Hammond Genealogy
Peter Hammond – Northumberland
County, Va.
Peter
Hammond (6/27/1752 – 2/28/1816) – Laurens County, S.C.
And Their Descendants
Joseph Thomas Hammond, Jr. 2009
Updated
2012
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Lucy
Hammond Wylie was my aunt but she was actually like my grandmother. My family
would visit Lucy and her husband Steve at their home in Cartersville, Georgia
every few months. We almost always visited around holidays and there was always
a big meal as part of the visit. At times Lucy would send me to retrieve
something from the “slave cupboard.” One day I asked Lucy why she called it the
slave cupboard and she said “Because it was built by slaves on the Hilton
plantation.” I stored that information in my mind and thought no more about the
cupboard. When Lucy died I inherited the cupboard. Occasionally I would look at
the cupboard and ask myself, “Who were the Hiltons?” That started my genealogy
work. As you will read in this paper, Emsley Hilton
and Cassandra Atwood Hilton were my great great
grandparents. As to the plantation and details of the cupboard, that is lost to
history.
For those
familiar with this lineage, there are two areas where this paper departs from
traditionally held beliefs. The first is the birthplace of Peter Hammond -
Laurens County, South Carolina. According to “Memoirs of Georgia” Peter
immigrated to America from Ireland but findings of this research indicate that
although this lineage may have originally come from Ireland, Peter's ancestors
and not Peter himself were the immigrants. The second item of departure is the
parents of Rebecca Cheek. DAR records, for which there is no supporting
documentation, show Rebecca as the daughter of William Cheek. Research for this
paper found information which cast doubt on this previously held belief. The Will of Willis Cheek (Laurens County, S.C. Will Book A,
Page 154) list
as one of his daughters, Rebecca Hammonds with four children. There could of
course have been two Rebecca Cheeks who married a Hammond and had four children
but this is improbable. This author accepts Willis Cheek as the
father of Rebecca Cheek Hammond.
The names of my
direct lineage are shown in bold print followed by a short biographical sketch
of that ancestor. Hyperlinks are
included in this paper to conveniently provide additional or supporting
information. Also, Newspaper articles, letters, and other information related
to the extended Hammond family are provided after the bibliography.
Hammond
Peter
Hammond (Northumberland
County, Virginia)
Knowledge of the Hammond ancestry begins
in Colonial Virginia with Peter Hammond (? - 1788) and
Elizabeth ____. Peter was a planter in Northumberland County, Virginia
where he and Elizabeth were presumably married. There are genealogy
documents on the internet that provide ancestral information from this
Peter back to the 1600’s but the author of this paper had no independent
verification of this lineage and therefore did not include it in this document.
At some
point in time Peter left Virginia and moved to North Carolina. Peter's Will was
written in Rowan County, NC on March 1, 1788 and proven there on August 9,
1788. Peter left his land to his son Peter to be received at Elizabeth's death.
The six known children of Peter and Elizabeth were:
1.
William
(10/25/1742 - ?)
2.
Sinah/Sarah
(10/7/1745 - ?) m. Mr. Durrum
3.
Elizabeth
(5/25/1749 - ?) m. Mr. Waters
4.
Peter
(6/27/1752 - 2/28/1816)
See Sketch
5.
Mary
(9/3/1755 - ?) Will indicates she was married to John Harrison
6.
Elijah
No birth record; listed in Will as a son.
Peter
Hammond (
Laurens County, South
Carolina )
Memoirs
of Georgia provides
information indicating that Peter Hammond - Laurens County came to America from
County Clare, Ireland. Research for this genealogy paper, however, found
information contrary to this account. Peter's date of birth is documented in
the family
Bible as 6/27/1752. Northumberland County, Virginia birth records show a
Peter Hammond born to Peter and Elizabeth Hammond on 6/27/1752. Because the
name and birth date shown in the family Bible agree exactly with the
Northumberland County birth records, the author of this paper chose to discount
the information found in Memoirs of Georgia and accept instead
Northumberland County, Virginia as Peter's place of birth. There may be those
who choose to believe the Memoirs account but no matter his origin,
there is no doubt about the lineage from this Peter to the present day descendants.
Laurens
County property records show land purchases by Peter Hammond totaling 575 acres
and one sale of 100 acres; the first purchase being in 1792. The Hammond farm
was located on the north and south sides of Beaver Dam Creek, and is shown on an
1820 Laurens District land plat surveyed by Henry Grady D.S. Peter was married
to Ann (Nancy) _______ (3/29/1753 - 6/19/1827). To the union of Peter and Ann seven children
were born.
1. William
(1/13/1777 - 1824)
m. Elizabeth Robertson (1775 – 10/?/1852). Other genealogy work provides
information on William and
Elizabeth. They along with their son Richmond, their grandson Richmond
F. and other family members are buried in the Hammond
cemetery in the Beaver Valley area of St. Clair County, Alabama.
2. Rhody (10/31/1779
- ?) m. 8/19/1796 William Robertson
(1778 - ?).
A. Berryman (? - ?)
B. Sarah (1799 - ?)
C. Nancy (5/22/1802 - ?)
D. Leroy
E. William, Jr. (10/21/1811 - ?)
F. Rhoda (4/?/1813 -
?)
G. Peter (2/?/l815 -
?)
H.
Elizabeth
(3/?/1817 - ?) .
I.
Luncinda
(9/27/1820 - ?)
3.
Sally
(10/18/1781 - ?) m. _______ Garrett or Barrett
4.
Ann
(Nancy) (10/4/1783 - ?) m. John
Mcharg
5.
Elizabeth
(Betsy) (9/30/1786 - ?) m. _______ Barrett or Garrett
6.
Peter (12/14/1792 – 4/15/1844) m. 5/12/1816 Millie Robertson (1/4/1799
– 7/6/1850)
daughter of John Robertson and Mary Couch. Peter and his family moved from Laurens, S.C. to Jefferson County, Alabama during the 1830’s. An interesting story concerning Peter’s son Andrew Jackson has been passed down through his descendents. The story, as told to Mrs. Myrtice Norris by one of Peter’s great granddaughters, is that one-day two men were traveling through Jefferson County and stopped by the Hammonds’ place. The two men ask if they might have food and lodging for the night. As was the custom in those days, Jackson Hammond and his family provided them with accommodations. One of the men slept on the porch and the other man slept in the barn with the horses. The next day the men continued on their journey. Later Jackson and his family learned that the two men were none other than Frank and Jesse James.
Some of Peter and Millie’s descendants are buried at Mud Creek Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama. Peter and Millie had nine known Children. For additional information on their descendents see “The Descendents of Peter Hammond, Jefferson County, Alabama” at the back of this paper.
7.
Isom/Islam (4/28/1796 - ?) See
sketch
Isom/Islam
Hammond
Isom Hammond, youngest child of Peter Hammond and Ann
_______was first married
3/24/1814 to Rebecca Cheek (? - 8/30/1827), daughter of Willis Cheek.
To the union of Isom
and Rebecca, four children were born.
1.
Cassandra
(1/1/1815 - ?) m. Andrew Massey (also
said to have married a Parson)
2.
Bethany
(7/7/1816 - ?) m. John Lindsey
3.
Lucinda
(1/10/1819 - ?) m. ________ Murphy
4. Peter (10/3/1821 - 3/19/1906) See sketch
Isom's
second marriage was to Millie Barker.
5.
William
6.
Nancy
7.
Rebecca
8.
Catharine
9.
Amelia
Isom was born
on the South Carolina homestead where he was raised a farmer and spent most of
his life. His father, Peter, willed the entire homestead to Isom.
Isom died in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Why he left
the Laurens homestead later in life is not known.
Laurens County deed and probate records show brothers William and Peter could write (signatures). No records were found showing either Isom’s signature or his mark.
Peter
Hammond (Bartow County, Ga.)
Peter Hammond (10/3/1821 - 3/19/1906) son of Isom Hammond and Rebecca Cheek married Miss Elizabeth (Betsy) Hilton daughter of Emsley Hilton and Cassandra (Cassy) Atwood. Information on Elizabeth’s parents (Atwood and Hilton) is included at the end of this paper along with two letters written by Elizabeth’s uncle, J. J. Atwood, Jr. In those letters there are references to Peter, Emsley and Cassandra (Cassy).
Peter and
Elizabeth left Laurens County, South Carolina in 1844 and moved to Cass (now
Bartow) County, Georgia where in 1845 they took up 40 acres by a land grant,
the lot No. 905, one half mile northeast of Stilesboro
depot. To this they added 300 acres by the purchase of other grants, making
their total 340 acres, and extending from the depot to their home place at the
mouth of Raccoon Creek. According to his biographical sketch in Memoirs
of Georgia, Peter was deprived of an education while growing to manhood.
Bartow County land transactions show Peter signing with "His Mark."
Despite this educational handicap, Peter was a successful farmer and a
prominent citizen of Bartow County. Peter, Elizabeth, and other family members
are buried at Raccoon
Creek Baptist Church in Bartow County, Georgia. To the union of Peter and
Elizabeth, nine children were born, all listed in the family
Bible.
1.
Robert(11/19/1842
- 3/25/1856)
2.
Mary
Lizzie (4/6/1845 - 9/11/1906)
3.
William
(7/13/1848 - ?) m. 12/21/1871 Nancy Mahala Smith
A.
Florine (1888 - ?) m.
1906 Charles F. Gresham
1.James
2. Sara
3. Elsie
4.
Toliver
(8/3/1851 - 10/19/1905) m. (12/20/1876) Mirtie L.
Powell. Family
Bible gives his name as “Isom T.”, Memoirs
of Georgia shows “Toliver”, and his headstone reads “T. R.”
5.
John
E. (7/23/1853 - 1916) m. 4/25/1882 Martha J. Milam
A.
Kate (4/16/1883 – 8/17/1972) m. Samuel Charles Candler
1.
Samuel Charles Candler, IV (1923 – 1924)
B. John Frank (10/?/1889 – 1956) m. 8/5/1910 Marian R. Brumby.
1. Stella
6.
Rebecca
(4/3/1855 – 5/24/1917) m. Joseph
Forester
A.
Mary Forester m. C. W. Sprouell
7.
Henry
(1/26/1858 - 11/26/1886) m. 11/5/1884 Elizabeth Tinsley (7/14/1865 – 7/27/1920)
A. Ruby Eunice (3/1/1886 – 12/27/1910)
8.
James Monroe (3/21/1860 - 11/21/1934) See
sketch
9.
Peter
Jr. (7/2/1865 - 6/22/1941) m. 4/30/1891 Zula Davitte
A. Davitte
James
Monroe Hammond
James Monroe
Hammond (3/21/1860 - 11/21/1934) son of Peter Hammond and Elizabeth Hilton
married 12/17/1890 Miss Mattie Bell Foster (12/25/1868 - 10-24-1951) daughter
of Green B. Foster and Martha F. Hayes of Forsyth County, Georgia. They were
married for 44 years and spent their married life in Bartow County, Georgia.
They, and many other family members, are buried in the Oak Hill
Cemetery in Cartersville, Georgia. To the union of James and Mattie, seven
children were born.
1. Henry
Foster (1/5/1892-8/20/1956) m. Fannie May Long (3/20/1895-2/?/1985)
A. Dorothy Francis (11/29/1913 - 1/20/1920)
B.
Hilton
1. Hilton Clover m. Bonnie
Avers
a. Hilton Teal
b. Troy John
2. Dorthy Anne m. William Schultz
a. Monica Anne
Schultz m. Constintine Pappas
C.
James
(Jim) – no children
2.
Lucy
Lee (8/29/1895 - 4/1/1979) m. Stephen James Wiley (8/1/1896 - 5/2/1978) Lucy
and Steve had no children of their own but in many ways they were like parents
to Lucy's younger brother Joe, and somewhat like grandparents to Joe's
children. Steve carried Joe to school on his first day, taught him how to
drive, and so forth. Lucy, Steve, Annie Sue, Doc, and Joe were all very close.
Steve and Lucy lived their entire lives in the Cartersville, Georgia area.
3.
Annie
Sue (8/24/1897 - 10/1/1957) m. Dr. Hancel (Doc)
Caldwell (11/30/1888 -8/6/1945) Doc was a veterinarian and worked for the
Federal Government for many years. When Annie Sue's father died, Doc resigned
from his job, and he and Annie sue moved back to Cartersville, Ga. and lived
with her mother. Doc went into private practice there. No children.
4.
Mary
(1/18/1901 - 8/29/1901)
5.
Rebecca
(1/18/1901 – 8/17/1901)
6.
Kathryn
Elizabeth (Sister) (2/18/1904 - 2/22/1981) m. Hugh Elliott Smith
A. Betty Jo
B. Martha
C. Zelda
7. Joe Thomas (8/29/1910 - 8/31/1977) See
sketch
Joe
Thomas Hammond
Joe Thomas Hammond (8/29/1910 - 8/31/1977) m. 3/18/1939 Hazel Blanche Knight daughter of Grady Hugh Knight and Lura Bama Garner. Joe was reared in Cartersville, Georgia and moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1937 where he went to work for the state highway department. Later he worked for Robert and Co. Engineering. While with Robert and Co. he worked on the Bell Bomber Plant (later Lockeed). In 1945 Joe went to work for the Georgia Power Company where he worked for thirty years before retirement. Joe was also an excellent cabinetmaker and made many items for the family and friends. Joe was a member of the Stone Mountain First Baptist Church. Hazel was an active member there. Hazel was a housewife until 1965 when she went to work for Stone Mountain Park where she worked for about thirty years.
Joe and
Hazel had three children.
1. Martha Blanche (7/20/1940) m. 9/10/1960 Persville Jiles McNatt, III
A. Jiles
(6/17/1962) - Surname legally changed to Jaco in
Richardson, Texas in 1984.
B. Barry (8/8/1963)
Martha and P.J. divorced in 1966
Martha married Charles Jaco
of Richardson, Texas in May of 1969.
C. Joey Lynn (2/28/1970)
Martha and Charlie divorced in 1982. She and the children live in Texas.
2. Joseph Thomas (3/30/1945)
m. 4/2/1966 Rebecca Ruth Robinson (2/11/1949), daughter of Harry Sanders
Robinson of Gwinnett County, Georgia and Montie
Miriam Rogers of Rabun County, Georgia. Tommy, Becky, and their two daughters
currently live in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
A. Laura Shannon (5/24/1972)
married Ross Page in 2000. Three children: Cole Hammond Page, Ireland Olivia
Page, and Sterling Rayne Page.
B. Ashley Rebecca (6/1/1975)
married James Gift in 2002. One adopted daughter: Myla
Rebecca Gift.
3.
David
Hugh (2/6/1952) m. 8/13/1977 Elizabeth Jane Broome (7/3/1954), daughter of John
Rhodes Broome of Lincolnton, North Carolina and Louise Estelle Johnson of Vale,
North Carolina. David and Beth have an adopted son Joseph and currently live in
Gwinnett County, Georgia.
Bibliography
1. Atwood Papers, genealogy file.
Samford College Library. Birmingham, Ala.
2. Cartersville
City Cemetery, tombstone inscriptions. Bartow County, Ga. 1985. Visit.
3.
Fleet, Beverley. ed. "Northumberland County
Record of Births." Virginia Colonial Abstracts Vol
3., p. 62.
4.
Franke, Will F. affiant. Affidavit in re The
Peter Hammond Bible. Jefferson County, Ala. Lewey
Robinson, Notary Public. 24 August 1955.
5.
Franke, Will F.
memorandum “The Hammond Cemetery/ Neeley Cemetery”
November, 1963.
6. Hammond, Jim and
Margaret. Macon, Ga.: 1987. Interview.
7. Hammonds of
North Carolina, genealogy file. Samford College
Library. Birmingham, Ala.
8.
Hammond, Peter. Will of Peter Hammond. Rowan County, North
Carolina Estates. Will book C.
9.
Hammond, Peter. Will of Peter Hammond. Laurens County,
South Carolina Estates. Will book D.
10. Norris, Myrtice R. McCalla, Ala.: 1987.
Interview.
11. Parrish, Donna.
Cumming, Ga.: 1987. Interview.
12.
Raccoon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, tombstone
inscriptions. Bartow County, Ga. 1985. Visit.
13.
Southern Historical Society, Ed. Memoirs of Georgia, Vol 1. Atlanta,
Ga.: Southern Historical Society; 1895.
14. Robertson
Papers, genealogy file. Stamford College Library. Birmingham, Ala.
15.
Shadburn, Donald L. Pioneer
History of Forsyth County, Georgia, Roswell, Ga.: W. H. Wolfe Associates,
1981.
16. Weidner, Thomas.
Taylors, S.C.: 1987. interview.
17.
Wiley, Lucy Hammond. Cartersville, Ga.: 1978. interview.
This
bibliography does not include U.S. census records or various linked Internet
sites.
Wedding Announcement
James
M. Hammond weds Miss Mattie Foster
The Courant American
Cartersville, Georgia
December 18, 1890, page 2 Transcribed by: Laurel Baty
A Marriage Yesterday.
Yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr.
Green Foster, Mr. James M. Hammond and Miss Mattie Foster were united in
marriage, Rev. James S. Hillhouse performing the
ceremony.
The bride, Miss Foster, is a young lady charming and bright and she has many
friends who wish her much happiness. Mr. Hammond is a young gentleman of
sterling worth, who, also, numbers his friends throughout the county by the
score. The best wishes of all are extended the happy pair.
Cartersville
News
March
29, 1906
Peter Hammond, Sr. passes away at his
home near Stilesboro.
Mr. Peter Hammond, Sr. one of the oldest
and best known citizens of Bartow County, died at his home two miles east of Stilesboro, Monday, March 19. His final illness lasted
about six weeks and was in the nature of a general break down of the system –
the effect of a visitation of the infirmities incident to old age.
He was 88 years of age and was born and
reared in South Carolina, the late Dr. W. I. Benham
being among his boyhood acquaintances and friends. He moved to Bartow County
just before the civil war and settled in Stilesboro,
where he reared a large family and made a success at farming. He was a faithful
and active member of “Brandon’s Chapel” Methodist Church for forty odd years,
and was a citizen of considerable influence in the community in which he lived.
He evinced a high sense of honor in all his dealings with his fellow-man and
was sincere and frank in all his opinions and actions.
He was elected as a member of the board
of commissioners of roads and revenues about ten years ago and showed in his
public that probity he displayed in his everyday private life.
His wife preceded him in death several
years ago. His children who survive him are Will Hammond of Stilesboro,
John Hammond of Cartersville, Peter Hammond, Jr. of Aragon, Miss Mollie Hammond
of Stilesboro, and Mrs. Joe Forrester of Bartow.
The funeral took place Tuesday, the
remains being interred at Raccoon church burying ground.
(Note: All living children were not
included in this obituary.)
James Monroe Hammond, 74, prominent Cartersville citizen, died at his home here on Leake street Wednesday night shortly after 10 o’clock following a long illness. Mr. Hammond had been in bad health for a number of years and had been confined to his home for several months prior to his passing.
Funeral arrangements have been completed and services will be held from the home Friday morning at 10 o’clock with the Rev. Guy N. Atkinson, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating. The following gentlemen have been requested to act as pallbearers. H. L. Adams, J. P. Adair, S. G. Sexton, Mark Leake, Warren Donahoo, and W. C. Sproull.
Mr. Hammond was born in the Stilesboro community on March 21, 1860, and had passed his
74th birthday. He was the son of the late Mr. And Mrs. Peter
Hammond, natives of South Carolina. He was married 44 years ago to Miss Mattie
Foster Hammond who survives him. Mr. Hammond was a member of the Methodist
church.
Served
as Officer
For a number of years, Mr. Hammond was
an attaché of the Bartow County sheriff’s office, serving as a bailiff and in
other capacities. He was also a member of the Cartersville police force for
several years. Mr. Hammond was a fearless officer and was a man of rare
courage. He was widely known throughout this section and possessed a host of
friends.
Besides his wife, Mr. Hammond leaves
three daughters, Mrs. S. J. Wylie, of this city, Mrs. H. E. Smith, of Atlanta,
and Mrs. H. W. Caldwell, of Union Springs, Ala; two
sons, Henry F. Hammond, of Rome, and Joe Hammond of Cartersville, and a number
of other relatives.
The funeral is to be held at the home Friday
morning. Interment will be in Oak Hill cemetery in the family lot.
Cumming-Long-Owen are in charge of the arrangements.
WILL OF PETER HAMMOND (Laurens County)
South
Carolina Laurens District in the Name of God Amen-------------------
I Peter Hammond
being of Sound disposing Manner and Memory but Weake
of Body and caulling to mind the uncertainty of life and being deroies
to dispose of Such Worley estate as it haith pleased
God to Blefs Me with do make and ordain this my last
Will and testament in manner following that is to Say first I Will and bequeath
unto My beloved wife Ann Hammond during her Natural life the following discribed property and after her death the said property
and its increase if any to be Sold at publick auction
and the moneys arising thare frm
to be Equaley Divided Share and Share alike among the
whole of my children that is to say one Negro Man named Dick about twenty years
old also one Negro Woman about twenty years old Named Peggey
also one Sorrel Horse cauled Charley with Bridle and
Saddle also two feather beds & furniture also two cows & calves
two Ewes & Lambs one Sow & pigs all of her own chusing
also one Chist one foure
legged table half dozen chairs and as much of the kitchen furniture as She May
think proper to keep—And I also Give and bequeath to My beloved Wife Ann
Hammond the use & privilege During her Natural life all that tract or
plantation whereon I Now live Settled by us and lying on the North Side of the Bever dam Creek and at her death the Said tract of
Plantation is willed to my Son Isom Hammond as
hereafter mentioned also one plow two axes and two hoes Secondly I will and
bequeath unto My beloved Son William Hammond one Negro man Named Tom about
twenty years old
Thirdly I
will and bequeath to My dearely beloved son Peter
Hammond one Negro boy named Sam about eaighteen years
old also one feather bed and furniture Forfchly I
willed & bequeath to my beloved Son Isom Hammond
one Negro woman named Patiance about twenty one years
old and one Negro child named George about two years old also all that tract or
plantation on the South Side of the Bever Dam Creek whareon he the Said Isom Now
lives as also all that other part of My plantation on the North Side of the
Said bever dam creek at his mothers
death witch Said tract or plantation witch is discribed
in my bequeath to her the whole forming a tract or persil
of Land of two hundred and fifty acres more or less Fifthly I Will and bequeath
to My Beloved Daughter Rhody Robertson her ishue one negro girle named Dise about seven years old
Sixthly I
will and bequeath to my beloved daughter Sally Garrett or her ishue one Negro girle Named Fanney about Eight years old
Seventhly I
will and Bequeath Unto My Beloved daughter Nancey McChurg as her ishue two hundred and fifty dollars to be paid her out of
the money arising from the Sale of the property Not otherwise disposed of
Eightly I
will and bequeath Unto my beloved daughter Betsy
Garrett or her ishue one Negro girle
named Gimmey about foure
years old
Ninthly I
Will that all my property of every discreption not
otherwise disposed of to be sold at publick auction
on a credit of twelve Mounths and all of the Moneys
arising thare from My Excutors
hereinafter mentioned to pay to Eaich of My daughters
or thare ishue the sum of
fifty dollars Eaich and the remainder what ever that may be after paying all my Just debts and
funeral expenses to be equally divided between My three Sons William Peter Isom Hammond and Lastly I do constitute and appoint My
three Sons Wm Peter & Isom
Hammond Excutors of this My Last Will and testament
hereby Made in testimony whareof I have hereunto My
hand and affixed My Seale this 26th day of January in the yeare
of our Lord 1816 Signed Sealed published and dilivered
as & for the last will and testament of the named Peter Hammond in
presence of Us
Isach X Couch (his mark)
Rueben Roberson Peter Hammond L. S.
Samuel
Couch
The swond [sworn| appraise bill of the
goods & chattels of Peter Hammond deceased--------
South Carolina Laurens District this the 6
day of July 1827- a just and true inventory of all the goods and chattels of
Peter Hammond deceased shown to us by Peter and Isom
Hammond Executors
2 tables appraised at $3.50, 1 chist
appraised at $3.50, 1 Negro [ ? ] man named Dick at
$400 - 407.00
1 benjamin appraised at $35.00, 1 set of chairs
appraised at $2.00, 1 womans saddle & bridle
$3.00 - 40.00
the kitchen furniture & churn $0.75, 1 set
of kitchen furniture appraised at $8.00 - 8.75
1
pair
of fire tongs and shovel appraised at $1.50, 1 pot rack appraised at $2.00 - 3.50
[?j
treys appraised at $1.00, 1 set of tubs, pails and higgins
appraised at $2.50, 3 tin buckets at $1.00 - 4.50
2
smoothing
irons appr. at $1.50, 2 tin pens, [pans] 1 tin bucket
appraised at $0.50 - 2.00
1 set of pewter appraised
at $5.00, 1 pair of fire dogs appraised a $2.00 -
7.00
1 [ ?
] cow & calf appr. at
$12.00, ditto $12.00, 2 goats and lambs appraised at $4.00 -
28.00
1 sow and pigs appraised at
$5.00, 1 bed stead appraised at $1.50 - 6.50
1 bed & furniture appr.
at $37.50, 1 bed & furniture & cord appr. at $40.00 - 77.50
2 [ ? ] hoes appr. at $0.50, 2 axes appr. at $2.50 - 3.00
We
do certify this is a just and true inventory of the property of Peter hammond deceased which was shown
to us by Peter Hammond and Isom Hammond Executors —
Lewis
Cargill - (seal) Mark Nobel - (seal) John Atwood - (seal)
On the Court of Ordinary for Laurens -
District
It appearing to my satisfaction that the life estate left by Peter
Hammond, deceased, to his wife Nancy Hammond – that the said Nancy Hammond is
now deceased and by the will of the said Peter Hammond, the life estate left to
his wife Nancy is to be sold and a devishion made
thereof amonghst the legatees of said deceased. It is
hereby ordered that the acting Executor of the said deceased do expose the said
estate to publick sale on the plantation of said
deceased on a credit of twelve months from the sale thare
of. Given under my hand this the 6 day of August 1827
D.
Anderson Ordy.
Known Descendents
of Peter Hammonds
Jefferson
County, Alabama
(Nine
Children)
1. Andrew Jackson Hammonds (2/10/1817 SC -
12/9/1899 Ala) m. 1/25/1848 Nancy Charlotte Rogers
(9-14-1831 - 5/4/1934) 8 children
1A. Mary A. Hammonds (1850 - ?) m. Wade McPhearson
IB. Lisey Hammonds (1852 - ?) m. Ben Leatherage
1C. Josephine Hammonds (1856 - ?)
ID. Harriett Hammonds (1857 - ?) m. M. C. Fields
IE. William James Hammonds (1860 - 3/4/1933) m. Dorothy Irene Howton, 8 children
1E1.
Mallsa Caldona
Hammonds (1881 - 12/19/1963) m. Cary Goodwin, 8 children
lEla.
Mae (1900
- )
m. William Parsons-Clifford Peyton Reynolds,
7 children
lElal.
Ida Parsons (1919 -) m. Jacob Thomas Haynes
lEla2.
Nell Onita (1922) m. Carl Shoemaker-Howard
Doss
lEla3.
Clara MaeReynolds (1930) m. Carl Curren
lEla4.
Myrtice Louise (1932) m. Paul Jean Norris, 4
children
lEla4a. Michael Wayne Norris (1955) m. Anne
Hall
lEla4b. Jeffery Paul (1959) m. Judy Gandy
lEla4c.Kin Lanise (1961) m.
Donnie Burroughs - divorced
lEla4d. Clifford Dale (1966) m. Sonia
Grogan
1Ela5. Peggy Joyce (1935) m.
Clayton Qwens
lEla6.
Jo Ann (1938) m. 1. Patrick O'Gara 2. Richard
Agee
lEla7.
Ronald Wayne (1942) m. Joan Robertson
lElb.
Margaret Josephine (1903) m. Edward Lewis
lElc.
Mona Alberta (1905) m. Charles Wilson
lEld.
Vivian (1907) m. Bertus Harrison
lEle.
Cary Coleman (1911) m. Margie Vining
lElf.
Robert Monroe (1913) m. Beatrice McMickens
lElg.
Roy Lee (1919) m. Margie Vann
lElh.
Edna Ruth (1921) m. Charles Jackson
1E2.
Olice David Hammonds (10/3/1884 - 11/26/1952)
1E3.
Leila Hammonds (1888 - ?) m. Ira C. Parsons
1E4. Lena Hammonds (1888 - ?) m. Ben Kelosky. Lena and Leila were twins.
1E5.
Julia Ann Hammonds (1893 - ?) m. Fleix Riley
1E6.
Sally Hammonds (1900 - ?) m. William C. Deaton
1E7. Arthur S. Hammonds (1902 - 4/15/1987) m.
Alpha Walden
1E8.
Mattie Louise Hammonds (1906) m. John Willy Hubbard
IF. Isham L. Hammonds (1862 - ?) m. Roxie Bean
1G. Andrew J. Hammonds (1870 - ?) m. Florence Emma Bean
1H. J. Butler Hammonds (1873 - ?) m. Carrie
Bean
2.
Frances
Marion Hammonds (11/4/1818 SC - ?) m.
2/12/1845 Mary C. Parsons, sister to Sarah C. Parsons
3.
Isham
Hammonds (1821 - ?) m. 12/2/1845 Sarah C. Parsons Isham
died during the Civil War and is buried in Macon, Georgia.
4.
Harriett
Hammonds (4/12/1823 - ?) m. Caleb Gier
5.
William
B. Hammonds (7/21/1825 - ?)
6.
Polly
Ann Hammonds (4/16/1828 - ?)
7.
Rhoda Hammonds (?/?) m. Jesse Graham
8.
Comadore Perry Hammonds
(5/29/1833 - ?) m. Martha Howton
9.
Alford Hammonds (1837 - ?)
The
information on the Peter Hammonds family of Jefferson County, Alabama was
provided through the generosity of Mrs. Myrtice Norris. Thank you Myrtice.
ATWOOD
John J. Atwood (c.1775 - 2/17/1847) first married Lucy
Robertson (1785 –Feb. 1829) His second marriage was to Mary (Polly) Parker
(1800 - ?). John's known children were:
1.
William B. (1800 - 10/20/1843) m. Sarah Franks (6/2/1809 - 1/13/1892)
2.
Cassandra (Cassy) (1802 SC - ?) m. Emsly Hilton
(11/13/1796 NC - ?)
3. John Jefferson
(8/3/1810 - 1864) m. Nancy Knight
(2/20/1812 - ?). Two letters written by J.J. are included herein
4. Manoah (1813 - 1859) m.
Sarah Lacy (1829 - ?)
5.
Joseph Harvey (9/27/1815
- 9/20/1867) m.
Nancy Caroline Thompson (12/31/1819 - 3/19/1893)
6.
Jane (1820 - ?) m.
William Robertson
7.
Melmouth M. (5/4/1822 - 2/18/1903) m. Susan Sophia
Crisp (8/8/1829 -10/5/1915). They are
buried at Raccoon Creek Church in Cartersville, Georgia.
8. Thomas E. (1832
- 3/11/1910) m. 1. Nancy J_____ 2. Malice J________
9.
Frances (1843 - ?)
m. Ephrain Bailey
10.
Peter B. (1836 - 5/7/1916) m. Sallie Bradfute
11.
Margaret (Maggie)
m. Mr. Durham
12. James (1839 -
?) m. A. L_____
13.
Toliver (1844 - ?)
Several
Atwood family members are buried at Shiloh United
Baptist Church in Attalla, Alabama.
HILTON
Emsley Hilton
(11/13/1796 NC - ?) married Cassandra (Cassy) Atwood
daughter of John Atwood and Lucy Robertson. They lived for sometime
in South Carolina; presumably in or around Laurens County. In 1837 Emsley purchased land in Lee County, Georgia. In 1850 the
family was living in Cass (Bartow) County, Georgia. In 1860 they were living in
St. Clair County, Alabama. St. Clair is next to Jefferson County where Cassy's brothers lived. In 1870 Emsly
and Cassy were back in Bartow County, Georgia. They
probably moved back to Bartow County to be near their daughter Elizabeth. Emsley and Cassy had eight known
children, all born in S.C. except Mary E. who was born in Ga.
1.
Elizabeth
(11/13/1820 - 3/21/1898) m. Peter
Hammond (10/3/1821 -3/19/1906)
2.
Lucy
(c. 1828 - ?) m. Archibald Battles, Jr.
3.
Jane
(c.1831 - ?) m. James Canaday or Kennedy (See Jane
Kennedy, Paulding County, Ga. 1870 Census)
Possible Children:
A.
Elizabeth
(c. 1856)
B.
John
(c. 1860)
C. James (c. 1864)
4.
Susan
(c.1833 - ?) m. Evan Henry Battles
5.
Harriet
(c. 1836 - ?) m. James Monroe Battles
6.
Frances
(Fannie) (c.1838 - ?) m. William Franklin Battles
7.
John
(c.1843 - ?) m. Lucy Jackson
A.
Fannie
B.
Laura
C.
Bess
8.
Mary
E. (c.1854- ?) m. 1/16/1873 William Columbus Pugh/Peugh.
They are buried in the Wax Community Cemetery in Rome, Ga.
The burial
place of Emsley and Cassandra is unknown.
ATWOOD/HILTON
Laurens Court House 4 April, 1852
Dear
Brother
I take my seat
to answer yours of the 14 of March which I read in due time. We are all well at
this time. I had given out your ever writing to me again. It has been two or
three years since I read a letter from you and have
wrote to you several times. I have nothing particular to write to you. I am
still living in the jail and attending to the office. Josiah does the principal
part of my riding. My term of office will be out next February at which time I
expect to move to my place where I have carried on a farm all the time. My sons
Andrew J. & Geo Toliver is going to school. I
have made some money by the Sheffs office but I am
unable to say what amount. I have bought 6 negroes but
have not quite paid for them. Times is very hard here.
Corn is not to be had this side of Blue Ridge for less tharn
$1.00. In fact there is none to sell. If it ware not
for the Charleston market the people would suffer in this country. By the aid
of our rail road we can get as much as we want to this place at $1.05 ct. per
bushel. Every thing else is plenty and cheap enough.
Sugar coffee salt molases corn are
here in abundance. This market next fall will compete with the Augusta &
Columbia markets on account of our rail road which will be completed to
this place from Charleston by the way of Col & Newberry C. House to this
place which is the terminus of this branch of the road. Another branch leaves
ours at Newberry C. H. runs by way of Chappels Bridge
Abbeville C. H. to Anderson and Greenville C. Houses. I can take my brakefast at home & supper in Charleston the same
evening a distance of 230 miles. There is nothing like a rail road running
through a county. I have $200 in stock in the road & if I never receive a
cent of dividend I will be the better of it tharn not
to have the road. You speak of going to Arkansas or some other new country and advise me to leave this old place. In reply I would advise
you to return to this county. It has become entirely a new place. Land that
when you were here was worth $3.00 per acre is now worth ten & I think
cheaper at ten now them it was at $3 then. Though you think mine strange
doctrine I will cite you to a few places that you know. The Peter Adams place
joining fathers old place there has been $12.00 per
acre offered for it and refused. My place where I first settled though I added
to it till I have the rise of 300 acres I have been offered $8.00 per acre but
I would refuse $12 if it was offered. Yet there is plenty of land for sale
& as much trading in land as ever. When the road is completed to this place
which will be by September next (for it now is within 15 miles) we can put our
cotton corn potatoes fruit poultry or anything we have on the cars one morning
and the next morning have it in market in Charleston, sell it that day &
return home the third day. the freight on a bale of
cotton wont exceed $1.50cts when you know it used to
cost two dollars per hundred to wagon it which if the bail weighed 350 lbs would be $7.00. Is not there $5.50 cts
saved on the bail of cotton? In addition to that all kinds of fruits
watermelons & corn can be thrown in the Charleston market where it will
find its way to almost all parts of the world. We have quit trying to see who
can tend the most acres of land to the hand, but who can make the most to the
acre. Many old fields that was in sedge when you left
here with a common season will make 800 lbs seed
cotton to the acre. People have entirely quit clearing land, only enough for there fire wood. Logrolings are
almost unherd of. Twenty
acres of land will do a man as well as 80 used to. Flour & wheat is plenty
at $6.50 per barrel or $1.00 per bus.
I rec’d a letter a few days back from Peter Hammond. Emsley Hiltons family
& his were all well, they at or near the same place where they did when you
was there. I must come to a close as time is pressing and I am very tired of
writing as it is a daily occupation. It keeps me very busy to keep the writing
of the office up. Tell Reubin Robertson that we are
well and that I have wrote to him twice & got no answer
Yours Respectfuly J. J. Atwood
To. Jos. H. Atwood Menoah Atwood
[The following post script followed]
As for politicks we have none here at this time. All old parties Nulifiers union whigs
& Democrat have all become the same. Last fall in the election for
delegates to the southern convention the Seperate cececonists as fire eaters tried to make a flourish - but
we met them at the Ballot Box and left them several thousand behind. Poleticks have not been mentioned since though we are all
Southern Rights men and wold be
in favor of Seperation with the other Southern States
with us if we can't go to California with our slaves. We all claim right to
36.30.
J. J. Atwood to Jos. H. Atwood Alabama Jonesborough
[The following post scripts were written in the margins]
I had forgotten to tell you how many children we have 10-4 boys
& 6 girls
J.J.A.
Melmoth & family are
all well and owns the old place. There will be a small
legacy coming to you when he finishes paying for it say about $25 to each of
us.
ATWOOD/HILTON
Camp Three Miles from Dalton, Georgia May
the 4th 1864
Dear Brother
I again
drop you a few lines to inform you that I am well and in camp near Dalton Geo.
I wrote you one letter since I left my house but recd
no answer. I remained at home till the 8th of Nov. I left to join my command
and found it on Look Out Mountain. On Nov. 25th [1863] we
went into battle. On the 25th and [illegible words] retreated to Missionary
Ridge fought there on the 25th and retreated to Dalton. Arrived there on the
27th, a distance of about 32 miles and are here yet and probably will remain
here for some time. We have been fortyfing this
position for some time. We are looking for the Enemy to make a powerful effort
to break through our lines every day, though they know they will have a rough
bobcat to tree.
They
advanced and attacked us on the 20th of February [1864] but a few rounds from
our lines and batteries drove them back to their fortifications in Chattanooga
with considerable loss. They have been receiving reinforcements since and will
be compelled to advance or evacuate Chattanooga. We also have been receiving
reinforcements daily and have a powerful army. I can't tell what number but
over fifty thousand all in fine spirits, well fed and well clothed and in good deciplin confident of a victory when they come. There has
been skirmishing in front almost every day for two weeks. Wheeler's Cavalry is
in our "front". Nature has fortified our postion
on the ridge of the rocky faced mountains. What was left undone we finished and
are ready for them. Two deserters were shot in sight of our camp today. I don't
know how long I will remain in the service. My time will be out in twelve months
but I think under the late act of Congress I will be retired or assigned to
State duty in a short time. Two of my sons is in camp near me and is well.
Josiah and Andrew Toliver is
still in Wheeler's Cavalry. Lem is with Longstreet in
Va. All well when I heard from them last.
Sister Cassy and Emsly
[Hilton] is well as for health but I expect in trouble about their
son-in-law. My folks writes to me [that] Jas Canady
Jane's man has deserted
and come home. [He] staid a short time and went to the Yankees in Tennessee
with their other two Battles son-in-laws, and their families are going to them
also. Robert Battles, John Nobel, Sam Dillard and others report they are gone.
If it is true and they don't come back their lands will be confiscated and
sold. You had better go back there and look for you a place again. If you will
go there you can get Jas. Kennedy place at the same price Jas. & Emsly promised for it. Emsly
& Cassy would be mighty glad you would go and see
about it as they want a small portion of it for a home and have got the cotton
to pay for it. Mr. Byers & Rowen told me that he
would not sell it to any body else as long as there was
any chance of their paying for it, but we all know that Jas. Kennedy will never
try to pay for it now and I think if you will go out there Emsly
will go to Mr. Byers with you and you can take Jas. Kennedy's place and the
land at the same price. If I go home I will assist you. Mr. Byers told me he
would not sell it to anybody else till he let me know it. The price is five
dollars per acre and good time to pay it in. It will be worth twenty dollars
per acre in a few years. Caroline make Joseph get on that mule and go back
there and get him a place. He can do better there than any place I seen in all
my travels. When you write direct to Tennessee Army Stuarts
Division Bakers Brigade 42nd red. Ala. vol. Co. G.
When you write me at home direct to Bennettsville P.O.
J.
J.
Atwood
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