Dear Sir: Thank you for sharing your Hunter information. Just a note to tell you the following: I do not have any letters behind my name, and there is a much of most things that I do not know. However, one thing I know of a certainty, that I would like to share with you. Families are forever. I promise you with all of my heart that you will some day be with all of your family, present, past and future. I pray for peace in your heart as you face this most difficult situation, and will continue to do so. Judi Vermilion ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Pierce" <pollymp@flash.net> To: <HUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [HUNTER-L] HUNTER, Nicholas; NC, USA; -1749 > Russell, > Thanks for the offer, but at this time I know of only one thing anyone could > do for me and I think it is a little out of anyone on earth's reach. If you have a > cure for someone with prostrate cancer with a psa of 351. I have very little time > to spend on research at this time, but have researched the Hunter family for over > 25 years. Below you will find the record of proof for Nicholas Hunters father. > Also I have a copy of the original will of Nicholas and of Rebecca's. Although you > cannot read Rebecca's. Over the years hers has discolored in such a way that very > few of the words can be read. There is a codicil that is still legible. > I hope every one that is researching this line will enjoy these documents. > They are copied from the originals held in the Archives in Raleigh, NC. > William Hunter, father of Nicholas did leave a will, but it did not survive > through the years. Nicholas's will follows the deeds. > > Pauline Mitchell Pierce > > With Rebecca,his wife, gave power of attorney to Thomas Rountree to convey tracts > of land in Nansemond Co, Va. Sold 120 acres on 25 March 1729 to William Hunter. > sold 100 acres on 24 April 1729 to Isaac Hutner. > > > Chowan County, North Carolina - Deed Book C, page 599 > > 27. March 1729. > > This Iventure made this 25th of March 1729, between Nic's, Hunter of > Carteret > Precinct in Bath County & Rebecca his wife of the one part & Wm. Hunter > Sen > of the s'd Nicholas Hunter of Chowan Precinct of the other part > wittneseth y't(?) > Tho's Rountree of Albemarle County by Vertue of a attorney to him > directed by > the afo'd Nic's Hunter & Rebecca his wife bearing date the 28 Aug'st > 1728 > Impowering the s'd Tho's Rountree to sell all the Lands belonging to > the s'd Nic's > Hunter in Albemarle County & to give Deeds signe Seal & Deliver & > > acknowledge the Same to all Intents & purpose as if they the s'd Nic's > Nunter & > Rebecca his wife were there present which power of attorney being > first Duely > pov'd before Capt. Tho's Speight one of the members of this Generall > Court > have perceeded as followeth. Never the Sep(?) y't the s'd Nic's > Hunter for a > valuable Consideration of Fourteen pounds Curr't Silver money of > Virg'a to him > in hand p'd by the af'd Wm Hunter the rect where of he the s'd Nic's > Hunter > doth by these presents acknowlege & for himself his Heirs Exors > Adm'rs doth > hereby likewise acquitt Exonerate & Discharge him the afs'd Wm Hunter > his > Heirs & afynes(?) for Ever Have bargained & Sold & by these presents > doth > fully Clearly & absolutely give grant bargain Sell & forever make > over & > Confirm unto the s'd W'm Hunter his Heirs & Apymes(?) two parcells of > Land > Satterate lying & being on y'e Southeast-ward side of Meherrin Swamp > in > Chowan Precinct beginning at a red Oak Saplin Standing by Meherrin > Swamp & > running thence a Southwardly Course by a line of Mark'd trees & past a > Cinof(?) > the Plantation whereon the s'd Nic's Hunter did formerly live to a > Hickory & by > a Line of Mark'd trees to a Live Oak in the head of a small branch & > from > thence South east or thereabouts by a line of Mark'd trees to the > line of the > Pattent hereafter Mentioned to a red Oak Saplin & y'r along the > Severall Courses > of the Pattent to the afs'd Meherrin Swamp & y'r down the Severall > Courses of > the afore Swamp & bounded thereon to the first Slatin be it one > hundred & > twenty Acres more les being part of a Pattent formerly granted to W'm > Hunter > later of the Upper Parish of Nansemond Deceast father of the afr'd > Nich's > Hunter party to there presents as by a Pattent from the Authority of > Virg'a > bearing date the 25 of April 1701. doth & May appear & by the last > will & > Testam't of the afs'd W'm Hunter deceas'd Descended to Nic's Hunter > party to > these presents as by the will af'd relation being there unto had > fully & at laye > doth & may appear the other part being a Pattent granted to the > afs'd Nic's > Hunter party to these presents for the Quantity of Forty-Six acres as > by Pattent > bearing date the 24 Apr. 1703 doth & may appear Beginning at a Gum > in > Meherring Swamp, running thence & bounding on the Land of W'm Hunter > Deceast Northeastwardly 39 degrees 22 Pole to a red Oak thence > northwestwardly to Degrees 24 Pole bounding on the af'd Hunters Line > to a > Becoh y'r Northeastwardly 83 Degrees 100 Pole a Crops(?) a small > Branch to a > Pine in the aforesaid Swamp y'r running down the s'd Swamp its > Severall > Courses & bounded therein to the first Station be it Forty acres more > or Les To > have & to hold unto the s'd W'm Hunter his Heirs & apines(?) out all > the (?) In > will(?) c'a the day & year first above written. Tho's Rountree for > Nic's Hunter & > Rebecca his wife have here unto sett the name & seals in their > behalf. > > Nicholas Hunter (Seal) > > Rebecca Hunter (Seal) > > Signed Sealed & Held in presence of Isa'c Hunter _ Cha's C. > Rountree > > > Chowan County, North Carolina - Deed Book C, page 600 > > 27. March 1729. > > March 25. 1729. > > The above written Deed was acknowledged before me the Tho's Roundtree > > attorney Legally Constituted by Nic's Hunter & Rebecca his wife in > behalf of s'd > Nicholas & Rebecca > > Lett it be Regist'd > > C. Gale C. J. > > Rountree attorney of > > Hunter to Hunter > > a Deed > > This Inventure made the 25th March 1729 between Nicholas Hunter of > Carteret > Precinct in Bath County & Rebecca his wife of the one part & Isaac > Hunter Sen > of the af'd Nic's Hunter of the County of Albemarle of the other part > wittneseth > y't(?) Tho's Rountree of Albemarle County by Vertue of a power of > Attorney to > him Directed by the af'd Nic's Hunter & Rebecca his wife bearing oath > the > 28th Aug'st 1728 impowering the s'd Tho's Rountree to sell all the > Lands > belonging to the s'd Nic's Hunter in Albemarle County & to give Deeds > signed > Seal & Deliver & acknowledge the Same to all Intents & purposes as if > they the > s'd Nic's Hunter & Rebecca his wife were the present with power of > Attorney > being first duly prov'd before Cap't Tho's Speight one of the members > of the > Generall Court have proceeded as followeth wittnesseth y't the s'd > Nic's Hunter > for the Valuable Consideration of Fourteen pounds Curr't Silver money > of Virg'a > to him in hand p'd by the afs'd Isa'c Hunter the rect whereof he the > s'd Nic's > Hunter doth by these presents acknowledge for himself his Heirs Exor & > Adm'r, > doth hereby likewise acquitt Exonerate & Discharge him the afs'd Isa'c > Hunter > his Heirs & signers(?) for over Have given granted bargain'd & sold & > by these > presents doth fully clearly & absolutely give grant bargain Sell > Alien(?) & forever > Confirm unto the s'd Isa'c Hunter his Heirs & Apynes(?) for over two > parcells of > Land Scelluated(?) lying & being in the Southeastward Side of Meherrin > Swamp > in Chowan Precinct Beginning at a red Oak Saplin by Meherrin Swamp & > > running thence a South eastwardly Course or there abouts by a Line of > Mark'd > trees & pasts a Crop(?) the Plantation whereon the s'd Nic's Hunter did > formerly > Live to a Hickory & then by a Line of Mark'd trees to a Live Oak in the > head of > a small branch & from thence S E't or thereabouts by a line of Mark'd > trees to a > Small red Oak Saplin in the Line of the Pattent thereafter Mention'd > y'r the > Severale Courses of the Pattent to a white oak in a Small branch & > from thence > S E't or thereabouts by a line of Mark'd trees to a Small red Oak > Saplin in the > Line of the Pattent hereafter mention'd & y'r the Severale Courses of > the Pattent > to a white oak in a small branch a Comer tree the begining tree of y'r > Pattent & > y'r down Y'sd branch its Severall Courses & bounded thereon the afs'd > Meherrin > Swamp & y'r up the s'd Swamp its Severall Courses & bounded thereon to > the > first Stacin be it One hundred acres more or Les which s'd Land being > part of a > Pattent formerly granted to W'm Hunter late of the Upper Parish of > Nansemond > Decease'd father of the s'd Nico's Hunter part to there presents as by > a Pattent > granted by the authority of Virg'a to the afs'd W'm Hunter for the > quantity of > two hundred & Forty acres being dated the 24 April 1701 doth & may > appear & > by the last will & Testam't of the s'd W'm Hunter decended to Nico's > Hunter > party to these presents relation there unto being had fully & at laye > doth & may > appear & the other parall being a Patt't granted to Nic's Hunter > afo'd & Tho's > Davis of Pequimans Precinct for the quantity of 164 acres bearing date > the 9th > March 1718(?) doth & May appear & by the s'd Tho's Davis sold & > covey's to > Nic's Hunter afo'd as by a Deed of Sale unto the s'd Davis's hand & > Seal now > upon record relation being thereunto had fully & at laye doth & may > appear > beginning at a red Oak Jam's Spivey's Comer tree y'r the > Severall. > > > > Mentioned in Deed: "Isaac Hunter, Jr. to Isaac Hunter, Sr, 384 acres, part of a > patent to Wm. Hunter, late of Virginia and given by him to his son Nicholas > Hunter, and by him sold to his son Isaac Hunter on Meherrin Swamp, issuing out of > Bennetts Creek. > > WILL OF NICHOLAS HUNTER > > In the name of God Amen, I recomend my soul to God who gave it, my body to > the earth, decently to be interd, I NICHOLAS HUNTER being sick and weak in body > but of perfect mind and memory, Temperras??, that all my lawfull debts should be > paid, InpernorI bequeath to my well beloved son STEPHEN all the land I hold on the > so. side of Gailes Branch, one mare, his cow and chalves, one > fether bed and furniture, two-three quart Beasons, two small putor,dishes six > Puttor Plates an iron poot contaning about foure gallons ITEM: I bequaith to my > well beloved daughter, EASTER,that part of land begening at Gailes Creek & with > over half of sd. land betwen that and Fullfords Creak, a mare, two cows and > chalves, one feather bed and furneture, two three quart beasanes, two small putter > dishs six puttor plates an iron poot containg about foure gallens ITEM: I > bequaith to my well beloved grandson GEORGE MITCHELL all ye ______? part of sd. > land willed on the ____? ____? of Fullfords Creek after the decease of his mother > KISIAH MITTCHELL and if sd. GEORGE should die with out a lawfull > heire ye sd. lands to ye sd lawfull heirs of his mothers body and if the sd KESIAH > should die without heirs ___? to YE highest in blood to my (bottom line of page > impossible to read) to my well beloved daughter ZILLAH I bequeath a mare, a negro > wench called Jane a feather bed and furniture two cows and calvs six puttor plates > two small puttor bowles two-three quart beasons an iron pot containg about foure > gallons,I leave to my well beloved daughter REACHELL my negro man called Sam when > she comes of age - two cows and chalves, a bed and furniture, six peutter ploats, > an iron poot contaning about foure gallons, two-three quarts beasons and one > moore, to my well beloved daughter KESIAH MITTCHELL that land willed to my > grandson GEORGE for and during his life ITEM: To my well beloved son EZEKELL one > ewe & lamb and to each son two cows and calves, I leave to my well beloved son > LEBBEUS two cows and calves, six puttor plates, two-three quarts beasons, an iron > poot contaning about foure gallons one mare, one feather bed and furnuture; to my > well beloved son WILLIAM HUNTER one shilling Str. To my well beloved daughter > ELIZABETH one shelling Str. To my well beloved daughter SARAH one shelling str. > To my well beloved daughter RUTH one shelling str. To my well beloved son JOAB > HUNTER in value fifty pounds gold _____? I _____? I bequeath to my well beloved > wife REBBECCK the remainder of my whole estate and ordain constitute appoint my > sd. wife Extrx. and my son EZEKELL HUNTER my Executor. This being my last will and > testament. Revocking all others given under my hand and seal this 3rd. day Jan. ye > Anno Domino 1749. > > Signed in presence of > Wit: Amoneor??? and ______? before > siging if EASTER & STEPHEN > should die without heirs > there estates shall > return to the heirs of thire > Mothers Body. > JOHN WILLOCKS > MOSES HOUSTON NICHOLAS HUNTER > JOHN GILLETT > > North Carolina } > Carteret County} At a court of common pleas begun & held at Beaufort Town on > the first Tuesday in March 1749. > > These are to certifie that Moses Houston in open Court made oath that he saw > NICHOLAS HUNTER sign, seal, publish & declare the within testament of writing > to be his last will & testament and that John Gillett and John Willock were > present at the signing of the said will and that Rebecca Hunter Exet. & Ezekiel > Hunter Exec. therein appointed qualified themselves as the law directs. > Text: George Read Clerk. > > ************************************************************* > Nicholas Hunter died in 1750. His will was dated 3 Jan. 1749/50, which stood for 3 > Jan. of the fiscal or official year begun on 25 Mar 1749, and ended on 24 Mar > 1750. (This official year was used until the year 1752, when the calendar year was > adopted as the fiscal year of the government.) The will was proved in the March, > 1750 court. > > > *************************************************************************************** > > Carteret County, North Carolina; County Court Minutes: > 6 Mar 1749 > MOSES HOUSTON made oath that he saw NICHOLAS HUNTER sign, seal, publish & declare > a certain instrunment of writing as his last will & testament & that JOHN > WILLCOCKS & JOHN GILLETE were present at the signing there of & REBECCA HUNTER > widdow of the sd deceased Exectrix, EZCHIEL HUNTER Exector Qualified according as > the law directs & admitted to record. > > > Sorry about the way the lines scattered out.If printed out I think it will come > out right. As far as the parents of Rebecca. I am certain that she was not a > Boone. Many that I have corresponeded with are certain that she was a Hardy, but > with absouluty no proof, not even circumstantial evidence. There is another name > that I cannot think of tonight, but the same circumstances as the Hardy name. > > Pauline Mitchell Pierce >