John C. Hunton

Colonel John C. Hunton (January 18, 1839 - September 4, 1928) was an American Confederate veteran, pioneer and rancher.

John C. Hunton was born on January 18, 1839, in Madison County, Virginia.

[1] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he served in the 7th Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States Army.

[3] After the war, Hunton worked in freighting in Missouri and Nebraska until 1867, when he moved to the Wyoming Territory and became a clerk to the post-trader at Fort Laramie.

[1] Hunton established a ranch along the Chugwater Creek in Bordeaux, Wyoming, where he raised cattle.