George Washington Hunter (1776 - 1856)

Born 1776 in Ayrhill, Fairfax, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Angeline French (Moore) Hunter — married about 1798 in Fairfax County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1856 at about age 80 in Fairfax County, Virginia

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Col. George Hunter served for Virginia in the War of 1812
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Biography

George was a son of John Hunter and Jane Broadwater. He attended Cokesbury College and Dickinson College. He lived on land (which he named "Moidone") that was given to him by his father. George married Angeline French Moore about 1799. They had seven known children.

Military

War of 1812

7 March 1813^[1]

Obituary

Alexandria Gazette

29 March 1856

DEATH OF COLONEL GEORGE WASHINGTON HUNTER

We have heard with unfeigned sorrow that our old friend, George W. Hunter, departed this life at his residence, Fairfax County, Va., on Wednesday last, the 25th instant.

The deceased had attained the age of four-score years, but retained in a remarkable degree his strength and activity of both mind and body. Perhaps no man in the community was more generally known, or who transacted a larger amount of public business than Colonel Hunter. His death will be universally regretted.^[2]

Will

Written: 25 January 1853

Proved: 21 April 1856

Place: Fairfax County, Virginia

Burial

Find a Grave Memorial of George Washington Hunter

Parents and Siblings

Husband: John Hunter

Wife: Jane Broadwater

Child: Ann Hunter

Child: John Hunter

Child: Robert Hunter

Child: James Hunter

Child: George Washington Hunter

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1767

Place: Vienna Woods, Fairfax, Virginia^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Sources

1. ↑ Series M602, Roll 106. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia.
2. ↑ Alexandria Gazette, Alexandria, Virginia; 29 March 1856.
3. ↑ Source: #S73 page 108, HUNTER, John & Jean Broadwater, daughter of Charles Broadwater and Amelia Markham [DB D4:216]
4. ↑ Source: #S348 page 275, Colonel Charles and Ann Amelia (Markham) Broadwater had issue: (1) (Lieutenant) Charles Lewis Broadwater, married Betheland Sebastian. (2) Margaret Broadwater, married William Henderson. (3) Sarah Broadwater, married Colonel John West. (4) Jane Broadwater, married Colonel John Hunter. (5) Amelia Broadwater, married (the Reverend) Benjamin Sebastian, Jr.
5. ↑ Source: #S93
6. ↑ Source: #S226 Part 2, page 1543 Hunter John b a 1746 ST d 1815 VA m Jane Broadwater 2 LtCL
7. ↑ Source: #S798
8. ↑ Source: #S315 page 26
9. ↑ Source: #S3060 Volume I, page 204

• Source: S73 Marty Hiatt and Craig Roberts Scott, Implied Marriages of Fairfax County, Virginia (Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co., 1994); page 108, "HUNTER, George Washington, son of John Hunter and Jean Broadwater & Angelina Moore, daughter of Jeremiah and Lydia Moore [DB D3:393; DR 1853:6]."
• Source: S91 Library of Virginia Death Records Indexing Project internet, Library of Virginia.; DECEASED Hunter, George Washington. YEAR [1856]. Date of death: March 29, 1856. Source of Information: Fairfax County, 1856, page 36. Part of the Death Records Indexing Project which is sponsored by the Virginia Genealogical Society.
• Source: S93 Family Tree Maker, Selected U.S./International Marriage Records (1340 - 1980)., CD-ROM #403, (Provo, Utah: Family Tree Maker)
• Source: S226 DAR Patriot Index/ National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Centennial Administration (Washington, District of Columbia: The Society, 1990/1994); Part 2, page 1543; Hunter John b a 1746 ST d 1815 VA m Jane Broadwater 2 LtCL.
• Source: S315 Mary Alice Hunter Bull, Record of Hunter of Hunterston, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Washington, District of Columbia: Mary Alice Hunter Bull, 1902); page 26
• Source: S343 Brian A. Conley, compiler, Cemeteries of Fairfax County, Virginia (n.p.: n.pub., 1994)
• Source: S345 Moore-Hunter Family Cemetery, 1000 Block, Tapawingo Road, SW, Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia.; "G. W. Hunter / 1776 - 1856."
• Source: S348 Melvin Lee, Jr. Steadman, Falls Church by Fence and Fireside (1964; reprint n.p.: Heritage Books, 1995); page 275
• Source: S1150 Household of George W. Hunter, 1820 U. S. Federal Census, Washington, District of Columbia, Series M33, Roll 137, National Archives and Records Administration Fairfax County, Virginia - Truro Parish, page 74 (1140)
• Source: S3060 James Patterson, History of the County of Ayr: with a Genealogical Account of the Familie of Ayrshire (Edinburgh, Scotland: Thomas G. Stevenson, 1847)
• Source: S3168 Will of George W. Hunter, Sr. (1856); Fairfax County Will Book Y1, page 139; Fairfax County Courthouse, Fairfax, Virginia.
• Source: S3169 1850 United States Federal Census, Household of George W. Hunter, enumerated 6 November 1850, Fairfax County, Virginia; Series M432, Roll 942, sheet 178B
• Source: S3493 George W. Hunter Memorandum Books, 1816-1817. Accession 42823. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.; "Memorandum books containing notations of public arms received from various officers of the 60th Virginia militia are available at the Library of Virginia. Information in the books includes the name of the commanding officer during the War of 1812, quantity and types of arms and munitions received, their condition, and the date. Also included is a form of a bond relating to Hunter’s administration of the estate of Jemima Leigh."
• Source: S3190 Elizabeth R. Frain, compiler, Fairfax County, Virginia Death Register 1853-1896 (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2002); page 92
• The Rambler Writes More of the Hunters. The Sunday Star, Washington, District of Columbia, 14 September 1919, page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
• Repository: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia.