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Ghost Walk Script preformed by Glo Daniel in 2006 in Minden, Louisiana Historic Residential District
Well hello, there I’m glad to see you visitors, but I’m looking for my husband, the Major. He wanted so much to talk with you today, but he seems to have been called away. That’s not unusual. I guess I’ll have to share the story. I’m Elizabeth Bryan Hamilton, of the Amelia County Virginia Hamilton’s. How I ended up here in Minden is an interesting story, but seeing that we are honoring soldiers I’d rather tell you about the Major. Everyone calls him Major Hamilton, but his name is William Hamilton, and you know he really was a colonel, not a major. You’ve been hearing from those that fought in all the recent wars, but my Major was before all of them he fought back in 1813 and 1814. Of course he wasn’t MY Major back then; he was still married to my late sister, Mary. She passed on in 1828 and we got marred the next year, 1829.Anyway, back to the story, the Major fought in part of the War of 1812, called the Creek War, down in Georgia. Oh, I forgot to tell you that both the Bryans and the Hamiltons moved to Hancock County Georgia. But the Major was actually a colonel on the staff of the famous General David Blackshear during the Creek War. Now, some people said the Major got that job just because the General was his brother-in-law, but that’s not true, he was a brave soldier. After my sister died, the major and I got married and began rearing a family back in Georgia, but quite a few of our family members went out west, to Louisianan. My nephew, or stepson, I’m not quite sure what to call him, David Blackshear Hamilton; he became a doctor and moved here to Minden. Did quite well, built a fine home here. IN fact, it’s still here today. It’s the McIntyre-oh, wait- I forgot how time changes things – you know it as the home of the Daniel family. Eventually, more of the children moved out here-after our daughter Elizabeth’s husband died she marred Clavin Leary who owned the Sunnyside Plantation – oops, there I go again, you know it as the Shadow Place in Dubberly. With so many of the children and grandchildren living here- David’s daughter she married John McIntyre, that’s how his house became the McIntyre house you see – the Major and I decided to move out here and let the children take care of us, particularly after times got so rough in Georgia during the War of Northern Aggression. So we came to live with David in our last days. The Major died in 1870 and I joined him up here in 1875, so that’s how these two Virginians ended up here in Minden. I’d hoped the Major would make it back by now, but looks like he won’t and I need to let you get on with your business. Enjoyed the visit and hope to see you again.

Hamilton Daniel House
Hamilton Graves/ Old Minden Cemetary Nov 06

Birth	9 Oct 1796
Death	22 Apr 1875	Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States
Marriage		William HAMILTON

Spouse	William HAMILTON (1789 - 1870)
Child	Penelope HAMILTON (1815 - 1868)
Child	Harriett HAMILTON (1824 - 1889)
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Father	Edward BRYAN (1764 - 1825)
Mother	Penelope BLACKSHEAR (1773 - 1839)
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Sibling	Mary BRYAN (1791 - 1828)
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Sibling	James Jackson BRYAN (1808 - 1866)
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