Joseph Wade Hampton

1813 - 1855  (42 years)

• Name	Joseph Wade Hampton
  Born	1813	Transylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  1850 Census	22 Sep 1850
  	____, Travis Co., TX, p. 153a, age 37, b. NC, printer
  Died	14 Jun 1855	Austin, Travis County, Texas
  Person ID	I2541	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	4 May 2006

  
  

  Father	Thomas Robert Hampton,   b. 1774, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 1850  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Carmichael,   d. Unknown
  Married	1800
  Family ID	F1325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Frances Stirewalt,   b. 29 Aug 1815, North Carolina ,   d. 15 Jun 1841  (Age 25 years)
  Married	13 Mar 1836	Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Mary Annette Hampton,   b. 3 Jan 1837, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Jan 1929  (Age 91 years)   2. Ann Elizabeth Hampton,   b. 14 Jun 1839, Catawba Springs Twp., Lincoln County, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Mar 1844, Mill Hill, ____, North Carolina  (Age 4 years)
  Last Modified	4 May 2006
  Family ID	F1321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Cynthia Rocinda Wilson,   b. 1824, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1898, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  (Age 74 years)
  Married	Bef 1844
  Children	1. Mary Independence Hampton,   b. 20 May 1845, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 1891  (Age 45 years)   2. Laura Wilson Hampton,   b. Abt 1846, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 1874  (Age ~ 28 years)   3. Margaret Elizabeth Hampton,   b. 18 Jul 1849, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ,   d. 9 Jul 1939  (Age 89 years)   4. Charles "Charley" Hampton,   b. Abt 1853, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1899  (Age ~ 46 years)   5. Thomas Robert Hampton,   b. Abt 1855, North Carolina ,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	4 May 2006
  Family ID	F1319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 13 Mar 1836 - Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina Died - 14 Jun 1855 - Austin, Travis County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  JVT Journals, Vol. 25 Editor of Mecklenburg Jeffersonian in Charlotte, NC in 1841 ,editor of the Texas Gazette at Austin, Texas, for several years including the date when Gov. Sam Houston declared independence for Texas. Joseph Wade Hampton read the declaration. Following his death in Austin, his widow & children returned to the old home in Mecklenburg Co., NC.