By Thomas Hunter
Primary Source: Earl Weaver’s Family History1
Secondary Source: http://www.mindspring.com/~hunter-family
- Warrenton King Spiller – Land records of Prince William County, Virginia show that Warrenton was present in 1763. The family moved to Robertson County, Tennessee in 1783 buying land.
Married – Lydia Farrow 1st
- Children –
- William Spiller
Born – 1769 in Tennessee
Died – 1851, Illinois
Married – Winnifred Benson, sister to Elizabeth Benson, their brother deeded 20 acres of free land to Marion Illinois in 1839 to get it started.
- Lydia Spiller
Born – 1771
Died – 1843
Married – John Duncan, 1786. John served in the Revolutionary War under George Rogers Clark. Born Culpepper Co., Virginia, John & Rachel Duncan who moved to Washington Co. Vir. in 1770. Father was killed by Indians in 1771/1774.
Children –
- John Duncan Jr. died in Williamson Co. Illinois 1834
- through 13. children are unknown at this time
- Mary Moore Duncan
Born – 5-5-1814 in Tennessee
Died – 8-21-1896 in Illinois
Married – Jacob Hunter – b. 1-18-1809, d. 12-21-1874 in Illinois
Children –
- Thomas Riley Hunter, b. 10-19-1834, d. 8-25-1866
Mar. to Susan Sanders - Cynthia Ann Hunter, b. 10-22-1837, d. 5-11-1912
Mar. Jesse Weaver - Susan Elizabeth Hunter, b. 1840 – d. 1927
Mar. John R. Powell - Rachel M. Hunter, b. 1842 – d. 1919
Mar. James Thomas Belcher - George Washington Hunter, b. 1846 – d. 1937
Mar. Laura Jane Nase - James Monroe Hunter, b. 1851 – d. 1930
Mar. Frances Marion Rhea - Lucina Eveline Hunter, b. 1853-d. 1933
Mar. George Augustus Newton - Sarah J. Hunter Hunter, b. 1856-d. 1941
Mar. George Jerome Aikman
- Thomas Riley Hunter, b. 10-19-1834, d. 8-25-1866
- William Spiller
Married 2nd – Luannah Nicholson
Children –
- Benjamin Spiller
Born –
Died –
Married – Elizabeth Benson
Children – 10 or 12 children
- William Spiller
- Elijah Spiller, founded Spiller Town
- Frances Spiller, b. 1810, d. 1884
Mar. William Duncan, 1807/1877
Children – Milo L. Duncan mar. Mary K. Ferges
- Lydia Spiller, b. 1819, d. 1876
Mar. George Washington Hunter, brother of Jacob
Born – December 23, 1811
Died – September 7, 1878
Children –
- James Luke Hunter – b. 1839, d. 1922
Mar. Susan Ann Mariah Boyd - Robert Hunter – died young
- William Benjamin Hunter – b. 1841, d. 1 Sept. 1864, Marietta, Ga. Civil War.
- Susan Elizabeth Hunter – b. 1847 – d. 1926
Mar. Wilson Cawvey - John Washington Hunter – b. 1850 – d. 1916
Mar. Marinia Harris - Warren Jacob Hunter – b. 1853 – d. 1930 – unwed
- Frances Lee Hunter – b. 1856 – d. 1918
Mar. Marshall Armstrong Leigh & George Pike - Henry Jackson Hunter – b. 1859 – d. 1932
Mar. Laurie Dearborn - Charles William Josh Allen Hunter – b. 1864 – d. 1939
Mar. Rosie Elliott
- James Luke Hunter – b. 1839, d. 1922
- Elizabeth Spiller, b. 1818, d. 1885
Mar. James A. Deason
Children – ?
- Nancy Spiller – married Abraham Tippey, born in Tennessee
- Warrenton K. Spiller – married Celia Boren, born in Tennessee
- Elijah Spiller – Born 1803, Died 1861, born in Tennessee
- Children –
1Earl Leland Weaver’s Family History: His Research and His Memories. Compiled, edited, and typed by Lois Weaver Kelly 1965-1975; Revised 2001. Computerized, updated, and reprinted by Zipra Hartwell Morgan. Z & M Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 1083, Manchaca, TX 78652.