Pvt
John
Lewis
Hamilton
Born in Abbeville, South Carolina
Ancestors 
Brother of
Hugh Hamilton, Archibald Hamilton III, Sarah (Hamilton) Harris, John Hamilton, Francis (Hamilton) Calhoun, Joseph Hamilton, William Hamilton, Martha (Hamilton) Hays, Andrew Calhoun Hamilton, Alexander H Hamilton, Jane McGill Hamilton, Catherine (Hamilton) Alston and Andrew M Hamilton
Husband of
Nancy Jane Thompson
— married
about 1791 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
George W Hamilton, John Calhoun Hamilton Jr., David Hamilton, James Lemuel Hamilton, William Manly Hamilton and Pleasant Hamilton
Died
at age 73
in Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
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Biography
John was the son of Major Andrew Calhoun Hamilton and Jane McGill born in the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina.
Ninety-Six District (29 Jul 1769 - 31 Dec 1799) was divided into six-counties in 1785. On 12 Mar 1785 Abbeville County was formed. Other counties formed from that division were: Edgefield, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg and Union. Abbeville City was formed on 20 Dec 1832.
He married Nancy Jane Thompson ca. 1789 in Abbeville County.
John was a Private for SC Militia during the Revolutionary War.
Residence
Date: 1790 Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Death
John's will was written 6 Oct 1839[1]
Place: Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA Cemetery: Upper Long Cane Cemetery Place: Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Probate[2]
Inscription
John Hamilton
PVT
SC Militia
Revolutionary War
Aug. 12, 1766
Dec. 6, 1839
Research Note
Major Andrew Hamilton, Early settlers to Abbeville, Revolutionary War, and Upper Long Cane Church
Sources
- ↑
Wills, 1787-1868:
"South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
Catalog: Wills, 1787-1868 Wills, v. 3-4 1837-1868
Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Abbeville > Wills, 1837-1855, Vol. 03 > image 36 of 603; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
FamilySearch Image: 939L-F6Q6-K (accessed 4 February 2023)- will of John Hamilton.
- ↑
South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964:
"South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
Catalog: Miscellaneous estate papers (Abbeville County, South Carolina), 1782-1958 Probate records, Boxes 42-43, packages 935-970
Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 > Abbeville > Probate Court, Probate records > 1782-1958 > Box 043, Packages 949-970 > image 34 of 234
FamilySearch Image: 939L-F67W-W (accessed 4 February 2023)
- South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965 Author: Hunting For Bears, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - South Carolina marriage information taken from various sources.
- "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGL-5JL : 20 February 2021), John Hamilton, Franklin, Georgia, United States; citing 257, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 17; FHL microfilm 7,037.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Patrick Hayes
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23andMe
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~1.56%
David Reynolds :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CL1205295 [compare]
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~0.78%
Amanda (Currie) Robinson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kerry Nixon :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal KER8f52e340, Ancestry member skeeter9961
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Sherry Duval
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Hamilton-3259 and Hamilton-6744 appear to represent the same person because: most info matches up
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Rejected matches › John Hamilton (1784-1837) › John Hamilton (1781-) › John D. Hamilton (abt.1773-abt.1812) › John Hamilton (abt.1770-) › John Hamilton (abt.1765-)
John is 15 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 25 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 23 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 15 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 23 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 15 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 22 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 18 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 12 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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