History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 711. [Harrison County] [Rutland Precinct] GEORGE HAMPTON, farmer, P. O. Corinth, his grandfather, Andrew Hampton, paternal uncle of Gen. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, came to Kentucky about the year 1790, and settled on the middle fork of Raven Creek. He engaged in farming and through a long and useful life commanded the esteem of his fellow men. He remains repose in the old burying ground of Raven Creek. Thomas Hampton, the father of our subject was born in Kentucky about the time or shortly after his father's settlement. Besides farming, he acquired the trade of gunsmith, which he carried on with success for several years. He died at his home in Harrison County, May 9, 1837. Geo. Hampton was born Feb. 18, 1832, and received his early training upon his father's farm. In the year 1857, he married Paulina, daughter of Crockett Evans, of Wales, Great Britain, by whom he has four children, named and aged respectively: Asa, 17; Lucy, 15; Lena, 6; Gen. Wade, 5. In politics Mr. Hampton is a staunch Democrat. Mrs. Hampton is a member of the Methodist Church, at Laton's Chapel, in Grant County, Ky. Hampton Evans = Grant-KY SC Wales http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/hampton.g.txt