James Wilson Hunter

Abt 1802 - 1891  (~ 89 years)

• Name	James Wilson Hunter
  Birth	Abt 1802	Barnwell District, , , South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Feb 1891	Bamberg County, , , South Carolina
  Notes	From Linda C. Woods Hunter's Chapel Baptist Church in Bamberg, SC is named after James Wilson Hunter and his sons. James Wilson Hunter initially donated this land for a school and a church. The orginal church burned in later 1800's and was rebuilt. This is a beautiful brick church under ancient oaks covered in moss and the church houses many old photos, the original pulpit from the original church and the cemetery has many, many "Hunter descendants." Jacob Bradbury Hunter, son of James Wilson Hunter (James Wilson also had a brother with this name) was a US Rep. to Congress 1878-1879 and was injured in the Civil War at the 2nd Manassas Run (leg was amputated). He was also the first sheriff of Bamberg County. He is buried in South End Cemetery in Bamberg. All children of James Wilson Hunter and his wife Elizabeth Hughes are buried in the Hunter's Chapel Baptist church cemetery.
  Person ID	I23330	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2007

  
  

  Father	William R.S. Hunter,   b. Abt 1750, Barnwell District, , , South Carolina d. Abt 1857, Lowndes County, , , Georgia (Age ~ 107 years)
  Mother	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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  Family ID	F6065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hughes,   b. Abt 1815, , Edgefield County, South Carolina, d. 24 Oct 1900, Bamberg County, , , South Carolina (Age ~ 85 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1832
  Children	1. Mary Hunter,   b. 28 Dec 1835, Bamberg County, , , South Carolina d. 18 Mar 1921, Bamberg County, , , South Carolina (Age 85 years)   2. Elizabeth Hunter,   b. Abt 1836, , Edgefield County, South Carolina,   3. Jacob Bradbury Hunter,   b. Abt 1841, , Edgefield County, South Carolina, d. Abt 1919 (Age ~ 78 years)   4. Wilson Hunter,   b. Abt 1842, , Edgefield County, South Carolina, d. Abt 1860 (Age ~ 18 years)   5. Andrew Jackson Hunter,   b. Abt 1844, , Edgefield County, South Carolina, d. Abt 1921, Bamberg County, , , South Carolina (Age ~ 77 years)   6. Henry R. Hunter,   b. Abt 1846, Bamberg County, , , South Carolina d. Abt 1915 (Age ~ 69 years)   7. Daniel O. Hunter,   b. Abt 1849, Bamberg County, , , South Carolina d. Abt 1923 (Age ~ 74 years)   8. Roy Martin Hunter,   b. Abt 1854, Bamberg County, , , South Carolina d. Abt 1905 (Age ~ 51 years)   9. Rebecca Ann Hunter,   b. Abt 1858   d. Abt 1891 (Age ~ 33 years)
  Family ID	F8698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart