Here is an estimated time frame for my John Hurst, Sr of Shenandoah and
Montgomery Counties in VA, based on many years of research. The resources
are cited at the end.

1) John and Mary Hurst begin selling off pieces of land in Montgomery Co., VA in
April of 1794. The last piece appears to have been sold in 1797.

2) John and Mary Hurst were in Green Co., TN by 1798, when son, Elijah, married
Mary Lindsay and remained at least until 12 July 1804, when daughter, Elizabeth
married Levi Dunn there.

3) According to family tradition, John and Mary Hurst and their families, remained in
Green Co., TN only about 10 years. Tradition also says that they took less than a
year to cross KY and we know they were in KY by October 26, 1806, when
grandson, John L. Hurst was born, which narrows the departure to an estimated
date of 1804-1806.

4) Records show John Hurst purchased 7 pieces of land in Harrison Co., Indiana
Territory in 1807 from the newly opened Jeffersonville (IN) Land Office.

Here are some of the references that I used to estimate the above dates for
John and Mary Hurst movements in Va, TN, KY and IN Terr.

1) Shenandoah Co. Deed Books E,F,G,H.1784-1792. G-201 26 Feb 1789.

John Hurst and Mary, his wife, of the Co. of Montgomery in the State of
Virginia [to] Daniel Hackney of the Co. of Shenandoah ...Consideration of 200
pounds... all that tract of land situate lying and being in Shenandoah Co. the
same that was devised to said John by the Last Will and Testament of William
Hurst, his father and on record in Shenandoah Co...it being the same that was
conveyed by a L & R on 29 day of Aug. 1782, Containing 148 acres...
Signed: John Hurst; Mary Hurst. Witnesses: Louis (X) Howell; William (X) Manuel;
John (X) Lambert. Recorded: 26 Feb. 1789


2) Shenandoah Co. Deed Books E,F,G,H.1784-1792. 1792.

John Hurst and wife, Mary [of Montgomery Co., VA] give Power of Attorney to
William Dyer and Nancy Hurst, his wife, to sell part of their one third interest in
1000 acres of land on the Salt River, Jefferson Co. Ky. [William and Nancy Dyer
were residents of Franklin, Ky. in 1789. Nancy Hurst, was John's youngest sister.]


3) Early Adventurers On The Western Waters Vol. III, Part 2/3. Mary B. Kegley.
Walsworth Publishing Co. Montgomery Co. Reel 38 Marriage Bonds 1789-1796
pg 125 1791, April 5,  John Hurst and Patty Menifee. Surety Jas. Menifee [This was
one of the sons of John Hurst and Lydia Smith.]


4) Early Adventurers On The Western Waters Vol. III, Part 2/3. Mary B. Kegley.
Walsworth Publishing Co. Chapt 1. Montgomery Co. Entry Book B.
page 94.Dec. 21, 1792 John Hurst, treasury warrent, 400 1/4 ac, 1782, 60 ac part
therof, on Mack's Run on North side of New River Adjoining his own.

page 164. Sept 10, 1793. John Hurst and Mary, give power of attorney to
Charles Dyer to settle businss in the state of Kentucky, but more especially to
convey a tract on Salt River (being our 1/3 interest of 1000 ac granted John Hurst
by State warrent) unto Mr. Richard Parker.(page 163)

page 167. April 20, 1794, John Hurst and Mary to Richard Ellis, 113 ac where
James Axley now lies, part of Samuel Drake's old survey on the south side
of New River, opposite Persimmon Bottom. (page 225)

page 365.1794 Richard Ellis from John and Mary Hurst, 113 acres, south side New River,
opposite Persimmon Bottom.

page 114. Sept. 20, 1794 John Hurst. 40 ac treasury
warrent assigned by Sam'l Meredith, on west side of New River. (page 113)

page 232.1794 John Hurst 40 ac on West side New River.

page 170. Aug. 5, 1795, John Hurst and Mary to Charles Dyer, 259 ac on north side
of New River beginning on the river bank. (page 281-282)

Pg. ( ). 1795 Charles Dyer from John and Mary Hurst, 259 acres, north side
New River. [Charles Dyer, m. Mary Hurst, dau of John Hurst and 1st wife,
Lydia Smith]

Section II. Chapt 1. Wythe Co. Orders June 14, 1796. Robert Grayam [Graham] and
Richard Muse were to bind out John Pierce, infant of _____ Pearce,deceased, to John
Hurst. (Do not know which John Hurst this refers to.)

page 342. Wythe Co. Deed Book 2, pp 14, 165. William Ross appears to have moved to
Persimmon Bottom on the waters of Mack's Run on the New River in present Pulaski Co.
about 1797, when he purchased from John and Mary Hurst two tracts of land containing
280 acres. (Wythe Co. Deed Book 2, pp 14, 165.)

Section II. Chapt 3. Land Records. Montgomery Co. Surveys (Filed at Christiansburg, VA) Volume II.pg 363. 1783 Samuel Drake, 260 acres New River, adjoining Persimmon Bottom and Mack's Creek, granted to John Hurst.


5) Annals of Southwest Va. 1769-1800. Summers. 1929. pg 917.
May 27, 1786.
Frances Walker (Grantor) on behalf of Thos. Walker & by virtue of power of attorney
to him given by sd. Thos. Walker. John Hurst (Grantee). Consideration of L 76. 100
acres on the west side of the New River. pg 813. Aug 22, 1786. Montgomery Co.
Will of James Newell proved by John Hurst and John Hurst Jr.


6)Title: Historic Greene Co., Tenn And Its People: 1783-1992. page 160
LT. JOHN HURST, SR of the Shenandoah Valley in Va was an Old Virginian
with a very large family and a taste for pioneer life. He married twice, first to Lydia
Smith and they had ten children. After her death ca 1786, he married Mary (Barksdale)
Lindsey, the widow of William Lindsey and they had one son [Beverly]. John married
the Widow Lindsey in Bedford Co. Va. From Bedford County they moved to Greene
Co., Tn, where they lived about 10 years. While in Greene Co., four of John's children
married. Two married children of their stepmother, Mary. They are as follows:
Leah to Jesse Lindsey,7 Feb 1800;
Elijah to Mary Lindsey, 9 Feb 1798;
Abraham Hurst to Mary Dunn, 20 May 1800
and Elizabeth Hurst to Levi Dunn, 12 July 1804.
-Submitted by Lillian Berniece Thompson, 638 South Cedar, Bristow, OK 74010.



7)Early East Tennessee Taxpayers. Creekmore (compiler). Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr. 1980.
East Tennessee Historical Society Publications. 976.8 R4 Cre Chapt 9. Green Co.
1805.pg 177-185. "pg 179 begins the enumeration of the Inhabitants of Green Co. Tn in
1805 when the county was formed." [While old John Hurst is not shown, several of his
family or allied families are: Daniel Dunn (Levi Dunn, married to Elizabeth Hurst,
his daughter), Samuel Craig (Henry, John's son, was married to Winnie LaHue
whose sister, Rachael, married John Craig), Elijah Hurst (his son, married to his
step-daughter, Mary Lindsey), Abraham Hurst (his son, married to Mary Dunn),
Jesse Linsey (step-son, married to daughter Leah Hurst).]


8)Title: Historic Greene Co., Tenn And Its People: 1783-1992. Page 160.
LT. JOHN HURST, SR.
When the Hurst family left Greene Co. [TN] nearly 30 or more [families moved] to
Beargrass Creek, KY (now Bullitt Co.). They stayed there only about 6 months at the
most, then moved on to Harrison Co. IN, where he lived out the rest of his life. The
Hursts established a mill and school on Big Indian Creek. There is still a Hursttown
United Methodist Church being used. It is located about 2 miles north of Corydon,
Jackson Twp., Harrison Co., TN.
-Submitted by Lillian Berniece Thompson, 638 South Cedar, Bristow, OK 74010.
[NOTE: This should read Harrison Co., IN not TN.]


9)1806 - 7 entrys for land in Harrison County, Jackson Twp., at the Jeffersonville
Land office, Indiana Territory by John Hurst. [This was the earliest date that it was
legal to purchase land in what had been Indian territory earlier. His were some
of the earliest land purchases registered after the opening of the Land office at
Jeffersonville, IN. The story handed down in the family tradition, was that he
purchased a quarter section of land for each of his sons to encourage them to
settle nearby. He had 6 sons, and that would leave one for himself or one or
more of the daughters. The area was to become known as Hursttown, and a
small area of it still known by that name today. Old John Hurst and numerous
members of his family are buried in the Hursttown Cemetery, on the banks of
Big Indian Creek, about 5 miles north of Corydon, Harrison Co., IN]


10) October 26, 1806 John L. Hurst, son of Henry Hurst and Winnie LaHue,
grandson of John Hurst was born on Beargrass Creek, Jefferson Co., KY.
[Area that is now in Bulleit Co., KY.] Land transaction records that indic. his
grandfather, John Hurst, had received land for his military service, located was
in Bulleitt Co. Ky. on the Salt River. (not Beargrass Creek Watercourse). As there
were as many as 6 or more stations (forts) on the 3 branches of Beargrass Creek,
exactly where he was born is unknown.]


11)Pioneer Pickings No. 210. The Salem Democrat. July 21, 1880.
Horace Heffren. Washington Co. Historical Soc. 1983. pg. 371.
Date of Item: 21 Jul 1880
"Some Old People." ...John L. Hurst was born in Jefferson Co, Ky. Oct. 26, 1806 and
came to Indiana Territory in March 1808. They also reside in Polk Township.
[March 1808 should be 1807, as John L. was 6 mos old, when Henry Hurst and wife,
Winnie LaHue come to Indiana Territory with the other Hurst members.]


12)List Of Voters, Harrison Co.,IN Territory. English Collection. Indiana State
Historical Library. Indianapolis, IN March 1809. Harrison Twp. Harrison Co.
Indiana Territory.
Henry Hurst.
[Also listed in same election were his father, John, and several of his brothers
and brother-in-laws)


13) 1820 Federal Census Of Indiana. Heiss. Elijah Hurst, Head of Household, Harrison
Co. IN. 2 males 45+, 2 females 45+ [In this census old John and Mary Hurst were
apparently living with his son, Elijah and family, as they do not appear in their own household.
Old JohnHurst did not die until 1828, and none of the other related households had 2
sets of older people in them.]