However there were also Hunts who came down to Davidson Co. are when it was still Rowan Co. in 1759 Col Jonathan Hunt was one of the first 5 settlers in the area that became known as the Jersey Settlement. He eventually wound up settling in Davie/Yadkin Co. area and in fact Huntsville in Yadkin Co. is named for his family and his son Charles Hunt. Col. Jonathan had 3 wives (first one was a Smith) and about 25 children - he is buried in Eaton's Baptist Church cemetery. He was part of the Hunt family who lived in Maidenhead, Hopewell Twp. Hunterdon Co. NJ prior to his coming to the Jersey Settlement - these Hunts were descendants of Ralph Hunt Sr. of Newtown Long Island NY (prior to NJ). I am a descendant of Ralh Hunt Sr.'s daughter Anna and have done some research on the family. I am not a direct line decendant through Col. Jonathan Hunt himself but he is part of this family and I know of him because he is "locally" famous in this area's history and in the Jersey Settlement history of which I have done some research and written a paper on. I will look in my records this evening at home but I don't recall a David Hunt but he may well be part of this family - I have not researched this line (children etc.) extensively because my own Hunt ancestor becomes part of my Phillips family long before Col. Jonathan was even born. Anyway I did want to mention this other HUNT family in the area as an avenue of research. Good luck. Susan Gall Winston-Salem, NC On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:39:27 -0600 L B Hayes <[email protected]> writes: > Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum > Reply Here: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/11858 > > Surname: Hunt > ------------------------- > > > The Hunts of Davidson Co., Randolph Co., and Guilford Co. are really > descendants > of the Whisenhunt family who lived on the Uwharrie River, Randolph > Co., > NC. They descend from Philip Peter, George Michael, Henry W. If this > is > the family you are referring to I have info. > > > ==== NCDAVIDS Mailing List ==== > Davidson County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdavids/ > >