Henry Hunter, Jr.

His Camden District, Kershaw Co., S.C. will dated March 19th, 1783 mentions the following people:

• Fanny Hunter (wife)
• Sarah Hunter (mother)
• Henry Hunter (son)
• Henry Starke Hunter (son)
• Elizabeth Hunter (sister)
  • Henry Hunter (nephew, son of sister Elizabeth)
• Mary (Hunter) Caffield (sister)
  • Thomas Caffield (nephew, son of sister Mary)
• Thomas Hunter (brother)
  • Henry Hunter (nephew, son of brother Thomas)
• Sarah (Hunter) Turner (sister)
  • Henry Turner (nephew, son of sister Sarah)
• Archibald Hunter (nephew, parents not named)
• John Chesnut (friend and guardian of sons Henry and Henry Starke)
• Robert Weston (witness)
• John Starke (witness)
• Elizabeth Peay (witness)
• John Belton (witness)
• Pheby (slave)
• Richmond (slave)
• Phereby (slave)
• Harry (slave)
• Charles (slave)
• Dinah (slave)
• Libby (slave)

The will describes the plantation and house on which he presently resides. Additionally he mentioned two plantations in North Carolina on the north side of the Roanoke River, which would be quite a distance from where he died. (Bear in mind that "plantation" is just a synonym for 'farm' and could be of any size, not necessarily very big.)

"South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JDS1-X7?cc=1919417&wc=... : 21 May 2014), Camden, Kershaw > Estate record books, 1782-1823, Vol. A1 > image 254 of 505; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

(I believe my ancestor, Judith (Hunter, ca.1733 - ca.1780), wife of Jacob Perry of Kershaw County, S.C., is probably somehow related to this family. She may have predeceased this Henry Hunter, which may explain why she isn't mentioned in the will. However, none of the Perrys are mentioned in his will. And since this Henry Hunter's eldest son was a minor in 1783, it is less likely Judith was a sister and more probable that she was either his aunt or older cousin. I think Jacob Perry also came from the same general region in North Carolina and/or Virginia.)