John Henry HAIRSTON
HAIRSTON.org ID#109, b. 7 December 1812, d. 1 August 1838
| Birth* | John Henry HAIRSTON was born on 7 December 1812 in Fort Mayo, Patrick, Virginia.2 |
| He was the son of Hardin Hairston and Sarah "Sally" Stovall STAPLES.1,2 |
| Census 1837MS* | John Henry HAIRSTON and Hardin Hairston appeared on the 1837 Mississippi census of 1837 in Lowndes, Mississippi; In 1837, Hardin Hairston and his son John Henry Hairston paid taxes in Lowndes, Mississippi for 2 white males, 32 male slaves, 32 female slaves, 2 free white inhabitants, 220 acres and 8 bales of cotton.- page 22, line 16. - FSL #8131992 image 475.3,4 |
| Tax Rolls* | In 1838, Hardin Hairston and his son John Henry Hairston paid taxes in Lowndes, Mississippi for 1 free person of color and 40 slaves 5 to 59 years old.4 |
| Death* | John Henry HAIRSTON died on 1 August 1838 in Lowndes, Mississippi, at age 25. Killed by lightning.2,1 |
| Obituary* | "The melancholy death of an esteemed planter residing near this city, Mr. John Harston, by lightning, ought to be a warning to others never to take shelter under a tree during a thunderstorm. A person is safer from the electric fluid in an open field." -- Southern Argus, Columbus, Mississippi, 7 August 1938. |
Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)
- [S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940., Ancestry.com.
- [S55] Harden Hairston Family Bible, 1750-1908. The Holy Bible containing The Old & New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues,.....J. Holbrook's Sterotype Copy., Eighth Edition, Brattleborough, (Vt.), 1817, Library of Virginia.
- [S1837] 1837 Mississippi Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
- [S3852] Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson, Mississippi.