Zimri Hunt

Full Name: Zimri Hunt
Date of birth: October 7, 1820
Date of death: January 22, 1883

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	48	Nov 4, 1861 - Feb 2, 1863	9th ⁽¹⁾		Bellville / Austin		Austin
H	33	Nov 18, 1850 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽²⁾		Bellville / Austin		Austin, Colorado

(1) Nathan Bush, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Zimri Hunt. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Zimri Hunt, sworn 11/18/1850, succeeded William E. Crump, resigned 10/13/1850. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 48
Nov 4, 1861 - Feb 2, 1863
Legislatures: 9th ⁽¹⁾
Home City/County: Bellville / Austin
Counties in district: Austin

House District 33
Nov 18, 1850 - Nov 3, 1851
Legislatures: 3rd ⁽²⁾
Home City/County: Bellville / Austin
Counties in district: Austin, Colorado

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Biographical Sketches

Judge Zimri Hunt, Dallas, pp. 100-102. Born 10/7/1820 in Guilford County, North Carolina; married Fannie L. Springfield on 11/17/1866. "In the years 1852 and 1860-61, he represented Austin county in the legislature, as he also did in the constitutional convention of 1866 . . . In the spring of 1875 Judge Hunt removed to Dallas." The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
HUNT, ZIMRI (1820-1883). Hunt "died from pneumonia sometime in the week of January 22, 1883." Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, 16th Texas Infantry. "In March, 1862, he raised, and throughout the war commanded, a company in the 16th Texas infantry, of which George Flournoy was colonel, though during the last year he served as assistant adjutant-general on the staff of General Forney. He participated in the engagements at Milliken's Bend, on the Mississippi river, and in the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, and Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas . . . " The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
"Z. Hunt, Esq., is now raising a company of twelve month's troops subject to orders to march to any point in the Confederacy." The Bellville Countryman, 3/8/1862, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
"Hunt, Zimri Hunt, has gone to the war. He is Captain of a company." The Bellville Countryman, 5/17/1862, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). March 8, 1862 May 17, 1862

Other Resources

Zimri Hunt, birth date 10/7/1820, death date 1/22/1883, portrait, timeline, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas. Find a Grave.
Zemri Hunt, weekly mortuary report, Dallas Weekly Herald, 1/25/1883. Jim Wheat's Dallas County Texas Archives, "Obituaries 1883." RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.

Committee Information top

9th R.S. - 1861 Governor's Veto Message Judiciary Slaves and Slavery State Affairs (Chair)
3rd R.S. - 1849 Claims and Accounts Federal Relations State Affairs

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