My line is not the same one....but...the name Rastas and John Martin appear more than once in my line...our line is...NC...TN...TX....also the initials M.C. for a male name is in this line... Did by chance your line start out in NC....any named Archibald....? Barb TL ----- Original Message ----- From: <CKGLEO@aol.com> To: <HUNT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:59 AM Subject: [HUNT] Georgia HUNTs ... gone to Texas > > Henry H. (Harrison) Hunt, son of M. (Michael) C. (Curtis) Hunt was born in > Georgia, July 14, 1801. He married March 18, 1828 to Nancy Ann Harp, > born, > December 4, 1809, daughter of Dixon and Celia Harp. > > Henry received land in the 1827 "Land Lottery" and in the "Gold Lottery" > in > Georgia. He was an early settler in Upson County, Georgia with a large > plantation and many slaves. He sold the lantation but bought all the > household goods > and slaves when he came to Texas in the 1850's. > > His two eldest children who were married, came on ahead and bought land > six > miles east of Douglassville, Texas. It was known as "Piney Woods" and was > not > far from the village of Havana. They owned about 8,000 acres on John's > creek > and lived thre until after the Civil War. In 1866 Henry and Nancy moved > one > mile south of the town of Douglassville. > > The Hunts were wealthy at this time, the girls had maids to dress them. > They > attended big balls in the country and in Jefferson. Two sons went to war > and > never returned, one died of measles in 1862 and the other received many > honors but last report of him was in May 1864. It is not known where > either are > buried. > > Henry died March 11, 1884 and Nancy Ann died December 8, 1887. They are > buried in the Hunt plot of the Douglassville cemetery. It is the oldest > plot in > the cemetery. > > Their children were: > > 1. Mary Ann Elizabeth (Molly), born May 29, 1829; died May 15, 1903; > married > Dr. M. Heldt in Thomaston, GA. Dr. Heldt was the first dictor to practice > medicine in Douglassville. > > 2. William Henry Dixon (see below), b. Jan. 21, 1831; died May 22, 1894; > married Alice H. Farr in Thomaston, GA. > > 3. Sarah Emiline Celia, born Aug. 15, 1835; died July 28, 1897. She did > not > marry. > > 4. Alfred Green Washington, born July 9, 1837; he was a 1st., Lt., in the > C.S.A. > > 5. Josephine Augusta Adaline, born Mar. 13, 1840; married Thomas Douglass > when the Civil War was over. He was a sonof Col. John Chappell Douglass > for whom > Douglassville received its name. > > 6. Marion Augustus LaFayette, born June 23, 1841; died June 6, 1842, Upson > Co., GA. > > 7. Alonza Aurling Franklin, born Nov. 4, 1842; died April 16, 1862 of > measles > while serving in the Civil War. > > 8. Sardinia Ann Lucinda, born May 28,1844; married September 20, 1866, > Willis > J. Douglass. Willis was another son of Col. John Chappell Douglass. > > 9. Eugenia Livenia Antonist, born September 3, 1846; married December 18, > 1866, Henry M.Connelly. > > 10. Erastus John Martin, born June 20, 1848; died October 17, 1893; > married > Nancy Green Heath. > > 11. Fredonia Leusyer Zenobia, born July 10, 1850; died August 25, 1948; > never > married. She helped to nurse her parents, her invalid sister, Sarah > Emaline > Celia, and helped care for her niece, Katie Hunt. > > 12. Oscar Eliplet Clinch, born Nov. 14, 1854; died August 1, 1868. > > Most of thess children and their spouses are buried in the Hunt plot of > Douglassville cemetery. > > Looking for the parents/siblings of ... M. (Michael) C. (Curtis) Hunt, > f/o > Henry H. (Harrison) Hunt. > > Thanks! > > Carol > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message