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William “Billy” Hunt

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William “Billy” Hunt

Birth
Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA
Death
8 Jul 1924 (aged 82)
Harrison County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Served in Co. H, 11th Kentucky Cavalry. Hunt was originally in Co. A, 1st Ky. Mounted Rifles and he was captured during Morgan's Ohio-Indiana Raid. After the war he returned to Harrison Co. He is buried at Beaver Baptist Cemetery in Harrison Co., Ky. ∼William Hunt, 82, died in Harrison County, Kentucky. He was born April 25, 1842, in Montgomery County, Kentucky. William was the son of Ambrose Dudley and Charlotte Daniels Hunt and the grandson of Robertson and Prissilla Hunt, who immigrated to Kentucky with Daniel Boone.

William's parents moved to Harrison County, Texas, about 1959. Dudley and Charlotte died of a fever one year after moving to Texas. After his parents' deaths, William, age 18, took a boat to New Orleans with his two little sisters, Annette and Amanda. From there, they took a train to Kentucky. He settled on the farm later known as the Hunt homeplace in Harrison County, Kentucky.

In 1861, William enlisted in the Confederate Army under John Hunt Morgan, a distant relative. He was imprisoned for awhile at Camp Douglas in Ohio. William was released near the end of the war, joined Morgan and eventually returned home.

On March 21, 1869, William married Elizabeth C. Botts, the daughter of Joseph and Julia Myers Botts. William and Lizzie had 11 children -- Joanna, Roy, Sidney, Willie, Taylor, Marion, Nettie, Mayme, Harriett, Amanda and Lillie. Willie and Sidney died in childhood.
Served in Co. H, 11th Kentucky Cavalry. Hunt was originally in Co. A, 1st Ky. Mounted Rifles and he was captured during Morgan's Ohio-Indiana Raid. After the war he returned to Harrison Co. He is buried at Beaver Baptist Cemetery in Harrison Co., Ky. ∼William Hunt, 82, died in Harrison County, Kentucky. He was born April 25, 1842, in Montgomery County, Kentucky. William was the son of Ambrose Dudley and Charlotte Daniels Hunt and the grandson of Robertson and Prissilla Hunt, who immigrated to Kentucky with Daniel Boone.

William's parents moved to Harrison County, Texas, about 1959. Dudley and Charlotte died of a fever one year after moving to Texas. After his parents' deaths, William, age 18, took a boat to New Orleans with his two little sisters, Annette and Amanda. From there, they took a train to Kentucky. He settled on the farm later known as the Hunt homeplace in Harrison County, Kentucky.

In 1861, William enlisted in the Confederate Army under John Hunt Morgan, a distant relative. He was imprisoned for awhile at Camp Douglas in Ohio. William was released near the end of the war, joined Morgan and eventually returned home.

On March 21, 1869, William married Elizabeth C. Botts, the daughter of Joseph and Julia Myers Botts. William and Lizzie had 11 children -- Joanna, Roy, Sidney, Willie, Taylor, Marion, Nettie, Mayme, Harriett, Amanda and Lillie. Willie and Sidney died in childhood.

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  • Maintained by: Cathy Case Muntz Relative Grandchild
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Dec 29, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10189029/william-hunt: accessed ), memorial page for William “Billy” Hunt (25 Apr 1842–8 Jul 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10189029, citing Beaver Baptist Cemetery, Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Cathy Case Muntz (contributor 47485223).