Ninth Generation

420. Col. Jonathan HUNT⁴⁰⁸ was born on 12 October 1715 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ.⁴⁰⁹ He signed a will on 18 June 1782 in Rowan Co., NC.⁴⁰⁸ He died on 5 September 1782 at the age of 66 in Cana, Davie Co., NC.⁴¹⁰ Buried in the Eaton Baptist Church Cemetery, near Mockville, NC. Stone was standing and legible in 1951 according to M. J. Hunt. Davie was part of Rowan County at time of death. Jonathan was buried in 1782 in Eaton Baptist Church Cemetery, Cana, Davie Co., NC.⁴¹¹ Was appointed Justice of the Peace in Rowan Co., N.C. 10 Sept. 1753; served as a Colonel in the North Carolina Militia. Commanded a Company during the Revolutionary War and was a member of the Commission of Safety of Rowan County. His Will is on record in Rowan Co., N. Carolina. In it he names his wife, Margaret. He is said to have been married three times and to have had at least 14 children. Vance Little (Hunts of Tennessee) lists his first wife as, "probably Mary Smith, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Stout) Smith, born Sept. 19, 1720". The COOK manuscript gives his first wife as Isabelle Henderson, 1738. Mitchell Hunt now believes the COOK manuscript is wrong and that Mary Smith is the wife. "Hunts of Tn." gives Jonathan's date of death from his tombstone as: " 5 Sept. 1782 in the 67 years of his age". This would make his date of birth 1715. There is a recorded marriage found on CD-ROM disc of N.C. marriages by Everton Publishers for "Jonathan Hunt to Rachal Hampton, 7 August 1769, and another: "Jonathan Hunt to Nancy Laurans, 11 Nov.1804" both in Rowan Co., N. Carolina. Beverly Yount, a descendant, has published a magnificent genealogy of Jonathan Hunt and his descendants. His gravestone was still standing in the Eaton Baptist Church Cemetery at Cana and legible in 1984, according to Ned Brenner, who visited and photographed it (See cover of Mitchell Hunt's mss. : A Corrected Genealogy of Col. Jonathan Hunt".)
Col. Hunt was among the signers of the "Rowan Resolves" of 8 AUg 1774, which in substance raised objections to acts of the British Parliament in levying taxes and exercisingg arbitrary powers over the American Colonies and stating "that it is the duty and interest of all the American Colonies firmly to unite in an indissolveable union and association to oppose by every just and proper means the infringement of their common Rights and Privileges." Jonathan became a member of the Rowan Co. Committee of Safety on 17 Oct 1775 when the Freeholders and Householders appeared at the court house in Salisbury and lected members.
There is no evidence that Col. Jonathan participated as a soldier during the Rev. War. By testimony of his son Daniel (who did serve in the War) most of the property except the house on Janathan's farm was destroyed by the army of Cornwallis when it passed through that area on 6 Feb 1781, and Jonathan was taken a prisoner but was soon released because he was old and infirm and Cornwallis didn't want his march burdened with an old prisoner. Son Daniel obtained release from his army service to look after his aged father. Mary SMITH and Col. Jonathan HUNT were married about 1738 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ.⁴⁰⁹

421. Mary SMITH was born on 19 September 1720 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ.⁴⁰⁹ She died on 23 March 1757 at the age of 36 in Rowan Co., NC.⁴¹² Date of death of 23 Mar 1757 is shown in a Smith Family Bible in Hopewell, NJ. See "Hunts of Tennessee" by Vance Little, pages 6 & &. Further corroborated by the 3rd edition of Patriot Index of D.A.R.

Children were:

i.
Sarah HUNT was born about 1738 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ.⁴¹³ She died in 1795 at the age of 57 in KY.⁴¹⁴ Died from the fall off a horse. Died after a fall from a horse.
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Jonathan HUNT Jr. was born about 1739 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ.⁴¹⁴ He died before 3 May 1775 at the age of 36 in Rowan Co., NC.⁴¹⁴
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Andrew HUNT⁴¹⁵ was born about 1740.⁴¹⁵ On 6 August 1777 he was an a Justice of the Peace in Davie Co., NC.⁴¹⁵ "for the eighth district of Captain Elijah Lyons," and the same again 3 Feb 1778. He signed a will on 13 February 1801 in Davie Co., NC.⁴¹⁵ Will mentions his wife and 3 small children: sons Henry and Andrew to receive land on the north bank of Cedar Creek and at the head of Beaver Pond Run next to Thomas Estep: son Andrew "must have six months more schooling": son Giles to have the home place on the south side of Beaver Creek: mentions sons John, Charles, and William, daughters Patty, Mary, Lucy, and Elizabeth. "some married daughters." Names as executors were sons John, William and Henry, witnessed by George Hunt and Lewis Brewer. (Book D, page 187) Andrew died on 8 February 1803 at the age of 63 in Davie Co., NC.⁴¹⁵ He was buried in February 1803 in Eaton Baptist Church Cemetery, Cana, Davie Co., NC.⁴¹⁵ ^2 years of age per his gravestone in the Eaton Baptist Cemetery where he is buried next to his father. By 1776 he had moved from the old homestead on Swearing Creek further north to Cedar Creek and was a member of the Eaton Baptist Church. On 21 Mar 1780 he received from the State 300 acres on Cedar Creek next to John Bryant, Thomas Esteb, and others. With brother Charles he was named an executor of his father's estate in the latter's Will of 18 Jun 1782 and on 5 AUg 1783 when summoned to Court as an executor resigned the appointment. On 11 Feb 1790 Andrew Hunt buys 23 acres on Cedar Creek from WIlliam Hughes, and on 7 Dec 1797 the State grants Andrew Hunt 146 acres on Cedar Creek.
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Charles HUNT Sr.^416,417 was born about 1742 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ.⁴¹⁷ He died on 27 August 1818 at the age of 76 in Wayne Co., IN.⁴¹⁷ He was buried in August 1818 in Elkhorn Cemetery, Wayne Co., IN.⁴¹⁷ 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.
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John HUNT⁴¹⁸ was born on 19 September 1748 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ.⁴¹⁹ He died on 7 May 1829 at the age of 80 in Fayette Co., KY.⁴¹⁹ It could have been in Bourbon Co., KY instead of Fayette. He served as a Private in the Revolutionary War (sometimes referred to as a Colonel), married Margaret in 1774 and was living in Bourbon Co., KY in 1779 when a son was born. He was on a tax list of Fayette Co., KY in 1787 owner of 5 slaves, five horses, and eight cattle. Jo0hn Hunt and his brothers, Wilson and Levi, lived near Bryan's Station, KY in 1788 and John bought Levi's 28 acres when Levi moved to Ohio in 1799. On 15 Sep 1795 John Hunt "of Bourbon Co., KY" sells to his brother Charles for 160 pounds 347 acres of land on Cedar Creek in Rowan Co., NC, "Next to that of Charles Hunt's original corner." On 29 Dec 1798, with wife Margaret, he witnessed the Will of his brother-in-law the Rev. John Gano at Franklin Co., KY. In 1810 he gave bond for the marriage of his daughter Mary (Polly) to James McClellan in Fayette Co., KY.
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vi.
Wilson Shotwell HUNT.
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Levi HUNT was born on 12 March 1757 in Rowan Co., NC.⁴¹² He died on 14 July 1830 at the age of 73 in Clermont Co., OH.⁴²⁰ Died on his farm on Patterson Road in Tate Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio.
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Agnes HUNT⁴²¹ was born on 12 March 1757.⁴¹² Twin of Levi Hunt. She died on 27 October 1782 at the age of 25 in Davie Co., NC.³⁴² Gravestone in Eaton Baptist Church Cemetery in Davie Co., NC. She was buried in 1782 in Eaton Baptist Church Cemetery, Cana, Davie Co., NC.⁴²¹ From the dates she would have been a twin of Levi Hunt. This would be consistent with the legend that Col. Jonathan was the father of three sets of twins. She is buried near Jonathan Hunt in the Eaton Cemetery.