Hugh Hamilton, Jr.

Hugh Hamilton, Jr. M V R C P B T Y Photo: [“See also Book[1770] by George N. Bliss, R.I. Cav., p. 13.” Check # out. Has Photo. Also has pictures of A.D. Payne. #] [refer to both pics & delete note wh/ is verbatim from Krick UDC list.] Treasurer of Fauquier County. Picture in Clerk’s Office.[1771] Hardcopy in the Photos Binder; not scanned. Dink has individual photo of him.[1772] Photo included with obituary is cut from the one taken with George N. Bliss in August 1902. Born: 1840[1773] [1774] 17 September 1841,[1775] at Oak Farm,[1776] Fauquier.[1777] Married: Isabella Roberts Vass[1778] “She preceded him to the grave by only a few months.”[1779] Isabella Roberts Vass was his only wife. They wed on 13 December 1870 in Fauquier County. Her parents were Suffrain and Susan Vass.[1780] Isabella R. (Vass) (1849–1927) and Hugh Hamilton (1841–1928) share a cemetery marker.[1781] Died: 1927. Buried at Warrenton Cemetery.[1782] March 1928 Warrenton.[1783] 1 March 1928; buried Warrenton Cemetery.[1784] 1 February 1928, age 86 years.[1785] He made his will on 26 November 1927; it was probated on 14 February 1928.[1786] Obituary: Interviewee gave info a few years ago about Hugh Hamilton—an obituary that had been passed down through his family.[1787] “He did his full measure of duty as a soldier… .”[1788] See Obituary Chapter. Children: “They had three girls.” “Susan Hamilton, Bettie Peace Hamilton, Janet Scott Hamilton.[1789] Parents and Siblings: Janet Hall Scott (1808– ) and Dr. Hugh Hamilton. They wed in 1827.[1790] His father’s will was recorded on 29 November 1876.[1791] He was one of seven siblings: Dr. George S. (17th Va.); John S.; Belle; Hugh [BH]; Ferguson [BH]; Lilas; Anne Berry.[1792] More information about George Stanton, John S. and Isabella Harrison is given at reference.[1793] Other Family: His maternal grandparents were John Scott and Frances Susannah Stone Payne. John Scott was born in “1772 in Greenock, Scotland. In 1788 he came to Virginia and landed at Leedstown. … He later moved to Fredericksburg … .”[1794] Frances was the granddaughter of George Payne and Frances Stone.[1795] Hugh’s mother, Janet Hall Scott, was the seventh of Frances and John’s twelve children.[1796] Hugh’s sister, Isabella Harrison Hamilton, wed John Joseph Downman, [BH].[1797] Hugh and John were brothers-in-law. Hugh’s wife, Isabella Roberts (Vass), was sister of three cavalrymen. See their entries for more about her family. Hugh was brother-in-law of James A. Vass [BH]. Frances S. S. (Payne) Scott was cousin or aunt to at least nine of the Black Horsemen. Hugh Hamilton [BH] and his sister also were cousins to many of the Paynes in this cavalry.[1798] The Hamiltons were originally from Remington. The family cemetery is on Freemans Ford Road, 2 miles out of Remington. The Hugh Hamilton of the Black Horse is not buried at the family cemetery, but another Hugh Hamilton is; he might be a nephew, named for the Black Horse Hugh Hamilton.[1799] ***Check following with correspondent. Interviewee’s aunt married a Hamilton. His aunt’s mother’s people were Cornwell. This aunt married one of his [Hugh Hamilton’s?] sons, and was his second wife. She had two sons, Scott and George, who were Hugh’s first cousins. ** Both father and son were doctors. Hugh in Lakota; Dr. Robinson owns the place now. Others, Hughs family, Remington. All descendents moved away.[1800] ***Check previous with correspondent. This cavalryman’s brother, “Dr. George S. Hamilton and his father Hugh Hamilton were doctors.” Dr. George S. Hamilton wed Ernlee Cornwell .[1801] Stories, Letters & Biographies: “…one of the best soldiers in the [Company] …”[1802] See Letters Chapter. Wrote letter about M. M. Green to Mr. Green’s daughter. “Quite an excitement up town, the Black Horse are in full speed and the yankees are up the street.…”[1803] “In the early fall of 1862 a Federal colonel was [visiting the] home of colonel John M. Fant.…”[1804] See Stories Chapter under William F. Lee. Reference gives account of how he was wounded at Waynesboro, 28 September 1864 (“after 3 o’clock”).[1805] “On the 18th of May, 1861,”… “soldiers in the Spartan sense”… “observed a Masonic sign”… “always counted on the Black Horse in emergencies”… “a gem of eloquence”… “an old Black Horseman… said the other day”….[1806] See Stories Chapter under The Black Horse Troop. “At the surrender at Appomattox I was at home on horse detail. On my return trip to the Company, I met it at Madison Courthouse. They had refused to surrender.”[1807] See Stories Chapter under John Edward Armstrong. This cavalryman was one of nine who joined to announce the 1890 Reunion. See discussion of the Reunion Photograph at the Introduction. Mentioned in Robert Allison Hart’s obituary. See Obituary Chapter. ***Wrote to Nim Green’s granddaughter in 1922. See Letters Chapter. ***short piece re Bliss story, from Robinson Collection. See Stories Chapter. CSR: Enlisted 15 March 1862 Bealeton; Color Bearer; detailed Provost Marshal September 1863; wounded by sabre cut 28 September 1864 Waynesborough; treasurer of Fauquier County. Additional Information: Private.[1808] Wounded at Waynesboro, September 1864. Living at Rappahannock Station, Fauquier County, Virginia.[1809] Twice wounded.[1810] Pardoned 19 August 1865.[1811] Treasurer of Fauquier County. Picture in Clerks Office.[1812] Treasurer of Vestry, St. James Episcopal Church.[1813] He was County Treasurer for 36 years.[1814] See also Culpeper reunion per Krick. Hugh Hamilton lived on a farm before the war and in General Payne’s house after the war.[1815] The latter was the “Black Horse House” on Lee Street.[1816] Hugh was an active pallbearer at the 1909 funeral of Robert Allison Hart.[1817]