COLONEL ANDRE HAMPTON
ANDREW HAMPTON was born about 1735 or earlier in England and died 1805 in Glibert, Rutherford County, North Carolina. He married CATHARINE HYDER, born in England and died in Gilbert.
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JONATHON HAMPTON, born 1751 in Tryon/Mecklinberg Co, NC and died 3 Oct 1843 in Gilbert.
JOHN HAMPTON.
MICHAEL HAMPTON.
ANDREW HAMPTON.
NOAH HAMPTON. He died at the Battle of Pacolet in the Revolutionary War.
ADAM HAMPTON.
BENJAMIN HAMPTON.
WASHINGTON HAMPTON.
SUSAN HAMPTON.
ALESCY HAMPTON.
ELIZABETH HAMPTON.
CATHARINE HAMPTON.
NANCY HAMPTON.
MARY HAMPTON, born 1790 in NC and died 1840 in White Co, TN. She married 24 Oct 1797 i Rutherford Co to Anselam Bradley.
RACHEL HAMPTON.
Colonel Andrew Hampton was a native of England, and while a young man emigrated to the Colonies. He first settled in Virginia where he remained a few years. Prior to 1751 he emigrated to that portion of North Carolina which later became Tryon County, and settled on Dutchman's Creek on the Catawba River. Before the Revolution he removed from there to that portion of Tryon which later became Rutherford Couty. He was an extensive land owner. His early educational advantages are unknown, although he seems to have been a man of above average literacy for his time. His rise in the military profession was rapid and astonishing. In 1775 he was made captain, in 1776 lieutenant-colonel, and colonel in 1779. While yet a captain, early in 1776, he served against the Scotch-Tories, and early in 1779 he pursued Col John Moore's Tories when they fled south. Early in 1780 he went to the relief of Charleston; subsequently served at Earle's Fort, Thicketty Fort, Cane Creek and commanded the Rutherford troops at the battle of Kings Mountain. In 1781 he was appointed sheriff of Rutherford County, holding that postiion until 1784. He was the county's second sheriff, having succeded Richard Singleton in that office. He died in Rutherford County in October 1805 survived by a number of descendants, all of whom have played an important part in the development of Rutherford County and Western North Coolina. He was appointed first major of Tryon Militia on April 26 1776 by an act of the General Assembly.
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