John Hungate brought a home on 8 Nov 1813 when he fell ill during the War of 1812. He had to be lifted from his horse. John died the next day. Quinsy was thought to be the cause of death. He was buried on the 9th of Nov 1813, on the Hungate farm, in Tatham Springs, Kentucky. Later his body was exhumed and reburied in the J. H. Hungate's lot in La Harpe, Illinois.
John Hungate was called Colonel Hungate as was the custom in Kentucky of men of prominence. He did not have the rank of colonel in the War of 1812... The Adjutant General's office - War Department, Washington, March 27, 1920: "John Hungate, Private in Captain Samuel Roberson's Company 5, Regiment Kentucky, Mtd. Vol. Mil. (Renick's) from August 25, 1813, expiration of service November 8, 1813 with rank of Paymaster for the 5th Regiment and died November 9, 1813. Signed P C Hunt, the Adjutant General."
Source: The Hungate Family Vol 1, by Carroll P Hungate page 92, 98-110, & Vol 2 pages 178-180
John Hungate was called Colonel Hungate as was the custom in Kentucky of men of prominence. He did not have the rank of colonel in the War of 1812... The Adjutant General's office - War Department, Washington, March 27, 1920: "John Hungate, Private in Captain Samuel Roberson's Company 5, Regiment Kentucky, Mtd. Vol. Mil. (Renick's) from August 25, 1813, expiration of service November 8, 1813 with rank of Paymaster for the 5th Regiment and died November 9, 1813. Signed P C Hunt, the Adjutant General."
Source: The Hungate Family Vol 1, by Carroll P Hungate page 92, 98-110, & Vol 2 pages 178-180
John Hungate brought a home on 8 Nov 1813 when he fell ill during the War of 1812. He had to be lifted from his horse. John died the next day. Quinsy was thought to be the cause of death. He was buried on the 9th of Nov 1813, on the Hungate farm, in Tatham Springs, Kentucky. Later his body was exhumed and reburied in the J. H. Hungate's lot in La Harpe, Illinois.
John Hungate was called Colonel Hungate as was the custom in Kentucky of men of prominence. He did not have the rank of colonel in the War of 1812... The Adjutant General's office - War Department, Washington, March 27, 1920: "John Hungate, Private in Captain Samuel Roberson's Company 5, Regiment Kentucky, Mtd. Vol. Mil. (Renick's) from August 25, 1813, expiration of service November 8, 1813 with rank of Paymaster for the 5th Regiment and died November 9, 1813. Signed P C Hunt, the Adjutant General."
Source: The Hungate Family Vol 1, by Carroll P Hungate page 92, 98-110, & Vol 2 pages 178-180
John Hungate was called Colonel Hungate as was the custom in Kentucky of men of prominence. He did not have the rank of colonel in the War of 1812... The Adjutant General's office - War Department, Washington, March 27, 1920: "John Hungate, Private in Captain Samuel Roberson's Company 5, Regiment Kentucky, Mtd. Vol. Mil. (Renick's) from August 25, 1813, expiration of service November 8, 1813 with rank of Paymaster for the 5th Regiment and died November 9, 1813. Signed P C Hunt, the Adjutant General."
Source: The Hungate Family Vol 1, by Carroll P Hungate page 92, 98-110, & Vol 2 pages 178-180
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the one headstone is wrong it reads Col John Hungate. he was a private and paymaster.
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