Eunice, I don't know if there is any connection, but my father, James Alva Hunt was born in Beartown, McDowell Co., WV Sept 23, 1902/1903. Beartown is only a short distance from Welch. His parents were George William Hunt and Mary Elizabeth Mayes. I wonder if they could be related somehow to your Hunts? The only thing I know about my Hunts is George William Hunt was born in MI, his father, James Hunt, in Ontario, Canada about 1817. James Hunt's father was born in WV or what may have been VA about 1790-1795. I don't know his name and I don't even know if he was born in this area of WV, but I've always assumed they must have still had family in this area to go back to such a secluded place. My Hunts went back to MI sometime after 1920. Some of the names that seem to be repeated are James, George and Alva. My father also had a brother named Gilbert. Nancy