David Hunt

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c1830

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1879-10

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"David Hunt" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00019895, (accessed May 5, 2024).

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Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Sarah Hunt. Married to Susan Lane Hunt. Father of Nancy S. Hunt and John M. Hunt. Laborer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned three enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1850. Farmer in Simpson County in 1860. Served as a private in the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.). Captured in Meigs County, Ohio, on June 20, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio, from July 26, 1863, to August 20, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois, from August 22, 1863, to March 2, 1865. Transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, for exchange on March 2, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government on May 25, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 40A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 862.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, p. 81.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, District 4, p. 199.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994055, Simpson County Births, p. 2.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0022.
"G David Hunt (1833-1879)," Find A Grave, Memorial 110524982, accessed May 3, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110524982.

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