Stanford Hunter enlisted just ten days after his marriage at age 20 as a private in Company H, 30th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry on 10 Sept 1861 at Jonesboro N.C. He died 22 July 1862 in Richmond Virginia of unknown causes.
The following was found on Ancestry.com;
Monument honors Stanford Hunter
EDITOR, THE HERALD:
Stanford Hunter, the War-Between-the-States casualty, was married to Edna Thomas, daughter of Tillman and Harriet Judd Thomas.
Not only did Edna loose her husband, but at least two of her brothers were wounded. William was shot in the hip; he was discharged and walked from Petersburg, Va., home to his wife and four children. Henderson was wounded and taken to a prison in upstate New York. After the war, these prisoners were released to get home as best they could--mainly walking through "enemy territory." No officer called a t Edna's home to tell her of Stanford's fate. She read the posting at Arch Dalrymple's mill where she and Williams' wife walked to get their cornmeal.
None of these young people owned slaves. They believed in "state's rights," and it was not unconstitutional to secede. It was a useless war (aren't most of them?) except America is not divided up into a lot of little countries; slavery was in the process of being frozen out.
Stanford Hunters' home church would have been Buckhorn Methodist Church; Edna's was Juniper Springs Baptist. Her family's cemetery was on their farm and is now incorporated with Baptist Chapel cemetery.
The Hunters' daughter, Martha Harriet, grew up in her grandparents' home off Buckhorn Road. She married Sion Kelly and a number of her descendants live in the area and are a tribute.
It's good to have a monument erected in honor of Stanford Hunter, who was remembered by those who knew him as well regarded and handsome.
ELINOR GUERARD
Sanford
The following was found on Ancestry.com;
Monument honors Stanford Hunter
EDITOR, THE HERALD:
Stanford Hunter, the War-Between-the-States casualty, was married to Edna Thomas, daughter of Tillman and Harriet Judd Thomas.
Not only did Edna loose her husband, but at least two of her brothers were wounded. William was shot in the hip; he was discharged and walked from Petersburg, Va., home to his wife and four children. Henderson was wounded and taken to a prison in upstate New York. After the war, these prisoners were released to get home as best they could--mainly walking through "enemy territory." No officer called a t Edna's home to tell her of Stanford's fate. She read the posting at Arch Dalrymple's mill where she and Williams' wife walked to get their cornmeal.
None of these young people owned slaves. They believed in "state's rights," and it was not unconstitutional to secede. It was a useless war (aren't most of them?) except America is not divided up into a lot of little countries; slavery was in the process of being frozen out.
Stanford Hunters' home church would have been Buckhorn Methodist Church; Edna's was Juniper Springs Baptist. Her family's cemetery was on their farm and is now incorporated with Baptist Chapel cemetery.
The Hunters' daughter, Martha Harriet, grew up in her grandparents' home off Buckhorn Road. She married Sion Kelly and a number of her descendants live in the area and are a tribute.
It's good to have a monument erected in honor of Stanford Hunter, who was remembered by those who knew him as well regarded and handsome.
ELINOR GUERARD
Sanford
Stanford Hunter enlisted just ten days after his marriage at age 20 as a private in Company H, 30th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry on 10 Sept 1861 at Jonesboro N.C. He died 22 July 1862 in Richmond Virginia of unknown causes.
The following was found on Ancestry.com;
Monument honors Stanford Hunter
EDITOR, THE HERALD:
Stanford Hunter, the War-Between-the-States casualty, was married to Edna Thomas, daughter of Tillman and Harriet Judd Thomas.
Not only did Edna loose her husband, but at least two of her brothers were wounded. William was shot in the hip; he was discharged and walked from Petersburg, Va., home to his wife and four children. Henderson was wounded and taken to a prison in upstate New York. After the war, these prisoners were released to get home as best they could--mainly walking through "enemy territory." No officer called a t Edna's home to tell her of Stanford's fate. She read the posting at Arch Dalrymple's mill where she and Williams' wife walked to get their cornmeal.
None of these young people owned slaves. They believed in "state's rights," and it was not unconstitutional to secede. It was a useless war (aren't most of them?) except America is not divided up into a lot of little countries; slavery was in the process of being frozen out.
Stanford Hunters' home church would have been Buckhorn Methodist Church; Edna's was Juniper Springs Baptist. Her family's cemetery was on their farm and is now incorporated with Baptist Chapel cemetery.
The Hunters' daughter, Martha Harriet, grew up in her grandparents' home off Buckhorn Road. She married Sion Kelly and a number of her descendants live in the area and are a tribute.
It's good to have a monument erected in honor of Stanford Hunter, who was remembered by those who knew him as well regarded and handsome.
ELINOR GUERARD
Sanford
The following was found on Ancestry.com;
Monument honors Stanford Hunter
EDITOR, THE HERALD:
Stanford Hunter, the War-Between-the-States casualty, was married to Edna Thomas, daughter of Tillman and Harriet Judd Thomas.
Not only did Edna loose her husband, but at least two of her brothers were wounded. William was shot in the hip; he was discharged and walked from Petersburg, Va., home to his wife and four children. Henderson was wounded and taken to a prison in upstate New York. After the war, these prisoners were released to get home as best they could--mainly walking through "enemy territory." No officer called a t Edna's home to tell her of Stanford's fate. She read the posting at Arch Dalrymple's mill where she and Williams' wife walked to get their cornmeal.
None of these young people owned slaves. They believed in "state's rights," and it was not unconstitutional to secede. It was a useless war (aren't most of them?) except America is not divided up into a lot of little countries; slavery was in the process of being frozen out.
Stanford Hunters' home church would have been Buckhorn Methodist Church; Edna's was Juniper Springs Baptist. Her family's cemetery was on their farm and is now incorporated with Baptist Chapel cemetery.
The Hunters' daughter, Martha Harriet, grew up in her grandparents' home off Buckhorn Road. She married Sion Kelly and a number of her descendants live in the area and are a tribute.
It's good to have a monument erected in honor of Stanford Hunter, who was remembered by those who knew him as well regarded and handsome.
ELINOR GUERARD
Sanford
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