County=Rowan & Iredell Counties, NC; Anderson County, TN
state=NC, TN
TimeFrame= c.1779-1930's
Research on John Ham (d. bef. 1 Feb. 1779), who left six orphan children, raised by Beard,
Chambers, & Wallace families in Fourth Creek Area of Eastern Iredell Co.
Son John Ham (c.1770-1847) m. Esther Hair, d/o David Hair, and moved to area of Little Rocky Creek
in Sharpsburg Twp., Iredell Co.
Son John J. Ham (c.1812-1867) left widow Elvira (Bowles) Ham who m.(1869) Harrison Mason and moved
with Ham children to Anderson Co., TN.