Thomas Anderson Hunt, known to his friends and family as "Tommy Hunt" was born to James Hunt & Mary Ann Davys/Davis on 27 July 1826, Preston Co. West VA. When he was an infant of just 3 monthes old, his mother died. His father, James Hunt brought Thomas Anderson Hunt to Iowa in 1845. In about 1847, they moved to Vernon in Van Buren County, and in 1849, each of them homesteaded, or bought a quarter section of land in David County near Chequest, about five miles from Troy. Chequest had disappeared as a town before now. On 10 June 1895, when Thomas Anderson Hunt was 68 years old he married Jerusha Brown, daughter of Jeshuer Gorrell and Rashel Spence at Van Buren, Iowa. The property owned by the Hunt family of West Virginia, was known as "the Old Hunt Place." The property had a log cabin on it built by the family. There is also a Hunt Cemetery. James Hunt died in 1844. Young Thomas Anderson Hunt was probably 19, when the long journey was undertaken by covered wagon to Iowa. The main reason for settling in the hills of Davis County was the availability of logs for building purposes and to secure land with natural drainage.
WAR RECORDS
Organized at Davenport April 27 to July 13, 1863, Companies "A" to "H." Thomas was in 7th Iowa Infantry, Company "I," organized as Sioux City Cavalry November 14, 1861, and three Companies organized for 41st Iowa Battalion assigned as Companies "K," "L" and "M." Regiment moved to Omaha, Neb., June, 1863, and assigned to duty at various points in Nebraska and Dakota, as garrison, guarding lines of telegraph and travel, escorting trains and protecting Emigrants, having frequent combats with Indians in the Departments of Missouri, Kansas and the Northwest. Sully's Expedition against hostile Sioux Indians August 13-September 11, 1863. Actions at Whitestone Hill September 3 and 5. Niobrara December 4, 1863 (1 Co.).
Sully's Expedition against hostile Sioux Indians July 25-October 8, 1864. Actions at Tah kah a kuty July 25. (Cos. "K" and "M"). Two Hills, Bad Lands, Little Missouri River, August 8 (Cos. "K" and "M"). Scout on Smoky Hill Fork, Kansas, August 1-5 (Co. "H"). Smoky Hill Crossing August 16 (Co. "H"). Operations against Indians in Nebraska August 11-November 24, 1864. Fort Cottonwood August 28 and September 18 (Co. "B"). Near Fort Cottonwood September 20. Detachment of Company "C." Operations against Indians in Nebraska and Colorado Territories September 29-November 30 (1st Battalion). Cow Creek near Fort Zarah December 4 (Detachment). Julesburg, Indian Territory, January 7, 1865 (Co. "F"). Rush Creek February 8 (Co. "D"). Mud Springs February 8-9. Rush Creek February 9. Boyd's Station June 3 (Co. "E"). Cow Creek Station, Kansas, June 12 (Co. "O"). Horse Creek, Dakota Ter., June 14 (Cos. "B" and "D"). Tongue River August 29 (Co. "F"). Duty on the plains till June, 1866. Mustered out June 22, 1866.
