JONES COUNTY, GA - BIOS  James Hurt

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., Page 446
Published by The Southern Historical Association in
1895


James Hurt, planter, Blountville, Jones Co., Ga., son
of William and Lucy (Turner) Hurt, was born in Warren
County, Ga., June 2, 1828.  His grandfather, Elisha
Hurt, came from Virginia to Georgia, and settled in
Warren County the latter part of the last century -
where he raised his family.  Mr. Hurt’s father passed
most of his life in that county; but late in life he
moved into western Georgia, and ultimately to Russell
County, Ala.  He was killed in 1844 by the falling of a
tree while on a visit to his old home in Warren.  His
wife died in 1833.  He was a man of considerable wealth
when he died, but it was lost by mismanagement.  They
reared seven children: Elisha; George T.; Benjamin
Joel; Elizabeth, Mrs. Miller, Rockdale County, Ga.;
James, the subject of this sketch; Nancy (deceased);
and William (deceased).  George T. and Benjamin were
members of Cobb’s legion, and were killed in the war.
Mr. Hurt received a very fair education, and when
beginning life for himself embarked in a general
merchandise business in the northeastern part of Jones
County, in 1852.  He did a prosperous business there
until it was interrupted by the “unpleasantness” of
1861.  He enlisted in the state troops, and served at
different times and places; was at the battle of
Griswoldville.  Since the war he has confined himself
to farming, of which he has made a success, as his nice
home and pleasant surroundings amply testify.  Mr. Hurt
was married in 1858 to Miss Mary, daughter of Cary and
Leah Davison.  They have had but one child, Ida L., who
married a Mr. Wagnon, now dead, and the widowed
daughter and her little daughter, Alline, are with “the
old folks at home.”  Mr. Hurt belongs to the democracy,
and has been a member of the county executive
committee.  He is also a member of the Methodist
Church.  The Hurts are an aggressively progressive
family, a representative type of which is the dashing
and daring electric street railway and real estate
operator in Atlanta - Joel Hurt.  It will be observed
that one of Mr. Hurt’s brothers bore the same name,
which would indicate blood relationship.