John Hunt Brodnax
b. 14 November 1790, d. circa 1860
- Father: John Brodnax b. circa 1749, d. 28 February 1829
- Mother: Martha Rivers b. circa 1760, d. circa 1827
- John Hunt Brodnax was born on 14 November 1790 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
- He married Catherine B. Whitaker, daughter of Samuel Taylor Whitaker and Elizabeth Williams, on 30 July 1812 in Putnam County, Georgia.
- John Hunt Brodnax and his brother-in-law Orrendatus "Orrin" Whitaker were involved in a land fraud case involving dealings in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Chambers County, Alabama, resulting from an inquiry by the US Senate Committee on Public Lands into fraudulent practices in sales of public lands related to the location of Indian reservations.
. - John Hunt Brodnax died circa 1860 in Oklahoma.
- Robert and Henry Power Brodnax married sisters Mildred and Olive Taylor Whitaker, and their first cousin Catherine B. Whitaker (sister of Orrendatus "Orrin" Whitaker) married a third brother, John Hunt Broadnax. A fourth brother William T. Broadnax married Mary Whitaker, whose origins are as yet unknown.
- Last Edited: 12 Mar 2009