Individual Details

John HAMMONS

(19 Aug 1781 - 1 Dec 1854)

John owned quite a bit of land. He had a grist mill and a still where he made whiskey and peach brandy. John surveyed for roads on his property, building the roads with his slave labor. What is now only creeks used to be bigrivers and John (and others) ran rafts on them for shipping and traveling. John gave land for White Oaks Christian Church in 1832.

Events

Birth19 Aug 1781Cooks Fort, Little Levels, Greenbriar Co., VA (now WV)
Death1 Dec 1854Bloomington, Morgan Co., KY
Burial1 Dec 1854William Clark Farm, Wonnie, KY
MilitaryJohn Hammon Dudley's Mounted Bat., KY Volunteers

Families

SpouseMargaret "Peggy" EVANS (1788 - 1855)
ChildAndrew Jackson HAMMONS (1818 - 1853)