Children were: John HAMMOND.

Spouse: Johanna HEIMBACH. Johanna HEIMBACH and John HAMMOND were married in Suffolck Eng. Children were: John HAMMOND, Johanna HAMMOND ><, Maryone HAMMOND ><.

Spouse: Agnes GARROLD. Agnes GARROLD and John HAMMOND were married in 1537 in Suffolck Eng. Children were: Thomas (I) HAMMOND, Johane HAMMOND ><, Joan HAMMOND ><, Jean HAMMOND ><, Elizabeth HAMMOND ><, Margaret HAMMOND ><, William HAMMOND <<$>>.

Spouse: Agnes GARROLD. Agnes GARROLD and John HAMMOND were married in England.¹⁷⁵⁵ Children were: Thomas HAMMOND.

Spouse: Martha Patsy GARLAND. Martha Patsy GARLAND and John HAMMOND were married on 27 June 1816 in ,,North Carolina.

Spouse: Mrs. Johanna HAMMOND. Mrs. Johanna HAMMOND and John Hamond Or HAMMOND were married.¹⁷⁵⁵ Children were: John HAMMOND.

Spouse: Abigail COLLINS.

Spouse: Anne WEBSTER. Anne WEBSTER and Leonard HAMMOND were married about 1615 in London, England. Children were: Robert HAMMOND ><, Martin HAMMOND, Leonard HAMMOND Jr ><.

Spouse: Living LEWIS. Children were: Living HAMMOND, Living HAMMOND.

Spouse: Living SMITH. Children were: Living HAMMOND, Living HAMMOND.

Spouse: Rufus Charles TAYLOR. Marietta "Mammie" Eleanor HAMMOND and Rufus Charles TAYLOR were married on 1 October 1891. Children were: Francis Arthur TAYLOR, Harrison Jesse TAYLOR, Raymond Albert TAYLOR, Helen Aurelia TAYLOR, Walter Hammond TAYLOR, Charles W. TAYLOR.

Spouse: Jane HAMMOND. Children were: Martin HAMMOND ><, Job HAMMOND.

Spouse: John Hamond Or HAMMOND. Mrs. Johanna HAMMOND and John Hamond Or HAMMOND were married.¹⁷⁵⁵ Children were: John HAMMOND.

Spouse: Betty "Elizabeth" PULLEN. Children were: Obediah HAMMOND, Obediah [Hammons] HAMMOND II <<$>>, Peter HAMMOND, Isaac [Hammons] HAMMOND ><, Mary Ann HAMMOND ><, Isaiah [Hammond] HAMMONS <<$>>-><, George [Hammons] HAMMOND ><.

Spouse: Elizabeth SKAGGS. Elizabeth SKAGGS and Obediah HAMMOND were married on 23 June 1787 in , , Greenbriar, Kentucky. Children were: Obediah HAMMOND, James HAMMOND, John HAMMOND, Joseph HAMMOND, Edwin HAMMOND, Nancy HAMMOND, Levina HAMMOND, Sally HAMMOND, Mary (Polly) HAMMOND, Peter HAMMOND, William HAMMOND, Elizabeth HAMMOND, Lucreta HAMMOND.

Spouse: Susannah GARLAND. Susannah GARLAND and Obediah HAMMOND were married on 18 July 1814 in Calebs Creek,Knox,Kentucky. Children were: Mary Sarah HAMMOND, Lavina HAMMOND, James HAMMONS, Solomon HAMMOND, Elijah HAMMOND, Sara HAMMOND, Joseph HAMMOND, Eleanor HAMMOND, Elizabeth HAMMOND, William HAMMOND, Susan HAMMOND, Vina (Lavina) HAMMOND.

Used Finally found them on this site to connect -- lfhammond14@gmail.com

The following is from FTM "The Ancesters of Richard Hammons"

The Hammons family has it's origins in England.(1) In the year 868 theViking chieftain, Hamond, led his band over from Denmark to the easternpart of Norfolk, near present Norwich. He settled there and many of hisdescendants live in the same area today. About 800 years later, AmbroseHammon sailed from England and settled in old Rappahannock CountyVirginia (1666). The family grew and spread over several of the frontiercounties of 18th century Virginia.
By the mid 1750' s our family was located in Prince William County. Itwas there that Obadiah Hammons and his wife Bettey, had at least twosons, Obadiah (let's call him Obadiah II) and Peter. According to papershe supplied in application for a revolutionary war pension, Obadiah IIwas born on December 5, 1756. Peter was born on November 25, 1759.(2)
The family lived in this corner of Northeastern Virginia for severalyears. Obadiah stated that he "knew General Washington as a boy." He musthave lived close to Washington's home at Mount Vernon.(3)
Prior to the Revolutionary War, many people in Virginia were becomingdissatisfied with the relationship that the Anglican Church (the Churchof England) enjoyed with the colonial government. Although the colonistwere allowed to believe as they wished, they were required to pay taxesto support the established church. Various denominations began breakingaway from the Church of England. Ever since Gutenberg had set thescriptures to type and people could read the Bible for themselves, therelationship between government and church was in trouble, especially incolonial America. The Baptists, desiring as they put it, "to worship Godaccording to the best light we have in Holy Scriptures, and the dictatesof our own consciences," applied to the government to be able to holdtheir own meetings.(4) They were refused and many families began to movefrom Virginia to the Carolinas. The Hammons family, led by ReverendWilliam Hammon, moved to North Carolina about 1774. William was thegreat-great grandson of Ambrose. Although the exact link between Obadiahand William has not been established, it is known that Obadiah II and hisbrother Peter moved to the same area (near present Rowan County, NorthCarolina) at this time.{5)
It is interesting to note an account of these early pioneers written byReverend Jethro Rumple, over 100 years later.(6)

"Although Rowan was not settled by Cavaliers or Huguenots, or by thearistocracy of old world society, she has good reason to be proud of theearly pioneers who laid here the foundations of their homes. They weremen and women who had suffered for conscience sake, or fled fromdespotism to seek liberty and happiness unrestrained by the shackles of aworn out civilization."

By March of 1776, both Obadiah II and Peter were serving in the Militianear Salisbury, on the Yadkin River. They were involved in severalskirmishes against the Tories. Many of the important battles of the lastyears of the war were fought in the Carolinas. Although Lord Cornwallisreferred to the militia and guerrilla fighters who opposed him as"ruffians and common criminals," they played an important part in hisdefeat as he retreated across the Carolinas to Yorktown, Virginia in1781. Obadiah II stated that he was discharged "a few days beforeCornwallis was taken by Washington." Peter, in the meantime, had moved toShenandoah County Virginia and re-enlisted in the militia. It is notknown why Peter moved back to Virginia, or what happened to his parents,but after the war Obadiah II also went north. He married Elizabeth Skaggsat Linville Creek Baptist Church (near New Market), in Rockingham County;on the 23rd of January, 1787.(7) Obadiah II then returned to NorthCarolina, where several of his children were born.(8) He later moved toClaiborne County, Tennessee, somewhere along the Clinch River.(9) In1805, he moved west through the Cumberland Gap, to Richland Creek, nearpresent Girdler in Knox County, Kentucky.(10) Obadiah II was still livingin March of 1848 when he applied for a new pension certificate, but diedsoon there after (He was probably 93). Peter later moved to Knox Countyand lived there until the 1850's. They both had very large families.Hammons is common name in Knox County today. Obadiah II is buried atCalebs' Cemetery in Knox County.(11)

Notes
1. SAGA OF JOHN HAMMON, REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO AND KENTUCKY PIONEER byStratton Owen Hammon 1979
2. From birth records submitted in application for pension in 1833 (rev.war pension &# S2263)
3. Ibid. Also see THE FIRST HAMMON FAMILIES IN KENTUCKY by Neal OwenHammon :Kentucky Ancestors; Vol. V, pg. 24, 81, 135.
4. ANOTHER BICENTENNIAL ; THE BAPTIST EXODUS FROM VIRGINIA THROUGH NORTHCAROLINA, TO KENTUCKY by Stratton Owen Hammon 1983 : Kentucky Ancestors;Vol. XVIII, pg. 220
5. The white population of Virginia by 1782 was only 300,000. The Hammonfamily had been in Virginia for over a hundred years. This coupled withthe fact that they left the same area, at the same time, and went to thesame place, indicate that they were part of the same family. Of coursemore research is needed to establish final proof. Both Obadiah and Peterappear on the 1805 Knox County tax list.
6. HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY by Rev. Jethro Rumple 1881
7. VIRGINIA VALLEY RECORDS by John Wayland 1930
8. U.S. Census; North Carolina, Burke Co., Morgan District, 12th Company1790
9. EARLY TENNESSEE TAX LISTS compiled by Byron & Barbara Sistler
10. 1805 Knox County, Kentucky Tax Book. THE WILDERNESS ROAD by ThomasSpeed 1886 Filson Club Vol. 2. Until 1793 the Wilderness road was afootpath through the Cumberland Gap, in 1796 (one year after statehood)it was opened for wagons. This led to a great flood of people migratinginto Kentucky. The Hammons, Tatum, Moberly, Turner, Tudor, & McVeyfamilies were part of this exodus. The population of Kentucky in 1783 wasjust over 10,000 by 1800 it had exploded to 220,000.
11. Located off rt. 1304, 4 miles North of U.S. rt. 25 ; on a gravel roadto the right. Parents: .

Spouse: Betty "Elizabeth" PULLEN. Children were: Obediah [Hammons] HAMMOND II <<$>>, Peter HAMMOND, Isaac [Hammons] HAMMOND ><, Mary Ann HAMMOND ><, Isaiah [Hammond] HAMMONS <<$>>-><, George [Hammons] HAMMOND ><.

Obediah was born in Prince William Co., VA. Prince William Co VA wasestablished in 1730/31 from Stafford & King George Cos, VA. DescendnatCounties include Fairfax (Loudoun) in 1742; and Fauquier in 1759. Theboundaries of the newly-created Prince William County were described in a1730 Act of the General Assembly as "...above Chopawansick Creek, onPotomack river, and Deep run on Rappahannock river and a south west lineto be made, from the head of the north branch of the said creek, to thehead of the said Deep run... and known by the name of Prince WilliamCounty.
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Excerpt from the book, The Hammons Family, by Mary Hinchman:
"Hammons and Hubbards appear to have a special bond. According to THEORIGINAL LISTS OF PERSONS OF QUALITY, Hammons and Hubbards came to thenew world at the same time. In 1634, seventeen-year-old John Hamond andtwenty-year-old Thomas Hubbard were among the passengers that sailed fromthe port of London to the American colonies on the Bonaventure. A yearlater, Daniell Hamond age twelve and Samwell Hubbard age sixteen sailedon the Truelove. Over two hundred years later, two Hammons sistersmarried two Hubbard brothers in Floyd Co., KY.

Obediah Hammons, Sr. was a resident of Knox County, Kentucky during thecensus of 1810 - 1840. He was probably the father of three sons -Obediah, Jr. b 1794 NC; John b 1802 TN; and James b 1811 KY. During the1850 census, these men and their families were neighbors, as well as,James b. 1816 KY; and Elijah b 1819 KY. Several Hammonds were listed onother pages of the Knox Co. census."
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Revoltionary Pension Declaration of Obediah Hammons
In order to obtain benefit of an act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832

State of Kentucky
Knox County

On the 22nd day of September 1833 personally appeared in the court beforeJoseph Eve Judge of the 15th Judicial District including the county ofKnox, Obadiah Hammons, a resident of Richland Creek in the County of Knoxand state of Kentucky age 77 on the 5th December next who first beingduly sworn according to law doth of his oath make the followingdeclaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by theact of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.

That he was drafted in the militia of the United States for a tour of 3months in Roan (Rowan) County, North Carolina on the 18th of March 1776 (I am able to fix upon the precise day by aid of the papers here enclosedmarked (A) found by Wm Ballinger in searching of my old papers for mydischarge) under Richmond Pierson Capt but was transferred to the companyof Richard Dowell Capt of the light horse. During this tour, I waschiefly engaged with my campaign in disarming suspected persons andproviding order in the state of North Carolina. We were constantly movingand during this tour I was in Salisbury at the mouth of Rocky River,_______and various other places that from lack of memory and old age Ican not remember. I was discharged in Rowan County near Salisbury and gota written discharge from my Capt Dowell for this service. I was in nobattles or skirmishes on this tour.

I was drafted under Capt Gibson Woolridge’s company. Davidson was ourGeneral. I am not able to fix upon the precise dates of this tour butknow that the two papers here enclosed marked B & C (also found by WmBallinger while searching my old papers for my discharge) were given tome during this 3 month tour. I know we received news of the Battle ofKings Mountain during this tour. I received a written discharge from myCapt Gibson Woolridge at the old trading fort 7 miles from Salisbury. Atthe close of this last mentioned tour, I volunteered under said CaptWoolridge for 3 months. The object of this tour was to fight the Torieswho we understood had assembled in numbers on the shallow ford of theYadkin River. We marched for that place from Roan County, but before wegot there, we received news that the Tories had been whipped. We werethen discharged and I went home. We were afterwards recalled to completethe tour by my said Capt Woolridge. We then marched below Salisbury, butfrom the lack of memory I cannot undertake a classification of thisservice. I received a written discharge for this service in the county ofRoan.

In a very short time after the close of this service tour there wereorders that two men out of every company should be balloted for 9 months.I and Charles Hunter were balloted as they call it from our company.Richmond Pierson was our Captain, but shortly afterwards we weretransferred to Capt Holston’s company. Our object was to keep down anddisarm the Tories in the state of North Carolina, but as I have statedabout other tours, from lack of memory I can not tell you the route wetook—indeed at the end of the tour I could not of told you all the placesI had been at. We were almost constantly traveling to and fro. I followedmy Captain and paid but little attention to the names of places we wereat. I cannot remember when I reported for this tour, but I know I wasconjoined with it when my former General Davidson was killed at Beatty’sFord on the Catawba. I know also it closed and I was discharged a fewdays before Cornwallis was taken by Washington. I received a writtendischarge for this service from Capt Holston. I thought my discharge waswith my old papers and I being old was told by Wm Ballinger that mydischarges --------------in support of my claim to a pension. I got himto go to my house to hunt them up, but after a diligent search of severalhours he found the papers aforementioned and herewith enclosed—butcouldn’t find any discharges.

There is no living witness to my service except my brother, Peter, whoseaffidavit below and whose attendance I have procured by sending for himin the county of Perry, a distance of 60 or 70 miles—and Henry Hunter ofPerry county who lives at a greater distance from here than my brother.

I hereby relinquish my claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity exceptthe present, and I declare my name is not on the pension roll or anystate or agency. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.

Obadiah Hammons

State of Kentucky
Knox County

Personally appeared before justice of the peace for Knox County, ObadiahHammons, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of oldage and the consequent loss of memory he can not show proof or give afull history of the actions in conduct of his served tours of duty, buthe fells confident that he served 3 tours of 3 months and one tour of 9months as a private in the manner stated in the foregoing declaration aswell as he can remember.

I was born in Prince William County Virginia on the 5th of December 1756.
I have a record of my age found by Wm Ballinger and enclosed (marked D).
I was living in Rowan County, North Carolina—I moved from there to theClinch River in Tennessee, then into Knox County, Kentucky where I havelived for the last 30 years.
I was twice called into service as a draftsman for 3 months each—once asa volunteer for 3 months, and lastly as a balloted man as it was calledfor 9 months.
I knew George Washington as a boy, but never saw him during the war. Icannot remember the names of any Continental Army or Regiments in which Iserved—indeed I am not sure I ever served with any.
I had four written discharges from service, one from Dowell, two fromWoolridge, and one from Holston. They have been burnt I expect as __________, or otherwise lost or mislaid so that I can not find them
I am known in my neighborhood to Job Broughton who was as I am informedand believe a revolutionary soldier.

I, Peter Hammons, age 74 years November next, from the County of Perryand State of Kentucky, do hereby certify that I am the brother of theabove named applicant, Obadiah Hammons, and have been well acquaintedwith him since our infancy.

I served two tours with my brother of three months each, one as adraftsman under Gibson Woolridge, Captain and _____ Davidson, General.The other was under Capt Woolridge as a volunteer. While serving as adraftsman, we received news of the victory at Kings Mountain. Whileserving as a volunteer we marched as my brother stated for the purpose hestated. I saw my brother, Obadiah, in the service under Capt RichardDowell, but cannot tell the length of this tour. I know that my brotherwent out for a nine month tour after we served together under Davidsonand Woolridge, and that he was gone from home for nine months or thereabout, but I did not see him in the service after he marched, nor can Isay from my own knowledge that he served all the time he was absent fromhome—though he has always told that he did. I certainly believe that heperformed the tour of nine months, and the one of three months underDavidson, and the two I served with him.

Subscribed and sworn to in open court the day and date above written.

Peter Hammons

We, Alexander Stewart and Ambrose Y. Anderson residing in the county ofKnox and State of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquaintedwith Obadiah Hammons, who has subscribed and sworn to the abovedeclaration, that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he isreputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been asoldier of the revolution and that we concur with that opinion, and thatwe are also acquainted with Peter Hammons who has been sworn in the aboveavadavat. We have know him for many years, and he is dependable and hisstatements and utterances are believable. Sworn and subscribed the dayand date above.

Alexander Stewart
Ambrose Y. Anderson

And the said court due do hereby declare their opinion after theconsideration of the matter and after putting the interrogations providedby _____act statement that the above named applicant was a revolutionarysoldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that itappraises them Peter Hammons has signed the foregoing avadavat and thatAlexander Stewart and Ambrose Y. Anderson have signed the foregoingcertification, and they are resident citizens of Knox County and thatthey are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit.

Joseph Eve

I, James F. Ballinger, clerk of the Knox County circuit court do herebycertify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the saidcourt in the matter of the application of Obadiah Hammons for a pension.In testimony……….27th day of Sept 1833.

James F. Ballinger
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KENTUCKY PENSION ROLL OF 1835

Report from the Secretary of War in obedience to resolutions of theSenate of the 5th and 30th of June,1834 and the 3rd of March 1836 inrelation to the pension establishment of the United States, Washington
Printed by Duff Green 1835
Obadiah Hammon
Knox County
Private
Infantry and Cavalry
North Carolina Line
$62.50 Annual Allowance
$187.50 Amount received
October 12, 1833, Pension Started, #S2263
Age 78
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1805 Knox Co Tax Lists - Obediah appears for the first time
1810 Knox Co., Ky - Head of household
1820 Knox Co., Ky - Head of household Parents: Obediah HAMMOND and Betty "Elizabeth" PULLEN.

Obediah was born in Prince William Co., VA. Prince William Co VA wasestablished in 1730/31 from Stafford & King George Cos, VA. DescendnatCounties include Fairfax (Loudoun) in 1742; and Fauquier in 1759. Theboundaries of the newly-created Prince William County were described in a1730 Act of the General Assembly as "...above Chopawansick Creek, onPotomack river, and Deep run on Rappahannock river and a south west lineto be made, from the head of the north branch of the said creek, to thehead of the said Deep run... and known by the name of Prince WilliamCounty.
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Excerpt from the book, The Hammons Family, by Mary Hinchman:
"Hammons and Hubbards appear to have a special bond. According to THEORIGINAL LISTS OF PERSONS OF QUALITY, Hammons and Hubbards came to thenew world at the same time. In 1634, seventeen-year-old John Hamond andtwenty-year-old Thomas Hubbard were among the passengers that sailed fromthe port of London to the American colonies on the Bonaventure. A yearlater, Daniell Hamond age twelve and Samwell Hubbard age sixteen sailedon the Truelove. Over two hundred years later, two Hammons sistersmarried two Hubbard brothers in Floyd Co., KY.

Obediah Hammons, Sr. was a resident of Knox County, Kentucky during thecensus of 1810 - 1840. He was probably the father of three sons -Obediah, Jr. b 1794 NC; John b 1802 TN; and James b 1811 KY. During the1850 census, these men and their families were neighbors, as well as,James b. 1816 KY; and Elijah b 1819 KY. Several Hammonds were listed onother pages of the Knox Co. census."
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Revoltionary Pension Declaration of Obediah Hammons
In order to obtain benefit of an act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832

State of Kentucky
Knox County

On the 22nd day of September 1833 personally appeared in the court beforeJoseph Eve Judge of the 15th Judicial District including the county ofKnox, Obadiah Hammons, a resident of Richland Creek in the County of Knoxand state of Kentucky age 77 on the 5th December next who first beingduly sworn according to law doth of his oath make the followingdeclaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by theact of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.

That he was drafted in the militia of the United States for a tour of 3months in Roan (Rowan) County, North Carolina on the 18th of March 1776 (I am able to fix upon the precise day by aid of the papers here enclosedmarked (A) found by Wm Ballinger in searching of my old papers for mydischarge) under Richmond Pierson Capt but was transferred to the companyof Richard Dowell Capt of the light horse. During this tour, I waschiefly engaged with my campaign in disarming suspected persons andproviding order in the state of North Carolina. We were constantly movingand during this tour I was in Salisbury at the mouth of Rocky River,_______and various other places that from lack of memory and old age Ican not remember. I was discharged in Rowan County near Salisbury and gota written discharge from my Capt Dowell for this service. I was in nobattles or skirmishes on this tour.

I was drafted under Capt Gibson Woolridge’s company. Davidson was ourGeneral. I am not able to fix upon the precise dates of this tour butknow that the two papers here enclosed marked B & C (also found by WmBallinger while searching my old papers for my discharge) were given tome during this 3 month tour. I know we received news of the Battle ofKings Mountain during this tour. I received a written discharge from myCapt Gibson Woolridge at the old trading fort 7 miles from Salisbury. Atthe close of this last mentioned tour, I volunteered under said CaptWoolridge for 3 months. The object of this tour was to fight the Torieswho we understood had assembled in numbers on the shallow ford of theYadkin River. We marched for that place from Roan County, but before wegot there, we received news that the Tories had been whipped. We werethen discharged and I went home. We were afterwards recalled to completethe tour by my said Capt Woolridge. We then marched below Salisbury, butfrom the lack of memory I cannot undertake a classification of thisservice. I received a written discharge for this service in the county ofRoan.

In a very short time after the close of this service tour there wereorders that two men out of every company should be balloted for 9 months.I and Charles Hunter were balloted as they call it from our company.Richmond Pierson was our Captain, but shortly afterwards we weretransferred to Capt Holston’s company. Our object was to keep down anddisarm the Tories in the state of North Carolina, but as I have statedabout other tours, from lack of memory I can not tell you the route wetook—indeed at the end of the tour I could not of told you all the placesI had been at. We were almost constantly traveling to and fro. I followedmy Captain and paid but little attention to the names of places we wereat. I cannot remember when I reported for this tour, but I know I wasconjoined with it when my former General Davidson was killed at Beatty’sFord on the Catawba. I know also it closed and I was discharged a fewdays before Cornwallis was taken by Washington. I received a writtendischarge for this service from Capt Holston. I thought my discharge waswith my old papers and I being old was told by Wm Ballinger that mydischarges --------------in support of my claim to a pension. I got himto go to my house to hunt them up, but after a diligent search of severalhours he found the papers aforementioned and herewith enclosed—butcouldn’t find any discharges.

There is no living witness to my service except my brother, Peter, whoseaffidavit below and whose attendance I have procured by sending for himin the county of Perry, a distance of 60 or 70 miles—and Henry Hunter ofPerry county who lives at a greater distance from here than my brother.

I hereby relinquish my claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity exceptthe present, and I declare my name is not on the pension roll or anystate or agency. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.

Obadiah Hammons

State of Kentucky
Knox County

Personally appeared before justice of the peace for Knox County, ObadiahHammons, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of oldage and the consequent loss of memory he can not show proof or give afull history of the actions in conduct of his served tours of duty, buthe fells confident that he served 3 tours of 3 months and one tour of 9months as a private in the manner stated in the foregoing declaration aswell as he can remember.

I was born in Prince William County Virginia on the 5th of December 1756.
I have a record of my age found by Wm Ballinger and enclosed (marked D).
I was living in Rowan County, North Carolina—I moved from there to theClinch River in Tennessee, then into Knox County, Kentucky where I havelived for the last 30 years.
I was twice called into service as a draftsman for 3 months each—once asa volunteer for 3 months, and lastly as a balloted man as it was calledfor 9 months.
I knew George Washington as a boy, but never saw him during the war. Icannot remember the names of any Continental Army or Regiments in which Iserved—indeed I am not sure I ever served with any.
I had four written discharges from service, one from Dowell, two fromWoolridge, and one from Holston. They have been burnt I expect as __________, or otherwise lost or mislaid so that I can not find them
I am known in my neighborhood to Job Broughton who was as I am informedand believe a revolutionary soldier.

I, Peter Hammons, age 74 years November next, from the County of Perryand State of Kentucky, do hereby certify that I am the brother of theabove named applicant, Obadiah Hammons, and have been well acquaintedwith him since our infancy.

I served two tours with my brother of three months each, one as adraftsman under Gibson Woolridge, Captain and _____ Davidson, General.The other was under Capt Woolridge as a volunteer. While serving as adraftsman, we received news of the victory at Kings Mountain. Whileserving as a volunteer we marched as my brother stated for the purpose hestated. I saw my brother, Obadiah, in the service under Capt RichardDowell, but cannot tell the length of this tour. I know that my brotherwent out for a nine month tour after we served together under Davidsonand Woolridge, and that he was gone from home for nine months or thereabout, but I did not see him in the service after he marched, nor can Isay from my own knowledge that he served all the time he was absent fromhome—though he has always told that he did. I certainly believe that heperformed the tour of nine months, and the one of three months underDavidson, and the two I served with him.

Subscribed and sworn to in open court the day and date above written.

Peter Hammons

We, Alexander Stewart and Ambrose Y. Anderson residing in the county ofKnox and State of Kentucky hereby certify that we are well acquaintedwith Obadiah Hammons, who has subscribed and sworn to the abovedeclaration, that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he isreputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been asoldier of the revolution and that we concur with that opinion, and thatwe are also acquainted with Peter Hammons who has been sworn in the aboveavadavat. We have know him for many years, and he is dependable and hisstatements and utterances are believable. Sworn and subscribed the dayand date above.

Alexander Stewart
Ambrose Y. Anderson

And the said court due do hereby declare their opinion after theconsideration of the matter and after putting the interrogations providedby _____act statement that the above named applicant was a revolutionarysoldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that itappraises them Peter Hammons has signed the foregoing avadavat and thatAlexander Stewart and Ambrose Y. Anderson have signed the foregoingcertification, and they are resident citizens of Knox County and thatthey are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit.

Joseph Eve

I, James F. Ballinger, clerk of the Knox County circuit court do herebycertify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the saidcourt in the matter of the application of Obadiah Hammons for a pension.In testimony……….27th day of Sept 1833.

James F. Ballinger
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KENTUCKY PENSION ROLL OF 1835

Report from the Secretary of War in obedience to resolutions of theSenate of the 5th and 30th of June,1834 and the 3rd of March 1836 inrelation to the pension establishment of the United States, Washington
Printed by Duff Green 1835
Obadiah Hammon
Knox County
Private
Infantry and Cavalry
North Carolina Line
$62.50 Annual Allowance
$187.50 Amount received
October 12, 1833, Pension Started, #S2263
Age 78
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1805 Knox Co Tax Lists - Obediah appears for the first time
1810 Knox Co., Ky - Head of household
1820 Knox Co., Ky - Head of household Parents: Obediah [Hammons] HAMMOND I <<$>> and Betty "Elizabeth" PULLEN.

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Pension Application (Abstract of Pension Papers of Soldiers of theRevolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled in Knox CountyKentucky, Compiled by Annie Walker Burns, 1935):

"I, Peter Hammonds about 74 years of age in November next, of PerryCounty Kentucky, certify that I am a brother of Obadiah Hammonds and havebeen well acquainted with him from our infancy. I served 2 tour(s) withmy brother of 3 months each and was a draftsman under Gibson Wooldridge,Captain, and --- Davidson, Gener(a)l. The other was under CaptainWooldridge as a volunteer. While serving as a draftsman we received newsof the victory at King's Mountain. I saw my brother Obadiah in theservice of Captain Richard Dowel, but could not tell the length of thisservice. My brother sent out for a 9 months tour after we served."
Peter Hammonds

Alexander Stewart and Ambrose Anderson, of Knox County, made declarationin regard to the character and veracity of the applicant and his brotherPeter Hammonds, before Joseoh Eve, Judge.

On a leaf from an old Bible, is recorded:
"Obadiah Hammonds, son of Obadiah and Betty Hammonds, his wife, was bornin the year of our Lord 1756 on the 5th day of December.
Peter Hammonds, son of Obadiah Hammonds and Betty Hammonds, his wife, wasborn Nov. 25 in the year of our Lord, 1759."
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Hammons Rev. War Index :
OBADIAH (also as Hammonds & Hammons), 52263, NC Line, he was a son ofObadiah & Bettey Hammons & he was b 5 Dec 1756, he lived in Rowan Co NCat enl 1776 & after his srv he moved to the Clinch River in TN & in 1803moved to Knox Co KY & he appl there 22 Sep 1833, sol's bro Peter was b 25Nov 1759 & in 1833 lived in Perry Co KY & had srv with his bro Obadiahfor 2 tours

PETER, 530461, NC & VA Line, he lived in Rowan Co NC at enl & later enlin Shenandoah Co VA, he appl 11 Feb 1833 Perry Co KY, an Obadiah Hammondsof Knox Co KY in 1833 also live in Rowan Co NC during - the Rev War butthe relationship to Peter Hammonds wasn't stated (Brother to Obadiah)
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The Revolutionary War Pension File of Peter HAMMONDS included hisdeclaration of 11 Feb 1833 in Perry Co KY that he lived in Rowan Co NC atthe time of his first enlistment and that he later enlisted in ShenandoahCo VA. (RW Pension File S30461)
Pension started on November 15,1833 - $36.66 annual allowance. $109.98amount received

The Revolutionary War Pension file of Obadiah HAMMOND (also HAMMONDS &HAMMONS), application 22 Sep 1833, Knox Co KY, included his declarationthat he was a son of Obadiah & Betty HAMMONS, that he was born 5 Dec1756, that he lived in Rowan Co NC at enlistment & that after hismilitary service, he moved to the Clinch River in TN, then in 1803 movedto Knox Co KY where he applied 22 Sep 1833. His brother, Peter HAMMONDwas born 25 Nov 1759, & in 1833 lived in Perry Co KY & declared that hehad served with his brother, Obadiah, for 2 tours.
(RW Pension File S2263)
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Census -
1820 Knox Co., KY Census:
HAMMONS, PETER SR.
Males: 0/0/1/0/2/1 Females: 0/1/2/0/1/0/0

1840 Knox Co., KY Revolutionary War Veterans:
HAMMONDS, Peter - age 78 years (members of household over 29 years of age= 2)

1840 Knox Co., KY Census:
Mrs. Martha Hammons
Males: 1 15-20 years, 1 20-30 years, 1 40-50 years; Females: 1 5-10years, 2 10-15 years, 1 15-20 years, 1 20-30 years, 1 50-60 years

Peter Hammons
Males: 1 70-80 years; Females: 1 60-70 years

1850 Knox Co., KY Census, Pg 388:
Hammonds, Peter, 83 VA
Nancy, 70, VA

Peter Hammond is listed on Knox Co Ky. Tax Lists, - June 18, 1805, June19, 1806, April 27, 1807, April 27, 1807, and May 18, 1809.
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The following are unsubstatiated ( by me) lawsuits filed by heirs Of OldPeter. They are supposedly transcribed records.

Suit #1 - Knox County, KY Lawsuit, filed 9 March 1851:
THOMAS HALE and MARY HALE vs JAMES HAMMONDS and others, the heirs ofPETER HAMMONDS, SR., deceased.

The plaintiffs, THOMAS HALE and MARY HALE, his wife, state that on the-- day of --, the father of the said, MARY, PETER HAMMONDS, SR., departedthis life intestate, siezed and possessed and the owner of a tract ofland in Knox County, Ky., lying on the (right-hand Fork of Big -- printis missing for two sentences -- and leaving the following persons, theplaintiffs, his heirs and legal representatives to wit: JAMES HAMMONDS(the only living son he has), DORCAS MCCARTY and her husband, WILLIAMMCCARTY, JOHN HAMMONDS, EMILY HAMMONDS, WILLIAM SPEED HAMMONDS, MARY COLEand her husband, JAMES COLE, ESTHER HAMMONDS, these the children of PETERHAMMONDS, deceased, the son of OLD PETER HAMMONDS; PETER HIGNIGHT, JOHNHIGNIGHT, MOSES HIGNIGHT, ISAIAH HIGNIGHT, JAMES HIGNIGHT, WILLIAMHIGNIGHT, CATHERINE CAMPBELL, MARGARET EDWARDS and DAVIS, her husband,MARY CAMPBELL and her husband, JAMES, JANE LEWIS and WASHINGTON LEWIS,her husband, these the children and heirs of PHOEBE HIGNIGHT and thedaughter of OLD PETER HAMMONDS.

WILLIAM and JOHN HAMMONDS, the only children of JEREMIAH HAMMONDS,deceased, who was a son of OLD PETER HAMMONDS; WILLIAM and MARGARETHAMMONDS, the only children of WILLIAM HAMMONDS, and a son of OLD PETERHAMMONS; G.M. HALE and T.J. HALE, TALITHA HINKLE and her husband,ANTHONY, being the only children of MARGARET HALE, the daughter of OLDPETER HAMMONDS. JOHN HAMMONDS and ISAIAH HAMMONDS, sons of OLD PETERHAMMONDS.

They state that a good many of the heirs are non-residents of Ky.
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Suit #2 - Knox Co., KY Lawsuit, filed 25 February 1852:
THOMAS HALE vs P. HAMMONDS HEIRS

The Commonwealth of Kentucky to the Sheriff of Knox County. You arecommanded to summons:
JAMES HAMMONDS, JR., PETER HAMMONDS, DORCAS MCCARTY, JOHN HAMMONDS, EMILYHAMMONDS, ESTHER HAMMONDS, PETER HIGNIGHT, JOHN HIGNIGHT, MOSES HIGNIGHT,ISAIAH HIGNIGHT, JAMES HIGNIGHT, WILLIAM HIGNIGHT, CATHERINE CAMPBELL,MARGARET EDWARDS, DAVIS/DAVID EDWARDS, MARY CAMPBELL, JAMES CAMPBELL,JANE LEWIS, WASHINGTON LEWIS, WILLIAM HAMMONDS, JOHN HAMMONDS (sons ofJERRY); WILLIAM HAMMONDS, MARGARET HAMMONDS (children of WILLIAMHAMMONDS, SR.); RACHEL HAMMONDS, MARGARET HAMMONDS (children of OBADIAH);GEORGE W. HALE, THOMAS J. HALE, TELITHA HINKLE, ANTHONY HINKLE, JOHNHAMMONDS, and ISAIAH HAMMONDS (sons of PETER, SR.) to answer in twentydays after the service of this summons on them, a Petition filed againstthem in the Knox Circuit Court by THOMAS HALE and MARY HALE, his wife,and warn them that upon their failure to answer the petition will betaken for confessed or they will be proceded against for contempt and youwill make due return of this summons on the 1st day of the March Term ofsaid Court. Witness, JAMES F. BALLINGER, Clerk of said Court, this 25thday of Feb., 1852.
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Suit #3 - THOMAS HALE and wife, plaintiffs against JAMES HAMMONDS andothers, defendants, Sept. 8, 1857

The defendants, WILLIAM MCCARTY and DORCAS MCCARTY, his wife, state thatsaid DORCAS is a daughter and heir of PETER HAMMONDS, a son of OLD PETERHAMMONDS, referred to in plaintiffs' Petition and they are entitled bydescent to one-eight part of their father's interest in the landbelonging to their grandfather, PETER HAMMONDS. That PETER HAMMONDS, thefather of DORCAS, and son of OLD PETER, left nine children and heirs, oneof whom has since died intestate and childless; and OLD PETER left tenheirs, so that being the interest by descent of these defendants in OLDPETER HAMMONDS' estate is one-eighth of one-tenth.

They further state that in addition to the interest acquired by descentas aforesaid, that defendant, WILLIAM MCCARTY, is entitled to purchasefrom the other heirs of the father of defendant, DORCAS, to all theirright, and title of said estate evidences of which he has in part in hispossession in Laurel County and cannot now be filed because they are nowin Laurel County and the balance he will procure and all of which shallbe filed in due time. He is also entitled to the interest of the heirs ofOBEDIAH HAMMONDS, deceased, by purchase. They do not resist a sale of theland belonging to their heirs of OLD PETER HAMMONDS and pray that theproceeds of the same, according to their intent by descent and purchaseas aforesaid may be adjudged against them. They pray that the plaintiffbe ruled and required to file the title papers or give a definite andaccurate description of the land belonging to said estate. They furtherstate the defendant, JAMES HAMMONDS, has never made a settlement of hisaccounts as required by law: some $175 or two-hundred dollars has been inpossession or controlling the possession of the land sought to be sold,ever since the death of the OLD MAN say --- years and the same isreasonably worth the sum of $---- per annum and the defendants have thesame interest in the personality and rents which they have by descent andpurchase in the land as above stated and said JAMES HAMMONDS has neverdistributed to these defendants any part of said estate. They thereforemake this answer a Petition against JAMES HAMMONDS and pray that he becompelled to account for the reasonable rent of said land since the deathof OLD PETER and that he be compelled to settle of his accounts asadministrator of aforesaid and on final hearing, they pray for ajudgement for their distribution share of said estate, real and personalas well as what they are entitled to by descent or by purchase. They prayfor all other proper relief. Parents: Obediah HAMMOND and Betty "Elizabeth" PULLEN. Parents: Obediah [Hammons] HAMMOND I <<$>> and Betty "Elizabeth" PULLEN.

Spouse: Margaret HALE. Margaret HALE and Peter HAMMOND were married in 1781 in ,Knox,Kentucky. Children were: John HAMMOND.