Mary Gabrielle (Rackley) Hunt (abt. 1727 - 1803)

Born about 1727 in Essex, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James G. Hunt Sr. — married about 1754 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1803 at about age 76 in Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Mary (Rackley) Hunt was a Virginia colonist.

Mary Rackley was born in 1727 in Essex County, Virginia, daughter of John Rackley III and his wife Mary. Later, they moved to Bute County (present day Franklin County), North Carolina. ^{[1] [2]}

Mary Rackley and James Hunt were married about 1753, [based on the date of birth given for their oldest known child]. ^[3]

James Hunt was born July 24, 1732 ^[3], a son of Henry Hunt and his wife Agnes B. Hare. ^[4] Henry and Agnes Hunt were John and Mary Rackley's neighbors on the north side of the Tar River, just a short distance downstream from the present-day town of Louisburg. Henry and his family moved to Bute County, North Carolina from Brunswick County, Virginia, about 1742. ^{[5] [6] [7]} James was born in Surry County, Va. ^[8] Henry was a son of William Hunt and Sarah Wyche (apparently a daughter of Henry Wyche). Henry Hunt's will ^[4] dated November 13, 1750 and recorded in Granville County ( present day Franklin County), North Carolina in March of the following year. Executors were James, who was then under 21 years of age, and his mother, Agnes. James received "land above my plantation whereon I now live adjoining Buffalo Creek, & Negro Boy, Cato," John Rackley's 1769 Bute County Will ^[1] named Mary Hunt as a daughter and left his homeplace to his grandson Henry Hunt, who was only about 14 years old at the time. James Hunt was an executor along with Person Rackley. James served with several of the Rackley men in Capt. Benjamin Simms Company of the Granville Militia. ^[9] James Hunt owned two tracts of land in addition to that inherited from his father. On October 28, 1761 James purchased 160 acres on the north side of Tar River on Buffalo Branch from John Stallion. ^[10] That tract was part of 640 acres granted to Osborn Jeffreys in 1752 and described in the deed to Stallion as "land at the upper line of land formerly of Henry Hunt." On 6 March 1789, George Hunt deeded his brother James 140 acres on the north bank of Tar River. ^[11] That property was the Henry Hunt homeplace, which George had inherited from their father.

James took the Oath of Allegiance in Bute County in February 1778 ^[12] along with his brother George, his son James, and other men living in Capt. Milner's District.

In the September 1786 term of court, James, James Jr., George, William, and Moses Hunt were appointed to work on the road from Buffalo Creek to The Granery. ^[13]. James and Mary remained in Franklin County until after the birth of their youngest child ^[3] and until after the 1790 census. ^[14] On October 6, 1796, they sold all 575 acres of their land on the north side of the Tar River adjoining Buffalo Creek to Henry G. Williams. ^[15] Witnesses were George Tunstall, Sion Hunt, and W. A. Simmons.

Shortly thereafter, James and Mary moved to Tennessee County, North Carolina, a region that became known as Robertson County and Montgomery County when the State of Tennessee was established in 1796. On July 19, 1797, James bought land in Robertson County ^{[16] [17]} Mary Rackley Hunt was still living when James Hunt died in Robertson County. James Hunt's Will dated August 22, 1803, was proved in the February 1805 term of court. His inventory, dated April 13, 1805, included 640 acres of land, two slaves, five horses, 17 cattle, 70 hogs, three feather beds, a shotgun, a rifle, two spinning wheels, a Bible, a hymnal, two books of sermons, and four volumes of Fletcher's Works. Mary's date of death and the place of burial for James and Mary are unknown. Names and dates of birth for the children of James and Mary Hunt are taken from Willis Hunt's Day Book. ^[3]

CHILDREN OF MARY RACKLEY and James Hunt

1. HENRY HUNT b. 17 Sept. 1755

2. LUCY HUNT b. 18 May 1757 d. 4 Nov. 1846 m. John Teasley (ca. 1775) d. 1816, Montgomery County, Tenn,

3. MARY HUNT b. 16 Apr, 1759 m. Joshua Jones

4. MOSES HUNT b. 18 June 1760 d. 1842, Elbert County, Georgia m. Tamar Tyner

5. JAMES HUNT JR. b. 6 June 1762, Franklin Co.NC d. 23 Mar. 1832, Elbert County, Georgia.m. Jemima Carter (11 Nov. 1790, Wilkes Co., Ga.)

6. SHADRACK HUNT b. 11 Apr. 1764 d. ca. 1847 m, Elizabeth Whitehouse (bond, 27 Dec. 1789, Franklin County, North Carolina.;

7. AGNES HUNT b. 27 July 1766 m. Conrad Coon(e)

8. WILLIAM HUNT b. 9 Nov. 1768 d. after 1830 census m. Frances Lewis

9. MATTHEW HALE HUNT b. 26 Apr. 1771 d. 1832, Tenn. m. Nancy Kilbro/Kimbro (bond, 13 Nov. 1797, Davidson Co., Tenn.) ^[18]

10. SION HUNT b. 30 Sept, 1773 d. 1851 t m. Rebecca Dunham/Durham (bond, 11 Feb, 1801, Davidson Co., Tenn. ^[18]

11. JUDITH HUNT b. 9 Aug. 1777 m. Abner Gupton (bond, 30 Aug. 1796, Franklin Co., North Carolina. ^[19]

12. JOHN HUNT b. 24 May 1781 d. 1850/1860 m. Elizabeth Bryant b. 1801 d. after 1860 census^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bute County, N.C., Will Book, pages 86-87. Original volume in N.C. State Library, Raleigh.
2. ↑ complied and Edited by Eloise Fretz Potter and Thomas Wiley Rackley, 1984 Microfilm #6381, G. S. call # 6049381 Library B, MARRIAGE: DEATH: The Descendants of Edward Rackley of Virginia.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Willis Hunt Day Book. Copy of original in Georgia Archives.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Granville County, N.C., Unrecorded Wills, 1746-1787, in back of Book 29. Original on file at North Carolina State Library, Raleigh.
5. ↑ Brunswick County, Virginia., Will and Deed Book Volume 1, 1732-1742, pages 351-354.
6. ↑ Brunswick County, Virginia., Deed Book Volume 2, page 196.
7. ↑ Edgecombe County, North Carolina Deed Book Volume 5 page130.
8. ↑ Gheesling, Catherine Bond. 1987. Notes on William Huntt/Hunt of Southside Virginia & Descendants. Typescript, DAR Library, Washington, D. C.
9. ↑ Saunders, Wm. L. 1886. The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol. 4. P. M. Hale, Raleigh.
10. ↑ Granville County, North Carolina, Deed Book E, pages 348-349.
11. ↑ Franklin County, N.C., Deed Book 7, pages 19-20.
12. ↑ Warren County, N.C., Bicentennial Committee. 1977. Bute County Committee of Safety, Minutes 1775-1776. Appendix II.
13. ↑ "Minutes of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Dec. 1785 to Dec 1786, Franklin County, North Carolina" N.C. Genealogical Society Journal 7, page102.
14. ↑ 1790 Federal Census, Franklin County, North Carolina.
15. ↑ Franklin County, N.C., Deed Book 8, page 26.
16. ↑ Hunt Genealogical Folder, Georgia Archives, 1983. Papers from the Laura Lee Satterfield Collection #77-349. (Letter 1931 from N.C. Dept. of State regarding a purchased grant of 640 acres in Tennessee County by James Hunt on 19 July 1797 from State of N.C.)
17. ↑ Robertson County, Tenn., Deed Book A, 1796-1838:123 19. Robertson County, Tenn., Will Book 1_139-141
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Whitley, Edythe Rucker. 1981. Marriages of Davidson County, Tennessee, 1789-1847.
19. ↑ Bradley, Stephen E., Jr. 1989. Franklin County, North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1779-1868. Published by author, South Boston, Va.
20. ↑ http://www.cydrawls.com/rackley.html