Memorial Entry for Andrew Hampton, Jr. and wife Esther Price - exact burial location unknown, probably on their farm property, which was in this area. Two of their grandchildren, John Price Whitaker and Washington Hampton Whitaker, sons of Louisiana "Lucy" Hampton and Albert Nathan Whitaker, are buried in this cemetery.

Birth Year: Andrew, Jr. filed lawsuits in Rutherford Co., NC in October 1782 and January 1783, and by law must have been age 21 to file suit in court.

Andrew, Jr. died in 1830, per the Deed filed in 1849 by two of his daughters, Martha "Patsy" Hampton Butler and Intha Hampton, in which they stated their father prepared a Will on his deathbed in 1830 which was never proven and was since lost. See Photo of Deed with source. Date of Esther Price Hampton's death is unknown.

CHILDREN: A deposition was filed in White County, TN regarding a Relinquishment Deed of Andrew's heirs, conveying all their rights to a piece of inherited property to one of their siblings and her husband. Andrew and Esther's surviving named children as of October 1842 were: William Price Hampton, Intha Hampton, Catherine Hampton Lynn [Joel], Martha "Patsy" Hampton Butler [Thomas J.], Elizabeth Hampton Gibbons [Thomas IV], Washington Hampton, Sarah "Sally" Hampton Davis [Jesse], Frances "Fanny" Hampton Weaver [William], and Margaret Hampton Patterson [Simmons]. White County, TN Probate Court, Vol. C, Jun 1840-Jan 1848, page 149

In 1777, Andrew, Jr. volunteered with Capt. Robert Porter's militia unit with his brothers Michael and Adam, who was an Ensign. His father was a captain at that time and had his own company (payroll records), and would not have been subordinate to his son Adam. [revwarapps.com - Robert Porter's militia unit]

Andrew Hampton, Jr. and Esther Price were married December 2, 1789 in Rutherford County, NC.

According to land grants and deeds, this cemetery is located in the area where they lived. Andrew, Jr.'s last land purchase was July 2, 1824: "50 acres on both sides of the Roaring River ...below the mouth of Spring Creek...in the east boundary line of a 25 acre tract granted to George Price...." Grant No. 3950, surveyed in 1825.

Andrew, Jr. first purchased 3 acres of land in Jackson County in 1797 from the heirs of Lawrence Raws in NC. Andrew and a William Hampton (cousin?) were listed in 1803 tax list, because of this purchase which he voided in 1817. Andrew, Jr. did not move until 1807 or 1808. Daughter Louisiana was born in 1804 in NC, as was daughter Catherine in 1805. Andrew, Jr. purchased 3 acres of William Hampton's 50 acres that included Hampton's Mill in 1818.

Also on 10 Jul 1805, Col. Andrew and Andrew, Jr. sold land to Noble Hamilton. Col. Andrew died in Oct 1805. In 1806, Andrew, Jr. sold his land purchased in 1788 on Cathey's Creek to Charles Lewis, results of a judgment against Andrew and William Porter, with a last sale of land on 14 Nov 1806 to Richard Harris.

His brother Washington sold all the land he inherited from his father Col. Andrew in Oct 1807. The 3 brothers, John, Andrew, Jr., and Washington, likely moved together to Jackson County at the same time and were joined by George Price and Thomas Price, Jr.

Later land grants in 1811, 1812, 1813, 1815, and 1817, with George Price, and brothers John Hampton and Washington Hampton. As of the 1800 census, Andrew, Jr. had only one son, William, and four daughters. His son Washington, b. 1806, was too young to buy/sell land. They owned Hampton's Mill and several saltpeter caves from which potassium nitrate was mined to make gunpowder, as well as salt licks; it was big business in Jackson County during the War of 1812. George Price and Thomas Price, Jr. both lived in Jackson County before moving to White County, TN, shown in several land grants and as stated in Thomas, Jr.'s widow's Revolutionary War pension application (W1076).

NOTE: The Andrew Hampton who died in White County in 1836 was a nephew, son of Jonathan Hampton, Sr. , whose wife Letitia Sharp is mentioned in the probate documents. There is no evidence that Andrew, Jr. and Esther moved to White County.

On May 1, 1820, Andrew Hampton, Jr. prepared a document, essentially a power of attorney, giving permission to William Price of White County to sign his name to any deeds or documents regarding some land the Price heirs, including his wife Esther, owned in Henry County, Tennessee. This was likely done to avoid making trips from Jackson County to White County where William Price lived.