Charles and Elizabeth Steele Hammond were prosperous planters who came to South Carolina from Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia in the 1770's. Martin Hammond, the progenitor of this Hammond family, arrived in Virginia from London prior to 1636.
The Hammonds were Patriots, and Charles and his sons served in the Revolutionary War. On the family property in N. Augusta, SC is a granite monument in the shape of a pyramid which commemorates several of the Hammond family members who were Revolutionary War heroes.
Abner Hammond served as a Lieutenant and later a Captain in the South Carolina Troops. He raised a volunteer company and joined his brother Samuel at the Siege of Augusta. As a Lieutenant he served under Colonel William Candler until the Siege of Augusta in 1781. Colonel Candler later certified Hammond's Revolutionary War service, and he received a federal pension (W25753) and bounty land warrant (BL Wt3533-160-55).
Abner Hammond's first marriage was to Nancy Ann Hamilton Jones, who died in 1802. In 1803, he married Sarah Dudley who was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1782.
Hammond served as Secretary of State in Georgia from 1811-1823. At one time he left Milledgeville for the coast in an effort to improve his health. Governor Troup took advantage of this absence by trying to oust Hammond from his position as Secretary of State. Troup issued a proclamation declaring the office vacant and announced the appointment of another man to the position. The man that Hammond had left in charge of his office refused to vacate, so Governor Troup had the locks changed on the door to the office. Eventually, a judge ruled that Hammond had not abandoned his job and issued a writ forcing Governor Troup's man to return the office to Hammond.
Milledgeville's Southern Recorder reported his 1829 death.
"Col. Abner Hammond, an old Revolutionary patriot and formerly Secretary of State of Georgia, in returning from Milledgeville to his home on the opposite side of Fishing Creek, last Thursday afternoon, was drowned. The creek was much swollen by recent rains."
Hammond was originally buried in the family cemetery along the banks of Fishing Creek in the Hammond Cemetery in Baldwin County and later moved to Memory Hill Cemetery, Baldwin County, Georgia.
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Son of Charles and Elizabeth Steele Hammond.
Hammond married Nancy "Ann" Hamilton Jones Hammond on July 2, 1792, and their children were:
1. Daniel Jackson Hammond (m. Louisa Brown)
2. George Hammond (m. Elizabeth Ward Austin)
3. William Hammond (m.
4. Sarah "Sallie" Hammond (m. Ambrose Ransom Wright)
The second wife was Sarah "Sallie" Dudley Hammond, and they were married March 27, 1803 in Jefferson County GA.
Their children were:
1. Anne Hammond (m. Peter Stubbs)
2. Elizabeth Hammond (m. Baradell Palmer Stubbs)
3. Charles Dobyns Hammond (m. Evaline Amelia Harris)
4. Abner Hammond, Jr. (m. Catherine Jones)
5. John Hammond (m. Caroline Fort)
6. Samuel Steele Hammond (Died at age 7 months.)
7. Martha Hammond (m. Charles Allen Stillman)
8. Eleanor "Ellen" Hammond
9. Thomas Hammond (Died at age 5 years.)
10. Catherine D. Hammond (m. David M. Edwards)
11. David Hammond (Died at age 3 days.)
12. Mary Ann Hammond (m. William Cowan McIver)
The Hammonds were Patriots, and Charles and his sons served in the Revolutionary War. On the family property in N. Augusta, SC is a granite monument in the shape of a pyramid which commemorates several of the Hammond family members who were Revolutionary War heroes.
Abner Hammond served as a Lieutenant and later a Captain in the South Carolina Troops. He raised a volunteer company and joined his brother Samuel at the Siege of Augusta. As a Lieutenant he served under Colonel William Candler until the Siege of Augusta in 1781. Colonel Candler later certified Hammond's Revolutionary War service, and he received a federal pension (W25753) and bounty land warrant (BL Wt3533-160-55).
Abner Hammond's first marriage was to Nancy Ann Hamilton Jones, who died in 1802. In 1803, he married Sarah Dudley who was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1782.
Hammond served as Secretary of State in Georgia from 1811-1823. At one time he left Milledgeville for the coast in an effort to improve his health. Governor Troup took advantage of this absence by trying to oust Hammond from his position as Secretary of State. Troup issued a proclamation declaring the office vacant and announced the appointment of another man to the position. The man that Hammond had left in charge of his office refused to vacate, so Governor Troup had the locks changed on the door to the office. Eventually, a judge ruled that Hammond had not abandoned his job and issued a writ forcing Governor Troup's man to return the office to Hammond.
Milledgeville's Southern Recorder reported his 1829 death.
"Col. Abner Hammond, an old Revolutionary patriot and formerly Secretary of State of Georgia, in returning from Milledgeville to his home on the opposite side of Fishing Creek, last Thursday afternoon, was drowned. The creek was much swollen by recent rains."
Hammond was originally buried in the family cemetery along the banks of Fishing Creek in the Hammond Cemetery in Baldwin County and later moved to Memory Hill Cemetery, Baldwin County, Georgia.
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Son of Charles and Elizabeth Steele Hammond.
Hammond married Nancy "Ann" Hamilton Jones Hammond on July 2, 1792, and their children were:
1. Daniel Jackson Hammond (m. Louisa Brown)
2. George Hammond (m. Elizabeth Ward Austin)
3. William Hammond (m.
4. Sarah "Sallie" Hammond (m. Ambrose Ransom Wright)
The second wife was Sarah "Sallie" Dudley Hammond, and they were married March 27, 1803 in Jefferson County GA.
Their children were:
1. Anne Hammond (m. Peter Stubbs)
2. Elizabeth Hammond (m. Baradell Palmer Stubbs)
3. Charles Dobyns Hammond (m. Evaline Amelia Harris)
4. Abner Hammond, Jr. (m. Catherine Jones)
5. John Hammond (m. Caroline Fort)
6. Samuel Steele Hammond (Died at age 7 months.)
7. Martha Hammond (m. Charles Allen Stillman)
8. Eleanor "Ellen" Hammond
9. Thomas Hammond (Died at age 5 years.)
10. Catherine D. Hammond (m. David M. Edwards)
11. David Hammond (Died at age 3 days.)
12. Mary Ann Hammond (m. William Cowan McIver)
Charles and Elizabeth Steele Hammond were prosperous planters who came to South Carolina from Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia in the 1770's. Martin Hammond, the progenitor of this Hammond family, arrived in Virginia from London prior to 1636.
The Hammonds were Patriots, and Charles and his sons served in the Revolutionary War. On the family property in N. Augusta, SC is a granite monument in the shape of a pyramid which commemorates several of the Hammond family members who were Revolutionary War heroes.
Abner Hammond served as a Lieutenant and later a Captain in the South Carolina Troops. He raised a volunteer company and joined his brother Samuel at the Siege of Augusta. As a Lieutenant he served under Colonel William Candler until the Siege of Augusta in 1781. Colonel Candler later certified Hammond's Revolutionary War service, and he received a federal pension (W25753) and bounty land warrant (BL Wt3533-160-55).
Abner Hammond's first marriage was to Nancy Ann Hamilton Jones, who died in 1802. In 1803, he married Sarah Dudley who was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1782.
Hammond served as Secretary of State in Georgia from 1811-1823. At one time he left Milledgeville for the coast in an effort to improve his health. Governor Troup took advantage of this absence by trying to oust Hammond from his position as Secretary of State. Troup issued a proclamation declaring the office vacant and announced the appointment of another man to the position. The man that Hammond had left in charge of his office refused to vacate, so Governor Troup had the locks changed on the door to the office. Eventually, a judge ruled that Hammond had not abandoned his job and issued a writ forcing Governor Troup's man to return the office to Hammond.
Milledgeville's Southern Recorder reported his 1829 death.
"Col. Abner Hammond, an old Revolutionary patriot and formerly Secretary of State of Georgia, in returning from Milledgeville to his home on the opposite side of Fishing Creek, last Thursday afternoon, was drowned. The creek was much swollen by recent rains."
Hammond was originally buried in the family cemetery along the banks of Fishing Creek in the Hammond Cemetery in Baldwin County and later moved to Memory Hill Cemetery, Baldwin County, Georgia.
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Son of Charles and Elizabeth Steele Hammond.
Hammond married Nancy "Ann" Hamilton Jones Hammond on July 2, 1792, and their children were:
1. Daniel Jackson Hammond (m. Louisa Brown)
2. George Hammond (m. Elizabeth Ward Austin)
3. William Hammond (m.
4. Sarah "Sallie" Hammond (m. Ambrose Ransom Wright)
The second wife was Sarah "Sallie" Dudley Hammond, and they were married March 27, 1803 in Jefferson County GA.
Their children were:
1. Anne Hammond (m. Peter Stubbs)
2. Elizabeth Hammond (m. Baradell Palmer Stubbs)
3. Charles Dobyns Hammond (m. Evaline Amelia Harris)
4. Abner Hammond, Jr. (m. Catherine Jones)
5. John Hammond (m. Caroline Fort)
6. Samuel Steele Hammond (Died at age 7 months.)
7. Martha Hammond (m. Charles Allen Stillman)
8. Eleanor "Ellen" Hammond
9. Thomas Hammond (Died at age 5 years.)
10. Catherine D. Hammond (m. David M. Edwards)
11. David Hammond (Died at age 3 days.)
12. Mary Ann Hammond (m. William Cowan McIver)
The Hammonds were Patriots, and Charles and his sons served in the Revolutionary War. On the family property in N. Augusta, SC is a granite monument in the shape of a pyramid which commemorates several of the Hammond family members who were Revolutionary War heroes.
Abner Hammond served as a Lieutenant and later a Captain in the South Carolina Troops. He raised a volunteer company and joined his brother Samuel at the Siege of Augusta. As a Lieutenant he served under Colonel William Candler until the Siege of Augusta in 1781. Colonel Candler later certified Hammond's Revolutionary War service, and he received a federal pension (W25753) and bounty land warrant (BL Wt3533-160-55).
Abner Hammond's first marriage was to Nancy Ann Hamilton Jones, who died in 1802. In 1803, he married Sarah Dudley who was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1782.
Hammond served as Secretary of State in Georgia from 1811-1823. At one time he left Milledgeville for the coast in an effort to improve his health. Governor Troup took advantage of this absence by trying to oust Hammond from his position as Secretary of State. Troup issued a proclamation declaring the office vacant and announced the appointment of another man to the position. The man that Hammond had left in charge of his office refused to vacate, so Governor Troup had the locks changed on the door to the office. Eventually, a judge ruled that Hammond had not abandoned his job and issued a writ forcing Governor Troup's man to return the office to Hammond.
Milledgeville's Southern Recorder reported his 1829 death.
"Col. Abner Hammond, an old Revolutionary patriot and formerly Secretary of State of Georgia, in returning from Milledgeville to his home on the opposite side of Fishing Creek, last Thursday afternoon, was drowned. The creek was much swollen by recent rains."
Hammond was originally buried in the family cemetery along the banks of Fishing Creek in the Hammond Cemetery in Baldwin County and later moved to Memory Hill Cemetery, Baldwin County, Georgia.
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Son of Charles and Elizabeth Steele Hammond.
Hammond married Nancy "Ann" Hamilton Jones Hammond on July 2, 1792, and their children were:
1. Daniel Jackson Hammond (m. Louisa Brown)
2. George Hammond (m. Elizabeth Ward Austin)
3. William Hammond (m.
4. Sarah "Sallie" Hammond (m. Ambrose Ransom Wright)
The second wife was Sarah "Sallie" Dudley Hammond, and they were married March 27, 1803 in Jefferson County GA.
Their children were:
1. Anne Hammond (m. Peter Stubbs)
2. Elizabeth Hammond (m. Baradell Palmer Stubbs)
3. Charles Dobyns Hammond (m. Evaline Amelia Harris)
4. Abner Hammond, Jr. (m. Catherine Jones)
5. John Hammond (m. Caroline Fort)
6. Samuel Steele Hammond (Died at age 7 months.)
7. Martha Hammond (m. Charles Allen Stillman)
8. Eleanor "Ellen" Hammond
9. Thomas Hammond (Died at age 5 years.)
10. Catherine D. Hammond (m. David M. Edwards)
11. David Hammond (Died at age 3 days.)
12. Mary Ann Hammond (m. William Cowan McIver)
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