Curator Note: Much data is included below. However, which data applies to this Andrew Hampton and which to his cousin, Revolutionary War Colonel Andrew Hampton, needs to be determined.

Some Discussion on the “Two” Andrew Hamptons of Revolutionary War Fame

Bulo Briggs' mother is Anna Melissa Garland, dau of John Wm. T. Garland, son of Bridget Hampton, dau of Ezekiel Hampton, son of Andrew Hampton.

(Summary: I discovered, I think, that Col. Andrew Hampton is not our ancestor, but the "other" Andrew of Granville NC. Lots of confusion in family researchers here, but this seems the best information yet and a very interesting discussion and history of Revolutionary War times through our ancestors! I rearranged the web article to put our Granville Andrew's material first. Roger)

See: http://people.we.mediaone.net/khampton/colandr.htm

Another Andrew Hampton: (probably our direct ancestor)

Granville Andrew Hampton

Captain Andrew Hampton

Born About 1710: (older than Col. Andrew Hampton)

Died About 1771

The following is the information I have about another (not Col.) Andrew Hampton. As stated earlier, many have combined the two Andrews into a “Composite Andrew Hampton.” I strongly feel that the evidence and facts of record demonstrate two separate Andrews – not one.

I believe the two Andrews are related, both descended from the Hamptons of New Jersey and more specifically of the Scottish immigrant, John Hampton (born 1645) and immigrated to Freehold, NJ. It seems very likely that this Andrew (Granville) may be the son of John Hampton (d. 1748 in VA). The truth is, that we haven’t yet been able to conclusively document the father of either Andrew. This Andrew would likely be a brother to the John Hampton (d. 1751, VA). - the proof is not conclusive that John, Jr., and Andrew were the sons of John Hampton, Sr (2).

"OCTOBER, 1734: This is the earliest valid record date found relating to this Andrew Hampton. Andrew Hampton shows on Virginia land records for October 3, 1734, as a joint patentee with Benjamin Borden and David Griffith for a grant of 1122 acres west of the Sherrando (Shenandoah) River, in the area to become part of Orange County. The land patented to the three parties was theirs "to hold or co-hold, yielding and paying rents as provided." The tract was adjacent to the land of Edward Maloy, was on the south side of Bullskin Run and Bullskin Marsh, (would show today to the north of Berryville, Virginia) north of Winchester near Summit Point, West Virginia.... Benjamin Borden, an early land speculator in the Valley was probably the senior partner to this patent. He was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1675, and left a will in Frederick County, Virginia in 1743. On October 7, 1696 an older Benjamin Borden had bought 500 acres from the immigrant John Hampton, in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

1734 - Orange County formed from Spotslyvania.

In the earliest records of what later became Frederick County, VA, John (Sr) (2), John, Jr.(2), and Andrew Hampton lived on adjacent properties along Opequon Creek adjoining Noah Hampton's mill property on the south. Although conclusive proof has not been found, evidence supports John (Sr) as the father of John, Jr., and Andrew. They all lived next to each other, next to Noah in VA along the Opequon River. Property transactions indicate John, Jr., was Andrew's brother. Early Frederick County deeds, VA Archives in Richmond, VA - Andrew sells land, which had been the property of John Jr (2). No deed has been found transferring the land to Andrew, which could be an indication that they were brothers as it was not uncommon for relatives to transfer land without deed at the time. SOURCE:JWF

In 1746 and 1747, John Hampton Sr. sold most of what he still owned and deeded the rest to his sons George and Thomas, reportedly in order to protect those holdings against lawsuit. After that he disappeared from the records. Since he was into his upper sixties by then, it is believed he died about 1748.

This Andrew's reported children were: Ezekeil (named in deed book D page 42), Ephraim (named in deed book D page 43), John (named with this Andrew on the 1764 Tax List also identified as Ephraim's brother by Menucan Hunt, NC Secretary of State, NC Archives Micro film #Z.5.147N), a Daughter married to Joseph King (Joesph King was listed on the 1765 tax list with this Andrew), Zacharia (proven to be Ephraim's brother by NC land entries for title), David - no documentation found and Joseph (found in family of GA descendants).

A 1715 will of George Cumming, probably Margaret Cumming Hampton's brother, mentions George and Isabel, children of John Hampton (2) - John (2) was executor of the will. The John Hampton born Scotland 1681, is by good evidence the same as found in the Shenandoah Valley land records as John Hampton Sr., with sons George, Thomas, John Jr. and daughter Isabel Johnson Jump. SOURCE: R,B, COX NOTES

Executor of John Jr.'s (3), 1751 will was his brother Thomas. SOURCE:JWF

Thursday, March 27, 1737, Orange County, Virginia Court Order Book shows that Andrew Hampton was made Constable at Opeckon in the room of Thomas Low. Opeckon at the time was about where Winchester, Virginia is today. Orange County included the area at that date. Most records estimate the birth date of Granville - Andrew Hampton to have been about 1710-15.

Ezekiel (son of Andrew) sold a tract of land August 4, 1760. Lee Albright and Helen F. M. Leary point out in the first chapter of "North Carolina Research," a man could own land in colonial N.C. before he was twenty-one, but he couldn't sell it until he came of age. From the early tax lists and Ezekiel's first land sale it is logical to conclude Ephraim was born about 1737 and Ezekiel about 1739.

On July 27, 1738 George Thurston appointed Constable in the room of Andrew Hampton, Orange County Court Order Book. Thus there was a one-year term for the appointment of Andrew Hampton as Constable.

1738, Orange County Court Orders cite Andrew Hampton and some sixty other settlers in a suit brought by one William William, an early dissenting minister in the area. 1743, Andrew Hampton, "of Brunswick County" deeds 200 acres in Frederick County, Virginia to Benjamin Borden of Frederick.

Augusta and Frederick Counties were formed in 1738 from Orange County.

Andrew left Frederick County at about the time Noah moved his mill westward to the Cacapon River. On the deed selling his last Frederick lands, he is described as being of Brunswick County.

By 1740, Andrew shows on land records in Brunswick County, Virginia south of the Roanoke River. In 1743, Andrew Hampton of Brunswick sells land in Frederick County, formerly Orange County. By 1746, Brunswick County had been divided to form the new County of Lunenburg. Lunenburg Deed Book shows for March 3, 1746, Andrew Hampton and his wife Sarah selling for 40 pounds Virginia money to Field Jefferson, tract of 150 acres next to Ephraim Parham land. This tract is the same as bought from George King in 1740 by Andrew Hampton, the tract then in Brunswick.

In 1741, Andrew bought land in Brunswick County from George and Susannah King. The King family was much involved with the Hamptons, but the extent is not yet known. A John Hampton sold Northern VA land to Robert King in 1717. Joseph King operated a mill on Andrew Hampton's NC land about 1750. Joseph King is listed as Andrew Hampton's son (son-in-law) on Granville County tax lists. Joseph King and Andrew Hampton later (1765) migrated together to Georgia.

JANUARY 17, 1743: 200 acres to Borden was to be divided from land David Griffith had bought from John Hampton "Juner"; and marked as the division between Andrew Hampton and David Griffith; along Worthington line to Borden line. The possession of 500 acres by Borden is, "by virtue of a bargain to him thereof made by the said Andrew Hampton for one whole year of indenture," quitrents payable to the King. This John Hampton, Jr. would be the same as with the 1751 with will which named wife Lydia, brother Thomas and sons John, David, Andrew and William (a minor).

Research done by Dr. J.L. Miller also notes the relationship of this Andrew to John and Thomas. ....There lived in Brunswick County prior to 1750 three brothers named Andrew, John and Thomas Hampton, as is shown by the records of Frederick County.. January 16, 1743, Andrew Hampton, of Brunswick County, sold to Benjamin Borden 200 acres of land in Frederick County. Deed mentions brother John Hampton, who owned adjoining land. John Hampton mentioned as brother of Andrew, was living in Frederick, May 6, 1747, when he sold cattle to Ralph Humphries. SOURCE: Hampton Family of Virginia, North & South Carolina & Kentucky by Dr. J.L. Miller - 1916.

The land Andrew bought from the Kings was on the Roanoke River where the Great Occaneechee Trading Path crossed the river. It is possible he operated a ferry, because the next owner, Thomas Jefferson's uncle, had a ferry on the property. The land was in the part of Brunswick, which later became Lunenburg, then Mecklenburg. Andrew sold the Roanoke River property to Field Jefferson (Thomas's uncle) in 1746.

Andrew's first land in Granville Co, NC was near where the Trading path crossed the Tar River. In total, Andrew bought about two thousand acres of Granville land, mostly for speculation. He gave property each to his sons Ephraim and Ezekiel, but sold most of the rest. There was a mill on the land he kept for his home. He operated a tavern, and seems to have supplied other tavern keepers. At one point he had enough food on hand to feed 146 Indians for a week, not an insignificant amount.

The 1761 tax list includes son Ephraim as a head of household, son Ezekiel as a head of household. plus Andrew Hampton and son John in a separate household with two tithables. Apparently the Hampton boys became heads of household when they turned twenty-one. Ezekiel was also Constable, responsible for a part of the 1761 list. John is shown as head of household for the first time on the 1766 tax list. It seems safe to assume John was born about 1745.

MARCH 3, 1746: Andrew Hampton and wife Sarah show in Luenburg County, Virginia Deed Book as transferring land by sale to Field Jefferson, land next to Ephraim Parham. Lunenburg formed in 1746 from Brunswick County, Virginia. The Lunenburg Court ordered two Justices to go to Sarah Hampton to get her acknowledgement to the sale because, "Sarah the wife of said Andrew Hampton, cannot conveniently travel to our county court of Lunenburg to make acknowledgement of the said conveyance."

I have searched for Sarah, the wife of Andrew Hampton for a long while and came up with nothing, other than speculation. Robert B. Cox, in "Notes on Andrew Hampton" written August 1981, submitted to the Garland Family Research Association, article 16F, was the first to allege that Sarah's maiden name was KUYKENDALL. He based this on some circumstantial evidence (several Kuykendall's lived near Andrew Hampton in Virginia, served with him in the Revolution, and lived near him in North Carolina).

There is only one reference so far found to Sarah, the wife of Andrew Hampton. This reference: "Lunenburg Deed Book shows for March 3, 1746, Andrew Hampton and his wife Sarah selling for 40 pounds Virginia money to Field Jefferson, tract of 150 acres next to Ephraim Parham land. This tract is the same as bought from George King in 1740 by Andrew Hampton, the tract then in Brunswick. On March 3, 1746, the court ordered two justices to go to Sarah Hampton, to get her acknowledgement of the sale, because, "Sarah the wife of the said Andrew Hampton, cannot conveniently travel to our county court of Lunenburg to make acknowledgement of the said conveyance." This is the first and only entry found to show the wife Sarah." Its source was Robert Cox - "The Hampton Family - Early in the Shenandoah Valley" compiled by Robert B. Cox, submitted to the "Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County", Volume IV, Number 2: May, 1976 (pages 72-78) & August, 1976 (p. 144-146).

George Kuykendall wrote a book and it is an excellent source on the Kuykendall family. It was written in 1919 and is about 1000 pages. I've found several Sarah Kuykendall's, but none of them could have been the wife of Andrew Hampton in my opinion. Other researchers have also not been able to find a candidate in the Kuykendall family for Andrews's wife Sarah. At this point, I simply list her as Sarah, with no last name. Mr. Cox did some remarkable research on the Hampton family, but his theory that Sarah was a Kuykendall has achieved general acceptance. If anyone has any basis for this assertion (other that Cox’s speculation), I would gladly welcome it, so far I have not found it – nor have the Kuykendall researchers and I dare say there are as many of them as there are Hampton researchers.

It should be noted that one Joseph Hampton (who will referenced later in this file) was born about 1746. Perhaps the reason Sarah could not come to court? [Joseph Hampton (Andrew 1) was born 1746, and died about 1803 in Jefferson County, Georgia. He is reported as moving to Georgia about 1769, and later appears in the 1801 Tax Digest of Jefferson County, Georgia with one slave, and 200 acres, according to Hines-Hampton and Allied Families of Georgia and Florida, Frances Hines Kolner, 1997, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa, p. 51.]

One Robert Jones left will in Lunenburg on September 9, 1748 naming five sons: Robert, William, Thomas, Samuel and Charles; and daughters: Betty Girth, Mary Foot, Margaret, Nanny, and Leanna Jones. The Hampton name appears in North Carolina and Virginia with the Jones family name, specific relationship isn't evident. The son of Andrew Hampton, Ephraim Hampton, left his will in Rowan in 1814 and named executors, his wife Lemander, sons David, Thomas and Robert, and friend Samuel Jones.

In the Granville “Miscellaneous” box there is a slip of paper dated 1747, or 1749, which says Joseph King is granted permission to operate a mill on Indian Fields Creek. The only land on Indian Fields Creek suitable for a mill was Andrew Hampton's land. You'll have to take my word for it, but I have a license on the wall from the State of NC which says I'm qualified to make judgments like that. Joseph King was Andrew Hampton's son-in-law. Indian Fields Creek, about 1750, became Hampton's Mill Creek. A few years later, Ephraim Hampton went into the mill business with a neighbor named Addcock. SOURCE: James Foster

The Andrew Hampton home place in Granville was along the old Trading Path (by then a road) about a mile and a half west of where the Trading Path crossed the Tarr River a short distance upstream from the present crossing of Interstate 85. A short time before the Revolution the area became part of the Oxford District of Granville County. Andrew bought the property, 400 acres on both sides of Indian Fields Creek, from John Addcock 4 March 1752.

The Granville Militia Regiment under Colonel William Eaton in 1754 shows eight companies, with Captain Hampton commanding Company #8, with 60 men. John Adcock shows as the Lieutenant in the company, with Ephraim Hampton as Ensign. Ephraim was a son of the Captain Andrew Hampton. A map of the area for this period shows Hampton Creek and Adcock's Creek, at the head of the Tar River.

In 1756 a license was granted to Andrew Hampton to keep an "ordinary on his plantation bought from John Addock.... wherein Andrew promised, "to provide good, wholesome and cleanly lodging & diet for travelers"...In 1764 when he moved to Ledge of Rocks he again was granted a license for an "ordinary".... Reverend McAden, a Baptist minister traveling across Granville, wrote in his diary that, "he had spent the night of 21 April 1756 at Captain Hampton's."

...Andrew lived on the original track until almost 1764. A bond he gave in 1764 refers to his plantation, which had formerly belonged to John Addcock. In 1764 he move to land he bought a short distance farther out the Trading Path at Ledge of Rocks....

......Tax Lists for Granville give good clues about the ages of Andrew's children. According to N.C. law white males 16 years of age or over, and black males and females 12 old or older were subject to an annual head tax. ...... Andrew's name first appears on the 1753 list, written separately at the side of the page, perhaps as if he had been a latecomer to Granville, arriving after the list was made but before the books were closed. The 1753 tax list does offer some indication that none of Andrew's male children were 16 or over in 1753, since only Andrew, one tithable, was listed in that year. The next year, 1754, "Hampton Andrew and son Ephraim" are named, two tithables. In 1758, the next surviving list with Hamptons on it, Ephraim is listed as head of a separate household, one tithable, next to Andrew Hampton and Ezekiel Hampton in the same household, two tithables. .....The 1761 tax list includes Ephraim as a head of household, Ezekiel as a head of household, plus Andrew Hampton and son John in a separate household with two tithables. .... Joseph King, Andrew's son-in-law, is a part of Andrew's household on the 1762, 1764 and 1765 lists. From the fairly regular schedule of births in the family, one might guess Andrew's daughter, Mrs. Joseph King, was born after Ezekiel and before John. After 1765, neither Andrew Hampton nor Joseph King show up by name on the Granville lists. Taxables for Granville Co, NC. Provide by Roberta Rose & James Foster.

It should be noted that the term "son-in-law" is ambiguous during these times - It could mean a stepson also, as in a second family for Andrew. While no record has been found for the death of Sarah, many have speculated that she died around 1746-1748. Thus Andrew could have taken a new bride and she may have had children and/or they may have had additional children. As noted in Andrew's 1769 application for a land grant in GA, "he had been living in GA for 4 years with his wife and 2 minor children."

In 1758 this Andrew was selected, along with Robert Harris, as one of twelve vestrymen for the new Parish of Granville, which included all of the present Granville and Vance counties. Before the Revolution, when the Church of England was the state church, vestrymen were the authority for many of what today are considered civil matters, such as marriage, disputes and divorce.

MARCH 1760: Andrew Hampton got 1119 acres in two grants located on Tarr River and Mill Creek, Oxford vicinity of Granville County, North Carolina.

In a 1760 Granville County gift deed, "For and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he beareth unto his son Ezekiel Hampton and for the better support and maintenance of him," Andrew Hampton gave Ezekiel 200 acres of land. The land was part of a larger tract on the north side of Indian Field Creek that had been granted to John Adcock on April 29, 1754. On the same date and by the same style gift deed, the son Ephraim got 400 acres, on the south side of the Tarr River, at the Griggs corner, part of a larger tract granted to Andrew Hampton March 11, 1760. The necessary consideration in the deed to Ephraim was the same as that for Ezekiel except the word "support" was missing. Zachariah Hampton (c.1745 - 9/8/1781) was another son of Andrew Hampton, brother to Ezekiel and Ephraim. These dates from the DAR Patriot Index, show him deceased just before the surrender at Yorktown by the British on October 19, 1781. Descendants of Zachariah show him married to Mary Knowland, daughter of Edward Knowland, who left his will in Granville County on September 22, 1794.

Some have noted that another son in the family of this Andrew Hampton may have been one of the numerous David Hamptons, but I have seen no documentation of a son named David for either of these Andrew Hamptons.

The Granville will of Minus Griggs (October 1760) bears the signatures and witnesses of Andw Hampton-Jurat; Ephraim Hampton and William Berry-Jurat. Note the style signature for And(w) Hampton on the Griggs will. The same style shows on the deeds to Ezekiel and Ephraim and in numerous later documents, including the 1805 will in Rutherford. Earlier Orange County Virginia records show the presence there of Minus and John Griggs around 1741. A son of Ezekiel and grandson of Andrew Hampton, by name of Andrew Hampton (1765-1861), came to the New River area of Virginia around 1785; the area became Grayson County, Virginia in 1793. This younger Andrew had married Sarah Griggs, the widow of John Grigs, who was one of the sons mentioned in the 1760 Griggs will.................

Andrew Hampton and 36 other settlers from Granville, with 19 settlers from Edgecomb, petition for the repeal of the tax on free Negroes in1763.

Andrew had been a militia Captain at least since 1754, which is the date of the earliest militia muster roll showing his name, but he had resigned his commission before the 1763 muster roll was drawn up. If this Andrew were born as early as 1710, he would have been 53 years old.

Joseph King (Andrew's son-in-law) signed a deed selling his Granville land at Nap of Reeds (near the present Durham County line north of Butner) to Ephraim, the deed reading "Joseph King of the parish of St. George in the province of Georgia." A part of St. George's parish became Jefferson County. NC, Granville Deed book H 416, Nov 17, 1767.

TAX LISTS FROM 1766 chronicle the migration of Ephraim, Ezekiel and John from Granville to Rowan County. Tax lists from 1766 through 1775 only the head of household is named, followed by the number of tithables in the household, but in 1768 and 1769 the lists name all tithables and whether each is white, black male or black female. After 1775, the lists concentrate on the name of the taxpayer and his or her wealth.

Ephraim reported two males 16-21 in his household on the 1772 Granville tax list. He had been married only 9 years, so they probably were not his sons. On the next Granville tax list (1774), the two males are gone from Ephaim's house, but Zachariah shows up as an adult for the first time.

Ezekiel and Jane probably moved to the forks of the Yadkin River north of Salisbury just before the Revolution started in the northern colonies. Ezekiel and Jane sold their last property in Granville 22 February 1773. He is listed on the 1778 tax list in Rowan County, N.C.

John Hampton was constable for the 1767 tax listing. He is on the 1778 Rowan County tax list along with Ezekiel. His signature last shows up on the Granville records on a road petition filed in 1777, but several months could have elapsed between signing and filing that petition. He and his wife, Kiturah ("Catte", probably pronounced "Katie") sold their last Granville property 27 July 1776, to Robert Reid, an official of the Granville County Court. John and Kiturah are shown in the deed as being "of Rowan county." The deed was not brought to the County Court until February 1780.

In 1771 John's name was the first on the list of signers of a petition protesting taxes on top of taxes, the final straw being a tax to build more churches in Granville County. About 1771 he and Sherwood Harris filed a record of processioning all the "patented and deeded land" between Oxford and the ford where the Old Trading Path crossed the Tar River.

John is last on the Granville tax list of 1772, along with Ephraim and Ezekiel. On the next list, 1774, John is gone but Zachariah appears by name for the first time, as head of household, along with Ephraim and Ezekiel. It is Ezekiel's last appearance on the Granville list.

Andrew's son, John, was a singular man. He was a Loyalist Lt. Col. during the Revolution who trained the only southern Loyalist regiment accepted by the British as part of the regular British army. After his capture, the patriotic citizens of Granville wrote a letter telling what an outstanding young man John was, even if he was in the wrong army. The Governor of NC wrote that John was a truly honorable man and delegated an American Major to be personally responsible for John's safety in case "some of the more intemperate citizens of Salisbury should seek to do him harm".

JANUARY 10, 1767: This is the latest date for a land entry found in Granville for Andrew Hampton, he deeded 200 acres to son Ezekiel having obtained the same land on the same date by deed from Henry McCullock, Esq.

The deed of sale for his last Granville land, Andrew is noted as "being in the Province of Georgia." Other deeds indicate that Joseph King, Andrew's son-in-law and Ezekiel went to Georgia at the same time (1765), although Ezekiel returned shortly thereafter. Granville, NC Deeds H-279 and H-476 (1765) show both Andrew Hampton and Joseph King "in the Province of GA."

In 1769, an Andrew Hampton applied for a land grant in Georgia along the Altamaha River, stating he had lived in Georgia for four years along with his wife and two minor children (Georgia Headright Grants Book F.5, pages 470, 473) Source:JW Foster.

One of these minors could have been Zachariah. The other one could well have been the son Joseph mention, born about 1746. An Andrew Hampton owned land along the Altamaha around 1810. That Andrew Hampton was the son of Joseph Hampton (most likely the son of this Andrew). It is probable this Andrew (Granville Andrew) died in Georgia, but no record of his death has been located. The connection between NC - Andrew Hampton and the GA - Andrew Hampton has not conclusively been proven and further research is needed.

LOCATION: Locates this Andrew still in GA (or at least his land). Colonial Wills in GA. Nov. 1768. P: 6 Mar. 1769. R: 5 Aug. 1769. pp. 302-304 WBA. -- -- John Emmanuel, St. George's Parish. Brothers: Levi, tract of land, containing 100 acres adjoining land of Andrew Hampton on Brier Creek; my cloak. Amos, tract of 150 acres on Rocky Comfort. David, one suit of clothes, saddle, and a yearling heifer to his little son. Asa, my watch. Sisters: Elizabeth Nowland and Rebecca Walker, five shillings each. Martha Duehart, all the money her husband, John, owes me, my silver shoe buckles, and a yearling heifer to her dau Ruth and a black pacing horse to herself, branded "IE." Ruth, her choice of my cows and her calf, a sorrel filly of two years old branded with a B crossways. Remainder of estate to be equally divided between my father and my brother, Levi and my sister, Ruth. Exor: father, David Emmanuel. Wit: David Lewis, Jacob Lewis, Evan Davis, his mark.

LOCATION: English Crown Grants in the Parishes St David, St Patrick, St Thomas and St Mary in Georgia 1755-1775 - - - - Williams, William -- 300 acres, St. David Parish, Granted July 2, 1771 - Grant Book I, page 376. Bounded on the southwest by Andrew Hampton, southeast by a marsh.

English Crown Grants in the Parishes St David, St Patrick, St Thomas and St Mary in Georgia 1755-1775 - - - - -Hampton, Andrew -- 300 acres, St. David Parish, Granted April 2, 1771 - Grant Book I, page 284. Bounded on the southeast by salt marsh. This is the last known record for this Andrew at the moment.

A part of St. George's parish became Jefferson County, GA. Andrew Hampton of Granville NC moved to St. George's Parish, GA as noted above in about 1765-69. "......For the next three generations, his descendants pushed up the Altamahaw River. When Laurens County, GA was established about 1830, Andrew Hampton (son of Andrew Y. Hampton) was already running a mill on a tributary of the Altamahaw."

We are working to tie the NC and GA Hampton families together as is illustrated by the following...............thanks for your reply yes I am from the Burke Co. Ga. ………… according to my gr-gr-granfathers civil war records he was born in Burke GA. around 1815-20 his name was Simeon H Hampton - - - GA. E 61st Ga. Regt. Montgomery Go. Ga. Sharpshooters a Thomas, Simeon and James were listed in the 1820 census for Burke Go. Ga. I don't know which one was his father. His wife was Emily Tennison. .......................Andrew, Joseph and John are listed in the early St. George Parrish Ga. Records (mid 1760s) Joseph and John ask for land adjoining Hall Hudson, Asa, Emanuel and David Lewis - each receiving land next to each. That's about as for as I have been able to go.........Anyone else having information about this Hampton family can help prove or disprove the connection.

I believe we will find a link that ties the following documented family in GA to Andrew Hampton of Granville. We haven't conclusively linked the NC and GA Andrews together. We know Andrew moved from NC to GA 1765-1769. We know the following Joseph Hampton shows up in GA in 1769 with a father named Andrew Hampton - - - So far we don't have the date of death for Andrew of Granville or any estate settlement records.

While it is not conclusive, many of us that have spent a great deal of time investigating this Andrew Hampton from NC and have come to a conclusion in regard to Andrew moving from NC to GA. The conclusion and the opinion of this compiler/family researcher is, that based upon the available evidence:

1. Andrew Hampton of Granville, NC - moved to St George's Parish, GA in 1765 as noted and documented above.

2. Joseph Hampton (son of Andrew 1) was born about 1746 in SC/NC, and died about 1803 in Jefferson County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth ? . He moved to Georgia about 1765-1769 (with his father, Andrew) and later appears in the 1801 Tax Digest of Jefferson County, Georgia with one slave, and 200 acres, according to Hines-Hampton and Allied Families of Georgia and Florida, Frances Hines Kolner, 1997, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa, p. 51.

3. Andrew Hampton (son of Joseph 2, Andrew 1) born about 1769-1770, possibly in St. George's Parish, Georgia, according to Memoirs of Florida, by Rowland H. Rerick, v. 1, 1902, p. 558. He died January 26, 1840, in Laurens County, Georgia. He married (1) Mary Jane "Polly" Darsey, daughter of Benjamin Darsey and Leodicey ?. He married (2) Mary Fulliwood in May of 1829. It has been reported that there was no issue of this second marriage.

4. Andrew Young Hampton (Andrew 3, Joseph 2, Andrew 1) was born October 29, 1806, in Jefferson County, Georgia, and died January 6, 1870, in Greenville, Madison County, Florida. He married Eliza B. Coats on December 18, 1828, in Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia, daughter of Robert Coats. She was born in 1808 in Scotland.

This family history (Hamptons in GA) is complete for several more generations, but I have stopped at this point, as this is not a direct family line for my family. Further research is needed to conclusively link the NC and GA Hampton lines together and any assistance in that regard would be most welcome. Until the conclusive link between the two families is found, I can only say it is my opinion that they are the same. Any facts to prove anything, one way or the other, are most welcome.

As mentioned earlier, I offer special acknowledgement and appreciation to Roberta Rose and James W. Foster for their research, assistance and significant contributions. Both have done significant research into this family and have very graciously assisted me, as has Sanna Gaffney. I acknowledge the significant contributions made by others, but must take full responsibility for any conclusions in this compilation in order not to attribute incorrectly to any one else. Please do not use my compilation for attribution to anyone unless I have specifically so stated. I do not wish to burden in any way, any person who has helped me so immensely with the above compilation and involve them in the defense of any part of it.

Any information, suggestions, etc. may be sent to:

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"OCTOBER, 1734: This is the earliest valid record date found relating to this Andrew Hampton. Andrew Hampton shows on Virginia land records for October 3, 1734, as a joint patentee with Benjamin Borden and David Griffith for a grant of 1122 acres west of the Sherrando (Shenandoah) River, in the area to become part of Orange County. The land patented to the three parties was theirs "to hold or co-hold, yielding and paying rents as provided." The tract was adjacent to the land of Edward Maloy, it was on the south side of Bullskin Run and Bullskin Marsh, (would show today to the north of Berryville, Virginia) north of Winchester near Summit Point, West Virginia.... Benjamin Borden, an early land speculator in the Valley was probably the senior partner to this patent. He was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1675, and left a will in Frederick County, Virginia in 1743. On October 7, 1696 an older Benjamin Borden had bought 500 acres from the immigrant John Hampton, in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The Hampton and Borden families are thus linked 38 years earlier in NJ.
Pg 209 poofcv Thomas Mason (b. 1706 c.) "lived on the east side of Opechon Creek about 1736 or 1737, " and for several years afterward "near present-day Middleway, West Virginia." Andrew Hampton attempted to sell him a tract of land, but they could not agree on the price. On 27 September 1754, he purchased a tract of land containing 370 acres from Thomas Lowe for 120 pounds. Thomas and his wife Elizabeth sold the 370 acres to George Fallis for 120 pounds on 4 September 1758. This tract is located on Mill Creek, adjacent southeast of John Mills Sr.'s 1,315-acre patent land and one mile west of Bunker Hill, West Virginia on Berkeley County Highway 51/5 and 24/3. (Adjacent southeast of Tract 38A, Map 5) A Thomas Mason was taxed in East Marlboro Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1734. Pg 173 ppoofcv Thomas Lowe was in Orange County, Virginia on Mill Creek when he was appointed Constable (replacing John Peteate) by the Court on 25 March 1737. One year later Lowe was replaced by Andrew Hampton on 23 March 1737/38.22 He was living on the Mill Creek 370 acres when it was surveyed for him on 5 October 1750. Lowe was issued a Fairfax grant for the 370-acre tract adjacent east of John Mills on 11 June 1754. (Tract 38A, Map 5) This land is west of Bunker Hill, West Virginia on Berkeley County, West Virginia Highway 51/5 west to Highway 24/3. Mill Creek is the east line of the tract. Thomas Lowe sold the 370-acre grant land to Thomas Mason for 120 pounds on 27 September 1754. Posted by: Dee Ann Buck - genforum - - - My late great-uncle Hunter Branson McKay abtracted & compiled the law suit Fairfax Land Suit into about 486 pages. We were the descendants of Robert Mackay Sr. A copy of his work can be rented on film through L.D.S. library system. Or I do sell a copy of his works (page count 168). Andrew Hampton is mentioned purchasing land from J. Hite. Report mentions "Andrew Hampton who first settled on Bullskin marsh, and afterwards in 1734 to 1735 settled on the east side of Opeckon." In the earliest records of what later became Frederick County, VA, John (Sr) (2), John, Jr., and Andrew Hampton lived on adjacent properties along Opequon Creek adjoining Noah Hampton's mill property on the south. Although conclusive proof has not been found, some researchers cite evidence that support John (Sr) as the father of John, Jr., and Andrew. They all lived next to each other, next to Noah in VA along the Opequon River. Property transactions "may" indicate John, Jr., was Andrew's brother. Early Frederick County deeds, VA Archives in Richmond, VA - Andrew sells land, which had been the property of John Jr (2). No deed has been found transferring the land to Andrew, which could be an indication that they were brothers as it was not uncommon for relatives to transfer land without deed at the time. SOURCE:JWF In 1746 and 1747, John Hampton Sr (2) sold most of what he still owned and deeded the rest to his sons George and Thomas, reportedly in order to protect those holdings against lawsuit. Thereafter he disappeared from the records. Since he was into his upper sixties by then, it is believed he died about 1748.One might ask, Why is there no mention of son Andrew? For those who believe Andrew to be the son of Noah, that is the answer. For others, who believe that this Andrew immigrated from England, that is the answer. I question whether this Andrew is the son of Noah because none of this Andrew's children were named Noah and the name Noah is not perpetuated in this line. Additionally, Noah would have been about 17 years old when this Andrew was born and most of the men in this era did not father their first child until about 25 years of age (see JW Foster bell curve analysis). This Andrew's reported children were: Ezekeil (named in deed book D page 42), Ephraim (named in deed book D page 43), John (named with this Andrew on the 1764 Tax List also identified as Ehpraim's brother by Menucan Hunt, NC Secretary of State, NC Archives Micro film #Z.5.147N), a Duaughter married to Joseph King (Joesph King was listed on the 1765 tax list with this Andrew),Zacharia (proven to be Ephriams brother by NC land entries for title), David - no documentation has beenfound indicating a son named David for this Andrew (although many family histories so state) and Joseph (found in family of GA descendants, which may be this Andrew and Joseph). A 1715 will of George Cumrning, probably Margaret Cumming [Comine, Cummin, Comine] Hampton's brother, mentions George and Isabel, children of John Hampton (2) - John (2) was executor of the will. Why wasn't Andrew or John mentioned?The John Hampton born Scotland 1681, is by good evidence the same as found in the Shenandoah Valley land records as John Hampton Sr., with sons George, Thomas, John Jr. and daughter Isabel Johnson Jump. SOURCE: R,B, COX NOTES - PROVIDED BY ROBERTA ROSE. Executor of John Jr.'s (3), 1751 will was his brother Thomas. The proof is not conclusive that John, Jr., and Andrew were the sons of John Hampton, Sr (2). There is a possibility they were nephews of John(2), sons of his brother Andrew who died in Cecil County in 1725, this Andrew's will has not yet been found. Children (if any) have not yet been identified. Wife of this Andrew was Susannah Unknown. There would also seem to be a possibility John, Jr. (3), could have been the son of Andrew and Margaret Cumming (Cumine) since that John Hampton has not yet been documented. Thursday, March 27, 1737, Orange County, Virginia Court Order Book shows that Andrew Hampton was made Constable at Opeckon in the room of Thomas Low. Opeckon at the time was about where Winchester, Virginia is today. Orange County included the area at that date. Most records estimate the birth date of Granville - Andrew Hampton to have been about 1710-15. On July 27, 1738 George Thurston appointed Constable in the room of Andrew Hampton, Orange County Court Order Book. Thus there was a one-year term for the appointment of Andrew Hampton as Constable. 1738, Orange County Court Orders cite Andrew Hampton and some sixty other settlers in a suit brought by one William William, an early dissenting minister in the area. Augusta and Frederick Counties were formed in 1738 from Orange County. Andrew left Frederick County at about the time Noah moved his mill westward to the Cacapon River. On the deed selling his last Frederick lands, he is described as being of Brunswick County. By 1740, Andrew shows on land records in Brunswick County, Virginia south of the Roanoke River. In 1743, Andrew Hampton of Brunswick sells land in Frederick County, formerly Orange County. By 1746, Brunswick County had been divided to form the new County of Lunenburg. Lunenburg Deed Book shows for March 3, 1746, Andrew Hampton and his wife Sarah selling for 40 pounds Virginia money to Field Jefferson, tract of 150 acres next to Ephraim Parham land. This tract is the same as bought from George King in 1740 by Andrew Hampton, the tract then in Brunswick. In 1741, Andrew bought land in Brunswick County from George and Susannah King. The King family was much involved with the Hamptons, but the extent is not yet known. A John Hampton sold Northern VA land to Robert King in 1717. Joseph King operated a mill on Andrew Hampton's NC land about 1750. Joseph King is listed as Andrew Hampton's son (son-in-law) on Granville County tax lists. Joseph King and Andrew Hampton later (1765) migrated together to Georgia. 1743, Andrew Hampton, "of Brunswick County" deeds 200 acres in Frederick County, Virginia to Benjamin Borden of Frederick. Frederick Co. Va Court Order Book shows Deeds of Lease & Release from Andrew Hampton to Benjamin Borden, formerly proved by oath of George White, and Wm. Fearnley, now further proved by Enoch Anderson & oath of Benj. Borden, Jr. & admitted to records. Source: Kathryn Weiss citing notes of RB Cox JANUARY 17, 1743: 200 acres to Borden was to be divided from land David Griffith had bought from John Hampton "Juner"; and marked as the division between Andrew Hampton and David Griffith; along Worthington line to Borden line. The possession of 500 acres by Borden is, "by virtue of a bargain to him thereof made by the said Andrew Hampton for one whole year of indenture," quitrents payable to the King. This John Hampton, Jr. would be the same as in ....1751 with Will which named wife Lydia, brother Thomas and sons John, David, Andrew and William (a minor). "Andrew Hampton "of Brunswick County' [he had moved there 1739-40] Source: Kathryn Weiss citing RB Cox notes] October 20, 1743Benj. Borden of Frederick transfers by deed to son Benj. Jr, for f50, two-thirds parts of a tract of 720 ac granted by patent to Borden Sr in partnership with Andrew Hampton & David Griffith.Borden by written instrument had bought all of Andrew Hampton's right and land in said tract.The tract was called Bullskin. The will of the elder Borden probated Oct 1743 Frederick Co., Va, and his sons later moved to the headwaters of the James River and were active in the land development in Augusta County. Source: Kathryn Weiss, Citing notes of RB Cox Mr. George Washington of King George Co. 550 A. including 93 A. between Capt. George Johnston & known bounds of grant to Benjamin B , Andrew Hampton, & David Griffith for 1122 A., Part of land became property of G. Washington by sundry conveyances. Adj. Worthington's Patent, on S. Fork of Bull-Skin, Dr. McCormick, Capt. Johnston, Haynes. 25 0ct. 1750 - (p46/G-466:)vnnlg Research done by Dr. J.L. Miller also notes the relationship of this Andrew to John and Thomas. ....There lived in Brunswick County prior to 1750 three brothers named Andrew, John and Thomas Hampton, as is shown by the records of Frederick County.. January 16, 1743, Andrew Hampton, of Brunswick County, sold to Benjamin Borden 200 acres of land in Frederick County. Deed mentions brother John Hampton, who owned adjoining land. John Hampton mentioned as brother of Andrew, was living in Frederick, May 6, 1747, when he sold cattle to Ralph Humphries.SOURCE: Hampton Family of Virginia, North & South Carolina & Kentucky by Dr. J.L. Miller - 1916. [This seems to link Andrew and John as brothers, but not Thomas.] The land Andrew bought from the Kings was on the Roanoke River where the Great Occaneechee Trading Path crossed the river. It is possible he operated a ferry, because the next owner, Thomas Jefferson's uncle, had a ferry on the property. The land was in the part of Brunswick, which later became Lunenburg, then Mecklenburg. Andrew sold the Roanoke River property to Field Jefferson (Thomas's uncle) in 1746. In total, Andrew bought about two thousand acres of Granville land, mostly for speculation. He gave property each to his sons Ephraim and Ezekiel, but sold the rest. There was a mill on the land he kept for his home. He operated a tavern, and seems to have supplied other tavern keepers. At one point he had enough food on hand to feed 146 Indians for a week, not an insignificant amount. The 1761 tax list includes son Ephraim as a head of household, son Ezekiel as a head of household, plus Andrew Hampton and son John in a separate household with two tithables. Apparently the Hampton boys became heads of household when they turned twenty-one. Ezekiel was also Constable, responsible for a part of the 1761 list. John is shown as head of household for the first time on the 1766 tax list. This would seem to indicate that this John was born about 1745. MARCH 3, 1746: Andrew Hampton and wife Sarah show in Luenburg County, Virginia Deed Book as transferring land by sale to Field Jefferson, land next to Ephraim Parham. Lunenburg formed in 1746 from Brunswick County, Virginia. The Lunenburg Court ordered two Justices to go to Sarah Hampton to get her acknowledgement to the sale because, "Sarah the wife of said Andrew Hampton, cannot conveniently travel to our county court of Lunenburg to make acknowledgement of the said conveyance." It should be noted that one Joseph Hampton was born about 1746. Perhaps the reason Sarah could not come to court. [Joseph Hampton (Andrew1) was born 1746, and died about 1803 in Jefferson County, Georgia.He apparently moved to Georgia about 1769, and later appears in the 1801 Tax Digest of Jefferson County, Georgia with one slave, and 200 acres, according to Hines-Hampton and Allied Families of Georgia and Florida, Frances Hines Kolner, 1997, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa, p. 51.] This Joseph is referenced again later in this chronology. [Could Joseph and John be the two minor children noted in Andrew's 1769 GA land grant application?] 4. Sept 1748Andrew Hampton shows in the NC Militia Co. Commanded by Captain Samuel Cobrin (Coburn). Dr. Robert W. Ramsey in the article mentioned on page two above, cited Samuel Coburn as the eldest son of James Coburn.... Other members of the Capt. Cobrun Co in NC under date of 4 Sept 1748 were Abraham, John, Peter, and James Kuykendall.In 1743 one older Peter Kuykendall had been designated to lay out a road to Noah Hampton's mill on the Capon River, which later became Hampshire Co. WVA.The old James Coburn was mentioned earlier as a neighbor of Noah Hamptons. [Which Andrew Hampton is this referenced above? - kh] Source: Kathryn Weiss One Robert Jones left will in Lunenburg on September 9, 1748 naming five sons: Robert, William, Thomas, Samuel and Charles; and daughters: Betty Girth, Mary Foot, Margaret, Nanny, and Leanna Jones. The Hampton name appears in North Carolina and Virginia with the Jones family name, specific relationship isn't evident. The son of Andrew Hampton, Ephraim Hampton, left his will in Rowan in 1814 and named executors, his wife Lemander, sons David, Thomas and Robert, and friend Samuel Jones. Other names found in Lunenburg County records for this time of 1746 include John Hardin, John Beard, John Mills, David Logan, Andrew Frazier, James Rutherford, Robert Humphries and John Davis. In the Granville Miscellaneous box there is a slip of paper dated 1747, or 1749, which says Joseph King is granted permission to operate a mill on Indian Fields Creek.The only land on Indian Fields Creek suitable for a mill was Andrew Hampton's land. You'll have to take my word for it, but I have a license on the wall from the State of NC which says I'm qualified to make judgments like that.Joseph King was Andrew Hampton's son-in-law.Indian Fields Creek, about 1750, became Hampton's Mill Creek.A few years later, Ephraim Hampton went into the mill business with a neighbor named Addcock. SOURCE: James Foster 1750 (G-465:) Mr. George Washington of King George Co. 453 A. in Frederick Co. Surv. Mr. George Byrne. He bought land known as Dutch George's of Capt. Thomas Rutherford, adj. Robert Worthington, Maj. Lawrence Washington. 20 0ct. 1750 G-466: Mr. George Washington of King George Co. 550 A. including 93 A. between Capt. George Johnston & known bounds of grant to Benjamin B , Andrew Hampton, & David Griffith for 1122 A., Part of land became property of G. Washington by sundry conveyances. Adj. Worthington's Patent, on S. Fork of Bull-Skin, Dr. McCormick, Capt. Johnston, Haynes. 25 0ct. 1750 The Andrew Hampton home place in Granville was along the old Trading Path (by then a road) about a mile and a half west of where the Trading Path crossed the Tar River a short distance upstream from the present crossing of Interstate 85. A short time before the Revolution the area became part of the Oxford District of Granville County. Andrew bought the property, 400 acres on both sides of Indian Fields Creek, from John Addcock 4 March 1752. 21 May 1752 (H-179:) Thomas Bryan Martin nephew of Thomas Lord Fairfax of Frederick Co. 8840 A. in Frederick Co. Surv. Mr. John Baylis. On Opoeckon adj. his plantation. He purchased 188 A. of John Nations. Desired inclusive Deed. Adj. Peter Wolf, Mess'rs Carter, opposite Wolfs new settlement, land of Burden, near Hampton's Plantation now Major Samuel Earle's, where Edward Corder lived, William Ramey?, Thomas Thornton, Jost Hite, Shannondoah R., Robert Hapenny, Robert McKay's 828 acre tract, a part of Hite's grant, Chappel Road, Brandson's (Branson) Old Mill, James Kemp, Wright's Run. The 8840 A. tract to be called Manor of Greenway Court. 21 May 1752. Was the Hampton's Plantation referred to above, Henry Hampton, reportedly son in law of Peter Wolfe? The Granville Militia Regiment under Colonel William Eaton in 1754 shows eight companies, with Captain Hampton commanding Company #8, with 60 men. John Adcock shows as the Lieutenant in the company, with Ephraim Hampton as Ensign. Ephraim was a son of the Captain Andrew Hampton. A map of the area for this period shows Hampton Creek and Adcock's Creek, at the head of the Tar River. [This is another instance where this Andrew is documented in Granville while at the same time the other Andrew is documented in Anson County on Dutchman's Creek - per the research and documentation of RW Ramsey, which shows Col Andrew Hampton on Dutchman's Creek the same time this Andrew is in Granville Co. on the Tarr River.] Granville Deeds 1755:May:Capt. andrew Hampton got 400 ac on both sides of the Indian Fields Creek from John Adcock.This is the earliest date found for land ownership in Granville by Capt. Hampton.The register of deeds typically records the co of residence to both parties of a contract, in this instance Capt. Hampton shows no co of residence. Adcock is shown as resident of Granville., however in 1754, see land trx. Source: Kathryn Weiss "Land records for Granville Co., NC 1754-55, show Antonio & David Cozort witnessing land actions of Andrew Hampton & son Ephraim.In the Shenandoah Valley, Frederick Co.Source: Kathryn Weiss citing RB Cox notes 5/9/1755 John Langston, 374 AC Granville Co. Par. of St John's, Andrew Hampton's Creek - http://home.inu.net/sadie/jlangstonsr.htm [which Andrew?] In 1756 a license was granted to Andrew Hampton (Granville, NC) to keep an "ordinary on his plantation bought from John Addock.... wherein Andrew promised, "to provide good, wholesome and cleanly lodging & diet for travelers"...In 1764 when he moved to Ledge of Rocks he again was granted a license for an "ordinary"....Reverend McAden, a Baptist minister traveling across Granville, wrote in his diary that, "he had spent the night of 21 April 1756 at Captain Hampton's." These two instances further document this Andrew's residency in Granville 1756-1764. ...Andrew lived on the original track until almost 1764. A bond he gave in 1764 refers to his plantation, which had formerly belonged to John Addcock. In 1764 he move to land he bought a short distance farther out the Trading Path at Ledge of Rocks.... 1764 Andrew gave a bond referring to his home at Ledge of Rocks. Granville County North Carolina Procession Return Of Andrew Hampton and Felmon Bradford 1757 Land prosession one track and part of another for Robart Harras in the presents of him salf [self] Robart Harras one one track for Felman Bradford in the presents of felmon bradford Juner and a part of one track for Elner Adcok in the presents of Lenard Adcok and one track of Land for Andrew Hampton in the presents of Ephram Hampton these Lands prosession in the y[e]ar 1757 by w__ been first sworn Andw Hampton felmon bradford. Source: Granville County, North Carolina, Tax Lists, CR044.701, State of North Carolina Library and Archives, Raleigh, NC - Source: George's Genealogical Research Filing Cabinet ......Tax Lists for Granville give good clues about the ages of Andrew's children. According to N.C. law white males 16 years of age or over, and black males and females 12 old or older were subject to an annual head tax. ......Andrew's name first appears on the 1753 list, written separately at the side of the page, perhaps as if he had been a latecomer to Granville, arriving after the list was made but before the books were closed. The 1753 tax list does offer some indication that none of Andrew's male children were 16 or over in 1753, since only Andrew, one tithable, was listed in that year. The next year, 1754, "Hampton Andrew and son Ephraim" are named, two tithables. In 1758, the next surviving list with Hamptons on it, Ephraim is listed as head of a separate household, one tithable, next to Andrew Hampton and Ezekiel Hampton in the same household, two tithables. .....The 1761 tax list includes Ephraim as a head of household, Ezekiel as a head of household, plus Andrew Hampton and son John in a separate household with two tithables. .... Joseph King, Andrew's son-in-law, is a part of Andrew's household on the 1762, 1764 and 1765 lists. From the fairly regular schedule of births in the family, one might guess Andrew's daughter, Mrs. Joseph King, was born after Ezekiel and before John. After 1765, neither Andrew Hampton nor Joseph King show up by name on the Granville lists. Source JWFoster Taxables for Granville Co, NC. Provide by Roberta Rose 1754 Andrew Hampton and son, Ephraim 1761 Andrew Hampton and son John--no other Hamptons listed 1762 Andrew Hampton and sons John and Joseph - Ezekiel Hampton 1764 Andrew Hampton, sons John and Joseph Ezekiel Hampton - Ephraim Hampton 1765 Andrew Hampton and son Joseph King John Hampton Ezekiel Hampton, 1 female slave Ephraim Hampton - The source for ALL of these is: From Box# C.R. 044.701.19 - They were all taken by Robert Harris. It should be noted that the term "son-in-law" is ambiguous during these times - It could mean a stepson also, as in a second family for Andrew. In 1758 this Andrew was selected, along with Robert Harris [*same as Robert Haras noted in 1757 land procession above?], as one of twelve vestrymen for the new Parish of Granville, which included all of the present Granville and Vance counties. Before the Revolution, when the Church of England was the state church, vestrymen were the authority for many of what today are considered civil matters, such as marriage and divorce. NC:Sept 20, 1758:Granville Parish formed from St. John's with vestrymen Robert Harris, Richard Henderson, Reuben Searcy [associated with Boone & Bryan lines many years], Henry Howard, Richard Harris Jr, James Mitchell, ANDREW HAMPTON, Thomas Lowe, Evan Ragland, Wm. Benford, Darianelwick and Sherwood Harris.Verstrymen with the old parish of St. John were Wm. Eaton, Wm. Persons, Charle Johnston, Wm. Johnston, Phileman Hawkins, Gideon Mackon, Osborne Jeffries, Lodwick alford, John Pope, Wm. Massey, Daniel Harris & John Hawkins. Prior to 1758, St. Johns Church was at the Williamsboro NC location. Source: Kathryn Weiss 28 Nov 1758, a report of the Committee of Public Claims in Edenton allowed Andrew Hampton f10.6.8 of Proclamation money for his account rendered covering provisions to the Indians. Source: Kathryn Weiss 1759 Deed Book C Page 18 Granville County, N.C. LANGSTON To all Christian people to whom this present to writing may come I JOHN LANGSTON Senr of Granville Thompson County and province of North Carolina plant or deed send Greeting know ye that I JOHN LANGSTON for Examd divers good causes and valuable considerations we hereunto moving have given granted and by these presents do give grant and confirm unto George Thompson of the County and province afsd planter three hundred and seventy four acres of land lying and being on the South side of Tarr River in the County afsd lying on Hampton's Creek joining McCullocks & Jno Adcocks lines Begining at McCullocks corner pine runing thence Ea 75 chins to a Hickory then So 86 chins to a Hickory in Jno Adcocks line then W 14 chans to an Oak in McCullocks line so along his line No 35 W 104 chains to the first station containing three hundred and seventy four acres surveyed the 26th of July 1753 by Wm Clurton deputy Surveyor To have and to hold all the said tract of land and all the appurtenances there unto belonging whatsoever of me the said JOHN LANGSTON unto the said George Thompson his heirs or Assigns from hence forth for ever to his and their proper use and uses thereof and therewith to do order and dispose at his or their wills or pleasures as of their own proper land free and peaceably and quietly without any manner of lott trouble denial molestation of me the said JOHN LANGSTON or any other person or persons whatsoever of all and which I the said JOHN LANGSTON do deliver the said premises to the said George Thompson his heirs Exers or Assigns and do by these presents put him the said George Thompson his heirs an assigns in full possession peaceable by virtue hereof I the said JOHN LANGSTON have hereunto given under my hand and seal this second day of November one thousand seven hundred fifty nine. http://pages.prodigy.net/blankenstein/john_langston_&_agnes_mangham... - - John Langston & Agnes Mangham MARCH 1760: Andrew Hampton got 1119 acres in two grants located on Tarr River and Mill Creek, Oxford vicinity of Granville County, North Carolina. In a 1760 Granville County gift deed, "for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he beareth unto his son Ezekiel Hampton and for the better support and maintenance of him," Andrew Hampton gave Ezekiel 200 acres of land. The land was part of a larger tract on the north side of Indian Field Creek that had been granted to John Adcock on April 29, 1754. On the same date and by the same style gift deed, the son Ephraim got 400 acres, on the south side of the Tarr River, at the Griggs corner, part of a larger tract granted to Andrew Hampton March 11, 1760. The necessary consideration in the deed to Ephraim was the same as that for Ezekiel except the word "support" was missing. Zachariah Hampton (c.1745 - 9/8/1781) was another son of Andrew Hampton, brother to Ezekiel and Ephraim. These dates from the DAR Patriot Index, show him deceased just before the surrender at Yorktown by the British on October 19, 1781. Descendants of Zachariah show him married to Mary Knowland, daughter of Edward Knowland, who left his will in Granville County on September 22, 1794. Andrew Hampton and 36 other settlers from Granville, with 19 settlers from Edgecomb, petition for the repeal of the tax on free Negroes in1763. The Granville Militia Co. under Col. wm. Eaton in 1754 shows eight companies, with Capt.[Andrew] Hampton commanding Co. #8, with 60 men, the smallest number of men in the eight units. John Adcock shows as the Lieutenant in the company with Ephraim Hampton as Ensign. Hampton Ck & Adcocks creek at the head of the Tarr River.Source: Kathryn Weiss citing notes of RB Cox Andrew had been a militia Captain at least since 1754, which is the date of the earliest militia muster roll showing his name, but he had resigned his commission before the 1763 muster roll was drawn up. If this Andrew were born as early as 1710, he would have been 53 years old. Joseph King (Andrew's son-in-law) signed a deed selling his Granville land at Nap of Reeds (near the present Durham County line north of Butner) to Ephraim, the deed reading "Joseph King of the parish of St. George in the province of Georgia." A part of St. George's parish became Jefferson County. As late as 1806 there was an Andrew Hampton in Jefferson County, Georgia, it was unlikely to have been the Andrew of Granville, rather his descendant, as Andrew most likely was deceased by this date. Indenture made December 5, 1744, between Andrew Moreman of St. Andrew Parish, Brunswick County, and John Parker of same, £160, both side of Stoney Creek, same being granted to the said Andrew Moreman by Letters patent dated 1 March 1743. Signed Andrew Moreman (bhm). Witnesses: William Poole, John Taylor Duke, Andrew Hampton. Court September 5, 1745, Indenture acknowledged by Andrew Moreman. Deed Book 3, Page 68. http://members.tripod.com/~htpiii/thejyner/thejyner.htm More About ANDREW HAMPTON: Census: 1754, Granville County, NC Property: 1754, Brunswick County, NC Notes for ANDREW - NOTES CONTINUED - HAMPTON: Pg 144 poofcv - Before 1734, Andrew Hampton had settled on Bullskin Marsh Run on land for which he, Benjamin Borden and David Griffith had received a land patent from the Colony dated 3 October 1734. This 1,122 acres, surveyed on 23 April 1734 by Robert Brooke, is located in present-day Jefferson County, West Virginia about one mile northwest of Summit Point on County Highway 13 (Hite's Waggon Road, 1730-1732 c.). (Tract 26, Map 4) About 1734 or 1735, Andrew moved from Bullskin region to the east side of Opequon Creek between land owned by John Smith Sr. and William Jasper. (Tract 91, Map 4) Hampton lived on this tract of 200 acres located in present-day Jefferson County, West Virginia about one mile northwest of Middleway on West Virginia Highway 51. The highway and mouth of Mill Creek are on the southernmost part of the tract. His property extended down (north) the Opequon for 1.5 miles. Andrew was appointed "Constable at Opechon in the room (place) of Thomas Law" (Low/Lowe) on 23 March 1737/38. By 16 January 1743/44, when Andrew sold 200 acres of the Bullskin patent land to Benjamin Borden, he had moved to Brunswick (Lunenburg) County, Virginia. Prior to moving, he had sold his 200 acres of Opequon land to David Lewis and Jacob Brooks. Andrew and his wife Sarah sold 150 acres in Lunenburg County, Virginia on 3 March 1746 to Field Jefferson for 40 pounds with Sarah releasing her "Right of Dower." On 7 September 1751, Andrew Hampton of Anson County, North Carolina sold 640 acres on the southwest side of Pee Dee River above Buck Creek (Dillon or Florence County, South Carolina) to Ambrose Stille for 150 pounds in Virginia currency. On 4 March 1754, he purchased 150 acres on the south side of Catawba River and on the south side of Leapers Creek from Mathew Keyekendall and wife Mary for 28 pounds in Virginia money. Andrew was probably the son of John Hampton Senior (b. 1675 c. who sold his livestock on 9 February 1746/47 to Ralph Humphries. On 28 August 1747, John "the Elder," (Sr.) deeded over to his sons George Hampton and Thomas Hampton all his real or personal property in Frederick County, virginia. These transactions indicate a move of some distance. John Sr. may have moved east of the Blue Ridge into present-day Loudoun County, Virginia. A John Hampton's will was proved on 21 March 1748 listing his wife Margaret and sons John, Anthony, James, Henry and Thomas. Daughters listed were Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth and Rosamond. [Thomas in VA deeded land with George, two Thomas', no George listed in Will - kh] Thomas Hampton purchased 149 acres of a tract of land patented to Thomas Johnson (Tract 27A, Map 6) from Daniel Johnston of Cecil County, Maryland on 10 October 1751 for 45 pounds. He and his wife Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Morris (b. 1700 c., deceased by 1750), sold the tract on 11 February 1752 to Marquis Calmes for the same amount. Thomas distributed personal goods to Mary Morris, daughter of Samuel Morris, on 7 March 1758 "in consideration of a Legacy left Mary by her Father named Samuel Morris dec'd." Then Thomas and his wife Elizabeth (formerly Elizabeth Morris) sold Elizabeth's 126-acre part of 378 acres (her "Dower Land" on "Bucks Marsh") to satisfy a debt.William (deceased 1728) and Margaret Hawlin/Halling of Loudoun County, Virginia were the parents of Elizabeth Morris Hampton. William Halling sold land in Prince George County, Maryland on the Anacostia River (Washington, D.C.) in 1723. John Hampton Jr. wrote his will on 11 July 1751 (proved 15 August 1751) leaving his "present dwelling plantation" to his wife Lydia and 100 acres of same to his son John. Son Andrew received 100 acres adjoining son John's land. Son William received 100 acres which was purchased from Ralph Lowe. Son David received 100 acres called the "Level Land," constituting the lower part. His wife Lydia and his brother Thomas Hampton were named executors. This 349-acre tract of land where John Hampton Jr. lived, but never legally owned, was later assigned and granted to George Cunningham on 26 March 1771. It is located adjacent south of James Anderson's 350-acre tract (Tract 165, Map 4) on Sylvan Run (a branch of Opequon Creek) and on Berkeley County, West Virginia Highway 26/2, about one mile southeast of Bunker Hill, West Virginia. On the same date (27 July 1738), William Williams filed a "Suit by Complaint" against 54 Defendants for "signing a Scandalous paper reflecting on the Complaintiff" (Williams). The following defendants "humbly acknowledged their Error, begging pardon, were excused paying their Costs": Daniel Chancey, James Brown, Samuel Wilson, Phillip Jobson, William Wilburn, John Woodfin, David Logan, Paul Williams, John Rist John Hyet Jeremy Williams Paul Williams Jr, John Grayham, John Tradan, Rees Smith, Abraham Yeats, Andrew Hampton, Samuel Hews, James Delahay, Samuel Britton. The following defendants could not be "found by the Sheriff and the Complaint was dismissed": Peter Hyet, William Homes, William Burley, Thomas Potts, John Stuart, Francis Ross, William Fulton. Other defendants involved were: John Smith, John Petite, Jonathan Curtis, Cornelius Newkirk, Enock Freeland, Tunis Hood, Jeremiah Poor, James Sargent, William Smith, John Smith Junior, Tunas Newkirk, Henry Newkirk, Zebulon Canterel Darby McCever, Joseph King, William Saterfield, Joseph Canterel, John Pitts, Andrew Clemons, Samuel Hayward, Thomas McCleduff, George Hyet, Thomas Heart, Henry Robinson, William Rust, Nicholas Knight . poofcv Pg167 poofcv - David Griffith was a joint owner along with Benjamin Borden and Andrew Hampton of a 1,122-acre patent from the Colony (3 October 1734). He probably lived on this land until approximately 1747. After he had moved to Lunenburg County, Virginia, David sold 422 acres of this tract to James McCracken on 6 April 1750 for 31 pounds. (Tract 26B, Map 4) (See Andrew Hampton for location) In Halifax County, Virginia Court of Pleas, James Daniel brought a claim against the estate of David Griffith and Mary Lindsey (probably a daughter), the executor, on 17 October 1752. Mary paid Daniel's claim plus court costs on 20 March 1753. Halifax was a part of Lunenburg until 1752. McCracken lived on the 422 acres, which he had purchased from David Griffith, for a period of eight months and then sold it to George Washington of King George County, Virginia ( tract now listed as being 456 acres) for 112 pounds on 3 December 1750. JANUARY 10, 1767: This is the latest date for a land entry found in Granville for Andrew Hampton, he deeded 200 acres to son Ezekiel having obtained the same land on the same date by deed from Henry McCullock, Esq. The deed of sale for his last Granville land, Andrew is noted as "being in the Province of Georgia." Other deeds indicate that Joseph King, Andrew's son-in-law and Ezekiel went to Georgia at the same time (1765), although Ezekiel returned shortly thereafter. Granville, NC Deeds H-279 and H-476 (1765) show both Andrew Hampton and Joseph King "in the Province of GA."James Foster reports that Joseph King is listed in the reconstructed 1790 GA census. In 1769, an Andrew Hampton applied for a land grant in Georgia along the Altamaha River, stating he had lived in Georgia for four years along with his wife and two minor children (Georgia Headright Grants Book F.5, pages 470,473) Source: JW Foster. One of these minors could have been Zachariah. The identity of the two minor children is not known, [could very well have been sons John and Joseph], in any case, an Andrew Hampton owned land along the Altamaha around 1810. That Andrew Hampton, it would appear, was the son of Joseph Hampton. It is probable this Andrew (Granville Andrew) died in Georgia, but no record of his death has been located. The connection between NC - Andrew Hampton and the GA - Andrew Hampton has not conclusively been proven and further research is needed. Abstract of Colonial Wills of the State of GA - D: 22 Nov. 1768. P: 6 Mar. 1769. R: 5 Aug. 1769. pp. 302-304 WBA. -- -- John Emmanuel, St. George's Parish. Brothers: Levi, tract of land, containing 100 acres adjoining land of Andrew Hampton on Brier Creek; my cloak. Amos, tract of 150 acres on Rocky Comfort. David, one suit of clothes, saddle, and a yearling heifer to his little son. Asa, my watch. Sisters: Elizabeth Nowland and Rebecca Walker, five shillings each. Martha Duehart, all the money her husband, John, owes me, my silver shoe buckles, and a yearling heifer to her dau Ruth and a black pacing horse to herself, branded "IE." Ruth, her choice of my cows and her calf, a sorrel filly of two years old branded with a B crossways. Remainder of estate to be equally divided between my father and my brother, Levi and my sister, Ruth. Exor: father, David Emmanuel. Wit: David Lewis, Jacob Lewis, Evan Davis, his mark. English Crown Grants in the Parishes St David, St Patrick, St Thomas and St Mary in Georgia 1755-1775 Williams, William -- 300 acres, St. David Parish, Granted July 2, 1771 - Grant Book I, page 376 - Bounded on the southwest by Andrew Hampton, southeast by a marsh. English Crown Grants in the Parishes St David, St Patrick, St Thomas and St Mary in Georgia 1755-1775.......Hampton, Andrew -- 300 acres, St. David Parish, Granted April 2, 1771 - Grant Book I, page 284 - Bounded on the southeast by salt marsh. English Crown Grants in the Parishes St David, St Patrick, St Thomas and St Mary in Georgia 1755-1775 genealogy.com GA colonial records Dept of Archives and History deed book u 1769-1771 page 177 Andrew Hampton to Amos Whitehead both of St. George Parish deed dated march 26, 1768. Witt: David Lewis, George Walker, probated by Walker before John Thomas J.P. said Parish. English crown grants Hampton, Andrew - 3oo acres, St David Parish granted April 2, 1771 Grant book I, page 284 bound on the southeast by salt marsh. Source: Joesph R. Hampton A part of St. George's parish became Jefferson County, GA. Andrew Hampton of Granville NC moved to St. George's Parish, GA as noted above in about 1765-69. "......For the next three generations, his descendants (Andrew Hampton) pushed up the Altamahaw River close on the heels of the departing Indians. When Laurens County, GA was established about 1830, Andrew Hampton (son of Andrew Y. Hampton) was already running a mill on a tributary of the Altamahaw." SOURCE: Roberta Rose, in concluding her research into this same family of Andrew Hampton formerly of Granville, NC. 1. Andrew Hampton of Granville, NC - moved to St George's Parish, GA 1765-69 2. Joseph Hampton (son of Andrew1) was born 1746 in NC, and died about 1803 in Jefferson County, Georgia.He married Elizabeth unknown.He apparently moved to Georgia about 1769 and later appears in the 1801 Tax Digest of Jefferson County, Georgia with one slave, and 200 acres, according to Hines-Hampton and Allied Families of Georgia and Florida, Frances Hines Kolner, 1997, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa, p. 51. 3. Andrew Hampton(son of Joseph2, Andrew1)born about 1769-1770, possibly in St. George's Parish, Georgia, according to Memoirs of Florida, by Rowland H. Rerick, v. 1, 1902, p. 558.He died January 26, 1840, in Laurens County, Georgia.He married (1) Mary Jane "Polly" Darsey, daughter of Benjamin Darsey and Leodicey ?.He married (2) Mary Fulliwood in May of 1829.It has been reported that there was no issue of this second marriage. 4. Andrew Young Hampton (Andrew3, Joseph2, Andrew1) was born October 29, 1806, in Jefferson County, Georgia, and died January 6, 1870, in Greenville, Madison County, Florida.He married Eliza B. Coats on December 18, 1828, in Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia, daughter of Robert Coats.She was born in 1808 in Scotland. This family history (Hamptons in GA) is complete for several more generations, but I have stopped at this point, as this is not a direct family line for my family. Source: Descendants of Andrew Hampton, Genealogy of Joesph T. Fleming - web site. Sanna thanks for your reply yes I am from the Burke Go. Ga. Hampton acording to my grgr granfathers civil war records he was born in Burke GA. around 1815-20 his name was Simeon H Hampton - - - GA. E 61st Ga. Regt. Montgomery Go. Ga. Sharpshooters a Thomas, Simeon and James were listed in the 1820 census for Burke Go. Ga. I don't know which one was his father. His wife was Emily Tennison. Andrew,Joseph and John are listed in the early St. George Parrish Ga. Records (mid 1760s) Joseph and John ask for land ajoining Hall Hudson, Asa, Emanuel and David Lewis, each receiving land next to each. That's about as for as I have been able to go.Joseph R. Hampton Sr . References for Foster's work are as follows: 1 Lunenberg County, Virginia Deed Book 4, pages 128-130, Note: Andrew Hampton's purchase of the land in 1741 is in Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Book 2, and pages 104-106- 2. Granville Tax Lists, 1746-1766. 3, N.C. Colonial and State Papers Vol. 7, page 467. 4 Granville Deed Book H, page 92. 5. NORTH CAROLINA RESEARCH, edited by Helen F. M. Leary and Maurice R.

    Stirewalt. Publish LOCATION: 2000 NC, Tarr River rises in West Central Person Co. and flows SE through Granville, Franklin, Nash, Edgecombe and Pitt Counties to Beaufort Co. where it becomes the Pamlico River. Revoluntionary War Warrants;Zarchariah Hampton--- Heirs of Zarchariah Hampton, private; 640 acres; issued 23 Aug 1821.John Hampton transferred the same to John Terrell on 11 Sept 1821, witnessed by Wilbourn F Hampton andWilliam Clement.John Washington deposed before Richard Sneed, a justice of the peace for Granville Co. N.C., that he was well acquainted with Zarchariah Hampton, reported to have died of wounds received from the ememy at the Hughtaugh(?) Battle in the Revolutionary War.John Hampton is the oldest son and rightful heir of said Zarchariah, dec.dated 20 July 1821 Colonial America, 1607-1789 NC Census Index Hampton, Andrew NC GRANVILLE CO. 1755 Hampton, Ephraim NC GRANVILLE CO. 1755 Hampton, Ezekiel NC GRANVILLE CO. 1769 Hampton, John NC GRANVILLE CO. 1769 LOCATION: English Crown Grants in the Parishes St David, St Patrick, St Thomas and St Mary in Georgia 1755-1775 , Page 104 northwest by Ann Rogers. Tract is part of a narrow neck of land lying between Dover and South Hampton Creeks. Page 104 English Crown Grants in the Parishes St David, St Patrick, St Thomas and St Mary in Georgia 1755-1775 , Page 116 Bluff near the mouth of Tortus River, bounded on the north by marsh and part of South Hampton Creek, southeast by a marsh and a small creek, southwest by George Nodding. Hampton, John 100 acres in St. George Parish Granted on August 2, 1774Grant Book M, page 204 100 acres bounded on the northeast by Asa Emanuel, south by Hall Hudson, southeast by David Lewis and west by John Nelson. 5 Dec 1998 Wilbourn Edward Wilbourn appears in court records in Pr. Wm. Co. from about 1754. After Fauquier was formed, he is shown in Fauquier Co. from 1759 until he moved to Granville Co., NC, Nap of Reed's District, ca. 1768/1769. He brought land in Granville Co., NC in Jan, 1769 fromJohn Hampton, who may have had Fauquier connections. Edward Wilbourn and wife second wife, Mary, daughter of Alexander St. Clair of Stafford and Pr. Wm., sold the last of the land she had inherited from her father in Fauquier Co. as late as the 1790s, I believe. Edward lived on land adjoining Francis Tennell whose wife Margaret was a sister to Mary St.Clair Wilbourn. Seek information on other Wilbourns in the area in the 1750's and before; we need Edward's parents and siblings. There is a Duke Wilburn mentioned in a Pr. Wm. court record in the 1750's. Does anyone know of him? Edward Wilbourn, as well as many others in Fauquier in the 1760s, seems to have often been sued for relatively small amounts of money. Was this tied to tobacco farming, or were these just hard times then? I would be interested in learning about the economy. Eager to hear from any others interested in the Wilbourn (all types of spelling and St. Clair (often spelled Sinclair) families. Thank you! Pansylea Willburn willburn@earthlink.net Thomas Denton of Brunswick County, stands indebted to William Williams of Isle of Wight County, for £30, dated 23 December 1738.Condition if Thomas Denton do acknowledge and make a firm right and title to William Williams to a Certain tract or parcel of Land Containing 134a, on East side of Shining Creek or Isen-Glass Creek, being part of a tract Pattented by Thomas Sisson deced. by 15 May next ensuing.Signed by Thomas Denton (bhm).Witnesses:Thomas Lanier, James Cook, Sampson Lanier, Junr.Court April 4, 1745, Bond proved by oaths of Thos. Lanier and James Cooke. Deed Book 3, Page 12. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vabrunsw/deeds/brundb3.htm Indenture made 17 May 1745 between William Smith of Brunswick County, planter, and Batt Peterson of same, £25, South side Merring, 150a.Signed William Smith (bhm).Witnesses: Burrell Brown, Belean Posey, Sarah Denton (bhm).Court June 6, 1745, Indenture and Memorandum acknowledged by William Smith, Planter.Deed Book 3, Page 26. Indenture made 5 December 1744, between Andrew Moreman of St. Andrew Parish, Brunswick County, and John Parker of same, £160, both side of Stoney Creek, same being granted to the said Andrew Moreman by Letters patent dated 1 March 1743.Signed Andrew Moreman (bhm).Witnesses:William Poole, John Taylor Duke, Andrew Hampton.Court September 5, 1745, Indenture acknowledged by Andrew Moreman.Deed Book 3, Page 68. 1744 - Indenture made December 5, 1744, between Andrew Moreman of St. Andrew Parish, Brunswick County, and John Parker of same, £160, both side of Stoney Creek, same being granted to the said Andrew Moreman by Letters patent dated 1 March 1743. Signed Andrew Moreman (bhm). Witnesses: William Poole, John Taylor Duke, Andrew Hampton. Court September 5, 1745, Indenture acknowledged by Andrew Moreman. Deed Book 3, Page 68. "Authentic copy of the Muster Roll of a Regiment of Militia Commanded by Colonel William Eaton. General Muster Roll, 8 October 1754. Volume 22, North Carolina State Records pp. 370-380," Capt. Andrew Hampton's Co.Ray, p. 29439.Minus Griggs40.Francis West JOHN ????? 1755 Tax List of Granville Co., NC shows John "two whites" and Andrew and son Ephraim. A "white" was any white male above 18 years of age who was capable of bearing arms.

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Some Discussion on the “Two” Andrew Hamptons of Revolutionary War Fame

Bulo Briggs' mother is Anna Melissa Garland, dau of John Wm. T. Garland, son of Bridget Hampton, dau of Ezekiel Hampton, son of Andrew Hampton.

(Summary: I discovered, I think, that Col. Andrew Hampton is not our ancestor, but the "other" Andrew of Granville NC. Lots of confusion in family researchers here, but this seems the best information yet and a very interesting discussion and history of Revolutionary War times through our ancestors! I rearranged the web article to put our Granville Andrew's material first. Roger)

See: http://people.we.mediaone.net/khampton/colandr.htm

Another Andrew Hampton: (probably our direct ancestor)

Granville Andrew Hampton

Captain Andrew Hampton

Born About 1710: (older than Col. Andrew Hampton)

Died About 1771

The following is the information I have about another (not Col.) Andrew Hampton. As stated earlier, many have combined the two Andrews into a “Composite Andrew Hampton.” I strongly feel that the evidence and facts of record demonstrate two separate Andrews – not one.

I believe the two Andrews are related, both descended from the Hamptons of New Jersey and more specifically of the Scottish immigrant, John Hampton (born 1645) and immigrated to Freehold, NJ. It seems very likely that this Andrew (Granville) may be the son of John Hampton (d. 1748 in VA). The truth is, that we haven’t yet been able to conclusively document the father of either Andrew. This Andrew would likely be a brother to the John Hampton (d. 1751, VA). - the proof is not conclusive that John, Jr., and Andrew were the sons of John Hampton, Sr (2).

"OCTOBER, 1734: This is the earliest valid record date found relating to this Andrew Hampton. Andrew Hampton shows on Virginia land records for October 3, 1734, as a joint patentee with Benjamin Borden and David Griffith for a grant of 1122 acres west of the Sherrando (Shenandoah) River, in the area to become part of Orange County. The land patented to the three parties was theirs "to hold or co-hold, yielding and paying rents as provided." The tract was adjacent to the land of Edward Maloy, was on the south side of Bullskin Run and Bullskin Marsh, (would show today to the north of Berryville, Virginia) north of Winchester near Summit Point, West Virginia.... Benjamin Borden, an early land speculator in the Valley was probably the senior partner to this patent. He was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1675, and left a will in Frederick County, Virginia in 1743. On October 7, 1696 an older Benjamin Borden had bought 500 acres from the immigrant John Hampton, in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

1734 - Orange County formed from Spotslyvania.

In the earliest records of what later became Frederick County, VA, John (Sr) (2), John, Jr.(2), and Andrew Hampton lived on adjacent properties along Opequon Creek adjoining Noah Hampton's mill property on the south. Although conclusive proof has not been found, evidence supports John (Sr) as the father of John, Jr., and Andrew. They all lived next to each other, next to Noah in VA along the Opequon River. Property transactions indicate John, Jr., was Andrew's brother. Early Frederick County deeds, VA Archives in Richmond, VA - Andrew sells land, which had been the property of John Jr (2). No deed has been found transferring the land to Andrew, which could be an indication that they were brothers as it was not uncommon for relatives to transfer land without deed at the time. SOURCE:JWF

In 1746 and 1747, John Hampton Sr. sold most of what he still owned and deeded the rest to his sons George and Thomas, reportedly in order to protect those holdings against lawsuit. After that he disappeared from the records. Since he was into his upper sixties by then, it is believed he died about 1748.

This Andrew's reported children were: Ezekeil (named in deed book D page 42), Ephraim (named in deed book D page 43), John (named with this Andrew on the 1764 Tax List also identified as Ephraim's brother by Menucan Hunt, NC Secretary of State, NC Archives Micro film #Z.5.147N), a Daughter married to Joseph King (Joesph King was listed on the 1765 tax list with this Andrew), Zacharia (proven to be Ephraim's brother by NC land entries for title), David - no documentation found and Joseph (found in family of GA descendants).

A 1715 will of George Cumming, probably Margaret Cumming Hampton's brother, mentions George and Isabel, children of John Hampton (2) - John (2) was executor of the will. The John Hampton born Scotland 1681, is by good evidence the same as found in the Shenandoah Valley land records as John Hampton Sr., with sons George, Thomas, John Jr. and daughter Isabel Johnson Jump. SOURCE: R,B, COX NOTES

Executor of John Jr.'s (3), 1751 will was his brother Thomas. SOURCE:JWF

Thursday, March 27, 1737, Orange County, Virginia Court Order Book shows that Andrew Hampton was made Constable at Opeckon in the room of Thomas Low. Opeckon at the time was about where Winchester, Virginia is today. Orange County included the area at that date. Most records estimate the birth date of Granville - Andrew Hampton to have been about 1710-15.

Ezekiel (son of Andrew) sold a tract of land August 4, 1760. Lee Albright and Helen F. M. Leary point out in the first chapter of "North Carolina Research," a man could own land in colonial N.C. before he was twenty-one, but he couldn't sell it until he came of age. From the early tax lists and Ezekiel's first land sale it is logical to conclude Ephraim was born about 1737 and Ezekiel about 1739.

On July 27, 1738 George Thurston appointed Constable in the room of Andrew Hampton, Orange County Court Order Book. Thus there was a one-year term for the appointment of Andrew Hampton as Constable.

1738, Orange County Court Orders cite Andrew Hampton and some sixty other settlers in a suit brought by one William William, an early dissenting minister in the area. 1743, Andrew Hampton, "of Brunswick County" deeds 200 acres in Frederick County, Virginia to Benjamin Borden of Frederick.

Augusta and Frederick Counties were formed in 1738 from Orange County.

Andrew left Frederick County at about the time Noah moved his mill westward to the Cacapon River. On the deed selling his last Frederick lands, he is described as being of Brunswick County.

By 1740, Andrew shows on land records in Brunswick County, Virginia south of the Roanoke River. In 1743, Andrew Hampton of Brunswick sells land in Frederick County, formerly Orange County. By 1746, Brunswick County had been divided to form the new County of Lunenburg. Lunenburg Deed Book shows for March 3, 1746, Andrew Hampton and his wife Sarah selling for 40 pounds Virginia money to Field Jefferson, tract of 150 acres next to Ephraim Parham land. This tract is the same as bought from George King in 1740 by Andrew Hampton, the tract then in Brunswick.

In 1741, Andrew bought land in Brunswick County from George and Susannah King. The King family was much involved with the Hamptons, but the extent is not yet known. A John Hampton sold Northern VA land to Robert King in 1717. Joseph King operated a mill on Andrew Hampton's NC land about 1750. Joseph King is listed as Andrew Hampton's son (son-in-law) on Granville County tax lists. Joseph King and Andrew Hampton later (1765) migrated together to Georgia.

JANUARY 17, 1743: 200 acres to Borden was to be divided from land David Griffith had bought from John Hampton "Juner"; and marked as the division between Andrew Hampton and David Griffith; along Worthington line to Borden line. The possession of 500 acres by Borden is, "by virtue of a bargain to him thereof made by the said Andrew Hampton for one whole year of indenture," quitrents payable to the King. This John Hampton, Jr. would be the same as with the 1751 with will which named wife Lydia, brother Thomas and sons John, David, Andrew and William (a minor).

Research done by Dr. J.L. Miller also notes the relationship of this Andrew to John and Thomas. ....There lived in Brunswick County prior to 1750 three brothers named Andrew, John and Thomas Hampton, as is shown by the records of Frederick County.. January 16, 1743, Andrew Hampton, of Brunswick County, sold to Benjamin Borden 200 acres of land in Frederick County. Deed mentions brother John Hampton, who owned adjoining land. John Hampton mentioned as brother of Andrew, was living in Frederick, May 6, 1747, when he sold cattle to Ralph Humphries. SOURCE: Hampton Family of Virginia, North & South Carolina & Kentucky by Dr. J.L. Miller - 1916.

The land Andrew bought from the Kings was on the Roanoke River where the Great Occaneechee Trading Path crossed the river. It is possible he operated a ferry, because the next owner, Thomas Jefferson's uncle, had a ferry on the property. The land was in the part of Brunswick, which later became Lunenburg, then Mecklenburg. Andrew sold the Roanoke River property to Field Jefferson (Thomas's uncle) in 1746.

Andrew's first land in Granville Co, NC was near where the Trading path crossed the Tar River. In total, Andrew bought about two thousand acres of Granville land, mostly for speculation. He gave property each to his sons Ephraim and Ezekiel, but sold most of the rest. There was a mill on the land he kept for his home. He operated a tavern, and seems to have supplied other tavern keepers. At one point he had enough food on hand to feed 146 Indians for a week, not an insignificant amount.

The 1761 tax list includes son Ephraim as a head of household, son Ezekiel as a head of household. plus Andrew Hampton and son John in a separate household with two tithables. Apparently the Hampton boys became heads of household when they turned twenty-one. Ezekiel was also Constable, responsible for a part of the 1761 list. John is shown as head of household for the first time on the 1766 tax list. It seems safe to assume John was born about 1745.

MARCH 3, 1746: Andrew Hampton and wife Sarah show in Luenburg County, Virginia Deed Book as transferring land by sale to Field Jefferson, land next to Ephraim Parham. Lunenburg formed in 1746 from Brunswick County, Virginia. The Lunenburg Court ordered two Justices to go to Sarah Hampton to get her acknowledgement to the sale because, "Sarah the wife of said Andrew Hampton, cannot conveniently travel to our county court of Lunenburg to make acknowledgement of the said conveyance."

I have searched for Sarah, the wife of Andrew Hampton for a long while and came up with nothing, other than speculation. Robert B. Cox, in "Notes on Andrew Hampton" written August 1981, submitted to the Garland Family Research Association, article 16F, was the first to allege that Sarah's maiden name was KUYKENDALL. He based this on some circumstantial evidence (several Kuykendall's lived near Andrew Hampton in Virginia, served with him in the Revolution, and lived near him in North Carolina).

There is only one reference so far found to Sarah, the wife of Andrew Hampton. This reference: "Lunenburg Deed Book shows for March 3, 1746, Andrew Hampton and his wife Sarah selling for 40 pounds Virginia money to Field Jefferson, tract of 150 acres next to Ephraim Parham land. This tract is the same as bought from George King in 1740 by Andrew Hampton, the tract then in Brunswick. On March 3, 1746, the court ordered two justices to go to Sarah Hampton, to get her acknowledgement of the sale, because, "Sarah the wife of the said Andrew Hampton, cannot conveniently travel to our county court of Lunenburg to make acknowledgement of the said conveyance." This is the first and only entry found to show the wife Sarah." Its source was Robert Cox - "The Hampton Family - Early in the Shenandoah Valley" compiled by Robert B. Cox, submitted to the "Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County", Volume IV, Number 2: May, 1976 (pages 72-78) & August, 1976 (p. 144-146).

George Kuykendall wrote a book and it is an excellent source on the Kuykendall family. It was written in 1919 and is about 1000 pages. I've found several Sarah Kuykendall's, but none of them could have been the wife of Andrew Hampton in my opinion. Other researchers have also not been able to find a candidate in the Kuykendall family for Andrews's wife Sarah. At this point, I simply list her as Sarah, with no last name. Mr. Cox did some remarkable research on the Hampton family, but his theory that Sarah was a Kuykendall has achieved general acceptance. If anyone has any basis for this assertion (other that Cox’s speculation), I would gladly welcome it, so far I have not found it – nor have the Kuykendall researchers and I dare say there are as many of them as there are Hampton researchers.

It should be noted that one Joseph Hampton (who will referenced later in this file) was born about 1746. Perhaps the reason Sarah could not come to court? [Joseph Hampton (Andrew 1) was born 1746, and died about 1803 in Jefferson County, Georgia. He is reported as moving to Georgia about 1769, and later appears in the 1801 Tax Digest of Jefferson County, Georgia with one slave, and 200 acres, according to Hines-Hampton and Allied Families of Georgia and Florida, Frances Hines Kolner, 1997, Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa, p. 51.]

One Robert Jones left will in Lunenburg on September 9, 1748 naming five sons: Robert, William, Thomas, Samuel and Charles; and daughters: Betty Girth, Mary Foot, Margaret, Nanny, and Leanna Jones. The Hampton name appears in North Carolina and Virginia with the Jones family name, specific relationship isn't evident. The son of Andrew Hampton, Ephraim Hampton, left his will in Rowan in 1814 and named executors, his wife Lemander, sons David, Thomas and Robert, and friend Samuel Jones.

In the Granville “Miscellaneous” box there is a slip of paper dated 1747, or 1749, which says Joseph King is granted permission to operate a mill on Indian Fields Creek. The only land on Indian Fields Creek suitable for a mill was Andrew Hampton's land. You'll have to take my word for it, but I have a license on the wall from the State of NC which says I'm qualified to make judgments like that. Joseph King was Andrew Hampton's son-in-law. Indian Fields Creek, about 1750, became Hampton's Mill Creek. A few years later, Ephraim Hampton went into the mill business with a neighbor named Addcock. SOURCE: James Foster

The Andrew Hampton home place in Granville was along the old Trading Path (by then a road) about a mile and a half west of where the Trading Path crossed the Tarr River a short distance upstream from the present crossing of Interstate 85. A short time before the Revolution the area became part of the Oxford District of Granville County. Andrew bought the property, 400 acres on both sides of Indian Fields Creek, from John Addcock 4 March 1752.

The Granville Militia Regiment under Colonel William Eaton in 1754 shows eight companies, with Captain Hampton commanding Company #8, with 60 men. John Adcock shows as the Lieutenant in the company, with Ephraim Hampton as Ensign. Ephraim was a son of the Captain Andrew Hampton. A map of the area for this period shows Hampton Creek and Adcock's Creek, at the head of the Tar River.

In 1756 a license was granted to Andrew Hampton to keep an "ordinary on his plantation bought from John Addock.... wherein Andrew promised, "to provide good, wholesome and cleanly lodging & diet for travelers"...In 1764 when he moved to Ledge of Rocks he again was granted a license for an "ordinary".... Reverend McAden, a Baptist minister traveling across Granville, wrote in his diary that, "he had spent the night of 21 April 1756 at Captain Hampton's."

...Andrew lived on the original track until almost 1764. A bond he gave in 1764 refers to his plantation, which had formerly belonged to John Addcock. In 1764 he move to land he bought a short distance farther out the Trading Path at Ledge of Rocks....

......Tax Lists for Granville give good clues about the ages of Andrew's children. According to N.C. law white males 16 years of age or over, and black males and females 12 old or older were subject to an annual head tax. ...... Andrew's name first appears on the 1753 list, written separately at the side of the page, perhaps as if he had been a latecomer to Granville, arriving after the list was made but before the books were closed. The 1753 tax list does offer some indication that none of Andrew's male children were 16 or over in 1753, since only Andrew, one tithable, was listed in that year. The next year, 1754, "Hampton Andrew and son Ephraim" are named, two tithables. In 1758, the next surviving list with Hamptons on it, Ephraim is listed as head of a separate household, one tithable, next to Andrew Hampton and Ezekiel Hampton in the same household, two tithables. .....The 1761 tax list includes Ephraim as a head of household, Ezekiel as a head of household, plus Andrew Hampton and son John in a separate household with two tithables. .... Joseph King, Andrew's son-in-law, is a part of Andrew's household on the 1762, 1764 and 1765 lists. From the fairly regular schedule of births in the family, one might guess Andrew's daughter, Mrs. Joseph King, was born after Ezekiel and before John. After 1765, neither Andrew Hampton nor Joseph King show up by name on the Granville lists. Taxables for Granville Co, NC. Provide by Roberta Rose & James Foster.

It should be noted that the term "son-in-law" is ambiguous during these times - It could mean a stepson also, as in a second family for Andrew. While no record has been found for the death of Sarah, many have speculated that she died around 1746-1748. Thus Andrew could have taken a new bride and she may have had children and/or they may have had additional children. As noted in Andrew's 1769 application for a land grant in GA, "he had been living in GA for 4 years with his wife and 2 minor children."

In 1758 this Andrew was selected, along with Robert Harris, as one of twelve vestrymen for the new Parish of Granville, which included all of the present Granville and Vance counties. Before the Revolution, when the Church of England was the state church, vestrymen were the authority for many of what today are considered civil matters, such as marriage, disputes and divorce.

MARCH 1760: Andrew Hampton got 1119 acres in two grants located on Tarr River and Mill Creek, Oxford vicinity of Granville County, North Carolina.

In a 1760 Granville County gift deed, "For and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he beareth unto his son Ezekiel Hampton and for the better support and maintenance of him," Andrew Hampton gave Ezekiel 200 acres of land. The land was part of a larger tract on the north side of Indian Field Creek that had been granted to John Adcock on April 29, 1754. On the same date and by the same style gift deed, the son Ephraim got 400 acres, on the south side of the Tarr River, at the Griggs corner, part of a larger tract granted to Andrew Hampton March 11, 1760. The necessary consideration in the deed to Ephraim was the same as that for Ezekiel except the word "support" was missing. Zachariah Hampton (c.1745 - 9/8/1781) was another son of Andrew Hampton, brother to Ezekiel and Ephraim. These dates from the DAR Patriot Index, show him deceased just before the surrender at Yorktown by the British on October 19, 1781. Descendants of Zachariah show him married to Mary Knowland, daughter of Edward Knowland, who left his will in Granville County on September 22, 1794.

Some have noted that another son in the family of this Andrew Hampton may have been one of the numerous David Hamptons, but I have seen no documentation of a son named David for either of these Andrew Hamptons.

The Granville will of Minus Griggs (October 1760) bears the signatures and witnesses of Andw Hampton-Jurat; Ephraim Hampton and William Berry-Jurat. Note the style signature for And(w) Hampton on the Griggs will. The same style shows on the deeds to Ezekiel and Ephraim and in numerous later documents, including the 1805 will in Rutherford. Earlier Orange County Virginia records show the presence there of Minus and John Griggs around 1741. A son of Ezekiel and grandson of Andrew Hampton, by name of Andrew Hampton (1765-1861), came to the New River area of Virginia around 1785; the area became Grayson County, Virginia in 1793. This younger Andrew had married Sarah Griggs, the widow of John Grigs, who was one of the sons mentioned in the 1760 Griggs will.................

Andrew Hampton and 36 other settlers from Granville, with 19 settlers from Edgecomb, petition for the repeal of the tax on free Negroes in1763.

Andrew had been a militia Captain at least since 1754, which is the date of the earliest militia muster roll showing his name, but he had resigned his commission before the 1763 muster roll was drawn up. If this Andrew were born as early as 1710, he would have been 53 years old.

Joseph King (Andrew's son-in-law) signed a deed selling his Granville land at Nap of Reeds (near the present Durham County line north of Butner) to Ephraim, the deed reading "Joseph King of the parish of St. George in the province of Georgia." A part of St. George's parish became Jefferson County. NC, Granville Deed book H 416, Nov 17, 1767.

TAX LISTS FROM 1766 chronicle the migration of Ephraim, Ezekiel and John from Granville to Rowan County. Tax lists from 1766 through 1775 only the head of household is named, followed by the number of tithables in the household, but in 1768 and 1769 the lists name all tithables and whether each is white, black male or black female. After 1775, the lists concentrate on the name of the taxpayer and his or her wealth.

Ephraim reported two males 16-21 in his household on the 1772 Granville tax list. He had been married only 9 years, so they probably were not his sons. On the next Granville tax list (1774), the two males are gone from Ephaim's house, but Zachariah shows up as an adult for the first time.

Ezekiel and Jane probably moved to the forks of the Yadkin Rive

Andrew Hampton settled on Mountain Creek in what was then called Tryon County in 1770 and was a captain in the frontier militia. The father of 15 children, he was a prosperous farmer and miller. In 1775, he resigned his Royal commission when he signed the Tryon Resolves, which declared the area’s support for the struggle against British tyranny. Hampton was major in General Griffith Rutherford’s 1776 expedition against the Cherokee Indians. When R