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Benjamin Stewart Hamilton (1758 - 1831)

Benjamin Stewart Hamilton
Born in Wake County, Province of North Carolinamap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 73 in Vidalia, Montgomery County, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Benjamin Stewart Hamilton was born in 1758 in Wake County, Province of North Carolina. His parents were William B Hamilton (1705 - 1776) and Rachel Dorman (1707 - ~1794).

Benjamin married Clarissa Stringer (1762 - 1840).

Their children were...

  1. Strother Hamilton (~1780 - <1837)
  2. William Hamilton (~1782 - ~1846)
  3. John Hamilton (1787 - 1869)
  4. Sarah (Hamilton) Burch (1790 - 1871)
  5. Rebecca (Hamilton) Story (1792 - 1835)
  6. Josiah Hamilton (1794 - 1869)
  7. Solomon Hamilton (~1796 - <1899)
  8. Roseanne (Hamilton) Calhoun (~1797 - 1850)
  9. Clarissa (Hamilton) Connell (~1802 - 1876).

He enlisted at Hillsboro Courthouse in Orange County, NC, in 1781, and served as a private in Captain Bailey's Company, 10th North Carolina Continental Army. Stewart Hamilton had migrated to Montgomery County, GA, by 1802.

Benjamin passed away on 7 Nov 1831 in Vidalia, Montgomery County, Georgia, USA aged ~73. He is buried in Kibbee, Montgomery, Georgia, USA. [1]

Burial

Place: Kibbee, Montgomery, Georgia, USA
Cemetery: Hamilton Hill Cemetery
Surname on Headstone: Hamilton [1]

Last Will and Testament

Name: Benjamin Stewart Hamilton
Probate Date: 07 Nov 1831
Probate Place: Montgomery, Georgia, USA
Inferred Death Year: 1831
Inferred Death Place: Georgia, USA
Item Description: Administration and Guardian Bonds, 1830-1955 [2]
Text: In the Name of God Amen. I, Stewart Hamilton, of Montgomery County and State of Georgia, being of sound and perfect mind and memory, do this fourteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, make this my last will and testament. That is to say, first, I give and bequeath after my death all of my property that I now possess and the increase of it to my beloved wife, Clarry Hamilton, if she should live longer than me, and at her decease, she can give the property to such of my children as she pleases. I will all to her. I give my children no part of my property except one dollars worth to each one of them is all I give them. This my last will and testament. In witness whereof the said Steward Hamilton has hereunto set my hand and signed, sealed, published, and declared in presence of all. Stewart Hamilton
Duncan McCrimmon
Malcolm Peterson
Geo. Wyche[3]

Research Notes

  • Search for Revolutionary Era Ancestors [4]
HAMILTON, STEWART Ancestor #: A050277 Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): SOLDIER Birth: CIRCA 1760 NORTH CAROLINA Death: ANTE 11-7-1831 MONTGOMERY CO GEORGIA Service Source: HITZ, AUTH LIST OF ALL LAND LOTTERY GRANTS MADE TO VETS OF THE REV WAR BY GA, P 33 Service Description: 1) RECEIVED GA LAND GRANT FOR MILITARY SERVICE, 1827 Residence 1) County: WAKE CO - District: HILLSBOROUGH DIST - State: NORTH CAROLINA Spouse 1) CLARISSA STRINGER

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Find a Grave", database and images (accessed 1 Jun 2020), memorial page for Benjamin Stewart Hamilton (1758–7 Nov 1831), Find A Grave: Memorial #27311122, citing Hamilton Hill Cemetery, Kibbee, Montgomery County, Georgia, USA.
  2. Source: Administration and Guardian Bonds (Montgomery County, Georgia) 1830-1955; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Montgomery County); Probate Place: Montgomery, Georgia; Original data: Georgia County, District and Probate Courts.
  3. Recorded Montgomery County, Georgia, Wills 1806, 1832-1863, page 23. Filed Nov. 7, 1831.
  4. Benjamin Stewart Hamilton: Revolutionary Era Ancestors




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I am happy to find this site, with information on my relative, Benjamin Stewart Hamilton. My family took part in the Clan Hamilton Y-DNA project and we were traced back to him. - Jacqueline Hamilton
posted by Jacqueline Hamilton
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Benjamin Stewart Hamilton is a proved DAR Patriot, his Patriot # is A050277

http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A050277

posted by Sandra Scarborough
North Carolina, one of the original 13 colonies, ratified the Constitution, Saturday, November 21, 1789, prior to that it was referred to as the Province of North Carolina
posted by Sandra Scarborough

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