John Hamilton Ham - son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Ham

According to Mary Ann Linton Morgan's research notes, in the late 1700 between seven and eight-hundred Hamiltons lived in Bracken County which was located about 30 miles from the Blue Lick Springs. It is essential that we gather all of the identifying sources possible in putting our John and Elizabeth Hamilton’s family together.

The following biography of John Hamilton Ham included in an 1882 Nicholas County History Volume identifies him as the son of John Hamilton’s daughter Elizabeth Hamilton Ham and her husband Samuel.

JOHN HAMILTON HAM, dealer in real estate, Carlisle, was born in McBride's Run, Nicholas County, Ky., Dec. 22, 1821, to Samuel and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Ham; he died in April 1837, at the age of fifty (see history of M. K. Ham); she was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Hamilton, and died at the age of fifty, in 1852; she was the mother of five children, viz: Leann, wife of Thomas M. Mathews, residing in Orange County, Ind.; John H., William W., Jacob A., married, died and left a wife and three children (two sons and a daughter) in Orange County, Ind.; and Samuel W., also deceased; John H., the third child and subject of this sketch, began his career in life as a farmer, and followed the same until a few years since, when he engaged in the real estate business.  He was married in Carlisle, Nov. 9, 1848, to Elizabeth McCune, both in Nicholas county, July 15, 1830, to John and Elizabeth (Mathers) McCune, natives of Nicholas County; he born in 1796, she in 1806, to Thomas Mathers, born in 1759, and Elizabeth, his wife, born in 1768; John McCune, a son of John, born in 1762.  Mr. Ham, by this marriage had three children, viz: R. Edgar, born Nov. 17, 1849; Oscar, born Sept. 6, 1852, and Elizabeth, died in infancy.  Mr. and Mrs. Ham are members of the Church at Carlisle, of which he served as Deacon several years; he is neutral in politics.  His youngest son, Oscar, was married Oct. 28, 1879, to Miss Luella Kimbrough (born to Joshua and Mary (Bowen) Kimbrough) May 14, 1857 (see history of Mrs. M. C. Bell).  After marriage he engaged in business with his brother-in-law, Mr. H. C. Kimbrough, at the hotel and continued his stock interests and trading.  They are the owners of the famous trotting horse, "Pegasus."  In business, they are enterprising, energetic, and are highly esteemed by the people of the county.

Ham Hamilton Mathews McCune Kimbrough Bowen Bell = Orange-IN

REF:  History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 749. [Nicholas County]  [Carlisle City and Precinct]

 http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nicholas/ham.jh.txt

JOHN HAMILTON

When John Hamilton Morgan (1842-1894) began his journal in 1876 he wrote,

"I enter here by genealogy:

My father and grandfather were named Garrard Morgan

My grandmother Morgan’s maiden name was Sarah Sanderson

On my mother’s side my great grandfather was John Hamilton; his wife Elizabeth

Grandfather was James Hamilton, his wife Margaret Hamilton

My mother’s name is Eliza Ann Hamilton

Garrard Jr. had a sister Mary Morgan who married Marshall Hamilton, himself father of Woodson Hamilton"

One thing I’m now certain of, John Hamilton Morgan’s great grandfather, John Hamilton died in Nicholas County, Kentucky in 1828. County deeds, sale bills, and his will attest to that and the names of his heirs—and nine children.

They are:

Elizabeth Hamilton widow, relict

1. Samuel Hamm and wife Elizabeth Hamilton (late Elizabeth Hamilton) 

2. Jason Hamilton

3. James Hamilton

4. John Hamilton

5. Samuel P. Hamilton

6. Ann Hamilton

7. James Bosley and Polly his wife (late Polly Hamilton)

8. John Jamison and Margaret his wife (late Margaret Hamilton)

9. William 

Each of their parcels of land are identified with acreage on the attached map.

Ref: February 12, 1882 John Hamilton Estate Sale Bill: FHL film #252,377
p. 443-4

The last ten years I've gathered and been gifted information about this family which has become much clearer. 

John and Elizabeth Hamilton's son John remained in Nicholas County, Kentucky. 

John Hamilton, son to John & Elizabeth died Brushyfork December 29, 1852, age 61 [born 1791], farmer.

Ref: Nicholas County Kentucky, death records: 976.9417, V2ing

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