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<br>Haunted Richmond: The Shadows of Shockoe, by Scott and Sandi Bergman (Google Books) [http://books.google.com/books?id=PtC31Ek28o0C&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=gilbert+hunt&source=bl&ots=aNReCXX0bI&sig=AOLYXtzMIiULIPLfQivpYLc5Sfs&hl=en&ei=xDxIS6a5DcHllAesl5UY&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CAsQ6AEwAjhu#v=onepage&q=gilbert%20hunt&f=false] |
<br>Haunted Richmond: The Shadows of Shockoe, by Scott and Sandi Bergman (Google Books) [http://books.google.com/books?id=PtC31Ek28o0C&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=gilbert+hunt&source=bl&ots=aNReCXX0bI&sig=AOLYXtzMIiULIPLfQivpYLc5Sfs&hl=en&ei=xDxIS6a5DcHllAesl5UY&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CAsQ6AEwAjhu#v=onepage&q=gilbert%20hunt&f=false] |
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<br>Good account of the whole incident of the fire |
<br>Good account of the whole incident of the fire |
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<br>Barton Heights Cemeteries [http://www.nps.gov/history/Nr/travel/richmond/Barton_HCemeteries.html] |
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<br>Gilbert Hunt buried in Union Mechanics Burial Ground in Richmond. |
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Revision as of 22:04, 9 January 2010
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Gilbert Hunt, the City Blacksmith (summary)[1]
Born c. 1780 in King William County, VA
Taken to Richmond when owner's daughter was married
Learned carriage making; during War of 1812 worked for the army as a blacksmith; guarded owner's property.
Sold twice more; bought his freedom for $800; took 8-month trip to Africa
Gilbert Hunt, the City Blacksmith (1859 pamphlet by Philip Barrett, 1838-1900); scanned text [2]
Details about Hunt's life and the two fires in which he served to rescue people
Died 1863
Virginia memory: Gilbert Hunt and the Richmond theater Fire [3]
Classroom lesson sketch; has picture from LVa special collection
Richmond Then and Now - newspaper article (T-D, 1937) about the Richmond theater fire [4]
Picture of Gilbert Hunt, VCU Digital Library [5]
First African Baptist Church [6]
Small paragraph about Gilbert Hunt, who was a member.
Haunted Richmond: The Shadows of Shockoe, by Scott and Sandi Bergman (Google Books) [7]
Good account of the whole incident of the fire
Barton Heights Cemeteries [8]
Gilbert Hunt buried in Union Mechanics Burial Ground in Richmond.