William HAMRICK, the hunter,
was born in 1789. He was 4 years old when he was carried from the Williams
river to Donnally's Fort by Jack McMILLION. Jennie GREGORY, who became
his wife, was 4 years old when her father Colonel Isaac GREGORY, moved
to the Gauley in 1800. She remembered seeing her mother fall from her horse
in the Greenbrier river on that memorable journey into the wilderness.
William HAMRICK settled in the Elk valley in 1812. His two nearest neighbors
were BONNER, living at the mouth of Baltimore run, & WRIGHT, living
at the Green ford.
My wife and I are searching
for her Hamrick roots in Webster Co. and we could use some help. Vickie
is working on a family history book on her mothers roots... Hamrick. We
have quite a bit of factual information on the Hamricks from census records,
various books, and the usual assortment of genealogy tools, but we are
now looking for interesting stories, locations with a Hamrick history,
and photos. Today we made a trip to Webster Springs to look for grave sites
and had great difficulty. It seems that every place we started our search
is on posted property. My wife's Hamrick ancestors have quite a bit written
about them and we hope someone in Webster County will help us find the
locations and gain access to graves, property, etc. Benjamin Hamrick is
the only Revolutionary War Veteran buried in Webster Co., his son, Benjamin
held the first organized church service in Webster Co. in his barn, He
also with help of others built the first school house in Webster Co. and
the list goes on. I am a photographer so my interest is in obtaining old
photo's of Hamrick's (which I will copy on site), their property, family
heirlooms, etc. I am also going to photograph present sites still standing
and graveyards and headstones with a Hamrick connection. We have some wonderful
photo's of her grandfathers family and a few of her great-grandfathers
family, but thats all. As you can see a Historical Society or Genealogy
Society contact would be of great assistance. Vickie Shaluta's HAMRICK
ancestors...
grandfather.................Edward
Strickland HAMRICK g-grandfather..............Alfred Harmon HAMRICK gg-grandfather............Addison
McLaughlin HAMRICK ggg-grandfather..........Benjamin HAMRICK #3 gggg-grandfather........Benjamin
HAMRICK #2 ggggg-grandfather.......Benjamin HAMRICK #1 gggggg-grandfather.....Patrick
HAMRICK We hope you may help us to contact someone who can assist. Thanks,
Steve & Vickie Shaluta P.O.
Box 5033 Charleston, WV. 25361 [email protected]