Phillip Bunger Born 1774

Phillip Bunger

Born:

1774

Madison County, Virginia

Parents:

Valentine Bunger and Elizabeth

Marriage:

United January 1, 1798 to

Mary Garrett

Died:

1840-1850

Hardin County, Kentucky

 

The children of Phillip Bunger and

Mary Garrett:

 

Fielding Bunger born 1800

Thomas Bunger born 1803

James Bunger born 1804

Nancy Bunger born 1805

Elizabeth Bunger born 1808

Phillip Bunger born 1812

Mary Bunger born 1814

William Bunger born 1816

Jackson Bunger born 1818

 

The 1810 Mercer County, Kentucky Federal Census record enumerating Phillip Bunger transcribed below:
 

Males under 10 (3) Fielding, Thomas, and James, Males 10-15 (1) Unknown, Males 26-44 (1) Phillip Bunger, Females under 10 (2) Nancy and Elizabeth, Females 26-44 (2) Mary and 1 unknown

 

The 1820 Hardin County Federal Census record enumerating Phillip Bunger transcribed below:
 

Males under 10 (3) Phillip Jr., William, and Jackson, Males 10-15 (1) Unknown, Males 16-25 (3) Fielding, Thomas, and James, Males 45 and over (1) Phillip Bunger, Females under 10 (1) Mary, Females 10-15 (2) Nancy and Elizabeth, Females 45 and over (1) Mary

 

The 1830 Hardin County Federal Census record enumerating Phillip Bunger transcribed below:

Males 10-15 (2), Males 20-29 (3) Males 50-59 (1) Phillip Bunger, Females 15-19 (1), Females 20-29 (2), Females 50-59 (1) Mary

Phillip Bunger is listed in 1840 as 60-69 years old in Hardin County, Kentucky.  It appears he remained in the area of Hardin County until his death which occurred sometime before 1850.

The 1850 Hardin County, Kentucky Federal Census record enumerating Mary Garrett Bunger can be viewed below:

Note:
Two children of Fielding Bunger, grandchildren of Phillip and Mary Bunger, are censused in the household with Mary Bunger in 1850.

The 1860 Hardin County Federal Census record enumerating Mary Bunger can be viewed below:

Mary Garrett Bunger was the daughter of Thomas Garrett and Ann Curry.  Research indicates that not long after Mary Garrett unites with Phillip Bunger they began the treacherous journey from Virginia to the newly established state of Kentucky.  Historians offer that most Virginians migrated through the Cumberland Gap into Tennessee following the "Wilderness Trail" north into Kentucky.  The family settled first in Mercer County, Kentucky along with Mary Garrett's sister Barbara Garrett who had also recently united to Henry Bunger, younger brother of Phillip.  Harrod's Fort had been built in 1774 Mercer County, Kentucky and was possibly where the young families first stopped before taking up land there.  A marriage record exists uniting a Phillip Bunger to Susannah Neff on May 14, 1818 Mercer County, Kentucky the minister being Rev. James Durham.  Phillip Bunger is researched to be the son of Jacob Bunger and Margaret "Peggy" House.  Jacob Bunger born 1768 Madison County, Virginia is an older brother to Phillip and Henry Bunger.  The family of Jacob Bunger appears to have removed from Virginia to Kentucky after 1810 and before May of 1818.

Due to the family of Phillip Bunger being listed in Hardin County, Kentucky through the years and beyond of his passing it is assumed he is buried in an undiscovered grave in the area.

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