Judith Gupton

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Judith (Judy) Hunt, daughter of Mary Rackley and James Hunt, was born 9 August 1777 in present-day Franklin County, N.C. Judith and Abner Gupton obtained a marriage bond in Franklin County on 30 August 1796 (Ref. 23). The bondsman was James Hunt, and the witness was Green Hill Jr. A son of James Gupton and Sarah H. Foster (Ref. 24), Abner was born in North Carolina in 1761. Serving in the Continental Line during the American Revolution, he was wounded while fighting in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on 15 March 1781 (Ref. 39).

On 29 December 1807, Abner sold his land in Franklin County to Michael Eley (Ref. 39). In 1808 he, Judy, and their four children moved to Tennessee, where three more children were born. The Guptons settled in a portion of Montgomery County that later fell into Cheatham County (Ref. 

39). On 21 July 1808 Abner purchased 300 acres of land on Half Pone Creek at the mouth of the Raccoon Fork (Ref. 39). On 4 September 1808, he added 320 acres to his holdings (Ref. 39). Known as Gupton's Cross Roads in the early years, the settlement was renamed "Henrietta" sometime prior to the 1860 census. According to family tradition the new name was chosen because of Ab's granddaughter, Henrietta Gupton Duke, daughter of Robert Thomas 

Gupton (Ref. 39). Henrietta was born in 1851, and the settlement bore the name Henrietta at the time of the 1860 census. "Judah Guffton" was mentioned in her father's will which left her $1 (Ref. 19) Judith died on 14 April 1841 (Re f . 2 0 , 3 9) . On 5 October 1841, Abner married Martha A. Ward Power, widow of Samuel D. Power (Ref. 20,39). Martha and Samuel's daughter, Martha Henrietta, married Abner and Judith's son Robert (Ref. 20,39). Abner died 20 August 1859. He and Judith are buried in the Ab Gupton Cemetery, also known as the Gupton Old Quarter Cemetery, 1.8 miles southeast of Mount Herman Bapt1stChurch in Cheatham County (Ref. 20). [Information on Abner and Judith Hunt Gupton was adapted from the writings of Edna Zornes Cabler (Re f . 39) and the genealogical records of Tess Elliott