Submitted by J. Preston Swafford (descended from Josiah Hurt Swafford (b1894-d1965TN) named after his maternal grandfather Josiah Hurt (Jr.?) (b11/11/1833-d12/25/1901).)

Josiah Hurt, along with his wife, was buried in the Hurt Cemetary #3 in Mt.Juliet area of Wilson County Tennessee til the graves were moved around 1965 for the making of J.Percy Priest lake. They moved all graves to section R in the old Mt.Juliet cemetary. The Army Corps of Engineers have the family cemetary listed in their records as: Hurt Cemetary #3 tract no.257C. It was located less than a mile off Stewarts Ferry pike, which is now in the flood plain of the lake. Here is a listing of family members (Hurts & Swaffords & others) in the cemetery:

grave #
1.Robt.Lee Swafford
2.Tom Northcutt
3.Virgle Hull
4.unknown
5.Harry fields Northcutt
6.Chas. Northcutt
7. infants Northcutt
8. unknown
9. unknown
10. Joe Luther McKnight
11. GW McKnight
12. Tinney McKnight
13. Jennie McKnight
14. Gladis McKnight
15. infant McKnight
16. unknown
17. unknown
18. Tom McQuarry
19. Hurt
20 Hurt
21 Hurt
22 unknown
23 unknown
24 unknown
25 Wm McQuarry
26 Martha McQuarry
27 unknown
28 unknown
29 Josiah Hurt
30 Mary L.Hurt
31 Martha McCruarh
32 John Polk
33 Dolly Northcutt
34 Dollie Hurt
35 John Hurt
36 Oakley Sands
37 J F Sands
38 James R Null
39 unknown
40 unknown
41 Evelyn Worrell
42 unknown
43 Lizy Reynolds
44 William Donelson
45 Marvin Hager
46 Joe S.I.R. Hurt
47 Edward L.McWhirter
48 Brenda G.McWhirter
49 George Hurt
50 unknown
51 John Sands
52 George Worrell
53 Rebecca Swafford
54 Norris
55 Florence E.Nannie
56 Maggalene Swafford
57 infant Swafford
58 Ben F. Houchin
59 J W Sands
60 unknown
61 Miles Sands
62 Roy Sands
63 unknown (Caroline Hurt Swafford?)
64 unknown (Wm.Thomas Swafford?)
65 unknown
66 Lily Goosetree
67 Lizy Swafford
68 Luther McKnight
69 Vernon Hale
70 Robert Swafford