Squire John Hurst

1794 - 1858  (64 years)    Has 15 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Squire John Hurst
  Birth	1794
  Gender	Male
  Death	1858	Claiborne Co. TN Cedar Fork Creek
  Siblings	8 Siblings
  1. Delial Hurst   d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Hurst   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Matilda Hurst   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Jesse Hurst   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Catherine Hurst   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Thomas Hurst   d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Squire John Hurst,   b. 1794   d. 1858, Claiborne Co. TN Cedar Fork Creek  (Age 64 years) ▻ Sarah Neil,  m. Abt 1830   8. Elizabeth Hurst,   b. 1797   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Mark Hurst,   b. 1803   d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I366480	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2002

  
  

  Father	John Hurst,   b. 1765, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA d. 1855, Pulaski Co. VA Over the Mt. Men, Worrell (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary McCarty   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	13 Mar 1789	Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F145162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Neil,   b. 1798, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA d. 1851, Claiborne Co. TN (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1830	Claiborne Co. TN
  Children	1. Neel Hurst,   b. 1838   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Floyd Hurst,   b. 1833   d. Yes, date unknown   3. James Hurst,   b. 1831   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sarah Hurst,   b. 1834   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Nancy Ann Hurst,   b. 23 Feb 1839, Claiborne Co. TN d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F145187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2009

  
  

• Notes

  "SQUIRE JOHN HURST' Squire John Hurst was born in 1794, the son of John and Mary McCarthy Hurst. He probably was born in Wythe or Pulaski County VA., as his father died in Pulaski county. He married Sarah (Sallie) Neil, daughter of Peter Neil, one of the largest land holders in Claiborne County, Tennessee. Sarah was born February 1799 and died July 1851. Roy and I went to Tazewell, TN in April of 1997 to do a quick research of the Hurst and Neil family. We also visited Henry Rice's grave site. Squire John and Sarah Neil Hurst are buried in the Hurst Cemetery on the Tom Ball Farm, East of Tazewell on Cedar Fork Road. The cemetery is a very bad shape with briar bushes and weeds everywhere. The tombstones are tilted and in a very bad shape, and the names and dates are barely legible. In The Early Ancestors and Descendants of the Bufords, Faulkners, Havens and Hursts by Ralph Edward Buford, I quote: "A note of interest about Squire John Hurst who married Sarah Neil is that he owned a large tract of land on Cedar Fork Creek. He erected a saw mill on Cedar Fork Creek and owned several slaves. His wife, Sarah Neil, was the daughter of Peter Neil. Squire John carried on farming extensively in this area. John and Mark Hurst, brothers, lived close together. Mark was a preacher at the Mill Creek Baptist Church at one time, as many other Hursts were. I have a pen and ink drawing of this church, and Mary Parkey sent me some minutes and history on this church. Peter Neil was also a member of this church. I would imagine Squire John and Sarah may have attended this church when they were living, but they may have attended Cedar Fork Baptist Church, which was in their community. I didn't find any history where they attended. Mrs. Mary Hansard said that Mark Hurst lived on the Cedar Fork Creek near the Cedar Fork Church, so the brothers, Mark and John, probably attended there. (My speculation.) In the Claiborne Progress, Thursday, June 24, 1982, we find an article on "The History of the Hurst Family" by Philip H. Hurst. Following is an excerpt from that article: John Hurst, Esquire, settled on Cedar Fork Creek, six miles east of Tazewell. He owned a large boundary of land on Cedar Fork Creek, several slaves, and carried on farming extensively. He erected a sawmill on said creek." Both Philip Hurst and Ralph Buford are quoting Mrs. Mary Hansard in her book, Old Time Tazewell. I too would like to take the liberty to share with you her sketch on our second great-grandfather and great-grandmother, Squire John and Sallie Neil Hurst. A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ESQUIRE JOHN HURST Esquire John Hurst came to our county in an early day and settled on Cedar Fork Creek six miles east of Tazewell. He owned a large boundary of land on this creek. He had several servants and carried on farming extensively. He was quite a prominent citizen and much respected for his honest dealings with his fellow man. He erected a good sawmill on said creek and sawed thousands of feet of plank and lumber for the citizens of Tazewell and the surrounding country. In that day sawmills were very few and far between. There were no steam sawmills at that time. Plank was worth a great deal more then than at the present time, and for this reason furniture sold very high. A common bureau made of walnut or cherry wood cost $25.00. Bedsteads ranged from $5 to $10. A fine bureau or center table made of mahogany wood was worth $45 each. A fine sideboard sold for $100; but when you bought them you knew that they were made substantially and would last many years. There was no machinery in this county to make furniture, and it consumed so much time to polish them. This is why they were so valuable. Varnish sold for $10.00? per small bottle. They paid those extravagant prices and hauled their furniture 20 miles and sometimes one hundred miles. I will return to the history of Esquire John Hurst. He was twice married. His former wife was Miss Sallie Neil, a sister of Rev. Joseph Neil. She was a fine looking lady and much respected. They raised a family. I only recollect four sons and one daughter: Samuel, Leroy, Floyd, and Milton; the daughter was Nancy, the wife of our county court clerk at the time of their marriage. His name was Clinton Y. Rice. He was a very pleasant man. I have mentioned them heretofore in my sketches. Samuel Hurst, oldest son, was a nice young man. He left this county perhaps 55 years ago, and settled on New River. I have only a faint recollection of him. Leroy Hurst, second son, was a portly looking man. He owned and lived on the Cedar Fork farm. His wife was Sarah Miller, a daughter of Isaac Miller. They lived on this farm several years and sold out and emigrated to Texas. He lived a few years and died, leaving no family. They were married some time in the forties. Floyd Hurst was a nice looking young man. I don't recollect who he married. Milton Hurst, perhaps youngest son of the said Esquire Hurst, was a fine young man and much respected. He was married not far from 1850 to Miss Emily Miller, a sister of Leroy's wife. They settled in Tazewell on Front Street on the corner lot east of the court house and sold goods a few years. He died in the prime of his life and left his widow and perhaps two children. This is all I recollect of his family. Mrs. Sallie Hurst, mother of the above-named family, died and Esquire Hurst married Miss Brent of Walnut Hill, VA. He passed away several years ago." There were so many John Hursts in Tazewell that it is very hard to determine which one you are reading about when you go to the courthouse and look up the deeds. In fact, I think Mrs. Mary Hansard may have had some of the children mixed up with other Hurst children, or she used one name and the census records of 1850 Claiborne County, TN. used other names. (See below for 1850 census). Official documents and records to verify the dates of birth, death, and names of Squire John and his family follow: Cemeteries of Claiborne County Tennessee, by Paul Johnson: Hurst Cemetery: Located on the Tom Ball Farm in Cedar Fork Sallie Hurst--w/o John Hurst--b. Feb. 1799; d--July 1851 John Hurst--b. 1794; d--July 27, 1857. They also had two little children buried there. Russell Hurst--s/o John Hurst--b. Jan. 8, 1822; d--June 12, 1828 Pner (Abner?) Hurst--s/o John Hurst--b. Jan. 10, 1826; d--June 17, 1828. 1850 Census Tennessee, Vol. 5, by Murpha Through Rudd, page 249: Hurst, John 56, Sarah 52, James 19, Floyd 17, Sarah 16, Neel 12, Nancy 11, John 6, VA T, Cl-583-557. The family of Nancy Ann Hurst Rice, our great-grandmother and daughter of Squire John Hurst, can be found in the Clinton Younger Rice chapter. Even though I have not been able to do an exhaustive research of the history on the Hursts, for lack of time, etc.; what we do have on this family enables us to go pretty far back to England. Hopefully someone will pick up on this family and do more research. I would like to include a poem that I really like. It is called: FAMILY TREES I think that I shall never see, The finish of a family tree. As it forever seems to grow, From roots that started very low. Way back in ancient history times, In foreign lands and distant climes. From them grew trunk and branching limb, That dated back to time so dim. One seldom knows exactly when, The parents met and married then. Nor when the twigs begin to grow, Odd named children, row-on-row. Though a verse like this is made by me, And the ends in sight as you can see. 'Tis not the same with Family Trees, That grow and grow through centuries. By Willis G. Corbitt This concludes The Hurst Family.