Charles Moore Hunt (1742 - 1818)

Born 19 Sep 1742 in Hunterdon, New Jersey

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Died 27 Aug 1818 at age 75 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Charles Moore Hunt, the son of Jonathan Hunt and Polly Smith was born about 1742 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA^[1]

He married 15 year old Francina Smith about 1765 when he was 23-years-old.^[2] She is believed to be the daughter of John Smith and Rebecca Catherine Anderson.

The children of Francina and Charles Hunt include:^[3]

• James Hunt (1761-1838) * Questionable as son of Charles Hunt and Francina.
• Timothy Hunt (1771-1823)
• George Hunt (1775-1842)
• Jonathan Hunt (1776 - 1833)
• Sarah Hunt Sedgwick (1779 -1843)
• Smith Hunt (1782 - 1855)
• William Hill Hunt (1785 - 1842)
• Nancy Hunt Wyatt (1787-1822)
• Catherine Hunt Bradbury (1788 - 1843)
• Stephen Gano Hunt 1795 – 1837

By 1768 Charles Hunt and family were living in The Jersey Settlement in Rowan County, North Carolina. ^[4] He continued to live in Rowan County until at least 1810.

At some point after 1810 Charles removed to Wayne County Indiana where he died 27 Aug 1818 (aged 75) in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, United States and was buried at Elkhorn Cemetery in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, United States.^[5]

Research Notes - History of Hopewell New Jersey

The earliest families of Jersey Settlement came from Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where some had been members of Pennington's Presbyterian Church, and others were Quakers and Baptists who baptized their children in St. Mary's Episcopal church for practical, political reasons.  The earliest families identified in Jersey Settlement c1745 were those of Jonathan Hunt, (Charles' father), Thomas and Rebecca (Anderson) Smith, Robert Heaton, and John Titus. (Hunt and Titus were married to Smith's nieces.))Stroupe, Ethel. "^[6]

In 1731, calamity befell the honest and hard working settlers of Hopewell New Jersey in what is known as "The Coxe Affair". Their Land purchases had been made through the West Jersey Society, but through an oversight or mismanagement, the deeds had never been recorded. Colonel Coxe learned of this through insider information and Col. Coxe and other heirs of the late Dr. Coxe" declared that most of Hopewell belonged to them, a claim without an honest basis, e.g., improper surveys or failure to pay -- but the West Jersey Society lacked a court record proving Dr. Coxe's transfer to them. His heir, Col. Coxe, had enough political clout to induce Hunterdon's Supreme Court to order High Sheriff Bennett Bard to serve perhaps a hundred or more Hopewell residents with Writs ordering them to "Pay" for their land a second time or "Quit." Those who failed to repurchase their own farms then received "Writs of Ejectment" which called them "Tenants" and "Tresspassers" on Coxe's land!) The injustice was perpetrated thorough corroption at the highest levels, The land was transfered to Col. Coxes relative whom was the personal physcian of Queen Anne, and when the case came before the supreme court of New Jersey, Col. Coxe had become the Chief Justice.

After years of fighting, the residents of Hopewell were finally forced out, losing everything. Eventually, an agent was sent to find a tract of land for the victims to move to, and thus was born The "Jersey Settlement" in North Carolina. By May 1741, Bladen County issued deeds on the Great Peedee (Yadkin). It was no accident that the Hopewell group chose its north bank, an area described as: "Ten square miles of the best wheat land in the south, located in (modern) Davidson County, near Linwood. It was composed of many people from New Jersey who had sent an agent there to locate and enter the best land still open to settlement." ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36128068/charles-hunt
2. ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 " [database on-line]. Ancestry.com: [URL]. Entry for Charles M Hunt & Francina Smith, 1765 (accessed [25 Apr 2021]); citing Yates Publishing, number: 1046.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: KHW.
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36128068/charles-hunt
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890. Charles Hunt, NC Rowan County. 1768 [1].
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36128068/charles-hunt
6. ↑ [2] Origins of the Jersey Settlement of Rowan County, North Carolina First Families of Jersey Settlement".. Sons of Dewitt Colony. Accsessed 25 Apr, 2021. (Reprinted by permission of the author from vol. 11, no. 1, February 1996, Rowan County Register, PO Box 1948, Salisbury, NC 28145)).(Reprinted by permission of the author from vol. 11, no. 1, February 1996, Rowan County Register, PO Box 1948, Salisbury, NC 28145))
7. ↑ [John Preston Arthur, A History of Watauga County, N. C., (1915) p.88].)

• 1780 "U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 " [database on-line]. Ancestry.com: [3]. Entry for Charles Hunt, "Cap. Johnston's District", Rowan County, 1780. (accessed [25 Apr 2021]); citing Tax List - 1779 [NC State Archives]; Call Number: C.R. 085.701.5; Page Number: 70; Family Number: 3.

• United States Census, 1790, database with images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-BFT Charles Hunt.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRW-WN4 : accessed 2 January 2023), Charles Hunt, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 442, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 337,909.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2V-SH1 : accessed 2 January 2023), Charles Hunt, Carolina, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 338, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 337,916.

• Odle, Paul. The Wagners in America , 1726-1999. Yukon, Oklahoma : P.L. Odle, 1999. Link: [4]