Rowan County, NC Vacant Land Entries 1778-1789 by Richard A Enochs, 1988
p 4, #48, Jonathan Hunt 430 acres at McCulloh's line where it crosses the Yadkin River, E to Abbot's Creek and up the RIver including an island at the mouth of Abbot's Creek, February 4, 1778
p 39, #556 & 557, 1000 acres on Ceader Creek beginning at Sychemore on the bank of said creek, March 9, 1778
p 67, #930, June 17, 1778, Richard Auton 400 acres on Ceader Creek adj, Jonathan Hunt, John Hunt, Charles Hunt and Andrew Hunt
History of Davie County in the forks of the Yadkin, Wall, J.W., 1969, "Jonathan Hunt was a very prominent citizen and Patriot leader in the Rowan Committee of Safety, lived near Farmington on Cedar Creek on the west side of the present road. In 1746, Jonathan Hunt was appointed constable for the newly charted town of Trenton, NJ. It may have been he who removed to NC for Jonathan Hunt was on of the justices of Rowan County in September 1753.
p 17 April 2, 1760, the Moravian Records quote Col Jonathan Hunt of Famington area, then "forting" at Bethabara, as saying that "at least 1/2 of the inhabitants had fled the country"
p 41 June 1753, the first Rowan Co Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions met in Salisbury, Jonathan Hunt listed as Judge in 1750's and 1760's, July 4, 1763, Jonathan Hunt present as judge
p 58 October 17, 1775, Safety Committee met at Jonathan Hunt's, also lists Col Andrew Hunt, Farmington
p 245 Dutchman Creek Baptist Church held at Deep Creek Yadkin Co records July 1782- October 1787 roll list 189 names including Jonathan, John and Andrew Hunt from Farmington section
Source of the following Julia Burns website http:// familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/r/Julia-A-Burns-nc/GENE2-0004.html
February 4, 2005
There is a question about which children belong to whom because Jonathan Hunt was married a total of 4 times.
According to Marjoleine Kars (2002), Breaking Loose Together, Henry McCulloh came to North Carolina as a collector of the North Carolina Ports. He has a seat on the Governor's Executive Council. He purchased a lot of land in Rowan, Mecklenburg, Anson, and Orange Counties. One some of his tracts of land in the Rowan County area, it was classified as entirely in the Granville District. Between 1760-1768 he offered some of this land for sale 8-12 sterling for about 100 acres. This was high for this period and this land. Some of the settlers objected to the prices and interest he was charging. He reposed the land from them, because of their complaints. John Hunt is showing purchasing 280 acres, Jonathan Hunt is showing purchasing 220 acres, Captain Benjamin Merrill had 2 lots making up over 800 acres. of the 15 protesters, only 3 stuck out the land deals. There was a Colonel George Smith who left the Rowan County area and returned back to Philadelphia, PA.
(Is this Colonel George Smith of Philadelphia related to James Smith?)
1. Hunt Family Abstracts - Rowan County, NC by Olsen
2. Cemetery of Yadkin Co, NC by C Hoots, 201
