This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Hampton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABB.2ACE/3325.1.1 Message Board Post: There is much more that we don’t know about this couple than what we do know. James Wilson and Amanda Hampton were married August 25, 1823. That much is clear. It is almost certain that they were the parents of Oscar F. D. Wilson who has many descendants. Amanda Hampton was born before 1808 in Kentucky and died after 1838. Almost nothing more is known factually about her. However, I believe there is more information available. Amanda Hampton’s parents are known, but James Wilson is a very common name. Information about his history is sketchy and unproven to my knowledge. There are many unanswered questions regarding them. There appears to be unproven information circulating about them. For example: Amanda Hampton is also known as Mary Amanda Hampton. The only explanation I have seen for her first name is the marriage bond, which states that James Wilson intended to marry ‘Amanda Hampton.’ Her first name may have been added unintentionally. I have not yet seen proof that this James Wilson had a second marriage or that he had was also known as James ‘Harrison’ Wilson. Hopefully we will one day have a clear picture of what happened in that age.