Hamilton, Isham G.

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Title: Hamilton, Isham G.
Alias: Hamilton, I.G.; Hamilton, J. G.; Hamilton, Isham Goss
Gender: Male
Biography: Isham G Hamilton was born in Virginia about 1792. He was known to have 10 enslaved in the 1820 Burlington, Boone County, Kentucky census. He is shown in the 1850 census living in Burlington, Boone, Kentucky. His occupation is Clerk of County Court. He was living with wife Nancy Hamilton. In 1860 Isham is again in Burlington, Boone, Kentucky with wife Nancy. The 1870 census shows Isham and wife Nancy living in Burlington, Boone, Kentucky. Isham died May 21, 1873 and is buried in Old Burlington Cemetery.; He became Boone County's County Clerk in 1835 when his predecessor, Willis Graves, died in office.
Member: Hamilton family
Birth date: circa 1792
Place of birth: Buckingham County (Va.)
Life event(s): Marriage 1: 31 Oct 1815; Boone County (Ky.); Marriage 2: 5 Dec 1830; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Eve, Lovinia; Love, Nancy Clore
Child(ren): Hamilton, Milton; Hamilton, George Eve
Death date: 21 May 1873
Place of death: Burlington (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Old Burlington Cemetery (Burlington, Ky.)
Occupation(s): County Clerk
Employed by: Boone County (Ky.). Clerk's Office
Participant in: 1852--Fourteen Freedom Seekers
Neighbor of: Neighbors in the 1860 Census: Johns, A. K.; Calvert, James; Calvert, James [2]
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Aggy [1]; unknown, Frances [11]; unknown, male [49]; unknown, Sally [7]; unknown, Aggy [1]; unknown, Frances [11]; unknown, male [49]; unknown, Sally [7]
Description: Enslaved held in 1820: Males, under 14, two; Males, 26 thru 44, one; Females, under 14, five; Females, 14 thru 25, one; Females, 26 thru 44, one; Enslaved held in 1860: Male, 70 years old, black; Female, 25 years old, black; Female, 3 years old, black; Male, 1 year old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #73699422
Source(s): Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Find A Grave.com; Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--H

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unknown, Aggy [1]	Person
unknown, Frances [11]	Person
unknown, male [49]	Person
unknown, Sally [7]	Person