Family legend is that my paternal grandmother, Virginia "Jennie" Hampton, was some relation to Wade Hampton.
Jennie's mother was somehow related to the Allens of Carrol County, Virginia, scene of the Hillsdale Courthouse gunfight, and one of those involved, Claude Allen, was a cousin (maybe a distant cousin) of hers. My father, Claude Ryan, was named after Claude Allen.

Can anyone provide information on the Hampton family connection?