Robert Hamilton, whose father, a migrant from the northern Shenandoah Valley, was one of the early settlers in the area inherited the farm on South Buffalo creek in
1807. In 1808 Robert married Sally Letcher from the Timber Ridge community, the daughter of John and Mary Houston Letcher. Mary was a cousin of General Sam Houston
of Texas fame. The Hamiltons. after several years and the birth of seven children,
recognized the need for a school and a place of worship. Citizens of the community began making detailed plans for a suitable building and Robert Hamilton conveyed
approximately one acre of land to William Murphy and William Henderson, as trustees, for the building to be used as a house of worship and a school. Construction began immediately and the plain log structure was completed in the summer of 1823. According to tradition. it was built by a William H. Letcher.
http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Rockbridge/081-0021_Hamilton_Schoolhouse_2002_Final_Nomination.pdf
