Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameMoza HURT 597,26,603
Birth Dateaft 1730
Birth PlaceCaroline County, Virginia?
Death Date15 Dec 1792 Age: 62
Death PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
FatherPhilemon HURT Sr. (~1700-<1739)
MotherElizabeth POND (1700-)
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1734
Birth PlaceCaroline County, Virginia?
Death Datebef 1780 Age: 46
Death Dateabt 1782 Age: 48
Death PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
Family ID3464
Marr Date10 Apr 1752
Marr PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
ChildrenPhilemon (1758->1830)
 Sarah Ellen (~1760-~1823)
 Bettie (~1766-~1798)
 Jane (~1763-<1782)
 James (1763-1819)
 Patience (Twin) (~1769-)
 Prudence (Twin) (~1769-)
Birth Dateabt 1738
Birth PlaceHenrico County, Virginia
Death Date1795 Age: 57
Death PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
Family ID3465
Marr PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
Marr MemoMarraige bond signed by Philemon
ChildrenAgnes (~1762->1819)
 Elizabeth (1763-1816)
Notes for Moza HURT
(1) Caroline Co. VA, Court Order Book 1732-1740 pg. 570.
(2) Hurt, Oscar H., THE EARLY HURT FAMILY OF VA, pg. 18, 71.
(3) Wills, Halifax Co., VA, 1793. Will dated 15 Dec 1791, probated 28 Jan 1793. Names seven children, all by first wife.
(4) information found on internet on 8/4/98 at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8605/Moza.htm

Moza Hurt (also known as Moses) was born in 1730 probably in or near Bedford County, Virginia. A number of records exist pertaining to his life. His land deeds, marriage records, and will, as well as records of his children's marriages, are all preserved. He held substantial amounts of land in three counties: Bedford, Halifax, and Caroline, and he bought and sold land all his life. He acquired land on the Rappahannock River, where he lived in St. Margaret's Parish in Caroline County. He was appointed Constable there in 1752. From 1755 to 1758 he was road-overseer.

He married a young lady named Mary (last name unknown) by 1758. They had seven children: Philemon, born 1758; Jane, Betty, Sarah Ellen, born by 1763; James, born 1763; and twins Patience and Prudence, born by 1774.

In 1763, at the urging of his wife, Moza gave some slaves to his then four children: Philemon, Jane, Bettey, and Sarah. Why he did this, and why young children needed slaves of their own, I have yet to find out.

In 1776, the family moved to Bedford County (cut from Lunenburg County in 1753) where they bought 284 acres of land.

The Hurts fought with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. It doesn't look like Moza fought, but he did supply aid to the Continental Army. The Bedford County Lists of publick claims filed by citizens lists Moza Hurt being returned provisions that had been collected in 1781 by Christopher Irvine. A Moses Hurt was recorded as having supplied 1 beef, 9 diets, 4 pecks corn. A Mosses Hurt supplied 2 diets and 2 pecks of corn.

In 1782, a new county, Campbell, was cut from Bedford County, where the Hurts had been living. Sometime by 1782, Moza's wife, Mary, died, and he moved to Halifax County (cut from Lunenburg County in 1752), not necessasrily in that order. Three and one half months before his second marriage, Moza persuaded his children to file a disclaimer to the slaves given them by Deed of Gift about 1763 in Caroline County.

He then married Phebe Vaden, daughter of William Vaden and Frances Wilson, on 10 April 1782. She was the widow of Robert Mann who had died of smallpox.

The 1782 Heads of Households Census from Halifax County, Virginia, lists Moza Hurt with fourteen whites and nineteen blacks in the household.

The 1785 Heads of Families Census from Halifax County, Virginia, lists Moza Hurt with eight whites, one dwelling, and eight other buildings.

Moza died 1793 in Halifax County. His sons, James and Philemon, were the executors of his will. Phebe died two years later in 1795. His will read:
Sons Philemon and James, Executors.

To my son James Hurt, land whereon he now lives in Campbell County Virginia 617 acres
To my daughters: Patience and Prudence Hurt
To my married daughters: Sarah, wife of Michael Prewet, Jane, deceased wife of John Adams ("my poor daughter Jane, already departed this life")...whereas: by the tender indulgence and earnest importunity of my wife in the year 1763, I believe, I made a deed of gift of sundry of my negroes to my then four children, namely, Jane, Betty, Philemon and Sarah Hurt, which is recorded at Campbell Court House, and whereas some years ago I loaned John Adams and Jane his wife, my daughter, a negro, and to Michael Prewett and Billy his wife, a negro girl--I give to those who have had the greatest trouble raising the negro children should have their preference in their choices.

I appoint my son Philemon and my son James as my sole executors -

Witnesses: William Mann, Stitts Harrison, Robert Mann, Polly Mann

(5) Aug 2003: IGI - Will probated 28 Jan 1793 in Halifax County, Virginia. (6) Aug 2003: Ancestors of Sarah Elizabeth Hurt by Karen A. Smith - www.famillytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/m/i/Karen-A-Smith (7) Aug 2003: Moza Hurt - www.geocities.com/kasmith_1966/hurt/moza.htm (8) Aug 2003: RootsWeb ocweb Clark Webster (9) Aug 2003: IGI - Name given also as Philip Moses HURT. (10) Aug 2003: RootsWeb.com Cahill/Hawkins Sherry Petersen

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Notes for Moza HURT
He had moved to Bedford County by 1768. He later moved to Halifax County, Virginia. His will was filed in 1793 in Halifax County, Virginia.
Notes for Mary (Spouse 1)
(1) Hurt, Oscar H., THE EARLY HURT FAMILY OF VA, pg. 18, 71. (2) Wills, Halifax Co., VA, 1793. Husband's will dated 15 Dec 1791, probated 28 Jan 1793. Names seven children, all by first wife. (3) information found on internet 8/4/98 at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8605/Moza.htm gave d. date (4) Aug 2003: IGI (5) Aug 2003: RootsWeb ocweb Clark Webster (6) Aug 2003: RootsWeb.com Cahill/Hawkins Sherry Petersen - Death place given as Campbell County, Virginia, formerly Bedford County, Virginia.
Notes for Phoebe (Spouse 2)
(1) Caroline Co. VA, Court Order Book 1732-1740 pg. 570. (2) Hurt, Oscar H., THE EARLY HURT FAMILY OF VA, pg. 18, 71. (3) Wills, Halifax Co., VA, 1793. Will dated 15 Dec 1791, probated 28 Jan 1793. Names seven children, all by first wife. (4) information found on internet on 8/4/98 at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8605/Moza.htm
Surname, parents, and 1st husband listed.st husband. (5) Aug 2003: RootsWeb ocweb Clark Webster (6) Aug 2003: IGI (7) Aug 2003: RootsWeb.com Cahill/Hawkins Sherry Petersen
Notes for Phoebe (Spouse 2)
Her will was filed in 1795 in Halifax County, Virginia.
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