Robeson-Cumberland County NcArchives Biographies.....Hammond, Stephen Andrew June 30, 1874 - April 2, 1951
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Source: Given to me by Mr. Lloyd Hammond to publish
Author: Lloyd Andrew Hammond


Hammond Reunion

By grandson Lloyd Andrew Hammond

The descendants of Stephen Andrew Hammonds Sr. and his first wife, "Florence
Revels"; his second wife "Sarah Margaret Bell," had a family reunion at Godwin
Heights Park in Lumberton, N. C. on October twenty-seventh at 1:00 p.m. There
was over one hundred and twenty-nine present, a good time was had by all. The
children played and got to know each other. There was food for all, after which
a celebration was held to Honor S. A. Hammond Sr. and wives.
Mary Locklear did an outstanding job of telling the story of S. A. Hammond Sr.
and Florence and Sarah Margaret. Mary Locklear, James Hammonds, Dexter Brooks,
John L. Locklear, Lloyd A. Hammond and Doshie Emanuel told of memories each had
of our Ancestors.
Certificates of Recognition was given to Bill Hall and Albert Haats Jr. for
their dedicated and outstanding service in the "Adopt-A-Highway Project which
covers four and eight tenths of highway along formerly owned by S. A. Hammond,
Sr. Recognition was given to the family with the most present, S. A. Hammond
Jr.'s family won with twenty nine present.
Stephen Andrew Sr. was the son of George Washington, who was the son of Ollen,
who was the son of John Hammons who settled on Saddletree Swamp before Seventeen
Fifty. Today you will find two county road named Hammond road and Henry Hammond
road in Saddletree.
S. A. Hammond, Sr. was the last of seven children by George Washington and
Caroline Carter. He was born in 1874. By 1880 his father no longer no longer
lived with the family, he went to school with the blacks (no school for Indians
at that time). After 1885 there was a school for Indians at Pembroke. He rode
his bicycle each day from Saddletree to Pembroke in order to receive an
Education. He went on to become a successful Teacher, Principal, Preacher,
Business Man and Farmer.
He married Florence Revels in 1893, to this union was born Dennis, Henry, and
Docia. In 1903 he married Sarah Margaret Bell, to this union was born Lelia,
Stephen Andrew, Jr., Eunice and Mary, also she raised a grandson Lloyd Andrew
Hammond, the son of Stephen Andrew Jr. With Sarah by his side he began to make a
life for his family. Sarah cared for the children, run the farm and was a
faithful wife. He was loved and respected by the leaders of this county. He
amassed over seven hundred acres of good farmland; he owned the only brick home
with electric lights and indoor bathroom in Saddletree.
To sum up, S. A. Hammond Sr., he was a man who came from a home with one parent,
with no money, to become one of the outstanding men of Robeson County. At his
death the Robesonian had this to say, "Rev. S. A. Hammond Sr., one of the most
prominent members of the Indian race in this section, died yesterday at 1100
A.M. This family has produced successful Farmers, Educators, Brick masons,
Business, Nurses, Lawyers, Welders, Doctors, a WestPoint graduate and a Judge,
"Sandy Dexter Brooks."

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