CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  William Hunter

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson - Page 322

WILLIAM HUNTER. 

The end of an eventful life came with the passing of Captain William 
Hunter, on March 25, 1907. He was native of Texas, born in the old 
Hunter homestead, near the head waters of Oyster Creek, in July, 1830, 
and was therefore nearly seventy-seven years old. This old homestead 
stands today, and should be famous as the headquarters of Santa Anna 
just before the battle of San Jacinto, and from its bountiful 
storehouse he fed his pillaging host.

Captain Hunter was the son of Dr. Johnson Hunter, of Missouri, and the 
last survivor of the family.  His elder brother was the first white 
child born in Texas or in the Austin colony. In 1852 William Hunter 
sought the gold fields of California, where he remained for some years. 
Returning to Texas, he was married in 1860 to Miss Mary Barrett Allen, 
of Kentucky, and to them were born two sons and three daughters. 
Early in 1862 he enlisted in the 15th Texas Infantry, and served his
country to the end. - Confederate Veteran.