1. | William R.S. Hunter was born about 1750 in Barnwell District, , , South Carolina; died about 1857 in 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.
William married Catherine "Katie" DeLoach about 1800 in Barnwell District, , , South Carolina. Catherine (daughter of Thomas DeLoach, Jr. and Mary (DeLoach)) was born about 1783 in Edgefield County, , , South Carolina; died about 1857 in Colquitt County, , , Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Nancy Hunter
was born about 1800 in , Edgefield County, South Carolina, ; died after 1873.
- 3. Katherine Hunter
was born about 1801 in Barnwell District, , , South Carolina.
- 4. James Wilson Hunter
was born about 1802 in Barnwell District, , , South Carolina; died on 9 Feb 1891 in Bamberg County, , , South Carolina.
- 5. Keziah Ann "Kizzie" Hunter
was born about 1804 in Orangeburgh District, , , South Carolina; died on 10 Jun 1890 in Colquitt County, , , Georgia.
- 6. Jacob Bradbury Hunter
was born about 1808 in Barnwell District, , , South Carolina.
- 7. Henry L. Hunter
was born about 1809 in Barnwell District, , , South Carolina.
- 8. Abigail Hunter
was born on 22 Aug 1811 in Barnwell County, , , South Carolina; died about Nov 1862 in New River County, , , Florida.
- 9. Susannah 'Susan' Hunter
was born about Apr 1823 in Barnwell District, , , South Carolina; died about May 1886.
- 10. Sarah Ann Hunter
was born on 18 Aug 1829 in Barnwell District, , , South Carolina; died on 8 Mar 1909 in Colquitt County, , , Georgia.
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