| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation46. Charles HUNT Sr.24,25 was born about 1742 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ.25 He died on 27 August 1818 in Wayne Co., IN.25 He was buried in August 1818 in Elkhorn Cemetery, Wayne Co., IN.25 Near Richmond, IN. On 10 Oct 1783 Charles Hunt bought 320 acres on both sides of Cedar Creek adjoining his father; in 1786 bought 150 acres on Tom's Creek, and on 15 Sep 1795 expanded his Cedar Creek property by purchasing 247 acres from his brother John who was then of Bourbon Co., KY. On 26 Dec 1795 he bought a mill pond on Cedar Creek where he built mills and is said to have lived until moving to Clermont Co., OH (East of Cincinnati) in the autumn of 1805. He is listed in the 1790 census at his farm on Cedar Creek and shown by Eaton Baptist Church records in 1790 as a charter member along with his wife "Frances", his brother Andrew and the latter's wife Lucy. In 1805 Charles Hunt sold all of his property around Cedar Creek, in a number of transactions, to his brother Daniel and neighbors and moved with his family to Clermont Co., OH, where they settled briefly until the first of March 1806 when Charles with four sons set out to settle "the Valley of the Whitewater" and worked their way to Elkhorn, IN, where they cleared land and set up a mill on Elkhorn Creek, said to be the first grist mill in the county. Charles HUNT Sr. and Francina SMITH were married about 1765.24 Francina SMITH died on 27 August 1811 in Wayne Co., IN.25 She was buried in August 1811 in Elkhorn Cemetery, Wayne Co., IN.25 Charles HUNT Sr. and Francina SMITH had the following children:
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