!Penrod was once part of Muddy River, now Muddy River is Hebron
!#1697672-7: Raymond Bartlett Farnsworth History book: The Amos Hunt family of Odgen, Utah, was among the 309 families called by President Briham Young to colonize "Utah's Dixie" in 1861.
Amos Hunt was born 28 February 1819 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky. He married Nancy Garret Welborn 21 Dec 1852. They came to Utah with their family 24 September 1852, in the Benjamin Gardner Handcart Company. Soon after arriving in Salt Lake City, they were dispatched to Ogden. Here Amos later married his second wife, Rebecca Wiggins.
The Hunt family lived and prospered in Ogden until they received their call to Dixie. After reaching St. George, Amos moved his family into the area known as the Tonaquint fields. This area was southwesterly from the city. They were camping here when the great flood of 1862 surrounded them and the women and children had to be carried out.
He moved to the foot of the Pine Valley mountains late in the spring of 1862, , where the Blake and Gubler Ranch was established. He moved there driving a large herd of cattle.
In 1864, with several other families, Amos Hunt was sent to Clover Valley - now known as Barclay, Nevada. Here Rebecca, now a mother of three children, died from pnemonia at the age of 22 on 19 September 1865.
In 1866 the Indian problem became so serious in the Barclay area that the families moved back eastward to the Fort on Shoal Creek (6 miles west of where Enterprise was later settled in 1896). The settlement on Shoal Creek was later named Hebron. This was mo st likely because the village area in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky were Amos Hunt was born was called "Old Hebron".
Nancy Garrett Welborn Hunt, wife of Amos, died in Hebron on the 17th December 1895.
Amos later moved to Teasdale, Wayne County, to live with a daughter , Angeline Hunt Coleman. He died 6 September 1904.
!Heritage Builders
History of John Hunt and Jane Coates and their Descendants
Compiled by Hunt Family Research Association - Printed in 1961
Amos Hunt, son of John Hunt and Jane Coats was born February 28, 1819, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He married nancy Garret Welborn in 1840 on December 21. She was born August 7, 1823, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and was the daughter of James D. Welborn and Malinda Newman. (Jane Coats was born Rowan County, North Carolina).
Amos Hunt and his wife Nancy Garrett Welborn came to Utah with their family on September 24, 1852, in Benjamin Gardner's Company.
The Hunts lost one child before leaving Kentucky. One died and was buried while crossing the plains. Not having any lumber, they took the board they used for a table to make a coffin. They also put a board marker with the child's name on it at the head of the grave. Two days later as they were traveling down a river they saw the marker floating down stream. They didn't know how it got there unless the Indians pulled it up. Amos Hunt assisted a company of handcart emigrants into the Salt Lake Valley and took part in the Echo Canyon Campaign when Johnston's army came to Utah.
Arriving in Salt Lake Valley, Amos Hunt and his wife immediately began a life of pioneering. They lived in Ogden until the fall of 1861, when they were called to settle Utah's Dixie. The wagons formed a circle for the camping each night on the way to Dixie. One night they camped where there was snow and built a large bonfire in the circle of the camp. As they sat around the fire, elk came out of the forest right up to the camp, likely drawn by the smell of hay which the oxen and teams were eating.
After coming to Utah Amos took a second wife. She was a tall, dark haired girl, by the name of Rebecca Wiggins. To this union were born three children. Elias, Eliza Ellen and Cena Ann. Rebecca was the daughter of Ebenezer Fairchild Wiggins and Elleanor Moore Wiggins. She was born March 14, 1843, at Shakrag, Hancock County, Illinois.
After reaching St. George, Amos moved his families to what is still known as Touiquint field, south of the city at the foot of Main Street. They were camped on this land when the great flood of 1862 came which surrounded their house, the women and children having to be carried out.
Late that spring he moved with some cattle to the foot of the Pine Valley Mountains where the Blake and Gubler ranch was established. During Amos' first year at the foot of the scenic mountain he cleared ground, built fences, corrals and started a log cabin. Before he could house his women folk, Rebecca gave birth to a baby girl. Cena Ann, now Mrs. Mathew Mansfield, was born in a wagon box fixed as comfortable as those times would permit. Stout hearted women, full of love for their Church and their men, faced all conditions courageously. Even the chill of that October 3, did not mar the arrival of a new born.
In 1864, with several other families, Amos Hunt went to Clover Valley - now known as Barclay. Tarlton Blair drove the ox team while Amos Hunt held the plow and plowed the first furrow at that place. Here they raised a few acres of grain. Knowing the habits of the Indians at this time the men and women were apprehensive of their future and the safety of their families. Immediately upon their arrival they started to build a little fort. Soon there was a fenced fortress, one side of the fence forming a lane, and the other side funished a corral for the cattle and sheep. Amos owned a small flock of sheep. The Indians camped on a side hill short distances away and were soon discovered stealing the sheep. The people were forced to guard the corral at night ats the Natives tried on several occasions to stampede the cattle, having found this a successful way to secure some for themselves. In this group of settlers, one man, Dudley Leavitt, could talk and understand Indian. So with the great courage of the men, they fought the Indians, not by force or gun, but by wits and faith.
One night Amos's brother Bradford was standing guard, and as he walked down the lane to awaken the relief guard, he routed ambushed Indians, who immediately gave fight. In the encounter which followed, arrows and gunshots were exchanged in the darkness. One Indian was slain, and the white boys got some severe wounds. The alarm awakened all the settlers and left the scene vived in the memory of even small children.
Some of Amos' proptery was destroyed by the Indians. About August, 1865 nine cows and calves were killed. In March, 1866, nine dry cows and four oxen were killed; six tons of hay, three houses, fencing around the land, and corrals were burned. Food was very scarce and the family gathered salaratus from the ground by sacks full and hauled it to Beaver to trade for wheat to make flour.
To Amos, and to three little ones, it was a time when the brtavest of hearts failed. The brave and beautiful Rebecca, though still in her youth, had been buried in the heart of Clover Valley. Pneumonia had struck this young wife just 22 years of age, and on September 19, 1865 she died. During this same summer his son John Dudley also died. Just before leaving this place three of his small boys were herding the sheep one afternoon when they heard the war whoop of Indians. Both the boys and the sheep grew excited and raced for the corral. The two older boys mounted buck sheep and went to town, leaving the youngest boy to make his own dust. As he recalls, he did this with some gusto, their faithful old dog rounding up the sheep and bringing them into camp.
In the fall of 1866, the Indians got so bad that the people had to move, and most of the families moved to Hebron, where they built a fort. While there another daughter, Angeline Hunt was born in a log house, October 7, 1869. While the mother and baby were still in bed, all the family came down with the measles except Amos, the father. There were 12 in all. Beds were all over the floor.
Amos Hunt, being a shoemaker, made shoes for his family and others. In later years he was quite prosperous. Hebron was laid out in five and ten acre lots, then the men drew for their allotments. Amos drew ten acres in the choice meadow bottom. It was not long before he had built a four-roomed house. with a loft and stairway, for Nancy. The heart of the wife and mother went into the making of a loving home.
In 1868 or 69, Shoal Creek was named Hebron. Perhaps Hebron came from fond memories of his home in Kentucky where he spent many years as a young man growing up. Nancy Garret Hunt found refuge at last, and her great heart mothered many young ones, for it was to her home they came from far and near. It made her heart swell and her dim eyes sparkle to be the godmother of many. As the years passed, Amos and Nancy found the security and peace they had prayed for. He had a large herd of cattle and a good ranch. The family milked cows and made butter and cheese. During the time when mining was good in Pioche, Amos took his butter and cheese out there and received a good price for it. He also had a share in the Washington factory, where he traded butter and cheese for clothing.
Amos moved to Wayne County when it belonged to Piute County and lived in what was the old Thurber town. He lived there for several years; then he moved back to the Dixie Country.
Nancy died in Hebron on December 17, 1895, after which Amos went to live with his daughter Angeline Hunt Coleman. They later moved to Teasdale where Amos lived until his death at the age of 85. Behind him he left a great posterity that carries on the Hunt name. Surviving him at the time of his death were ten children, 89 grandhcildren, and 68 great-grandchildren.
Company:Benjamin Gardner Company (1852) </churchhistory/library/pioneercompany/0,15797,4017-1-121,00.html>
Pioneer Information:
"[a] son [age 16] of Amos Hunt, died of cholera enroute
Benjamin Gardner Company (1852)
Departure: 2-10 June 1852 Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 24, 27 September 1852 Company Information: 241 individuals and 45 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).
!Sources: Md Mhlnbr Kntc at Greenville Ct Hse
DD Hunt missionary rec of batptisms Kist orrice
1850 Census Pottawattamie Iowa
1880 Census of UT
Benjamin Gardner Co. 24 Sep 1852
St. George Temple Records
EH Rec Patriarchial
Wards Checked for pabt: Ogden 1st, Huntsville, Hooper, Hebron
St George before 1890, Gunlock, Teasdale
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