To all of you who have been conversing about Theophilus Hunter: Does anyone have any knowledge of a James and Robert Hunter who moved to Rutherford County, TN before 1840? OR: Do you know of any relationship in Wake County between the Hunters and any JONES family? In Rutherford County, my Matthew and Sarah Jones, and their relative William Jones resided close to Robert Hunter. DARLING Jones, son of Matthew, witnessed the sale of a slave from Robert Hunter in 1841. Other families associated with them were the THORNs, SMITHs, and WARDs. Some children of these Rutherford Jones were named Samuel PASCHALL , ANDERSON, and ABEL. I'm trying to discover the NC county of origin for my Matthew and Sarah Jones, so in light of the surname, I have to follow associated families. Nancy

Isaac 'Of Crabtree' Hunter, Sr b. 1705, Nansemond Co, VA d. 1749, Chowan Co, NC, later Northampton Co, NC Isaac is not named in the will of his father Nicholas Hunter, but the deed from Nicholas to Isaac and the deed from Isaac Junior of Bertie to Isaac Hunter, Senior, of Chowan, dated May 2, 1739, Chowan Deed Book C No. 2, p 45, proves that the Isaac Hunter, Junior, was the son of Nicholas. Isaac Hunter, Jr. to Isaac Hunter, Sr, 384 acres, part of a patent of William 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 Bennett's Creek. Peter Kilgoe Sr. sold land to Isaac Hunter in Wake Co, NC, Dec 1, 1783 Isaac is not named in the will of his father, Nicholas, but the deed from Nicholas to Isaac and the deed from Isaac Junior of Bertie to Isaac Hunter, Senior, of Chowan, dated May 2, 1739 (Chowan Deed Book C No. 2, p 45) proves that the Isaac Hunter, Junior, was the son of Nicholas. =========================================================================== Isaac [“of Northampton”] Hunter, son of Nicholas, lived in the part of Bertie that in 1741 was thrown into Northampton. He made a will to which there are references in the deeds made by his sons, but the will cannot be found. Some records of three of his sons are as follows: Northampton County Deeds Book 2, p 112, 12 April 1753 Reuben Hunter of Northampton to David Rice of Nansemond County, Va. 320 acres in Northampton, being a grant to Jas. Hutchison 2nd Aug. 1730, which said tract the said Hutchison formerly sold to Isaac Hunter Aug. 4, 1738, who by his last will bequeathed the same to his son Reuben H. Book 3, p. 130, 4th Aug. 1761 Thos. Hunter of Northampton County to David Rice of same---­ 40, shil. current money of Va. 3 acres of Northampton bounding on the land said Rice purchased of Reuben Hunter- beginning at a pine on said Rices line - to a post oak the Quakers corner tree of their Meeting house - to their other corner at the road - being part of the land that Thomas Hunter purchased of his brother Demcy Hunter by deed dated 13th, May, 1761. Thomas Hunter Proved Aug. Court 1761, by Demcy Jossey Book 3, p 129, 13th May 1761 Demcy Hunter & Unity his wife of Northampton County to Thos Hunter of same county - - - In consideration, of a tract of land in Johnston County belonging to the said Thomas Hunter a tract of land called the rich square & formerly granted to Timothy Carringham 9th March 1717 and thereafter became due to Edward Howcott by virtue of order of Council dated 11th Nov. 1724 by which order the said Edward Howcott obtained patent for the said land containing 640 acres patent dated 13th July 1724 & by said Howcott conveyed to John Perry by deed dated 10th Nov. 1725 & by the said John Perry conveyed to Isaac Hunter as by deed may appear. The tract now sold unto Thomas Hunter containing 530 acres - the said land being devised unto said Demcy Hunter by the last will & testament of his father Isaac Hunter deceased. Demcy Hunter Unity x Hunter ============================================================================== Theophillus was a well to do Plantation land owner. The Wake County Courthouse sits on land he donated for it. He was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. His family went from Wake Co, NC, to Tennessee, then to Arkansas. ============================================================================== == He was into Politics of the County. He served as First Judge of Court of Pleas, Rep. in House of Commons, and was First County Surveyor & Tax Assessor. He was one of the few to supervise the erection of the first State House. He served as Raleigh's City Commissioner and was the largest land owner in the County with over 6900 acres and 47 slaves. He was a Delegate to Hillsborough Convention of 1775. His original home called "Hunter's Lodge was located 4 miles south of Raleigh. With father-in-law, Joseph Lane, he gave all the land of which Raleigh City was built. The Chimney of his house, remain, at Dorothy Dix hospital grounds. ================================================================== Theophilus' Will registered in Wake County on July 15, 1798. ==================================================================== 1790 Census of Wake Co, NC, Morgan Hunter, Theophilus 5 Free White Males, 16 yrs and Over 3 Free White Males Under 16 yrs of age 1 Free White Female 3 Slaves ================================================================= ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hunter, I sent you many pages on Theophilus Hunter and all of his family. Sent to wrong e-mail address, sorry, will send again right now. Carol Canady ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I am looking for info on parents of Theophilus Hunter . I believe his father was Isaac Hunter. It looks like the Isaac Hunter of Chowan Co &the Isaac Hunter of Duplin Co both had sons named Theophilus Hunter. I am trying to find which Isaac Theophilus Hunter of Wake Co belonged to. Roy

I don't have any idea why the e-mail came back to you. That is correct _cncanady@aol.com_ (mailto:cncanady@aol.com) . I really don't know about Riley Hill but will try to find out something for you. God Bless and have a good night, Carol ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

To Carol Canady - I tried the address you gave me - cncanady@aol.com - but it came back as undeliverable, so here it is on the list - hope it gets to you. Hi Carol, You may have sent me Liles info in the past. Quite a few folks on the Wake list have helped me out wonderfully! What I was really wondering was how the area Riley Hill got its name. I have a theory - not, unfortunately, subject to any real hard proof - about the family of Jane Riley, who married James W. Liles and was the mother of my great-grandmother Alice Liles Pearce. I was wondering if the name "Riley" for that area might have come from that Riley family. Joanne Gaudio

I believe I sent to you privately my Liles information which contains much of what you want. They were from around Wendell and quite a few of them are buried at Hepzeh Baptist Church on the Wendell Road. Have just gotten back off a business trip but will try to contact you in a few days. You may e-mail me privately and give me your phone number if you wish and I will call you. _cncanady@aol.com_ (mailto:cncanady@aol.com) . We seem to come from the same set of Liles. Carol ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

There is a John PRINCE in the war of 1812 from NC. I wonder how I could get any more info to find out if thisnis my John PRINCE. Pat Prince ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev" <brencher@elpasotel.net> To: <ncwake@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [NCWAKE] Total Eclipse of the Sun -- Wake/Johnston Co. NC > > Betty > I found this snippet of information > > Sir Edmund Halley is credited with making the first observations of Bailys > beads during the eclipse of 22 April 1715. They were also seen by > Maclaurin > from Edinburgh during the annular eclipse of 1 March 1737 and by Williams > from Revolutionary War America on 27 October 1780 (see Chapter 1) from > just > outside the path of totality. But it was Francis Bailys widely > disseminated > description of the phenomenon during the annular eclipse of 15 May 1836 > that led to their bearing his name thereafter. > http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/eclstuff/observeeclipses/chapter9.htm > > (bold type by me) (google search = "total eclipse" revolutionary war) > > However, I also found many documents relating to your James Hall in > Johnston N. C.( Rev War- Revolutionary War Pension) on Footnote.com. I > just subscribed for a month ($7.95) and thought I'd check. You may have > all this already, but it's worth looking at., I think. > > > > > >>Does anyone know what year the sun was totally eclipsed in the vicinity >>of Wake or Johnston Co. NC? Is there a web site that would give this >>information? >> >>I have the Revolutionary War Pension Application of James Hall of >>Johnston Co., NC. In it he says that he enlisted in the 10th Regiment of >>the NC line under Capt. Alsa High.(enlisted for period of nine months). >>He could not remember the exact year but said it was the year in which >>the sun was totally eclipsed--this was either in the county of Wake or >>the county of Johnston in NC. >> >>Part of his enlistment was under Captains Ramsey and Quinn. He was >>discharged in SC when his enlistment was up. He later re-enlisted but I >>don't know how long after his first discharge occurrred. He re-enlisted >>as a substitute for a fellow in Franklin Co. NC.. >> >>Does anyone know what year the sun was totally eclipsed in the vicinity >>of Wake or Johnston Co. NC? Is there a web site that would give this >>information? The pension application says the first enlistment was in >>the later stages of the American Revolution--that would make it in the >>late 1770s or early 1780s. >> >>Betty Pace >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks, Rocky, I'll check it out. Joanne

Betty I found this snippet of information Sir Edmund Halley is credited with making the first observations of Bailys beads during the eclipse of 22 April 1715. They were also seen by Maclaurin from Edinburgh during the annular eclipse of 1 March 1737 and by Williams from Revolutionary War America on 27 October 1780 (see Chapter 1) from just outside the path of totality. But it was Francis Bailys widely disseminated description of the phenomenon during the annular eclipse of 15 May 1836 that led to their bearing his name thereafter. http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/eclstuff/observeeclipses/chapter9.htm (bold type by me) (google search = "total eclipse" revolutionary war) However, I also found many documents relating to your James Hall in Johnston N. C.( Rev War- Revolutionary War Pension) on Footnote.com. I just subscribed for a month ($7.95) and thought I'd check. You may have all this already, but it's worth looking at., I think. >Does anyone know what year the sun was totally eclipsed in the vicinity >of Wake or Johnston Co. NC? Is there a web site that would give this >information? > >I have the Revolutionary War Pension Application of James Hall of >Johnston Co., NC. In it he says that he enlisted in the 10th Regiment of >the NC line under Capt. Alsa High.(enlisted for period of nine months). >He could not remember the exact year but said it was the year in which >the sun was totally eclipsed--this was either in the county of Wake or >the county of Johnston in NC. > >Part of his enlistment was under Captains Ramsey and Quinn. He was >discharged in SC when his enlistment was up. He later re-enlisted but I >don't know how long after his first discharge occurrred. He re-enlisted >as a substitute for a fellow in Franklin Co. NC.. > >Does anyone know what year the sun was totally eclipsed in the vicinity >of Wake or Johnston Co. NC? Is there a web site that would give this >information? The pension application says the first enlistment was in >the later stages of the American Revolution--that would make it in the >late 1770s or early 1780s. > >Betty Pace > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message

> Can someone tell me where this is? > Joanne Gaudio There is a Riley Hill Road not far from Zebulon and Wendell. You can see it on Mapquest. Rocky Strickland ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I've been working on my Liles family connections and reading the sections in the Wake Heritage Book written by Luther Calvin Liles, Jr. He mentions the Riley Hill section of Wake Co. a number of times as the area in which members of the Bourbin Liles family lived. Can someone tell me where this is? And even more importantly, how it got it's name? I'm very interested in the family of James Duncan and Mary Polly Nutt Riley in Wake Co. - I have a theory that they were the parents of the Jane Riley ,who married James W. Liles, and also of Burrilda Riley, who married William A. Rhodes. And I know John Nutt, Mary Polly's father, had land in the general area around what is now Wendell. So I'm wondering if there's a connection. There's also another Riley connection in that general area - William Jonathan Riley who married Mittie Ann Pearce, daughter of Gibson Pearce and Esther Nichols, lived in that same area in the mid-1850s because he's mentioned as a contiguous landowner in a deed from Gibson to S. W. Pearce in 1855. I have no idea if there's any relationship between these two Riley families. Help! Thanks. Joanne Gaudio

Allyne, I have an Utley line that started in CT with Samuel Utley, Sr, and continues down to Wake Co, NC. One of my grandfathers(don't remember which number right now) was David Utley who married Mary Elizabeth Penny in 1777 in Wake Co. Lila -------------- Original message from Allyne619@aol.com: -------------- > Just for the record, my great, great grandmother was Martha H. Hunter. She > married John J. Utley 21 Aug 1855...I have a copy of their marriage license. > John's mother may have been Mary Utley but know nothing else about her...nor who > her husband was. Would like to know Martha's parents were. Does her middle > initial stand for "HOLT?" > > Appreciate any info. > Allyne Holland > Blue Ridge, Virginia > > > ************************************** > Get a sneak peek > of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Hi Ressa, Chowan > Carteret > Onslow > Duplin > Wake. Roy Hunter

In a message dated 8/31/2007 2:05:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Allyne619@aol.com writes: Martha H. Hunter. She married John J. Utley 21 Aug 1855... Allyne, this is very difficult without dates of birth or approximations. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hi Roy, What county are your Hunters from? Ressa HUNTR404@cs.com wrote: I am looking for information on parents of Theophilus Hunter. Roy Hunter <>< HUNTR404@cs.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWAKE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.

Just for the record, my great, great grandmother was Martha H. Hunter. She married John J. Utley 21 Aug 1855...I have a copy of their marriage license. John's mother may have been Mary Utley but know nothing else about her...nor who her husband was. Would like to know Martha's parents were. Does her middle initial stand for "HOLT?" Appreciate any info. Allyne Holland Blue Ridge, Virginia ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

There's only once Hunter section in the Wake Co. Heritage Book on Alsey Hunter. I can transcribe it for you if you want it. Theophilus Hunter, whom you mentioned in your second query, is mentioned only once according to the index - in a section on "Turner Ancestors of the Powells" where it is said that Mrs. Anne Turner, in asking to be named guardian of Simon and David Turner, gave Theophilus Hunter and John Turner as securities for her bond. Joanne Gaudio

Theophillus Hunter, Sr. b. 1735 Wake Co, NC d. 1798 Wake Co, NC married Unknown First Wife married Jane Smith Lane Parents Isaac 'Of Crabtree' Hunter, Sr and Sarah Hill Theophillus Hunter b. 1765 Wake Co, NC d. 1818 Wake Co, NC married Flardy McGuffey Parents-Reuben Bonahan Hunter, Sr. and Sarah Speight Helen ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Could some tell me if there is any HUNTER family in the book The Heritage of Wake County? Roy