Billington Saunders Hurst (abt. 1813 - bef. 1870)

Born about 1813 in Columbia County, Georgia, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (McCallum) Hurst — married 1 Aug 1834 (to 1866) in Butts, Georgia

Husband of Margaret Jane Jones — married 15 Nov 1866 in Jefferson, Alabama

Descendants

Died before 1870 before about age 57 in Alabama, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Billington was born about 1813. He was the son of William Hurst and Nancy Scruggs. He passed away before 1870.

Claim for pension filed August 28, 1865. A subsequent claim was filed on June 25, 1880 and a following investigation revealed that Billington S Hurst had died 6-10 years prior to this claim and that his son, William C Hurst was impersonating him in order to obtain his pension. William C Hurst was tried and convicted on December 2, 1884 in U.S. Court, Eastern District of Arkansas and sentenced on December 5, 1884 to imprisonment for 13 months at the House of Corrections, Detroit, Michigan, and to pay a fine of $1000 and costs of prosecution.

Sources

• Butts County, Georgia, Marriages, White, 1826-1882: 41, Billington S. Hurst-Elizabeth McCallum, 1 August 1834; database with images, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5MB-Q56?cc=1927197&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFWWV-G2T: accessed 1 February 2020), 004849057 > image 87 of 538; citing Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH54-LMZ : 12 April 2016), Billington S Hurst, Talladega county, Talladega, Alabama, United States; citing family 960, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDV-HHX : 13 December 2017), B S Hurst, 1860.

• Compiled service record, Billington S. Hurst, Pvt., Co. K, 1 Alabama Cav.; "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Alabama," images, Ancestry, Fold3(https://www.fold3.com/image/100495739: downloaded 2 September 2019); citing NARA M276, Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Volunteer Organizations During the American Civil War, compiled 1890 - 1912, documenting the period 1861 - 1866.

• Billington S. Hurst (Private, Co. K, 1st Reg. Ala. Cav., Civil War), soldier's pension application no. 85,862 (Rejected); Case Files of Rejected Pension Applications ... 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Jefferson County, Alabama, Marriage Record, vol. 4, White: 239, Billington S. Hurst-Jane Crump, 15 November 1866; database with images, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99HV-7TJP?i=451&cc=1743384: accessed 3 September 2019), 007317023 > image 452 of 629; citing County Probate Courts, Alabama.