East Tennessee is part of Appalachia. At the end of the French and Indian War, colonists began drifting into the area. In 1769, they first settled along the Watauga River. During the Revolution, the Overmountain Men defeated British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The State of Franklin was formed in the 1780s, but never admitted to the Union.
Uriah Hunt was born about 1757. He was the son of Thomas Hunt.
He married Sarah Kincheloe about 1782.
Thomas Hunt (1785, married Martina Bayless, daughter of Samuel Bayless),
Smith Hunt (1794, married Patsy Alison),
Uriah Hunt (1787, married Mary Kincheloe),
Benjamin Hunt (1787)
Peter Hunt
Acksey (Acsah) Hunt (1802, married Richard Martin),
Dyce Hunt ((1807, married Payne Squib)
Jesse Hunt, (1798)
Sarah Hunt (married James Duncan)
Rhoda Hunt (1792, married Joseph Duncan)
Uriah was a Baptist minister. They lived in the Sulphur Springs Community of Washington County, Tennessee
According to his grandson, U. H. Hunt's, 1914 obituary
His grandfather, Uriah Hunt, came to this place in 1786 and purchased all the land from the Isaac Galloway farm to the Walker farm, it being a part of North Carolina then. He owned slaves and always freed them at the age of 31 years. He was secretary of the first Missionary Baptist gathering in what is now Tennessee. He preached in the homes of the people, laying the foundation for a greater religious faith.
In 1778 in Washington County, Tennessee, Uriah Hunt was fined for insulting the court.
