Amherst County, Virginia – Hamilton Historical Records

Peter Cartwright – A Former Resident Of Virginia, Who Later Became An Illinois General Assembly Member, That Ran Against Abraham Lincoln For U.S. Congress

June 9, 2022June 16, 2022 Hamilton Historical Records

Peter Cartwright was born in Amherst County, Virginia, three miles southeast of the town of Shipman. Later in life Peter Cartwright relocated to Illinois and was elected to the Illinois General Assembly. In 1846, Peter Cartwright ran against Abraham Lincoln for a U.S. Congress seat and lost.

William Harris Crawford – A 1824 United States Presidential Candidate Who Was Born in Amherst County, Virginia

April 17, 2022April 20, 2022 Hamilton Historical Records

William Harris Crawford, who was born in Amherst County, Virginia, ended up residing in Georgia early in his life. Crawford served as the Secretary of War and as the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States before running for the office of United States President, as a Democrat, in 1824.