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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
-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.
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During the lifetime of Thomas Jefferson, as he would travel to his home in Poplar Forest he would stop at Robert Hunter's Tavern. The information comes from a journal, see link below.
Description of Thomas Jefferson's journey to Poplar Forest retreat http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/route-to-poplar-forest
Mile 66.59
"Hunter's breakfast 2.08." Robert Hunter's tavern was on what is now State Route 24 near Concord on the present Campbell-Appomattox county line. In the eyes of his granddaughters, even on the third day on the road, Jefferson was the ideal travelling companion: "His cheerful conversation, so agreeable and instructive, his singing as we journeyed along, made the time pass pleasantly, even travelling through the solitudes of Buckingham and Campbell counties over indifferent roads."
The Tavern is approximately 15 miles east of Forest. And Forest is only about 7 miles east on Hwy 221 from where the McFarlands lived just east of the Otter River.
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1766 - 1827 (61 years)
