The Family Garden

Notes

Harrison Henry HURT

Reportedly a Captain in the War of 1812

William C HURT

W.J. Hurt, a brother of Lucy Hurt McDearman, was a county judge in Henry County.   Also a pioneer minister in Carroll County.  His two sons were ministers in Carroll County also.

These notes were in the McDearman genealogy book created by Laurie Jeanne Karnes Graves (my mother).  I do not know where she obtained the information.

Marriage Notes for William C Hurt and Sarah Smith DEVIN-1886

Ceremony performed by his Minister Cousin, Robert Hurt.
*Source:  Taylor Ancestors-Descendants @ ancestry.com
Contact: Ida Foster sfoster32@hotmail.com

Patience A MCDEARMAN

This family group sheet was left to me by my mother.  I do not know the source for this information.

Moza HURT

Moza Hurt (also known as Moses) was born in 1730, probably in or near Bedford County, VA.  A number of records exist pertaining to his life.His land deeds, marriage records, and will, as well as records of his children's marriages, are all preserved.  He held substantial amounts of land in three counties:  Bedford, Halifax, and Caroline, and he bought and sold land all his life.  He acquired land on the Rappahannock River, where he lived in St. Margaret's Parish in Caroline County.  He was appointed Constable there in 1752.

Form 1755 to 1758 he was road-overseer.  He married a young lady named Mary (last name unknown) by 1758.  In 1763, at the urging of his wife, Moza gave some slaves to his then four children:  Philemon,Jane, Bettie and Sarah.  In 1776, the family moved to Bedford County(cut from Lunenburg County in 1753) where they bought 284 acres of land.  The Hurts fought with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.  It is not known if Moza fought, but he did supply aid to the Continental Army.  The Bedford County Lists of Publick Claims filed by citizens lists Moza Hurt being returned provisions that had been collected in 1781 by Christopher Irvine.  A Moses Hurt was recorded as having supplied 1 beef, 9 diets, and 4 pecks of corn. A Mosses Hurt supplied 2 diets and 2 pecks of corn.

    In 1782, a new county, Campbell, was cut from Bedford County,where the Hurts had been living.  Sometime by 1782, Moza's wife Mary died, and he moved to Halifax County (cut from Lunenburg County in 1752).  Three and one half months before his second marriage, Moza persuaded his children to file a disclaimer to the slaves given them by Deed of Gift about 1763 in Caroline County.

    He then married Phebe Vaden, daughter of William Vaden and Frances Wilson, on 10 Apr 1782.  She was the widow of Robert Mann who had died of smallpox.  {She was also the mother of Agnes Mann, who married Moza's son James Hurt}.  The 1782 Heads of Households Census from Halifax County, VA, lists Moza Hurt with fourteen whites and nineteen blacks in the household  The 1785 Heads of Families Census from Halifax County, Virginia, lists Moza Hurt with eight whites, one dwelling, and eight other buildings. Moza died in 1793 in HalifaxCounty.  His sons, James and Philemon, were the executors of his will. Phebe died two years later in 1795.

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Sources:

MARRIAGE: 1. "Marriage Bonds & Ministers' Returns of Halifax Co., VA"
Circuit Court Halifax Co., VA Book 1, Page 5 1793

Will:  I Moza Hurt of Halifax County being in perfect health both ofbody mind, sence and memory thanks be to God for the same.  Yetcalling to mind the uncertain state of this transitory life and thatit is appointed for all flesh once to die, do order constitute andordain this my last will and testament.  It is my will and desire thatall my just debts be honestly paid by my executors hereafter named andas touching such worldly goods wherewith it hath be pleased God tobless me I do order give and dispose of in manner and form following:

Item: I give and bequeath to my son Philemon Hurt the land whereon henow lives containing two hundred and five acres to him and his heirsforever.

Item:  I give and bequeath to my son, James Hurt, the land whereon henow lives in Campbell County containing by served surveys about 617acres be the same more or less, to him and his heirs forever. And whereas each and every daughter heretofore married has had a horsebridle and saddle or something  except my daughter Patience who is yet lacking a feather bed and furniture a cow and calf, it is my will and desire that she and also my daughter Prudence ery my Daughters have equal donations as near as possible and farther should it  wit, Patience and Prudence Hurt, then and in that case my executor is hereby discharged from that duty.

Item:  I give and bequeath to my daughter Sara Prewitt two Negroes to? Job a Negro boy and Amy a negro girl to her and her heirs forever and further it is my will that she have no more of my estate in no pretence whatsoever but should Byrd Prewitt, husband of my daughterSarah or any of his heirs forever to claim on more of my estate than the said Job and Amy or any  dissolve with the ? of my estate to be divided as hereafter mentioned and that he she or they so claiming have one shilling sterling paid to them out of my estate by executors and no more.

All the rest and residue of my estate whether real or personal it is my will and desire should be equally divided amongst all my children without exception except my daughter Sarah already excepted and whereas my poor daughter Jane is already departed this life it is my will that the  part of my estate falling to her proportion be equally divided amongst her then  other of my children having issue should die before the division of my estate, and should any my children die in their non age or without issue lawfully begotten then it is my will that their part of my estate shall desolve to the them and to them and their heirs forever. But whereas by the tender indulgence and earnest importunity of my wife in the year 1763 I believe I made a Deed of Life of sundry of my Negroes to my then four children Jane, Betty,Philemon and Sarah Hurt, now should each or any of my said children presume to claim by virtue of deed as they have given from under their hands and seals to the contrary  the same being recorded in Campbell CountyCourt and whereas farther some years low and also to Michael Prewitt,Jr. and Betty his wife a Negro girl named Phillis, now should any mychildren aforesaid or their heirs claim by virtue said deed :or by virtue said loans they having had peaceable provision then and in either lease it is my will that he she or they so claiming shall be paid one shilling sterling out of my estate by my executors and no more; whether they might receive by law or not.  ? it is my will and desire at my decease that my negroes are not only bought together for and appraisement but also for a division it is my will also that those who has had the greatest trouble in raising Negro children should have the preference on their choice.

I do appoint my son Philemon and my son James Hurt my whole and soul executors of this my last will and testament hereby resolving and disannulling all other will or wills heretofore by  whereof I have hereunto set my hand I afforded my seal this 15th day of December annodom One thousand seven hundred and ninety-one.

Signed Sealed and Acknowledged in presence of us: William Mann, StithHarrison, Robert Mann, Polly Mann
Will:  Halifax Co., VA Will Book 3, page 35 of 15 Dec 1791 & 28 Jan

Vol 36: Virginia Magazine p. 261 "List of Citizens furnishing Supplies, Arms, Teams etc. or rendering other service to the Continental Army, who received certificates calling for payments account thereof, at various sessions of the County Court of Campbell County between 7 March 1782 and 4 April 1783."  MOZA HURT

Moza Hurt m. 18 Apr 1772, Phebe Mann, Halifax Co. Record
*Source:  Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Vol I, p. 343

Phoebe VADEN

DAR Papers, National # 15?069 of Mrs. Margaret Hay says "living in 1793"

Phebe (Mann) m. Moza Hurt.
*Source:  Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800, Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, Vol II, p. 249

Elizabeth HURT

Her last name might be Pond.

Philemon HURT

Philemon was born on October 6, 1758 in Caroline County, Virginia, to Moza and Mary Hurt.

On February 27, 1776, at the age of eighteen, Philemon enlisted in the Continental Army for a term of two years. He served as a Corporal with the Fifth Virginia Regiment of the Continental forces commanded by Lieutenant Josiah Parker. Philemon joined Captain Harry Terrell's Company, designated at various times as Captain Samuel Colston's and Captain William Fowler's Company. He was paid $7 per month. On his company muster roll dated September 1, 1777, the remark on his card read "sick Wilmington." On October 11, the remark was "sick absent."He remained sick through January of 1778 and was discharged on March 5, 1778. His last pay "included 20 days allowed for traveling home."

According to James B. Taylor, author of Virginia Baptist Ministers,Philemon entered the ministry after the war. Mr. Taylor goes on to state that, in 1793, Philemon was

"called to the pastorate of Catawba Church, Halifax County. Whether hewas permanently the pastor of any other church cannot be distinctlystated, but in connection with the above-named body he was alaborious, active minister for more than 30 years....

Having engaged in the responsible work of instructing others, he founda new excitement to his natural thirst for knowledge. His sense ofresponsibility would not allow him to be a blind leader of the blind,but, in the words of the Apostle, he determined to 'give attention toleading.' A judicious selection of books was obtained, and, with thegreat text-book of the theological student constantly before him, hemade himself 'a scribe well instructed.' Nor was he satisfied withbiblical learning alone. The ample stores of knowledge within hisreach were not disregarded. From these he drew, and they enriched his mind, preparing him the better to defend and enforce the truth. It is said that he became an instructive and energetic preacher, presenting his thoughts in language perspicuous and impressive. His regular congregations were well taught in spiritual things, for as a householder, faithful in his vocation, he constantly prepared andbrought forth out of his treasure things new and old.

As an evidence of the strength of his influence, it may be stated thatthe church he served for so many years was regarded as one of the mosteffective of the Roanoke Association. Semple says: 'Catawba Church hasbeen a flourishing church from the beginning. They have generally hadamong them several private members of intelligence, piety, andprudence, that were rich in this world, and willing to communicate.Hence they have so frequently had the Association at theirmeeting-house. Mr. Philemon Hurt, their pastor, is a sensible, sound,and solemn preacher; a friend to discipline and order; and has donemuch good in his day and generation.'

In many respects Mr. Hurt was much favored. He enjoyed a largecompetency in respect to the things of this world. He saw, too, hischildren all coming into the enjoyment of the Christian hope. One ofthem became an intelligent minister of the gospel. His eldest son,Robert Hurt, was often permitted, in the same pulpit with his aged father, to preach the gospel of the grace of God. This our venerable brother regarded as the richest of all blessings.

Philemon, called "one of the most approved and useful preachers of the Roanoke Association" by James B. Taylor, preached throughout his oldage, often sitting to deliver his sermon.

On December 11, 1780, Philemon married the seventeen year old Elizabeth Mann (1763-1816), sister to Agnes Mann whom his brotherJames would marry two years later. The couple settled in Halifax County. Their first child, Robert, was born one year later in 1781. He was followed by two girls, Sarah (called Sally), born in 1783, and Martha (called Patsy), born in 1786. Their second son, James Mann Hurt, was born on July 25, 1797 when Elizabeth was 34 years old. Why there was a gap of eleven years between the last two births, I haven't been able to find out. Perhaps there were other children born who died young or at birth for whom there are no records.

The 1782 Heads of Households Census from Halifax County, Virginia, lists Philemon Hurt with four whites and four blacks in the household.

In 1783, Philemon bought land on Terrible Creek in Halifax County from his father, Moza.

The 1785 Heads of Families Census from Halifax County, Virginia, lists Philemon Hurt with six whites, one dwelling, and six other buildings.

Philemon's daughters, like most of the women in the Hurt family, married at the age of seventeen, Sarah on August 12, 1800, to John Robins Hall, and Martha in 1803 to Nathaniel Barksdale, Jr.

Elizabeth Mann died in 1816 at the age of 53, leaving Philemon awidower. He would soon leave his familiar home to join his sons and a number of other Halifax County families who were migrating toTennessee.

Hurts in Tennessee
After the Revolution, western lands opened up for settlement and land grants were offered to veterans. Virginia, affluent as a colony, became depressed economically as a state, causing many Virginians to emigrate in search of a better life and the opportunity to become landowners.  Many Virginians chose Tennessee, streaming through the Cumberland Gap and using the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to get tothe region of gently rolling hills and valleys of Middle Tennessee.

Philemon's family kept going until they reached western Tennessee,whose rolling hills flatten as they meet the low bottomlands near theMississippi River, and whose large plantations must have reminded themof their home in Virginia. This Western District of Tennessee hadopened up for settlement when Andrew Jackson purchased the region fromthe Chickasaw Indians, who were pushed further and further west, until being forcibly relocated to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in the1830's. By the time the Hurts arrived around 1827, most of the fighting between the Chickasaw and the early settlers had abated. The Hurts took a liking to Carroll County, near the Obion River, which already had a population of around 9,000 people.

There were three towns at this time in Carroll County: McLemoresville, Christmasville, and Huntingdon. The Hurts settled in McLemoresville, named for the man who established a surveyor's post, McLemore's Bluff,on the South Fork of the Obion River in 1795. They prospered there, as ministers, landowners, and business men. Philemon lived for ten years after settling in Tennessee, and must have been proud to see his children become well-respected citizens of the growing town. He died at the age of seventy-nine on January 19, 1837, and was buried in the Hurt Cemetery outside of McLemoresville. According to the dramatic James B. Taylor, the physician attended Philemon before his death remarked, "His resignation and composure in the hour of death were asperfect as could proceed from the united influence of religion andphilosophy. In every conversation which I had with him, he talked freely of his approaching end, seemed conscious that it was near at hand, did not dread it, and frequently observed, that to die was all he had to do this side the grave, and that it mattered not how soon."
*Source:  Found in a bunch of papers from my father with no source information.