John Morgan Minter

Abt 1792 - 1856  (~ 64 years)

• Name	John Morgan Minter
  Birth	Abt 1792	Chatham County, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F0FE1992F88F4C69A65A6EE191D441E3ADDC
  Death	27 Aug 1856	Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Burial	Pine Forest Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Notes	From findagrave.com, Jan 2015: John Morgan Minter was the first Minter to come to Hopkins County, Texas, from Georgia in 1853. The rest of the family came in 1855. Back in Georgia he had been a State Representative and State Sentor. John, a well to do farmer, helped found Pine Forest, Texas, in 1855, and later owned most of the lots in the town. John's wife Dorthy Brooks (Mathis) Minter died before John left Georgia, and is buried in Buena Vista, Georgia, cemetery in Marion County, Georgia. John is said to be the first person to be buried in Pine Forest Cemetery. 1850 United States Federal Census: in Marion County, Georgia (all MINTER), John M (58, farmer, born North Carolina), Dorotha B (58, born Georgia), Cathonia (22, female, born Georgia) and Selvanne (16, male, born Georgia). The next entry is for son O H MINTER.
  Person ID	I1613	America
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Joseph Minter,   b. 1750, Virginia, USA d. Feb 1823, Haywood, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Frances "Fanny" HILL,   b. Abt 1760, USA d. Oct 1823, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1784	Chatham County, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Brooks MATHIS,   b. 26 Jun 1792, Georgia, USA d. 21 Jan 1852, Georgia, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	6 Feb 1817	Hancock County, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Oliver Hunter Minter,   b. Abt 1828, Georgia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. Joseph Thomas "Pappy" Minter,   b. 28 Nov 1818, Putnam County, Georgia, USA d. 11 Oct 1888, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 69 years)   3. John Robert Minter, Sr.,   b. 1 May 1820, Putnam County, Georgia, USA d. 10 Jun 1903, Buena Vista, Marion County, Georgia, USA (Age 83 years)   4. Capt. Sylvanus Abner Minter,   b. 27 Dec 1834, Putnam County, Georgia, USA d. 14 Jan 1912, Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1792 - Chatham County, North Carolina, USA Death - 27 Aug 1856 - Pine Forest, Hopkins County, Texas, USA Burial - - Pine Forest Cemetery, Hopkins County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S106] The Minters of Pine Forest by Thomas J Minter, 2012.