William Hamilton Jr. (1779 - 1869)

Born 22 Feb 1779 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1869 at age 90 in Jackson County, Tennessee

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Biography

William was born in 1779, and died in 1869. He is the son of William Hamilton and Elizabeth Unknown.

Research Notes

The land records attached to this profile describe 2 land transactions. 1) an initial survey in 1805 to William Hamilton in Livingston county Kentucky, and 2) a sale from William Hamilton, in Jackson county Tennessee, selling this exact parcel of land to Samuel and Thomas Armstrong, heirs to Alexander Armstrong, who provided for the purchase of this land in his will.

Alexander is neighbor to John Hamilton in Livingston Kentucky. Two sons of John Hamilton married two daughters of Alexander Armstrong. In Alexander Armstrong's will, he describes the land he is buying for his sons as the land he is currently living on. The early date of survey for this land of 1805 indicates it is for the William Hamilton Jr that shows up in early Livingston tax records.^[1] By 1810, both of William's parents had passed, and we find him living neighbor to several of his brothers^[2] It is quite likely that the William Hamilton found in the 1820-1860^{[3][4][5][6][7]} Jackson county censuses, who is consistently born in or around 1779, is brother to John Hamilton of Livingston county Kentucky.

He is often conflated with a different William Hamilton (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-791) on many on-line trees. Many records from Jackson county during William's life have not survived, so there appears to have been some guesswork in his origins. This land record, which was filed in both Jackson county and Livingston county, is a surviving document.

There are documented children for William and his wife Mary. A Bible record for this family is erroneously connected to the Ancestry version of Wiki profile Hamilton-791.^[8] It lists the following family members:

parents

William Hamilton b: Feb. 22, 1779 d:October 19, 1869

Mary Hamilton b: July 18, 1795 d: January 22, 1868

children

Elizabeth b: November 26, 1815

Nancy b: February 14, 1817

Jane b: December 5, 1818

Margaret "Peggy" Rogers b: December 6, 1820

Abbie b: 1822

Sallie Ana b: 1824

Mary b: March 1826

Martha b: 1828

William W. b: 1831

John C. b: May 31, 1833

Milton L. b: January 25, 1836

David

A previous 1st wife for William (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rogers-38657) has been removed based on information found in the Hamilton DNA project.^[9] which has that William as a clearly different person who is father to a Joshua H. Hamilton. However, other on-line trees^[10] indicate the Joshua Hamilton said to be son to William Hamilton and Elizabeth Rogers on the Hamilton DNA project is actually son to William Hamilton and Elizabeth Dickerson. The spouse for Joshua is different for each version, as is the birthdate, so it is not determined at this time if the marriage record for William and Sarah Rogers in 1800 Blount TN is for this profile or for the father of Joshua (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamilton-23377)

Sources

1. ↑ 1801 tax records Kentucky https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/11644:3720?tid=&pid=&queryId=d844221361bac5e51996a4852f1c7c5f&_phsrc=Vbk3&_phstart=successSource
2. ↑ 1810 Census "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-HLK : accessed 8 May 2022), William Hamilton, Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 158, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 181,352.
3. ↑ 1820 Census Record https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-44P
4. ↑ 1830 census record https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-98VH?i=33&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHG2-656
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-VK9 : 10 June 2022), William Hamilton, Jackson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 278, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDK-MBX : 23 December 2020), William Hamelton, Jackson, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YM-5JZ : 18 February 2021), William Hamilton, 1860.
8. ↑ Transcribe bible record for William's children https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/183136193/person/312377619348/media/8c734a9c-6a20-47eb-85d2-37c8f3dcd7ca?_phsrc=SGf992&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=5&sort=-created or https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/50192782/person/26070238417/media/3c9a6f2e-363c-45a2-b4e3-8e6da84705d0?_phsrc=rcN1528&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=7&albums=pg&showGalleryAlbums=true&tab=0&pid=26070238417&sort=-created
9. ↑ https://www.hamiltondna.com/EAnc.html
10. ↑ https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/100264552/person/240067967022/facts

• Caldwell deed book i, pgs. 334-8, "representatives of William Hamilton, out of state" https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-T3DX-7?i=371&cat=114591

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sharry Jones for creating Hamilton-6496 on 30 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Sharry and others.