Robert Marshall Hurt was the second child and oldest son of James Mann Hurt and Martha Patricia Marshall. He is the brother of my great, great grandfather, Joseph David Hurt.
Birth
13 Mar 1818 in Halifax, VA.
Marriage
Robert was married twice, first to Narcissa Emily Dickson and secondly to Martha Woods.
Children
Robert had children with his first wife Emily and two with his second wife Martha.
Children of Robert and Emily Hurt
- William Hurt, 1841
- Robert M. Hurt, 1844
- Isham Green Hurt, born 1846, died 24 Jul 1864 in Atlanta, GA.
- Lewis A. Hurt, born 1848, died 1932.
- John D. Hurt, born 1850
- Mary Elizabeth Hurt, born about 1855
Children of Robert and Martha Hurt
- Ella Hurt, born about 1861 in TN.
- Cora Hurt, born about 1863 in TN.
Residence
Tennessee
Death
Robert is buried in the Hurt Cemetery near Atwood, TN.
Funeral
This information was shared with me by Sarah Rummage Baker. Robert Hurt was her great grandfather.
Another Soldier Fellow. Deacon Robert Hurt, was born in Halifax County, Va., March 13, 1818, and when 9 years old came to Tennessee with his parents, where he resided ever since.
Brother Hurt professed faith in Christ and was baptized by his father into the fellowship of McLemoresville Baptist Church when about 30 years of age, and was ordained a Deacon in that church shortly afterward.
He was in the constitution of the Trezevant church in 1868 and during all those years has lived a devoted consistent christian, and an unwavering defender of the faith once delivered to the Saints. Thursday evening April 24, 1890 having just come in from the street and while pleasantly conversing with his wife the summons came up higher suddenly, came and without a struggle his liberated spirit winged it upward flight to the bosom of that Savior whom he loved so long and trusted and served so well. At 3 P.M. on Friday the writer preached his funeral from Numbers 23-10 before a large and tenderly sympathizing congregation. This makes four. Three of the oldest members of this church that have been called to their Eternal Reward since the first of this year.
Be ye therefore ready for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man, either in person or by the messenger of death cometh
Frand L. Dujont
Robert Marshall Hurt, Deacon (1818-1890)
Will of Robert M. Hurt
I, Robert M. Hurt, of the Town of Trezevant, County of Carroll and State of Tennessee, knowing that it is appointed unto man once to die and being well advanced in life but of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others made by me at any time made.
First. I, in full confidence of the resurrection, commend my soul to God who gave it and I desire my body buried in a Christian like manner.
Second. I give to my beloved wife, Martha Hurt, if she should survive me, all of my household and kitchen furniture to be hers absolutely and I give to her the use of all the real estate of which I may die the owner for and during her natural life.
Thirdly. At the death of my said wife, if she should survive me or at my death, if I should survive her, I give and devise all the lands of which I may die the owner as follows, that is to say, I give and devise to my son John D. Hurt and his heirs the one undived one half thereof and to my daughter Mary E. Peyton, wife of J. B. Peyton and to her heirs, I give and ____ devise the remaining one half thereof, the same to be to her sole and ____ use and free from the marital rites and control of her husband and no way subject to his debts or liabilities.
Fourthly. I direct that my Executor (to be hereafter named) as soon after my death as may be sell all of my personally property and collect all just debts due to me and out of the proceeds arising therefrom pay all my lawful debts and funeral expenses and the expenses of the Administration of my ___ and the remainder there of I give and bequeath to the said John D. Hurt and Mary E. Peyton and to my daughter, Ella Dickson, wife of James M. Dickson, share and share alike. If I should survive my said wife, it is intended by this clause in my will to cover and embrace and to provide for the sale and distribution of the proceeds of my said household and kitchen furniture, but if my wife survive me, this clause is not intended to _____ said household and kitchen furniture, but the same shall go as provided in the second of this my will. I am not unmindful of, but on the contrary, am kindly towards those of my children who are unprovided for herein, but they have heretofore been the objects of my bounty, and the foregoing ___ of this my last will and testament comes as near equal ____ to between all of my children as it is now in my power to deem. I believe it just to all.
Fifthly and lastly, I hereby ___ and appoint my friend A.B. Hill___ my executor, and I direct that no bond be required of him as such. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this the 16th day of June 1889.
(S) R. M. Hurt
The foregoing paper was presented to us by Robert M. Hurt and acknowledged by him to be his last will and testament and we at his request, and in his presence have affixed our names hereunto as attesting witnesses, this the 18th day of June 1889.
S. A. Robinson
W. L. Yancey
Sources
Hurt Genealogy File, Carroll County Historical Society, Gordon Browning Museum, McKenzie TN.
ROBERT MARSHAL HURT was born March 13, 1819 in Halifax County, Virginia. He moved to Carroll County about 1828 with his parents, Rev. James Mann and Patricia Marshall Hurt. His father, his grandfather Rev. Philemon Hurt and great-grandfather Moza Hurt in Virginia all owned slaves. By 1836 Robert Hurt’s father had 1,528 acres and 9 slaves in Carroll County. His uncle, Rev. Robert Hurt, had 1,836 acres and 19 slaves, and also owned one of the only three carriages in the county. Hurt married Narcissa Emily Dickson by 1840. Continuing in his family religious tradition, he held membership in the Reedy Creek Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and where his father held the positions of minister/elder. Daniel, Peggy, Frank and Phillis Hurt, presumably Hurt family slaves, also held membership at Reedy Creek but which Hurt owned them is unclear. By 1850 Robert M. Hurt held 18 slaves (6 adults, 5 aged 6-12 and 7 aged 5 and under) and his father had 16 people. His first wife died about 1858. By 1860 Robert Hurt had real estate (which included 5 slave cabins), worth $10,500 ($324,347.53) and personal property (which included 32 slaves) valued at $40,000 ($1,235,609.64). Twenty one year old Thomas D. Vaughter, Jr, son of a neighbor, served as overseer for the plantation. Robert M. Hurt also owned a dry goods store in McLemoresville with his first wife’s father, John M. Dickson. He married his 2nd wife, Mrs. Martha E. Woods Hurt, on 4/22/1860. The family appears Confederate but records are difficult to locate. Robert M. Hurt’s son, Isham Green Hurt, joined the military, as did Hurt’s brothers Joseph David Hurt, James M. Hurt, Jr. and Anthony B. Hurt. Family lore says Federal Forces killed both Hurt’s son and brother, Joseph David Hurt, on the same day at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek in Atlanta, Georgia. The overseer Thomas Vaughter also left for the Confederate Army and has records. After the war (1869) Robert M. Hurt joined those who petitioned the Governor and Legislature of Tennessee to restore the right to vote to those who had supported the Confederacy. Although by 1870 the value of his real estate had declined to $9,500 ($185,934.58) and his personal property to $1,500 ($29,358.09), the family remained financially able to maintain a cook and two farm hands on the property. Several blacks living nearby most likely worked his land as well. In August 1877 Hurt made the “Milan Exchange” newspaper by contracting whooping-cough as an adult. On the evening of April 24, 1890 he died suddenly while conversing with his wife and is buried in the Hurt Family Cemetery in Trezevant, as is his 1st wife. Fifty Blacks used the surname Hurt in the 1870 and 52 in the 1880 census. Several members of the Hurt family owned slaves. Twenty Hurts have stones in the Mt. Ararat Cemetery in Trezevant, a burial ground for the black community for many years.
footnotes
1782 Heads of Households Census of Halifax Co, VA lists Philemon Hurt with four blacks. The will of Moza Hurt in 1763 mentions “sundry negroes” given to his four children, including Philemon.
Robert Hurt (uncle) owned the most slaves owned by one person in Carroll County in 1836. Banks Burrow, the father of planter John Jefferson Burrow (above), owned 17, the 2nd highest number.
“Ansearchin News,” vol. 39, #1, Spring 1992, p. 18. 1836 Carroll Co Tax List. Robert Mitchum and James B Jones owned the other two carriages in the county.
Phillis Hurt was 75 years old in the 1870 census and was perhaps brought from Virginia with the Hurt family. She lived with Frank Hurt (son?) who was probably the Frank above. Frank had $400 ($8,219) of personal property in 1870, which was very unusual for a former slave.
There were 9 females, 4 of childbearing age and 9 males, 2 adult males ages 38 and 35 plus 7 males under 12.
Thomas D Vaughter or Vawter was the son of Thomas L and Agnes H. Vaughter, also of the 2nd district of Carroll Co.
History of Carroll County Tennessee, (Turner Publishing Co, Paducah, KY 1987), p. 46. Hurt married first Emily Dickson who died in 1858. In 1860 he married Mrs. Martha E Woods.
Lynch, J. D., The Bench and Bar of Texas, pp.344-353. (ebook) James Mann Hurt, Jr. moved to Texas, raised an infantry company, became its captain, survived the war and became a well-known judge and legal scholar in Texas.
Vawter (Vaughter) was a private in Co. F, 12th Consolidated.
Dujont, Frand L, Account of Hurt’s funeral service by Dujont (The minister who preached it.)
Peggy Scott Holley — This is part of an article I wrote on the 30 largest slave owners in Carroll Co, TN in 1860 and focuses on slave ownership not on geneology. The figures with inflation are from 2020 and 2021.
(Part of an article I’m working on about the 30 men in Carroll Co TN in 1860 who owned the most slaves.)
ROBERT MARSHAL HURT was born March 13, 1819 in Halifax County, Virginia. He moved to Carroll County about 1828 with his parents, Rev. James Mann and Patricia Marshall Hurt. His father, his grandfather Rev. Philemon Hurt and great-grandfather Moza Hurt in Virginia all owned slaves. By 1836 Robert Hurt’s father had 1,528 acres and 9 slaves in Carroll County. His uncle, Robert Hurt, had 1,836 acres and 19 slaves, and also owned one of the only three carriages in the county. Hurt married Narcissa Emily Dickson by 1840. Continuing in his family religious tradition, he held membership in the Reedy Creek Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and where his father held the positions of minister/elder. Daniel, Peggy, Frank and Phillis Hurt, presumably Hurt family slaves, also held membership at Reedy Creek but which Hurt owned them is unclear. By 1850 Robert M. Hurt held 18 slaves (6 adults, 5 aged 6-12 and 7 aged 5 and under) and his father had 16 people. His first wife died about 1858. By 1860 Robert Hurt had real estate (which included 5 slave cabins), worth $10,500 ($324,347.53) and personal property (which included 32 slaves) valued at $40,000 ($1,235,609.64). Twenty one year old Thomas D. Vaughter, Jr, son of a neighbor, served as overseer for the plantation. Robert M. Hurt also owned a dry goods store in McLemoresville with his first wife’s father, John M. Dickson. He married his 2nd wife, Mrs. Martha E. Woods Hurt, on 4/22/1860. The family appears Confederate but records are difficult to locate. Robert M. Hurt’s son, Isham Green Hurt, joined the military, as did Hurt’s brothers Joseph David Hurt, James M. Hurt, Jr. and Anthony B. Hurt. Family lore says Federal Forces killed both Hurt’s son and brother, Joseph David Hurt, on the same day at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek in Atlanta, Georgia. The overseer Thomas Vaughter also left for the Confederate Army and has records. After the war (1869) Robert M. Hurt joined those who petitioned the Governor and Legislature of Tennessee to restore the right to vote to those who had supported the Confederacy. Although by 1870 the value of his real estate had declined to $9,500 ($185,934.58) and his personal property to $1,500 ($29,358.09), the family remained financially able to maintain a cook and two farm hands on the property. Several blacks living nearby most likely worked his land as well. In August 1877 Hurt made the “Milan Exchange” newspaper by contracting whooping-cough as an adult. On the evening of April 24, 1890 he died suddenly while conversing with his wife and was buried in the Hurt Family Cemetery in Trezevant, as is his 1st wife. Fifty Blacks used the surname Hurt in the 1870 and 52 in the 1880 census. Several members of the Hurt family owned slaves beside Robert M Hurt. Twenty Hurts have stones in the Mt. Ararat Cemetery in Trezevant, a burial ground for the black community for many years.
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