Family Group of

James Madison Hampton b 6 Apr 1849 Buncombe CO, NC d per dc 13 Nov 1924 Isabella, Polk CO, TN buried Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC
occupation - farmer
photo of James Madison & Elizabeth M. (Brown) Hampton
son of Rev. Tilman H. & Sarah L. (Shope/Shoap) Hampton* of Young Cane, Union CO, GA, then Nottla Township, Cherokee CO, NC, and later of Christian CO, MO

25 Dec 1867 Union CO, GA TO

Elizabeth Melissa Brown b 10 Jan 1853 Union CO, GA d 28 Dec 1935 buried Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC
dau of

issue:
1(M) Robert T. Hampton b 13 Oct 1870 Union CO, GA d 23 July 1956 Copperhill, Polk CO, TN buried Morganton Cemetery, Fannin CO, GA
Robert T. Hampton's death certificate
m 30 Dec 1894 Fannin CO, GA by Rev. W. J. Evans TO
Alice C. Lafevers b 3 Dec 1873 NC d 17 July 1942 buried Morganton Cemetery, Fannin CO, GA

2(M) Jacob D. Arvil Hampton b 15 May 1873 GA d 15 Oct 1945 buried Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC
m TO
Emma M. _____ b 19 May 1877 d 6 Oct 1918 buried Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC

3(F) Nancy M. Catherine "Cate" Hampton b 14 Oct 1876 NC d 17 Sep 1925
m 29 Jan 1899 Polk CO, TN by Rev. J. E. Rich TO
William Lafayette Bates b 25 June 1874 GA d 25 Apr 1922 Isabella, Polk CO, TN buried Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC (unmarked)

4(F) Margaret M. J. Hampton b 14 Sep 1879 GA d 16 Sep

5(M) James Garfield Hampton b 3 Mar 1882 [per dc 1881] Cherokee CO, NC d 18 July 1914 Isabella, Polk CO, TN buried Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC
m never

6(F) Sarah E. Hampton b 25 Feb 1885 d Aug 1910 buried Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC
m TO
_____ McClure b d

7(F) Mary Ella Hampton b 25 Feb 1888 d 18 Apr 1956 buried Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC
photo of M. Ella (Hampton) Harper
m 15 Aug 1914 in Cherokee CO, NC TO
James Beauregard "Gard" Harper b 20 Mar 1887 d 19 Feb 1957 buried Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Hothouse Community, Cherokee CO, NC

8(F) Florence Rebecca Hampton b 25 Mar 1893 Cherokee CO, NC d 21 Aug 1989 Plant City, Hillsborough CO, FL
m ca 1915 Murphy, Cherokee CO, NC TO
Thomas Glover Simonds b d

[NOTE: Grandsons of James Madison and Elizabeth M. Hampton established Hampton Brothers Hardware in Murphy, Cherokee CO, NC.]

Thanks to Cousin Betty Cook for help with descendants of Ella (Hampton) Harper, to Jerry White for Cate (Hampton) Bates' line, and to Linda Rowell Brown for Florence (Hampton) Simonds' line!

* great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge

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