Telitha C (Gunter) Hill (1813 - 1851)

Ancestors

Biography

Telitha was born in 1813. She was the daughter of John Gunter and Lavinia Thomason. She passed away in 1851.

Married L.W. Hill

She passed away in 1840 and is buried in Gunter Cemetery, Marion County, Tennessee. ^[1]

The Gunter Family Monument, erected by Gunter Descendants 2007 ^[2]

"The Gunter family, headed by Augusta Gunter, Sr., moved from Warren County, Tennessee in c1819 and entered land in Gunter's Cove near the mouth of the Battle Creek. Augusta's children with him at that time were James, Thomas, William, Augusta Jr., and Mary. This enclosure enclosure is the presumed resting place of Augusta Gunter, Sr., who died in 1843, and his wife, whose name remains unknown. Their markers, made of hardwood, have not survived. Augusta's eldest son John moved into the area c1825 and built a home just across the Alabama line next to the Old Stage Road. Although most of Augusta's children moved over time to open up new territories in Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and beyond, John remained until his death in 1853 when the obelisk in the adjacent enclosure was raised to his memory and the memory of his wife Lavinia and daughters Louisa and Telitha. John's son Augustus and many of his descendants are buried in the Mt Carmel Cemetery, six miles southwest along the Old Stage Road to Stevenson. As these intrepid pioneers endured the cruel hardships of opening up a wilderness and bringing civilization to this beautiful valley, they left an indelible imprint on this tangled land they once called home. It is to these brave souls and with the profoundest respect that we now dedicate this monument."

Census Data

1850 census, Jackson county, Jackson, Alabama, United States ^[3]

L W Hill Male 31 Tennessee, Farmer

Taletha Hill Female 37 Tennessee

Mary Maxwell Female 26 Alabama

John Calhoon Male 4 Alabama

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #26512218
2. ↑ The Gunter Family Monument, erected by Gunter Descendants 2007.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH59-ZQD : 12 April 2016), Taletha Hill in household of L W Hill, Jackson county, Jackson, Alabama, United States; citing family 122, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Find A Grave: Memorial #111608868