HAIRSTON
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1066 |
Norman conquest of England under William the Conqueror |
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1249 |
Robert de Hareston ,"Lord of Hareston", died and left a wife named Isolda |
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1274 |
Robert Bruce ( "Robert the Bruce ") born |
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1297 |
William Wallace (see movie "Braveheart") defeats English at Stirling Bridge |
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1298 |
William Wallace defeated by English at Falkirk |
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1314 |
Battle of Bannockburn, Robert Bruce defeats English and becomes King of Scotland |
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1328 |
Edward III of England formally recognizes Scotland's independence |
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1329 |
Robert Bruce dies |
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1506 |
Hairstaines appears in
Dumfries town records |
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1570 |
Halbert Hairstanis said to have signed the Band of Dumfries |
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1588 |
Katherine Hairstens mentioned in Dumfries General Assembly Report |
| 1632 | Johne Hairstanes was a baily of Dumfries |
| abt. 1655 | William, John, Bessie, Janet, Isobel and Agnes Hairstanes signed Scottish Covenants |
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1666-1688 |
Presbyterians in Scotland persecuted and shipped to America |
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1667 |
John Harstens daughter Elizabeth marries John Sharp |
| 1685 | Agnes Hairstanes a Covenanter prisoner in Dunnottar Castle, Scotland |
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abt.1695 |
Peter Hairston ( "Peter The Immigrant") born in Scotland |
| 1699-1709 | Janet Harestanes accussed of being a witch near Dumfries, Scotland |
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1707 |
Parliament of Scotland and England merged into United Kingdom of Great Britain |
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1714 |
House of Hanover replaces Stuart Dynasty |
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1715 |
Battle of Sheriffmuir in Scotland, see movie "Rob Roy " |
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1715 |
the first
Jacobite
Uprising and Rebellion and
Battle of Preston in
Great Britian |
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abt.1730 |
Peter Hairston "Peter the Immigrant " is in Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| 1737 | Peter and Andrew Hairston receive Blunston Licenses for land in Pennsylvania |
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1743 |
Samuel Hairston (son of "Peter the Immigrant") purchases 400 acres in Virginia |
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1745 |
Berry Hill home started by Peter Perkins
in Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
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1746 |
Battle of Culloden in Scotland (Peter Hairston was already in America at this time) |
| 1747 | Peter Hairston listed as member of Presbyterian church in Ivy Creek/Rockfish, Albemarle, Virginia |
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1747 |
John Paul Jones ( "Father of American Navy") born Dumfries area of Scotland |
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1749(1767) |
Marrowbone Plantation built by Robert Hairston (son of "Peter the Immigrant") |
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1752 |
Halifax County formed from Lunenburg County |
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1754-1761 |
Samuel Hairston is Presiding Justice of Bedford Court, Captain in Militia, Surveyor, Sheriff, Burgess of Bedford |
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1754-1763 |
French & Indian War, George Washington visits Fort Mayo in 1756 |
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1767 |
Pittsylvania County formed from Halifax County |
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1775-1783 |
American Revolution, George Washington commands Continental Army |
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1776 |
Henry County formed and George Hairston donated land for court house |
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1776 |
Beaver Creek Plantation built by George Hairston in Henry County, Virginia |
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1779 |
Peter Hairston (son of "Peter the Immigrant") will probated in Campbell County |
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1781 |
Battle of Guiford Court House fought and "Berry Hill" used as military hospital |
| 1782 | Andrew Hairston (son of "Peter the Immigrant") will probated in Campbell County, Virginia |
| 1782 | Samuel Hairston (son of "Peter the Immigrant") will probated in Campbell County, Virginia |
| 1791 |
Robert Hairston (son of "Peter the Immigrant") will probated in Franklin County |
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1791 |
Patrick County formed from Henry, County |
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1805 |
George "Old Rusty" Hairston graduates from Princeton |
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1812-1814 |
War of 1812 starts June 18, 1812 |
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1817 |
Peter Hairston acquires 2,500 acres on Yadkin River in NC called "Cooleemee" |
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1825-1833 |
Dan's Hill built by Robert Wilson |
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1836 |
Hordsville Plantation built by George "Old Rusty" Hairston, Jr. |
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1837 |
Beaver Creek rebuilt after fire |
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1837-1840 |
Harden Hairston moves to Lowndes County, Mississippi |
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1850-1860 |
Windsor Plantation under construction by Samuel Pannil Wilson & wife Ruth Stovall Hairston |
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1853-1855 |
Cooleemee Plantation under construction |
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1861-1865 |
War between the States |
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NOTE: Some of the dates and information in this booklet are subject to discussion. Corrections or suggestions are requested. |