Wayne County Biographies



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Charles Hunt

Charles Hunt, from North Carolina, settled in the south-east part of the present [Abbington] townhsip, in the year 1807. His sons, George, John, William, Smith, Charles, and Stephen G., preceded him the same year. Jonathan, James, and Timothy, came two or three years later. George was the first surveyor in the county, and the first clerk of the county courts. Timothy settled about a mile east of town, where he and his wife both died. The farm is owned by his sons Charles and Levi, who live on it, and Andrew, who lives in town. Smith settled in the north-east part of the township, and died in 1855; Stephen G., near James Endsley's; John Hunt, north-east of town; lands owned by his sons, Levi and Charles Hunt, and Wilson Hunt.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana, by Andrew W. Young. pub 1872.





Charles Hunt, from North Carolina, settled in the south-east part of the present township in the year 1807, about eight miles south-westerly from Richmond, and built, the same year, a grist-mill on the Eldhorn, the first in the county. He had been preceded by his sons George, John, Smith, and William, who had been sent on earlier in the season to build the mill, accompanied by their sister Sally, who came to cook for them. Charles Hunt had nine sons and four daughters. The sons were: 1. Jonathan; 2. James; 3. Timothy, who came with their wives some two years after the others. Timothy settled a mile east of town, where he and his wife both died. The farm is owned by his sons Charles and Livei, who live on it, and Andrew, who resides in town. 4. George, who married Patsey, daughter of Lazarus Whitehead; was a surveyor, and the first clerk of the county courts. 5. John, who married Potty Whitehead, also a daughter of L. Whitehead, and had nine children, all of whom but one were married, as follows: Caroline was married to Samuel Osborn; William, to Harriet Smelser; Patsey, to Horton Ferguson, and resides at Milton; Lazarus, to a daughter of Dr. Matchett, of Abington; Wilson, to _ Beeson, and lives in Abington township; Lorvinia, deceased, unmarried; _ was married to david Hale, in Abington township. [Names of Mrs. Hale and the two other sisters not furnished.] John Hunt was probably the first blacksmith in Wayne county, and was also a gunsmith. He died October 30, 1851, in this 75th year. His widow, Mary Hunt, more familiarly and widely known as Polly Hunt, whose portrait is here inserted, is still living, in her 84th year. 6. Smith, sixth son of Charles Hunt, married Betsey, a daughter of James Lamb; settled in the township, and died October 6, 1855, in his 73d year. 7. William married Elizabeth, a daughter of Isaac Esteb. 8. Charles married _ Boon, of Kentucky. 9. Stephen G. married a daughter of James Lamb, and died November 18, 1837, aged 42 years. The daughters of Charles Hunt, Sen., were Polly, who married _ Andrews; Rebecca, who married _ Bryan, of Kentucky; Sally, Richard Sedgwick; Nancy, David T. Wyatt; Catherine, Thomas Bradbury.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana, by Andrew W. Young. pub 1872.