Re: Help!!! Ever Heard of MARTINSVILLE,TN???
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Re: Help!!! Ever Heard of MARTINSVILLE,TN???
Marjory Watts 3/15/03
Marjory, what do you make of this?I have been looking for the mother of Wiley DeArmond for a million years or so.Is "Hammons" a misspelling of DeArmond?Was she ever married to a John DeArmond?If so, which one?
"I strongly suspect you are searching for Susan Hammons the daughter of Absalom Hammons. Susan must have been quite a lady (ahem!) in her day. I have been searching for any information on Absalom myself. He is either the father or grandfather of our James Miller Hammons (not the same James that is listed with Absolam and Catherine in the 1850 census of Roane County, TN.)Catherine may or may not have been Ab's second wife. Anyway to get back to Susan, she is still living at home with Absalom and Catherine and her two children Wiley and Rachel in the 1850 census of Roane County. In 1860 Roane, she is listed as Sucky Gill with Rachail 14, Wiley 12, Thomas 9, Jackson 7, John 3, and Henry 6/12. Absolam is dead in 1860 and Sucky (Susan) and all these kids are living next door to the widow Catherine Hammons. In 1870 in Roane Co., she is listed as S. Hammin age 40 with Wiley 20, Thomas 17, Jack 15, Henry 13 and Elizabeth 10. Living next door is D'Armond--and what looks to be two old maid twins, Mary and Margaret 65 and Mahaley 45. In 1880 Roane she is again listed as Susan Gill and living with her son Thomas Hammons 27 and wife Elizabeth 23, daughters, Susan A. 3 and Catherine l. In the school census of 1872, 16th Civil District of Roane Co., taken on the 30th of June showing parent and children in school. It shows Susan Gill with 3 children and these would have to be Henry, Elizabeth and Jack. She's a hard gal to figure. Sometimes she is a Hammons and sometimes a Gill, just whatever suits her fancy at the time I guess. Hope this helps out. If you have any information on Absalom and Catherine who are obviously her parents, I am all ears. Please e-mail me at [email protected]. Thanks--Marie Hammons"
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