HAMMOND FAMILY
1. Margaret1 Hammond, born about 1667, was a 22 year old
white servant, residing in Northampton County in March 1689
[OW 1683-1689, 422]. She and her "Mulatto" child, Elizabeth,
were bound to Captain Robins in Northampton County Court, and
this indenture was transferred to Drummond Hill of Accomack
County [Accomack County Orders 1724-31, 30]. Margaret was
the mother of
2. Elizabeth1 Hammon, born about 1694, was called "Betty a
mulatto" on 6 July 1714 when her master Hill Drummond
complained to the Accomack County Court that she had run away
and been absent from his service for 62 days [Orders 1714-7, 10].
She was presented by the churchwardens of Accomack County for
having a bastard child on 2 May 1721 and testified on 6 June 1721
that the child was "begott ... by one Negro Slave named Robin
belonging to Hill Drummond." She was presented for having other
children on 6 April 1725, 7 November 1727, 7 May 1728, 8
August 1729, and on 22 December 1731 [Orders 1714-7, 10;
1719-24, 30, 32; 1724-31, 26, 88a, 102, 107; 1731-36, 10, 29,
38]. On 4 February 1724/5 she petitioned the Accomack County
Court for her freedom from her indenture to Drummond Hill, but the
court ruled on 2 June 1725 that
Whereas Elizabeth Hammon a Mullatto woman
late Servant to Mr. Hill Drummond petitioned in
February Court for her discharge ... Elizabeth was
duly bound with her mother, She being an Infant, a
Servant for thirty one years by the Churchwardens
of Hungar Parish in Northampton County Court ...
Mr. Hill Drummond produced to this Court
Several Accts for Running Away and fines ... for
which she was to Serve for as ye Law in Such
Cases Directs. Said Elizabeth hath not fully
completed with All.
Elizabeth continued to enter petitions against Hill on 7 December
1726 and 8 March 1726/7 and against Drummond Hill's
administrator, George Douglas, on 8 January 1728/9. Finally, on
2
July 1729 she reached agreement with Douglas that she released
him from all claims she had against Drummond's estate (her freedom
dues?) and on account of her mother, Margaret Hammond,
deceased, in exchange for her own release. At least one of her
children was probably by a white man since on 5 August 1729 Rev.
Mr. William Black appeared in Accomack County Court and made
oath that he was not "concerned with a Certain Mullatoe Woman
name Elizabeth Hammond" as he had been "scandalously aspersed."
On 7 March 1737/8 a petition by her (or a daughter by the same
name) against Thomas Watson was dismissed, and on 2 August
1738 Watson entered a petition against her, a "Mulatto his
Servant," in court for running away. And later that year he added
himself and Elizabeth to the list of tithables for the county. On
30
November 1742 she was accused of stealing a hog; on 29
November 1744 her complaint against Comfort Jenkinson was
dismissed, and her complaint against William Arbuckle dismissed
on
30 May 1745 [Orders 1724-31, 20, 31, 68, 131a, 163, 164;
1737-44, 6, 91, 100, 435; 1744-53, 15, 57]. Elizabeth was a "fr.
mulato" who was taxable in Bertie County, North Carolina in 1751
[CCR 190] but not mentioned again in Bertie County records. Her
children were
3 i. ?Ann, born say 1720.
ii. James, born say 1721, "Mulatto Bastard Child" of
Elizabeth Hammon, bound to Henry Bazwell to the
age of 31 years on 8 December 1725 in Accomack
County [Orders 1724-31, 42].
iii. ?Robert, born say 1725, purchased 50 acres on
the west side of Bridger's Creek in Northampton
County, North Carolina, on 1 December 1750 [DB
1:454]. His Northampton County estate was
administered by Elijah Boddie on 100 pounds in
November 1760 (Robert Himmons) [NCGSJ
XIV:154].
iv. ?John1, born about 1728, a 5 year old bound as an
apprentice shoemaker to David Sparrow in
Accomack County Court on 6 June 1732 (no parent
named) [Orders 1731-36, 29].
4 v. ?Jemima, born say 1730.
5 vi. Isaac1, born say 1732.
vii. ?Drummond, born about 1734, probably named
for Drummond Hill, his mother's master, 24 years old
when his two year apprenticeship agreement with
Alexander Brodie was proved in the 15 March 1758
Edgecombe County, North Carolina Court (no race
stated) [Minutes 1757-59, 19].
6 viii. ?Margaret2/ Peggy, born about March 1735.
7 ix. ?Mary, born say 1737.
x. ?Josiah, born about December 1739, "Orphan aged
4 years next Christmas," bound to Caleb Broadwest in
Accomack County on 28 December 1742 [Orders
1737-44, 449].
3. Ann Hammond, born say 1720, acknowledged in Bertie
County Court in February 1739 that she had two bastard children,
race not mentioned, while indentured to John Pratt, the keeper of
the ferry across the Roanoke River at Gideon Gibson's landing
[Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, I:52, 265]. She may have
been the same Ann Hammon who was reported to have delivered a
bastard child during her service to Mary Wilson, widow, of
Chowan County in July 1737 [Chowan Minutes 1735-48, 73]. She
was the mother of
i. ?Catherine, born perhaps 1739, the "free Mulatto"
wife of James McDaniel [CCR 190]. See the
McDaniel history.
8 ii. ?Horatio, born say 1744.
9 iii. ?John2, born say 1747.
iv. Sarah, born about 1750, the seven year old
daughter of Nann Hammond, a "Free Mullatoe,"
bound to Cornelius Campbell of Bertie County on 29
July 1757 [NCGSJ XIII:168]. In 1767 she was in
Christopher Clark's household in the list of William
Nichols. She may have been the Sally Hammond who
was head of a Lenoir County household of 12 "other
free" in 1800 [NC:12].
v. Elizabeth2, born about 1753, ten years old on 23
February 1763, "Daughter of Ann Hammond," bound
to Thomas Ashburn in Bertie County [NCGSJ
XIV:30]. In 1768 she was a "Free Mullato" Bertie
County taxable in Thomas Mason's household in the
list of Edward Rasor [CR 10.702.1].
4. Jemima Hammons (Ammons), born say 1730, was living in
Accomack County on 27 November 1750 when the Court ordered
her daughter, Sarah, bound out. She was the mother of
i. Sarah Ammons, born about 1747, 3 year old
orphan of Jemima Ammons, bound to Peter Watson
on 27 November 1750 [Orders 1744-53, 450],
perhaps the same Sarah Hammond who was an
orphan bound to Robert Baley on 26 August 1755
[Orders 1753-63, 105].
ii. ?Anthony, born say 1755, head of a Halifax
County, North Carolina household of 7 "other free" in
1790 [NC:66]. He married Isaac Hammond's widow,
Dicey, in 1827 and died the same year according to
Dicey's application for Isaac's pension.
5. Isaac1 Hammond, born say 1732, was married to Margaret
Akin, "free Negroes," between 21 September 1755 and 22 June
1764 when their children were baptized at St. Thomas and St.
Dennis Parish, South Carolina [Parochial Register of the Parishes
of
St. Thomas & St. Denis, n.p. (alphebitical listing under H)].
Margaret Akin was probably related to Carter Akins, head of a
Charleston County, South Carolina household of 7 "other free" in
1800 [SC:36]. Isaac and Margaret were the "free Negro" parents
of
10 i. Isaac2, baptized 21 September 1755.
ii. Joseph, baptized 15 November 1761.
iii. Abraham, baptized 22 June 1764.
6. Margaret2/ Peggy Hammons, born about March 1735, was "8
years old next March" when she was bound apprentice to Peter
Delastations on 28 December 1742 in Accomack County Court
[Orders 1737-44, 449]. On 29 July 1754 she was found guilty by
the Accomack County Court of having an unnamed bastard child
[Orders 1753-63, 16]. She may have been the mother of
i. Mary Hammond, "Octararo," head of a Cecil
County, Maryland, household of 9 "other free" in
1790.
ii. Elizabeth, born say 1767, ordered bound out to
Samuel Matthews in Accomack County Court on 29
August 1769 [Orders 1769-70, 219].
7. Mary Hammons, born say 1737, was living in Edgecombe
County in 1779 when the 25 May session of the Court of Pleas &
Quarter Sessions ordered her "base begotten child," Jordan
Hammons, bound to Willis Hyatt (no race stated) [Minutes
1772-84, 2nd page of May Minutes]. Her children were
11 i. ?Shadrack, born perhaps 1757.
ii. Jordan, born perhaps 1767, no age or race stated
when he was ordered bound out by the May 1779
Session of the Edgecombe County Court. He was
head of an Edgecombe County household of 4 "other
free" in 1790 [NC:57], 4 in Chatham County in 1800,
and 6 "free colored" in Chatham in 1820 [NC:211].
iii. ?Frederick, born circa 1778, "Mullatto," ordered
bound to Dempsey Odam by the Edgecombe County
Court on 24 July 1787, no parent named. He was
removed from Odam's care and ordered bound to
James Coker by the 28 May 1793 Edgecombe Court.
He married Nancy Pettiford, 19 May 1802 Granville
County bond with George Anderson bondsman. He
may also have been the Frederick Hammond who
married Polly Stewart, 14 August 1807 Mecklenburg
County, Virginia bond, Frederick Dyson security.
8. Horatio Hammond, born say 1744, purchased 100 acres on
the east side of Drowning Creek on Jacobs Swamp on 7
November 1784 (called Rhesa Hammons) [DB 1:262]. He and his
wife, Patience, sold 100 acres on Saddletree Swamp in Robeson
County to John Hammons on 6 May 1789 [DB B:142]. His wife
was probably the daughter of David Braveboy who named his
daughter, Patience Hammons, in his 20 October 1787 Robeson
County will [WB 1:10]. He made a deed of gift to (his son?) James
Hammond proved in Cumberland County on 9 October 1792
[Minutes 1791-97; the deed has not survived] and made a quit
claim deed for 100 acres on the east side of Jacob Swamp by deed
recorded in Robeson in 1793 [DB C:149]. He was living in
Robeson County on 12 January 1797 when the Cumberland
County Court issued an execution against him for twelve pounds
[Minutes 1791-7]. He was called Ratia Hammond in 1790, head of
a white Cumberland County household of 2 males over 16, 1 under
16, and 4 females [NC:39] and was head of a Robeson County
household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:384]. He sold 100 acres
on the north side of Jacob Swamp to Cannon Cumbo on 17 May
1804 [DB N:216] and sold 100 acres on the south side of
Drowning Creek by deed recorded in 1808 [DB P:25]. John
Braveboy, a five year old "boy of colour," was ordered bound as
an apprentice to him by the 5 October 1802 Robeson County
Court [Minutes I:219]. His children were
i. James, born say 1771, received land in Cumberland
County by deed of gift from his father in 1792.
ii. ?Willis, born say 1773, entered 100 acres east of
Drowning Creek in Robeson County on 18 January
1794 [Pruitt, Land Grants: Robeson County, no.
1460] and received a grant for this land [DB H:17].
He purchased 80 aces in Robeson west of the Great
Swamp in 1811 [DB P:330], and sold 100 acres on
the west side of the Great Swamp in 1828 [DB
U:168]. He was head of a Robeson County household
in 1810 [NC:220]. He died before March term 1837
when James Hammond proved his handwriting on a
deed in Robeson County Court [Minutes 1829-39].
12 iii. ?Elsey, born before 1776.
13 iv. ?Ephraim, born perhaps 1776.
9. John2 Hammond, born say 1747, was a "free molato" taxable
in the 1763 Bertie County list of John Nichols [CR 010.702.1, box
2]. He purchased 100 acres on the north side of Saddle Tree
Swamp in Bladen County on 26 February 1768 [DB 23:137] and
received a patent for 100 acres northeast of Drowning Creek on
Saddle Tree Swamp on 22 December the same year [Hoffman,
Land Patents, II:526]. He purchased 100 acres on Saddletree
Swamp on 29 October 1774 [DB 23:465], and on 22 January
1793 he entered another 100 acres adjoining his land on Saddle
Tree Swamp in what was then Robeson County [Pruitt, Land
Entries: Robeson County, I:70]. He sold 100 acres of this land on
the west side of Saddletree Swamp to his son, Samuel Hammons,
on 14 November 1800 [DB K:88]; made a deed of gift of 100
acres on the east side of Saddletree Swamp to his grandson, Lewis
Hammons, son of John, Jr., on 2 October 1804 [DB N:240],
another 25 acres to Samuel Hammons on 21 December 1805 [DB
O:254], and 50 acres to his son, Elisha Hammons, by a deed
recorded in 1811 [DB Q:85]. The 1 January 1798 Robeson
County Court ordered James Whitley, a white boy about 17 years
old, bound apprentice to him [Minutes I:21]. He was head of a
Robeson County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48], 4 in
1800 [NC:384], and 7 in 1810 [NC:220 & 241]. His 1 March
1811 will was proved in Robeson County on 25 November 1811
[Minutes II:287]. He named his wife, Christian, his children: Enoch,
Elijah, Harvey, Arenith Jackson (wife of Thomas Jackson), Samuel,
Jacob, John, Christian, Norfleet, Elias, Stradford, and Helen; and
his grandchildren, William Hammond (Harvey's son) and Cornelius
Jackson (Arenith's son) [WB 1:125]. His first wife was probably
the daughter of Elias Stradford since Stradford's 6 August 1800
Robeson County nuncupative will left John Hammon, Sr., his crop
and left all the remainder of his estate to sons of John Hammon:
Jacob, Samuel, Enoch, John, and Harvey. Ann Hammon and Dicy
Hammon (John3 Hammon's wife) were witnesses to the will [WB
1:60]. John Hammond's second wife was Christian Norfleet
according to a letter dated about 1900. His children mentioned in
his will were
14 i. Jacob, born say 1767.
15 ii. Samuel1, born say 1770.
iii. Enoch, sold 100 acres on the east side of Poplar
Pole Branch in Robeson County to Samuel Hammons
on 1 July 1797 [DB G:140]. He was counted as white
in 1800, head of a Robeson County household of 3
males [NC:384], called Enoch Eammins in 1810, head
of a Robeson County household of 2 "other free"
[NC:233].
iv. Elijah, who received one hundred acres on the west
side of Saddle Tree Swamp which he was then in
possession of by his father's will. He was head of a
Robeson County household of 3 "other free" in 1810
[NC:241]. He sold 250 acres on the west side of
Drowning Creek in 1795 [DB E:244]. He purchased
50 acres from John Hammond, Senior, on 21
December 1805 [DB Q:85] and sold this land by a
deed recorded in 1814 [DB Q:415]. He sold 75 acres
on Mussels Branch by deed recorded in 1816 [DB
R:195], and sold two tracts, one for 75 acres and one
for 30 acres, on Saddletree Swamp by deeds
recorded in 1826 [DB T:478,479].
v. Harvey, who received 150 acres which he had in
his possession, to pass to his son, William, at his
death. He was head of a Robeson County household
of 5 in 1800 [NC:384]. He sold 30 acres on the west
side of Saddletree Swamp to Elijah Hammons on 12
March 1813 [DB R:24].
vi. Arenith, who married Thomas Jackson. Their son,
Cornelius Jackson, received 50 acres on the Poplar
Pole Branch including Lovec Bunche's old field by the
will of her grandfather, John2 Hammond.
16 vii. John4, born 1776-94.
viii. Norfleet.
ix. Elias1.
x. Stradford.
xi. Helen.
10. Isaac2 Hammond, baptized 21 September 1755, was a fifer
in the 10th North Carolina Regiment for 12 months. He married
Dicey ____ in Fayetteville in 1787 [M805, reel 393, S.8654]. He
was found guilty of assault and battery on Lucretia Bass by the
16
March 1809 Cumberland County Court and made to post bond of
50 pounds to keep the peace with her for 12 months [Minutes
1808-10]. He died in 1822. Dicey, born about 1772, remarried in
1827 to Anthony Hammonds who died that same year [M805, reel
393]. She sold a lot on the south edge of Franklin Street in
Fayetteville on 15 May 1841 [DB 44:189]. She filed a pension
application in September 1849 which stated that Isaac was the son
of a barber, both his parents being "Mulattoes or Mustees having
no
African blood in them" [Crow, Black Experience in
Revolutionary North Carolina, 66]. He was head of a
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, household of 5 "other free" in
1790 [NC:42]. Dicey's 3 October 1852 Cumberland County will
was proved December the same year. She named only her
daughter, Rachel Lomack, wife of Enoch Lomack [WB C:229].
Their children were
i. ?John3, head of a Cumberland County household of
5 "other free" in 1800.
ii. ?Jerusha, head of a Cumberland County household
of 4 "other free" in 1800.
iii. ?Jane, head of a Cumberland County household of
3 "other free" in 1800.
iv. ?Theophilus, head of a Cumberland County
household of 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:141]. He
married Delila Pettiford, 25 February 1811 Wake
County bond, Absalom Locust bondsman.
v. ?Isaac3, head of a Cumberland County household
of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:191].
vi. ?Albert, born perhaps 1790, sold a lot in
Fayetteville by deed recorded in 1834 [DB 41:17],
took the oath of an insolvent debtor in the 5
September 1842 Cumberland County Court and was
allowed to keep a shotgun by the 5 June 1843 court
[Minutes, 1835-44].
vii. Rachel Lomack, born about 1794, married Enoch
Lomack, 17 June 1813 Cumberland County bond.
Enoch was the son of William Lomack, another
Revolutionary War veteran who was head of a
Robeson County household of 10 "other free" in 1810
[NCGSJ XIV:45; NC:240]. She applied for her
father's pension on 22 July 1854 stating that she was
the only living child of Isaac and Dicey [M805, reel
393, frame 0499]. Her children were probably the
"free children of colour" bound out by the Cumberland
County Court: Albert Lomack (born about 1827,
bound out on 8 March 1844), George Lomack (born
about 1827, bound out on 5 June 1843), and Hybart
Lomack (bound out on 8 March 1844) [Minutes
1835-44].
11. Shadrack Hammond, born perhaps 1757, was "a free
Mulatto boy" ordered bound to William Speir by the September
1760 Edgecombe County Court (no parent named) [Minutes
1759-64, 6]. He was head of an Edgecombe County household of
8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:57], 9 "other free" and 1 white woman
in 1800 [NC:209], 8 "other free" in 1810 [NC:748], and 6 "free
colored" in 1820 [NC:126]. His children may have been
17 i. Burrell, born about 1775.
ii. Willis2, born 1776-94, head of an Edgecombe
County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:748]
and 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:126].
iii. Elijah, head of an Edgecombe County household of
5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:748].
iv. James, head of an Edgecombe County household
of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:748] and 5 "free
colored" in 1820 [NC:148].
v. Oliff, head of an Edgecombe County household of
6 "other free" in 1810 [NC:746].
vi. Levy, born 1776-94, perhaps the Levi Hammonds
who married Lydia Bass, 3 November 1813
Cumberland County bond, Leven Jones bondsman.
He was head of an Edgecombe County household of
2 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:111].
12. Elsey Hammons, born before 1776, was head of a
Cumberland County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820
[NC:214]. She was called Alsey Hammons on 7 December 1818
when she and John Sampson sold a lot in Fayetteville on the south
edge of Mumford Street 230 feet from Winslow Street for $750
[DB 31:48].(1) She was probably the Eliza Hammons whose 13
February 1838 Cumberland County will, proved date not
mentioned, left her lot on Mumford and Winslow Streets to her
children, cautioning that it was not to be sold for her husband's
debts [WB B:290]. Her children named in the will were
i. Martha, who received half her mother's lot in
Fayetteville. Her son, George, was mentioned in
Eliza's will.
ii. Henry, who was to receive the lot in Fayetteville
after Martha's death.
iii. James Sampson, who received half the lot in
Fayetteville.
13. Ephraim Hammons, born perhaps 1776, may have been the
son of Horatio Hammons since they were both barbers. He was
bound an apprentice in Cumberland County to Dr. John Sibly and
then bound to James Howat for the remaining part of his indenture
on 14 April 1796 [Minutes 1791-7]. On Saturday, 14 March
1807, the Cumberland County Court ordered James Patterson, a
14 year old "Boy of Colour," bound as an apprentice to him, and
the 8 September 1810 Cumberland County Court bound William
Scott, a five year old "boy of Colour" to him [Minutes 1805-08;
1808-10]. He was head of a Cumberland County household of 2
"other free" in 1800, 4 "other free" in 1810 (E. Hammons)
[NC:622], and 6 "free colored" and 5 slaves in 1820 (Ephraim
Hammons) [NC:191]. He purchased land by deed proved in
Cumberland County Court on 9 March 1810 [Minutes 1808-10].
He married Rebecca Bell, 26 February 1812 Cumberland County
bond with Thomas Sampson bondsman. He was bondsman for the
12 November 1818 Cumberland County marriage of Harry
Mitchell and Betsy Jones. (Harry Mitchell, born before 1776,
was head of a Cumberland County household of 5 "free colored" in
1820 [NC:152].) Ephraim was called a barber when he purchased
a lot in Fayetteville on Cold Spring Street on 3 November 1819
[DB 31:521] and an additional two lots in Fayetteville by deeds
proved in Cumberland County in 1819 [DB 32:142-3]. The lot on
Cold Spring Street was sold by the sheriff for debt by a deed
recorded in 1823 [DB 35:56]. On 13 September 1832 he sold 100
acres in Cumberland County on the west side of Black River
Swamp [DB 40:453]. The 8 June 1837 Cumberland County Court
bound Elsey Parker, a "free girl of colour," to him [Minutes
1836-38]. Perhaps one of his children was
i. Lydia, married Timothy Bass 28 May Cumberland
County bond.
14. Jacob Hammon, born say 1767, entered 100 acres in
Robeson County on the southwest side of Saddle Tree Swamp on
21 February 1788 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:14]
and sold this land to Samuel Hammons on 8 September 1800 [DB
K:46]. The sheriff sold another 49-1/2 acres of his land on Ten
Mile Swamp for debt in 1802 [DB L:194]. He was head of a
Robeson County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48], and
3 in Anson County in 1800 [NC:198]. He was absent from
Robeson County on 5 October 1802 when the court ruled that the
indenture of his daughter Phereby was illegal and that she should
be
returned to her mother [Minutes I:216]. His children were
i. Pheraby, born about 1790, 12 years old when the
Robeson County Court ordered her bound to Reuben
Rozar on 6 July 1802 [Minutes I:207].
ii. ?Sarah, head of a Robeson County household of 1
in 1800 [NC:384].
15. Samuel1 Hammond, born say 1770, entered 100 acres in
Robeson County on the east side of Saddletree Swamp bordering
his father's land on 21 February 1788 [Pruitt, Land Entries:
Robeson County, I:14]. He deeded one acre of land and
"Hammons' Meeting house" to be used "to hold Divine Worship" to
the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 10 shillings
on 3
October 1792 [DB C:160]. He purchased 100 acres on the east
side of Poplar Pole Branch on 1 July 1797 from Enoch Hammons
and sold this land to Nathaniel Revell on 4 May 1801 [DB
M:355]. He purchased 100 acres on Saddletree Swamp from his
brother, Jacob, on 8 September 1800 [DB K:46] and one hundred
acres from his father on 21 December 180_ [DB O:254]. He was
head of a Robeson County household of 10 "other free" in 1810
[NC:241]. His 28 June 1812 Robeson County will, proved
February 1815, named his wife, Deborah; his daughters, Anna,
Dorcas, Delilah, Mary, and Rebecca; and left 225 acres to his three
sons, Elias, Samuel, and James [WB 1:158]. His daughters' married
names were listed in a 2 May 1829 deed of gift for three tracts
of
land totalling 225 acres they made to their mother [DB U:317].
Deborah's 9 February 1832 Robeson County will mentioned all
their children except Samuel and mentioned her granddaughter,
Mariah [WB 1:266]. Their children were
i. Elias.2
ii. Sally, married Bryant Bowen. Other members of
the Bowen family were Lucy Bowen (head of a
Lenoir County household of 3 "other free" in 1810
[NC:303]), James Bowen (head of a Bladen County
household of 6 "free colored" and 2 slaves in 1820
[NC:130]), and William Bowen (head of a Bladen
County household of 4 "free colored" in 1820
[NC:132].
iii. Nancy, married Guilford Best.
iv. Samuel2.
v. Mary, married James Jacobs.
vi. Rebecca, married James Paul, who was probably
the son of George Paul, head of a Robeson County
household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:409].
vii. James.
viii. Delilah, married Wright Ivey.
ix. Dorcas Hammond.
16. John4 Hammond, born 1776-94, was head of a Robeson
County household of 4 in 1810 [NC:220] and 6 "free colored" in
1820 [NC:325]. His wife was identified as Dicy Hammond in the
23 October 1800 deed of gift of 100 acres from John2 Hammond
to his grandson, Lewis [DB U:37]. One of John4's children was
i. Lewis, who was given title to 100 acres where his
father was living from John Hammons, Sr., on 23
October 1800 [DB U:37] and was given another deed
of gift from his grandfather of 100 acres on the east
side of Saddletree Swamp on 2 October 1804 [DB
N:240]. He was not counted in Robeson County so
he may have been the Lewis Hammon who was head
of a Halifax County household of 5 "other free" in
1810 [NC:27].
17. Burrell Hammond, born perhaps 1775, was ordered by the
30 August 1796 Edgecombe County Court to pay Nancy Adkins
for maintaining her child begotten by him. He married Betsey
Jenkins, 11 September 1811 Edgecombe County bond. He was
head of an Edgecombe County household of 3 "other free" in 1800
[NC:209], 3 in 1810 [NC:745], and 6 "free colored" in 1820
[NC:128]. His children were
i. Willie Hammons, born perhaps 1796, wrote his 24
September 1814 Nash County will before leaving to
serve in the militia as a substitute for Sam Vick. He
mentioned his brother John, not yet 21 years old, and
his father, Burwell Hammons. The will was proved in
August 1815 [WB 1:308].
ii. John5.
Others who remained in Virginia were
i. Larry Hammons, born about 1785, registered in
Norfolk County on 17 July 1810: 5 feet 1/2 Inc, 25
years of age, of a light Complexion, Born free.
ii. Margaret3/ Peggy Hammon, born about 1788,
registered in Norfolk County on 17 July 1810: 4 feet
11 1/2 In., twenty two years of age, of a light
Complexion, Born free [Registry of Free Negros &
Mulattos, nos. 24, 25].
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