LeRoy (Hammonds) Hammond (abt. 1728 - 1790)

Born about 18 Feb 1728 in Richmond, Virginia

Died 1790 at about age 61 in South Carolina, United States

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Notes

Son [Hammond-2764] shown here cannot be LeRoy's son as he had only one child. A Geni profile has him as the son of John Ambrose Hammond, Removed link connection

Cannot edit Last Name at Birth from Hammonds to Hammond

Biography

• Article by Fritz Hamer: During and after his military service, Hammond represented Ninety Six District as a representative in the First (1775) and Second (1776) Provincial Congresses, and then in the new General Assembly.

Planter, entrepreneur, soldier. Hammond was born on February 18, 1728, in Richmond County, Virginia, the son of John Hammond and Katherine Dobyns. In 1765 he moved to Augusta, Georgia, where he soon became a merchant and also operated a ferry across the Savannah River. Before leaving Virginia, he married Mary Ann Taylor, with whom he produced one son. Prior to the Revolutionary War, he purchased six hundred acres of land on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River and lived there by 1771. Operating a store, Hammond also cultivated tobacco and later became a tobacco inspector for the area. By around 1770, the firm of LeRoy Hammond & Company had received more than £10,000 from the colonial government to purchase land and build courthouses and jails in the upcountry. Continued ...^[1]

• Hammond of Richmond, Virginia and Edgefield County, South Carolina. Jeannette Holland Austin. Copyright 2006. US and International Copyright Restrictions Apply.^[2]

• The Hammond family of Edgefield district. ^[3]

• Burial
• Findagrave: Col Leroy Hammond; BIRTH 18 Feb 1728 Virginia, USA; DEATH 13 May 1790 (aged 62) South Carolina, USA; BURIAL Hammond Family Graveyard North Augusta, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Citation: Title Hammond, LeRoy; Coverage February 18, 1728–1790; Author Fritz Hamer; Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia; Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies; URL https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/hammond-leroy/; Access Date March 30, 2022; Original Published Date April 15, 2016; Date of Last Update May 17, 2016
2. ↑ https://georgiapioneers.com/images/hammond2.pdf
3. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/hammondfamilyofe00unse/hammondfamilyofe00unse_djvu.txt
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/54038691/leroy-hammond : accessed 30 March 2022), memorial page for Col Leroy Hammond (18 Feb 1728–13 May 1790), Find A Grave: Memorial #1234, citing Hammond Family Graveyard, North Augusta, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by KHammond (contributor 48183123) .