LEVI HUNT was born March 12, 1757 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died July 14, 1830 on his farm now located near Bethel in Clermont County, Ohio. He married RACHEL DEAN December 11, 1784 in Surry County, North Carolina. She was born between 1760-1770, and died after 1834, probably on the old Hunt farm near Bethel in Clermont County, Ohio.
Levi Hunt and his twin sister Agnes were born on March 12, 1757, on the banks of the Yadkin River in Rowan County, North Carolina, the seventh and eighth child of Col. Jonathan and Mary (Smith) Hunt. Tragically, although both twins survived, their mother died eleven days after their birth at the age of thirty-six. Their father Jonathan then married as his second wife Isabel Hampton, who also died after giving birth to surviving twins Mary and George two years later on April 9, 1759. Jonathan then married in 1761 as his third wife Margaret Lowrance, who managed to survive nine children by Jonathan. (That's 19 children fathered by Jonathan with his three wives, including three sets of twins.) Margaret was Levi's mother figure. Jonathan Hunt died in 1782 when Levi was 25 years old.
In 1779 22-year-old Levy Hunt, his brothers Wilson and George Hunt, and sister Mary (Hunt) Bryan, with her husband Samuel, along with dozens of other families left Rowan county, North Carolina, and traveled to Bryan's Station in Kentucky, then part of Virginia. Bryan's Station was an early fortified settlement about five miles northeast of present day Lexington, Kentucky. Levy Hunt and his brother George Hunt served in Capt. William Hogan's Kentucky militia 96 days, from May 15 to August 18, 1780. In September 1780, the Hunts and Bryans left Bryan's Station and returned to Rowan County, North Carolina, arriving in October 1780.
In Col. Jonathan Hunt's will dated June 19, 1782, he gave "to my beloved sons, Andrew Hunt, Charles Hunt, Wilson Hunt, Levi Hunt and George Hunt, one entry of land, containing 400 acres, lying at the mouth of Ebbitts Creek, and my right of land at Kentuckers [Kentucky], to be equally divided amongst the six."
Levi Hunt and Rachel Dean were married on December 11, 1784 in Surry County, North Carolina. The bondsman for Levi and Rachel's marriage was Samuel Bryan. A bondsman was normally a relative or someone who knew the family really well as the bondsman guarantees that the marriage to take place is legal. The Samuel Bryan who acted as Levi and Rachel's bondsman probably was Levi's brother-in-law who married his sister Mary Hunt, but may have been Samuel's uncle with the same name.
Probably in 1785 and certainly before August 1787 Levi Hunt returned to Bryan's Station in Fayette County, Kentucky, with his wife Rachel as in August 1787 Levi and his brother John Hunt are listed on the county tax list and are members of the Marble Creek Baptist Church. Levi and Rebecca's second child, Thomas Hunt, was born on December 17, 1787, at Bryan's Station.
The Marble Creek Baptist Church was organized on June 15, 1787 from members of the Boone's Creek Baptist Church so it was a new church when Levi Hunt joined in August 1787. Members of the church included Levi's brothers John and Wilson Hunt and his sister Mary (Hunt) Bryan, her husband Samuel Bryan, and Samuel's mother Mary (Boone) Bryan, sister of Daniel Boone. They were members until March 9, 1788 when they left the church to become members of the Bryan Station Baptist Church. The church records for Bryan Station state:
"At a Church Meeting Held at the meeting House at Bryan's Third Saturday in March [15th,] 1788 --- Rec. by lettter Levi Hunt from Marble Creek Church, and John Hunt and his wife, Samuel Bryan and his wife [Mary Hunt], and Mary Bryan from said Church. Then adjoumtd till meeting in Course." In November 1799, after more than eleven years as members of the Bryan Station Baptist church, "Bro. Levy Hunt & his wife" were given letters of dismissal as they then moved from Fayette County, Kentucky to Clermont County, Ohio.
In 1800 Levi Hunt and family settled in Clermont County, in southern Ohio, which was then still part of the wild frontier. The family first moved to a deserted Indian camp, which the family occupied until better accommodations could be built. Their youngest child, son Charles, was born in 1800 at the Indian camp.
In the 1820 and 1830 U.S. census Levi and Rachel Hunt are residing in Tate township, Clermont County, Ohio. Levi Hunt died on July 13, 1830, shortly after the census was taken. It is believed his wife Rachel died sometime between 1834 and 1840. The headstone for Levi Hunt and other headstones can be found at the old Hunt farm located on the property at 3559 Patterson Road, just outside Bethel, Ohio.
Levi must have been very fond of his twin sister Agnes since he named his first child and daughter Agnes. Levi's son Thomas named one of his daughter's Agnes (and one Rachel Dean Hunt, after his mother).
Children of LEVI HUNT and RACHEL DEAN are:
i. AGNES HUNT, b. 4 October 1785, probably in Surry or Rowan County, North Carolina; d. 17 September 1840, probably Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois; m. MOSES BRADBURY, 17 April 1802, Clermont County, Ohio; b. 23 July 1781, Buxton, York County, Maine; d. 10 August 1849, Illinois.
ii. THOMAS HUNT, b. 17 December 1787, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; d. 17 September 1836, Timber Township, Peoria County, Illinois; m. ELIZABETH BREDWELL, 2 January 1812, Clermont County, Ohio; b. 18 December 1791, Bourbon County, Kentucky; d. 31 January 1849, Peoria County, Illinois.
iii. PHEBE HUNT, b. Abt. 1790, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM CROUCH, Clermont County, Ohio; b. Abt. 1777; d. 1849, Tate township, Clermont County, Ohio.
iv. GEORGE HUNT, b. 30 January 1793, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; d. 13 September 1866; m. (1) JANE BOGESS, 20 February 1817; d. Abt. 1824; m. (2) RACHEL PARKE, 16 June 1824, Brown County, Ohio.
v. CHARLES HUNT, b. 1800, Clermont County, Ohio; m. CYNTHIA THOMPSON, 26 August 1819, Clermont County, Ohio.
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Levi Hunt was buried on his old Hunt farm. His grave and headstone are still on private property now located at 3559 Patterson Road, just outside Bethel in Clermont County, Ohio.
A special thank you to David Keller for finding and photographing Levi Hunt's headstone in June 2011.
Levi Hunt and his twin sister Agnes were born on March 12, 1757, on the banks of the Yadkin River in Rowan County, North Carolina, the seventh and eighth child of Col. Jonathan and Mary (Smith) Hunt. Tragically, although both twins survived, their mother died eleven days after their birth at the age of thirty-six. Their father Jonathan then married as his second wife Isabel Hampton, who also died after giving birth to surviving twins Mary and George two years later on April 9, 1759. Jonathan then married in 1761 as his third wife Margaret Lowrance, who managed to survive nine children by Jonathan. (That's 19 children fathered by Jonathan with his three wives, including three sets of twins.) Margaret was Levi's mother figure. Jonathan Hunt died in 1782 when Levi was 25 years old.
In 1779 22-year-old Levy Hunt, his brothers Wilson and George Hunt, and sister Mary (Hunt) Bryan, with her husband Samuel, along with dozens of other families left Rowan county, North Carolina, and traveled to Bryan's Station in Kentucky, then part of Virginia. Bryan's Station was an early fortified settlement about five miles northeast of present day Lexington, Kentucky. Levy Hunt and his brother George Hunt served in Capt. William Hogan's Kentucky militia 96 days, from May 15 to August 18, 1780. In September 1780, the Hunts and Bryans left Bryan's Station and returned to Rowan County, North Carolina, arriving in October 1780.
In Col. Jonathan Hunt's will dated June 19, 1782, he gave "to my beloved sons, Andrew Hunt, Charles Hunt, Wilson Hunt, Levi Hunt and George Hunt, one entry of land, containing 400 acres, lying at the mouth of Ebbitts Creek, and my right of land at Kentuckers [Kentucky], to be equally divided amongst the six."
Levi Hunt and Rachel Dean were married on December 11, 1784 in Surry County, North Carolina. The bondsman for Levi and Rachel's marriage was Samuel Bryan. A bondsman was normally a relative or someone who knew the family really well as the bondsman guarantees that the marriage to take place is legal. The Samuel Bryan who acted as Levi and Rachel's bondsman probably was Levi's brother-in-law who married his sister Mary Hunt, but may have been Samuel's uncle with the same name.
Probably in 1785 and certainly before August 1787 Levi Hunt returned to Bryan's Station in Fayette County, Kentucky, with his wife Rachel as in August 1787 Levi and his brother John Hunt are listed on the county tax list and are members of the Marble Creek Baptist Church. Levi and Rebecca's second child, Thomas Hunt, was born on December 17, 1787, at Bryan's Station.
The Marble Creek Baptist Church was organized on June 15, 1787 from members of the Boone's Creek Baptist Church so it was a new church when Levi Hunt joined in August 1787. Members of the church included Levi's brothers John and Wilson Hunt and his sister Mary (Hunt) Bryan, her husband Samuel Bryan, and Samuel's mother Mary (Boone) Bryan, sister of Daniel Boone. They were members until March 9, 1788 when they left the church to become members of the Bryan Station Baptist Church. The church records for Bryan Station state:
"At a Church Meeting Held at the meeting House at Bryan's Third Saturday in March [15th,] 1788 --- Rec. by lettter Levi Hunt from Marble Creek Church, and John Hunt and his wife, Samuel Bryan and his wife [Mary Hunt], and Mary Bryan from said Church. Then adjoumtd till meeting in Course." In November 1799, after more than eleven years as members of the Bryan Station Baptist church, "Bro. Levy Hunt & his wife" were given letters of dismissal as they then moved from Fayette County, Kentucky to Clermont County, Ohio.
In 1800 Levi Hunt and family settled in Clermont County, in southern Ohio, which was then still part of the wild frontier. The family first moved to a deserted Indian camp, which the family occupied until better accommodations could be built. Their youngest child, son Charles, was born in 1800 at the Indian camp.
In the 1820 and 1830 U.S. census Levi and Rachel Hunt are residing in Tate township, Clermont County, Ohio. Levi Hunt died on July 13, 1830, shortly after the census was taken. It is believed his wife Rachel died sometime between 1834 and 1840. The headstone for Levi Hunt and other headstones can be found at the old Hunt farm located on the property at 3559 Patterson Road, just outside Bethel, Ohio.
Levi must have been very fond of his twin sister Agnes since he named his first child and daughter Agnes. Levi's son Thomas named one of his daughter's Agnes (and one Rachel Dean Hunt, after his mother).
Children of LEVI HUNT and RACHEL DEAN are:
i. AGNES HUNT, b. 4 October 1785, probably in Surry or Rowan County, North Carolina; d. 17 September 1840, probably Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois; m. MOSES BRADBURY, 17 April 1802, Clermont County, Ohio; b. 23 July 1781, Buxton, York County, Maine; d. 10 August 1849, Illinois.
ii. THOMAS HUNT, b. 17 December 1787, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; d. 17 September 1836, Timber Township, Peoria County, Illinois; m. ELIZABETH BREDWELL, 2 January 1812, Clermont County, Ohio; b. 18 December 1791, Bourbon County, Kentucky; d. 31 January 1849, Peoria County, Illinois.
iii. PHEBE HUNT, b. Abt. 1790, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM CROUCH, Clermont County, Ohio; b. Abt. 1777; d. 1849, Tate township, Clermont County, Ohio.
iv. GEORGE HUNT, b. 30 January 1793, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; d. 13 September 1866; m. (1) JANE BOGESS, 20 February 1817; d. Abt. 1824; m. (2) RACHEL PARKE, 16 June 1824, Brown County, Ohio.
v. CHARLES HUNT, b. 1800, Clermont County, Ohio; m. CYNTHIA THOMPSON, 26 August 1819, Clermont County, Ohio.
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Levi Hunt was buried on his old Hunt farm. His grave and headstone are still on private property now located at 3559 Patterson Road, just outside Bethel in Clermont County, Ohio.
A special thank you to David Keller for finding and photographing Levi Hunt's headstone in June 2011.
LEVI HUNT was born March 12, 1757 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died July 14, 1830 on his farm now located near Bethel in Clermont County, Ohio. He married RACHEL DEAN December 11, 1784 in Surry County, North Carolina. She was born between 1760-1770, and died after 1834, probably on the old Hunt farm near Bethel in Clermont County, Ohio.
Levi Hunt and his twin sister Agnes were born on March 12, 1757, on the banks of the Yadkin River in Rowan County, North Carolina, the seventh and eighth child of Col. Jonathan and Mary (Smith) Hunt. Tragically, although both twins survived, their mother died eleven days after their birth at the age of thirty-six. Their father Jonathan then married as his second wife Isabel Hampton, who also died after giving birth to surviving twins Mary and George two years later on April 9, 1759. Jonathan then married in 1761 as his third wife Margaret Lowrance, who managed to survive nine children by Jonathan. (That's 19 children fathered by Jonathan with his three wives, including three sets of twins.) Margaret was Levi's mother figure. Jonathan Hunt died in 1782 when Levi was 25 years old.
In 1779 22-year-old Levy Hunt, his brothers Wilson and George Hunt, and sister Mary (Hunt) Bryan, with her husband Samuel, along with dozens of other families left Rowan county, North Carolina, and traveled to Bryan's Station in Kentucky, then part of Virginia. Bryan's Station was an early fortified settlement about five miles northeast of present day Lexington, Kentucky. Levy Hunt and his brother George Hunt served in Capt. William Hogan's Kentucky militia 96 days, from May 15 to August 18, 1780. In September 1780, the Hunts and Bryans left Bryan's Station and returned to Rowan County, North Carolina, arriving in October 1780.
In Col. Jonathan Hunt's will dated June 19, 1782, he gave "to my beloved sons, Andrew Hunt, Charles Hunt, Wilson Hunt, Levi Hunt and George Hunt, one entry of land, containing 400 acres, lying at the mouth of Ebbitts Creek, and my right of land at Kentuckers [Kentucky], to be equally divided amongst the six."
Levi Hunt and Rachel Dean were married on December 11, 1784 in Surry County, North Carolina. The bondsman for Levi and Rachel's marriage was Samuel Bryan. A bondsman was normally a relative or someone who knew the family really well as the bondsman guarantees that the marriage to take place is legal. The Samuel Bryan who acted as Levi and Rachel's bondsman probably was Levi's brother-in-law who married his sister Mary Hunt, but may have been Samuel's uncle with the same name.
Probably in 1785 and certainly before August 1787 Levi Hunt returned to Bryan's Station in Fayette County, Kentucky, with his wife Rachel as in August 1787 Levi and his brother John Hunt are listed on the county tax list and are members of the Marble Creek Baptist Church. Levi and Rebecca's second child, Thomas Hunt, was born on December 17, 1787, at Bryan's Station.
The Marble Creek Baptist Church was organized on June 15, 1787 from members of the Boone's Creek Baptist Church so it was a new church when Levi Hunt joined in August 1787. Members of the church included Levi's brothers John and Wilson Hunt and his sister Mary (Hunt) Bryan, her husband Samuel Bryan, and Samuel's mother Mary (Boone) Bryan, sister of Daniel Boone. They were members until March 9, 1788 when they left the church to become members of the Bryan Station Baptist Church. The church records for Bryan Station state:
"At a Church Meeting Held at the meeting House at Bryan's Third Saturday in March [15th,] 1788 --- Rec. by lettter Levi Hunt from Marble Creek Church, and John Hunt and his wife, Samuel Bryan and his wife [Mary Hunt], and Mary Bryan from said Church. Then adjoumtd till meeting in Course." In November 1799, after more than eleven years as members of the Bryan Station Baptist church, "Bro. Levy Hunt & his wife" were given letters of dismissal as they then moved from Fayette County, Kentucky to Clermont County, Ohio.
In 1800 Levi Hunt and family settled in Clermont County, in southern Ohio, which was then still part of the wild frontier. The family first moved to a deserted Indian camp, which the family occupied until better accommodations could be built. Their youngest child, son Charles, was born in 1800 at the Indian camp.
In the 1820 and 1830 U.S. census Levi and Rachel Hunt are residing in Tate township, Clermont County, Ohio. Levi Hunt died on July 13, 1830, shortly after the census was taken. It is believed his wife Rachel died sometime between 1834 and 1840. The headstone for Levi Hunt and other headstones can be found at the old Hunt farm located on the property at 3559 Patterson Road, just outside Bethel, Ohio.
Levi must have been very fond of his twin sister Agnes since he named his first child and daughter Agnes. Levi's son Thomas named one of his daughter's Agnes (and one Rachel Dean Hunt, after his mother).
Children of LEVI HUNT and RACHEL DEAN are:
i. AGNES HUNT, b. 4 October 1785, probably in Surry or Rowan County, North Carolina; d. 17 September 1840, probably Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois; m. MOSES BRADBURY, 17 April 1802, Clermont County, Ohio; b. 23 July 1781, Buxton, York County, Maine; d. 10 August 1849, Illinois.
ii. THOMAS HUNT, b. 17 December 1787, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; d. 17 September 1836, Timber Township, Peoria County, Illinois; m. ELIZABETH BREDWELL, 2 January 1812, Clermont County, Ohio; b. 18 December 1791, Bourbon County, Kentucky; d. 31 January 1849, Peoria County, Illinois.
iii. PHEBE HUNT, b. Abt. 1790, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM CROUCH, Clermont County, Ohio; b. Abt. 1777; d. 1849, Tate township, Clermont County, Ohio.
iv. GEORGE HUNT, b. 30 January 1793, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; d. 13 September 1866; m. (1) JANE BOGESS, 20 February 1817; d. Abt. 1824; m. (2) RACHEL PARKE, 16 June 1824, Brown County, Ohio.
v. CHARLES HUNT, b. 1800, Clermont County, Ohio; m. CYNTHIA THOMPSON, 26 August 1819, Clermont County, Ohio.
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Levi Hunt was buried on his old Hunt farm. His grave and headstone are still on private property now located at 3559 Patterson Road, just outside Bethel in Clermont County, Ohio.
A special thank you to David Keller for finding and photographing Levi Hunt's headstone in June 2011.
Levi Hunt and his twin sister Agnes were born on March 12, 1757, on the banks of the Yadkin River in Rowan County, North Carolina, the seventh and eighth child of Col. Jonathan and Mary (Smith) Hunt. Tragically, although both twins survived, their mother died eleven days after their birth at the age of thirty-six. Their father Jonathan then married as his second wife Isabel Hampton, who also died after giving birth to surviving twins Mary and George two years later on April 9, 1759. Jonathan then married in 1761 as his third wife Margaret Lowrance, who managed to survive nine children by Jonathan. (That's 19 children fathered by Jonathan with his three wives, including three sets of twins.) Margaret was Levi's mother figure. Jonathan Hunt died in 1782 when Levi was 25 years old.
In 1779 22-year-old Levy Hunt, his brothers Wilson and George Hunt, and sister Mary (Hunt) Bryan, with her husband Samuel, along with dozens of other families left Rowan county, North Carolina, and traveled to Bryan's Station in Kentucky, then part of Virginia. Bryan's Station was an early fortified settlement about five miles northeast of present day Lexington, Kentucky. Levy Hunt and his brother George Hunt served in Capt. William Hogan's Kentucky militia 96 days, from May 15 to August 18, 1780. In September 1780, the Hunts and Bryans left Bryan's Station and returned to Rowan County, North Carolina, arriving in October 1780.
In Col. Jonathan Hunt's will dated June 19, 1782, he gave "to my beloved sons, Andrew Hunt, Charles Hunt, Wilson Hunt, Levi Hunt and George Hunt, one entry of land, containing 400 acres, lying at the mouth of Ebbitts Creek, and my right of land at Kentuckers [Kentucky], to be equally divided amongst the six."
Levi Hunt and Rachel Dean were married on December 11, 1784 in Surry County, North Carolina. The bondsman for Levi and Rachel's marriage was Samuel Bryan. A bondsman was normally a relative or someone who knew the family really well as the bondsman guarantees that the marriage to take place is legal. The Samuel Bryan who acted as Levi and Rachel's bondsman probably was Levi's brother-in-law who married his sister Mary Hunt, but may have been Samuel's uncle with the same name.
Probably in 1785 and certainly before August 1787 Levi Hunt returned to Bryan's Station in Fayette County, Kentucky, with his wife Rachel as in August 1787 Levi and his brother John Hunt are listed on the county tax list and are members of the Marble Creek Baptist Church. Levi and Rebecca's second child, Thomas Hunt, was born on December 17, 1787, at Bryan's Station.
The Marble Creek Baptist Church was organized on June 15, 1787 from members of the Boone's Creek Baptist Church so it was a new church when Levi Hunt joined in August 1787. Members of the church included Levi's brothers John and Wilson Hunt and his sister Mary (Hunt) Bryan, her husband Samuel Bryan, and Samuel's mother Mary (Boone) Bryan, sister of Daniel Boone. They were members until March 9, 1788 when they left the church to become members of the Bryan Station Baptist Church. The church records for Bryan Station state:
"At a Church Meeting Held at the meeting House at Bryan's Third Saturday in March [15th,] 1788 --- Rec. by lettter Levi Hunt from Marble Creek Church, and John Hunt and his wife, Samuel Bryan and his wife [Mary Hunt], and Mary Bryan from said Church. Then adjoumtd till meeting in Course." In November 1799, after more than eleven years as members of the Bryan Station Baptist church, "Bro. Levy Hunt & his wife" were given letters of dismissal as they then moved from Fayette County, Kentucky to Clermont County, Ohio.
In 1800 Levi Hunt and family settled in Clermont County, in southern Ohio, which was then still part of the wild frontier. The family first moved to a deserted Indian camp, which the family occupied until better accommodations could be built. Their youngest child, son Charles, was born in 1800 at the Indian camp.
In the 1820 and 1830 U.S. census Levi and Rachel Hunt are residing in Tate township, Clermont County, Ohio. Levi Hunt died on July 13, 1830, shortly after the census was taken. It is believed his wife Rachel died sometime between 1834 and 1840. The headstone for Levi Hunt and other headstones can be found at the old Hunt farm located on the property at 3559 Patterson Road, just outside Bethel, Ohio.
Levi must have been very fond of his twin sister Agnes since he named his first child and daughter Agnes. Levi's son Thomas named one of his daughter's Agnes (and one Rachel Dean Hunt, after his mother).
Children of LEVI HUNT and RACHEL DEAN are:
i. AGNES HUNT, b. 4 October 1785, probably in Surry or Rowan County, North Carolina; d. 17 September 1840, probably Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois; m. MOSES BRADBURY, 17 April 1802, Clermont County, Ohio; b. 23 July 1781, Buxton, York County, Maine; d. 10 August 1849, Illinois.
ii. THOMAS HUNT, b. 17 December 1787, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; d. 17 September 1836, Timber Township, Peoria County, Illinois; m. ELIZABETH BREDWELL, 2 January 1812, Clermont County, Ohio; b. 18 December 1791, Bourbon County, Kentucky; d. 31 January 1849, Peoria County, Illinois.
iii. PHEBE HUNT, b. Abt. 1790, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; m. WILLIAM CROUCH, Clermont County, Ohio; b. Abt. 1777; d. 1849, Tate township, Clermont County, Ohio.
iv. GEORGE HUNT, b. 30 January 1793, Bryan's Station, Fayette County, Kentucky; d. 13 September 1866; m. (1) JANE BOGESS, 20 February 1817; d. Abt. 1824; m. (2) RACHEL PARKE, 16 June 1824, Brown County, Ohio.
v. CHARLES HUNT, b. 1800, Clermont County, Ohio; m. CYNTHIA THOMPSON, 26 August 1819, Clermont County, Ohio.
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Levi Hunt was buried on his old Hunt farm. His grave and headstone are still on private property now located at 3559 Patterson Road, just outside Bethel in Clermont County, Ohio.
A special thank you to David Keller for finding and photographing Levi Hunt's headstone in June 2011.
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