Display Patriot - P-172450 - Robert HAIRSTON

Robert HAIRSTON

SAR Patriot #: P-172450

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Captain / Civil Service / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A049164

Birth: 1717 / / Scotland or Ireland
Death: 03 Aug 1791 / Franklin / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Member of A House of Burgesses
  2. Officer in the Colonial Army, 1758
  3. Commissioner of Peace
  4. First High Sheriff of Henry Co., VA
  5. DAR cites
    • PITTSYLVANIA CO MILITIA, SEP 1775
    • HENRY CO OATH OF ALLEGIANCE 1777
    • SHERIFF, 1782
    • FURNISHED SUPPLIES

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Gwathmey, pg 337
  3. Hennings Statutes, Vol 7, pg 204
  4. Hill, History of Henry Co, pg 122, 123, 124, 188-189, 266, 268
  5. Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol 9, pg 145, 191
  6. Hairstons & Penns, Elizabeth Hairston, pg 5
  7. History of Pittsylvania Co, VA, pg 123
  8. HIstory of Patrick & Henry Counties, VA, pg 148
  9. 1778-1780 Tax Lists of Henry Co, VA, pg 14, 25, 38
  10. DAR cites VA MAG OF HIST & BIOG
    • VOL 9
      • NO 2, OCT 1901, pg 139-40, 191
      • NO 4, APR 1902, pg 417
    • VOL 19, NO 3, JUL 1911, pg 307

Spouse: Ruth Stovall
Children: Elizabeth; Martha/Patsy; Jane; Ann Agnes; Ruth; George;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1964-06-16 VA Unassigned Thomas B Stanley Jr (91367) Martha   
1977-05-31 FL Unassigned Elbert S McCuskey (113277) Ann   
1979-04-23 KY Unassigned Charles Spurgeon Sanderson (115948) Elizabeth   
1982-11-02 LA Unassigned Paul Everette Moore Fitzgerald (121099) Elizabeth   
1991-02-14 KY 216329 Hugh Milton Sanderson (136453) Elizabeth   
2014-05-28 WV 58471 Lance Carter (160235) Elizabeth   
2020-12-04 WY 93836 Samuel James Laffey (217649) Anne   
2021-03-12 FL 93628 William Davis Leisy Jr. (184228) Martha   
2023-03-10 KY 104817 Edward Clay Keeton Jr. (209501) Elizabeth   
2023-04-28 FL 105773 Archer Louis Messenger (224050) Martha   
Location:
Marrowbone Heights / Henry / VA / USA
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