This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hurst, Stewart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZS.2ADI/433 Message Board Post: Looking to make contact with family and descendants of Hiram HURST, b. 1826/27 in GA, and his wife Piety STEWART, b. 25 Feb 1830 FL. Counties involved are Jackson Co. FL, Decatur and Seminole Cos. GA, and Houston Co. AL. Hiram’s exact parentage is unknown – his mother’s name is Mary (maiden name unknown), his father’s first name is not known. This family first appears on the 1850 Census of Jackson Co. FL, showing his mother, Mary, no father, and children shown below. Mary’s birthdate, extrapolated from the census, should be approximately 1802/03. She states on several censuses that she was born in GA; her children state in other censuses that both their parents were born in GA. Children of Unknown Hurst and Mary Unknown are shown below - birthdates extrapolated from censuses, and censuses state they were all born in GA: Franklin, b. 1823 William, b. 1825 Hiram, b. 1826 Isabella, b. 1829 Frances, b. 1832 Mary, b. 1835 Piety’s parents were John Stewart, b. bef. 1806 GA, and. Martha S. Unknown, m. bef. Feb 1830. John & Martha are noted on the 1850 census of Jackson Co. FL, with the following children: Piety, b. 25 Feb 1830 John T., b. 01 Apr 1833 James, b. 1835/36 Martha, b. 1838/39 Allan E., b. 1840/41 Charles, b. 1843/44 Henry W., b, 1847/48 Piety’s mother Martha died sometime after the birth of her last child. Piety’s father John then married Isabella HURST – Piety’s sister-in-law! Offspring of this marriage are: William Pinkney, b. 1851/52 Harmon/Hannon, b. 03 Jun 1854 Savility, b. 12 Dec 1856 Frederick, b. 1857/58 Jane, b. abt. 1858 George, b. abt. 1862 Hiram Jackson, b. abt. 1865 There are several of us descendants of the Piety Stewart-Hiram Hurst marriage who have connected (via RootsWeb!) and while we have made very good progress tracking and documenting Hiram’s descendants, we have very little regarding his siblings or parents, or Piety's siblings or parents. After HIram's death in the Civil War, the widowed Piety and her descendants scattered into Decatur & Seminole Cos. GA, and Houston Co. AL. If any reader is a descendant of one of the above Hursts or Stewarts, or has more information regarding any of these lines, we would surely like to connect with you and share information. Replies may be posted here or emailed directly to me at (address spelled to avoid spammers): hurst_gen at yahoo dot com.