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The Johnson Hunter plantation home near Oyster Creek, Fort Bend Co., TX. Timber for the home reportedly came from the Buffalo Bayou, Harris Co., TX area - likely near where Hunter's Creek Village is today. There are two stories as to persons in the photo. The first is that Dr. Hunter & his wife, Martha, are on the porch, with Tisher and Mary Washington and Tasse Eunice Lawson on and near the steps. Reportedly a hurricane removed the top floor & the home was rebuilt as a single story. The second family tradition is that Johnson's son Thomas Jefferson is on the porch with his daughter Eunice. Others are the same as above. The latter version appears more correct, since Dr. Hunter died in 1855 and it does not appear that photography was that far advanced before his death. Clothing also appears more typical of ca. 1900, when Thomas Jefferson Hunter was still alive.
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