The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-03

i75s he bought from Thomas Fitzpatrich
nearly 500 acres on the south fork oi
Hardware. not far from Jumping Hill
THE saue wear he obtained q patent TOT
nearly 200 acres on the north fork OF
Hardware. and acquired near by up.
wards OF 100 acres. all OF which ne soio
In I7S2 to Colonel John OLD. In i"I ne
purchased from DR.. James Hopkins apou'
LOO acres on the waters of Totier. ne
died IN ms. He ana his wife. Elizabeth,
had eleven children, Jeremiah. Turner
Richardson. Henley, Samuel, Mildred the
wife Of Jacob Moon. Elizabeth, the wiIe
OF Thomas Fitzpatrick, Mary. the wiie
of a Perry. Susan, the wife OF Reuben
Turner: Rebecca, the wife Of James TurR'
er. and the wife of David Strange
jeremiah and Henley lived In the Biz
cult Run Valley, Turner at the mouth OF
Eppes Creek, Samuel near Jumping hlii'
Jacob Moon, the Turner's and Strange on
Totier. though the Turner's soon removed
to Amherst.
Jeremiah married Rebecca. the daugh-
ter of Castleton Harper, and died IN ieio'
Most Of his children emigrated to Geor-
gia ana Alabama, but his daughter.
Mary, remained in Albemarie as the hrst
wife of Samuel Barksdale.
samuel Hammer. who died in 1917, mar
ried. II is believed, q Morris, probably a
daughter Of Hugh Rice Norris OF the To-
tier region and his children were William,
Elizabeth, the wife OF Rice Garland; Hen
ley, Norris Samuel. Jane. the wife OF a
Thomas, and Rhoda, the wife OF james
Nimmo.
william Hammer died in 1891, and his
children were John r., Jesse b., Susan.
the wife Of A Rice. Martha, the wife of
Jacob waltman, Austin and Samuel, VINO
emigrated to Tennessee. and William.
Morris and Samuel married sisters
named Lucas, and about the beginning OF
the century removed to Charlotte County.
The latter was the father Of James @.
and Thomas L.. ministers in the Prespy-
terrain Church.
The second Of the brothers Ito settle in
Albemarle) was Robert Hammer, who
died in l7bo In f772, his son Nicholas
conveyed to william Hammer 20 acres
at the mouth OF Eppes Creek. which had
been devised to him by his rather. In
lisa he purchased land north OF Glen
dover. which is still the residence OF his
grandson. In 1874 he was associated In
business with Samuel Dyer at Warren.
where ne died soon after. His wife was
Agnes. daughter Of Giles Tompkfns. and
his children Susan, the wife OF John La
Cobb OF Bedford, and mother of Nicho-
las Hammer Cobb, a former Chaplain OF
the University and the first Episcopal
Bishop Of Alabama: Nicholas. who mar
ried Mary, daughter OF Edward Garland
Edmund, who married Charlotte. daugh'
ter of Manoah Garrison; James, wht
married Isabel Maxwell; Elizabeth, this
wife of a scrugks, OF Buckingham, and
Nancy, the wife of Samuel Childress.
The third OF the brothers Cto settle II
Albemarle), is believed to have been John
who lived in the Biscuit Run Valley ane
first appears as a purchaser of land ir
I77s. He married Mary. daughter Of
Charles and Rachel wingheld, and his
children were Charles W., Of Bucking
ham. from whom descended Wade and
James Hammer of Lynchburg; John. who
| married Susan Fretwell; Francis, who
married Sarah Eubank. Thomas, whe
| married Maria, daughter OF Edward Gar
land, and removed to Lewis County, West
| Virginia; Mary and Susan, the wives re
| spectively of Meekins and John b. Carr
| who emigrated to Dickson County, Ten
nessee; Elizabeth, the wife of Samuel s
Gay; and Sarah. the wife Of David Gen
| try.
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