Hi I have been told by someone who is supposed to have done some research on this that my branch of the Hampton family has roots in Ashe and Wilkes county. I have been trying to find the birth place and family of William P Hampton born Aug 8 1789. Some records give the state of his birth as North Carolina and some as Tennessee. I was told that the part of North Carolina he was born in became Tennessee right around the time he was born. William married a woman named Malinda (maiden name unknown) and the two of them had seven children together, John , James, William Irwin, Lemira, Elizabeth, Mary Adeline, and Matilda. William and his family left Tennessee/North Carolina sometime around 1825 to 1827 for McLean County Illinois. They stayed there about ten years before moving on to what is now Dade County Missouri. One history book of McLean Co lists William as having a connnection to Wade Hampton, but it doesn't say which Wade Hampton ( I've discovered there were dozens of them in the 1800's). Is anyone else researching this family or have any clues about which branch of the Hamptons William belongs too? Will share all information that I have Thanks for your time Jaime [email protected] Searching for HAMPTON RUSSELL LIEVESAY