William Hunter 
William was born about 1776 in County Tyrone, Ireland. William's father was James Hunter. His paternal grandfather is ? Hunter. He had four brothers and two sisters, named John, Samuel, Alexander, Henry, Jane and Daughter. He is the youngest of the seven children.General Notes
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William Hunter came to America from Ireland 1789 when he was but 16 yrs
of age and lived at Ruffsdale, PA. He was married to Jane Steele in the
year 1800 to this union 9 childdren were born, eight of whom were born in
P A and one after they came to OH. they came to OH by covered wagon to
what is now Green Twp, ashland county in March 1818, where they purchased
320 acres o f land from the Gov william Hunter however only had the
pleasure of enjoying his then western home fro a little over 2 yrs.
having died in 1820 of then th en prevalent disease of Ague, a disease to
which many of the early pioneers s uccumbed. His wife soon followed in
1823, at which time the youngest child (J ohn) was only 14 mo old.
This family of 9 orphaned children remained together until they all
married off and one by one established homes for themselves, a ll of the
boys lived their entire lives in green Twp. The girls Jane and marg aret
moved to the west after which very little is known of their history.
S arah moved to Willmington near Cincinnati OH as did also Mary However
mary ca me back to green Twp wheere she died in 1884.
William hunter was born in Irela nd of scotch parents.
11 august 1932 hunter Reunion Held
One hundred seven De scedants of William Hunter and wife attended the
annual Hunter reunion at Lak eland beach Sunday J.P. Hunter Ashland county
auditor was reelected president of the association with Mrs Florence
Hiuldenbrand of Lucas renamed secretary and WaDe hunter of Lucas being
reelected treasurer. William Hunter andd wife settled in green township
then in richland county in 1818, Jp.P. Hunter disp layed to the
descendants of the immigrant couple a tax receipt for 80 acres o f land
owned by James Hunter in 1835. The tax for the 80 acres was $2.92. The
same property is now owned by J.P. Hunter. but taxes are far from the
same . the current tax is 61. 98.
Marriage 1 Jane STEELE b: 1774
this is possible information on William
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