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585. Sarah Matilda "Mattie" Dupuy was born on 30 Apr 1849 in Sulphur Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas.^(403)(674) She died on 1 Apr 1911 in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas.⁽⁶⁷⁵⁾She was buried on 2 Apr 1911 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Merkel, Taylor County, Texas.

She was married to Joseph Love Hunter (son of Isaac F. Hunter and Mary Marshall Reding) on 27 Nov 1870 in Robertson County, Texas.⁽⁶⁷⁶⁾ Joseph Love Hunter was born on 20 Jan 1842 in White's Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee.⁽⁶⁷⁷⁾ He appeared on the census on 14 Jun 1860 in Wheelock, JP No. 2, Robertson County, Texas.⁽⁶⁷⁸⁾ He Enlisted in Robertson's 5-Shooters (TX) on 3 Mar 1861 in Owenville, Robertson County, Texas.⁽⁶⁷⁹⁾ He was transferred to Company C, 12th Texas Infantry (CSA) on 17 Dec 1861 in Camp Hebert, Robertson County, Texas.⁽⁶⁸⁰⁾ He surrendered in Apr 1865 in Hempstead, Texas.⁽⁶⁸¹⁾ He appeared on the census on 5 Nov 1870 in P. O. Owensville, JP No. 4, Robertson County, Texas.⁽⁶⁸²⁾ He sold interest in the estate of Gilbert and Naomo Hunter for $300 on 10 Nov 1875 in Robertson County, Texas.⁽⁶⁸³⁾ He was appointed guardian of the estate of his son, W. R. Hunter on 4 Dec 1876 in Robertson County, Texas.⁽⁶⁸⁴⁾ He bought 180 acres, Isaac Bear Tract, for $600 on 9 Dec 1878 in Big Creek, Limestone County, Texas.⁽⁶⁸⁵⁾ He bought 50 acres, A. Manchaca Tract, 16 miles east of Waco on 24 May 1879 in McLennan County, Texas.⁽⁶⁸⁶⁾ He sold 50 acres, A. Manchaca Tract, 16 miles east of Waco on 17 Sep 1879 in McLennan County, Texas.⁽⁶⁸⁷⁾He appeared on the census on 20 Jun 1880 in Limestone County, Texas.⁽⁶⁸⁸⁾ He sold 40 acres, Isaac Bear Tract, for $80 cash, $160 note on 27 Jun 1885 in Big Creek, Limestone County, Texas.⁽⁶⁸⁹⁾ He bought 50 acres, I. Gohida Tract, E. of Brazos River, for $1,250 on 20 Aug 1887 in McLennan County, Texas.⁽⁶⁹⁰⁾ He sold 140 Acres, Isaac Bear Tract, for $1,250 cash, $2,250 note on 20 Aug 1887 in Big Creek, Limestone County, Texas.^(691)(692)He bought 385.5 acres in 6 tracts, A. Manshaca Tract, 16 miles east of Waco, for $1,000 cash plus $1,855 note on 21 Sep 1887 in McLennan County, Texas.⁽⁶⁹³⁾ He sold 50 acres, I. Gohida Tract, E. of Brazos River, for $500 cash plus $500 note on 8 Nov 1889 in McLennan County, Texas.⁽⁶⁹⁴⁾ He appeared on the census on 7 Jun 1900 in Battle, J. P. No. 2, McLennan County, Texas.⁽⁶⁹⁵⁾ He bought land in College Addition, for $305 on 15 Feb 1904 in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas.⁽⁶⁹⁶⁾ He appeared on the census on 24 Apr 1910 in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas.⁽⁶⁹⁷⁾ He appeared on the census on 19 Jan 1920 in 3306 Avenue D, Polytechnic, Tarrant County, Texas.⁽⁶⁹⁸⁾ He died on 1 Apr 1926 in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas.⁽⁶⁹⁹⁾ He was buried on 2 Apr 1926 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Merkel, Taylor County, Texas.^{(700) (701)}

J. L. Hunter was raised near White's Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee. About 1858, Joseph and his older brother William Robert "Will" Hunter, b. 1840, moved to Texas, joining their older half-brother, Gilbert Marshall "Gib" Hunter, b. 1825, in Robertson County, Texas. Gib had migrated south to Texas before 1847, sometime after his mother died in 1839. Like Gib, Will and Joe's mother died in 1846, and their father married Mrs. Ellen Davenport in 1849. Their mother dead, and the stories of Texas from their older brother, must have lured Will and Joe south. They were listed on the 1860 census of Robertson County, Texas, near their brother, Gib. Joe's older brother James Marshall Hunter, b. 1826, stayed in Tennessee as well as his younger brother Isaac Christopher "Sip" Hunter, b. 1844.

In 1861 the Civil War came, and Joe enlisted March 3, 1961, at Owenville, Robertson County, Texas, in Robertson's Five Shooters Infantry under Captain William P. Townsend. He was later transferred to Company C, 12 Texas Infantry (Young's' Regiment, 8 Reg't Texas Inf.) where he was served on detached duty as a saddle and harness maker. This regiment fought in Arkansas and Louisiana, and participated in the following engagements: Young's Point, June 7, 1863, Red River campaign, March 10-May 22, 1864, Camden Expedition, March 23-May 3, 1864, Mansfield, Louisiana, April 8, 1864, Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864, and Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas, April 30, 1864. J.L. surrendered at Hempstead, Texas, in April, 1865.

Joe's other brothers were not so lucky. Will died June 27, 1862, at Cold Harbor, Virginia, while enlisted in the 4th Texas Regiment, Company C. James Marshall Hunter was killed at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, on February 3, 1863. Gib died on April 16, 1863, at Robertson County, Tennessee, while on sick leave from Elmore's regiment, CSA. Sip also died, after serving in Captain William E. Yeatman's 2nd Regiment Tennessee Volunteers. He is last shown as deserting near Nashville on July 25, 1863. He is listed on his tombstone as dying on April 8, 1865, and is buried in Green Cemetery, White's Creek, Tennessee. This was after the Federals had occupied Davidson County.

Thus, Joe was the only brother of five left after the war. He married his half-brother Gilbert's widow, Naomi, about 1867, perhaps to help her keep the 3,000 acres of encumbered and poorly titled land she inherited from her father, and her husband. In 1867, J. L. signed a Voter list for Robertson County (p. 215), saying he was in the County and State 9 years. He is listed on the 1868 assessment of Robertson County, Texas, as owning the following parcels, all of which had belonged to his brother Gib: 1) 1,033 acres of the Mariana Grandes 77 L tract on Camp Creek, 2) 113 acres of the Alfred R. Guild tract on the Navisota, and 1000 acres of the E. Robertson tract on the Duck/Navasota. He had 4 horses and 21 cows on the latter tract.

Joe had a boy William Robert Hunter born on September 28, 1868 in Robertson County. His wife Naomi, 16 years his senior, died on September 16, 1869. She is presumably buried at Camp Creek Cemetery, Robertson County.

On November 5, 1870, Hunter was listed by the US Census as being 28 years old, with $500 of real estate and $500 of property, at Precinct #4, Owensville. On November 27th he married Sarah Matilda Dupuy, in Robertson County. On October 17, 1871, his next child, Edward, was born.

Hunter's land holdings were reduced to 208 acres of the Grande tract in 1874, with 2 horses and 15 cows (1874 roll). This was primarily because of the division of Gilbert and Naomi Hunter's estate and the settlement of outstanding claims on it, leaving Hunter with a $300 interest in the old homestead, which he sold to James H. Goodman, his nephew, on November 10, 1875. On December 3, 1876, he was appointed guardian of his son William R. Hunter, in Robertson County, Texas, presumably in the estate settlement of Naomi Hunter.

On December 9, 1878, Hunter bought 180 acres of land in Limestone County, Texas for $600 (Isaac Bear Tract, on the waters of Big Creek), from his former Brother-in-Law, Noah McCuistion. He resided on this land at the time of the 1880 Census, and sold 40 acres of it for $320 on June 27, 1885, $80 cash and $160 note, which was paid off by December 27, 1897. The remaining 140 acres were sold for $3,750 on August 20, 1887, $1250 cash (actually a land trade) and $2,250 note, of which $500 was paid November 1, 1888, and the balance by December 23, 1889.

The $1,250 recieved on August 20, 1887, was used to purchase 50 acres of Land from J. W. Molloy in McLennan County (he was the buyer of the Limestone County Land) on the east side of the Brazos River, about 16 miles east of Waco, near Riesel. However, this land was sold for $1000 on November 8, 1889, for a loss of $250.

Hunter used this money to purchase 6 tracts of land totalling 385.5 acres on September 21, 1887, for $1,000 cash plus three notes of $618.33. Lots from this land were sold to A. L. Scott on January 13, 1892 for $275 and W. S. Starkey on March 1, 1892 for $55. He sold another 30 acres on July 31, 1895 to his son, J. M. Hunter, for $600. Hunter also purchased some lots in the town of Reisel on October 10, 1893.

In 1898, J. M. Hunter moved to Taylor County, Texas, and in 1904 J. L. Hunter purchased land with his son J. M. Hunter in the town of Merkel. He resided there until his wife, Mattie, died there in 1911.

J. L. received a confederate pension on September 1, 1914 (#28840). Afterwards J. L. lived with various children, lastly with Bishop in Merkel. He was injured by an automobile which backed up on to him on January 20, 1926, and double fractured his pelvis bone, and he died from this on April 1, 1926. He and Mattie are buried in the Rose Hill Cemetry in Merkel. His obituary was posted in the Merkel Mail, Taylor County, Texas, on April 2, 1926.

Sarah Matilda "Mattie" Dupuy and Joseph Love Hunter had the following children:

+1179 i. Edward Lawrence Hunter.
+1180 ii. Joseph McIntosh Hunter.
+1181 iii. James Henry Hunter.
+1182 iv. Laura Luelle Hunter.
+1183 v. Harvey Lee Hunter.
+1184 vi. Robert Alexander Hunter.
+1185 vii. Sue Ollie Hunter.
+1186 viii. Samuel Marvin "Bishop" Hunter.
+1187 ix. Frank Leslie Hunter.