William was born in 1849. He is the son of William Hamilton and Margaret Ward. In 1850 he appears to have been enumerated on the federal census as "blank"--as in he had not yet been named. [1][2]
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↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LV-CD3 : 4 October 2020), Blan* Hamilton in household of M S Hamilton, Yalobusha county, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing family 396, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).