From CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA; Vol 2, pp 230 - 239
by Lyman Chalkley
3307Johnston vs. Hamner's administrator--O. S. 317; N. S. 113--Record from Albemarle County Court. Bill, 1816. Jeremiah Hamner died, leaving representatives and distributees, viz: John, Polly, Rebecca, Martha, William and Jeremiah Moore (last 2 infants), children of Elizabeth Moore, formerly Elizabeth Hamner, daughter of Jeremiah; Wm. Watson and Elizabeth, formerly Elizabeth Barksdale; William Douglass and Polly, his wife, formerly Polly Barksdale, who were only children and representatives of Polly Barksdale, formerly Polly Hamner, daughter of Jeremiah; Sally Wills, formerly Hamner, daughter of Jeremiah; John Smithson and wife Martha, formerly Martha Hamner, daughter of Jeremiah; William Garland and Nancy, formerly Hamner, daughter of Jeremiah; John Robinson, who married Lucy Hamner (now deceased), daughter of Jeremiah. Assignment, 7th June, 1813, by Jeremiah Hamner, of a legacy left by his (Jeremiah's) grandfather, Leonard Henley, of James City County to Abraham Johnston, to collect. Affidavit, 3d June, 1813, of Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, sister of Jeremiah Hamner and daughter of Elizabeth Hamner, who was daughter of Leonard Henly, Sr., says Jeremiah is oldest male child of his mother. Henly Hamner, brother of Jeremiah, deposes, 8th June, 1813, to same effect. Hezekiah Henly, 12th June, 1813, assigns the legacy due him from his grandfather's estate. Deed, 30th March, 1825, by Edward Gaines to Abraham Johnston, in Simpson County, Ky. Edward married Mary, daughter of James and Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Jeremiah Hamner.