Jeremiah J. Hamilton

Jeremiah J. Hamilton (July 1, 1838 - 1905) was a school founder, carpenter, political organizer, and legislator in Texas.

[1][2][3] He was born a slave July 1, 1838 in Tennessee then taken to Texas in 1847.

[4][5][2] He served as the secretary of the Texas State Central Committee of Colored Men in March 1866.

[4] In the summer of 1866 he founded a school for black students of all ages in Bastrop, Texas.

[2] In 1871 he built the triangular Hamilton House at Symphony Square Red River, an extant building in Austin Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Square on the banks of Waller Creek.