1818 Log Cabin Built in Illinois

by Wanda Brandon

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1818 Log Cabin Built in Illinois

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Wanda Brandon

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Emmanuel Hunter built the Hunter Log Cabin in 1818, the year Illinois became a state. Emmanuel, who was opposed to slavery, had chosen to move from Tennessee to southern Illinois. Emmanuel served in the military while living in Tennessee with several commissions. He served in the War of 1812, and served with Andrew Jackson to fight the Creek Indians in 1814. In 1832, he served in the Black Hawk War. In 1818 the government was opening territory in the free state of Illinois for veterans of the War of 1812. When he built the cabin, Emmanuel and his wife Judith Lee Hunter had six children. Originally, there was a loft in the cabin with an opening near the fireplace. The children slept in the loft. The Hunter Log Cabin was located northeast of Marion and east of White Ash, Illinois. The Log cabin was deeded with 40 acres to the 1886 to Elijah Lodge Grant. He and his descendants preserved the cabin for the next 120 years. In February 2005, Richard Hunter purchased the cabin from Wendell E. Grant, the owner. Richard Hunter donated the cabin to the Jacob Hunter trust, named after the Revolutionary War soldier Jacob Hunter, who was Emmanuel Hunter�s Father. In July 2005, the cabin was donated to John A. Logan Community College. In 2006, the Julia Harrison Foundation provided a grant to reconstruct the cabin on the campus.

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