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Thomas Hunt

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Elkins, Randolph County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: January 26, 1842 (70)
Preston County, West Virginia, USA
Place of Burial: Laren Cemetery, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of John Elias Hunt and Priscilla Hunt
Husband of Nancy Ann Hunt and Elizabeth Hunt
Father of Simeon Jackson Hunt; William Hunt; John Hunt; Priscilla Hunt; Thomas Jefferson Hunt and 10 others
Brother of Sarah Hunt; Priscilla Hunt; Elizabeth Jackson and Mary Ann Hunt

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About Thomas Hunt

Note 1815 Russell Co Va Tax List
THOMAS HUNT, three farms, one in the New Garden, 280 acres having thereon one dwelling house of wood, one story, 29 feet by 19 feet, one barn of wood, one stable, one loom house, one corn house; two in Elk Garden, 250 acres having thereon one dwelling house of wood, one and a half stories, 36 feet by 20 feet, one barn of wood, two stables, one smoke house, one spring house, valued at $1590; N.B. 425 acres in the New Garden and Elk Garden having thereon no improvements valued at $275; total $1865.

Russell Co. Va. Law Order Book

P227 - Call Court at Russell Courthouse, August 14, 1795, for the examination of Thomas Hunt on suspicion that he feloniously took and robbed Ann Jackson of Sundry cloathes on the highway of the value of 2 dollars and likewise an infant to the great danger of its life.

P228 - Thomas Hunt charged with being the father of a bastard child by Anne Jackson entered into a recognizance bond with Simon Cockrell for the maintenance of the bastard child, that he will pay quarterly and that the mother of the child will keep it the first year

P259 - Thomas Hunt & Elizabeth, recognizance bond with Simon Cockrell & Robert Willson, securities. Condition that he be of good behavior towards the citizens of the Commonwealth particularly towards Simeon Jackson for 12 months & 1 day.

HUNT, Thomas; m. Elizabeth COCKRELL in RCV on 06 Sep 1791 (RCV LOB 6:347, 01 May 1821)

HUNT, Thomas; m. Nancy JACKSON, in Russell Co.Va. on 25 May 1806 (RCV LOB 6:347, 01 May 1821) ("At Court 20 Apr 1821...examination of Thomas Hunt charged with the crime of bigamy by marrying Nancy Jackson...he having before that time...married Elizabeth Cockrell who was living at the time of his marriage with the said Nancy Jackson... acquitted...discharged...")

                               Land Grant to Thomas Hunt - 1798
                              200 Acres in Russell County, Virginia
                                 Virginia Grants 46, Page 529
             Warrant dated 12 Sep 1798, Survey dated 20 Nov 1798, Recorded 18 Dec 1800

James Monroe, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, To all To whom these presents shall come,Greeting: Know ye That by virtue of part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant Number 2,534 issued the 12th September, 1798, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Thomas HUNT, a certain tract or parcel of Land containing 200 acres by survey bearing date 20th day of November one thousand and seven hundred and Ninety-eight, lying and being in the County of Russell the waters of Clinch River and bounded as followeth, To wit, BEGINNING at three oaks corner to James Osburn and John Marshall and with Marshall's line North seventeen degrees East sixty seven poles to a large white oak, North sixty two degrees West twelve poles to a white walnut, corner to James Wharton's land with his line North sixty nine degrees East two hundred and twenty poles to a stake and forked white oak corner to Frederick Fraley's line and with said line South fifty degrees East one hundred and eighty eight poles to a walnut on the side of a ridge South eighty five degrees West two hundred poles to two white oaks at the foot of a ridge South seventy four degrees West one hundred and forty nine poles to a black oak and white oak corner to James Osburn and with his line North twenty six degrees West one hundred poles to the beginning. With its appurtenances to Have and to Hold said tract or parcel of land; with its appurtenances to the said Thomas Hunt and his Heirs forever.

In Witness thereof the said James Monroe Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereto, set his hand and caused the Lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond, on the eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred, and of the Commonwealth the Twenty-fifth.

Signed, James Monroe

RUSSELL COUNTY, DEED BOOK #1 ABSTRACTS

                                           1786 - 1795

Page 287 - August 27, 1793 between John Arther & Priscilla and Thomas Hunt...50 acres... Beginning on the west side of a path...at the foot of the House & Barn Mountain...
Signed: John Arther & Priscilla Arther. Witnesses: J. A. Blair, Nathan Ellington, Robert Atkinson

The Russell County Surveyors Book 1 1786-1799
Page 351 - December 2, 1798 - Thomas Hunt - 95 ac - Treasury Warrant 2366 dated January 1, 1798 - on the waters of Ceder Creek - corner to Alexander Murphey - line of Robert Preston - corner to John Murphey

Page 352 - December 12, 1798 - Thomas Hunt - 300 ac - part of 3 Treasury Warrants; 148 ac by 2173 dated April 14, 1797, 64 ac by warrant 19 & 88, warrant 2534, dated September 12, 1798 for 300 ac - on the north side of Clinch Mountain - corner to said Hunt - crossing the north fork of Indian Creek - corner to Isaac More - corner to Richard Price - line of George Mutter -

Page 360 - November 20, 1798 - Thomas Hunt - 200 ac - part of Treasury Warrant 2534 dated September 12, 1798 - corner James Osburn and John Marshal - corner to James Whartons land - corner to Frederick Fryley

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BIO: 1. Simeon JACKSON b. 7 Jan 1746, Chowan, NC, m. 28 Jul 1767 , in Rowan Co., NC (Lutheran Church), Martha Patty SMYTH, b. 21 Oct 1749, Anson or Rowan, NC, (daughter of John Elias SMYTH and Margaretha (?)) d. 11 Jan 1826, Russell Co., VA. Simeon died 21 Nov 1820. Bought land in 1790 from Mose SKEGGS. Children: i. Elijah JACKSON b. 10 May 1768, Randolph Co, NC, m. (1) Livinia TAYLOR, m. (2) Nancy TAYLOR. Elijah died 11 May 1824 Russell Co. VA. ii. William JACKSON b. 27 May 1773, Tenton, Randolph Co, NC, m. abt 1833, in Russell Co, VA, Mary HUNT. William died 18 Dec 1843, Muhlenberg Co, KY. iii. Nancy JACKSON b. 14 Feb 1775 Randolph Co, NC, m. 25 May 1806, in Russell Co, VA IMPLIEDv Thomas HUNT. Nancy died 17 Apr 1847, St. Lewis, MO. 2. iv Levi JACKSON b. 1777. v. Polly JACKSON b. 6 Jan 1780, Stokes Co., NC, m. Zachariah MOULDEN. Polly died 1849, Smyth Co, VA [Error - Polly died in Fayetteville, Washington Co., AR, see her notes]. vi. Eli JACKSON b. 18 Nov 1783, Randolph Co, NC, m. abt 1801, Elizabeth HUNT. Eli died aft 1860, Russell Co, VA. vii Rebecca JACKSON. viii Hiram JACKSON. ix James JACKSON b. 18 Nov 1769, Randolph Co, NC, m. Elizabeth Jane MUTTER. James died 7 May 1800, Lee Co, VA. x John JACKSON b. 21 Mar 1771, Randolph Co, NC, m. Flora (?). John died 1817, Kentucky.
Source - The Jackson Genealogy, Collected, Compiled and Edited by Ruth Barton Tiller, Supplemented by Lehman Tiller, Published by Lehman Tiller, Ruth B. Tiller, Maretta Tiller Lester, Stafford Tiller, Regina Tiller Street and Marcus Tiller (1997), p. 1.

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Thomas Hunt's Timeline

1771
October 8, 1771
Elkins, Randolph County, Virginia, Colonial America
1792
July 11, 1792
Swords Creek, Russell County, Virginia, United States
July 11, 1792
Russell, Virginia, United States
1793
1793
Swords Creek, Russell, Virginia, United States
1793
Virginia, United States
1793
Swords Creek, Russell, Virginia, United States
1794
1794
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
1794
Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
1795
July 29, 1795
Swords Creek, Russell County, Virginia, United States