Posted on May 20th, 2008 by admin
(Hurst Mansion shrouded in ghostly fog. Tennessee Hauntings )
I am not a ghost hunter, but seem to have an appreciation of Purdy in common with ghost hunters. Even I was impressed with the ghostly fog, assuming Cheech and Chong were not standing just out of frame.
Tennessee Hauntings has some great, new, current pictures (at […]
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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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Posted on April 14th, 2008 by admin
These are some pictures taken on a trip to Purdy, TN to visit the Hurst Mansion some years ago. At this time, the property was owned by the county and they were investigating turning it into a museum. Those plans fell through and a new owner owns the property. Apparently, this owner […]
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Posted on March 14th, 2008 by admin
Col. Hurst in the Official Record of the War:
March 22,1864 - Nathan Bedford Forrest Field Report
HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE WEST TENN., AND NORTH MISS., In the Field, March 22, 1864.
Brig.-Gen. BUCKLAND or COMDG. OFFICER U. S. FORCES, Memphis, Tenn
GENERAL.: I have the honor to transmit the inclosed report, prepared from a thorough investigation […]
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Posted on December 10th, 2007 by admin
In the wake of Lincoln’s election, a convention of eight influential citizens of McNairy County
Richard Cross
Fielding Hurst
John H. Meeks
A.A. Sanders
Stanford L. Warren
Dew M. Wisdom
Congressman John V. Wright
met on December 3, 1860 to discuss its ramifications and future courses of action for their country and state.
(Hurst’s Wurst, Page 2)
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Filed under: Kevin D. McCann, Timeline, Hurst's Wurst, Early Settlers of McNairy Co., Purdy, Col. Fielding Hurst, TN
Posted on December 8th, 2007 by admin
(USS Tyler on the left side of this picture.)
Location: On board the wooden gunboat, USS Tyler. Rescued after escape and a week of hiding in the swamps. Participated in battle along with USS Lexington against a rebel battery at Pittsburg Landing. (Hurst’s Wurst, Page 13)
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Posted on December 7th, 2007 by admin
I just love the FieldingHurst.com site from Hurst’s Wurst author, Kevin D. McCann.
Here’s the official Fielding Hurst Grave Page.
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Filed under: Ghost Hunters, Haunted, Ghosts, Mount Gilead Cemetery, Kevin D. McCann, Ghost of Fielding Hurst, TN
Posted on December 7th, 2007 by admin
Tennessee officially left the Union on June 8, 1961. This was also to be the day changed the life of Fielding Hurst. If not for his outspoken opposition and his later imprisonment over this issue, we would no doubt not be thinking of the Colonel today. Incidentally, your webmaster did come from the David Hurst […]
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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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Posted on October 31st, 2007 by admin
The Fielding Hurst Guru of all gurus himself, Kevin D. McCann, author of Hurst’s Wurst, weighs in on the “Ghosts of Purdy” article in his blog post, McNairy County’s Boogeyman.
The front page of yesterday’s McNairy County Independent Appeal had an article by Russell Ingle entitled “Ghosts of Purdy.” It’s a seasonal piece that ties […]
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