Later Life
After his first wife's death on July 17, 1781, Hambright married Mary Dover. Together they had ten children, eight of whom survived to maturity. He lived a quiet life on his homestead near Kings Mountain, until his death on March 9, 1817 at the age of ninety. His remains were interred at Old Shiloh Presbyterian Cemetery in Grover, North Carolina.
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