John Hamilton (1754–1837)
John Hamilton was born on 25 November 1754 in York, Pennsylvania. A militia officer, he also served as a state senator (1796–1805), associate judge of Washington County (1802–05, 1820–37), and U.S. representative (1805–07). While high sheriff of Washington County (1793–96), he was arrested for his alleged role in the Whiskey Rebellion. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Peters jailed Hamilton without a hearing, prompting the latter's attorneys to move for a writ of habeas corpus. In 1795 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Hamilton's release on bail.
Maeva Marcus, ed., The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800: Volume Six, Cases, 1790–1795 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998).
United States versus Hamilton, 3 Dallas 17 (U.S. Supreme Court 1795).
"The Hamiltons of Ginger Hill," in J.H. Beers & Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1893), 60.
John R Hamilton in My Family Tree (Ancestry.com).
John Hamilton at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.