James Hamilton, son of Robert and Sarah Agnew Hamilton, was born in Sumner County, Tennessee on May 7, 1802. He married Amy Rice in Sumner County on Sept. 23, 1819 and soon afterwards went to Stewart County, Tennessee. They subsequently lived in Humphreys County, Tenn. in the part cut off from Stewart County to form Humphreys County. James and his family moved on to Hardeman County, Tenn. where they joined the family group for the big move to Texas. They left Hardeman County for Texas in 1836, travelling overland by ox carts, and arrived in Red District of the Republic of Texas on Dec. 11, 1836. James received a Second Class Land Grant of 1280 acres from Texas which he located near Unionville in the Northwest corner of what became Cass County. James and May sold 400 acres of their land in 1842 and in 1844 bought four lots in the town of Jefferson where they evidently lived a short time before settling in the Center Grove Community, 5 miles Norther of Linden, on land patented to Amy Hamilton assignee of Charles Trapp. Amy required this tract Oct. 8, 1845 and this was the 154- 1/2 acres where James and Amy built their last home and raised their family.James, farmer and miller, also served his community as Constable, Justice of the Peace & Election Judge for Beat 5, and builder of County Roads in and around the Center Grove community.
Children of James and Amy Hamilton where: William E., Robert H., a daughter married to David C. Legg, Nancy Ann, Sarah Jane, Emily Susan, L. Frances and James Thomas.
(History of Cass County People, By Cass County Genealogical Society, Atlanta, Texas)
Children of James and Amy Hamilton where: William E., Robert H., a daughter married to David C. Legg, Nancy Ann, Sarah Jane, Emily Susan, L. Frances and James Thomas.
(History of Cass County People, By Cass County Genealogical Society, Atlanta, Texas)
James Hamilton, son of Robert and Sarah Agnew Hamilton, was born in Sumner County, Tennessee on May 7, 1802. He married Amy Rice in Sumner County on Sept. 23, 1819 and soon afterwards went to Stewart County, Tennessee. They subsequently lived in Humphreys County, Tenn. in the part cut off from Stewart County to form Humphreys County. James and his family moved on to Hardeman County, Tenn. where they joined the family group for the big move to Texas. They left Hardeman County for Texas in 1836, travelling overland by ox carts, and arrived in Red District of the Republic of Texas on Dec. 11, 1836. James received a Second Class Land Grant of 1280 acres from Texas which he located near Unionville in the Northwest corner of what became Cass County. James and May sold 400 acres of their land in 1842 and in 1844 bought four lots in the town of Jefferson where they evidently lived a short time before settling in the Center Grove Community, 5 miles Norther of Linden, on land patented to Amy Hamilton assignee of Charles Trapp. Amy required this tract Oct. 8, 1845 and this was the 154- 1/2 acres where James and Amy built their last home and raised their family.James, farmer and miller, also served his community as Constable, Justice of the Peace & Election Judge for Beat 5, and builder of County Roads in and around the Center Grove community.
Children of James and Amy Hamilton where: William E., Robert H., a daughter married to David C. Legg, Nancy Ann, Sarah Jane, Emily Susan, L. Frances and James Thomas.
(History of Cass County People, By Cass County Genealogical Society, Atlanta, Texas)
Children of James and Amy Hamilton where: William E., Robert H., a daughter married to David C. Legg, Nancy Ann, Sarah Jane, Emily Susan, L. Frances and James Thomas.
(History of Cass County People, By Cass County Genealogical Society, Atlanta, Texas)
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