PART TWO and Final: QUOTE: Once the crop was "laid by" he and the slaves went into the forest and felled trees for the purpose of building a log house for his mother and the rest of the family. After the crop was harvested in the fall of 1839, Esly returned to Greenville County, S.C. and brought his mother and his seven siblings to Mississippi in late 1839 or early 1840 in a covered wagon. He established them in the recently completed log house and lived with his mother and siblings for a short time. About 1840 esly moved into what is now called the Panhandle of Choctaw County. He acquired land there, built a house, cleared land for crops, married Jane Quaries and started a family of his own. There in the Panhandle of Choctaw County (Winston County then) Esly and Jane raised a large family consisting of twelve children and about 1945 was known to have had at least 400 direct descendants. Esly espoused the Cause of the confederacy August 26, 1861 and served with a company called the "New Prospect Grays" from Winston County. They rendezvoused at Enterprise, Mississippi and were sent to Warrington Navy Yard near Pensacola, Florida. They were placed in charge of a battery of three slege pieces as they were well versed in artillery drill. Esly remained in Pensacola, Florida until the end of the war. Esly's two eldest sons, John Wesley and Carson, also served in the Civil War. They joined a Company from Winston County known as the "Fort Donelson Avengers", which was formed March 2, 1862. Upon the formation of the 35th Mississippi Regiment, they were merged into this unit as Company "D." After leaving the camp of Instructions at West Point, Mississippi the Company was ordered to Corinth, Mississippi and from there to Tupelo, Iuka, and Baldwyn, Mississippi. They were then ordered to Pocahontas, Tennessee and then back to Corinth where they were engaged in a three day battle in which many of their Company were injured or killed. From Corinth the Company fought rear guard action via Holly Springs and Granada, Mississippi to Vicksburg. They were at Vicksburg during its siege and eventual surrender July 4, 1863. Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered the city to Union General U.S. Grant along with most of the 35th Regiment. The Company was paroled July 10, 1863. Esly was a true pioneer and an admirable ancestor of descendant Hunts since he had inherited man size responsibilities while he was a mere lad and had shouldered those responsibilities with dependable dedication. The following is a quotation in part from R. L. Hannah's Historical Brief published in 1946: "He made it a daily practice to so regulate his conduct before his family, his friends, and his neighbors so that when he came to the end of that journey extending from the cradle to the grave, it was said of him that no man ever went to the grave with greater evidences of respect and admiration than did Uncle Esley." Choctaw, Oktibbeha and Winston Counties should be justly proud of this transplanted South Carolinian who was an early settler of the area and a part of its rich heritage. UNQUOTE ***Note from Allen Hunt: All the above was types as provided to me this day as a faxed copy of the 1991 article. Notice that in the R.L. Hannah quote, he was called Uncle Esley, spelled exactly the way I carry his name, but quite unlike the rest of this article, which spells his name as Esly. I carry his name as Esley Marian Hunt. Hope you have enjoyed this article.....***