George Hunt

Birth Date

1831-06-09

Death Date

1893-08-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Scott County, Kentucky, and Chistian County, Kentucky, baptist minister and college president. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Baptized at East Hickman Baptist Church in Fayette County in 1844. Graduated from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, in 1849. Ordained pastor of Maysville Baptist Church in Maysville, Kentucky, church in 1856. Pastor of Maysville Baptist Church from 1856 to 1858. Chair of the Theology Department at Georgetown College in Georgetown from 1858 to 1861. Pastor at Stamping Ground Baptist Church in Scott County from 1858 to 1862. President of Bethel College in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, from 1862 to 1864. Pastor of Bethel Baptist Church and Salem Baptist Church in Christian County.

Spencer, John H., A History of Kentucky Baptists. From 1769 to 1885, Including More than 800 Biographical Ketches. Volume 1 (Printed for the Author, 1886), 739-40. Find A Grave, "Rev George Hunt (1831-1893)," Memorial #60413346, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60413346/george-hunt (accessed January 23, 2018).

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