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- Mary Helen Haines notes:
I have come to the conclusion that the John Hunter who married Rachel McFarland is the son of Alexander Hunter, instead of John Hunter who was married to Henrietta Davidson. Alexander Hunter, married to Elizabeth Steele, was the brother of John Hunter who married Henrietta Davidson. Therefore the following article is incorrect in the highlighted section below. It was the Col. James Martin autobiography discussing his mother's (Jane Hunter) siblings that helped straighten this out.
Therefore the following article is incorrect in naming this John Hunter as the son of John Hunter and Henrietta Davidson, since he was not mentioned in John Hunter Sr.'s will, yet he was still alive. Alexander Hunter does have a son named John Hunter that is mentioned in Alexander's will.
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 War 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.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jonesinvirginia/hunter.htm
Hunter, John II b. 1737
d. 1796 in Campbell County, Virginia son of John Hunter and Henrietta Davidson.
He married Rachel McFarland. Their children -
1) John III (1760 - )
2) Elizabeth (1761 - ) m. John Walker, son of David Walker Jr.
3) Alexander (1763 - )
4) Robert (1765 - )
5) James (1767 - 1815)
6) Benjamin (1775 - 1845)
In 1751 John Hunter patented 400 acres of land on both sides of Russell's Creek, a branch of the Mayo River in Lunenburg County and he came to Bedford County, Virginia circa 1756
and patented 800 acres of land that now lies in Appomattox County, Virginia.
In 1768 he bought 90 acres of land on Falling River. He called his farm "Clover Green" and he built Hunter's Tavern on the "Great Road" to Richmond. John Hunter married secondly on 5 Feb 1790 in Campbell County, Virginia, the widow, Mrs. Mary Stith Early daughter
of Colonel Drury Stith and Elizabeth Buckner and widow of Jeremiah Early.
Campbell County was formed out of Bedford Co. in 1782.
The Bedford County grantor/grantee index I have the following:
DB 1, pg 93 1756, Alexander Hunter (grantee) and W Still et aux 1060
Acres on Wreck Island Cr (this is north of Appomattox)
DB1, pg 267-1760 John Hunter (grantee) and Paul Still 400 acres on
Falling R, 270 a on Headwaters of Falling River.
Db 1, pg 279-1760 John Hunter (grantee) and Alex'r Hunter 330 acres
on upper fork of Wreck Cr
Db 1, pg 494-1761 James Hunter (grantee) and Alex'r Hunter 239 acres
on s branch of Wreck Cr adj John Carson
Db 2, pg 207-1763 James Hunter (grantee) and Alexander Hunter
350acres on branches of Wreck Island Cr and s side of Fluvanna River
Db 3, pg 124- Elizabeth, Edward Hunter et al (grantor) to Alex'r
Hunter 375 acres on both sides of Wreck Is Cr adj John Carson Date?
HUNTER, JOHN
Campbell Co, Va. Will filed June 7, 1796.
wife (former husband Jere Early).
s. Benjamin Hunter.
s. John Hunter.
8. Alexander Hunter.
s. Robert Hunter.
s. James Hunter.
d. Elizabeth Hunter.
I just read on-line at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/JonesInVirginia/conversations/messages/101
"John and Rachel are buried in the # 2 graveyard of Old Concord Presbyterian Church,
Appomattox County, Virginia, not far from their home farm. The this
cemetery is about 2400 meters miles east of # 1 and marked by a cemetery
only..no trace of the original church remains. This church was called
Reedy Springs church and was named for the reeds which grew by a spring
near the church. It is located south of HW 460. It was on the south side
of the old Richmond Road. John WILSON donated the land for this church.
Tradition says that it was located in a school house by the name of Reedy Springs. Some forty graves are still extant in the cemetery. MC N
37 56' 30.68"
In 1751 John HUNTER patented 400 acres of land on both sides of Russell's Creek, a branch of the Mayo River in
Lunenburg County and he came to Bedford County, Virginia circa 1756 and patented 800 acres of land that now lies in Appomattox County, Virginia. (MHH notes: this is land purchased by his uncle John Hunter. In 1751 this John Hunter would have only been abt. 15 years old.)
In 1768 he bought 90 acres of land on Falling River. He called his farm
"Clover Green" and he built HUNTER'S TAVERN on the "Great Road" to
Richmond. An early map of the area done in 1807 clearly shows HUNTER'S
Tavern, but Concord is not shown. " (MHH: this is correctly attributed)
MHH notes: However, if they are buried there, their names do not show up on any lists that I have found. Their stones are probably not there, or unreadable. There are three Hunter infants there, but with no years indicated.
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1736 - 1796 (60 years)
