Posted on May 6th, 2008 by admin
The title of this post sounds like a bad Harry Potter novel. I just love running across posts like the following. It just goes to show how whacked out some of the stories about Col. Hurst have become in the time since his passing. Lots of these stories involve Fielding being murdered […]
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Filed under: Ghost Hunters, Ghosts, Haunted, Civil War, Civil War in Tennessee, Ghost of Fielding Hurst, That Demon Called Hurst, TN, Purdy, Col. Fielding Hurst, Hurst Mansion, Hurst Nation
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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Posted on November 15th, 2007 by admin
OK, I enjoyed the ghost story posts a few weeks ago on Halloween as much as the next guy, but I really didn’t think much about it. Then today, I saw the new blog post on Kevin D. McCann’s site, Proof of a Ghost in the Hurst Home.
Kevin received a picture from Randy Lute […]
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Filed under: Ghost of Fielding Hurst, Ghosts, Ghost Hunters, Haunted, Kevin D. McCann, Hurst Mansion, TN, Purdy, Col. Fielding Hurst, Hurst Nation
Posted on September 13th, 2007 by admin
LONE SURVIVOR - The only home in “Old Purdy” which has withstood the ravages of time is the old Col. Fielding Hurst home. Today its occupants, Miss Bessie Dodds (left) and Miss Mary Dodds chop cotton in an adjoining field which once was the courthouse lawn.
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, […]
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Posted on September 13th, 2007 by admin
Click the picture to enlarge. Notice anyone familiar? Did someone try to rewrite history and wipe Fielding Hurst off of the Early Settlers of McNairy County poster?
I have seen this poster several times and it is on page 13 of “REFLECTIONS: A History of McNairy County, Tennessee 1823 - 1996″. There is something very odd […]
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Filed under: Early Settlers of McNairy Co., D.W. Hester Mystery, Col. Fielding Hurst, Purdy, TN, Hurst Nation
Posted on September 13th, 2007 by admin
Fielding Hurst and wife, Melocky Huddleston Hurst.
Image provided by late and great cousin Ann Moore Boldger, the original Hurst Nation Online webmaster extraordinaire.
Here’s a copy of Cousin Ann’s website on Archive.org.
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Filed under: Ann Moore Boldger's Hurst Nation site, Melocky "Locky" Huddleston Hurst, Col. Fielding Hurst, Purdy, Hurst Nation
Posted on September 12th, 2007 by admin
This marker is in Bethel Springs, TN. Word is that almost a century after his death, the people of Purdy refused to allow the parker to be placed in their town. They compromised by letting them put it down the road in Bethel Springs. I would love to hear from someone with some first hand […]
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Filed under: Civil War, Civil War in Tennessee, Purdy, TN, Bethel Springs, Hurst Nation
