The marriage of John Hurst and Martha A. Bragg(b. 1828) is recorded in the Screven county marriage records as being 1/3/1846. In the 1850 census of same county this couple is recorded as household with 3 children present. John, Jr., Jasper and Stephen. Stephen is listed last as a child of 20 years old. b. about 1830. This would have placed Stephen's birth before his mother's!!! Who is this Stephen? to whom did he really belong? Was John married prior to this? Can someone help me out here? Was he perhaps a younger brother of John Sr.? John Sr, shown to have been of age 26 in this census and Martha was 22. Thanks, Judy Rountree Mason