His parents were Jackson and Mary Rise Blackwell of Hickman County.

Collection of Hamby genealogical data tracing the family from its English roots through several generations in the southern states of America. He was a tall, thin man, meticulous in work and dress. They were the parents of 6 children, 5 living at the time of the writing.

Records of Long Fork Missionary Baptist Church, containing minutes of meetings; lists of members and officers; and financial reports. Martha Holt waves to her husband, Hurston, as her grandson, Steven, 5, spies him on Oak Island. He wore a derby hat and always on the side of his head. Martha Mae McConell, born October 14, 1864 at Emporium on January 15, 1887. This family was members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Margaret, a sister of John, married Thomas Hooper, Sept. He was a Mason and a Democrat and at the time of the writing was unmarried.

In 1874-76 Amos appears on the Military Roll a census of men 21 to 45. John Houssels was the proprietor of the Linden Trade Palace. Railroad, and is situated on the top of Tennessee Ridge. James Harold Montague, born May 18,1931 at Charlotte, N. Reynolds and was born August 24, 1919 at Little Marsh, Pa. November, 1878, courts and records were removed to Erin.