In a message dated 3/28/01 11:01:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, TNWILSON-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << My gg grandfather was from Lebanon, Wilson County, Tn. His name was William Wright Hunter. Information I have on his father is that he was born and died near Lebanon County, Tennessee. My info says his name was Edward Nicholas, but it may have been shortened to Ned. >> I cannot believe my good fortune in your message to the Wilson County list! As my secretary says, I must have "talked you up!" I have been working on your very line quite extensively in the past month, and wanted to try to track down your part of the family. In fact I was planning to try to do some census work next week to see what I could find on my Texas Hunter cousins. And now, you materialize! Yes! Your William Wright Hunter who married Sophronia Smithwick first was actually born about 1849 or 1850, the eldest child of Edward N. Hunter (called "Ned") and his fist wife, Rachel J. Harvel. W. W. Hunter had one sibling, a sister named Mary Ann Hunter (sometimes called "Polly Ann," c1851-c1886) who married William Asberry Davis (1844-c1910), and they were my great-great grandparents. Edward N. Hunter was the son of Wright Hunter and Elizabeth Chambers who also lived in Wilson County, Tennessee northeast of Lebanon, but they were cousins and had come from Duplin County, North Carolina. Wright Hunter was a son of William Hunter of Duplin County, and Elizabeth Chambers was a daughter of Lewis and Ann (Hunter) Chambers who moved from Duplin to Wilson County in the early 1800s. Wright Hunter and Elizabeth Chambers apparently eloped, as their marriage is recorded in Madison County, Alabama (Huntsville) in 1821. He had been married previously. I am most interested in hearing from you and exchanging information. I can tell you much more. And guess what? My grandmother's brother's middle name was Wright, after William Wright Hunter. My father's middle name is Wright, after his uncle. And my son's middle name is Wright after his grandfather. So your ancestor still has namesakes living and breathing. I will look forward to hearing from you again. Erick Montgomery Augusta, Georgia