Individual Details
John HUNT Sr.
(1750 - 1834)
Rev. War certificate #26701 also pension application #S38053.
!He served as a private in the N. Carolina Troops (pension rec. #S-38053). He lived in Rowan Co., N. Carolina, during the Rev. War. Info. from: Hunts of Tennessee, by Vance Little. According to Marcella Garnett of Nebraska (Prodigy *VSBM60B), John Sr. married his first cousin, Charity Hunt. Marcella also states he descends from Ralph Hunt of NY/NJ. Considerably more info in Col. Jomathan genealogy by Mitchell Hunt. John and Charit had 10 children. Some postulate 1. Elias, but no evidence shown for this. About 1805 according to family legend, John and Charity with seven sons and three daughters came by wagon train through the Cumberland Gap and settled in Muhlenberg Co., KY, at Huntsville, a town named for them, where John died 30 April 1834,
The Heritage - Vol 16 No. 1 - Jan, Feb, Mar, 1994 Revolutionary War Soldiers of Muhlenberg County ... John Hunt - Abraham Unsell Henry Rhoadsuried with wife at Old Hebron Cemetery near Hutsville, KY.
John HUNT was born in 1750 in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. He died on 30 Apr 1834 in Old Hebron Cemetery near Huntsville, KY.. !He served as a private in the N. Carolina Troops (pension rec. #S-38053). He lived in Rowan Co., N. Carolina, during the Rev. War. Info. from: Hunts of Tennessee, by Vance Little. According to Marcella Garnett of Nebraska (Prodigy *VSBM60B), John Sr. married his first cousin, Charity Hunt. Marcella also states he descends from Ralph Hunt of NY/NJ. Considerably more info in Col. Jomathan genealogy by Mitchell Hunt. John and Charit had 10 children. Some postulate 1. Elias, but no evidence shown for this. About 1805 according to family legend, John and Charity with seven sons and three daughters came by wagon train through the Cumberland Gap and settled in Muhlenberg Co., KY, at Huntsville, a town named for them, where John died 30 April 1834, buried with wife at Old Hebron Cemetery near Hutsville, KY. He was married in 1773 in Rowan Co., NC. Children of John HUNT were:
+13i.Gersham HUNT. +14ii.Daniel HUNT. +15iii.Owen HUNT. +16iv.Charity HUNT. +17v.Jonathan HUNT. +18vi.John HUNT. +19vii.Samuel HUNT. +20viii.Joannah HUNT. +21ix.Elijah HUNT. +22x.Margaret HUNT "Peggy". FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page VALUE Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries page 110-112 _INFO P
!He served as a private in the N. Carolina Troops (pension rec. #S-38053). He lived in Rowan Co., N. Carolina, during the Rev. War. Info. from: Hunts of Tennessee, by Vance Little. According to Marcella Garnett of Nebraska (Prodigy *VSBM60B), John Sr. married his first cousin, Charity Hunt. Marcella also states he descends from Ralph Hunt of NY/NJ. Considerably more info in Col. Jomathan genealogy by Mitchell Hunt. John and Charit had 10 children. Some postulate 1. Elias, but no evidence shown for this. About 1805 according to family legend, John and Charity with seven sons and three daughters came by wagon train through the Cumberland Gap and settled in Muhlenberg Co., KY, at Huntsville, a town named for them, where John died 30 April 1834,
The Heritage - Vol 16 No. 1 - Jan, Feb, Mar, 1994 Revolutionary War Soldiers of Muhlenberg County ... John Hunt - Abraham Unsell Henry Rhoadsuried with wife at Old Hebron Cemetery near Hutsville, KY.
John HUNT was born in 1750 in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. He died on 30 Apr 1834 in Old Hebron Cemetery near Huntsville, KY.. !He served as a private in the N. Carolina Troops (pension rec. #S-38053). He lived in Rowan Co., N. Carolina, during the Rev. War. Info. from: Hunts of Tennessee, by Vance Little. According to Marcella Garnett of Nebraska (Prodigy *VSBM60B), John Sr. married his first cousin, Charity Hunt. Marcella also states he descends from Ralph Hunt of NY/NJ. Considerably more info in Col. Jomathan genealogy by Mitchell Hunt. John and Charit had 10 children. Some postulate 1. Elias, but no evidence shown for this. About 1805 according to family legend, John and Charity with seven sons and three daughters came by wagon train through the Cumberland Gap and settled in Muhlenberg Co., KY, at Huntsville, a town named for them, where John died 30 April 1834, buried with wife at Old Hebron Cemetery near Hutsville, KY. He was married in 1773 in Rowan Co., NC. Children of John HUNT were:
Events
| Birth | 1750 | Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States | |||
| Marriage | 1 Feb 1810 | , Rowan, North Carolina, United States - Charity HUNT |  | ||
| Death | 1834 | Huntsville Settlement, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States | |||
| Burial | Old Hebron, Huntsville, Muhlenberg, KY. | | |||
| Reference No | 64 |
Families
| Spouse | Charity HUNT (1755 - 1834) |
| Child | Gershom HUNT (1774 - 1844) |
| Child | Daniel HUNT Doctor (1776 - 1849) |
| Child | Owen HUNT (1778 - 1850) |
| Child | Charity HUNT (1780 - ) |
| Child | Jonathan HUNT (1783 - 1852) |
| Child | John HUNT Jr. (1785 - 1857) |
| Child | Samuel HUNT (1787 - ) |
| Child | Johanna HUNT (1791 - ) |
| Child | Elijah HUNT (1793 - 1869) |
| Child | Margaret HUNT (1795 - ) |
| Father | Daniel HUNT (Doctor) (1723 - 1789) |
| Mother | Susanna LAWRENCE (1730 - 1789) |
| Sibling | Gershom HUNT (1723 - 1782) |
| Sibling | Hannah HUNT (1756 - 1851) |
| Sibling | Owen HUNT (1758 - ) |
| Sibling | Jonathan HUNT (1760 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Margaret HUNT (1764 - ) |
| Sibling | James Arthur HUNT (1766 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Able HUNT (1768 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Ame (Anne) Or Emma HUNT (1769 - ) |
| Sibling | Charity HUNT (1773 - ) |
| Sibling | Daniel HUNT Doctor (1776 - 1849) |
Endnotes
1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index, downloaded 19 Mar 2006.
2. Personal Records of Allyson Hunt Wood, Muhlenberg County Kentucky Cemeteries page 110-112.