Hunter of Campbell and Lunenburg Counties

John Hunter, Jr. established his home at "Clover Green." was located south of the James River, fourteen or fifteen miles below Lynchburg. John Hunter patented 400 acres of land on both sides of Russells Creek (1751) which was in Lunenburg County. Issue:

John Hunter, surveyor, served in the Revolutionary War; received a pension in 1835; also served in the Indian War of 1758 as a sergeant in a Bedford Company. At the time his father was a captain of an Albemarle Company during the same war. In 1768 John Hunter patented 90 acres on Falling River, and became one of the first justices of Campbell County. In 1873 he was appointed Sheriff with Alexander Hunter, as his deputy. John Hunter was married to Mrs. Mary (Stith) Early, a sister of Richard Stith and widow of Colonel Jeremiah Early (his second wife).
Robert Hunted lived and died at "Clover Green", the old home of his father. His Last Will and Testament was dated in 1827, but only mentioned his son, Robert, to whom he had lent money and a son, Ellis, both of whom were appointed executors; also a daughter, Jane S. Rogers.