Fifth Generation

186. Melvina "Vina" SHARP was born on 15 September 1816 in Claiborne Co., TN.^{52,53,187,188} Know Your Relatives has 15 Sep 1815.
She appeared in the census in 1900 in District 2, Union Co., TN. Living with son in law, Mance Miller, in 1900;
Hurst, Vina, Grandma(?), W, F, May 1816, 84, Wd, 8, 2, TN, TN, TN She died on 20 July 1907 in Union Co., TN.^53,187,188 Sharp Then and Now has 6 Jul 1907.
Vina was buried in July 1907 in Pleasant View Cemetery, Maynardville, Union Co., TN.¹⁸⁸

Melvina "Vina" SHARP and Maj. Allen Findley HURST¹⁸⁷ were married on 28 February 1833 in Union Co., TN.¹¹⁰ They¹¹⁰ appeared in the census in 1870 in District 2, Union Co., TN. Page 218 A, Maynardville, line 25, dwelling 107, family 107
Hurst, Allen, 59, M, W, 4000, 500, VA
Melvina, 53, F, W, Keeping House, TN
Nepolion, 22, M, W, Farm laborer, TN
Collingsworth, Gemima, 19, F, W, TN
Collingsworth, James, F, 9, M, W, TN
Cox, Lura, 9, F, W, TN
Allen lived near Miller's Ford on the Clinch River. Maj. Allen Findley HURST¹⁸⁷ was born on 4 March 1810 in Wythe Co., VA.¹⁸⁸ Could have been Tazewell Co., VA. Between 1856 and 1860 he was a Clerk of the Circuit Court in Union Co., TN.¹⁸⁹ He died on 26 May 1873 in Union Co., TN.¹⁸⁸ Allen was buried in May 1873 in Pleasant View Cemetery, Maynardville, Union Co., TN.¹⁸⁸ See pages 50-62, UCHS Pathways, June 1992. Allen played an important role in the formation of Union County during the mid 1800's. He was elected the 1st County Court Clerk. He was one of four commissioners appointed by act of the General Assembly to superintend the organization of the county, the other three were James W. Turner, William Needham, & Calvin Hansard. he and his father-in-law, Peter Sharp, owned and operated the Green Grove iron furnace on Fall Creek near Miller's Ferry, Clinch River. He and his four sons fought in the Civil War, Confederate Army, two of the sons dying while in the service. After the war a big percentage of Allen's vast acreage of land was confiscated by Carpetbaggers. Thus the inscription on his tombstone (erected by a grandson in the 1930's) that laments the loss of that land. And also laments the loss of the rest of the land to the TVA some 75 years later. This "Gone with the Wind" tombstone has been featured in newspapers and national magazines. (See picture on page 158 of Union County, Volume I)

Melvina "Vina" SHARP and Maj. Allen Findley HURST had the following children:

738	i.	Allen Findley HURST111,187,190 was born in 1834.111 In 1860 he was an a silversmith in Wythe Co., VA. He died about 1864. He enlisted in the Confederate Militia in Wythe Co., VA, 26 Apr 1862, Co. K, 54th Regiment, he was captured in the Battle of Piedmont and died in a Union Prison Camp.
+739	ii.	Arminta HURST.
740	iii.	Milton S. HURST187 was born in 1839 in TN.111 He died of pneumonia about 1864 in Civil War.190 Soldier in the Confederate Army, died of pneumonia while in the service. He was married to a Sharp, one daughter, Florence married an Anderson.
741	iv.	Capt. Elbert Lafayette HURST111,187 was born in 1841.111 He died in 1865 in Camp Morton, Indianapolis, IN.111,190 Died in a Union Prison Camp. Captain in the Confederate Army, Co., D. First TN Cavalry, died at Camp Morton around 1865. He enlisted in Knoxville, 8 Aug 1861.
+742	v.	Elizabeth HURST.
+743	vi.	Napoleon "Neap" HURST.