Daniel and son John of Huntsville for Carol et.al. Is this the family? ***************************************************** Family Group Record ====================================================================== ==================== Husband: John HUNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Birth: abt 1800 Muhlenberg, Kentucky Marriage: 20 Nov 1821 Muhlenberg Co., Butler Co., Kentucky, (r Father: Daniel HUNT (b Feb 1776) Mother: Elizabeth COATS (b abt 1778) ====================================================================== ==================== Wife: Ann JENKINS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Birth: abt 1801 ====================================================================== ==================== Children ====================================================================== ==================== 1 F Mariah HUNT Birth: abt 1822 Butler Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 2 M Alexander HUNT MD Birth: abt 1824 Butler Co., Kentucky Spouse: Barbary HUNT Spouse: Catherine J. CLARK (m 8 Apr 1849) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 3 M William HUNT Birth: abt 1826 Butler Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 4 M Elias HUNT Birth: abt 1829 Butler Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 5 M Daniel HUNT Birth: 13 Sep 1832 Butler Co., Kentucky Death: 10 Feb 1906 Huntsville, , Kentucky Burial: Huntsville Cem. Spouse: Sarah Catherine WATKINS (m 16 Aug 1857) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 6 M Granville HUNT Birth: abt 1834 Butler Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 7 F Sarah Ann HUNT "Sallie" Birth: abt 1836 Butler Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 8 F Celia Jane HUNT Birth: abt 1838 Butler Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 9 F Mary HUNT "Molly" Birth: abt 1840 Butler Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 10 M Joel Greenberry HUNT "Joe" Birth: abt 1842 Butler Co., Kentucky Spouse: Sarah E. MEFFORD (m 23 Jul 1865) Spouse: Naomi Boyd Brown LEE Mrs. (m 20 Nov 1821) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 11 F Elizabeth Wayne HUNT Birth: abt 1844 Butler Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 12 M Samuel HUNT Birth: abt 1846 Butler Co., Kentucky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 13 M Zachariah HUNT Birth: 1848/49 Butler Co., Kentucky Death: abt 1859 Butler Co., Kentucky ====================================================================== ==================== Prepared 12 Nov 1998 by: Sanford B. Hunt ====================================================================== ==================== FAMILY NOTES HUSBAND NOTES: John HUNT General: This record comes from the Hunt Newsletter, Vol. unknown (excerpt sent to me by Wm. Manry Hunt. The Hunt Newsletter is published by a Mormon group. Copies of some are in my files. John and Ann settled on the Butler side of Mud River. Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co. THE HUNT FAMILY. The progenitor is John Hunt, who was born in 1800, and is now eight-five years old; he is a native of Rowan County, N.C.; came to Kentucky, when a youth and followed farming, from which he retired a few year [sic] ago. In 1820, he married Anna Jenkins; she was born in Rowan County, N.C., in 1801, and soon after removed with her parents to Kentucky, where she still resides at the age of eight-four years. John Hunt is a son of Daniel Hunt, who came from North Carolina to Kentucky in 1804, and located in Muhlenburgh [sic] County; he moved to Warrick County, Ind., where he died at the age of seventy years. He was a farmer and a son of John Hunt, who was of English extraction, and a native of Virginia; he lived to the ripe old age of eighty-four, having for fifty years of his life been a minister of the Gospel in the Baptist Church. WIFE NOTES: Ann JENKINS CHILD NOTES: Mariah HUNT CHILD NOTES: Alexander HUNT MD General: Old Hebron Churh cemetery record calls him: Dr. Alexander Hunt. >From " A History of the State" Battie, Perrisn & Kniffen 2nd ED. 1885, Butler County DR. ALEXANDER HUNT, a son of John and Anna (Jenkins) Hunt, passed his early life on a farm, attending school for a short time each year, until he attained his eighteenth year, when he constructed a flat-boat, on which he floated a cargo of staves to New Orleans; finding the trade lucrative he continued it for four years, after which he tried farming for a few years; then read medicine and took his degree in the Louisville Medical College in 1878, since which time he has followed the practice of his profession, in connection with the business of superintending his farming interests. He gives much of his time to the improvement of the country. He is an advocate of the temperance cause, and is interested in all educational enterprises. Politically he is a Republican; is liberal in his views, and does not know men by their politics. His wife, Catherine J. Clark, whom he married April 8, 1849, is a daughter of David and Martha Clark of Hickman County, Ky. Their marriage has been blessed with twelve children, eight of whom are living: Martha A., Henry D., William C., Jonathan A., Elias M., Alexander, David and Katie H.; those deceased are John T., Letitia J., Ota and an infant unnamed. It appears that he had a wife earlier who died in 1848. Remarried in 1849 as shown above. CHILD NOTES: William HUNT CHILD NOTES: Elias HUNT CHILD NOTES: Daniel HUNT General: See Hunt paper noted previously for long history of this Daniel & family. Daniel was a life-long member of the Methodist Church. He opened the first general merchandise store in the community known as Gum Grove. Gum Grove became Huntsville, Ky. in honor of Daniel. He was a Master Mason, a member of Rochester Lodge No. 270. He and Sarah Catherine gave land and built the Methodist Church which is still being used for worship today (1983). He also gave the land in back of the church which is used for the cemetery in which he, his wife, some children and grandchildren are buried . He is believed to be the first settler, having built a house there in Gum Grove as a bachelor and took his bride to Huntsville and remained for their lifetime. FROM ANOTHER SOURCE: DANIEL HUNT, a brother of Dr. Alexander Hunt, was born in Butler County, September 13, 1832. He is a son of John and Anna (Jenkins) Hunt, above mentioned. He was educated in the common schools of the district in which he resided, and at the age of nineteen launched himself upon the sea of life; his first undertaking was to construct a flat-boat on Mud River, on which he shipped a load of staves to New Orleans; the undertaking proved successful, and for several years he continued in the same business; then for three years he worked in a tobacco warehouse for the firm of Tanner & Campbell, and in that time bought and paid for 196 acres of land, where he now resides, in Butler County, to which he has added by subsequent purchase. He now owns 600 acres in Butler County and 160 acres in the State of Kansas.His farm is well improved and well kept, and he is among the most prosperous farmers in Butler County. Mr. Hunt is a Democrat politically, and in 1857 was elected constable, in which capacity he served twelve years, afterward held the office of magistrate in Butler County four years. In 1852, he bought and gathered from among the hills of Butler County, 250 head of wild sheep, which, with one assistant, he drove a distance of 150 miles through unbroken forests, to a market at Louisville, Ky. His return trip was made in three days, and on foot. His wife, Sarah C. Watkins, whom he married in 1857, is a native of Butler County; they are the parents of twelve children, ten of whom are living: Camelier J., Mary E., Henry, Warner, Vidia, Lydia J., Eridine, Williard, Lily M. and Bertha; those deceased are Nettie D. and Oscar. Mr. Hunt has been a member of the Methodist Church for thirty years; his wife and three children are also members of the same church. Hr. [sic] Hunt is a Master Mason, and a member of the Rochester Lodge, No. 270. He is a progressive citizen, and one of the "solid" men of Butler County; he takes a leading part in all public enterprises, and is a strong patron of schools and churches. CHILD NOTES: Granville HUNT CHILD NOTES: Sarah Ann HUNT "Sallie" CHILD NOTES: Celia Jane HUNT CHILD NOTES: Mary HUNT "Molly" CHILD NOTES: Joel Greenberry HUNT "Joe" General: According to Clara Hunt Miller, Joel and Sarah had 14 children (I.G.I. lists) See FGS in my file for children according to I.G.I. CHILD NOTES: Elizabeth Wayne HUNT CHILD NOTES: Samuel HUNT CHILD NOTES: Zachariah HUNT General: One source gives "Zacceus" as his name. SOURCES Felicia's file on the WEBSITE sbh END