"History of Wayne County, Indiana" by Andrew W. Young. pub 1872.  

pg 144-145

Abbington Twp.

Charles Hunt, from North Carolina, settled in the south-east part of the present 
townhsip, in the year 1807.  His sons, George, John, William, Smith, Charles, 
and Stephen G., preceded him the same year.  Jonathan, James, and Timothy, came 
two or three years later.  George was the first surveyor in the county, and the 
first clerk of the county courts.  Timothy settled about a mile east of town, 
where he and his wife both died.  The farm is owned by his sons Charles and 
Levi, who live on it, and Andrew, who lives in town.  Smith settled in the 
north-east part of the township, and died in 1855; Stephen G., near James 
Endsley's; John Hunt, north-east of town; lands owned by his sons, Levi and 
Charles Hunt, and Wilson Hunt.