To <fred33...>who wrote "I also know that John Hunt's descendents sold their land to the Ames Plantation, but do not know what the boundaries were..still researching that." Ames Plantation has a web site, where you might find some information about the acreage, etc. The Hunts probably owned some of the land which is now Ames, but I believe the main part of the plantation was owned by John Walker Jones, and was originally called Cedar Grove Plantation. Many other people owned tracts which are now part of the 18,567 acres willed to the University of Tennessee in 1950 by Julia Colony Ames. This is a wonderful place to visit and they have a Field Day each year in October when exhibits and demonstrations are shown. The Hunt House MAY be owned by Ames. The Ames page address is <http://www.amesplantation.org.> Some of the Surry/Sussex Co VA Hunts went to Hancock Co GA, but I do not know if they are ancestors of the ones who settled in Hardeman Co. There is an interesting book called _Ambiguous Lives_ which covers the African American Hancock Co GA Hunts.