64. John Hunt St.

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. Jonathan genealogy by
Mitchell Hunt.
John and Charity 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 Huntsville, 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 Charity 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 Huntsville, KY.
He was married in 1773 in Rowan Co., NC.  Children of John HUNT were:

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