Tombstone Tuesday~Miles Hurst

Miles Hurst
b. Apr. 10, 1811
d. Nov. 24, 1895

bu. Hurst Cemetery 

The parents of Miles Hurst are unknown to me. Miles married Theatus Thurman, the said daughter of John Thurman and Anne Perkins. 

Miles and Theatus marriage date is unknown due to the loss of “public records” during the Civil War for Chesterfield County. However, based on the birth of their first known child, Luke Hurst, in 1831 its most likely they were married about 1829-30. They were not found in the 1830 Census for Chesterfield County. 

Miles and Theatus had 11 children; 7 lived to adulthood, 6 daughters and one son.
Theatus died 5 May 1873 and Miles passed away on 24 November 1895. They are buried in the Hurst Cemetery, Chesterfield, South Carolina.^{1 2 3}
















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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 November 2013); Memorial page for Miles HURST; (10 April 1811–24 November 1895); Find a Grave memorial # 30005082, Citing Hurst Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
[2] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19427-40959-21?cc=1911928&wc=MP59-ZNL:190567401,190561002,190567402,191134501 : accessed 13 September 2015), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0553B-0637 > image 685 of 1488; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
[3] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 November 2013); Memorial page for Theatus Thurman Hurst; (11 March 1811–5 May 1873); Find a Grave memorial # 30005120, Citing Hurst Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Amanuensis Monday~Heirs at Law of Miles Hurst, November 1895

Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.

His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Today’s subject is a Petition naming the Heirs at Law of Miles Hurst, November 1895.
From the Miles Hurst Estate Files, Folder #584, Chesterfield County Probate Office, Chesterfield, SC we have the following document naming the Heirs at Law of Miles Hurst at the time of his death. 


 
The State of South Carolina} In Probate
Chesterfield County} Court
The petition of C. B. McNair respectfully submit and shows to this Court
1. That Miles Hurst late of the County and state aforesaid died intestate on 24^th of November AD 1895 leaving as his heirs at law the following Luke Hurst- Martha Hurst- Mrs. Margurette Watson Mrs Elizabeth Sellers Mrs. Ann Hancock Mrs. Ellen Streater and Mrs. Albany McNair.
2. That the said intestate left considerable property and it is necessary for the proper and rightful settlement of said Estate that an Administrator should be appointed by this Court to administer upon the said Estate.
3. That your petitioner is the husband is the above named Albany McNair and as such he has an interest in said Estate.
4. That as far as this petitioner knows no one of the heirs at law have applied for letters of Administration upon said Estate.
Therefore your petitioner prays that this Court do grant him letters of Administration upon the said estate and will ever pray &c.
                                                                C. B. McNair
 
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[1] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19427-40148-38?cc=1911928&wc=MP59-ZNL:190567401,190561002,190567402,191134501 : accessed 13 September 2015), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0553B-0637 > image 690 of 1488; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

Sunday's Obituary–Ellen Hurst Streater

Special to the State.
Chesterfield, Feb. 7 – Thursday morning about 3 o’clock Mrs. Ellen Streater died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J/ T. Hurst.
Mrs. Streater was about 75 years of age. Her husband, W. C. Streater, died in early manhood in 1872. Mrs. Streater was a widow 42 years. There are three surviving children, J. B. Streater and Mrs. J. T. Hurst, of Chesterfield, and Mrs. Thomas Perkins of Cheraw.
For many years Mrs. Streater was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Late Thursday afternoon the body was laid to rest in the Hurst cemetery a few miles from town. The funeral services were conducted by her pastor the Rev. T. R. Owen, assisted by the Rev. J. L. Tyler.

Mrs. Ellen Streater was the widow of William C. Streater who passed away in 1872.

Born in 1846, she was a daughter of Miles Hurst and Thetus Thurman.  Her surviving three children were - Thetus Irene, James B and Hannah Streater. She was 68 years old. 

She was buried beside her husband in the Hurst Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.







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[1] Mrs. Ellen Streater obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 7 February 1914, page 3, column 3.