Descriptive Summary
Hampton, Howard (John Howard),
1898-1967
Howard Hampton Papers,
1659-1957 and undated
Papers of Howard
Hampton from 1659-1957 and undated.
S 401.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
3 boxes and 1
oversized box (4.5 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Joseph Lyon Miller was a medical doctor from Thomas, West Virginia,
who collected and wrote on his family's genealogy, particularly that of the
Fielding and Davis families.
A rancher, John Howard Hampton was the nephew of Dr. Miller and was
born in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 17, 1898. He began ranching near
Clarksville, Texas, later working on the 6666 Ranch and directing ranch
operations near Slaton, Texas and Tucumcari, New Mexico. From 1956-1958, he
served as president of West Texas Museum Association. Hampton donated extensive
Indian and western collections to area museums before his death in Tucumcari in
1967.
Scope and Contents
A large part of the collection deals with letters and correspondence
relating to Hampton's ancestors, some of which extending back to 1675. It also
contains land deeds, inventories, newspaper articles, photographs, and family
letters collected by Hampton's uncle, Dr. Joseph L. Miller of Thomas, West
Virginia.
Conservation Note: Many of the items are fragile and have been
encapsulated. Some of these encapsulated items, though not all, have been
deacidified using Wei T'o aerosol solution.
Due to the fragil nature of the materials, the Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library has digitized this collection to protect
the original materials while maintaining access. All files are .PDF files and
require Abode Acrobat Reader 3.0 or later to view. To view the materials,
please go to
Organization
The papers maintain the original arrangement and most are described on
an item-level basis. The collection was organized into the following series:
- I. Miscellaneous
- A. Miscellaneous documents #1-10
- B. Miscellaneous documents #11-20
- C. Miscellaneous documents #21-30
- D. Miscellaneous documents #31-40
- E. Miscellaneous documents #41-50
- F. Miscellaneous documents #51-60
- G. Miscellaneous newspapers and clippings
- H. Miscellaneous items
- II. Miller, Joseph Lyon [Personal]
- A. Assorted genealogical notes
- B. Newspapers and newspaper clippings
- C. Assorted notebooks
- D. Assorted notebooks
- E. Miscellaneous items
- III. Miller, Joseph Lyon [Personal Correspondence]
- IV. Hampton-Ireland family connections
- A. Genealogical notes and materials
- B. Newspapers and newspaper clippings
- C. Miscellaneous items
- D. Correspondence
- E. Miscellaneous
- V. Oversized Items
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Davis
family--Genealogy
Fielding
family--Genealogy
Hampton, Howard (John
Howard), 1898-1967
Hampton, Howard (John
Howard), 1898-1967--Correspondence
Hampton, Howard (John
Howard), 1898-1967--Family
Hampton
family--Genealogy
Miller, Joseph
L.
Miller, Joseph
L.--Correspondence
Subjects
Genealogy--Texas
Genealogy--United States
Acquisition
Gift, 1957-1958?
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, February 27, 2001
Preferred Citation
Howard Hampton Papers, 1659-1957 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Additional Sources
Cauthen, Charles Edward.
Family Letters of the Three
Wade Hamptons, 1782-1901. Columbia, University of South Carolina Press,
1953.
Meynard, Virginia G.
The Venturers: the Hampton,
Harrison, and Earle families of Virginia, South Carolina, and Texas.
Easley, S. C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981.
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Earl and Geraldine Hampton oral history interview [sound
recording], 1968
Collection Inventory
Miscellaneous
1
1
Miscellaneous documents #1-10
1. Ambrose Fielding inventory,
1675 [2
pieces]
2. Ambrose Fielding will,
1675 [1
piece]
3. Land deed,
1680 [ 1
piece]
4. Legal instrument,
1684 [1
piece]
5. Legal instrument,
1691 [1
piece]
6. Fragmentary legal instrument,
1692
7. Legal instrument,
1692 [2
pieces]
8. Surveyor's certificate, Virginia,
1695 [1
piece]
9. Legal instrument,
1696 [3
pieces]
10. Thomas Davis will,
1697 [1
piece]
1
2
Miscellaneous documents #11-20
11. Ministerial instruments,
1698 [1
piece]
12. Land Office warrants, Viginia,
1702 [2
pieces]
13. *Transferred to oversize box
14. *Transferred to oversize box
15. *Transferred to oversize box
16. *Transferred to oversize box
17. *Transferred to oversize box
18. *Transferred to oversize box
19. *Transferred to oversize box
20. *Transferred to oversize box
1
3
Miscellaneous documents #21-30
21. *Transferred to oversize box
22. *Transferred to oversize box
23. Envelope addressed to Theodorick Bland (?) from
Richard Callis,
1777 [1
piece]
24. Thomas A. Davis pocket notebook,
1780
25. *Transferred to oversize box
26. Envelope, Richmond postmark,
1795 [1
piece]
27. Fragmentary letter,
April 2,
1799 [1 piece]
28. Fragmentary letter,
January 24,
1799 [1 piece]
29. *Transferred to oversize box
30. Fragmentary legal instrument,
1800 [1
piece]
1
4
Miscellaneous documents #31-40
31. List of expenses, Thomas Massis (?) vs. the Estate
of Thomas Adams,
1801 [1
piece]
32. Letter to LeRoy Daingerfield from Thomas Massie,
1801 [1
piece]
33. Letter from Richard C. Adams,
1806 [1
piece]
34. Muster roll 106 Regt. C. C.,
1812 [1
piece]
35. Letter to Mr. Carter from Hugh Phelps,
1818 [1
piece]
36. *Transferred to oversize box
37. *Transferred to oversize box
38. Land decree data from court record,
1834 [1
piece]
39. Promissory note, Grimes and Dudley,
1840 [1
piece]
40. Survey notes,
1845
1
5
Miscellaneous documents #41-50
41. Broadside, to the voters of Lewis county,
July 12,
1848 [1 piece]
42. Broadside, to the voters of Lewis county,
July 1, 1848
[1 piece]
43. *Transferred to oversize box
44. Promissory note, Smith and Dupery,
1853 [1
piece]
45. Copy of a letter from John Carter,
1858 [2
pieces]
46. Letter to James M. Forbes from A. T. Edwards,
1861 [1
piece]
47. Letter to James (Forbes ?) from A. T. Edwards,
1861 [1
piece]
48. Merchants letter circular and Cincinnati price
current,
1862 [1
piece]
49. George Flinn discharge, Kentucky cavalry,
1865
50. Fragmentary letter,
August 31 [1
piece]
1
6
Miscellaneous documents #51-60
51. *Transferred to oversize box
52. Letter from Richmond,
November 25
[1 piece]
53. *Transferred to oversize box
54. Envelope addressed to General Broadnasc (?),
Greensville county,
undated [1
piece]
55. Copy of election law,
undated [1
piece]
56. Fragmentary petition to The Honorable Speaker and
House of Burgesses from the Freeholders of West Moreland County, Viginia,
undated [1
piece]
57. *Transferred to oversize box
58. *Transferred to oversize box
59. Photocopy of a proclaimation by Robert Dinaviddie
(?) of Viginia,
undated [1
piece]
60. *Transferred to oversize box
1
7
Miscellaneous newspapers and clippings,
1905-1950 [15
items]
1
8
Miscellaneous items
1. Three British stamps
2. Unidentified index book, London,
1828
3. Pamphlet regarding Virginia election,
1863
4. Pamphlet regarding Virginia theater fire,
1848
5. Unidentified pocket wallet [2 items]
6. Photograph of William Hobson coat of
arms
7. Letterhead
1
9
8. Bees wax seal
9. Three fragmentary early medical
pamphlets
10. Package of original vellum for old book
repair
1
10
11. Article on Josiah Wedgewood
12. Unidentified stationery [1 piece]
13. Railway pass,
1892
14. Various illustrations of book binding
15. Gold leaf paper [4 pieces]
16. Map,
Geographical
Description of the World, London, John Streater,
1659
17. Three books (sent to the main
library):
A. Sally Nelson Robins,
Scuffles.
New York,
1912.
B. John T. Goodrich,
Fredericksburg and
the Cavalier Country. Richmond, 1935.
C.
Colonial
Williamsburg,
1951.
18. Pocket notebook,
The Carter Family
Pedigree,
undated [probably
1858]
1
11
19. Stamps and envelopes [17 pieces]
20. "Cotton's Virginia and North Carolina Almanac,"
1828
21. Leaflet, "Shirley Plantation"
22. Brochure, "A tour of Historic Richmond" [31
page]
23. One envelope, British medical book plates [28
pieces]
Miller, Joseph Lyon [Personal]
1
12
Assorted genealogical notes [approximately 100
pieces]
1
13
Newspapers and newspaper clippings [11
items]
1
14
Assorted notebooks [5 items]
1
15
Assorted notebooks [3 items]
1
16
Miscellaneous items
1. Broadside, "Why Dr. Miller Day?"
2. "Report of Medical Portraits", typescript,
1930
3. Booklet, "Constitution of Fairfax Club"
4. Miller book plate
5. Package, "Mayo Lectures and Miller and Other
Medical Photos" [24 prints]
6. "The Influential Role of Our Doctor", typescript
[20 pages]
7. Real estate tax receipt for Joseph L. Miller,
1899
1
17
8. Package, land deeds of J. H. Miller
9. Booklet, "By-Laws of Thomas Lodge No. 123, AF and
AM"
10. Membership cards [3 items]
11. Book plates, Richmond Academy of
Medicine
12. Deed, W. D. Ireland to Pamelia D. Miller,
1912[2
pages]
13. Receipts,
1907, 1912 and
1913[3 pages]
14. Photographs [31 prints]
15. Empty envelopes [2 items]
16. Letters of correspondence [3 pages]
17. Warranty deed for John W. Hampton
1907 [5
pages]
18. Map labeled "Orient Park, Brookhaven, L. I.,"
undated [1
item]
Miller, Joseph L., Personal correspondence
1
18
1. Correspondence,
1890-1899
1
19
2. Correspondence,
1900-1909
1
20
3. Correspondence,
1910-1919
2
1-2
4. Correspondence,
1920-1929
[including a F. D. R. letter from 1928, and 1 print]
2
3
5. Correspondence,
1930-1939
2
4
6. Correspondence,
1940-1949
2
5
7. Correspondence,
1950-1957
2
5
8. Correspondence,
undated
2
6
9. Correspondence, letters between Miller's parents,
1870-1880
Hampton-Ireland family connections
Genealogical notes and materials
2
7
1.
The Hamptons of
Virginia, Descendants of William Hampton, manuscript [8 pages]
2
8-9
2.
A History of the
Hampton Faimly of the Southern States,
1586-1916",
typescript [214 pages]
2
10
Newspaper article
Wade Hampton Rides
Again,
1891
2
11
3.
The Hampton Family of
Virginia, typescript, 2 copies [12 pages]
4. Notes from the John and Lutie Ireland Hampton
Family Bible
5.
The Hamptons of
Virginia, South Carolina, and Kentucky, typescript [11
pages]
6.
The Hampton Family of
Virginia", miscellaneous notes, mauscript [4 pages]
7. Copy of family record, manuscript [4
pages]
8. Notes from county records [2 pages]
9. Notebook containing paper clippings of the Hampton
Family [100 pages]
2
12
10. Miscellaneous notes [approximately 70
pages]
2
13
Newspapers and newspaper clippings [19
items]
2
14
Miscellaneous items
1. Notes and notebook, apparently related to Hampton
family
3. Coin
Tercentenery of
the Landing of the Pilgrims 1620-1920"
4. Typed document relating to presentation of W. O.
Ireland's picture to Boyd Country Bar,
1939 [two
copies]
5. "Dr. Henry Hampton's book," fragmentary copy of
prescription book of about 1800
6. Funeral notice, Alice N. Hampton,
1885
7. Photographs of Hampton Family Bible [12
prints]
8. Broadside,
To the Voters of
Lewis County,
1851(?)
9. *Transferred to oversize box
2
15
2. Bible, with fading pencil notes in pages at
end
2
16
Correspondence of Joseph Miller regarding Hampton
family
3
1
Correspondence of Joseph Miller regarding Hampton
family
3
2
Correspondence of Joseph Miller regarding Hampton
family
Hampton-Ireland papers
3
3
1. Hampton-Ireland papers,
1775-1848[75
items]
3
4
2. Hampton-Ireland papers,
1850-1859[71
items]
3
5
3. Hampton-Ireland papers,
1860-1862[70
items]
3
6
4. Hampton-Ireland papers,
1863-1868[45
items]
3
7
5. Hampton-Ireland papers,
1871-1925
[13 items]
3
8
6. Hampton-Ireland papers,
undated [25
items]
Miscellaneous
3
9
Masonic memorabilia,
undated[2
items; 3 items were transferred to the oversize box]
3
10
Newspaper Clippings,
1874-1939 and
undated
3
11
Deed, Henry Hampton and wife to William Hampton,
Sept. 6,
1858
3
12
Hampton, John W., Correspondence,
1900-1920 and
undated
3
13
Hampton, Howard., Correspondence,
1858-1954 [2
prints]
3
14
Family History of James Brown Family and James
Hampton,
1951 and
undated[4 prints]
3
15
Miscellaneous pictures (mostly pages from books and
magazines),
undated[4
prints]
3
16
Negatives,
undated[13
negs]
3
17
Photographs,
undated[87
negs]
3
18
Photographs,
undated[92
negs]
Oversized Items
1. Masonic memorabilia (original location box 3 folder
9)
Stained, white silk bib (or apron?) labeled "John
Henderson" in fading ink
White vellum (?) hanging tapestry stating "Presented
by Thomas Lodge No. 123 A. F. and A. M., Thomas W. Va., to Bro. Joseph L.
Miller, entered Jan. 6, 1909, passed Feb. 3, 1909, raised Feb. 20, 1909, C. M.
Roehrig, Sec. Samuel W. Gross, W.: M:"
White vellum (?) with blue silk hanging tapestry
stating "Presented by Thomas Lodge No. 123 A. F. and A. M., Thomas W. Va., to
Joseph L. Miller, Postmaster,
1913, 1914, March 2nd,
1921"
2. Miscellaneous documents #11-20 (original location was
box 1 folder 2)
13. Deed, Robert Carter to Thomas Carter, Jr.,
1712 [1
item]. Item encapsulated, but not deacidified.
14. Land deed,
1715 [1
page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
15. Land deed,
1753 [1
page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
16. Court records,
1756 [2
pages]. Item encapsulated but not deacidified.
17. Fragmentary court records,
1764 [2
pages]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
18. Leter to Thomas Adams from Richard (?) Adams,
1768 [1
page]. Item encapsulated but not deacidified.
19. Letter to Mr. Carter from Jollory (?) Picket (?),
1769 [1
page]. Item encapsulated.
20. Letter to Thomas Adams from Robert Burnell,
July 22,
1771 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o
aerosol solution.
3. Miscellaneous documents #21-30 (original location was
box 1 folder 3)
21. Letter to Thomas Adams from Robert Burnell,
September 8,
1771 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o
aerosol solution.
22. Fragmentary letter from Richmond,
August 19,
1773 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o
aerosol solution.
25. Letter to Der Neusville and Son from James Maury,
1780 [1
page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
29. Land deed signed by James Monroe,
1800 [1
page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
Miscellaneous documents #31-40 (original location was
box 1 folder 4)
36. Letter to court clerk, Lewis county, Kentucky,
from Joseph Ball (?),
1825 [1
page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
37. Essay, "Serious Morning Reflections",
1825 [1
page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
5. Miscellaneous documents #41-50 (original location was
box 1 folder 5)
43. Broadside, to the voters of Lewis county,
July 31,
1848 [1 page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o
aerosol solution.
6. Miscellaneous documents #51-60 (original location was
box 1 folder 6)
51. Fragmentary letter from W. Goosley,
undated [1
page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
53. Plea to the court of Mason county from
administrator of Carter estate,
undated [2
pages]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
57. Fragmentary letter, undated [1 page]
58. Fragmentary letter to W. Ireland from Ian (?)
Drake,
undated [1
page]. Item encapsulated and deacidified using the Wei T'o aerosol
solution.
60. Signatures,
undated [10
pages]. Items encapsulated.
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. James Monroe
C. Patrick Henry
D. William Clayborne, Secretary of the Governor's
Council,
1624
E. Benjamin Harrison
F. Edmund Randolph
G. R. Collins
H. William Fitzhugh
I. James Madison
J. unidentified
7. Miscellaneous Items (original location was box 2
folder 15)
9. Sheet of manuscript music, "Tell Me," ballad by S.
R. Ireland and Pamelia D. Hampton. Item encapsulated but not
deacidified.