John Hunt

Son of James (Rev. War Sol.) and Mary (Rackley) Hunt

Husband of Elizabeth (Bryant) Hunt

Their children were ...

1. Polly P. Hunt
2. Eliza W. Hunt
3. Dicy Ann Hunt
4. Elizabeth S. Hunt
5. Narcissa Hunt
6. James "Jim" Hunt

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 2 2016, 21:45:30 UTC

John Hunt, youngest child of Mary Rackley and James Hunt, was born 24 May 1781 in Franklin County, N.C. He moved to Robertson County, Tenn., with his parents and became an executor of his father's estate (Ref. 19). John received a 540-acre portion of the homeplace, a Negro, a mare, a gun, one bed and furniture, all plantation tools, and all that was left to the widow. John was taxable in Robertson County in 1812 (Ref. 53). John apparently did not marry until he was nearly 40 years old. His wife, Elizabeth Bryant, was born about 1801 (Ref. 27). Census data for 1820 through 1850 indicate that John and Elizabeth may have had as many as eight children. At the time of the 1820 census, John had four females in his household: one born prior to 1775 (probably his mother), two born 1794 to 1804, and one born 1804 to 1810 (Ref. 22). The young women were either the children of an unknown first wife or, more likely, Elizabeth and two of her sisters. By 1830 John and Elizabeth had two sons and three daughters, unless one or more of the children belonged to the second adult female in their household. The male born 1750 to 1760 probably was John's older brother, Henry. At the time of the 1850 census, the couple had three children still living at home: ELIZABETH, b. 1832, NARCTSSY C., b. 1833, and JAMES V. (= B.) HUNT, b. 1836. John apparently died prior to the 1860 census (Ref. 40), for Elizabeth headed her own household in Cheatam County, Tenn., in 1860 (Ref. 50). Living with her were James B. Hunt, 24, and a 63-year-old female, N. P. Bryan(t), apparently the same person as the Nancy L. Bryan(t) who was living with John and Elizabeth in 1850, and presumably Elizabeth's unmarried sister. Dates of death and the place of burial are not known for John and Elizabeth Hunt.