This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xFh.2ACEB/4570.3 Message Board Post: HAMILTON AND MCCLURE ANCESTORS This is no doubt a long shot as I have just come into knowledge of a maternal ancestor, Martha HAMILTON, wilth little information to contribute. However, since this is definitely an ancestor, my ggg-grandmother, I will give this information in hopes of finding a connection to other HAMILTONS ancestors. There is a William HAMILTON family, who lived "next door" to the McClure's and possibly the father of Martha HAMILTON. This name is recorded in the 1790 census of Lancaster County, SC, page 25. The same place James McClure, of Augusta Co., VA, moved his family and settled on land known as Little Lynches Creek. Is it possible that the HAMILTON's, friends and neighbors of the McClure's, made the journey from Virginia to South Carolina together? People were always traveling together for protection. And, friends were known to choose land close to each other. Many land owners in Augusta Co., VA moved away from their homes during a major Indian uprising as many of their friends, neighbors, and relatives were being killed. James McClure later returned to his Virginia plantation, after this war was settled, where he died a few years later. Several of his sons had grown up in the South Carolina area, married and chose to stay there with their families. My ancestor, Samuel McClure, one of the sons of James McClure, stayed in South Carolina and fought and died during the 1812 war. One of Samuel McClure's sons, my direct ancestor, Rankin McClure, and his wife Martha HAMILTON, later sold the land he had inherited from his father, and moved to Monroe Co., AL where he died a few years later. Martha HAMILTON, McClure, Rankin McClure's widow, is listed in the 1830 census with their three sons living in the household. Two of the sons names are listed as, James and Eli McClure. Two older sons, William D. and Samuel McClure, were listed as living nearby. Their son, James McClure, is my direct ancestor. The 1830 census is the last listing found for Martha (HAMILTON) McClure, but she appears to be living in the household of son Eli McClure in the 1840 census. This is not a lot of information for HAMILTON researchers, but as previously stated, I do claim the name as part of my ancestry and wish to connect with others who identify with these names. No doubt, like most families, HAMILTON families moved around a lot and can be found in just about every state. Joyce McClure