"Squire" William Esquire Hurst
1790 Claiborne Co., TN 1851 Knox Co., KY
s/o John Hurst & Nancy /hus Johanna Baker 2nd Mollie Smith
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Squire Hurst was born in 1800 in Grainger County (before it became Claiborne County), Tennessee to John and Nancy Hurst. He married in 1825 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, to Johanna Baker, born 1804, Ashe County, North Carolina to Solomon and Mourning Dove (Calloway) Baker, died 1870, Bell County, Kentucky. She was 1/2 Native American Cherokee.
On September 21, 1824 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, Squire sold his interest in a slave boy named Penkney to his sisters Winney and Delila. On December 24, 1825, Squire Hurst of Claiborne County, Tennessee sold 30 acres to his sister, Delila Hurst, for $200. Squire wrote his name with a fine hand on the deed. Based on information from related deeds, this was land originally granted to his grandfather John Hurst and lay on Elk Bend. It had then been passed down to John Hurst Jr., father of Squire.
Squire Hurst purchased two tracts of land on April 19, 1830 from his sister, Delila. One was the 30-acre tract he sold in 1825, the other was an adjoining 90-acre tract. Squire paid $300 for the tracts. On December 21, 1831, Squire Hurst of Claiborne County, Tennessee, sold 70 acres on the south side of the Powel River to Hezekiah Brooks for $160. Squire Hurst of Claiborne County, Tennessee, sold 150 acres in Claiborne County to John H. Rowlet for $250, November of 1831. At this point, he probably moved to Kentucky, where he is known to have lived in 1832 (Harlan County).
On October 20, 1834, Squire Hurst and his brother William Hurst sold their 1/6 interest each in their father's 250-acre tract on Blair Creek, to sister, Delila, for $75 each. The deed was witnessed by Elijah Hurst, another sibling and Squire Hurst Jr. This land was where their mother Nancy currently resided.
Squire moved back and forth between Tennessee and Kentucky. He lived in Harlan County, Kentucky, 1832, Claiborne County, Tennessee 1835-37, Harlan County, Kentucky 1838-40, McMinn County, Tennessee in 1843 and in Harlan County from 1844-53. Squire Hurst was granted 150 acres on May 27, 1844 in Harlan County, Kentucky. This land lay on the Clear Fork of Yellow Creek. He owned $250 worth of land in Harlan County, 1850. He died in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1853, aged 53 years old and his death record said he was born in Claiborne County, Tennessee. Family tradition says he died of typhoid fever. In 1860, his widow and children were living in Harlan County, Kentucky. Johanna is buried in the Turner Cemetery, located on the Clear Fork of the Yellow Creek located in Bell County, Kentucky.
Source: Dena Turner [email protected]
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Pearsey originally shared this on 3 May 2010
"Squire" William Esquire Hurst
1790 Claiborne Co., TN 1851 Knox Co., KY
s/o John Hurst & Nancy /hus Johanna Baker 2nd Mollie Smith
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Squire Hurst was born in 1800 in Grainger County (before it became Claiborne County), Tennessee to John and Nancy Hurst. He married in 1825 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, to Johanna Baker, born 1804, Ashe County, North Carolina to Solomon and Mourning Dove (Calloway) Baker, died 1870, Bell County, Kentucky. She was 1/2 Native American Cherokee.
On September 21, 1824 in Claiborne County, Tennessee, Squire sold his interest in a slave boy named Penkney to his sisters Winney and Delila. On December 24, 1825, Squire Hurst of Claiborne County, Tennessee sold 30 acres to his sister, Delila Hurst, for $200. Squire wrote his name with a fine hand on the deed. Based on information from related deeds, this was land originally granted to his grandfather John Hurst and lay on Elk Bend. It had then been passed down to John Hurst Jr., father of Squire.
Squire Hurst purchased two tracts of land on April 19, 1830 from his sister, Delila. One was the 30-acre tract he sold in 1825, the other was an adjoining 90-acre tract. Squire paid $300 for the tracts. On December 21, 1831, Squire Hurst of Claiborne County, Tennessee, sold 70 acres on the south side of the Powel River to Hezekiah Brooks for $160. Squire Hurst of Claiborne County, Tennessee, sold 150 acres in Claiborne County to John H. Rowlet for $250, November of 1831. At this point, he probably moved to Kentucky, where he is known to have lived in 1832 (Harlan County).
On October 20, 1834, Squire Hurst and his brother William Hurst sold their 1/6 interest each in their father's 250-acre tract on Blair Creek, to sister, Delila, for $75 each. The deed was witnessed by Elijah Hurst, another sibling and Squire Hurst Jr. This land was where their mother Nancy currently resided.
Squire moved back and forth between Tennessee and Kentucky. He lived in Harlan County, Kentucky, 1832, Claiborne County, Tennessee 1835-37, Harlan County, Kentucky 1838-40, McMinn County, Tennessee in 1843 and in Harlan County from 1844-53. Squire Hurst was granted 150 acres on May 27, 1844 in Harlan County, Kentucky. This land lay on the Clear Fork of Yellow Creek. He owned $250 worth of land in Harlan County, 1850. He died in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1853, aged 53 years old and his death record said he was born in Claiborne County, Tennessee. Family tradition says he died of typhoid fever. In 1860, his widow and children were living in Harlan County, Kentucky. Johanna is buried in the Turner Cemetery, located on the Clear Fork of the Yellow Creek located in Bell County, Kentucky.
Source: Dena Turner [email protected]
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Pearsey originally shared this on 3 May 2010
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