Kentuckiana Genealogy: Obituaries: John Hurst, Sen'r, Harrison County, Indiana

By Permelia (204.30.192.38) on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 04:37 pm:

The Last Will and Testament of John Hurst, Sen'r. (abstracted)
Harrison County Will Book A. pg 135.
Will dated 24 February 1813.
Probate 12 Sept. 1825. (Note: per Indiana WPA project date was 1828)

John Hurst of Harrison County Indiana Territory
Those persons named in the will:
my beloved wife Mary
a negro woman called Sarah
my son Elijah
my sons Abraham and Beverly Hurst.
my daughter Mary
My son John
John's four sons, Willliam, John, Nimrod and Jonas Hurst
my son William
my son Henry
my daughter Hannah
my daughter Nancy
my son Abraham
my daughter Leah
my daughter Elisabeth
my son Beverly
my son Elijah the plantation

son Elijah Hurst and Jesse Lindsey, Executors. witness my hand and seal this 24th day of February 1813.
John Hurst (seal)
Witness: Samuel Bell, Sarah Bell, Nancy Morgan, John McMahel

Record transcript obtained by Benjamin Franklin Hurst of Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, before his death in 1937.