Jackson County AlArchives Biographies.....Hunt, R. C. 1850 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 8, 2011, 7:24 pm Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers R. C. HUNT, Attorney at Law, was born February 5, 1850, in Franklin County, Tenn. His father, William Hunt, was born in the same place in 1812. He was a substantial farmer, and served as a captain in the Florida War. He died in 1862. He married Miss Annis Clayton, a native of Jackson County, Ala., and daughter of R. B. Clayton, of North Carolina, who came to Alabama about 1820. R. B. Clayton was the first Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jackson County. He died in Baldwin, Miss., in 1872, at the age of 82 years. R. C. Hunt received his early education in the common schools of Tennessee. In 1870 he began the study of law, and in 1871 was admitted to the bar at Winchester, Tenn. He commenced the practice of his profession in Texas, but located in Seottsboro, in 1875, where he has since established a very successful practice. Mr. Hunt was married in April, 1877, to Miss Annie Scruggs, a daughter of Frederick and Margaret (Kimbrough) Scruggs, of East Tennessee. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART III. HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE. CEREAL BELT. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jackson/bios/hunt860gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb