Jacob Hunter Trust
Newsletters
The Jacob Hunter Trust has published a yearly newsletter since 1992. Each issue of that newsletter is archived here.
Newsletters are in .pdf format (which requires Adobe Reader to open) and are large files, so please be patient.
January 2024, Volume 33, No. 1
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| UK Research on William Hunter Family | 1 |
| Hunter Family’s Water Mills in the Albemarle | 3 |
| DNA Tests: Which one to use? | 6 |
| Would you like a new and significant hobby? | 7 |
| Hunter Family in UK Continues in weaving and textiles, 1851 | 7 |
| Trust 2023 Income and Expense Detail | 9 |
| Cemetery News | 10 |
| PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE JACOB HUNTER TRUST | 10 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 10 |
| Notice to Readers: | 11 |
January 2023, Volume 32, No. 1
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| Scottish Influence on Western Civilization | 1 |
| Historical and Cultural Differences Between Lowland Scots and Highland Scots | 6 |
| Probate Records of William Hunters in the Database at Durham University, UK | 9 |
| Early Scottish/English Occupations | 10 |
| Hunter’s Mill at Sunbury | 11 |
| Experienced United Kingdom Genealogical Researcher Sought | 12 |
| Future Leadership of the Jacob Hunter Trust | 13 |
| Logan College Highlights Emanuel Hunter’s Cabin in Ad | 13 |
| Cemetery News | 13 |
| PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE JACOB HUNTER TRUST |
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| Trust 2022 Income and Expense Detail | 15 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 16 |
| Notice to Readers: | 16 |
January 2022, Volume 31, No. 1
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| Dr. Henry Holmes Hunter Family Cemetery | 1 |
| 2021 Photos of the Dr. Henry Holmes Hunter Cemetery | 3 |
| A New Theory on the Many Early Hunters Named “Isaac” | 3 |
| Book: WILLIAM HUNTER Of Nansemond Co. and His Early Descendants: Now available in limited quantities | 4 |
| My ancestor died of Dropsy. What is that? | 4 |
| Rural Commerce in the 1800s: The Huckster Wagons | 5 |
| Underwear | 5 |
| Cemetery News | 6 |
| Trust 2021 Income and Expense Detail | 6 |
| PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE JACOB HUNTER TRUST | 8 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 8 |
| Notice to Readers: | 9 |
January 2021, Volume 30, No. 1
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| Early Hunter Family and the Church | 1 |
| Levels of Government in the Early British Colonies | 4 |
| Who is Buried in the William Hunter Cemetery? | 5 |
| Dr. Raymond Eugene Hunter | 9 |
| Cemetery News | 11 |
| Trust 2020 Income and Expense Detail | 12 |
| PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE JACOB HUNTER TRUST | 14 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 14 |
| Notice to Readers: | 15 |
January 2020, Volume 29, No. 1
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| Monument installed at William Hunter Cemetery | 1 |
| Clarifying the 1685 and 1701 Nicholas Hunters | 2 |
| Avoiding the Traps—The Two Nicholases Argument | 3 |
| Hunters of Blair/Huntingdon, PA | 8 |
| Clan Hunter Gathering tour 2020, Scotland, Sept 2-10 | 9 |
| Helpful Genealogical Website | 9 |
| Trust 2019 Income and Expense Detail | 10 |
| PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE JACOB HUNTER TRUST | 12 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 12 |
| Notice to Readers: | 13 |
June 2019, Vol. 28, No. 2
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| First Hunter Cemetery in America Discovered: William Hunter (our immigrant) Homestead and Family Cemetery | 1 |
| Report on Visit to William Hunter Cemetery, Sunbury, NC, April 8, 2019 | 4 |
| Theophilus Hunter Family Cemetery at Spring Hill, | 22 |
| Jacob Hunter Trust expands scope to include all descendants of William Hunter, our immigrant | 28 |
| Raymond Hunter to lead Task Force to Enhance the William Hunter Cemetery | 29 |
| PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE JACOB HUNTER TRUST | 29 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 30 |
| Notice to Readers: | 30 |
January 2019, Vol. 28, No. 1
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| Theophilus Hunter’s Cemetery Saved from Relocation | 1 |
| William Hunter’s Original Land in America | 2 |
| Did William Hunter (weaver) arrive in America in 1654 from Yorkshire, England? | 7 |
| Identifying the Main Cypress Swamp and Meherrin Swamp | 8 |
| Hunter Original land in Virginia/North Carolina | 9 |
| Photo of Isaac Hunter’s Tavern before it was “accidently” destroyed to make room for a hotel | 11 |
| Importance of the Isaac Hunter Tavern | 12 |
| Medical Injustice: Miasma and the Millpond | 13 |
| PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE JACOB HUNTER TRUST | 15 |
| Trust 2018 Income and Expense Detail | 16 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 17 |
| Trust Website Hacked | 17 |
| Notice to Readers: | 18 |
January 2018, Vol. 27, No. 1
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| Notes on William Hunter Jr. | 1 |
| EMMETT LESLIE HUNTER (1898–1975) | 6 |
| Charles T. Hunter (1839-1914) and Charles E. Peck (1925-2016) | 8 |
| Update from Raymond Hunter: William Hunter of Nansemond County and His Early Descendants: A genealogical study of an early American family of Virginia and North Carolina. | 9 |
| Trust Transition | 9 |
| Trust 2017 Income and Expense Detail | 10 |
| PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE JACOB HUNTER TRUST | 10 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 11 |
| Notice to Readers | 12 |
January 2017, Vol. 26, No. 1
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| Trust Transition | 1 |
| Leeland Homestead, Ashland City, TN | 2 |
| Mary Ann Elizabeth Faust Hunter Williams (1775-1855) | 4 |
| Elder Allen Hunter’s 1852 obituary for his mother, Judith Lee Hunter | 5 |
| Civil War Experience of Corydon McElvain and his brother Ephraim | 6 |
| Latin Class | 9 |
| Trust 2016 Income and Expense Detail | 11 |
| Please Consider Making an Annual Contribution to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 11 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 12 |
| Notice to Readers | 13 |
January 2016, Vol. 25, No. 1
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| Searching for Dempsey, Part IV: Hunter/Horn/Quaker Relationships | 1 |
| William David Hunter (ca 1775-1861) | 4 |
| Merchants Millpond State Park | 8 |
| Peggy Hunter: Another Heir of Jacob Hunter? | 9 |
| Tennessee Supreme Court 1881 Case involving Allen Hunter | 11 |
| Trust 2015 Income and Expense Detail | 14 |
| Correction | 15 |
| Please Consider Making an Annual Contribution to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 15 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 16 |
| Notice to Readers | 16 |
January 2015, Vol. 24, No. 1
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| Our Ancestor William Hunter Lived During Perilous Times | 1 |
| William Hunter’s Land? | 3 |
| Timeline for Isaac Hunter Family in NC | 6 |
| Trust 2014 Income and Expense Detail | 12 |
| Cemetery News for 2014 | 13 |
| Please Consider Making an Annual Contribution to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 13 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 14 |
| Notice to Readers | 14 |
January 2014, Vol. 23, No. 1
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| Provenance and Early Generations for William Hunter of Nansemond Co., VA | 1 |
| Financial Statement: Jacob Hunter Trust 2013 | 8 |
| Please Consider Making an Annual Contribution to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 9 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 9 |
| Notice to Readers | 10 |
January 2013, Vol. 22, No. 1
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| Hunter Family Origins | 1 |
| Lee Family in Kentucky with Daniel Boone | 2 |
| Update on Dempsey (Demcy) Hunter, Northampton Co., NC | 6 |
| Cemetery News for 2013 | 7 |
| Autosomal DNA: New Clues | 12 |
| Lawrence Lee Hunter (1930-2012) | 14 |
| Robert Shannon Hunter (1919-2012) | 14 |
| Hunter Cabin on John A. Logan College Christmas Card | 15 |
| Financial Statement: Jacob Hunter Trust 2012 | 15 |
| Please Consider Making an Annual Contribution to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 17 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 18 |
| Notice to Readers | 19 |
January 2012, Vol. 21, No. 1
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| Remembering Jacob Hunter (II) and Mary Moore Duncan Hunter and Their Times | 1 |
| Hunter Family Research Conducted for Still Hunter, Jr., of Birmingham, Alabama | 7 |
| War of 1812: Henry Hunter & the Death of British General Sir Edward Michael Packenham | 9 |
| State of Tennessee Warrant #2228 to Jacob Hunter dated 1 July, 1809 | 12 |
| William Benjamin Hunter’s Civil War Record | 15 |
| The Jacob Hunter Trust Account for 2011 | 15 |
| Please Consider Making an Annual Contribution to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 17 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 17 |
| Notice to Readers | 18 |
January 2011, Vol. 20, No. 1
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| Newsletter on the Web | 1 |
| Leeland Station Update | 1 |
| Alnwick Northumberland, St. Michael’s Parish Church, And Matthias Hunter | 4 |
| Searching for Dempsey (Demcy) Hunter | 6 |
| Jacob and Thomas T. Hunter’s Properties | 10 |
| Barn of Fire!: Early Recollections of Growing Dark-Fired, Long Leaf Tobacco in Middle Tennessee | 11 |
| Income & Expense Detail for 2010 | 15 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 17 |
| Notice to Readers | 18 |
January 2010, Vol. 19, No. 1
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| Braxton Lee Cemetery Surveyed | 1 |
| Lettie Hunter (Notice of death) | 3 |
| Murry Hawkins (Notice of death) | 3 |
| Charles E. Rodd (Notice of death) | 4 |
| Thomas T. Hunter An Uncle of Jacob Hunter? | 4 |
| Bettye Brown & James Marshall Hunter’s Diary | 6 |
| Suffixes May Be Misleading (Sr., Jr., I, II, III) | 8 |
| Correction: William David Hunter II, Son of Dempsey | |
| Request for Annual Contributions | 8 |
| Income & Expense Detail for 2009 | 9 |
| Gifts and Bequests to The Jacob Hunter Trust | 11 |
| Braxton Lee & Mary (Polly) Dancer Hunter Lee Descendants Join Trust | 11 |
| Notice to Readers | 12 |
| Ernest E. Hunt, IV, Hunter Family Websites | 12 |
January 2009, Vol. 18, No. 1
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| Jacob Hunter’s Family Origins in America, Part III | 1 |
| Emmanuel Hunter’s 1855 Land Warrant Application | 2 |
| Trust Publishes Family Notes of Belva Armetta Hunter Hall | 4 |
| Income and Expense Detail | 5 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 6 |
| Events and Meetings of Interest During 2008 | 6 |
January 2008, Vol. 17, No. 1
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| Emmanuel Hunter Cabin Dedication, Oct. 17, 2007 | 1 |
| Richard Hunter’s Remarks at Cabin Dedication | 1 |
| Cabin Dedication Photos | 3 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 6 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 7 |
| Dempsey Hunter 1745-1833 and William David Hunter 1775-1861 – by Thomas E. Hunter | 7 |
| A Visit to Ashland City, TN: Murry & Susie Hawkin’s Home | 9 |
| The Old Lee Cemetery | 12 |
| Sketch of the Old Lee Cemetery | 13 |
| The Fate of Leeland Station Meeting House | 14 |
September 2007, Vol. 16, No. 1
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| John A. Logan College Dedicates Emmanuel Hunter’s Log Cabin | 1 |
| Emmanuel Hunter | 1 |
| Ernest E. Hunt, IV Hunter Family Websites | 2 |
| Emmanuel Hunter’s Log Cabin (Pictures) | 3 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 6 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 7 |
| A Special Recognition and Expression of Gratitude | 7 |
February 2006, Vol. 15, No. 1
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| Emanuel Hunter’s Log Cabin Donated to John A. Logan College | 1 |
| John A. Logan College to Display Emanuel Hunter’s Cabin – By Robert L. Mees, Ph.D., President, John A. Logan College | 1 |
| William Hunter of Northhampton and South Carolina – By Ernest E. Hunt, IV | 2 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 7 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 8 |
| Pictures of Emanuel’s Cabin | 9 |
March 2005, Vol. 14, No. 1
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| Emanuel Hunter’s Log Cabin Purchased | 1 |
| The Hunter’s Migration into Illinois in 1818 | 2 |
| Trust Receives Generous Donation | 2 |
| New Fence at the Allen Hunter Cemetery | 3 |
| Dilla and Belva Hunter Hall’s Home in Marion Sold to Hunter Descendant | 3 |
| Pictures of Reverend Allen Hunter and Wife Elizabeth | 4 |
| Lamenting Lost Memories, by Fred E. Hunter | 5 |
| A Memory of Mary Moore Duncan Hunter Recorded by Clyde H. Hunter | 5 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 6 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 7 |
January 2004, Vol. 13, No. 1
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| In Search of Jacob Hunter’s Ancestors: Part II | 1 |
| Emanuel Hunter father of Jacob Hunter??? – By Thomas Edward Hunter | 1 |
| What’s in a name? | 3 |
| Abbreviations in Old Documents | 3 |
| Hunter Land Grants in South Carolina by Ernest E. Hunt, IV | 4 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 10 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 11 |
February 2003, Vol. 12, No. 1
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| In Search of Jacob Hunter’s Ancestors: Commentary on the Delamar Papers, by Ernest E. Hunt, IV | 1 |
| Thomas Hunter & Susannah Moake by Charla Schroeder Murphy | 3 |
| Martha Louise (Hunter) Beard by Ernest E. Hunt, IV | 6 |
| Love of History leads to Hunter Family Research – By Thomas Edward Hunter | 8 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 9 |
| Gifts & Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 10 |
January 2002, Vol. 11, No. 1
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| Braxton Lee & Jacob Hunter-1 Burial Site, Lee Homestead Cemetery, Ashland City, TN | 1 |
| William Hunter Norman by Michael M. Norman | 2 |
| Thomas Edward & Hiroko Hunter | 3 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 4 |
| Financial Status of Trust | 5 |
| Converting devalued stocks into Trust donations | 5 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 5 |
| Family Bible of Jacob Hunter-2 | 6 |
| Earl Weaver’s Family History | 7 |
| Ernest E. Hunt, IV Updates Hunter Genealogy Website | 7 |
| Belva Hunter Hall’s efforts to raise funds for the Allen Hunter Cemetery | 8 |
January 2001, Vol. 10, No. 1
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| Debbie Harrison Finds Information on William Hatcher, Ancestor of Elizabeth Hatcher, first wife of Braxton Lee | 1 |
| Lucille Armetta Hunter Norman by Michael M. Norman | 6 |
| Ernest E. Hunt, IV Updates Hunter Genealogy Website | 8 |
| Holly Hunt writes about Ernest | 9 |
| Trust Income Exceeds Maintenance Expenses | 9 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 10 |
| Future of the Jacob Hunter Trust | 11 |
| Gifts and Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 11 |
January 2000, Vol. 9, No. 1
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| Elizabeth Kuhlo Hunter | 1 |
| Lettie & Lawrence Lee Hunter Celebrate 50th Anniversary | 1 |
| Ernest E. Hunt’s Research | 1 |
| Joseph Love Hunter by Ernest E. Hunt, IV | 2 |
| Mary (Polly) Boone or Dancer? | 4 |
| Burial Place of Jacob Hunter, Mary (Polly) Dancer Hunter Lee, Braxton Lee, and Elizabeth Ann Hatcher Lee Located | 5 |
| Trust Seeks Input Regarding Future | 5 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 7 |
January 1999, Vol. 8, No. 1
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| Marilyn Fisher’s Research (Poor & Moseley families) | 1 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 3 |
January 1998, Vol. 7, No. 1
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| Major Renovations in 1997 | 1 |
| C.E. “Ted” Peck Hunter Line (pp. 1, 4-12) | 1 |
| Cemetery Pictures | 2 |
| Financial Report | 4 |
| Future Work Planned | 4 |
| Rev. Dempsey Allen Hunter by J.F. Wilcox | 13 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 15 |
| Are You a Potential Genealogist? | 16 |
January 1997, Vol. 6, No. 1
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| Florence Rodd Dies | 1 |
| Robert P. Cowsert on James Monroe Hunter (b. 7-16-1851) | 1 |
| Researchers Wanted | 1 |
| Revenue and Expense Report | 2 |
| New Mailing Address for the Trust | 2 |
January 1996, Vol. 5, No. 1
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| Allen Hunter Cemetery Improvements | 1 |
| Cemeteries Professionally Maintained | 1 |
| Judge Robert Howerton Provides Additional Services | 1 |
| Marilyn Fisher on Charles Brooke Lee and Elizabeth Hunter Lee | 2 |
| Hugh F. Hunter, Jr. on Matthew R. Hunter, Bro. of Emmanuel | 3 |
| Father LaVerne Thomas, III on William Hunter (b. 1750) in SC | 3 |
| Revenues Increase Substantially | 3 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 4 |
January 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1
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| Trust Acquires A Treasury Direct Account | 1 |
| Tax Exempt Status | 1 |
| Annual Financial Report | 1 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 2 |
| Letter from Judge Robert S. Hunter | 3 |
January 1994, Vol. 3, No. 1
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| Jacob & Allen Hunter Trusts Merge | 1 |
| Trust to Receive Tax Exempt Status | 1 |
| Annual Financial Report | 1 |
| 1994 Budget Plan | 2 |
| Justice Publications | 2 |
| To Richard Hunter | 2 |
| Income & Expense Detail | 3 |
January 1993, Vol. 2, No. 1
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| Major Renovation of Cemeteries in 1992 | 1 |
| Hunter Scrapbook Distributed | 1 |
| 1992 Annual Financial Report | 1 |
| Jacob & Allen Hunter Trusts May Merge | 1 |
| Gifts & Bequests to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 2 |
| Cemetery Pictures | 3 |
| Fund Income and Expenditures | 4 |
January 1992, Vol. 1, No. 1
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| Jacob Hunter Cemetery Being Restored | 1 |
| Hunter, Duncan, Spiller, & Lee Family Scrapbook | 1 |
| Family Members Buried in the Jacob Hunter Cemetery | 2 |
| Donors to the Jacob Hunter Trust | 2 |
| Letter from Judge Robert S. Hunter | 3 |