WILL OF STEWART HAMILTON
WILL OF STEWART HAMILTON
In the Name of God Amen.I, Stewart Hamilton, of Montgomery County and State of Georgia, being of sound and perfect mind and memory, do this fourteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty- four, make this my last will and testament.That is to say, first, I give and bequeath after my death all of my property that I now possess and the increase of it to my beloved wife, Clarry Hamilton, if she should live longer than me, and at her decease she can give the property to such of my children as she pleases.I will all to her.I give my children no part of my property except one dollars worth to each one of them is all I give them.This my last will and testament.In witness whereof the said Steward Hamilton has hereunto set my hand and signed, sealed, published and declared in presence of all.
Duncan McCrimmonStewart Hamilton
Malcolm Peterson
Geo. Wyche
This will is recorded Montgomery County, Georgia, Wills 1806, 1832-1863, page 23.Filed Nov. 7, 1831.
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From "Genealogical Material from Legal Notices in Early Georgia Newspapers", page 110--Montgomery County:John Hambleton applies for administration on estate of Stewart Hambleton, dec'd; Dec. 3, 1830. (From Shirley Akins, AL)
He is buried in the Hamilton Cemetery located near Kibbee, in a grave marked by the DAR.
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Enlisted in Revolutionary War at Hillsboro Courthouse in Orange County, NC, in 1781.Served as a private in Captain Bailey's Company, 10th North Carolina Continental Army.Stewart Hamilton had migrated to Montgomery County, GA, by 1802.
(Onie Calhoun Williamson gave his name as Benjamin Stewart.She joined DAR through his service--her great-great-grandfather.)
DAR Application of Derlie Olivia Williamson Morris, great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Stewart Hamilton, approved December 22, 1978.DAR National Number 633332.