A living family archive
The Hammack Family,
across America
From colonial Pennsylvania and Virginia, through the Ohio Valley, to the plains of Texas and the coast of California — the story of the Hammacks and the families who joined them along the way: the Childers, Martin, and Stickney lines.
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- 1,882documented relatives
- military service records
- 45military service records
- generations
- 10generations
Where this family met history
- Watched Cornwallis surrender to WashingtonMartin Hammock, Yorktown · 1781
- Manned a cannon at the Battle of Baltimore — the defense of Fort McHenry that moved Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner”Henry Stickney, Fort McHenry · September 1814
- His frontier diplomacy enabled the win Thomas Jefferson called the turning point of the Revolution in the SouthBrig. Gen. Joseph Martin, King's Mountain · 1780
- Took his orders straight from founding father Patrick Henry and future president Thomas JeffersonBrig. Gen. Joseph Martin, Virginia's agent to the Cherokee · 1777–1784
- His canal literally gave a major American city its nameJudge Samuel Blodget, Manchester, N.H. · 1807
- Fought the last major Revolutionary battle in the South — then broke parole to keep fightingWilliam Hammock, Eutaw Springs · 1781
- Stood guard through the killing of Shawnee chief Cornstalk and the siege that followedGoolsby Childers, Fort Randolph · 1777–78
- 1700sPennsylvania & Virginia
- Early 1800sThe Ohio Valley
- Mid 1800sMissouri & Iowa
- Late 1800sTexas
- 1900sCalifornia
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- Family TreeExplore every documented relative across ten generations. Search for anyone, center the tree on yourself, and trace your own line.
- Migration MapWatch the family move across America decade by decade — from the eastern seaboard through the Ohio Valley to Texas and California.
- Our StoryThe whole arc in five eras: colonial origins, the Revolution, the frontier, Texas settlement, and the twentieth century.
- Military ServiceA roster of family members who served — from the War of 1812 through Vietnam — with records of enlistment and discharge.
- Notable Family StoriesLong-form stories connecting our ancestors to the history they lived through: the frontier, the Revolution, the Texas plains.
- Family PhotosPortraits, farms and homes, and family snapshots gathered in one album — cross-linked to the people and stories they belong to.
- Sources & ArchivesThe records behind the research — censuses, muster rolls, land grants, newspapers, and family papers.
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Martin
Joseph Martin: Frontier General of the Virginia-Cherokee Borderlands
The wild, disinherited merchant's grandson who raced Daniel Boone into Powell's Valley, married into the Cherokee leadership, and quietly made the victory at King's Mountain possible
Hammack · Martin · Stickney · Childers
The Family and the Revolution
From the Lexington alarm to the Albemarle Barracks to a lonely fort on the Ohio — the documented Revolutionary War service of the family's ancestors and kin
Hammack
Wagons to the Leon: The Hammacks Settle Coryell County
In 1853 three Hammack brothers and their families rolled into the Fort Gates country — and helped build a Texas county from the ground up.