Notes for Eppa Hunton

Notes for Eppa Hunton

!US Census 1850 (5 November) Virginia, Prince William Co, Roll M432_970, Sheet 326, Page 163A, House No. 987, Lines 12-16: Eppa Hunton (b. 1822 - 28 - in VA - Occ: Lawyer - Property Value $2500) married to Lucy C. (b. 1825 - 25 - in VA). ALSO LISTED (born in VA) are: Clara Hunton (b. 1791 - 59); Bettie Weir (b. 1828 - 22); and Martha Weir (b. 1830 - 20)

!US Census 1860 (12 September) Virginia, Prince William Co, Brentsville PO, Roll M653_1373, Sheet 155, Page 573, House No. 1081, Lines 26-32: Eppa Hunton (b. 1825 - 35 - in VA - Occ: Attorney At Law - Property Value $5000 + $8000) married to Lucy C. (b. 1828 - 32 - in VA). Child listed is: Eppa (son b. 1855 - 5 - in VA). ALSO LISTED are: C. B. Weir (b. 1790 - 70 - in VA - Property Value $10,700); Sarah E. Weir (b. 1832 - 28 - in VA - Property Value $6000); and Martha S. Weir (b. 1834 - 26 - in VA - Property Value $5300)

!US Census 1900 (4 June) Virginia, Fauquier Co., Warrenton Center District, Roll T623_1708, SD 8 ED 28, Sheet 3B, Page 76B, House No. 66, Lines 84-89: Eppa Hunton (b. Sept 1822 - 77 - in VA - WIDOW - Occ: Lawyer - Fa: VA and Mo: VA); Eppa Hunton, Jr. (b. Apr 1855 - 45 - in VA - WIDOW - Occ: Lawyer - Fa: VA and Mo: VA); and Mary B. Foster (sister b. June 1828 - 71 - in VA - WIDOW - Fa: VA and Mo: VA). OTHERS LISTED are: Ella O' Malley (b. July 1859 - 40 in Ireland - Occ: Servant - Fa: Irleand and Mo: Ireland - NOTE: Came to US in 1882); Emily Smith (b. Dec 1883 - 17 - in VA - BLACK - Occ: Servant - Fa: VA and Mo: VA); and Mollie Smith (b. Jan 1860 - 40 - in VA - BLACK - WIDOW - Fa: VA and Mo: VA)

!General in the Confederate States Army Army of Northern Virginia, 9 Aug 1863 - Brig Gen Eppa Hunton, fought in most of the Army of Northern Virginia campaigns
Wounded at Gettysburg; Captured at Sayler's Creek; US Civil War Confederate General. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Hunton was a Colonel in the 8th Virginia Regiment; Fought at First Manassas, Seven Days battles, Sharpaburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Five Forks, and Saylor's Creek. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, USA
1848 - Eppa Hunton is admitted to the Fauquier County Bar.
Monday, December 23, 1865 - General EPPA HUNTON, General WILLIAM H. PAYNE and Colonel MOSBY are all practising law in Warrenton, Fauquier Co., Virginia.
served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate after the Civil War.