CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: JOHN JOSEPH HAMILTON - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, p. 128.

JOHN JOSEPH HAMILTON

John Joseph Hamilton was born on a farm near the Tenessee river in 
Lawrence county, Ala., December 29, 1833. In 1844 his family moved to 
Arkansas and settled in Jackson Port. It was here that young Hamilton 
grew to manhood.  On the 5th day of May, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G, 
Ist Arkansas regiment and left for Virginia, the company being com-
manded by Capt. Pickett.  He was in several ergagements and then 
transferred to the Western army, and in the battle of Shiloh received
a serious wound in the hand. Wben the time of his enlistment was up he 
returned home, but in less than a nmonth re-enlisted in the Confederate 
army. Being a gunsmith, he was detailed and placed in charge Of the 
armory at Little Rock, but in the fall of 1868 was tranaferred to 
Tyler, Texas, remaining there until the surrender In 1885.  About the 
close of the war he married Mias Coriathia S. Davis, youngest daughter
of John T. and Nancy Davis, who settled in Smith county in 1851. The 
Davis family emigrated from Cherokee county, Ga. Mr. Hamilton saw 
active service in the early part of the war, but being a skilled 
mechanic his time and services were later required in the ordnance 
department.  He died on the 7th day of November, 1903, closing a peried 
of forty years as a citizen of Texas.  His wife and one son, Clayton 
Hamilton, a good business man of Tyler, survive him. Mr. Hamilton is 
buried in Oakwood cemetery.