Mary Ann Murdock Hammond was the wife of Samuel J. Hammond and the mother of Charles Milas, Cynthia Elizabeth, James Taylor, Martha "Mattie", Mary J., Frances Josephine "Josie", Samuel L. and Christopher C. Hammond. She was the daughter of WIlliam Samuel Milas Murdock and Synthia Crawford Murdock. Her siblings were Henry F., Elizabeth "Betsy", Alice Gladys "Allie", Milas "Miles" W., Synthia, William J., and Samuel Joseph Murdock.

Son of William Samuel Milas Murdock and Synthia Crawford Murdock. Brother of Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Alice, Milas, Synthia, William, and Samuel.

In the 1830 and 1840 Censuses the Murdock family were living in Pike County, Georgia.
In the 1850 Census they were in Butts County, Georgia, and in the 1860 Census they were in Macon County, Alabama.

Mary Ann was a courageous Southern woman. Her husband, Samuel, fought for the Confederacy in the 10th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Company K, and all three of her brothers were killed fighting for the Confederacy.

In November 1864, while her husband was away fighting in the war, Mary Ann courageously kept her children safe by hiding with them in a canebrake while soldiers passed near their homestead during Sherman's march through Georgia. Her son, James Taylor Hammond, who was eight years old at the time, said they could hear the sounds of artillery firing.

Mary Ann was a faithful member of the Baptist church for more than 50 years. She died from tuberculosis on April 27, 1896 in Zebulon, Georgia, at the home of her daughter, Cynthia Elizabeth Hammond Wright and son-in-law, Elder John A. Wright. Mary Ann's home was in Spalding County, Georgia, but she had been at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wright, for three months prior to her death.

At the time of her death Mrs. Hammond was 72 years of age and was buried at the old homestead in Spalding County. The funeral service was conducted by Elder W. T. Godard.

--Added by great-granddaughter, Katherine Hammond.