December 1. 6, 1. C Jones (author of this book) and wife, Eunice W. Jones, and gkand- . DAUGHTER, Ma. GGIE JONES. HAMRICK GENERATIONS. BEING A GENEALOGY OF THE. HAMRICK FAMILY. S. After all what could be. Those facts being true the author has. R ene M athewson David Matthie s en Roseanna M c Arthur L. IAS EVAN MALE: October 1947; Ft Benning, Geor gia. F o lk Singer s Club 3; F B L.A 4. Leggi L'uomo in vetrina I casi di Gunnarstranda e Fr. Ti ringraziamo per il feedback. With these prefatory facts ever before you. The Hamrieks are of German. Irish, Scotch- . Irish, English and French. So it is hard to tell what are the leading. Scotch. the quick temper of the Irish or the lack of humor of the English. The Hamrieks. are like the children of Israel, they too cannot be numbered by multi- . The Children of Israel were like the sands of the sea, they. Hamrieks. In. almost every state in the union the Hamrieks are found ; some are. Tessmen, judges, preachers, and in fact. Hamrieks enaao- ed. George Hamrick left. Germany on account of his religion as he was not allowed to worship. God according to the dictates of his ov. He was a predestinarian Baptist or. Primitive or Hard Shell Baptist and I have it from. Old Uncle Berry Hamrick that all of the old set of Ham- . Primitive Baptists and but few of them ever joined the. The Hamrieks. are generally fond of out door life and are among the best farmers. Some are poor and some are good livers while. South. Physically. History of the Hamrick Generations. It has been repeatedly published that if yon marry. If this be true then I make the assertion that. Hamrick in all the land who would have sense enough. Eighty per cent of the Ham- . In olden times when a man went to look out a bride for him- . Lord told him plainly to go among his own kin, even his. God today that we had thousands. I have searched all the court records and I have only. Old David Webb once said. Hamrick on credit and so. Hatcher to sell anything to the Hamricks on time. I have found some Hamricks who say they. Hamricks . He left Germany in the year 1. Philadelphia, Pa., in 1. He sailed from Rotterdam, Holland. The original name. Homrick, but today we spell it Hamrick. Xow the Hamricks in- . Greens, the Blantons, the Bridges, Har- . Mc. Swains, Champions, Washburns, Wrays, Suttles, Bosticks. Ledbetters, Doggetts, Conners, Hughes, Magnesses, Mc. Brayers. Webbs, Lovelaces and Williamsons. I don't think you will find any. It has. been in my mind for many years to write a history of the Hamrick. I did not think then that they covered the. When I was young my dear mother. Peggy Hamrick, as she was called, would sit till midnight and tell. Neither of them had much education but. This has been one of the. I have ever undertaken. I have made two. trips to Washington and four trips to Raleigh and have searched all. I am just now to . Her name was Susanna. Hamrick but they called her . Hamrick, now dead, was also of great benefit. But I owe the greatest part of my help to one whom I. Old Uncle Berry Hamrick. I have sat for days. Hamrick genera- . He could sit and tell one something new about them all the. He. said he had visited every old Hamrick who had ever come to this part. Uncle Berry lived to be. The early Hamrick houses were made of logs and. One window at. the fire place and the other at the back end of the house. Some had. what they called double cabins or two houses built together, with the. They w^ere generally from eight to ten feet wide and provided. Uncle Berry Hamrick said that many of their houses had. A. great many of their houses had no shutters and the doors were filled. History of the Hamrick Generations. History of the Hameick Generations 1. Some of them kept a fire all night in or- . Hamrick, of Gaffney. S. C, has several letters stating that there is a large sum of money in. Germany for the heirs of one George Hamrick who left there about. George Hamrick came to this country, but there is no. This George Hamrick. Germantown, Pa., and there is at that. He was the father. I have failed so far to get more than. Three of his boys settled in Virginia their names were. Moses Richard, George and Banjamin. They died and were buried. Virgina but most of their children came to l^orth Carolina about. Most all of Moses Richard's people went to Georgia and. Alabama and some further West. A great many of the Hamricks left here about 1. The Hamricks, Blantons, Greens, Bridges, Champions, Wash- . Bowens, Mc. Swains all came across the ocean with George Ham- . The Blantons are of English descent, George Blanton was. Blanton that ever crossed the ocean. Gabriel Washburn was. Germany, Henry Green came from England, Housand Harrell. England, William Champion was from France. I think it would be a good thing. I have visited all of the old graves of all these people men- . There have been from 'seven to ten generations count- . In 1. 81. 4 he entered land one- half mile east. Boiling Springs Church, just where George Eobertson Hamrick. He was buried at what is known as the Katie Hamrick old. Boiling Springs Church. Miller. old place on the west side of First Broad river. He was brother to. James and Samuel Hamrick. Jones went West about the year 1. He went West about the year 1. He was a brother to. James and Samuel Hamrick. Mc. Swain old place and was buried. His brother, Enoch Hamrick, entered land m. First Board river where Esley Davis once. He was buried down the river not far from William Latti- . This land is now owned by Major Sam. Green. Nathaniel was buried at Old Buffalo Church, York, S. He went to Alabama. He was also a brother to Price Hamrick. He was also a brother to Price Hamrick. He was the first white per- . He was buried at the Mc- . Swain old grave yard. The Hamricks. and Bowens camped on the river the first night they came into this. Minor Bowen gave this creek the name of Bowen's river. This river heads in. Earl Station and runs south and empties into Main Broad river just. Buffalo Church, York, S. He. married Elvira Lee and was buried at his old place. He was the first. Justice of Peace in Try on county appointed by King George of Eng- . JSTovember 1. 0th, 1. It struck the main Broad river. All of this western country was Tryon. He married Priscilla Mc. Swain and. was buried on the Berryman Mc. Swain old farm. He married Rebecca House and she. Virginia to see her people, walking there. At one time her sister came home with her and while. Isaac Robertson old. The heirs of Isaac Robertson raised money to put up a monu- . Isaac Robertson was a Revolutionary soldier and. Sharp's Company. Margaret Hamrick's mother was Catherine Rob- . Isaac Robertson. He settled not far from Boiling Springs. Housand Har- . rell settled on the east side of Beaver Dam creek, one mile north- . Beaver Dam church, on the north side of the Rutherford. Shelby road just below the Bill Bowen place and was bviried. Aletha Green place, near Ellenboro. He was elected to the. Legislature from Rutherford county in 1. Raleigh and there bought his first saddle. He married Delphia. Street. He married Mollie Ham- . He was one of the first. Buffalo Church. He mai- ried Rebecca Hamrick. He was buried at. Mc. Swain old grave yard. His son, William, married Jnda. Moore. He served in the Revolutionary War in Brevard's Company. I do hope his descendants will erect a monument to his. What a nice thing it would be if the people would erect. Parenthetically I remind that I have. I. never pi'ofit further than that of having the satisfaction of having. I shall be. content. These people are among the very best in both. You may search the world over and you will not find any. I have. searched the court records and found but few of all these people who. They are good law abiding. It is. seldom you see their names in any court proceedings except when pre- . They are good farmers and very thrifty in. One never sees their names in court unless per- . They practice. attending to their own affairs as much so as any family of people in. They are good honest people. Good. farmers and law abiding and peace loving citizens. We should not. look on the faults of one or two persons and judge the others by their. History of the Hamrick Generations. I am speaking of all these people as a whole, their record. They are good people, good farmers and law. I only- . found one or two bv the name who have figured in the courts. Thev, too, are good people and. They are good. farmers, honest and upright in their dealings with their fello^vman. I don't think I found a single Wray who had. They are honest, sober and good. Tliey arc very good people al- . They are honest. and upright in their dealings, law abiding and peace loving citizens. Some of them are verv 2: ood farmers but taken. Ihey like public service and business life. They are all very good. They are honest and one seldom finds. They give the courts. This speaks well for any family. These are good, h^w abid- . This history covers every Matheny that ever came to this. They are of Irish descent. We find them good people and I. They are mostly farmers yet we find some of them engaged. We find them to be among. They are law abiding and peace. They seem to be inclined as a whole to public life. We find them among our very best people. I have never found anv of their names on the criminal docket. These people are mostly inclined. They are. good people, honest in all their dealings, and I never found but a few. I never found. many of the name on the criminal docket ; they are kind and neigh- . They are good people, law abiding and peace loving, yet. History of the Hamrick Generations. Some liave been public office. All are good people. I have expended my best. Hamrick generations. I should wish it to be. Then, too, I know. Then, too. think that the one who has labored so faithfully never went to school. It was said that the writer could not get. God being my helper, I am about completing it. We were about to omit mentioning the Turners who are. They, too, are among the very best people in. There were no white people. Vast tribes of Indians inhabited this section. One. tribe six miles south of Shelby, near the Frank Young old place, one. Boiling Springs, one near Grassy Pond and one tribe near. Forest City. So you can see that the future looked very dark for. Some of the early settlers herein nientioneil were.
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