Henry HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#42, b. 23 July 1793, d. 1825
Father*Gen. George Stovall Hairston1 b. 20 Sep 1750, d. 5 Mar 1827
Mother*Elizabeth PERKINS2 b. 13 May 1759, d. 26 Jan 1819
Birth*Henry HAIRSTON was born on 23 July 1793 in Virginia.2 
He was the son of Gen. George Stovall Hairston and Elizabeth PERKINS.1,2 
Tax Rolls*1818 - Henry Hairston pays taxes in Halifax County 3 white males above 16, 3 slaves 12-16, 10 slaves above 16, 12 horses. Halifax County - Family History Library Flim #008151959, Image 518.
Marriage*Henry HAIRSTON married Mary YUELLE, daughter of Capt. Thomas YUELLE and Lucy FLETCHER, on 8 January 1820 in Halifax, Virginia; FHL 31918, page 103.3,4 
Tax Rolls17 March 1820 - Henry Hairston pays taxes in Halifax County Tax Rolls, 2 white males above 16, 15 slaves above 16, 7 horses and 1 carriage. Family History Library Film #008151959, Image 665.
Property*Henry Hairston of Halifax County sold to George Hairston Sr. of Henry County (his father) 84 acres of land in Campbell County on 25 Sep 1820. - Campbell County Deed 13, page 545-546. FSL #8358803, images 574-575.
Anecdote*"In 1823, Isaac Medley filed his bill in the chancery court of Williamsburg, against Jesse L. Dupuy, Henry Hairston, and Edmund Banks, as partners under the name and style of Dupuy, Hairston & Banks" .... "and Henry Hairston having removed to the state of Mississippi......"1 
Death*Henry HAIRSTON died in 1825 in Mississippi.5,6,1 
Newspaper*On 14 February 1828, an ad for the sale of property formerly owned by Nicholas P. Hairston and Henry Hairston was posted in the Mississippi Gazette, Natchez, Mississippi, page 4 by George Hairston. 
NOTE*NOTE: There is a John Hastin in 1819, 1821 tax lists - FSL #8151959, image 613, 713. 

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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S3028] Virginia Reports - Jefferson---33 Grattan, 1730-1880, Volumes 1, 2 and 3, Thomas Johnson Michie, (The Michie Company, Law Publishers, Charlottesville, Va. 1902).
  2. [S249] George Hairston Family Bible - 1750-1916, Peter Hairston Bible - 1750-1928, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated Out of the Original Greek: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Cooperstown, (N.Y.) Sterotyped, Printed and Published by H. & E. Phinney, 1829., Library of Virginia.
  3. [S198] Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, (n.pub.).
  4. [S27] Early, R H. Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1926. Lynchburg, Va: J.P. Bell Co, 1927. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3624083, Personal Collection - printed book.
  5. [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.
  6. [S123] Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Government www.glorecords.blm.gov.
Last Edited30 Mar 2026