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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 1735 / Wake / NC Death: 1794 / Wake / NC
Qualifying Service Description:
Provided sundry goods to the Militia of Wake County, NC
Additional References:
SAR RC #188458 & 78820 - Rueben Hunter
Spouse: Sarah Speight Children: Dempsey; Reuben; Isaac;
Headstone - Photo added with permission of Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR
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Author: David Merrill Leonard
Reuben Hunter, (b. ca. 1735 in Wake County, NC), married Sarah Speight about 1765 in Wake Co., NC. He inherited 320 acres of land which he sold on 16 April 1753. Numerous vouchers are on file in the North Carolina State Department of Archives and History listing Reuben as having provided material aide of cash and various sundries to the Wake County Militia during the Revolutionary War. Reuben apparently lost his life in an altercation in Wake County. The Wake Co., NC Court Minutes, 1793-1796 Book III states that “On motion of William Nash, Attorney for the County, that the Inquiry be made into the charge against Allen Brewer, Charles Thomas, and Joel Parish touching the death of Reuben Hunter, the Court directs that said Brewer, Thomas, and Parish be bound to appear at next Court to answer…” An inventory of the estate of Reuben Hunter was approved by the Wake County Court on 13 December 1796. Sarah prepared a will dated 1809 and recorded in Wake County in 1811. I am descended through their son, Dempsey Hunter.
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