Alexander Hamilton Sands (1828–1887) was a Virginia lawyer, writer, and Baptist minister.
[1][2] Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, Sands could trace his ancestry to Thomas Sands of Williamsburg, who married Mary Gilliatt, the daughter of the superior court clerk in Richmond.
He read the law under the tutelage of his brother and Superior Court Judge Robertson.
For several years he edited the Evening Bulletin, a paper published in the City of Richmond, and during the absence of Jno.
In addition to these published works, he authored the following books: “History of a Suit in Equity” (1854 and 1882); “Recreations of a Southern Barrister” (1860);[7] “Alexander Tate's American Form Book” (1857); “Practical Law Forms” (1872); “Hubbell's Legal Directory of Virginia Laws”; “Sermons by a Village Pastor”; and “A Constitutional History of Virginia” (not printed).