Samuel Hamilton BUNCH

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In 1833, John Bunch and his son Samuel Hamilton Bunch came with a number of slaves from East Tennessee, and selected sites for homes, upon which they erected cabins, and returned for their families, who did not arrive until the following year. John Bunch settled within the present limits of Polk county, where he remained until his death. Samuel made a settlement on a place about ten miles northwest of Springfield, on the place now owned by Mr. Wadlow, on Grand Prairie. Samuel. Bunch remained in Greene county the most of the time till the death of his wife, which occurred in April, 1876, after which he returned to Tennessee with the younger members of his family.

Served as Sheriff of Polk Co Mo. 1842--2years
Samuel H. Bunch Delegate to the 1845-1846 Missouri Constitutional Convention 23d District. This would be the same Samuel H. Bunch that was Sub Indian Agent for the Osage Indians at Fort Scott Missouri in 1844. Fort Scott was built in 1842 Abandoned in 1853.
Buildings sold at goverment auction in 1855 which be came a town. The fort was reactivated during the civil war and is on the Missouri Kansas border which became Fort Scott Kansas when Kansas be came a state in 1861.

Samuel married Martha E. JANUARY on 20 Aug 1849 in , Grainger Co, Tennessee. Martha died in Apr 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]