I will have to look into this further or rather your line as this is in the backyard of where my Hunts are from. They're also from NC originally and migrated back and forth. With Hunts in both Bradley & Polk County and on the border of both and only 20 minutes away from McMinn Co line, it's quite possible there's a connection. I will see if I can find out. But on the other hand, you never know if it's just a coincidence. :) Also Smith is one of our primary surnames and our Smiths lived right near the Hunts. My grandmother, who was a Hunt, married my grandfather, who was a Smith. I did a quick search on ancestry but was unable to find anything other than a Smith on that page as well as a Pearce. Pearce's are also a family name and married into the Hunt line of our family. They have a Hunt reunion in that area every June I believe. Unfortunately I'm never able to get up to TN at that time of the year, and grew up not knowing the Hunt side despite them being in our backyard so to speak. Not to mention never knowing my grandfather because he was always somewhere else whether it be Florida, NC, SC, etc. Bernice -----Original Message----- >From: debrem@aol.com >Sent: Mar 8, 2007 6:19 AM >To: hunt@rootsweb.com >Subject: [HUNT] Jessie Hunt-son of Grandison > >I saw that Felicia and Joy were wondering about Jesse Hunt, son of Grandison. I descend from Grandison through his son John H >William Francis>Albert Dowe>Lawrence Ross>myself. I just recently found a piece of information on Jesse and have been doing a little research on this. Jesse and Salina Jane (Smith) Hunt were in Tennessee until at least 1859 and in Arkansas by 1862 according to the births of their children. Jesse probably died between Dec 1869 and Aug of 1870. He was a civil war soldier. I have not found them in the 1860 census yet. Salina and children appear in the 1870 Sebastin Co, Ark census as well as the Cedar Co, MO census. >