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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service
James Hamilton was a very young man when he became involved in the Revolution. Born sometime between 1761 and 1765, he first rendered patriotic service by furnishing supplies for the army. On 8 November 1780, he was reimbursed 7/8 of a Spanish Milled Dollar (roughly 87.5 cents) for furnishing two and a half bushels of corn. This occurred approximately three months after his older brother, James Hamilton, was captured at the Battle of Camden and was subsequently held on a British prison ship.
Circumstances indicate that young John was living on his own, as his widowed mother had remarried shortly after the tragic death of his father. Thus, this small offering of corn was an appropriate contribution by a rather poor, solitary young man. He also received payment (evidenced by several vouchers in the North Carolina Archives) for serving in the local militia during various periods between 1782 and 1784.
*John Hamilton, while recognized in several older record copies by the DAR, was a previously unrecognized patriot by the SAR.
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