HAIRSTON - Historical Time-Line
| Time-Line - Europe | |
|
1066 |
Norman
conquest of England under William the Conqueror |
|
1247 |
Robert
Bruce ( "Robert the Bruce ") born |
|
1249 |
Robert
de Hareston ,"Lord of Hareston", died and left a wife named
Isolda |
|
1297 |
William
Wallace (see movie "Braveheart") defeats English at Stirling
Bridge |
|
1298 |
William
Wallace defeated by English at Falkirk |
|
1314 |
Battle of Bannockbum, Robert Bruce defeats English and becomes King of Scotland |
|
1328 |
Edward
III of England formally recognizes Scotland's independence |
|
1329 |
Robert
Bruce dies |
|
1506 |
Hairstaines
appears in Dumfries town records |
|
1570 |
Halbert
Hairstanis signed the Band of Dumfries |
|
1588 |
Katherine
Hairstens mentioned in Dumfries General Assembly Report |
|
1666-1688 |
Presbyterians
in Scotland persecuted and shipped to America as "indentured
labourers |
|
1667 |
John
Harstens daughter Elizabeth marries John Sharp |
|
abt.1695 |
Peter
Hairston ( "Peter The Immigrant") born in Scotland |
|
1707 |
Parliament
of Scotland and England merged into Kingdom of Great Britain |
|
1714 |
House of
Hanover replaces Stuart Dynasty |
|
1715 |
Battle of Sheriffmuir in Scotland, see movie "Rob Roy " |
|
1715 |
Jacobites
surrender after uprising in Preston, England |
| 1717-1718 | First large migration of Scotch-Irish from Ulster, Ireland with most landing in Philadelphia, Chester or New Castle |
| 1725-1729 | Second large migration of Scotch-Irish from Ulster, Ireland |
| Time-Line - After Arrival in America | |
|
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 |
|
1743 |
Samuel (son of "Peter the Immigrant") purchases 400 acres in Virginia |
|
1745 |
Berry Hill Plantation
home started by Peter Perkins |
|
1746 |
Battle of Culloden Moor in Scotland |
|
1747 |
John
Paul Jones ( "Father of American Navy") born Dumfries area of
Scotland |
|
1749(1767) |
Marrowbone Plantation built by Robert Hairston (son of "Peter the Immigrant") |
|
1752 |
Halifax
County formed from Lunenburg County |
|
1754-1761 |
Samuel Hairston is Presiding Justice of Bedford Court, Captain in Militia, Surveyor,
Sheriff, Burgess of Bedford |
|
1754-1763 |
French
& Indian War, George Washington visits Fort Mayo in 1756 |
|
1767 |
Pittsylvania
County formed from Halifax County |
|
1775-1783 |
American
Revolution, George Washington commands Continental Army |
|
1776 |
Henry
County formed and George Hairston donated land for court house |
|
1776 |
Beaver
Creek Plantation built by George Hairston (son of Robert and Ruth Stovall Hairston) |
|
1779 |
Peter Hairston (son of "Peter the Immigrant")
will probated in Campbell County |
|
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 |
|
1791 |
Patrick
County formed from Henry, County |
|
1805 |
George
"Old Rusty" Hairston graduates from Princeton |
|
1812-1814 |
War of
1812 starts June 18, 1812 |
|
1817 |
Peter Hairston acquires 2,500 acres on Yadkin River in NC
called "Cooleemee" |
|
1825-1833 |
Dan's
Hill Plantation built by Robert Wilson |
|
1836 |
Hordsville Plantation
built by George "Old Rusty" Hairston, Jr. |
|
1837 |
Beaver
Creek Plantation rebuilt after fire |
|
1837-1840 |
Harden
Hairston moves to Lowndes County, Mississippi |
|
1850-1860 |
Windsor Plantation under construction by Samuel Pannil Wilson & wife Ruth Stovall
Hairston |
|
1853-1855 |
Cooleemee Plantation
under construction |
|
1861-1865 |
War
between the States |
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE: Some of the dates and information in this booklet are subject to discussion. Corrections or suggestions are requested. |