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John Hamilton
JOHN HAMILTON, a native of Moore County, was born April 19,
1825, and is a son of William and Rachel Hamilton, natives, respectively, of South Carolina
and East Tennessee.
The father, when a young man, went to Tennessee, where he was married, and soon came to this
part of the State. He was a farmer by occupation, and owned about 300 acres in what is now
Moore County. He died in 1873.
The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm, and secured a fair education in the
district schools near Lynchburg.
In 1847 he married Ann, daughter of Preston and Nellie Midkiff. Mrs. Hamilton was born in
Moore County, in June, 1826, and by her marriage became the mother of four children:
John,
Nancy,
James,
Susan.
Mr. Hamilton, after moving around for some time, bought 100 acres of land, where he located,
and where he has since resided. He now owns 738 acres of valuable land. He has always been a
hard-working, industrious man, and has been quite successful in his occupation. In 1857 he
bought a mill, and has done considerable business, both in grinding grain and sawing lumber.
He is a Democrat in politics, and Mrs. Hamilton is a member of the Lutheran Church.
Source: History of Tennessee, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, Nashville, 1886
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