Thank you for any help; Louise Vanover Vore ---------- > From: > To: KY ROOTS LIST <[email protected]>; Harlan Ct. KY List <[email protected]>; Hamman List <[email protected]> > Subject: Fw: Hammon - James Taylor Adams Collection > Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 12:32 AM > > I copied these off of microfilm, still looking for Socia > (Sarah)Hammons born 1830 Scott County, Va. married Cornelius Hick Baker > in Letcher County, Ky. July, 19, 1848. > > > Subject: Hammon - James Taylor Adams Collection > > Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 12:24 AM > > > > June 24, 1950 > > > > Dear friend Hammon: > > Do you have this :> > > John Hammons, St. James Parish, Lunenberg Co. Va., 5 tiths : 200 acres, > > 1764 > > Betty Hamon, 1 tith, Lunenberg Co. from list taken by Abraham Martin > > between > > -luestone and Little Roanoke in 1750. > > Samuel Hammond was constable in Lunenberg Co., 1750 > > Thomas Hammond. 1 tithe same Ct. 1775. He was also listed with family in > > 1783. > > William Hammon and William Hammon, Jr. Cumberland Parish 1764. > > All of above from “ Sunlight on the Southside’’ by Landen Bell. In his > > “The Old Free State--Lunenberg Co., Va.,: I find following listed in > index. > > Did not run then done: Anderson, John, Milly, Polly, Raleigh, Rebecca, > > Richard, Robert, Roll ( must be the sme as Raleigh), William and Wyatt > > Hammon and Robert, Washington and Wells Hammonds. > > > > Sincerely yours > > > > JTA > > > > Mr. James Adams Taylor, > > ..Enclosed is a letter which will give you the name of the Journal > Sunday > > Editor. As he is a close friend you may mention my name. > > Do you have the first name of Mr. Hargis, the clerk of Russell > > County,Virginial . > > I should like to write him. > > I, too, hare flirted with the possibility of the Hamons (and that was the > > spelling of my branch also until 1760) coming down from Maryland. One > > William Hammond of the celebrated Maryland house disappeared just in time > > to be the William of Wilkes County, North Carolina. > > > > However, I an quite sure that Ambrose Hamon who landed in Old > Rappahannock > > County, Virginia, in 1666 is the first of our family, The prenomen > > 'Ambrose" is peculiar to our Hamon family only - and it persists until > the > > present time, > > > > My main purpose at present is to close the gap between Ambrose of 1666 > and > > Ambrose Hamon of Caroline County, Virginia, in 1770. Note the same name > in > > the same place as Caroline was taken from Old Rappahannock County, This > > later Amb rose moved to Wilkes circa 1774. > > > > Sincerely yous, > > S. Hammonn > > BIG LAUREL,VA. > > June 8, 1950 > > Dear Mr. Hammon, > > > > I have just received Revolutionary record of Benjamin Hammons > > (Hammon-Hammond-Hammonds) from National Archives, and gives what may be, > > some valuable informational leads to both the Hanmon and Adams families. > > Benjamin Hammons (regular spelling) was born. June 11,1756, In > Mecklenberg > > County, Va. Name of parents not given. (Your record shows him to be son > or > > Elder William). > > He stated that when he was an infant his father moved to Prince Edward > Co., > > Va. where he resided about three years. He then moved to Charlotte > > Co.,Va., where he lived for a few years and afterwards moved to > > Pittsylvania C.,Va. where - > > p-I > > he resided until 1777 when he moved to Wilkes County, NC where > > he was residing at time of his enlistment. Date of enlistment , not > shown, > > but he served at various times under Captains Benj. Cleveland, Larkin > > Cleveland, William Nall and Richard Allen. He served as private with N.C. > > > troops under Col. Francis Locke. > > At close of the war he returned to Wilkes Ct. He married Sarah May, Aug. > > 17,1787. Date of her birth and names of parents not shown, neither is > > place of marriage, but it may be presumed Wilkes Ct. N.C. > > In 1833 he applied for pension while residing in Wilkes County, where he > > died March 7, 1835. > > Sarah, the widow, was residing in Wilkes Ct. N.C. in 1855 when she was > > granted a bounty of land. She stated that she was then 84, placing her > > birth at 1771, 15 years Benjamin's junior. I believe she was a second > wife; > > for in 1785 John Adams in a deed mentioned his conditional line with > > Benjanin Hamons. > > > > .Sarah stated in her application for a pension in 1840 that her only > child > > was Mariah Hammons who born Nov. 1787. This would have been only four > > months after she and Ben married. > > Well, what do you make of it. First I think, it does lead us back > close > > to Sussex County; second it seems to show that the Hammons first moved > > northwest and into Prince Edward and Charlotte and then southwest to > > Pittsylvania County . It may have been in Pittsylyania that they first > > fell in with the Adamses, although it is very possible they were > neighbors > > back there in Meckenberg County, -possibly across the line into Sussex or > > Greensville.. This just about convinces me that my Adams ancestors > entered > > Wilkes County from Pittsylvania Count.,Va. I had suspected it all along > as > > a Spencer Adams, just a little younger than old Spencer of Wilkes (and > > Floyd County, KY) moved from Pittsylvania Co. about 1810 to Clark Co., > KY. > > and now we know that your Hamons entered Wilkes from Pittsylvania > > County,VA. I'll be pleased to have your comments. > > Sincerely yours, > > > > James Taylor Adams > > > > > > > >