William R.S. Hunter

Abt 1750 - Abt 1857  (~ 107 years)

• Name	William R.S. Hunter
  Birth	Abt 1750	Barnwell District, , , South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1857	Lowndes County, , , Georgia
  Notes	Mr. Hunter entered the Army in the Orangeburg District of South Carolina on February 1, 1778 and served for twelve months until January of 1779 when he was taken prisoner by the British. He was in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment commanded byColonel William Thompson. Mr. Hunter applied for a pension on July 10, 1855 in Lowndes County, Georgia. The records show that William Hunter was buying and selling land in Barnwell District in 1812 and 1813. After the Hunter home burned about 1836, he and his wife, Catherine (DeLoach) Hunter, moved with their daughter, Abigail, wife of Jacob Croft, to Lowndes County, Georgia, where they lived until they both died on the same day in 1857. He was 107 years old. Sources: Pensionrecords of Brooks Co., Ga; Revolutionary War records; Census, 1850 Lowndes Co., 1790, 1800, 1820 S.C.; deeds records of Barnwell Co. Contributed by: Walter H. Berg, Jr., Rt.1, Box 1191, Young Harris, Ga., 30582, great-great-great-grandson ofsubject.
  Person ID	I15968	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2007

  
  

  Family	Catherine "Katie" DeLoach,   b. Abt 1783, Edgefield County, , , South Carolina d. Abt 1857, Colquitt County, , , Georgia (Age ~ 74 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1800	Barnwell District, , , South Carolina
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  Children	1. Nancy Hunter,   b. Abt 1800, , Edgefield County, South Carolina, d. Aft 1873 (Age ~ 74 years)   2. Katherine Hunter,   b. Abt 1801, Barnwell District, , , South Carolina   3. James Wilson Hunter,   b. Abt 1802, Barnwell District, , , South Carolina d. 9 Feb 1891, Bamberg County, , , South Carolina (Age ~ 89 years)   4. Keziah Ann "Kizzie" Hunter,   b. Abt 1804, Orangeburgh District, , , South Carolina d. 10 Jun 1890, Colquitt County, , , Georgia (Age ~ 86 years)   5. Jacob Bradbury Hunter,   b. Abt 1808, Barnwell District, , , South Carolina   6. Henry L. Hunter,   b. Abt 1809, Barnwell District, , , South Carolina   7. Abigail Hunter,   b. 22 Aug 1811, Barnwell County, , , South Carolina d. Abt Nov 1862, New River County, , , Florida (Age 51 years)   8. Susannah 'Susan' Hunter,   b. Abt Apr 1823, Barnwell District, , , South Carolina d. Abt May 1886 (Age ~ 63 years)   9. Sarah Ann Hunter,   b. 18 Aug 1829, Barnwell District, , , South Carolina d. 8 Mar 1909, Colquitt County, , , Georgia (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F6065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart