Family Group of
Tilman H. Hampton* b 5 Nov 1823 NC d 12 Jul 1913 Christian CO, MO buried Wise Hill Cemetery, Christian CO, MO
occupation - preacher and farmer
military service - SGT., Company H, 35th NC Infantry, CSA
photo of Rev. Tilman H. Hampton's tombstone
son of -

m (1) ca 1848 (Buncombe CO?) NC TO
Sarah L. Shoap / Shope* b ca 1829 NC d ca 1861 - 1864 probably in Union CO, GA
dau of

m (2) 2 Sep 1865 Union CO, GA TO
Rebecca Leona (Cobb) Little (widow of Peter Little) b 27 Sep 1832 Burke CO, NC d 29 Jan 1916 Clever, Lincoln Township, Christian CO, MO buried Wise Hill Cemetery, Christian CO, MO
dau of Rev. William Alfred & Charlotte (Henson) Cobb of Union CO, GA

issue: (by his 1st marriage)
1(M) James Madison Hampton b 6 Apr 1849 Buncombe CO, NC d 11 Nov 1926 [per death certificate 13 Nov 1924 Isabella, Polk CO, TN] buried Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC
25 Dec 1867 Union CO, GA TO
Elizabeth M. Brown b 10 Jan 1853 GA d 28 Dec 1935 buried Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC

2(M) John Henry Hampton** b Oct 1851 Buncombe CO, NC d 21 May 1927 Cherokee CO, NC buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m 13 Apr 1873 Cherokee CO, NC, at Reason Roberts', with T. H. Hampton, Ozena Hampton, and Susan E. Roberts as witnesses, solemnized by William A. Cobb, M. G., TO
Phoeba Jane Roberts** b Nov 1846 Cherokee CO, NC d 1 May 1929 Cherokee CO, NC buried Hanging Dog Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC

3(F) Ozena Matilda Hampton b 22 Jun 1852 GA d 29 Mar 1936 Notla, Cherokee CO, NC per death certificate, buried Notla Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m TO
Leonard Olvey b ca 1809 Wilkes CO, NC d 1890

4(F) Bethena Hampton b 22 Jun 1852 GA (twin to #3) d
m TO
________ Loudermilk? b d

5(F) Martha Hampton b 25 Jan 1856 GA d 10 Jan 1957 Murphy, Cherokee CO, NC buried Reid's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m 15 Feb 1874 Cherokee CO, NC by R. Deaver, Magistrate, TO
Jesse Harbon Reed b ca 1853 d (probably buried at Reid's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery without tombstone)

6(F) Mary Hampton b 25 Jan 1856 (twin to #5) GA d 14 Nov 1939 buried Pleasant Hope Cemetery, Rome, Floyd CO, GA
m 22 Dec 1875 Cherokee CO, NC TO
Peter Andrew Stamey b 1854 NC d 1942 buried Pleasant Hope Cemetery, Rome, Floyd CO, GA

7(F) Nancy L. Hampton b 1859 GA d 12 Feb 1937 Christain CO, MO buried Wise Hill Cemetery, Christian CO, MO
m
Daniel Little b 1846 d 31 May 1929 Christain CO, MO buried Wise Hill Cemetery, Christian CO, MO
military service - Company K, 12 TN Cav, USA

issue: (by his 2nd marriage)
1(F) Emma "Emmer" I. Hampton b 1866 Ga d Oct 1954 Kansas City, Jackson CO, MO buried Wise Hill Cemetery, Christian CO, MO
m ca 1895 TO
Binum L. Turner b d ca 1903 (Christian CO, MO?)

2(M) William L. Hampton b 14 Sep 1868 Union CO, GA d 4 Jul 1967 buried Mt. View Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb CO, GA
(occupation - Methodist minister in Marietta, GA)
m ca 1893 TO
Sarah E. Isabell Low b 1877 d 1964 Mt. View Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb CO, GA

3(M) Joseph "Joe" W. Hampton b Mar 1870 GA d 1948 buried Wise Hill Cemetery, Christian CO, MO
(occupation - school teacher in Cherokee CO, NC)
m TO
Blanche O. _____ b 1882 GA d 1954 buried Wise Hill Cemetery, Christian CO, MO

4(M) R. Marshall "Mars" Hampton b 14 Oct 1872 GA d 23 Jul 1961 buried Wise Hill Cemetery, Christian CO, MO
m TO (widowed by 1910)
Mollie J. _____ b Jul 1873 d before 1910

5(F) Susan "Susie" Anna Hampton b 1874 NC d 10 Feb 1937 Greene CO, MO buried Wise Hill Cemetery, Christian CO, MO
m (1) ca 1903 TO but widowed by 1910
Howard Madison Buckner b NC d ca 1908
m (2) TO
_____ Abbott b d

6(M) Turley Alfred Hampton b 20 Jan 1879 NC d 1961 buried Grandview Cemetery Montrose Co, CO
occupation - hunter of predatory animals for U. S. govt.
m (1) Christian CO, MO? TO (but widowed by 1910 census)
_____ _____ b d by 1910 census
m (2) 23 Apr 1921 TO
Alma Jane Wolfe b 10 Sep 1900 Springfield, Greene CO, MO? d

[NOTE: According to census records, Rebecca (Cobb) Little had three children by her first marriage. They include Sarah Jane Little b 7 Aug 1857 GA d 31 Mar 1931 m. James B. Rhodes, both buried Wise Hill Cemetery in Christian CO, MO, Melvina "Vina" K. Little b ca 1859 GA m. Edwin K. Wolfe, and Julia F. Little b 1860 GA. Tilman, Rebecca, Marshall, Susan, and Turley Hampton moved to Christian CO, MO about 1904 according to information in Margaret (Walker) Freel's history.]

Many thanks to all of the following for information: Ron D. Wilson, Mary Lee Farmer, Joyce Burkett, Betty Cook, Bill Allen, Eugene Hampton, Ronald V. Lamb, former Murphy, NC postmaster, Edwina Williams, Carol Tindall, Jerold White, and Randy Hampton. I will always be grateful to Mabel G. Phillips and Mary Spurgeon, volunteers for the Christian CO, MO Homepage, for cemetery, marriage, and census records of our family in the Ozarks!

* great-great-great-grandparents &
** great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge

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