Thomas Hampton b. about 1760 d. 13 July 1840

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about 1760 birth: Caroline County (Virginia), Colony of Virginia

child birth: ♀ Sally Hampton [Hampton] d. after 1840

child birth: ♂ Joseph Hampton [Hampton] d. before August 1840

child birth: ♀ Abitha Knowlton Hampton [Hampton] d. August 1840

marriage: ♀ ? ? (Hampton) [?]

between 1777 and March 1780 military service: Monmouth, New Jersey, US, American Revolution

about 1791 child birth: Louisiana (New Spain), Louisiana was Spanish from 1764 to 30 November 1803., ♂ Lowery T. Hampton [Hampton] b. about 1791 d. before August 1840

about 1800 child birth: Kentucky, US, ♀ Nancy Armstrong Hampton [Hampton] b. about 1800 d. after 1840

about 1801 child birth: Virginia, US, ♂ Thomas A. Hampton [Hampton] b. about 1801 d. May 1860

18 February 1812 child birth: Franklin (Kentucky), USA, ♀ Julia A. Louisa Hampton (Besser) [Hampton] b. 18 February 1812 d. 13 May 1845

about 1813 child birth: Kentucky, US, ♂ Benjamin Hampton [Hampton] b. about 1813 d. after 1840

July 1840 burial: Lincoln County (Missouri), US, Lincoln County Cemetery

13 July 1840 death: Lincoln County (Missouri), US

Notes

Enlisted in Caroline County in 1777 and served until March 1780, as private in Captain Ambrose Dudley's company in Colonel Brent's Virginia regiment and fought in the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey.

The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle fought in New Jersey on June 28, 1778, that was a turning point of the American Revolution. The main Continental Army under George Washington attacked the rear of the British Army's column led by Sir Henry Clinton as they left Monmouth Court House ‎(modern Freehold Borough)‎.

Letter dated 6 April 1935 from the General Accounting Office, Washington, DC shows: "Thomas Hampton, pensioner of the Revolutionary War, Certificate 7781, Missouri Agency, died 13 July 1840." Copy of record at Veterans Administration, Washington DC shows: "Thomas Hampton, b. Caroline, Virginia, d. 1840, Lincoln, Missouri..." "While living in Caroline County, he enlisted in 1777 and served until March 1780, as private in Captain Ambrose Dudley's company in Colonel's Brent's Virginia regiment and was in the battle of Monmouth. He was allowed pension on application executed 6 November, 1832 while a resident of Troy, Lincoln, Missouri, aged seventy-two years. He died 13 July, 1840." Letter of Administration for Thomas Hampton dated 4 August, 1840, No. 109, State of Missouri, County of Lincoln, shows: "John S. Besser... says that Thomas Hampton, Sally ---, Nancy Armstrong, heirs of Tabita Knowlton, heirs of Joseph Hampton, Benjamin Hampton, heirs of Lowery Hampton & Julia Besser are the only heirs... of Thomas Hampton, dec." Source: Records of descendant Paul F Smith

NSSAR Graves Register shows: Thomas Hampton, b. 1760, d. 1840, buried County Cem, Woodson Twp, Lincoln Co., MO NSSAR Patriot Index shows: Thomas Hampton, Pvt, VA, b. 1760, VA, d. 1840, MO, dau. Julia Hampton m. John Slater Besser DAR Index shows: Thomas Hampton, b. 1760 VA, d. 13 Jul 1840 MO, m. ‎‎‎‎‎(1)‎‎‎‎‎ XX, Pvt VA PNSR

nventory of estate of Thomas Hampton, dated August 4, 1840, No. 109, State of Missouri, County of Lincoln SS "John S. Besser being duly sworn upon his oath, says, that Thomas Hampton, Sally ---, Nancy Armstrong, the heirs of Tabitha Knowlton, heirs of Joseph Hampton, Benjamin Hampton, the heirs of Lowery Hampton and Julia Besser are the only heirs and legal representatives of Thomas Hampton, dec. Inventory of estate taken this 25th day of August 1840. A pension certificate from the United States entltliing said Thomas Hampton to a pension of eighty dollars annually. Date of letters, August 4, 1840, Book A, Page 130 of Administration Source: Lincoln County, Missouri, Wills.

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