Re: William Samuel Hurt/Martha Jane Belcher Va

I posted this message that has additional information on the Mcguire board and had a response.Thought I should share some more information!!

I have the death record for John M. Hurt from the 1850 mortality schedule that was done for the people who died in the year before a Federal Census. It states that he was 31 years old and died of Typhoid in Oct. 1849.
I have come across information on this family as I am looking for a William Samuel Hurt b. 1843 in VA. who married Martha Jane Belcher. They are my gg-grandparents. I have yet to find his family. After researching for two years for this, I came back to this family and am looking for information to see if John M.Hurt & Louisa M. Mcguire's son William is my William!! Everything sure fits!! But still need some proof, anything. I know lots of records were lost in the Civil War. I have run into that wall several times. I do know that William's brother Thurston ended up in Missouri. Found a link for a family bible that has John M. Hurt and Louisa M. Mcguire married and John having died 1847? Russel County VA. I had not seen in any of the family trees I have come across with these people together as a family. My William Samuel Hurt and Martha lived in Beaver Pond West Virginia. Have them on several census records. Martha's father James C. Belcher was a half brother to a Nancy Belcher who married a Benjamin Prince who was I think a grandson of Chapman Spotts. This gives Martha Belcher a connection to this family and Louisa's son William. I'll just keep searching!! Thanks for your help and insight.
Kandie Ellars