In about two
to three weeks will be another anniversary of the Battle of Kennesaw
Mountain. It will be 151 years this
year. My great grandfather William
Hunter's life changed that week and his 200 to 300 descendants' hometowns was destined to be Marietta and
Woodstock. If he was not shot in the
knee during the battle we might all be
Texans now.
Let me
explain my reasoning:
Our Hunter
ancestor that first came to this area was William A. Hunter. was first in the
area when was in the CSA, fighting on
Kennesaw Mountain and got shot in the knee.
He
recuperated in a private home near Woodstock.
He was there long enough to make friends with his caretakers' neighbors.
After the
war he returned home to Macon County, North Carolina. There, his uncle Van Trammell got into a heated argument about the Civil War
and he killed the person. William was a
witness saying Van could not have killed him because he was him all day. Proof was provided against his statement and
Van was wanted for murder and William
was wanted as an accessory to murder.
First they
fled to Arkansas to Van's brother's home and
William went on to Texas. He
brought his family. He had a hard time
providing for his family and returned to Woodstock, Georgia, to look up friends he had made when he was
recuperating. They helped him get
emplopyed.
If William
had made a go of it in Texas.....Yippee Ki
Yay, Y'all!
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