James Preston Hammet (1832-1879), physician of Lovely Mount (Radford), Montgomery County, Va., son of Edward Hammet and Clemetina V. Craig Hammett, and a brother-in-law of the Virgnia governor James Hodge Tyler. Hammet was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute (class of 1853) and studied medicine at the University of Virginia and in Philadelphia. In He married Katherine Markham Spiller in 1856; their daughter would marry Judge G. E. Cassel of Radford, Virginia. In June 1862, he was authorized to raise and organize men of Montgomery Couty; the unit ("New River Grays") was later designated Co. K of the 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment. By 1864, Hammet served on the Montgomery County's committee of public safety.
From the description of Accounts of James P. Preston, 1861-1865. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 656160947
