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From FindaGrave:
Anne Hamilton McNairy was the daughter of Gen. John Hamilton and Elizabeth Archer. She married Robert McNairy 23 Jul 1790 in Guilford Co, NC. They later moved to Giles Co, TN and lived there the remainder of their lives. Both she and Robert McNairy died in Davidson Co, TN visiting family but are buried on their old home place in Giles Co, TN. The cemetery is TOTALLY destroyed as a fenced in cow lot now. Thank heaven there was a cemetery survey made years ago before ALL of the graves were lost. We will never know about the graves that were lost before the cemetery survey was FINALLY taken.

Ann married Robert McNairy on 23 Jul 1790 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. Robert was born on 21 Jun 1767 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States; died on 4 Sep 1831 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Giles, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary was the eldest daughter of Robert McNairy and Ann Hamilton

1. Mary McNairy was born on 18 Dec 1791 in North Carolina, United States; died on 21 May 1816.

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"General" is an honorary title and not an actual rank.

From FindaGrave:
John Hamilton was born about 1746. Some claim he was born in 1752 in the Laggan Dist., Londonderry, Ireland. (The Connector of the Hamilton National Genealogical Society, 2001) He married Elizabeth Archer on 25 Oct 1774. He worked as justice and clerk of Guilford Co., North Carolina for many years. I have original papers that he signed relating to his brother-in-law Thomas Archer. Late in his life John was accorded the honorary title of “General.”

OBITUARY
"Friday, May 7, 1819, Raleigh Minerva
DIED, on the 25th January last, in Pulaski County, W. Tenn., whither he went last fall on a visit to a son-in-law and daughter, GENERAL JOHN HAMILTON of Guilford, N. C. He was one of GEN. GREEN’S aides on the day of the battle fought at Guilford Court House on the 15th March, 1781, and was active in gaining our independence."

Although it has been asserted that Hamilton was buried in the area of the McNairy Cemetery in 1819, there is no evidence of a marker or gravestone for him there today. Pat Kinsey notes that, "MANY graves were lost/destroyed in the Robert McNairy Cemetery of Giles Co, TN before a cemetery survey was taken. Gen John Hamilton is NOT shown on the cemetery survey as being buried there. He may have been and his grave marker was lost....OR he was buried elsewhere."

One comment on FindaGrave suggests that there may be errors here since there were several Hamilton families in the area at that time, but it doesn't suggest what the errors might be.

Findagrave suggests that his father was Hance Hamilton and that the family came to TN from Pennsylvania. However, the Descendants of Simon Dickson says that it was John Hamilton. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73512891/hance-hamilton

John married Elizabeth Archer. Elizabeth was born in 1754 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States; died in Aug 1792 in Davidson, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: B08414C8E6F7464FBF92FF91B87D215F18A1

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• _AMTID: 162485322154:1030:191555462
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• Will: 14 Oct 1818, Guilford, North Carolina, United States