Lewis Hurst was the slave of William Hogan Hurst.
  He was in the house of ? (store owner) according to the 1870 census.  Other black or mulatto members of the household
included the following surnames: Montford, Hurst(another family), and Washington.
He had the following two children with Hannah Shepard:
Albert Hurst dob ?  dod? M. Niecy Pollock
dob? dod? Father of:
Andrew Hurst dob? dod? M.?
Father of:
Some of the information regarding the Hurst family of African American descent is based on interviews with K B Hurst. Information regarding the Caucasian Hurst and Fonville families is derived from the publication "The Heritage of Onslow County 1983".