James Hunt

1726 - 1798  (72 years)

• Name	James Hunt
  Born	1726	Hanover Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Census	1786	Abraham Plain's Dist., Granville, North Carolina   [1]
  Residence	1786	Abraham Plain's Dist., Granville, North Carolina   [1]
  	With one white male under age 21 or over age 60, one white female, fourteen "blacks" age 12 to 50 and seventeen blacks under age 12 or over age 50
  Will	24 Nov 1794	Granville Co., North Carolina   [2]
  	James & Sarah had no children. He names in his will: "dear wife Sarah Hunt", bequeathed 19 slaves; "my nephew James Hunt", one slave and land in Person Co., N.C.; to John Ravens, Jr (his nephew, son of Kindness Breedlove Hunt); to William Hunt son of Wm Hunt (relationship not listed but likely another nephew), two slaves "and their increase"; to Frankey Blackwell (R.N.L., likely his niece Frances (Pomfret) Blackwell), a slave; to Mary Butler (RNL, daug. of Memucan), a female slave "and her increase"; to Elizabeth Bennett (RNL, probably niece Elizabeth Pomfret, who married Peter Bennett), a slave; to Sarah Hicks (RNL, probably Mourning, widow of John Hunt, m. 2nd Wm Hicks), a slave; to James Hunt son of James Hunt dec'd (RNL, a nephew), a slave; to Nancey Hunt daughter of James (RNL, a niece), a slave "and all her increase"; to Amey Smith (RNL, niece Amy Pomfret m. James Smith), a slave; to "sister" Kindness Breedlove Ravens, two slaves; to John Ravens Jr (RNL, nephew), a slave; to George Hunt, son of John Hunt (RNL), a slave; to Samuel Hunt son of John Hunt (RNL), a slave; to David Hunt son of John Hunt (RNL), a slave; to William Hunt son of William Hunt (RNL), a male and a female slave "and all her future increase"; to Sarah Beasley (RNL, niece Sarah Pomfret m. Stephen Beasley), a slave; to Samuel Hunt son of William Hunt (RNL), a slave; and others (all RNL): Ann Kendrick; Mary Whitlow; Ann Easley; Lucy Blass; George Hunt (exec.); John Hunt (exec.); James Hunt (exec.); Eliza Clayton; Judith Jackson (d/o John & Mourning Hunt); Mary Briant (d/o brother William Hunt). Witnesses were: John Pomfret (m. Anne Hunt 1723-1794); John Gooch; Edward Leavell
  Probate	Feb 1798	Granville Co., North Carolina   [3]
  	Will proved
  Died	24 Nov 1794 - 7 Feb 1798	Granville Co., North Carolina
  Probate	8 Feb 1798	Granville Co., North Carolina   [4]
  	Executors bonded
  Probate	12 Feb 1798	Granville Co., North Carolina   [5]
  	Estate sale
  Person ID	I445	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Ralph Hunt,   b. 18 Sep 1693, Virginia ,   d. 8 Jan 1780, Hanover Co, Virginia  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Dina Anderson,   b. 1697 - 1699, Pennsylvania? ,   d. 1769  (Age 70 years)
  Married	Abt 1720	Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Tillman,   b. 8 Oct 1732, Brunswick Co., Virginia ,   d. Jul 1822, Granville Co., North Carolina  (Age 89 years)
  Married	1753
  Family ID	F221	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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