This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yIB.2ACE/237.1 Message Board Post: There were two John Hamiltons in 1850 and I think they were father and son. John M. Hamilton Jr. was 33, wife Mary C. was 28. They had Eliza, William, Emma, Thomas and Eleanor. It looks like Thomas was 4 in Sept. of 1850 if this is the right one. All but Eleanor were born in S.C.