>Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 23:00:56 -0600 >To: betjacham@aol.com >From: Kitty Willis <kittyw@hiwaay.net> >Subject: Hamiltons > >Hi, >I am Kathryn (Kitty) Hamilton Willis, and much interested in your research >on Audley Hamilton, especially the South Carolina branch. I have been >looking for my gggrandfather's lineage for several years - I know a lot >about him, but I know nothing about him. He was born in Ireland about >1781 and came to Edgefield, South Carolina some way (?). Some of the >family, not sure which part or even if, resided in Abbeville, South >Carolina which is why I am interested to know about your S.C, >Hamiltons. My ancestor: John Hamilton, Sr. - b: ca 1781 Ireland, d: 20 >July 1858 Edgefield, S. C., married to Rhoda (?), five sons: George >Hamilton, John C. Hamilton, Jr., William M. Hamilton died in prisoner of >war camp during Civil War, Pleasant Hamilton (my ancestor) who died in >Atlanta during Civil War, and David Hamilton. I do not know John >Hamilton, Srs. parents nor how he got to South Carolina. Just hopeing >that in all of your genealogy data base there may be something that I >could use to find out more about him. Will appreciate hearing from >you. By the way, I am a native South Carolinian so I know how close >Abbeville and Edgefield are. I have lived in Huntsville, Alabama for over >40 years, though, and I noticed that your Hamiltons evidently came to Alabama. >Sincerely, >Kitty Hamilton Willis