set out for that little French village on the western fontier, accompanied by his wife and 200 family servants. In a political campaign the following year his opponent accused Samuel's nephew, Samuel Jr. of murdering a drunk Kickapoo Indian, but the coroner ruled the killing was in self defense and the charges were dropped.
For years Governor Hammond's mansion was headquarters for army officers and their families and the social center for the Territory of Missouri, created in 1812. Colonel Hammond was president of the First Territorial Council, or civil governor. In 1816 he organized the first bank in ST. Louis, of which he was president. He was a receiver of public moneys in Missouri and although caught in the failure of several local banks, he sacrificed most of his personal property to pay his debts.
In 1824, he returned to South Carolina, where he received a warm welcome. In 1827 he was elected Surveyor-General; and in 1831, Secretary of State. In 1835, being then old and infirm, he retired to his Varello farm, near Hamburg, SC, at which place he continued to reside until his death. He died on Sunday, the 11th of September, 1842, in the 87th
