William Hunter Sr (abt. 1738 - 1813)

Born about 1738 in Louisa County, Virginia

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Died 1 Nov 1813 at about age 75 in Franklin, Virginia, United States

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Biography

William Hunter Sr performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

William Hunter Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A060589.

William Hunter was born around 1740^[1] in Louisa County, Virginia. He was a son of Andrew Crawford Huntington Hunter and Jane (Pleasants) Hunter.

On 16 Jun 1760, he married Charity Loftus.^[1][2][3] Their children were:^[2]

• Jane (1758-1851), m. William Turner^[1]
• John (1760-1821)
• William, Jr. (1765-1848), m1. Mary Turner, m2. Exony Turner^[1]
• George (1768-1785)
• Martha (1769-1830)

William provided patriotic service in Virginia during the American Revolution. He furnished beef to the troops in Virginia.^[1]

William Hunter passed away after 1 Nov 1813 in Franklin County, Virginia.^[1] He was buried at the Hunter Plantation Family Cemetery, Henry County, Virginia.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 13 Nov 2023), "Record of William Hunter", Ancestor # A060589.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} FamilySearch LCR4-4CG
3. ↑ Marriage record in the Douglas Register
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83912544

Research Notes

• NOTES ON WILL OF WILLIAM HUNTER,Sr:

  In the first paragraph he identifies himself as William Hunter,Senior of the county of Franklin and the state of Virginia. He states that he is of sound mind and the usual remarks about calling to mind the frailty of men, etc.

  Item: He desires that his just debts be paid.

  Item: He wishes for the Executors to keep sufficient quantity of his personal estate in their hands to maintain and tend upon his wife, Charity Hunter, in a decent genteel manner during her life and to pay her funeral expenses.

  Item: To his daughter Jane Turner, a tract of land on West Fork of Town Creek adjoining land of John Hunter, also two Negroes, a girl named Milly and a boy named Moses.

  Item: To his son John, one tract of land between William Hunter, Jr. and Micajah Stone, also adjoining John Hunter. It also mentions the line of Martha Stone. Also two Negroes, a girl named Win___ and a boy named Bobb; also his large Bible, his desk and one large chest.

  Item: To his daughter Martha Stone, part of his old tract already marked off for her, also 220 acres adjoining, toward the grassy fork, also 79 acres adjoining on the Crooked Creek, also one woman named Lydia and one boy named Nathan.

  Item: To his son William Hunter, all the residue of his lands, including the place where William his son now lives, and a tract of 490 acres, also a woman named Selah(?) or Lelah(?) and a girl named Rachel, also one set of blacksmith tools and one large chest.

  Item: All his working tools and kitchen tools were at his death to be divided between his sons John and William. All the rest of his estate was to be sold and the money from the sale was to be equally divided between his daughters Jane Turner and Martha Stone and his sons William Hunter and John Hunter.

• His son John Hunter was to be sole executor of his estate.

• Signed 6 September 1806. William Hunter,Senior (Seal)

  Witnesses: David Robertson, Charity Hunter & William Mavity

• [This will was never dated and recorded (published) because William had disposed of his property prior to his death. He gave 962 acres to his daughter, Jane Turner, for one dollar for caring for him the rest of his life; Nov 13,1813 -- Franklin Co, Va]

• This will was discovered by Joyce Stover while visiting with an elderly cousin and talking to her about the research she was doing on the Micajah Stone line and the possible connection to the Hunter family through his wife Martha "Patsy" Hunter Cesterson. Joyce's story follows: "The will named John Hunter as the executor of William's estate. Evidently it was turned over to John for safekeeping, and he brought it to KY. with him. When I saw the document, it was in the hands of a direct descendant of John. She was an elderly cousin of mine through my paternal (Murley) line, her name was Kathleen Murley Smith and she lived at Glasgow, KY. She died in 2000. Kathleen brought it out one day when I was visiting. I did take notes but was not allowed to photocopy it. The reason she wouldn't let it be copied (other than its fragile condition) was that she didn't want anything with references to slaves to reflect on her line. There is no doubt in my mind that it was authentic. It was browned with age, and almost in two at the fold. It also established the fact that Charity was still alive when the will was written in 1806. It mentions land he is giving to Martha Stone. It adjoined the land of Micajah Stone. It didn't actually state that Martha was the wife of Micajah, but the implication was certainly there. Martha's birth was not recorded in the Douglass Register as were some of the their children, so this is the only proof I know of that she was a daughter."

Acknowledgements

• Hunter-4949 was created by Michael Devine through the import of Devine Family Tree.ged on Sep 28, 2014.