Posted on August 15th, 2011 by admin
African American Descendents of Colonel Fielding Hurst
By James Overton, Ph.D.
Great Grand Son of Colonel Fielding Hurst
Most of the history of the South in the post Civil War era is written by European American authors who
generally ignore the African American point of view. Therefore, the history of the South is inadequate and incomplete because one of […]
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Posted on June 16th, 2010 by admin
Gary Blankinship, “COLONEL FIELDING HURST AND THE HURST NATION” - The West Tennessee Historical Society Papers; 1980; Page 1
At Bethel Springs, Tennesse, on U.S. Highway 45 stands a historical marker which reads:
In this section lived numerous members of the Hurst Family, who were staunch Unionist in a predominantly Confederate area. It’s best known member […]
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Posted on April 11th, 2008 by admin
The Hurst Family tree looks more like a family forest. The descendants of Elijah Hurst, who settled in McNairy Co., TN. in the mid-1830’s, are scattered throughout southwest Tennessee. Even if you’re not blood kin or on that family forest through marriage, you’ve probably heard about the Hursts, particularly if you’ve lived here […]
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