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Thomas Vestal Hamlin photograph

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Description

Photograph of Thomas Vestal Hamlin, first Clerk of Court of Surry County
Thomas Vestal (T.V.) Hamlin, son of William Hamlin (d. 3/2/1844) and Mary Vestal (1794-?) was born circa 1821 and was married in Surr County o 11/13/1844 to Sarah Jane "Sallie" Askew. T.V. was a noted blacksmith in the Dobson area. He served as the Clerk of Court for Surry County from 1852-1861. It was during his term in office that the county courthouse was moved from Rockford to Dobson.

Source

Hazel Wilmoth, great granddaughter of Thomas Vestal Hamlin

Publisher

Hazel Wilmoth, great granddaughter of Thomas Vestal Hamlin

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Format

Type

still image

Identifier

Dob_SCGov_i002_mam

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