Thomas "Goodwin" Hunt was a member of Red Oak Methodist Church (now Williamson First UMC), Second District Road, Williamson, Pike Co., GA. He became a member in 1837 and was removed in 1886. Red Oak Church Register, 1823-1895, Zebulon Public Library, Zebulon, GA.

Son of Judkins and Unity (Hancock) Hunt, Jr.

Husband of 1st., wife Mary Elizabeth (Simmons) Hunt ~ married November 21, 1839, Pike Co., GA

Thomas "Goodwin" and Mary Elizabeth (Simmons) Hunt had 6 children and they were:

1. Pvt. William Judkins Hunt, "C.S.A."
2. Martha J. "Mattie" Hunt (m. Thaddeus Jefferson Clark, "C.S.A"
3. James "Cicero" A. Hunt, "C.S.A." (m. Mary "Mollie" Rebecca LeSueur)
4. Ida Elizabeth Hunt (m. Rev. Archibald Floyd Huckaby, Methodist Minister)
5. Carolyn Epsie "Carrie" Hunt (m. John Russell Cunningham)
6. John Thomas "Tom" Hunt (m. Annie C. Butler)

1850 Census Pike County, Georgia

Thomas G. Hunt 34 yrs., M, farmer, GA
Mary A. E. F. Hunt 25 yrs., F, GA
William J. Hunt 7 yrs., M, GA
Martha J. Hunt 6 yrs., F, GA
James C. A. Hunt 3 yrs., M, GA

1860 Census Spalding (Mt. Zion Dist.) Co., GA (pg. 278)

Thomas Goodwin Hunt, 44 GA
Mary Elizabeth, 34 GA
William J., 17, GA
Martha J. 16, GA
James Cicero, 13 GA
Ida Elizabeth, 7 GA
Carolyn Epsie "Carrie," 5 GA
James Patton, 25 GA
Mathew Patton,22 GA

1970 Census Mount Zion, Spalding County

Thos G. Hunt, 52
Mary J. Hunt, 26
James C. Hunt, 23
Ida E. Hunt, 17
Epsie Hunt, 15
Thomas T. Hunt, 6

After the death of Thomas "Goodwin" Hunt's 1st., wife Mary Elizabeth F. Simmons, November 21, 1839, Pike County, Georgia. After her death, he remarried Mary Jane Starr, January 18, 1866. Spalding County, Georgia.

Thomas "Goodwin" Hunt, 01 Aug 1816 - 29 Sept. 1889, settled in Pike Co. (in the section which became part of Spalding Co.) and in the early 1880s the Hunts moved to Bill Arp, where he is buried in Pray's Mill Cemetery, Douglas County.

Documentation:

Who's Who in Douglas County (p. 139) and History of Douglas County, Georgia.