The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-23

where he served or where ne nveo pc
fore he moved to Hancock County "a;
I have often heard my father say tnat
his mother used to tell that her father
william Hurt bore the marks OF WOUND
on his forehead. which was received ID
the Revolutionary war. he ooTe tnIs
xcar until his death and his family were
proud Of this evidence that he faced the
zoe instead of fleeing. His first wife was
Miss Yancey; their children were: HAIRY
Hurt, VINO lived in Hancock county: "a,
Betsy, who married Sam Reid Of Jasper
County, Ca; Sallie. who married Charles
Hurt mot related); Joel Hurt. who lived
at Hurtsboro, Ala. William Hurt mar
ried his second wife. Polly Bass. of Bald
win County, Ga, their enitd Maas w wers
Patsy. born May 1896, married Gustavus
Hendrick; Rebecca, married, nrst, r
terson Harris. and second. Wilkes smith:
Caroline. married Miles Harris OF
Of william Hurt and Miss Yancey. wa
the grandfather Of Judge w. H. Hurt OF
Tuskegee.
Children of Betsy Hurt and Sam Reid:
!, John. Sam, Sarah. married Mr.. Smith;
Eliza, married Chas. Jordan OF Month
cello, Ca; Emily, married Joshua Hill Of
Madison. Ca; William. two other daugh-
ters who married Smith and Whitfield.
Sallie and Charles Hurt had no chill
Nancy Hurt, Elizabeth Hurt, who mar
ried Miller and Ben Hurt.
Children Of Joel Hurt and -: viii
liam. married Caroline Fiournoy Of Put
nam County Ga; Henry, died bache-
Tor In Atlanta Priscilla, married. first.
Ingram, second. DR.. Wildman. third Mr..
Hudson: John. Troup; Early Hurt mar
julia married Peyton coiauitt and then
Lee Jordan Of Macon.) Gus Hurt mar
ried Ann Freeman. l have heard my
father talk of Nat, Fletcher and Elmo.
who ! think were the children OF joel
County, Ala. Mr.. Joel Hurt of Atlanta,
has very full record Of the Hurt fam
/ think William Hurt, son of William
Bass, was the ancestor of Mrs. 8. s.
Scott and Mrs. r. A. Hardaway.
; Children of Patsy Hurt and Gustavus
Hendrick: Mary A., married DR.. Hor-
married Zaiemah Williamson, Coving-
ton. Ga; Franklin. married. first, Miss
Thornton, second. Sallie Cloud; Lucy.
married Col. Robert Lawson. Indian
Capt. William J. Lee. Union Spring..
Ala: William Lowndes. married Susan
Catherine Lee, Trov. Ala. Gustavus,
married Mary Frances Copeland, Brun-
didge; Mastin, married Mrs. Ellen, (Rob-
erts). Willis. Butts County. Ca; Martha,
never married; Obadiah. married Carrie
Barns, Jackson. Ga A. H. A.
These notes may prove of interest:
Joel Hurt, settled in Wilkes County,
tvs James Hurt settled in wilkes coun-
ty Ca. between 1855 (Smiths Story
Of Georgia.) Henry Hurt, Harry" came
from Georgia to Russell County. Ala. at
an early day in the history OF the State
cords OF, Alabama. Vol. II. page 4H)
The same authority, Memorial Records
of Alabama, Vol. II, page $50. states that
William Hurt Of Hancock County. Ca.
nlt,ttn nd haf hn
died before 1888.
70. BAsS-"Grandma Bass of Bald
win County. Ga, was the grandmother
of my grandmother. Patsy Hurt Hend-
rick. Her eldest daughter married Mr..
Hunt; her second daughter married Miles
Green of Milledgeville; her third daugh-
ter married Mr.. Johnson. and her fourth
daughter, Polly Bass. married William
Hurt, his second wife. A. H. A.
(White's Historical Collections of Geor-
gia. mentions that Mrs. Martha Bass
Of Baldwin County. died at the age of
S3.-Editor.)
194. sHEPARD-Did Samuel Shepard
emigrate from Virginia to Tennessee?
There is a Samuel Shepard in the list
Of u. g.. pensioners of 1910 In Wilson
County. Tennessee. He was then Is years
81. observation-disclosures A. Fletcher
Is also mentioned In the list Of Revolu-
tionary Pensioners of 1910. He was then
living in Hawkins County. Tenn: he was
90 years Of age and residing with An
thony Smith.
z. "COPPER" have read the article on
Anthony-Cooper. by Col. C. B. Bryant
with much interest In this article he
logical tree prepared bv Major Mark A.
Cooper from Marc Anthony with all the
branches of the family. Agnes Cooper.
the daughter Of Thomas Cooper. Sr.. and
Sarah Anthony, was my grandmother
she married George Hamilton. who was
my grandfather. To them were born nine
children. My father. Joseph J. Hamil-
ton. was the youngest child.
D. B. Hamilton.
Rome. Ga.
17s. JAMES-These extracts are taken
from record OF a James family Of
William and John James Of Ireland
were among the first emigrants and
founders Of the Williamsburg Colony OF
Pennsylvania Of Presbyterians in South
o Jame Por MGce band william
James Bradley. Roger Gordon. David
Allen, James Erwin, Robert PRESLEY and
John Witherspoon also came from Ire
land and brought their families. These
men were nearly all of Scotch descent
who had emigrated to Ireland and then
to South Carolina.
William James was born in Belfast,
Ireland, in 1701; he married Elizabeth
Witherspoon, daughter Of John and ia
net Wttherspoon. She was born in 1703
at Knockbrocken, parish of Drumbo.
County of Down. Ireland. They were
married In Ireland and brought four chill
dren to South Carolina; Mary. Janet:
William. John. The emigration occurred
in 1872. The Chronicles of ct. Mark ,
Parish states that William came with
his young brother and his infant son.
both named John. Seven children were
born in this country. Robert. Esther,
Jane. Ann, Elizabeth. Sarah and Samuel.
Much Is. said Of the exalted worth and
piety of William James and his estim-
able wife.
He was an elder in the church and a
leading man in the affairs of the colony.
She died in 1850 and 1t is believed that
he died about the year 1852: although an
other record says that he died in 1850
In the 18th year of his age. and his wife
Elizabeth in the same year in the 47th
year Of her age. The marriages of some
Of the children are mentioned:
William James. Jr., married Janet
Fleming. January 3. IT'S.
Samuel James (of Peedee). married. he
was the father Of ]. Erwin James Of
Salem.
Sarah James married William Dobine
November 2. 1858.
John James married Jane Dobine. JAN
uary 49, 1853. He was the celebrated
Major John James of Marion's Brig ldc.
He was born in 1872 AT interesting ac-
count is given in Simm's Life of Marion
OF the formation of Marion's Brigade af-
ter the fall Of Charleston. 1t was COM
posed Of four companies under the COM
mand of Major John James and w 8
a cavalry battalion. The four capita ms