Silas B Hurt

Biography
Born	06/16/1825
Birth Location	Russell Co.
Died	01/22/1896
Death Location	Russell Co., VA
Father	Vincent Hurt
Mother	Mary Burke
Married	12/20/1850
Spouse	Rebecca Howard
Military Units
37th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
37th Infantry
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Census Information: 1850: 1274, Age 22 1860: 742, Age 33 1870: Elk Garden 127, Age 43 1880: Elk Garden 16, Age 55 1900: DEAD 1910: DEAD 1920: DEAD 1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information: Letter mention: James H. Barrett Newspaper mentions: Richmond Dispatch, 4/8/1862 Bickley Mills Post, 7/2/1891 Notes: Owned 1 slave. 1849 Will of Moses Hurt mentions Silas B. possibly son of Vincent and Ann Hurt.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1 2nd Sergeant, Company I, 37th Virginia Infantry Appears on a muster roll dated May 31st, 1861 Enrolled for active service on: May 3 Enrolled for active service at: New Garden Enrolled by: Capt. J. F. McElhenney Period: 1 year Age: 36 Company was enrolled for active service at Honaker, Va., on the 3rd day of May, 1861 and travelled then to Abingdon where it arrived on the 30th, 1861, a distance of 34 miles.	Card 2 Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1861 (Dated Aug. 31) Enlisted: When: May 2 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. S. Hunt Period: 12 mo Last paid: By whom: Capt. Dunbar To what time: June 30 Present or absent: Present Remarks:	Card 3 Appears on a muster roll for Jan. & Feb., 1862 (Dated June 13, 1862) Enlisted: When: May 2 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. Hunt Period: 1 year Last paid: By whom: Capt. Haller To what time: Dec. 31 Present or absent: Present Remarks:
Card 4 Appears on a muster roll for Mch. & Apr., 1862 (Dated Aug. 15, 1862) Enlisted: When: May 2 Where: New Garden By whom: Capt. Hunt Period: 12 mos. Last paid: By whom: Capt. Haller To what time: Dec. 31 Present or absent: Absent Remarks: Taken prisoner at Kearnstown Mch. 23	Card 5 Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War sent from Fort Delaware, Del., and exchanged at Aikens Landing, Va., August 5, 1862. Roll dated: Not dated Where captured: Winchester When captured: March 23, 1862	Card 6 Appears on a List of non-commissioned officers and privates exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Va., Aug. 5, 1862. List dated: Not dated Captured: Where: Winchester When: Mar. 23 Delivered: June 9, 1862 by: Capt. Lyon 6. N. Y. Cav. From Ft. Monroe
Card 7 Appears on a Register of Receiving and Wayside Hospital, or General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, Virginia. Admitted: Dec. 19, 1864 Disposition: Duty Date: Dec. 20, 1864	Card 8 Appears on a Register of C. S. A. General Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia. Disease: Primary: Hemorrhoids Admitted: Dec. 10, 1864 Returned to duty: Dec. 19, 1864	Card 9 Appears on a Register of Payments to Discharged Soldiers. Date of discharge: 15 Aug., 1862 Date of payment: 15 Aug., 1862 By whom: J. L. Cole
Card 10 Appears on a REPORT of casualties, of the 37th and 23d Regiments Va. Vols., in the engagement near Winchester, Va., March 23, 1862. Report dated: Camp near Mt. Jackson April 1, 1862 Remarks: Missing	Card 11 I CERTIFY, That the within named Silas B. Hurt a private of Captain T. J. Smiths Company (I) of the 37th Regiment of Va. Vols., born in Russell County in the State of Virginia, aged 37 years, five feet, 10 inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and by occupation a farmer, was enlisted by Capt. Hunt at New Garden on the 2nd day of May 1862, to serve one year and is now entitled to discharge by reason of expiration of his term of service. [Remainder of discharge and pay statement, due $113.00. Signed by name.]	Card 12 Appears on a RECEIPT ROLL for clothing, for 4 Qr., 1864 Date of issue: Signature: Hurt