Sarah is mentioned as Sarah Hunter, wife of William Hunter, in the 1787 will of her mother Ann Garnett. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, page 135.]

An undated bill of complaint states that Sarah Hunter died intestate leaving her only children William Hunter, James Hunter, Taliaferro Hunter, Muscoe Garnett Hunter, and Martha Taliaferro Hunter. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 14, item 14-K-48.]