Jefferson Hunt
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California State Assembly Utah Territorial Legislature |
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January 20, 1803 Bracken County, Kentucky |
| Died | May 11, 1879 (aged 76) Oxford, Idaho |
| Political party | Whig, Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Celia Mounts Matilda Nease |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) |
Jefferson Hunt (January 20, 1803 – May 11, 1879) was a U.S. western pioneer, soldier, and politician. He was a captain in the Mormon Battalion, brigadier general in the California State Militia, a California State Assemblyman, and a representative to the Utah Territorial Legislature.
Hunt was born to John Hunt and Martha Jenkins on January 20, 1803, in Bracken County, Kentucky. Some sources cite his full name as Charles Jefferson Hunt, while others cite it as Jefferson David Hunt.
He married Celia Mounts in December 1823. In 1834 they both converted to Mormonism and were baptized on March 7, 1835.
The family, which then included six children, started their migration with the Mormons to Far West, Missouri, in 1837. It took the Hunts four weeks to make this journey. Jefferson Hunt was later called as an Assistant Marshall along with George M. Hinkle.
He served as a Major in the Volunteers (which later became the Nauvoo Legion), and participated in the Battle of Crooked River.
The family moved again with the Mormons to Illinois where they settled twenty miles outside of Nauvoo, Illinois. Soon after he was ordained to the office of High Priest and later became an early participant in plural marriage when he married Matilda Nease.
In 1846, while encamped at Council Bluffs, Iowa, he joined the Mormon Battalion, which was formed at the request of the U.S. government for participation in the Mexican-American War.
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