Patrick Hamilton was the son of Rev. William Hamilton and an unknown wife. (Some say William's first wife was Alice Mann ) He along with his father were soldiers of John Hay's 9th Virginia Regiment under Colonel Thomas Hughart. Patrick also fought in the early Indian wars of the Ohio valley as a member of the Kentucky militia from 1790-1795 under Josiah Harmar and Arthur St. Clair. Being one of the lucky people to escape St. Clair's defeat.
Patrick also was an Ensign in the Augusta county , VA. militia in March of 1779.
Patrick along with his father William and James Moore, husband of Eleanor Hamilton, are listed in the Randolph County and Harrison Co.History (WV).Patrick was appointed one of the first Captains of the militia in 1784 and Colonel in 1787.
The cemetery is located on land that was part of the original Hamilton homestead (I think it was part of Lincoln or Madison County, or it could have been Clay or Owsley) back in those days. A member of the Hamilton family has lived on the land from the time it was homesteaded until at least the 1980s. I don't know if anyone lives there now. The original settler, Patrick Hamilton, and his wife are buried at the back corner of the cemetery along with a few other early family members. Their graves are marked only with plain rocks, and I don't know anyone still alive today who remembers whose grave is whose. When I was a kid, we would put flowers on the graves several times a year, and I'm sure my grandparents knew exactly who was buried at each rock. I only wish I had been more interested back then and written it all down. Except for these earliest Hamiltons, the rest of the graves do have carved headstones that identify who is buried there..
from Melody Jones
Patrick also was an Ensign in the Augusta county , VA. militia in March of 1779.
Patrick along with his father William and James Moore, husband of Eleanor Hamilton, are listed in the Randolph County and Harrison Co.History (WV).Patrick was appointed one of the first Captains of the militia in 1784 and Colonel in 1787.
The cemetery is located on land that was part of the original Hamilton homestead (I think it was part of Lincoln or Madison County, or it could have been Clay or Owsley) back in those days. A member of the Hamilton family has lived on the land from the time it was homesteaded until at least the 1980s. I don't know if anyone lives there now. The original settler, Patrick Hamilton, and his wife are buried at the back corner of the cemetery along with a few other early family members. Their graves are marked only with plain rocks, and I don't know anyone still alive today who remembers whose grave is whose. When I was a kid, we would put flowers on the graves several times a year, and I'm sure my grandparents knew exactly who was buried at each rock. I only wish I had been more interested back then and written it all down. Except for these earliest Hamiltons, the rest of the graves do have carved headstones that identify who is buried there..
from Melody Jones
Patrick Hamilton was the son of Rev. William Hamilton and an unknown wife. (Some say William's first wife was Alice Mann ) He along with his father were soldiers of John Hay's 9th Virginia Regiment under Colonel Thomas Hughart. Patrick also fought in the early Indian wars of the Ohio valley as a member of the Kentucky militia from 1790-1795 under Josiah Harmar and Arthur St. Clair. Being one of the lucky people to escape St. Clair's defeat.
Patrick also was an Ensign in the Augusta county , VA. militia in March of 1779.
Patrick along with his father William and James Moore, husband of Eleanor Hamilton, are listed in the Randolph County and Harrison Co.History (WV).Patrick was appointed one of the first Captains of the militia in 1784 and Colonel in 1787.
The cemetery is located on land that was part of the original Hamilton homestead (I think it was part of Lincoln or Madison County, or it could have been Clay or Owsley) back in those days. A member of the Hamilton family has lived on the land from the time it was homesteaded until at least the 1980s. I don't know if anyone lives there now. The original settler, Patrick Hamilton, and his wife are buried at the back corner of the cemetery along with a few other early family members. Their graves are marked only with plain rocks, and I don't know anyone still alive today who remembers whose grave is whose. When I was a kid, we would put flowers on the graves several times a year, and I'm sure my grandparents knew exactly who was buried at each rock. I only wish I had been more interested back then and written it all down. Except for these earliest Hamiltons, the rest of the graves do have carved headstones that identify who is buried there..
from Melody Jones
Patrick also was an Ensign in the Augusta county , VA. militia in March of 1779.
Patrick along with his father William and James Moore, husband of Eleanor Hamilton, are listed in the Randolph County and Harrison Co.History (WV).Patrick was appointed one of the first Captains of the militia in 1784 and Colonel in 1787.
The cemetery is located on land that was part of the original Hamilton homestead (I think it was part of Lincoln or Madison County, or it could have been Clay or Owsley) back in those days. A member of the Hamilton family has lived on the land from the time it was homesteaded until at least the 1980s. I don't know if anyone lives there now. The original settler, Patrick Hamilton, and his wife are buried at the back corner of the cemetery along with a few other early family members. Their graves are marked only with plain rocks, and I don't know anyone still alive today who remembers whose grave is whose. When I was a kid, we would put flowers on the graves several times a year, and I'm sure my grandparents knew exactly who was buried at each rock. I only wish I had been more interested back then and written it all down. Except for these earliest Hamiltons, the rest of the graves do have carved headstones that identify who is buried there..
from Melody Jones
Family Members
Parents
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
