Hi All! The following article is from the James Taylor Adams collection. Thought you would enjoy it. Schuyler Hamilton Schuyler Hamilton it is said came from North Carolina and settled where Ramsey now stands. He was married to Susannah Dotson. He had children born at this place as early as 1816. (NOTE:) According to the family history of James Dougherty the Hamilton family was living at Ramsey in the year 1779. Schuyler Hamilton owned a part of the Richard Smith Grant at Ramsey. Unto Schuyler and Susannah Hamilton was born seventeen children. Among these was Louis, Loucinda, and Lucy who were triplets. When the triplets were born old Schuyler was out in the field plowing an old horse called "Kit" and one of the other children came running out and said "Paw, theres a new baby up at the house." "Alright, get up Kit," he said. Soon the child came again and said theres another baby up at the house Paw." "Alright, get up Kit." he said again. Soon the child came running back again and said, "There is still another baby up at the house Paw." "Whoa Kit," he said. "I'll be jobbed if I don't go up there and put a stop to that." Both Schuyler and Susannah Hamilton died during the Civil War and are buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery at Ramsey, Wise County, Virginia. Schuyler Hamilton was a fife player. Louise Vanover Vore and Rachel Vore