Person:Tunis Hood (1)

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Tunis Hood, Jr.
b.Abt 1750 Augusta County, Virginia
d.1801 Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1744
  1. Elizabeth HoodAbt 1742 -
  2. Rachel HoodAbt 1743 -
  3. John HoodAbt 1745 - Abt 1835
  4. Phoebe HoodEst 1747 - 1817
  5. Tunis Hood, Jr.Abt 1750 - 1801
  6. Solomon HoodAbt 1750 -
  7. Reuben Hood1762 - 1845
  8. Mary Hood
  9. Lydia Hood
Spouse and Children
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m. 19 Jun 1775
  1. Robert HoodAbt 1775 -
  2. Elizabeth Hood1777 - 1831
  3. Lydia Hood1779 - 1844
  4. John Harrison HoodAbt 1781 - 1840
  5. Tunis Hood, III1784 - 1841
  6. Jeremiah HoodAbt 1786 -
  7. Eleanor Adams Hood1789 - 1861
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Facts and Events
Name Tunis Hood, Jr.
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1750 Augusta County, Virginia
Marriage 19 Jun 1775 Mecklenburg County, North Carolinato Eleanor Harrison
Death[1] 1801 Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

He was a veteran of the Revo­lutionary War, having served several tours of duty as a member of Captain Charles Polk’s Company of Mecklenburg foot troops. As of 1960, his saber was in the possession of Dellmann O. Hood.

Land records show that he was a "very substantial land owner in Morn­ingstar and Clear Creek Townships in Eastern Mecklenburg County along the headwaters of McAlpine Creek and tributaries of Rocky River."

He owned a number of slaves and was a slave trader, he "once shipped a boat load of Negro slaves through the port of Charleston, S.C., to New Orleans."

His place of burial is not known.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hood, Dellmann O. (Dellmann Osborne). The Tunis Hood family : its lineage and traditions. (Medford, Oregon: D.O. Hood, c1960 (Portland, Ore. : Metropolitan Press))
    p. 102, 160.
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