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Genealogy of Julie Ann Bliss Hammons
Relative BlissGenealogy of Julie Ann Bliss Hammons
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Hammons, Samuel Patton |
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Joseph and Nancy Mary Adams Hammons Family
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Place of Birth |
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Joseph Hammons |
28 |
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Laborer |
North Carolina |
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Nancy Hammons |
24 |
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North Carolina |
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Wilson Hammons |
7 mths |
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Virginia |
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Nulty Hammons |
60 |
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No information has been found on any Joseph & Nancy Hammons’ family for the 1860 Adair, Schuyler, Putnam or Scotland Counties of Missouri. In both the 1870 and 1880 census records of Adair County the children of Joseph and Nancy indicate that their father (then deceased) was born in Virginia and Nancy’s last name was spelled Hammond. These census records indicate that Nancy could not read or write (her name is also marked with an X on real estate dealings). This may have been part of the reason for the different spellings of the Hammons name.
According to information copied from the family bible of Joseph & Nancy Hammons, Nancy was born in 1823. However, Nancy indicated in the 1870 census that she was 40 years old (not 47) and in the 1880 census that she was then 50. Her tombstone lists her age at 70 year when she died in 1900 so these combined resources would lead one to believe that she was born in 1830. Another discrepancy is that the bible records list William A. "Willie" as being born on July 15, 1859, however his tombstone lists August 15, 1856. Some of the information in the family Bible may have been filled in by a relative at a later date, (or the tombstone could be wrong)
1880 census records children and indicates where their parents were born:
Family lore is that Joseph was about 45 years old when he died in 1864 from wounds received in battle during the Civil War. He had a leg amputated but gangrene set in causing his death. According to records from the Missouri State Archives, he enlisted in the Putnam County (Missouri) Home Guards of the Union Army at Shawneetown on July 1, 1861 and was a private in the Indiana company under Capt. Ewing. He was discharged on August 1, 1861. For this service he received $14.50 but was not paid until July 30, 1864. On August 30th 1862 in Lancaster (Schuyler County), he enrolled in the 29th Regiment of Missouri militia of the Union Army. He was relieved from this duty on April 30th 1863. Joseph died on August 8, 1864 and was buried on the family farm in Schuyler County, Missouri (Nancy and Joseph’s son, Willie, is also buried there). There is only one tombstone listing both Joseph and Willie and the last one on it is spelled Hammons. Information as to the land ownership of Joseph and Nancy was not found in
the Schuyler County or the State Archives. The current landowner (Jack
McCartney- 1994) of the farm where Joseph was buried has an old property
deed that lists the following information. Joseph Hammons applied for a land patent for 40 acres in Schuyler
County, Section 36, Township 66-N, Range 16-W (SW 1/4 of NE 1/4) on
February 23, 1852 at the Milan Missouri office. It was patented to him
on October 10, 1856 and lists him of Schuyler County at that time. Nancy
M. Hammons applied for a land patent for a connecting 40 acres on July
3, 1865 listed as the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, Section 36, Township 66-N,
Range 16-W with the Boonville, Missouri Office. It was patented on
December 1, 1865. This 80 acres was sold to Jane Mellinger on November
8, 1869 for $200. The last name is spelled Hammons, Hammonds, and
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| Nancy moved to Adair County Missouri in 1868 with most of her children.
It is now known why she moved to this county, but one would assume she had
relative or knew someone here. Records in Adair County Court show that on
March 9, 1868, Nancy Hammons purchased: 80 acres in Western Adair County (the E ½ of the SE ½ of Section 2,
Township 62, Range 17-W for $1,000. On September 30, 1882 Nancy deeded
this property to her son, Samuel P., "in consideration of natural love
and affections". Later in the deed it reads that, "this deed however, is
not in effect until my death, and the only upon condition that the party
of the second part who is a son of the part of the first part shall
remain and take care of his said mother during her life - and shall take
care of his sisters as long as they remain at home and with him or until
their marriage if that event happens first." On both of these records the last name is spelled Hammons. It is interesting that she purchased the Adair County land from Jane Mellinger, the same person she later sold the Schuyler County property to. The Schuyler County land deed states that Nancy, as Administratrix of Joseph’s estate, was allowed to sell the property in order to pay debts. Maybe she sold it to Jane Mellinger to pay towards what she might have owed on the Adair County property. It is not know if Jane Mellinger was somehow related to Nancy Hammons Nancy died on February 24, 1900 and is buried in the Campbell Cemetery in Adair County, Missouri. Wilson Emery Hammons was born 19 December 1849 in Virginia. He went to Colorado and was killed there on June 16,1904. The following articles were printed in THE PITKIN MINES, Pitkin (Gunnison County), Colorado.
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Used by permission. Much thanks to Glenna for all the research she has done on the Hammons line.
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