The Bible of the family of Garland Hurt was given to him and his wife Laura by his grandfather, Thomas Patton May, in the 1890s. Recorded in the pages of this family heirloom are birth, marriage and death records of his family, the family of his grandfather [Thomas Patton May], and the family of his great grandfather [Thomas May, Sr].
David Hurt, a grandson of Garland Hurt, has provided copies of pages from the Bible for genealogists researching this branch of the May family.
May Ancestors of Garland Hurt
Garland
was born into the 11th generation of the May family.
Bible Title Page
Published
in 1891
Family Records in the Bible:
Thomas
May and Dorcas Patton May
This
record and the will of Thomas May, Sr. document the names of
Thomas' children.
Thomas
Patton May and Elizabeth Margery Lesley May
The Lesley/Leslie ancestors were
the first settlers in present-day Pike County, KY.
Thurston D. Hurt and Sarah Lesley
Hurt
Sarah
died 18 days after Garland, her only child, was born.
Garland Hurt and Laura R. Fraley
Hurt
Garland
was reared in the home of his grandfather, Thomas P. May.