I would like to see if you could find a Samantha Smith that married Highie Wages. Samantha is suppose to be Hiram Harrison Smith and Sarah/Sally Hurst/ Hunt youngest Child. They lived in Clay County at one time. Betty Wages e-mail jasperwages@kih.net Thanks for any help. -----Original Message----- >From: CoeurdePines@aol.com >Sent: Jan 13, 2007 3:14 PM >To: vietri@qwest.net >Cc: kyclay@rootsweb.com, HanlonTX@aol.com >Subject: [KYCLAY] Hunts and Hursts of Tennessee & Clay County, Kentucky > >Hi Judy: I finally had time yesterday and this morning to check out things >at Library of Michigan in Lansing, Michigan. Your material I could not copy >only the left side of the data. However I was able to get a grasp of things. >The spelling of Sally Hunt's last name definitely is Hunt, HOWEVER the way it >is written could leave a person, that did not read thoroughtly other words on >the document, to imagine it could say Hurst. > >Now the Sally/Sarah Hunt supposedly was born in Claiborne County and was >married in Clay County. Hiram Harrison Smith himself being son of Henry was BORN >in CLAY COUNTY and not in Tennessee as one individual mentioned. > >I have previously mentioned about Clay County Tax Lists and stating that Levi >B. Hunt was the only person that I believed that Hiram's wife could have came >from. It still is possible and she could have been a niece however other >things compound the issue. > >In the 1820 Kentucky census index there is only ONE Hunt enumerated and that >was Jonathan and he was on page 128, however and asterisk was after his name * >I do not know what that means. There was only ONE Hurst in a nearby county >as none were in Clay County and a Elisha Hurst was on page 006 in Floyd County. > >In the 1830 Kentucy census index we have following in Clay County: > >Caswell Hunt on page 177 >Dudly Hunt on page 181 >Jonathan Hunt on page 177 >Lewis Hunt on page 177 > >You will note that Caswell, Dudly and Lewis were on same page and Dudley was >on Tax List in the 1820's therefore I believe that Caswell & Lewis are his >sons. > >In the same 1830 Kentucky census only Perry County had any Hursts and they >had the following: > >Harman Hurst on page 358 in Perry County >Samuel Hurst on page 354 in Perry Count. > >In the 1840 Kentucky Census index of the Hunts in Clay County: > >Jonathan Hunt on page 318 in Clay County >Levi B. Hunt on page 318 in Clay County >William Hunt on page 318 in Clay County [does not have a female matching >Sally/Sarah > >Now my read of the above the only one who was in Tennessee during the 1820's >was would have beenLevi B. Hunt. Now was he in Claiborne Co in 1824-26, who >knows or did he have a brother??? Sally/Sarah has to be related to him. > >In the 1840 Kentucky Census index of KNOX County we have a Allen Hurst on >page 308, I will attempt to further get a read of his enumeration as this would >be the only other person and this a Hurst that would help anyone. > >Now I have what I call startling news regarding 1830 census of Tennessee. > >A Levi HUNT was enumerated in Monroe County, Tennessee which is south of >Knoxville bordering North Carolina and smack dab in the Cherokee Nathional Forest >and I believe that Madisonville could be the county seat, Levi's >enumeration was as follows which is similiar to his 1840 census record: > >100001 221001 > >A Edmund Hunt also was enumerated in Monroe County & his enumeration as >follows: > >00000001 211201 > >A William Hunt was the only other one enumerated as follows in Monroe County: > >120001 11001 > >In the 1830 Claiborne County, Tennessee census I could not find any Hunts ast >all. However I did find 23 families of HURST's. Let it be said that is >certainly looks like the Hursts came from Claiborne OR was it that the name of >Hunt got fractured into Hurst as people could read another's writing into a Hurst >from a Hunt. If Sally/Sarah Hunt was born in Claiborne County one would >wonder about her surname IF she is not related to Levi B. Hunt. However since she >was married by Levi I would tend to believe that there was some kind of >relationship. The following are the Hursts in Claiborne in order of their >enumeration: >Page 104 Jesse Hurst 10001 10001 > " " Jesse Hurst 2021001 01001 > " " William Hurst 2010001 02001 >Page 110 Hiram Hurst 121101 200201 >Page 111 John Hurst 111001-00001 > " " John Hurst 11010001 1101001 >Page 112 Henly Hurst 10001 20001 >Page 115 Elijah Hurst 1111001 1110001 >Page 116 Jesse Hurst 2110001 1001 >" " Arthur Hurst 00001 20001 >page 117 John Hurst 1011201 110211 >Page 122 Thompson Hurst 201101 021001 > " " Aaron Hurst 3020001 020001 > " " Charles Hurst 00001 33001 >Page 123 Rody Hurst 0001 201001 > " " John Hurst 00001 21001 >Page 127 William Hurst 211001 021001 >Page 130 Andrew Hurst 002001 31101 > " " Squire Hurst 2001 10001 >Page 131 Fielding Hurst 00001 00001 > " " Harmon Hurst 000000001 000000001 >Page 135 Calvin Hurst 10001 0001 >Page 148 Mark Hurst 00001 10001 >Page 149 Nancy Hurst 0 000000101 > >You have the Hunt line and would appreciate where did they come from. I will >have additional data next week pertaining to the Hiram Harrison Smith and >Sally/Sarah Hunt family and appreciate any revelant information that others have. > What I am personally interested in is the history of their son JOSEPH K. >SMITH. I do have his death certificate which does not help anyone. It is the >worst death certificate that I have seen by anyone. What I am interested in is >his marriages. I have his 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses but would like >to know who were his wife's. I believe that he is the father of a Emily Jane >Smith who married John D. Jackson, son of Micajah "Cager" Jackson and Amanda >Smith. > >You all take care & have a good week-end. > >Hal [Harold L. Smith] >---------------------------------------- > > >To review the Welcome message and find useful links for Clay County research, please visit http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~beckyjs3/clayco.html. 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