Col. George WALLER

HAIRSTON.org ID#3358, b. about 1734, d. 18 November 1814
Birth*Col. George WALLER was born about 1734 in Spottsylvania, Virginia.1,2,3 
Marriage*He married Ann Winston CARR, daughter of Capt. William CARR and Elizabeth WINSTON, in 1760.1,2,3 
Military*1775 - "At a meeting of the Commonwealth of Pittsylvania county Wed. 27th Sept. 1775, the following gentlemen were nominated as Officers for the Militia Agreeable to the Ordinance of Convention viz: ....George Waller....Lieut.......". Fought with Gen. Green at Guilford Court House and stayed with Gen, Green until victory at Yortown.4,2 
Court RecordLt. Col. Peter Hyde SAUNDERS; Peter Saunders, George Waller, Edmund Lyne and Abraham Penn held the first court in Henry County, Virginia.2,5 
Court Record*1779 - George Waller and John Salmon appointed to let the building of a prison, stocks and pillory in Henry County.6 
Court RecordOn 27 August 1779, Patrick Henry, Hugh Innes, Archelaus Hughes, Robert Hairston, Edmund Lyne, Abrham Penn, John Salmon, James Lyon, Robert Woods, Jesse Heard, Jonathan Hanby, Peter Saunders, William Turnstall, George Waller, Frederick Reeves, William Cook, Thomas Henderson, John Fountaine, Henry Lyne, John Dillard, John Marr and William Letcher, Esq. are recommended to his Excellency the Governor as Proper Persons to serve in the Commonwealth in the Commission of the Peace for this County. - Henry County Court Order Book 2. FSL #7898572, image 32. 
Property*Col. George Waller, Major John Redd, Mordecai Hord (sold Hordsville Plantation to the Hairstons) and Capt. George Hairston were neighbors in Virginia in the early 1780's. 
WillIn Mordecai Hord's will dated 29 September 1783 in Henry, Virginia, Col. George WALLER was named as executor; He mentions sons Stanwix, William, John, Mordecia, daughters Jane Fleming (wife of John Fleming), and Mary Hord. George Waller and William Hord as executors. - Henry County Will Book 1, pages 177-180. FSL #7645134 image 118.7,8
Death*He died on 18 November 1814 in Henry, Virginia.1,2,3 
Burial*He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Henry, Virginia;


Photo: Find A Grave by S. G. Thompson.1 
Probate*On 28 June 1816 an accounting of the estate of George Waller deceased was presented to the Henry County court by John Salmon, George Hairston, John C. Taylor and J. P. Hill. John Waller and George Waller were administrators. William Waller, Edmund Waller, John Waller, George Waller were mentioned. - Henry Will Book 1, page 297. FSL #007645134, image 155. 

Family

Ann Winston CARR b. a 1735, d. 1839
Children

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S48] Photo of Grave Marker - only photos of grave markers that are contemporary to the deceased individuals death are acceptable for genealogical proof. Find-a-Grave, personal photos and other sources.
  2. [S3073] Hill, Judith Parks America, A History of Henry County, Virginia : With Biographical Sketches of Its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a Hundred of Its Oldest Families, Press of Bulletin Printing and Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1925 - Henry County, Va. (THERE ARE MANY ERRORS IN THIS BOOK) Ancestry.com.
  3. [S145] Pedigo, Virginia G. and Pedigo, Lewis Gravely. History of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia - Genealogical Publishing Co., 1933. - CAUTION - this book was written in 1933 and has many errors regarding the Hairston family.
  4. [S3558] Virginia Historical Society. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 19, Dec 1911, pp.307, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  5. [S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940., Ancestry.com.
  6. [S3046] Virginia Historical Society. The Virginia Magazine of History And Biography. Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, June 1902, Volume IX., Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  7. [S3684] Adams, Lela C., Henry County, Virginia, Will Abstracts Vol. I & II 1777-1820. Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, South Carolina, 1985., Personal Collection - printed book.
  8. [S3781] Henry County Virginia Will Book 1-3 1777-1831 - Family Search Library Film 7645134., Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  9. [S3399] Bishop, Donald E., Descendants of Bartholomew Stovall 1655-1722: First Five Generations. Laurel, Mississippi: Stovall Family Association, 1999. 929.273 St76bd https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/835331, Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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