CAMPBELL COUNTY, VA - HISTORY - Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches
			Family  Sketches - Hunter
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                   CAMPBELL CHRONICLES and FAMILY SKETCHES

              Embracing the History of CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA
                                  1782-1926
                                By R. H. EARLY
                              With Illustrations
                              J. P. BELL COMPANY
                           LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 1927


Hunter

  The founder of the Hunter family was of Scotch ancestry. John Hunter, Sr.,
came to America from Scotland in colonial times and settled near Fredericksburg,
Va., married Henrietta Davidson and had four children, of whom John, Jr., the
eldest, married Rachel McFarland and moved south of James river, fourteen or
fifteen miles below Lynchburg to a homestead called Clover Green. He patented
4OO acres on both sides of Russell's creek, 1751, in Lunenburg county. Children:

—John, 3rd, a surveyor by profession, and a Revolutionary \Var pensioner in
1835, had also served in the Indian War of 1758 as sergeant in a Bedford
company,- his father being captain of an Albemarle company during the same war.
In 1768 John Hunter patented 9O acres on Falling river; his former patent
located land on Russell, a branch of Mayo. John Hunter was among the first
justices of Campbell. In 1783 he was appointed sheriff with Alexander Hunter,
his deputy; again sheriff in 1789 with Josias Bullock as deputy. In 1811 the
people of Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell and Greenbrier counties petitioned for
the establishment of the Great Western Turnpike from Hunter's, on the main
Richmond road through Lynchburg, to Lewisburg, Greenbrier county. John Hunter
married Mrs. Mary Stith-Early, sister of Richard Stith and widow (2nd wife) of
Colonel Jeremiah Early.

  —Robert lived and died at Clover Green, his father's old home, and had a large
family, though his will, written in 1827, mentions only his sons, Robert to whom
he had lent money, and Ellis, who, with Robert, was appointed executor; and a
daughter, Jane S. Rogers, to whom he had also advanced money. A $3O,OOO bond was
required of the executors, for which Washington Hunter furnished security.

  1815-Robert Hunter, Jr., patented land, 85 1/2 acres adjoining Jones, Glass,
Tanner and Martin, on Reedy creek, and Stonewall road. Colonel Richard Lewis
Hunter, youngest son of Robert, Sr., moved to Milledgeville, Ga., and his
daughter, Molly, married Judge L. C. Hall of Dardanelles, Arkansas. In 1813
Robert Hunter patented 28 acres on the ridge between Wreck Island and Reedy
creeks. Thomas Hunter, in 1795, married Jemmia Fields, and patented land, 14 3/4
acres, adjoining Jones and Wilson. John Hunter patented 11OO acres on Martin's
creek and a branch of Falling river in 1815. Robert Hunter added to his Reedy
creek land in 1844.

—Elizabeth married John May of North Carolina.

—James patented land on Wreck Island creek in 1770, moved in 1804 to
Russellville, Logan county, Ky.; Rev. Hiram A. Hunter was his son.

—Alexander patented land on the bottom which leads to Mulberry creek, east
branch of the north fork of Falling river in 1819. He was an eccentric
character, and gave himself the nickname of "Devil" Aleck.

—Major Benjamin Hunter remained in Campbell, had a family of 13 children, and
has many descendants in the county.

  Descendants of John Hunter, Sr., still reside in Hat Creek neighborhood.


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