Bibliography: Holcomb, Brent H., ed. The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 13. Columbia, S.C.: SCMAR, 1985. page 31 (P. 140) Writ of Partition issued to Baram Bobo, Laurel Nance, James Berry, [p.31] John Jackson and Zachariah Sparks. William Wallace and others lately sued out of Court of Common Pleas a summons in partition against Alfred Williams for purpose of effecting a division of a tract of land lately the estate of Mary Hunt, dec'd., (?) hundred acs., mentions a conditional line between David Norman and Thomas B. Hunt, Abram Pots land, the road leading from David Floid's to David Norman's. (P. 141) Commissioners to divide the land equally between the “parties aforesaid” or if it cannot be fairly divided among the heirs, the commissioners to appraise the land and recommend a sale. Witness Hon. E. H. Bay, Assoc. Judge, 1st Mon. in March 1824. Signed by McKibben, Atty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (P. 142) The Commissioners' report stated that it would be impracticable to divide said lands, appraised the land at $800 and recommended that it be sold 1st Mon. in Dec.. Dated 15 Oct. 1824 and signed by B. Bobo, James Barry, Leroy Nance and Zachariah Sparks. The commissioners were sworn in 15 Oct. 1824 by Robert Martain, J.Q., to divide a tract of land belonging to the estate of Mary Hunt, dec'd. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------ page 32 Note: Thomas B. Hunt made his will in 1802 and died in Union Co. in 1811. His wife was the Widow Mary Winter who had several children by her Winter husband. She and Thomas B. Hunt had no children. Hunt was a fairly wealthy landowner, and his estate went through Equity Court in 1812 for a final division between his widow Mary and her children and Hunt's own brothers and nieces and nephews. He owned property in Spartanburg, Richland and Georgetown Cos., as well as in Union Co. where he made his home in the western part of the county near the Spartanburg Co. line. Named in his will were his wife Mary, his step-daughters Sarah and Jannet Winter, his sister Frances Clayton, his brothers William, John, James and Harrison Hunt, his friend Thomas Pettigrew who was a minor and the son of James and Mary Pettigrew, deceased, of Georgetown Dist., James and John Winter, and the children of his brother William Hunt, Katie and Christopher. The estate was in execution until 1838 because there were so many minor children involved. Various papers in the estate file and the Equity Court file show that the brother William Hunt died in Union Co. in 1807 leaving children Samuel Hunt of Laurens Dist. and Christopher, Catherine, William and Frances Hunt, the last 4 being minors in 1812. The sister Frances Clayton was not named in the Equity case in 1812, so she probably died without heirs between 1802 and 1812. The brother Harrison Hunt lived in Richland Dist., S. C., brother James in Kentucky, and the brother John Hunt is probably the same John who lived in Greenville Co., S. C., before moving to Kentucky and thence to Ill.. Thomas B. Hunt's step-daughters married and lived in Union Co. - Jannet Winter married William Wallace, and Sarah Winter married John Rochelle. By 1824 the widow Mary Hunt was dead, as well as her daughter Sarah (Winter) Rochelle. Sarah Rochelle's children inherited in her stead and were named as Jane A., Permelia Louisa, John, Jr., and Mary Patience. By 1832 Mary Patience Rochelle was married to Jno. D. Adair, in 1833 Permelia L. Rochelle was married to J. Tripp, in 1835 Jane A. Rochelle was of age but still unmarried, and the son John Rochelle, Jr. was apparently still a minor in 1838. The family of William and Jannet (Winter) Wallace lived in Union Co. for generations. Anyone [p.32] interested in any of these families (Hunt, Winter, Wallace, Rochelle, Pettigrew, etal) should check both the Estate file of Thomas B. Hunt and the Equity Court case on the settlement of his estate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James Hunt appeared before John Gossell (?) 5 Sept. 1814 and made oath that Peter Ligon & wife Patsey executed the within deed to Richard Ligon and that John D. Palmer was a witness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [p.156] Georgia Upson County. Jordan and Martha Hunt of said county appoint Matthew W. Clary of Edgefield District, South Carolina, our attorney… ___ June 1842. Jordan Hunt Martha Hunt (X). Wit: George M. Eidson (X), James Duncan, J. P. Thomas F. Bethel, clerk of Inferior Court for Upson County, certifed that James Duncan was a J. P. 5 June 1842. Thomas Beall, Justice of the Inferior Court of Upson County, certified that Thos F.Bethel is Clerk of said court.