Sally Bunting

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At a Glance

The younger of two sisters to attend the Burwell School, Sally Bunting attended in 1855. During her time at the school, Mrs. Burwell writes of her in a November 27, 1855 letter to her daughter Frances Armistead Burwell :  "...since I've commenced this letter I've had to stop...to give Sally Bunting who has a cold a seidlidtz powder..." [1]

Story

Sally Bunting was the granddaughter of a North Carolina governor Gabriel Holmes on her mother's side and the great-granddaughter of a Revolutionary War hero and original member of Congress Richard Clinton on her father's side [2].

Biographical Data

Places of Residence

• Sampson County, NC. Sally Bunting undoubtedly lived in Sampson County, NC for some portion of her life since her family resided there [1].
• Hillsborough, NC, from 1855. Sally would have lived in Hillsborough while she attended the Burwell School [1].

Schools Attended

• Burwell School, from 1855. Sally was the younger of the two Bunting sisters to attend the Burwell School. Mrs. Burwell mentioned Sally in one of her letters:  "...since I've commenced this letter I've had to stop...to give Sally Bunting who has a cold a seidlidtz powder..." [1]

Relatives

• Parents: Thomas Bunting (1801-1871) [1] and Elizabeth Holmes [1].
• Maternal grandparent: Gabriel Holmes. [2]
• Sibling: one sister, Mary L. Bunting (b. 1833)  [1].
• Others: David Bunting (grandfather) [2], Elizabeth Clinton (grandmother) [2], Elizabeth Hill (niece), John H. Hill, [Jr.] (nephew), Louisa Hill (niece), Mary Hill (niece), Minnie Hill (niece) and Thomas Hill (nephew). Elizabeth Clinton was the daughter of Richard Clinton, an American Revolutionary War hero and one of the first members of Congress [2].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).
2. Oscar M. Bizzell. The Heritage of Sampson County, NC. ed., 1983.