Tamar Hunt

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 2 2016, 21:14:31 UTC

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It was in the early morning in the county of Elbert, in the state of Georgia, Richard Tyner left his home to go hunting. After he left, the cabin, with his wife and children, was attacked by Indians. Mrs. Tyner was killed, along with her infant child whose head was bashed against a tree. Noah, a son, hid in a hollow tree which was thereafter known as Noah's Ark. Another son jumped in a creek and hid. Two young, teenaged daughers, Tamar and Mary, were taken captive.

The two young girls were taken to a Coweta town and became slaves to the Indians. One day, a French trapper, John Manack, came to trade with the Indians. He saw the two white girls, and instantly recognized them as the missing Tyner girls. He offered to buy them. The Indians sold Mary to him, but because she was such a hard worker, refused to sell Tamar. He took Mary back to Elbert County where she mourned for her lost sister. Manack went back to the village and insisted he be allowed to buy Tamar, telling them he would bring soldiers back to take her. They refused and made plans to murder Tamar. An old Indian woman with whom Tamar lived, provided her with provisions and a canoe. Tamar escaped down Tallauga Falls under the cover of darkness. All night she floated down the river and hid in the brush by day. After many days, she came to the Gulf of Mexico and was picked up by a passing freighter. She was taken to Savannah, Georgia and transported back home to Elbert County.

Daughter of Richard (Rev. War Sol.) and Elizabeth Jane Tyner
Wife of Moses Hunt (Rev. War Sol.)
Moses Hunt and Tamar Tyner's children were ...

1. Henry Hunt (m. Elizabeth Robeson)
2. Mary Ann Hunt (m. James A. Adams)
3. George Hunt (m. Elizabeth Priscilla Adams)
4. James "Jim" Hunt
5. John Singleton Hunt (m. Mary A. Gaines)
6. Joel (m. Virginia Sidney Crawford)
7. Joshua T. Hunt
8. Richard Tyner Hunt
9. Nancy Hunt (m. Lawrence M. Adams)

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

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Updated memorial:
From Historical Collections of Georgia, published by the DAR. pgs 440-441, and Memoirs of Georgia pg 82-83, 1895, the following information is provided.
At the time Richard Tyner and his young family settled in northern Georgia, King George II of England had appointed John Reynolds captain-general and governor-in-chief of his majesty's province of Georgia. Citizens in the upper part of the state wrote many letters explaining that the French had seduced the Creek Indians drawing them to their interests. People were abandoning settlements and moving to Augusta and nearby towns for safety. It was during this time of unrest the following occurred.
In 17--, there lived upon the banks of Coody's Creek, in the flat woods, in what is now called Elbert County, Mr. Richard Tyner, a poor, though respectable man. During his absence one day, a party of savages attacked his house. They immediately killed Mrs. Tyner. They then seized the youngest child, and dashed out its brains against a tree. Another child they scalped, and left it for dead. A little boy, the son of Mr. Tyner, named Noah, amidst the confusion escaped the notice of the Indians, and crept into a hollow tree, which for may years afterwards was known by the name of Noah's Ark. An elder son of Mr. Tyner fled to the Savannah River, and was pursued by some of the Indians, but he effected his escape. Mary and Tamar, the daughters of Mr. Tyner, the Indians carried off to the Coweta Towns. There they remained for several years, when an Indian trader named Manack purchased Mary, who returned with him to the county of Elbert, and became his wife. When he returned to the Indian nations he offered to purchase Tamar, but the Indians refused to sell her. The main employment of Tamar was to bring wood. Upon a certain occasion, an old Indian woman informed her that her captors, suspecting that she was trying to escape, had resolved to burn her alive. The feelings of the poor girl can be better imagined than described. She determined at all risks to escape. The Indian woman supplied her with provisions and a canoe, accompanied with directions how to proceed down the Chattahoochee River. Bidding adieu to her benefactress Tamar Launched her canoe, and commenced her perilous voyage. During the day she secreted herself amidst the thick swamps of the river, and at night pursued her course. She finally reached Appalachicola Bay, embarked on board of a vessel, and arrived in Savannah. By the assistance of some of the citizens, she was enabled to reach her home in Elbert, where she afterwards married Mr. Hunt. Many of her descendants are still living, who will vouch for the truth of this story.

The children of Moses and Tamer (Tyner) Hunt listed in the book The Official History of Elbert County 1790-1935 by John H. McIntosh were ...

1. Henry Hunt - b. 17 Sep 1755 (m. Elizabeth Robeson)
2. Lucy Hunt - b. 18 May 1757, d. 1846; (m. John Teasley, III, b. 1755, d. Apr 1816, RW Soldier)
3. Mary Ann Hunt b. 16 Apr 1759 (m. James A. Adams)
4. Moses Hunt - b. 28 Jun 1760 (m. Tamar Tyner)
5. James "Jim" Hunt - b. 6 Jun 1762 d. 23 Mar 1832 (m. Jemimah Carter on 11 Nov 1790, b. 1772, d. 7 Jan 1869)
6. Shadrack Hunt b. 11 Apr 1764, (m. Elzabeth Whitehouse)
7. Agnes Hunt b. 27 Jul 1766 (m. Mr. Coon)
8. William Hunt - b. 9 Nov 1768
9. Matthew Hunt - b. 26 Apr 1771
10. Sion Hunt - b. 30 Sep 1773
11. Judith Hunt - b. 9 Aug 1777 (m. Abner Gupton)
12. John Hunt b. 24 May 1781
The children documented below by another research were not listed in the above book:

1. George Hunt
2. Joel Hunt (m. Virginia Sidney Crawford)
3. Joshua T. Hunt
4. Richard Tyner Hunt
5. Nancy Hunt (m. Lawrence M. Adams)

Elbert County Historical Society compiled a book entitled Early Cemeteries and Gravestones of Elbert County Georgia, 1798-1919. This book states that "Mary Tamar Tyner Hunt (w/o Moses) (Marker is in 9-James Hunt).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41035803/mary-tamar-hunt