.     Eobert  Acliillis  married  Ida 
Cheek.     Mattie  never  married.     One  infant. 

Chapter  444.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Willis  McDaniel  and  wife,  Mary  Beam :  Emma  mar- 
ried John  Hamrick.     Eachelan  married Claton. 

Children  of  George  Doggett  and  wife,  Mary  Beam :  Sarah  mar- 
ried Jasper  Green. 

Chapter  445.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Posey  Beam  and  wife,  E'arcissns  Gordon:  Martin 
married  Lettie  Cavney.  Charles  married  Catherine  Carlton.  Wil- 
liam married  Minnie  Ewart.     Minnie  never  married. 

Chapter  446.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Housand  Harrell  and  wife,  Levicey  McBrayer :  Alfred 
married  Earsley  Suttles.  Susanna  married  Hoyle  Gross.  William 
married  Esther  Snttles.  Alburtie  married  Elizabeth  Mc Arthur. 
James  married  Sarah  White.  Samuel  married  Rachael  Beam. 
Delila  married  Thomas  Withrow.  Edith  never  married.  Elisha 
never  married. 

Chapter  447.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Alfred  Harrell  and  wife,  Earsley  Suttles :  John 
married  Jane  Webb.  Catherine  married  Mills  Elack.  Housen 
married  Judith  King.  Franklin  married  I^ancy  Bland ;  second  wife, 
Julia  Edwards.  Earsley  Priscilla  married  Albert  Bridges.  Martha 
married  Asa  Bowman.  Judith  married  Burwell  Thorne.  Josie 
married  John  D.  Long.  Delila  married  Barney  King.   Three  infants. 

Chapter  448.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Harrell  and  wife,  Leah  McBrayer :  Permelia 
married  David  Harrell.  Drucilla  married  William  Harrell.  Frankie 
married  John  Duncan.  I^ila  married  John  Martin.  Cordelia  mar- 
ried Leonard  Bostic.     Lawson  married  Susanna  Simmons.      John 


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married  Faniiie  Bridges.  Amos  married  Hattie  McDaniel;  second 
wife,  Daisy  McDaniel.  Elizabeth  married  Simeon  Duncan.  Jesse 
never  married.    Honsen  never  married. 

Chapter  449.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Harrell  and  wife,  Jane  Webb:  Beulah  married 
Logan  Moore.  Fay  married  Delia  Moore ;  second  wife,  Sarah  Gam- 
bell.  Maudie  married  "William  Moore.  Flay  married  Allie  Huntley. 
Emma  married  Ralph  Flack.  Bessie  married  Gordon  Young.  Fred- 
rick married  Burnice  Tate.     Hoke  not  married. 

Chapter  450.    Seventh  Generation, 

Children  of  Thomas  King  and  wife,  Sarah  Harrell:  Robert 
married  Voniiie  Fortune.  Docia  married  George  McDaniel.  Robus 
married  Lenna  Williams.  Stanyarn  married  ISTettie  Hensley.  Cuttie 
married  William  Taylor.  Delia  not  married.  Susanna  not  mar- 
ried.    Alice  not  married.     Fannie  not  married. 

Chapter  451.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Franklin  Harrell  and  wife,  ISTancy  Bland :  Nancy 
married  William  Smart. 

Children  of  Franklin  Harrell  and  wife,  Judith  Webb:  Judith 
married  Henrv  Toney.  Patrick  married  Jesse  Hovle.  Clevcbiiitl 
married  Lucey  Hardin.  Thomas  married  Ada  Brackett.  Claud 
married Freeman.   Palmer  not  married.    Clovis  not  married. 

Chapter  452.     Sixtli  Generation. 

Children  of  James  McBrayer  and  wife,  Susanna  Harrell:  I^o- 
renzo  married  Catherine  King.  Delila  married  Washington  Wilkie. 
Susanna  married  Franklin  Daniels.  Amelia  married  Winfield  Roach. 
Jane  married  Jolm  Robbins.  Dr.  John  H.  married  Ida  Palmer. 
TsTnpoloon  Bona])artc  married  ^^fary  Si)arks. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  173 

Chapter  453.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Harrell  and  wife,  Jane  Wray :  Lawson  mar- 
ried Caroline  Price.     Dr.  Johii  married  Hattie  Black. 

Chapter  454.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Bostic  and  wife,  Cinthia  Harrell :  George  mar- 
ried Margaret  Goode.  John  married  Susanna  McArthur.  Susanna 
married  Henderson  Carroll.  I^ancy  Ann  married  Franklin  Moore. 
Tempie  married  Andrew  McDaniel.     Samuel  married  Jane  Suttles. 

Chapter  455.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Bostic  and  wife,  Jane  Suttle:  Joseph  mar- 
ried Attie  Hallman.  John  married  Elizabeth  Durham.  Carroll 
married  Mary  Beam.  George  Pleasant  married  Bertha  Bryan ;  second 
wife,  Mary  Thornton ;  third  wife,  Molena  Stover.  Louisa  married 
Monroe  Putnam.  Marv  Jane  married  Samuel  Austell.  Plato  Lee 
married  Annettie  Moore.  Wade  Dobbins  married  Flora  Hollowav. 
Attie  Texas  never  married.  Samuel  never  married.  Thomas  never 
married.  Cinthia  Judith  not  married.  Orlando  married  Beuna 
Hamrick. 

Chapter  456.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Henderson  Carroll  and  wife,  Susanna  Bostic :  John 
married  Susanna  White.  Mary  married  John  Oliver  Gold.  John- 
ston married  Avelonia  McSwain.  Cinthia  married  John  Byrd. 
Sarah  married  Christopher  Phillips.  Martha  married  George  Hen- 
derson.    David  never  married. 

Chapter  457.     Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  Franklin  Moore  and  wife,  Cinthia  Bostic :     Achella 
married  Margaret  Dean.     John  married  Nancy  Doggett.     Susanna 
married  Marshall  Carroll. 

Chapter  458.     Seventh  Generation. 
Children   of  George  Bostic   and   wife,   Margaret   Goode :     John 


174  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

married  Olavine  Smart.  Martliia  married  Samuel  Harrell.  Leonard 
married  Cordelia  Harrell.  Dr.  Chivans  married  Massie  Aldridge. 
Hester  married  John  Carson.  Eugenia  married  Bailey  G.  Weathers. 
Charles  married  Minnie  Wilhart.  Georgie  married  Dr.  Robert 
Garrin.  ]\Iaiy  Charendu  never  married.  Kodney  James  never  mar- 
ried. 

Chapter  459.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Jolm  Bostic  and  wife,  Susanna  McArthur:  Alonzo 
married  Sarah  McDonnell.  Arrenia  married  William  Murphy.  Mil- 
son  married  ISTettie  Huntley;  second  wife,  Minnie  Hall.  Eula  May 
married  Ivey  Johnston.  Garmillia  never  married.  Baxter  never 
married.    Docia  not  married. 

Chapter  460.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Carroll  and  wife,  Priscilla  Bostic :  John 
married  Zoulia  McDonnell';  second  wife,  Allie  Sorrells.  Sarah  mar- 
ried John  Henry  Ford.  Addie  married  Arthur  Harriss.  Samuel 
married  Lenard  Watkins.  James  Robert  married  Lela  Martin. 
Thomas  never  married.     George  married.     Charles  married. 

Chapter  461.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Andrew  McDaniel  and  wife,  Tempie  Bostic :  Richard 
married  Quintina  Hicks.  Cornelia  married  Jefferson  Smith.  Ola 
married  John  C.  Cowen.  Hattie  married  Amos  Harrell.  Charles 
never  married.  Grover  never  married.  Doctor  never  married.  Daisy 
married  Amos  Harrell. 

Chapter  462.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Washington  Wilkie  and  wife,  Delia  McBrayer :  George 

married .     Catherine  married  Martin  Putnam.     Jane 

married  Samuel  Putnam.    Judith  married  William  Taylor. 

Chapter  463.     Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  Fr;iiikliii  Daniels  and  wife,  Susanna  McBrayer:   John 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


175 


U^cLE  Bekky  Hamrick 

WHO  DIED  DrRI^'G  1918  AT  THE  ADVAXCED  AGE  OF  98  YEARS.      LAST  MEMBER  OF  THE 
THIRD    HAMRICK   GEXERATION    IN    CLEVELAND   AND   RUTHER- 
FORD   COUNTIES.        (SEE    PAGE     11) 


176  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

married  Catherine  Webb.     Joseph  F.  married  Ella  Beard.     Leonard 

marr 

ried. 


married  Hattie  Meseck.     Otus  never  married.     Margaret  not  mar 


Chapter  -iO-i.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Lorenzo  McBrayer  and  wife,  Catherine  King:  Dr. 
Thomas  not  married. 

Chapter  465.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Winiield  Roach  and  wife,  Amelia  McBrayer :  James 
married  Mary  Green.  Harriss  married  Jason  Hoover.  Flossie  mar- 
ried  Perry  Street.  Ola  married  James  Hollifleld.  Susanna  married 
Lawrence  Killiam.  Estella  married  William  Putnam.  John  not 
married. 

Chapter  466.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Eobbins  and  wife,  Jane  ]\IcBraver :  James 
married  JSTancy  Cole.  John  married  Sarah  Snider.  William  mar- 
ried Vera  Wilson.  Broadus  married  Sarah  Quinn.  Colon  married 
Etta  Green.  George  married  Cora  Holland.  Docia  married  William 
Morrow.  Carrie  married  Phelix  Quinn.  Lester  married  Pearl 
Hopper.     Arrie  never  married. 

Chapter  467.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Harrell  and  wife,  Susanna  Blanton :  Martha 
married  Capt.  James  Whitten  Beam.  Mary  married  James  Lee. 
Sarah  married  Jacob  Loranco.     James  never  married. 

Chapter  468.  Seventh  GeneralioiL 
Children  of  Capt.  James  Wliitten  Benm  and  wife,  Martha  Harrell : 
James  A.  niarrifd  l^li/a  ( ^liitwodd.  Saiinicl  ^roiiroo  tiiarried  Sarah 
Bridges.  Cicero  married  Susanna  AIcKarhuul.  Solon  M.  married 
Elizalteth  ITai-fcll.  .Tiilius  mai-i'icd  iMiiiiia  iraiTcll.  Foster  married 
Faiinii'  Hass ;  second  wile,  Ilcstci-  TlKnnbs.  dolin  married  Mary 
( ';ii|)('iitf'r.     ^Fai'v  Ann  niaiiicd  Zecheriah  Edwards.     Margaret  mar- 


ried  George  Hamrick. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  GEisrERATioNS  177 

Chapter  469.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Amos  Harrell  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Baxter :  Dr.  Law- 
son  married  Margaret  Stockton;  second  wife,  Carrie  Carmackle. 
Catherine  married  Joseph  Green.  Arrie  married  Thomas  Thombs. 
Elizabeth  married  Solon  M.  Beam.  Calvin  married  Sarah  Gettis. 
Dr.  John  A.  married  Louisa  McFarland.  Samuel  married  Mattie 
Bostic.  Georoe  never  married.  Bate  never  married.  Susanna  never 
married. 

Chapter  470.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Harrell  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Bennix.  Martin 
married  Vianna  Webb.  Robert  married  Catherine  Suttles.  Housen 
married  Martha  King.  Marj  Ann  married  Anonymus  Weir.  Eve- 
line married  Posev  Lynch.  Rebecca  married  James  Weir.  George 
married  Bell  Sigenalder ;  se<3ond  wife.  Emma  Oliphant. 

Chapter  471.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Housand  Harrell  and  wife,  Martha  King:  Joseph 
married  Mary  Dellinger.  Zorah  married  Mary  Burgess.  Mittie 
married  Winfield  Grider.  Effie  married  Burwell  Moore.  Judson 
never  married.     Jordon  never  married.     Pearl  never  married. 

Chapter  472.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Robert  Harrell  and  wife,  Catherine  Suttles :  George 
married  Lucy  Homes.  Julia  married  William  Collins.  Sarah  Jane 
married  William  James  Hilton.  Carrie  married  Jacob  Metcalf. 
Charles  married  ISTancy  Bailey.  Martha  married  Leander  Smith. 
Carrie  married  William  F.  Wilson.  Barney  married  Edna  Jankiss ; 
second  wife,  Margaret  Grigery.  Julius  married  Ella  Ruppe ;  second 
wife,  Candas  Harbruner.  Lillian  married  Gladstone  Gatling.  Eugene 
never  married.     Daisy  never  married.     Alice  never  married. 

Chapter  473.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  oi^  jMurtin  Harrell   and  wife,   Vianna  Webb:     George 
married  Cordelia  Suttle.  Priscilla  married  Columbus  Canipe.  Hughie 
12 


178  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

liiiirriod  Susanna  Norrells.  Catherine  married  Colon  Lorence.  John 
Bell  married  Giissie  Rollins.  Margaret  married  Albert  Mauney. 
William  never  married. 

Chapter  474.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Posey  Lynch  and  wife,  Eveline  Harrell:     Leander 

married   Loula  Elliott.      Jane  married   Albert   Holland.      Graham 

married   Arrie    Smith.      Minnie  married    John    Sorrells.      Marcus 

married  Edna  Jackson.     Erastus  not  married.     Martha  not  married. 

Chapter  475,     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Harrell  and  wife,  Rachael  Beam:  Charles 
married  Lillie  Grigg.  Angus  married  Eva  Hufstettler.  Alexan- 
der married  Allie  Sigmon.  Cleveland  married  Gussie  Sigmon  Gussie 
married  Pinkney  Randall.  Thomas  married  Pearl  Hope.  Henry 
married  Vamey  Bridges.  jVIary  married  Palmer  Kindrick.  Cath- 
erine not  married. 

Chapter  470.    Seventh  Generation. 

Cliildren  of  Dr.  John  II.  McBrayer  and  wife,  Ida  Palmer;  Troilius 
De  Costa  never  married.  William  Garlan  married  Mamie  Good- 
son.  Phernia  niai'i-itM]  Ernest  White.  James  Harrell  never  mar- 
ried.     Mary  Susanna  not  married,      flolm  not  iTiarricd. 

Chapter  477.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Dr.  John  Harrell  and  wife,  Louisa  McFarland:  Gas- 
ton married  Ellen  Gettis.     Cansas  married  Batie  Harrell. 

Chapter  478.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Calvin  ILirrell  aiid  wife,  Sarah  Gettis:  Lawson 
married  Amanda  Thaeker.  Panthia  married  Demeroy  Edwards. 
Lillian  married  Jesse  Sparks.  Elizabeth  married  Landrum  Lee. 
Susanna  never  married.     Plato  never  married.     Sarah  not  married. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  179 

Chapter  479.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Albertie  Harrell  and  wife,  Elizabeth  McArthur:  Al- 
fred married  Margaret  Wease.  Judith  married  Curtis  Watson. 
Levicey  married  Arthur  Bridges.  Sarah  married  Franklin  Wease. 
Delila  married  Joseph  Allen.  Bell  married  Oscar  Padgett.  Ship- 
pard  married  Mary  Wells.     Carson  never  married. 

Chapter  -iSO,     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Hovle  Gross  and  wife,  Susanna  Harrell:  Luther 
married  Dona  Moore.  Julia  married  Piiiknej  Martin.  Alpha  mar- 
ried John  Wommac;  second  husband,  Thomas  Cole.  Hester  mar- 
ried John  Jones.  Sammie  married  Pinkney  Jones.  Phillip  married 
Mary  Ledbetter.  Vemitia  married  George  Young.  Housen  never 
married.     Loueasv  never  married.     Calvin  never  married. 

Chapter  481.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Harrell  and  wife,  Ester  Suttles:  David 
married  Biddie  Price.  Jane  married  Warlic  Walker.  Housen  mar- 
ried Seneth  Goforth.  Samuel  married  Jane  Walker.  Pleasant  mar- 
ried Minnie  Wagler.  Etta  married  William  Bailey.  Bascum  Carson 
married  Margaret  Randall.  Batie  married  Carrie  Blanton.  James 
married  Carnie  Cooper.  Dobbins  never  married.  Homesley  never 
married. 

Chapter  482.-    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Carson  and  wife,  Delia  Harrell :  Henry  Clay 
married  Hattie  Wells.  Marcus  married  Blanch  Harrell.  John 
married  Hester  Bostic.  Mary  never  married.  Allis  not  married. 
Florence  not  married. 

Chapter  483.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Tahomas  Withrow  and  wife,  Priscilla  Harrell :  Wel- 
don  married  Golden  Doggett.  Alice  married  John  Kisler.  Bell  mar- 
ried Jabez  Hopper.     Debbie  married  Joseph  Green.     Thomas  mar- 


180  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


ried  Dollie  McMahan.     Georgie  married  Clarence  Hodge.     James 
married . 

Chapter  484,     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Lee  and  wife,  Mary  Harrell :  Laura  married 
William  Jones ;  second  husband,  Euben  Wilson.  Jones  Quinn  never 
married. 

Chapter  485.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Jacob  Lorance  and  wife,  Sarahann  Harrell :  Lanton 
married  Mary  Jane  Palmer.  Esley  married  Julia  Peeler.  Colon 
married  Catherine  Harrell. 

Chapter  486.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Beam  and  wife,  Donie  Stroud :  Charles  mar- 
ried Ola  Blackworth.  William  not  married.  Carrie  not  married. 
Maggie  not  married.     Forest  not  married. 

Chapter  487.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Mills  Flack  and  wife,  Catherine  Harrell:  Camey 
married  Walter  Wilson.  Otto  married  Cleo  Mauney.  Effie  married 
Arthur  Young.     Susanna  married  Joseph  Elliott.     Two  infants. 

Chapter  488.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Hamrick  and  wife,  Phoebia  Wright :  Wright 
married  Ellen  Peeler.  James  Young  married  Catherine  Hardin. 
Loucindy  married  Winston  W.  Wright.  Judith  married  Charles 
Blanton.  Malindy  married  Hood  Jolley.  Elizabeth  married  Eich- 
ard  Hughes.     Candas  manicd  Young  Hughes. 

Chapter  489.  Sixth  Generation. 
Children  of  Wright  Hamrick  and  wife,  Ellen  Peeler:  George 
Washington  married  Phoebia  Adline  Washburn.  Mary  married 
Andley  M.  Lattimore.  Sarah  married  Webb  Eskridge.  Mintie 
^Missouri  married  Scaton  Allen  Washburn.  Amanda  never  married. 
Phoebe  marricil  iiubcn  ilajiirick. 


History  of  the  Hamkick  Generations  181 

Chapter  490.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Young  Hamrick  and  wife,  Catherine  Hardin: 
Charles  Jefferson  married  Sarah  Hamrick.  Susanna  married  Elijah 
McSwain.  Loucindy  married  Thomas  Harrell.  Andy  married  Sarah 
MeSwain.  Oliver  never  married.  Henderson  ISTewton  never  married. 
Sarahann  never  married. 

Chapter  491.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Charles  Jefferson  Hamrick  and  w^if e,  Sarah  Hamrick : 
James  Young  married  Cansas  Ellen  Byers.  Elijah  Bly  married 
Gallena  Green.  Catherine  married  Solon  Green.  Oliver  ISTewton 
married  Almedia  Pruett. 

Chapter  492.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Young  Hamrick  and  wife,  Cansas  Ellen  Byers : 
Fredrick  Delmire  married  ISTatley  Harris.  Eitzhugh  B.  married 
Ollie  Green.  Charles  Doggett  never  married.  Yasser  Huffman 
married  Beuna  Green.  Myrtle  Esmer  married  Clarence  Hamrick. 
Euzelia  married  J.  Andrie  Barry. 

Chapter  493.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Hamrick  and  wife,  Gallena  Green:  Octa 
Eoy  married  Edwin  Hamrick.  Carroll  married  Mary  Etta  Moore. 
Charles  Rush  married  Georgie  Grice.  Dr.  James  Yates  married 
Elizabeth  Champion.  Oliver  Paul  married  Jessie  Pangie.  Clifford 
Laddie  Watts  not  married.     Elijah  not  married. 

Chapter  494.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Solon  Green  and  wife,  Catherine  Hamrick:  Garland 
Mannirto-  married  Maudie  Osborne.     Gertrude  not  married. 

Chapter  495.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Andy  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sar^ih  McSwain :  Elizabeth 
never  married. 


1S2  History  of  the  BLimeick  Generations 

Chapter  496.     Sixth  Generation. 

Cliildren  of  Winston  W.  Wriglit  and  wife,  Loucindy  Hamrick: 
George  Washington  married  Biddie  Robertson,  Abiier  Benson  mar- 
ried Eunice  ]3urham.  Susanna  married  James  Hamrick.  John 
married  Sarah  Bridges.  James  married  Laura  Batie.  Thomas  mar- 
ried Martha  Jenkins.  Joseph  Pinkney  married  Margaret  Jolley. 
Phoebia  married  Franklin  McEntire ;  second  husband,  Stephen  Hum- 
phries. Judith  married  Grandersoh  S.  Ramsey.  Mary  married 
Drury  McDaniel  HarrelL    Parthia  jSTittia  married  Marion  Eskridge. 

Chapter  497.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Wright  and  wife,  Biddie  Robertson :  George- 
anna  married  Willie  E.  Fite. 

Chapter  498.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Wright  and  wife,  Sarah  Bridges :  Martin  mar- 
ried Margaret  Harrell.  Blanche  married  Lawson  Bridges.  Beuna 
married  Crowder  Philbeck.  John  O.  married  Elizabeth  Turner. 
Clyde  married  Ellen  McDaniel. 

Chapter  499.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Young  Hughes  and  wife,  Cadance  Hamrick:  Cinthia 
married  Drury  ]\[cDaniel.  Sarah  Manervia  married  William  F. 
Jones.  Loucindy  married  Pinkney  Martin.  Toliver  never  married. 
Elmira  married  Elias  Putnam. 

Chapter  500.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  F.  Jones  and  wife,  Sarah  Manervia  Hughes: 
George  married  Sarali  Mitchell.  Andy  married  Elizabeth  Ruppe; 
second  wife,  Emeline  Harrell.  i'inkney  married  Sammie  Gross. 
Albert  married  Laura  Ruppe.  Nancy  married  James  Owens. '  John 
married  Hester  Gross.     Robert  never  married. 

Chapter  501.     Fifth  Generation. 
Cliil'lron  of  Thomas  Ilarrlin  mid  wifo,  ^Tarv  Hamrick:     George 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  183 

married  Marv  Harrell;  second  wife,  Martha  McSwain.  Jesse  mar- 
ried Hannali  Irvin.  Edmon  married  Cintliia  Gage.  William  mar- 
ried Artie  Webb.  Hosie  married  Sarah  Hamrick.  Susanna  married 
Asa  Lovelace.  Annie  married  John  Neal.  James  never  married. 
Elizabeth  never  married. 

Chapter  502.    Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Hardin  and  wife,  Mary  Harrell :  Delphia 
married  Samuel  Bridges;  second  husband,  Berry  Hamrick,  Sarah 
married  Dobbins  Hamrick;  second  husband,  John  Home.  Caroline 
married  David  Hamrick ;  second  husband,  Isam  Owens.  Artie  mar- 
ried Samuel  Putnam. 

Children  of  George  Hardin  and  wife,  Martha  McSwain:  Nancy 
married  Willis  Webb.  Amanda  married  David  Oliver  Green.  Saleny 
married  Anderson   Owens. 

Chapter  503.     Seventli  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Putnam  and  wife,  Artie  Hardin:  Monroe 
married  Louisa  Bostic.  John  D.  married  Mary  Jones.  William 
married  Zoulia  Bridges;  second  wife,  Ida  Turner;  third  wife,  Eva 
Hughes.  Benjamin  Franklin  married  Eliza  Spangler.  Clifton 
married  Panthia  Jones.  Gordon  married  Esther  Boston.  Pinkney 
married  Sarah  Wallace;  second  wife,  Edith  Parker.  Tilden  married 
N'ovella  Eskridge,  Mary  married  John  Gold.  Eachael  married 
Perry  Wellmon.  Esther  married  Wade  Elliott.  Charles  married 
Mollie  Moore. 

Chapter  504.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Willis  Webb  and  wife,  JSTancy  Hardin :  Drury  Dob- 
bins married  Rosanna  Dycus.  Victoria  married  John  Jesse  Jones. 
Martha  married  Albertie  Melton. 

Chapter  505.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Anderson  Owens  and  wife,  Malena  Hardin:  George 
married  Barberry  Bridges.     Arrie  married  Lensey  Bridges.     Alonzo 


184  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

married  Dovie  Burns.     Julious  married  Hettie  McDaniel.     Clinton 
not  married. 

Chapter  506.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Home  and  wife,  Sarah  Hardin :  John  married 
Docia  Harrell.  James  married  Hattie  Jenkins.  Susanna  married 
Victoria  Lovelace;  second  husband,  Cicero  Bridges. 

Chapter  507.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Jesse  Hardin  and  wife,  Hannah  Irvin  :  John  married 
Martha  White.  Zillie  married  James  Philbeck  (no  children).  Lenna 
married  Benjamin  Franklin  McSwain  (no  children).  Jane  mar- 
ried W.  Perry  Lovelace.  Eunice  married  Elijah  Edmon  Jones. 
Eachael  never  married.  Abriam  never  married.  Irvin  never  mar- 
ried. 

Chapter  508.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  W.  Perry  Lovelace  and  wife,  Jane  Hardin :  Allis 
married  Daniel  Brooks. 

Chapter  509.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Edmon  Hardin  and  wife,  Cinthia  Gage:  Anonymus 
married  Susanna  Butler.  Berry  married  Jane  McDonnell.  Drillia 
married  Joseph  Harmon.  Susanna  married  McCager  Doggett.  Noble 
never  married. 

Chapter  510,     Sixth  Generation. 

Childruji  of  A\'illiam  Hardin  and  wife,  Artie  Webb:  Asa  mar- 
ried  Mary  Wilson,  William  Jackson  married  Hettie  Clark.  Deamey 
married  William  Green.  Susanna  married  Drury  Phillips.  Jesse 
married  Caroline  McClure,  James  married  Elizabeth  Downey; 
second  wife,  Fannie  Goode;  third  wife,  Octnvia  ILaynes.  Jane  mar- 
riod  Samuel  .Melton.  Snrali  married  John  Cooper.  Mary  married 
(ieorge  Smith.  Pi'iscilla  niiirricnl  David  Forl)US.  Artie  married 
Williiiiii  I'lK'hureh.     l''.li/.;ilH'tli  married  .Mfi'cd  Harmon.     Catherine 


HlSTOKY  OF   THE   HaMEICK   GENERATIONS  185 


married  William  Keeter.     Zeclieriali  married  Mollie  Efler.     John 
married  ISTancy  Upchurcli.    George  never  married. 

Chapter  511.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Hosie  Hardin  and  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick:  Jesse 
married  Narcissus  Holland;  second  wife,  Artie  Bridges.  Catherine 
married  James  Young  Hamrick. 

Chapter  512.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Asa  Lovelace  and  wife,  Susanna  Hardin:  James 
married  Judith  Hamrick.  Edmon  J.  married  Priscilla  Washburn. 
William  Brison  married  Sarahann  Harris;  second  wife,  Liddie  Sa- 
poch,  Thomas  married  Judith  McSwain.  Berrj  married  Mary 
Bridges.  Susanna  married  William  McDaniel.  Mary  married  Sam- 
uel McSwain;  second  husband,  Robert  Mintz. 

Chapter  513.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Lovelace  and  wife,  Judith  Hamrick:  Drury 
S.  married  Priscilla  Lee.  Permelia  married  Major  John  Lovelace. 
Hannah  married  Perry  Pruett.  Jane  never  married.  Adline  never 
married. 

Chapter  514.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Brison  Lovelace  and  wife,  Sarahann  Harriss : 
Asa  Monroe  married  Cordelia  Hamrick ;  second  wife,  Susanna  Wil- 
kins.  Junius  married  Ellen  Lee.  Ma;rgaret  married  John  H.  Mc- 
Brayer.  Louisa  married  Larkin  Arkansas  McSwain.  Victoria  mar- 
ried Zacheriah  R.  Walker.  Cora  married  Dr.  Timmons  Greenberry 
Hamrick.  Clementina  married  Crawford  Green.  Docia  married 
Haden  Wall.  Pinkney  never  married.  Elvira  never  married.  One 
infant.     Dr.  Thomas  married  Carrie  Wilkins. 

Chapter  515.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Berry  Lovelace  and  wife,  Mary  Bridges:  Cicero 
married  Dora  Hawkins.    Victor  married  Susanna  Home. 


186  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Chaptee  516.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Lovelace  and  wife,  Judith  McSwain :  Craw- 
ford married  Sarah  Boggs  first,  he  next  married  Martha  Beam. 
Eunice  married  Smith  Wilkins. 

Chapter  517.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  McDaniel  and  wife,  Susanna  Lovelace: 
George  married  Dovie  McDaniel.  Susanna  married  Zebulon  Whit- 
aker.    Kisiah  married  Jabez  Hamrick.     James  never  married. 

Chapter  518.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Edmon  G.  Lovelace  and  wife,  Priscilla  Washburn: 
Allis  married  Thomas  Kennedy  Barnett, 

Chapter  519.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Anonymus  Hardin  and  wife,  Susanna  Butler :  Perry 
married  Susanna  McDonnell.      William  married  Harriott  Keaves. 

Jane   married   Lawson   Wright.      Doctor  married  Gossett. 

Julia  married  . 

Chapter  520.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Asa  Hardin  and  wife,  Mary  Wilson:  Brison  married 
Mary  Scoggins.  James  married  Priscilla  Phillips.  Spencer  mar- 
ried Julia  Scoggins.  Monroe  married  Susanna  Padgett.  George 
married  Cinthia  Price.  Xancy  never  married.  Sarah  never  married. 
Susanna  never  marrior].     Jane  married . 

Chapter  521.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Phillips  and  wife,  Susanna  Hardin:  Martha 
married  Eranklin  Goode.  Mary  Ann  married  Decatur  ILnrdin. 
Priscilla  married  James  Hardin.  Sarah  married  Tanner  Street. 
Martin  married  Susanna  Pintuil".     Monroe  nuirried PintufF. 

Chapter  522.    Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  Jesse  Hardin  and  wife,  Caroline  McClure:  James  mar- 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  187 

ried  Martha  Hill,  Alonzo  married  Xarcissus  Tliombs.  Harris 
married  Malissa  Burgin.  Samuel  married  Loucindj  Kiser.  Jane 
married  Charles  McCraw.  Lillie  married  Cardis  Morrow.  Bell  mar- 
ried Garfield  Biiroan.   Ada  married  Ezell  Hamrick.  William  married 

Smith.     Buster  married  Smith.     Alberta  married 

Susau  Hardin. 

Chapter  523.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Hardin  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Dawning:  La- 
fayette married  Margaret  Moore;  second  wife,  Rebeckey  Gordon. 
Doctor  married  Francis  Good;  second  wife,  Margaret  Street.  Su- 
sanna married  Richmond  Hardin. 

Children  of  James  Hardin  and  wife,  Octavie  Holmes :  Posey 
married  David  Davis ;  second  wife.  Marv  Millwood.  George  mar- 
ried  Allis  L\Tich;  second  wife,  Minnie  Pool;  third  wife,  Elisabetl^ 
IMintz.  Joseph  married  Jane  Irvin.  John  married  Mary  Hollifield. 
Priscilla  married  James  Home.  Sarah  married  Jefferson  Dawney. 
Delila  married  James  Hollifield.  Martha  married  Philip  Funder- 
burk. 

Chapter  524.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Bridges  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hamrick :  David 
married  Rebecca  Gutrie.  Aaron  married  Liddie  Scruggs.  Alexander 
married  Hettie  Daves ;  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Walker.  Jane  married 
Clavbourne  Blanton.  Frankie  married  Isam  Owens.  Mary  never 
married.     Moses  never  married.     William  never  married. 

*  Chapter  525.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Isam  Owens  and  wife,  Frankie  Bridges :  Andy  mar- 
ried Judith  Green.  Priscilla  married  Carver  Hamrick.  Willis 
married  Louisa  Blanton;  second  wife,  Dicey  Dycus.  Jane  married 
Berrv  Green.     Wilev  never  married. 

Chapter  526.     Sixth  Generation. 
Children  of  Alexander  Bridges  and  wife,  Hettie  Daves :     Samuel 


188  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

married  Mary  Logan.  Jane  married  George  Davis.  Elizabeth 
married  Drury  Robinson.  Priscilla  married  Willis  Green.  Biddie 
married  Harvey  Holificld.  Sarah  married  William  Lovelace.  Mar- 
garet married  Jesse  Wells.  George  married  Loucindy  Holland.  Lou- 
cindy  never  married. 

Chapter  527.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Willis  Owens  and  wife,  Louisa  Blanton:  Wiley  mar- 
ried Fannie  Hollifichl.  Willie  married  Jane  Hollifield.  Charles 
married  Malissa  Ramsey.  Asa  married  Jose  Guffee.  Priscilla 
married  Thomas  Robbins.  Marendy  married  Elijah  Bridges.  Hessie 
married  Charles  Nodine. 

Chapter  528.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Bridges  and  wife,  Mary  Logan:  Amose 
married  I^aura  Bridges.  Smith  married  Carrie  Green.  Elijah  mar- 
ried Marindy  Ownes.  Mills  married  Eannie  Hamrick.  Lensey 
married  Arrie  Ownes.  Caleb  married  Fannie  Bridges.  Marcus  mar- 
ried Zoudie  I-/edford.  Barberry  married  George  Ownes.  Mindie 
married  Columbus  Alexander  Jones.  Effie  married  Thomas  Melton. 
Two  infants. 

Chapter  529.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Davis  and  wife,  Jane  Bridges:  Camey  mar- 
ried Laura  Culbreth.  Mamie  Seaton  married  Blanch  Walker.  Mar- 
tha married  Tjandrum  Hamrick.  Arrie  married  Taylor  Dobbins. 
Ida  married  Eli  Davis.  J^oucindy  married  Charles  Padgett.  Hessie* 
married  Robert  Wells.  Mina  married  Edgar  Bridges.  Georgie  not 
married.     Narcissus  not  married. 

Chapter  530.     Third  Generation. 

Children  of  Moses  Richard  ILimrick  nnd  wife,  Mary  Bridges: 
Henry  married  Eli/nboth  Bowons.  Sarjih  married  Perry  Green 
Magness.     Mary  married  Sjinnu'l  ITniiirick.     Price  married  Nancy 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  189 

Bridges.     Enocli  .     Jeremiali  .     Ka- 

tlianiel — .     Thomas .     Susanna  married 

James  Hamrick. 

Chapter  531.     Fourtli  Generation. 

Cliildren  of  Price  Hamrick  and  wife,  N^ancy  Bridges :  Moses 
married  Sarah  Robertson.  John  married  Elisabeth  Robertson. 
Richard  married  Mary  Walk  Sarah  married  Hosie  Hardin.  Mary 
never  married. 

Chapter  532.     Fifth  Generation.  , 

Children  of  Moses  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Robertson:  Street! 
married  Elmira  Bridges.  Amose  married  Diser  Edwards.  Robert 
married    iSTancv    Hamrick.       Andv    married     Susanna     Hamrick. 

I 

Marion  married  Frankie  Bridges.  Artie  married  Washington  Bridges.; 
Jane  married  Burwell  McSwain  (no  children),  i^arcissus  married 
Paxton  Davis.  Lucretia  married  John  Tate.  Lucinda  married, 
Joseph  Padgett.  Eli  never  married.  Moses  never  married.  Rich^ 
ard  never  married. 

Chapter  533.     Sixth   Generation. 

Cliildren  of  Street  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elmira  Bridges :  Marshall 
N^ewton  married  Adline  Holland.  Sidney  Hill  married  Elizabeth 
Harrell ;  second  wife,  Patience  Priscilla  Washburn.  John  Calhoune 
married  Charlotte  Harrell.  Leander  Sheppard  married  Sarah  Ham- 
rick. Wiley  Cicero  married  Paold  Turner.  Alonzo  Marion  married 
Eleanor  McMurrv. 

Chapter  534.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Paxton  Davis  and  wife,  Xarcissus  Hamrick :  George 
married  Jane  McSwain.  Elizabeth  married  Price  Hamrick.  Mc- 
DufBe  married  Sarah  Vrcbbcr.  John  married  Zoulie  Bridges.  Wil- 
liam married  Hester  Lee.  Mary  Ann  married  John  Arnell.  Martha 
married  James  Gipson.  Emcliiie  never  married.  Thomas  never 
married. 


190 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


Kev.  G.  p.  Hamkick, 
wife  and  son 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  191 

Chapter  535.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Price  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Davis:  Chancey 
Gidney  married  Loucindy  Bailey.  Martha  married  Oliver  Butler ; 
second  husband,  Charles  Bailey.  Mary  married  Leander  Butler. 
Darcus  married  Samuel  Wilson.  Carrie  married  Edgar  McCurry. 
Margaret  married  Edgar  Moore. 

Chapter  536.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  McDuff  Davis  and  wife,  Sarah  Webber:  Charles 
never  married.  Russell  never  married.  Franklin  never  married. 
Cecile  not  married.     Mandy  not  married. 

Chapter  537.     Sixth  Gener'ation. 

Children  of  John  Tate  and  wife,  Laucretia  Hamrick:  Andrew 
married  Cinthia  McSwain  (no  children).  Etta  married  Jefferson 
Pruett 

Chapter  538.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Marion  Hamrick  and  wife,  Frankie  Bridges :  Sarah 
never  married. 

Chapter  539.     Sixth  Geyieration. 

Children  of  Amose  Hamrick  and  wife,  Dizer  Edwards:  Monroe 
married  Elizabeth  Bright.     Margaret  married  Thomas  Bridges. 

Chapter  540.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Alonzo  Iredell  Hamrick  and  wife,  jSTancy  Hamrick: 
Jane  married  Avery  Smith.  Hester  married  Joseph  Wesson.  Emma 
married  John  Cleary.     Martha  never  married. 

Chapter  541.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Andy  Hamrick  and  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick :  William 
Moses  married  Susanna  Blanton.     Two  infants. 

Children  of  George  Bowen  and  wife,  Susanna  Hamrick  :  Augustus 
married  Elizabeth  Brackett.    Ella  married  Flaxton  Suttle. 


192  History  of  the  Hamkick  Generations 

Chapter  542.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Robertson:  Elijah 
never  married.  Steeley  never  married.  Eunice  never  married. 
Elizabeth  married  Benjamin  Bowens.    Mary  married  Green  Bowens. 

Chapter  543.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Benjamin  Bowens  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Hamrick: 
Susanna  married  Isaac  Randall.  Elizabeth  married  George  Pinsan. 
Jane  married  Calvin  Bowens,     Marv  married  Gabriel  Hamrick. 

Chapter  544.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Richard  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary  Wall :  Price  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Davis,  Gabriel  married  Mary  Bowens;  second  wife, 
Lela  Bishop ;  third  wife,  Margaret  Arrowood.  Thomas  married 
Christine  Bedford.  ISTancy  married  Alonzo  Iredell  Hamrick.  Amanda 
married  Van    Wallace.     Elmira  married  David  Grant. 

Chapter  545.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Marshall  j^Tewton  Hamrick  and  wife,  Adline  Holland : 
Barnett  Edgar  married  Bessie  Fortune.  Burrus  Clan  married 
Ola  Whisnant.  Dora  married  Winiain  Jennings.  Delia  mar- 
ried Hackett  Blanton,  Emma  married  S,  O,  Andrews,  Beuna 
married  Arlando  Bostic,  Grover  Cleveland  not  married.  Ollie  not 
married. 

Chapter  546.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Sidney  Hill  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Harrell : 
Belvey  married  Charles  Jefferson  Hamrick.  Darfer  married  Her- 
shall  Blanton.     Ida  not  married. 

Children  of  Sidney  Hill  Hamrick  and  wife,  Patience  Priscilla 
Washburn  :     Phocian  Hines  not  married.     Beraice  not  married. 

CiiAPTEit  547.     Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  John  Calhoiinc  TT;imrick  and  wife,  Charlotte  Harrell: 


HlSTOEY   OF   THE   HaMRICK   GENERATIONS  193 

Gillet  Vaulies  married  Emma  Ledbetter.     Grover  Thurman  married 
Bertha  Harrell.    Garvin  Street  not  married.    Wake  not  married. 

Chapter  548.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Leander  Sheppard  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick : 
Spurgeon  not  married.  Otto  Vetus  married  Carrie  Maze.  Alger 
Vason  married  Etta  Abernathy.  Ruben  Hubbard  not  married.  Vilus 
Fitzhugh  not  married.     Brougliton  never  married. 

Chapter  549.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  "Wiley  Cicero  Hamrick  and  wife,  Paola  Turner: 
Wait  Caralile  married  Florence  Martin.  Volena  married  Ralph 
Cline.  Ethel  married  George  Threadbill.  Lyman  not  married. 
Alma  not  married.     Helen  never  married. 

Chapter  550.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Alonzo  Marion  Hamrick  and  wife,  Ellenora  McMurry : 
Evans  married  Laura  Jones.  Dewitt  married  Buna  Hawkins.  Twitty 
married  Minnie  Brooks.  JSTeeter  married  Winslow  Jones.  Darcus 
married  Cleton  Humphries.  Bula  married  Besalan  Hamrick.  Elmira 
not  married. 

Chapter  551.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  George  Davis  and  wife,  Jane  McSwain :  Ida  married 
Kish  Hambright.  Thomas  married  Docia  Peeler.  Margaret  mar- 
ried Edgar  Batie.  Lola  married  John  Williams  Gates.  Clifton 
married . 

Chapter  552.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Arnell  and  wife,  Maryann  Davis :  Lottie  mar- 
ried Bunyan  Jones.     Duffie  not  married. 

Chapter  553.    Fourth  Generation. 

Children  of  Henrj'  Hamrick  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Bowens:     James 

\     13 


194  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 


married  l^v^ancj  Hopper.  Elizabeth  married  James  Ellison.  Jane 
never  married.     Xathaniel  never  married. 

Chapter  554.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Hamrick  and  wife,  Xancy  Hopper:   Benjamin 
married   Fannie  Roberts ;    second   wife,    Martha   Morris.      Monroe 

married  .     Mary  .married  William  Cox.     William 

Adolphus  married  Mary  Lowery ;  second  wife,  Martha  Byers ;  third 
wife,  Panthia  Green.  Amanda  married  Alonzo  Turner.  Lorenzo 
Daw  never  married.  Levincey  never  married.  Cordelia  never  mar- 
ried. Julian  never  married.  Walter  never  married.  Eveline  mar- 
ried   '■ . 

Chapter  555.     Fourth  Generation. 

Children  of  Nathaniel  Hamrick  and  wife,  Mary  Bowens  :  William 
David  married  Martha  Padgett.  Sarah  married  Jackson  Gipson 
(no  children). 

Chapter  556.    Fourth  Generation. 

Children  of  Enoch  Hamrick :     Mary  married  Clator  Smith. 

Chapter  557.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Clator  Smith  and  wife,  Mary  Harrill :  Landrum  L. 
married  Nancy  Diana  Hamrick.  Charles  C.  married  Sarah  Francis. 
Susanna  Jane  married  James  Doggett;  second  husband,  Samuel 
•Poston.  Kisiah  married  John  Yarborough.  Sarah  Martha  mar- 
ried Watson  Lee ;  second  husband,  All)ert  ]\loorehead.  Samuel  Amose 
married  Sarah  B.  Cooper.     Nancy  never  married. 

Chapter  558.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Charles  C.  Smith  and  wife,  Sarah  Francis:  Avery 
married  Jane  Hamrick;  second  wife,  IMargaret  Glasgoe.  Mary 
married  Achella  ILimrick.     Josephus  never  married. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  195 

Chapter  559.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Amos  Smith  and  wife,  Sarah  Cooper :  Blake- 
man  married  Elizabeth  Giles.  Franklin  married  Fannie  Marshall 
Hill  married  Jane  Bowens,     William  never  married. 

Chapter  560.     Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  Sanniel  Boston  and  wife,  Susanna  Jane  Smith :  Miller 
never  married. 

Chapter  561.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  John  Yarborough  and  wife,  Kisiah  Smith:  Louis 
married  Jackery  Grigg.  Emma  Allison  never  married.  Allis  never 
married.  Fannie  married  Joseph  Quinn.  George  never  married. 
Wade  never  married. 

Chapter  562.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Watson  Lee  and  wife,  Martha  Smith :  Melvenia 
married  James  Henry  Blanton. 

Children  of  Albert  Morehead  and  wife,  Martha  Smith :  George 
married  Callie  Hawkins. 

Chapter  563.     Fourth  Generation. 

Children  of  Perry  Green  Magness  and  wife,  Sarah  Hamrick :  Ben- 
jamin married  Elizabeth  Mauney;  second  wife,  ISTancy  Walker. 
Jacob  married  Edith  Webb.     Susanna  married  Thomas  Hawkins. 

Samuel  married  Ragan,     William  never  married.     Robert 

married  Mary  Wilson. 


*&' 


Chapter  564.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Benjamin  Magness  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Mauney: 
William  married  Susanna  Eskridge.  Maryann  married  John  Wash- 
burn. 

Children  of  Benjamin  Magness  and  wife,  !Nancy  Walker :  Samuel 
married  ISTancy  Grigg.     Robert  married  Susanna  Grigg;  second  wife, 


196  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

Mary  Wliisnant.      Josepli  married  Hettie  Beam.      Sarah  married 
Franklin  Goode. 

Chapter  565.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Robert  Magness  and  wife,  Mary  Wliisnant :  Samuel 
Coon  married  Anabell  Henry.  George  married  Lillie  Poston.  John 
married  Bonnie  Morrow.  Cora  married  James  Austell.  Benjamin 
never  married.     Bobert  never  married. 

Chapter  566.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Samuel  Magness  and  wife,  ISTancy  Grigg:  Ruphus 
L.  married  Hester  Crowder.  Mary  never  married.  Crowell  never 
married. 

Chapter  567.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Franklin  Goode  and  wife,  Sarah  Magness:  John 
married  Susanna  Allison.  Martha  married  Harvey  Richards.  Sarah 
Susanna  married  John  McCurry.  ISTancy  married  Harry  Jones. 
Elizabeth  married  Levi  Watterson.  Mary  married  Jason  Bridges. 
Joseph  never  married.  Martin  never  married.  Emma  never  mar- 
ried.    Thomas  married . 

Chapter  568.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Magness  and  wife,  Hettie  Beam :  Judson 
married  Elmira  Surratt.  ]\rary  married  William  Jones.  Sarah 
married  William  Home.  David  married  Elizabeth  Whisnant.  Cath- 
erine married  John  Tisdell.  Benjamin  never  married.  Perry  never 
married.     Jane  married  James  Elliott. 

Chapter  569.     Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  Jacob  Magness  and  wife,  Edith  Webb:  Benjamin 
married  Susanna  McBrayer;  second  wife,  Adlinc  Sweezy ;  tliird 
wife,  Martha  Clark.  Sarah  married  Willinni  Chitwood.  Eliza 
married  William  McArthur. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  197 

Chapter  570.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Benjamin  Magness  and  wife,  Adline  Sweezj:  Alonzo 
married  Elizabeth  Mayhan.  Robert  married  Jane  Byrd.  George 
married  Mary  Jackson;  second  wife,  Allis  Leving'ton.  Elijah  mar- 
ried Mollie  McDonnell.  Elmira  married  John  McEarland.  Susanna 
married  William  B.  Palmer.     Jacob  Perry  married  Bell  Adams. 

Children  of  Benjamin  Magness  and  wife,  Martha  Clark:  John 
married  Mary  Barber.  William  married  Annettie  Edwards.  Martha 
married  Franklin  M.  Martin.  Julia  married  J.  W.  Adams.  Ben- 
jamin married  Eillie  Kennan.  Hue  married  Lucy  McDonnell. 
Leand  married  Walter  Murphy.  Gertrude  married  H.  D.  Ellen. 
Bonnar  married  Willie  McDonnell.     Amanda  married  J.  W.  Fetzer. 

Chapter  571.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Magness  and  wife,  Susanna  Eskridge :  John 
married  Allis  Xeal.  Jacob  married  Ella  Chitwood.  William  mar- 
ried    Parker,     Callie  married  Joseph  H.   Green.     Jane 

married  Gaither  Philbeck. 

Chapter  572.     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Chitwood  and  wife,  Sarah  Magness :  Eliza 
married  James  A.  Beam.  Julia  married  David  D.  Whisnant.  Alpha 
K.  married  Julians  Lattimore.  Elizabeth  married  Columbus  C. 
DePriest.     Susanna  Edith  married  Franklin  Lattimore. 

Chapter  573.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Decatur  Williamson  and  wife,  Martha  Elliott :  Charles 
married  Hester  McMurry.  !N^arrie  married  Joseph  Washburn. 
Erastus  never  married.     Hattie  Josephine  married  Harris  Mauney. 

Chapter  574.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Joseph  Walker  and  wife,  Eliza  Williamson :  Eugene 
Edward  married  Emma  Lawrence.     Marietta  married  Franklin  L. 


198  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generation's 

Hoyle.     Weldon  married  Selma  Beam.  Claxter  married  Johnnie 

Sites.      Vashti   married   Robert   Wilson.  Delplian  married   Loula 

Edwards.     Tonce  married  Charles  Wells.  Morgan  Decatur  married 

Cassandra  Piver.     Priscilla  not  married.  Hugh  Anderson  not  mar- 
ried. 

Chapter  575.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Perry  Gold  and  wife,  Susanna  Covington:  Robert 
married  Georgie  Bridges.  Agness  married  James  Mack  Henson. 
Ola  married  Lester  McCormack.  Mandie  married  William  Noblet. 
Florence  married  Charles  Hopper.  George  married  Minnie  Padgett. 
William  never  married.     Abbie  never  married. 

Chapter  576.     Eighth  Ge7ieration. 

Children  of  Benjamin  Franklin  Gold  and  wife,  ^Karcissus  Pannell : 
Coleman  married  Eva  Beam.  ]\rartin  married  Fannie  Blanton.  Eva 
married  Joseph  Thomas  Bridges.  Allis  married  James  Crawley. 
Elisabeth  married  Wayne  Covington.  Pender  married  Essie  Mode. 
Victor  married  Vader  Humphries.  Catherine  married  Clifton  Cooper. 
Ida  not  married.     Claudie  not  married. 

Chapter  577.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Monroe  Gold  and  wife,  Adline  Wolf:  Daniel  mar- 
ried Pearl  Hamrick.  Mattie  married  G.  W.  Sheppard.  Margaret 
married  C.  O.  Barnett.  Edmanney  married  R.  C.  Boyd.  Xancey 
married  L.  V.  Henson.  Elisabeth  married  A.  E.  Cross.  Agathia 
married  J.  J.  Stone.  Samuel  married  Nola  Griffith.  Thomas  mar- 
ried Mattie  B.  Cartwright.  Dossey  never  married.  Johnnie  never 
married.     Emmalee  not  married. 

Chapter  578.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Thomas  Green  and  wife,  Susanna  McSwain :  James 
David  married  Jane  Ledbetter.  Williaiii  Thomas  married  Barbara 
Fincttie  McSwain. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  199 

CiiAPTEE  579,     Sixth  Generation. 

Children  of  Berry  Hamrick  and  wife,  Catherine  Hamrick :  Craw- 
ford married  Susanna  Bridges.  Louisa  married  Wilson  W.  Bridges. 
!N^ancey  married  Zecheriah  Bridges.  Elijah  Reuben  married  Lou- 
easey  Bridges.  Asa  Cicero  married  Sarah  Elizabeth  Bridges.  Mar- 
garet married  ISToah  Green.  Cleophas  Avarose  married  Hessentine 
Washburn ;  second  wife,  Fannie  Doggett ;  third  wife,  Lula  Lattimore. 
George  never  married.  Monroe  never  married.  Sarah  Jane  never 
married.     Patience  never  married.     One  infant. 

Children  of  Berry  Hamrick  and  wife,  Cealey  Pannell :  Thero 
Plato  married  Fannie  Green.  Sipero  Adron  married  Sarah  Mc- 
Cluney,  Ricey  Gatheria  married  Joseph  Green.  Ira  Estella  mar- 
ried Chancey  Abrian  Washburn.    Patria  Ida  married  John  Lee. 

Chapter  580.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Crawford  Hamrick  and  wife,  Susanna  Bridges  :  Enoch 
Avery  married  Susanna  Owens.  Phoebia  married  Alexander  Camp- 
bell. 

Chapter  581.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Zacheriah  Bridges  and  wife,  IsTancy  Hamrick :  Cicero 
Miller  married  Janes-  Harrell ;  second  wife,  Carrie  Hawkins.  Eliza 
married  Wm.  Beuj.  Green. 

Chapter  582.     Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  Elijah  Ruben  Hamrick  and  wife,  Louisa  Bridges: 
Toliver  Batie  married  IsTola  Bridges.    Alonzo  Martin  married  Addie 
Lattimore.     Ella  married  Dennis  Gordon  Washburn, 

Chapter  583.  Seventh  Generation. 
Children  of  Wilson  W.  Bridges  and  wife,  Louisa  Hamrick: 
Asberry  married  Sarah  Harrell ;  second  wife,  Genelie  Cosner.  David 
Posey  married  Octavia  Bridges.  Martha  married  Quinn  Brown. 
George  married  Augusta  Robbins.  Hannah  married  John  Stewart. 
Catherine  married  William  Abernathey.     Mary  married  Henry  Bla- 


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Elija  B.  Hamrick 


HiSTOKY   OF   THE   HaMRICK   GENERATIONS  201 

lock.  Louisej  married  Newton  Brown.  Elizabeth  married  John 
Crawford.  Thomas  married  Fannie  Fisher.  Gaither  married  Mary 
Villing-er.    John  married  Bertha  Ellis.    James  never  married. 


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Chapter  584.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Asa  Cicero  Hamrick  and  wife,  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Bridges :  James  Landrmn  married  Elizabeth  Green.  Effie  mar- 
ried  Elisha  Edgar  Jones.  Grover  married  Suna  Hutchins.  Lotta 
never  married.    Clarence  never  married.    Catherine  not  married. 


Chapter  585.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  'Noah  Green  and  wife,  Margaret  Hamrick:  Docia 
married  John  Landrum  Hamrick. 

Chapter  586.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  David  Oliver  Green  and  wife,  Cassie  Hamrick :  Wil- 
liam Benjamin  married  Eliza  Bridges.  Martha  married  Julians 
Green.  Thomas  married  Lonie  Laton.  Asa  married  Lola  Hawkins. 
Nancj  married  Greenberry  Hamrick.  Judith  married  Aseph  Green. 
George  married  Mary  Props.  Charles  married  Lillie  Orr.  Cora  mar- 
ried Thomas  Chambers.    ISTola  married Lowery.    John  Lane 

never  married.     James  never  married.     Eight  infants. 

Chapter  587.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Hughes  and  wife,  Elmira  Ledbetter:  Elbert 
married  Eunice  Jane  McSwain.  Andrew  married  Eliza  Hawkins; 
second  wife,  Evalee  Collins.  Berry  married  Jane  Gillispie.  Eliza- 
beth married  John  Gillispie.     Catherine  married  William  Chesser. 

Chapter  588.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  William  Ledbetter  and  wife,  Eunice  Winborne :  Wil- 
liam married  Hester  Hawkins.  Clearenda  married  Bankston  Bridges. 
Hessentine  married  Webb  Hawkins. 


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Chaptee  589.     Eighth  Generation. 

Children  of  Elijah  Green  and  wife,  Judith  Hamrick:  James 
married  Susanna  Parris.  Aseph  married  Judith  Green.  Eliza  mar- 
ried Leander  Duncan.  Salena  married  Andy  Overcash.  Beatrice 
married  Edgar  Overcash ;  second  wife,  Minnie  Godfrey.  Melchiah 
married  I^Tarcissus  Cooper;  second  wife,  Elmer  Overcash.  Xancy 
married  Andrew  Prichard. 

Chapter  590.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  James  Bedford  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Byers :  Seth 
married  ^lartha  Spurlin.  Nancy  married  Anderson  Bridges.  Eliza- 
beth married  Lafayette  Wells.    Martha  married  Greenberry  Bridges. 

Chapter  591.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Greenberry  Bridges  and  wife,  Martha  Bedford :  Sarah 
married  Monroe  Beam.  Mary  Ellen  married  James  E.  Glover.  Seth 
G.  married  Octavia  Walker. 

Chapter  592.    Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Drury  Green  and  wife,  Elizabeth  Bridges :  James 
married  Etta  Bridges.     Francis  married  Alice  Price. 

Chapter  593.     Seventh  Generation. 

Children  of  Seth  Bedford  and  wife,  Martha  Spurlin:  Seth  mar- 
ried Laura  McDanicl. 

Benjaiiiin  irmiirifk,  who  came  from  Ireland,  had  two  brothers 
who  came  witli  liiiii.  Their  names  were  Robert  and  Charles.  They 
all  served  in  the  lievolutiouary  War  and  all  lived  to  be  very  old  men. 
Benjamin  Hamrick  had  seven  r-liildroii — three  sons,  James,  John 
and  Marshall;  four  girls,  Catherine,  Polly,  Salathy  and  Selety. 

Elder  John  Hamrick,  son  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  203 

•Ireland,  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  a  Mozley.  His  second 
wife  was  ISTancv  Todd.  His  first  wife  bad  five  children,  two  boys 
and  tbree  girls.  Tbe  names  of  tbe  boys  were  Benjamin  and  Jere- 
miah, the  girls  were  Catherine,  Eliza  and  Simmedy.  The  children 
of  the  second  wife  were  three  boys  and  two  girls.  The  boys  were 
James  P.,  William  and  Marshall ;  the  girls  were  Peggy^  Ann  and 
Emeline.     Ten  children  in  all  and  whom  they  married : 

Benjamin  married  Peggy  Eedic.  'Jeremiah  married  Lou  Childs, 

Catherine  married  Jones  Crowder.     Eliza  married  William  Huse. 

Simmedy  married  Lebron  Pitts.     Peggy  Ann  married  Thomas  Lase- 

ter.     James  P.  married  Malinda  Horsley.     William  married  !Nancy 

Cook.     Marshall  married  Edith  Hamil."    Emeline  married  Augustus 

Oliver. 

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I  do  not  know  the  names  of  all  their  children,  but  will  give  all  I 

know.     Benjamin  Hamrick,  son  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  grandson 

of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland,  married  Peggy  Redic. 

They  only  had  one  son,  named  William.     I  do  not  know  the  names 

of  his  girls. 

Jeremiah  Hamrick,   son  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  married  Lou 
Child.     Their  first  child  was  a  boy  named  John. 

Hamrick,    dauohter   of   Elder    John   Hamrick,    married 


Lebron  Pitts.     They  only  had  one  child,  Jane. 

William  Hamrick,  son  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  married  N^ancy 
Cook.  They  had  four  children — one  girl  named  Eliza ;  the  boys  were 
William,  John  and  Joe  Benny. 

Marshall  Hamrick,  son  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  married  Edith 
Hamil.  They  had  five  children :  three  boys,  John,  Dock  and  Cicero ; 
two  girls,  Cordelia  and  Victoria. 

James  P.  Hamrick,  son  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  married  Malinda 
Horsley.  They  had  six  children — four  boys,  James  M,  Hamrick, 
C.  C.  Hamrick,  J.  F.  Hamrick  and  W.  L.  Hamrick ;  two  girls,  Geor- 
gia Ann  Hamrick  and  Eannie  L.  Hamrick. 


204  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

James  P.  Hamrick,  son  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  and  grandson  of 
Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland,  married  Malinda  Hors- 
ley.  Had  six  children,  four  boys  and  two  girls.  Their  names  and 
whom  they  married: 

J.  M.  Hamrick  married  Synthu  Fordham.  Georgia  Ann  Ham- 
rick married  James  Pollard.  Dr.  C.  C.  Hamrick  married  Mattie 
Creech.  J.  F.  Hamrick  married  Nancy  Creech.  W.  L.  Hamrick 
married  Lizzie  Hoflin.     Fannie  L.  Hamrick  not  married. 

James  M.  Hamrick,  son  of  James  P.  Hamrick,  grandson  of  Elder 
John  Hamrick,  great-grandson  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came 
over  from  Ireland,  married  Synthia  Fordham.  They  had  nine  chil- 
dren, six  boys.  Benjamin  Franklin  died  in  infancy.  D.  M.  Ham- 
rick, A.  W.  Hamrick,  B.  Z.  Hamrick,  O.  E.  Hamrick,  S.  F.  ^Jamrick, 
and  three  girls,  Mattie;  twins,  Minnie  and  Ninna. 

D.  M.  Hamrick,  son  of  James  M.  Hamrick,  grandson  of  James  P. 
Hamrick,  and  great-gTandson  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  great-great- 
grandson  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  over  from  Ireland, 
married  twice.  First  wife,  Lula  Todd.  They  had  three  children — 
two  boys,  Ernest  and  Custer.  The  girl  is  named  Annie.  The 
second  wife  was  Mattie  Joiner.    They  had  one  child,  a  boy,  J.  D. 

Annie  Hamrick,  daughter  of  D.  M.  Hamrick,  granddaughter  of 
James  M.  Hamrick,  great-granddaughter  of  James  P.  Hamrick, 
great-gi'eat-granddaughter  of  Elder  John  Hamrick  and  great-great- 
great-granddaughter  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland, 
married  Hosey  Danley.     They  had  one  child,  which  died  in  infancy. 

Mattie  Hamrick,  daughter  of  James  M.  Hamrick,  granddaughter 
of  James  P.  Hamrick,  great-granddaughter  of  Elder  John  Hamrick, 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from 
Ireland,  married  Americus  Jacksoji.  Thoy  had  five  children — three 
boys,  R.  D.  and  Caspus;  the  other  boy  died  in  infancy.  The  girls 
are  Cara  Bell  and  Claudia. 

R.  I).  Hamrick,  son  of  D.  M.  Hamrick,  grandson  of  James  M. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  205 

Hamrick.  great-grandson  of  James  P.  Hamrick,  gTeat-great-grandson 
of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  and  great-great-great-gi'andson  of  Benjamin 
Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland,  married  Mrs.  Stella  Roney.  They 
had  one  child,  which  died  in  infancy.  . 

A.  W.  Hamrick,  son  of  James  M.  Hamrick,  grandson  of  James  P. 
Hamrick,  great-grandson  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  great-great-grand- 
son of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland,  married  Eliza 
Hare.     Thev  had  eio-ht  children.     I  do  not  know  their  names. 


O" 


Professor  D.  Z.  Hamrick,  son  of  James  M.  Hamrick,  grandson  of 
James  P.  Hamrick,  great-grandson  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  and 
great-great-grandson  of  Benjamijn  Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland, 
married  Eosa  Harper.     They  have  no  children. 

O.  E.  Hamrick,  son  of  James  M.  Hamrick,  gTandson  of  James  P. 
Hamrick,  great-grandson  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  and  great-great- 
grandson  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland,  married 
Texas  Hall.  They  have  six  children:  four  boys,  Doster,  Lindon, 
Bonney  and  Chester.     The  girls  are  Lucy  and  Vera. 

Minnie  Hamrick,  daughter  of  James  M.  Hamrick,  granddaughter 
of  James  P.  Hamrick,  great-granddaughter  of  Elder  John  Hamrick, 
and  great-great-granddaughter  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from 
Ireland,  married  M.  L.  Patterson.  They  had  five  children:  two 
girls,  named  Violet  and  Thelma.  The  boys  were  named  Lester, 
Martell  and  Willard.     Violet  married  Ike  Hyde. 

Xinna  Hamrick.  daugjiter  of  James  M.  Hamrick,  granddaughter 
of  James  P.  Hamrick,  great-gi-anddaughter  of  Elder  John  Hamrick, 
and  great-great-gTanddaughter  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came 
from  Ireland,  married  Oscar  Lee.  They  have  five  children — four 
boys,  named  Olinthus,  Curtis,  Robert  and  S.  B.  The  girl  is  named 
Gladvs. 

S.  F.  Hamrick,  son  of  James  M.  Hamrick,  grandson  of  James  P. 
Hamrick,  great-grandson  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  great-great-grand- 
son of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland,   died  at  the 


206  History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations 

age  of  nineteen,  with  pneumonia.    This  is  all  of  James  M.  Hamrick's 
children  and  grandchildren. 

Dr.  C.  C.  Hamrick,  son  of  James  P.  Hamrick,  and  grandson  of 
Elder  John  Hamrick,  great-gi'andson  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who 
came  from  Ireland,  married  Mattie  Creech.  They  only  had  one  child, 
daughter  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Benja- 
which  died  in  infancy. 

, Fannie   L.    Hamrick,    daughter   of   James   P.    Hamrick,    grand- 

Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland. 

Georgia  Ann  Hamrick,  daughter  of  James  P.  Hamrick,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Benja- 
min Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland,  married  James  Pollard.  The 
names  of  their  children  and  grandchildren : 

Arthur  Pollard  lives  in  Texas,  married  Hattie  Blidsole. 

Charles  Pollard  married  Joeanna  Brown ;  had  five  children :  Lii- 
ther.  Homer,  Jim  Tom,  Katie  and  Gidie. 

John  Pollard  married  Bertha  Churchwell;  had  one  child  named 
James. 

]\rattie  Pollard  married  John  Mozley.  Had  seven  children  :  ^lin- 
nie,  Arthur,  Ella,  Willie,  Thomas,  Eva  and  Fannie. 

Ella  Pollard  married  William  Hendrick.  Had  four  children: 
Auiiie,  Jewel,  Grady,  and  I  do  not  know  the  name  of  the  other. 

Addie  Pollard  married  Henry  Justice.  Had  four  children:  x\nnie, 
Alvin,  Bascom  and  Sadie. 

Fannie  Pollard  married  Emmett . 


Fannie  Pollard  married  Emmett  Dixon.  Had  six  children : 
Thelma,  Bertie,  Willie,  Mattie,  Harold  and  Clyde. 

The  names  of  Frank  llamrick's  children,  grandchildren  of  James 
P.  Hamrick,  great-grandchildren  of  Elder  Hamrick,  great-great- 
grandchildroii  of  Boiijamiii  Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland. 


History  of  the  Hamrick  Generations  207 

James  P.  Hamrick,  sou  of  J.  F.  Hamrick,  married  Esther  Under- 
wood.    Thej  live  in  Oklahoma  and  have  no  children. 

Ida  Hamrick,  daughter  of  J.  F.  Hamrick,  married  Allen  Carroll. 
Had  one  child  named  Annie. 

Selma  Hamrick,  daughter  of  J.  F.  Hamrick,  married  Frank  Grice. 
Do  not  know  their  children. 

Emma  Hamrick,  daughter  of  J.  F.  Hamrick,  married  Mark 
Jackson.    Had  one  child,  Mattie. 

W.  L.  Hamrick,  son  of  James  P.  Hamrick,  grandson  of  Elder 
John  Hamrick,  grandson  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from 
Ireland,  married  Lizzie  Heflin ;  had  five  children :  James  P.,  William 
J.,  Walter  A.     The  girls  are  Fatie  C.  and  Mollie. 

Walter  A.  Hamrick,  son  of  W.  L.  Hamrick,  and  grandson  of 
James  P.  Hamrick,  great-grandson  of  Elder  John  Hamrick,  and 
great-great-grandson  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from  Ireland, 
married  Cathie  Forehand.     They  have  no  children. 

Mollie  Hamrick,  daughter  of  W.  L.  Hamrick,  and  granddaughter 
of  James  P.  Hamrick,  great-granddaughter  of  Elder  John  Hamrick, 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Benjamin  Hamrick,  who  came  from 
Ireland,  married  Sam  'Neal.  They  have  two  children,  named  William 
Byron  and  a  girl,  named  Martha  Washing-ton. 

All  the  parties  above  named  are  in  Georgia  and  Alabama.  This 
is  a  copy  of  a  letter  written  by  Fannie  Hamrick,  Dothan,  Ala., 
Route  N'o.  1. 


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