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Note: About 1890, John Enos Hunt married Sallie Clifton Wilson. They lived on the plantation that he inherited from his father until they moved out west in 1901. During the summer months in S. C., it was very hot and humid and there were many mad
dogs. One day there was a big commotion in the barn which was locked because the negroes were bad to steal. Since grandfather Hunt worked as a logger, he was away from home. Grandmother Sallie went to see what was wrong in the barn and found a
mad dog. She rushed all the children in the house and herself, just before the dog ran under the steps right behind her.
Grandmother Hunt was a woman who loved her children and every day she would hurry to get her work done so she could go out to play with them and help and watch them so they didn't get hurt or lost.
On the plantation, they raised most of what they needed to eat, even to having a grape arbor and wine cellar. They pressed their grapes and made wine. They also made apple cider. They had a smoke house and cured all their own meats and hams.
They often went across the Black River to visit at great grandfather Wilson's home. He had a pet monkey which they loved to watch.
Grandfather and Grandmother Hunt were very religious. They belonged to the Baptist church. All the family attended many old-fashioned revivals. On Sundays, the children weren't allowed to play. They attended Sunday School every Sunday and had
to learn a verse from the bible. Sometimes they went visiting in the afternoons on Sunday, but they were always afraid of gypsies. The gypsies would steal children and hold them for ransom.
John drowned in 1905 in the San Francisco River in Clifton, Az.
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