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HUNT-MARTIN CEMETERY

Hunt-Martin Cemetery is located on the west side of Buffalo Ridge and off the Shadden Road. Today we have the Fossil Museum situated on a corner of the Hunt-Martin property. The land was originally Jesse Hunt who settled on Buffalo Ridge about 1790 and lived there until about 1870 or 1880. December 1850 Henry A. and Matilda Brown Martin had moved from near Locust Mount to Buffalo Ridge and bought the Peter Barry house. Samuel M Hunt had built a house on Jesse Hunt land making the Hunt and Martin families neighbors with some of their children marrying. After Samuel Hunt died the estate was dispersed and John Alexander Calhoun Martin son of Henry A Martin had bought the Hunt house where he also ran a store. Several of the families near Locust Mount also had moved to the Buffalo Ridge area...did they realize back then that Gray would someday be a town? With Martin and Hunt siblings intermarrying it made sense to have a family cemetery among the two families. Today we find the Martin family buried on the west side of the cemetery and the Hunt family on the east side of the cemetery

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ROBERT ELLIS HUNT AND MARY EMMALINE MARTIN HUNT. Robert Ellis Hunt oldest son of Samuel M & Elizabeth Ellis Hunt. Mary Emmaline the daughter of Henry A & Matilda Brown Martin and sister to John C Martin who bought the Samuel Hunt house. I am most certain there was another tombstone near Robert & Elizabeth for Samuel & Elizabeth Ellis Hunt...but what happened? Also an Amanda Hunt stone was there as well? Is this the Amanda Hunt listed in the 1850 census for Samuel & Elizabeth Hunt family?

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Luticia E. Hunt mother of William and Jessee who are buried near her. Luticia was the daughter of Samuel M & Elizabeth Ellis Hunt ; granddaughter of Jesse & Elizabeth Shipley Hunt and Jacob & Letitia Cowan Ellis

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Jessee Cox, twin to William Cox

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Jesse and William are the sons of George and Lutitia E. Hunt Cox. Jessee and William were twins and their birth must have been a hardship on Lutitia causing mother and sons to die. William and Jessee were named for their grandfathers; William Cox and Jesse Hunt. Recently found that Lutitia had a daughter Sarah who was the first born, she married a Hale and has descendants living in Tennessee

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John C. Martin 1845-1918 and his Wife Sarah J. Bacon 1847-1921. Sarah J Bacon was the daughter of Charles & Amanda Ellis Bacon. Charles son of Thomas & Sarah Barron Bacon & Amanda daughter of Jacob & Letitia Cowan Ellis. John C was the son of Henry A. Martin & Matilda Brown; the grandson of Redhead John Brown & Caleb & Sally Beard Martin which makes them practically kin to the whole of Washington County, Tennessee

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Virgie S. Martin was the second daughter of John Calhoun Alex and Sarah Jane Bacon. Virgie was born October 3, 1870 and died March 29, 1888. Virgie died young at age 18 and was never married

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Nellie G. Barnes was born June 20, 1894 and died October 4, 1895. She was the daughter of Eugene M. and Mary H. Martin Barnes and the granddaughter of John Calhoun Alex and Sarah Jane Bacon Martin. Mary Martin Barnes was the third daughter & child of John C and Sarah Jane Bacon Martin

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William Cox 1879 (this newer marker is near Lucretia and the twins William and Jesse Cox) Any ideas who he may be?

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Hunt

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PHOTOGRAPH (Click on small photo to view larger version)	NAME & DATES	HUNT-MARTIN CEMETERY	SUBMITTED BY
	ROBERT ELLIS HUNT AND MARY EMMALINE MARTIN HUNT. Robert Ellis Hunt oldest son of Samuel M & Elizabeth Ellis Hunt. Mary Emmaline the daughter of Henry A & Matilda Brown Martin and sister to John C Martin who bought the Samuel Hunt house. I am most certain there was another tombstone near Robert & Elizabeth for Samuel & Elizabeth Ellis Hunt...but what happened? Also an Amanda Hunt stone was there as well? Is this the Amanda Hunt listed in the 1850 census for Samuel & Elizabeth Hunt family?	Hunt-Martin Cemetery	Janelle Morrow Walker Warden
	Luticia E. Hunt mother of William and Jessee who are buried near her. Luticia was the daughter of Samuel M & Elizabeth Ellis Hunt ; granddaughter of Jesse & Elizabeth Shipley Hunt and Jacob & Letitia Cowan Ellis	Hunt-Martin Cemetery	Janelle Morrow Walker Warden
	Jessee Cox, twin to William Cox	Hunt-Martin Cemetery	Janelle Morrow Walker Warden
	Jesse and William are the sons of George and Lutitia E. Hunt Cox. Jessee and William were twins and their birth must have been a hardship on Lutitia causing mother and sons to die. William and Jessee were named for their grandfathers; William Cox and Jesse Hunt. Recently found that Lutitia had a daughter Sarah who was the first born, she married a Hale and has descendants living in Tennessee	Hunt-Martin Cemetery	Janelle Morrow Walker Warden
	John C. Martin 1845-1918 and his Wife Sarah J. Bacon 1847-1921. Sarah J Bacon was the daughter of Charles & Amanda Ellis Bacon. Charles son of Thomas & Sarah Barron Bacon & Amanda daughter of Jacob & Letitia Cowan Ellis. John C was the son of Henry A. Martin & Matilda Brown; the grandson of Redhead John Brown & Caleb & Sally Beard Martin which makes them practically kin to the whole of Washington County, Tennessee	Hunt-Martin Cemetery	Janelle Morrow Walker Warden
	Virgie S. Martin was the second daughter of John Calhoun Alex and Sarah Jane Bacon. Virgie was born October 3, 1870 and died March 29, 1888. Virgie died young at age 18 and was never married	Hunt-Martin Cemetery	Janelle Morrow Walker Warden
	Nellie G. Barnes was born June 20, 1894 and died October 4, 1895. She was the daughter of Eugene M. and Mary H. Martin Barnes and the granddaughter of John Calhoun Alex and Sarah Jane Bacon Martin. Mary Martin Barnes was the third daughter & child of John C and Sarah Jane Bacon Martin	Hunt-Martin Cemetery	Janelle Morrow Walker Warden
	William Cox 1879 (this newer marker is near Lucretia and the twins William and Jesse Cox) Any ideas who he may be?	Hunt-Martin Cemetery	Janelle Morrow Walker Warden
	Hunt	Hunt-Martin Cemetery	Janelle Morrow Walker Warden