Thomas Hunt (soldier)

In May he was commissioned an ensign in Bond's Regiment and served in the Siege of Boston and fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

[2][3][4] He was commissioned in the United States Army as a captain in the 2nd Infantry Regiment on March 4, 1791 and was one of the few survivors of St. Clair's Defeat later that year.

He was promoted to colonel and given command of the regiment on April 11, 1803 and served in that position until his death at Fort Bellefontaine in Missouri on August 18, 1808.

[1] Colonel Hunt was originally buried at Fort Bellefontaine but his remains were eventually moved to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery near St. Louis, Missouri.

They had eleven children: sons Henry Jackson, Thomas Jr., George, Samuel Wellington, William Brown, John Elliott, and Charles Cotesworth Picnkney Hunt, and daughters Ruth Fessenden, Abigail, Mary LeBaron, and Eliza Hunt.