Shadrack Hunt

Shadrack Hunt, son of Mary Rackley and James Hunt, was born in present day Franklin County, N.C., 11 April 1764. According to the bond, Shadrack married Elizabeth Whitehouse in Franklin County, N.C., on, or shortly after, 27 December 1787 (Ref. 23). In 1789, he witnessed a deed in Franklin County, and he headed a household there on the 1790 census. In 1800 Shadrack was living in adjacent Wake County. His father's will, written in Robertson County, Tenn., and dated 22 August 1803, left Shadrack one Negro named Milly (Ref. 19). He was taxable in Davidson County, Tenn., in 1811 and in Robertson County in 1812 (Ref. 53,54). Shadrack, who would have been about 76 years old in 1840, appears to be the "Sh. Hunt," 70 to 80 years old, on the 1840 census of Robertson County (Ref. 22). The will of a Shadrack Hunt was recorded in Robertson County in 1847 (Re f 35) . Name s of Shadrack and Elizabeth's children have not been determined, but a census matrix (Ref. 22) suggests that they had five sons and five daughters.