Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameLouisa Ellen JORDAN 
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26Birth Date13 May 1827
Birth PlaceTrezevant, Carroll County, Tennessee
Death Date31 Dec 1876 Age: 49
Spouses
Birth Date4 May 1822
Birth PlaceMcLemoresville, Carroll County, Tennessee
Death Date24 Jul 1864 Age: 42
Death PlaceAtlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
FatherJames Mann HURT Sr. (1797-1873)
MotherMartha Patricia "Patsey" MARSHALL (~1799-1876)
Family ID4028
Marr Date6 Mar 1845
Marr PlaceGibson County, Tennessee
ChildrenDavid (1847-<1850)
Albert W. (1849-1877)
Martha Tennessee "Tee" (1851-1879)
Philemon (1854-1938)
Sarah Elizabeth (1856-1914)
William B. (1861-)
Notes for Louisa Ellen JORDAN
(1) Mar 1999: The Hurt Family Genealogy Page http://members.tripod.com/~suzid/hurt.html (2) Aug 2003: Ancestors of Sarah Elizabeth Hurt by Karen A. Smith - www.famillytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/m/i/Karen-A-Smith (3) Aug 2003: RootsWeb ocweb Clark Webster (4) Aug 2003: RootsWeb.com Cahill/Hawkins Sherry Petersen
Notes for Joseph David “Joe” (Spouse 1)
(1) Mar 1999: The Hurt Family Genealogy Page http://members.tripod.com/~suzid/hurt.html (2) Aug 2003: Ancestors of Sarah Elizabeth Hurt by Karen A. Smith - www.famillytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/m/i/Karen-A-Smith - Killed at the Battle of Atlanta - Peach Tree Creek north of Atlanta - Civil War - Confederate service. (3) Aug 2003: Joseph David Hurt - Karen A. Smith - Karen's Genealogy Page - "Martha Marshall and James Mann Hurt's 'departed son David' (as mentioned in Article 11 of his father's will) was born 4 May 1822. Joseph David Hurt, known by his middle name, was a shoe maker and ran a tan yard that his father had started.
"He married Louisa Ellen Jordan (1827-1876), daughter of Dr. Fay Jordan, on March 6, 1845 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Their children were: Joseph David Hurt Jr., Albert Hurt, Martha Tennessee (Tee) Hurt, Philemon Hurt, William B. Hurt, and Sarah Elizabeth Hurt. The couple lived in McLemoresville, on a little farm near Joe's father. In the 1850 Schedule of Free Inhabitants of Carroll Count, taken when he was 28 years of age, he gives 'tanning' as his occupation or profession. His wife's name is given as 'Louisa E', 23 years of age, and one child is listed, Albert W, three years old.
"The life of a tanner was a hard smelly one. Durable leather was in great demand for use as shoes, harnesses, gloves, caps. Every village had a tannery and Joseph David took over the one started by his father. Tanneries required great start-up cost. It required much equipment and buildings, such as tan vats, bark mills, tools, fleshing knives. Tanneries were strong-smelling with the vats of tanning agent, manure, and decaying animal flesh. Presumably the tanner and his family became used to this odor. Skins were soaked in vaats with lime to loosen the hair, then were scraped, then the hide was tanned in a bath of oak bark, and dried. Cows and oxen hides were tanned as were the hides of sheep and hogs.
"Joseph David joined the State army on October 25, 1861, in Trenton, Tennessee, for a term of one year. He was mustered in to the Confederate Army on December 28, 181 in G Company of the 55th Tennessee Infantry. He apparently joined as a Third Lieutenant having been elected to that rank. Known as Brown's Regiment, it was formed on February 114, 1862. Robert Bailey Hurt, Jr., the son of his cousin, fought with him and died at the Battle of Franklin.
"The regiment was captured at Island No. 10 on April 8, 1862. He appears on a list of commissioned officers who arrived at Camp Chase, Ohio from Island No. 10, dated April 13, 1862. He was transferred to Johnson's Island on April 26, 1862. He was sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi, on September 1, 1862, then released there on September 20, 182. The prisoners were exchanged. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant on September 25, 1862. Soon after, on October 26, 1862, the 55th Tennessee was ordered to report for duty at Meridan. The 55th Tennessee was part of General Maury's division at this time.
"He appears on a company muster roll on October 21, 1863 at Camp Cummings near Mobile, Alabama. He was 41 years old. He was in Company B in October 1863. He was paid $80 per month. He appears onn a roster dated April 7, 1864. He died in the Battle of Peach Tree Creek in Atlanta on July 24, 1864. Fighting for the Union side that day was Isham Hurt, Joseph's nephew. Isham Hurt died that day also.
"According to Hurt family oral history, the battle of Peach Tree Creek is particularly costly for the family. During the fighting, A. B. Hurt's older brother, Joseph David Hurt, a 2nd Lieutenant in the Tennessee infantry, is killed by a mini ball to the head as he rises from behind a cotton bail. A 1st cousin, Isham Hurt, is also killed. (Isham is a son of Robert Hurt, James Mann Hurt Sr.'s brother. Robert is buried in Hurt Cemetery, outside McLemoresville, Tennessee)." (Mike Parsons)
Upon Louisa's death, children who still needed care were taken in as follows: girls with Elisha A. Collins and Sarah Hurt Collins (Joe David's sister) and boys with Anthony Bennezette Hurt (his brother) and Sophie (Monie) Collins Hurt.
(4) Aug 2003: RootsWeb ocweb Clark Webster (5) Aug 2003: RootsWeb.com Cahill/Hawkins Sherry Petersen
"He married Louisa Ellen Jordan (1827-1876), daughter of Dr. Fay Jordan, on March 6, 1845 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Their children were: Joseph David Hurt Jr., Albert Hurt, Martha Tennessee (Tee) Hurt, Philemon Hurt, William B. Hurt, and Sarah Elizabeth Hurt. The couple lived in McLemoresville, on a little farm near Joe's father. In the 1850 Schedule of Free Inhabitants of Carroll Count, taken when he was 28 years of age, he gives 'tanning' as his occupation or profession. His wife's name is given as 'Louisa E', 23 years of age, and one child is listed, Albert W, three years old.
"The life of a tanner was a hard smelly one. Durable leather was in great demand for use as shoes, harnesses, gloves, caps. Every village had a tannery and Joseph David took over the one started by his father. Tanneries required great start-up cost. It required much equipment and buildings, such as tan vats, bark mills, tools, fleshing knives. Tanneries were strong-smelling with the vats of tanning agent, manure, and decaying animal flesh. Presumably the tanner and his family became used to this odor. Skins were soaked in vaats with lime to loosen the hair, then were scraped, then the hide was tanned in a bath of oak bark, and dried. Cows and oxen hides were tanned as were the hides of sheep and hogs.
"Joseph David joined the State army on October 25, 1861, in Trenton, Tennessee, for a term of one year. He was mustered in to the Confederate Army on December 28, 181 in G Company of the 55th Tennessee Infantry. He apparently joined as a Third Lieutenant having been elected to that rank. Known as Brown's Regiment, it was formed on February 114, 1862. Robert Bailey Hurt, Jr., the son of his cousin, fought with him and died at the Battle of Franklin.
"The regiment was captured at Island No. 10 on April 8, 1862. He appears on a list of commissioned officers who arrived at Camp Chase, Ohio from Island No. 10, dated April 13, 1862. He was transferred to Johnson's Island on April 26, 1862. He was sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi, on September 1, 1862, then released there on September 20, 182. The prisoners were exchanged. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant on September 25, 1862. Soon after, on October 26, 1862, the 55th Tennessee was ordered to report for duty at Meridan. The 55th Tennessee was part of General Maury's division at this time.
"He appears on a company muster roll on October 21, 1863 at Camp Cummings near Mobile, Alabama. He was 41 years old. He was in Company B in October 1863. He was paid $80 per month. He appears onn a roster dated April 7, 1864. He died in the Battle of Peach Tree Creek in Atlanta on July 24, 1864. Fighting for the Union side that day was Isham Hurt, Joseph's nephew. Isham Hurt died that day also.
"According to Hurt family oral history, the battle of Peach Tree Creek is particularly costly for the family. During the fighting, A. B. Hurt's older brother, Joseph David Hurt, a 2nd Lieutenant in the Tennessee infantry, is killed by a mini ball to the head as he rises from behind a cotton bail. A 1st cousin, Isham Hurt, is also killed. (Isham is a son of Robert Hurt, James Mann Hurt Sr.'s brother. Robert is buried in Hurt Cemetery, outside McLemoresville, Tennessee)." (Mike Parsons)
Upon Louisa's death, children who still needed care were taken in as follows: girls with Elisha A. Collins and Sarah Hurt Collins (Joe David's sister) and boys with Anthony Bennezette Hurt (his brother) and Sophie (Monie) Collins Hurt.
(4) Aug 2003: RootsWeb ocweb Clark Webster (5) Aug 2003: RootsWeb.com Cahill/Hawkins Sherry Petersen