Birth Name: Samuel Lowry Hunt
Place of Birth: Cedartown, Georgia, United States
Date of Birth: December 8, 1984
Ethnicity: English, small amounts of Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) and Scottish, remote French
Sam Hunt is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and former college football player.
Sam is the son of Joan (Carr), a teacher, and Allen Garlington Hunt, an insurance agent. Sam’s family had lived in the United States, more specifically the South, for many generations, and were of mainly English descent, with smaller amounts of Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) and Scottish, and remote French, as well.
Sam’s paternal grandparents were Van Garlington Hunt (the son of Posey Weyman Hunt and Ellen H. Lowry) and Laura Elizabeth Parker (the daughter of Lee Parker and Julia Elizabeth Partee).
Sam’s maternal grandparents were Ewell Sanford Carr (the son of Ewell Sanford Carr and Annie/Anney Mae Terry) and Shirley D. Cordle (the daughter of Ralph Cordle and Inez Buffington).
Sources: Obituary of Sam’s paternal grandfather, Van Garlington Hunt – http://www.liteseyfh.com
Genealogy of Sam’s paternal great-grandfather, Posey Weyman Hunt – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Sam’s paternal great-grandmother, Ellen H. Lowry – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Sam’s paternal grandmother, Laura Elizabeth (Parker) Hunt – http://www.liteseyfh.com
Obituary of Sam’s granduncle, Jimmy Cordle – http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com
Genealogy of Sam’s paternal great-grandmother, Julia Elizabeth Partee – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Sam’s maternal grandfather, Ewell Sanford Carr, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Sam’s maternal grandfather, Ewell Sanford Carr – http://www.gammagefh.com
Sam’s maternal great-grandmother, Annie/Anney Mae Terry, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Sam’s maternal great-grandmother, Annie/Anney Mae Terry – http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com
Genealogy of Sam’s maternal grandmother, Shirley D. Cordle (through Shirley’s brother, Billy John Cordle) – http://www.findagrave.com
Sam’s maternal grandmother, Shirley D. Cordle, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Sam’s maternal great-grandmother, Inez Buffington – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Sam’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Minnie Lee Jones – https://familysearch.org
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