HAIRSTON.org ID#45, b. 15 March 1799, d. 7 September 1849
| Birth* | John Adams HAIRSTON was born on 15 March 1799 in Virginia.2,1 |
| He was the son of Gen. George Stovall Hairston and Elizabeth PERKINS.1 |
| Deed | John Adams HAIRSTON witnessed the deed of Gen. George Stovall Hairston on 30 September 1814 in Henry, Virginia; On 30 September 1814, William Anthony, PoA for his father Joseph Anthony, sells a tract of land on Beaver Creek in Henry county containing 552 acres to George Hairston. Witnessed by Samuel Hairston, John A. Hairston, Constantine Hairston and Soloman Poston. - Henry County Deed Book 8, page 44. FSL #008151923, image 29. |
| Elected | John A. Hairston and John Tatum were elected to the Virginia House of Delegates representing Patrick County for the December 1, 1823 - March 10, 1824 session.3 |
| Elected | John A. Hairston and Clark Penn were elected to the Virginia House of Delegates representing Patrick County for the November 29, 1824 - February 18, 1825 session.3 |
| Elected | John A. Hairston and Clark Penn were elected to the Virginia House of Delegates representing Patrick County for the December 5, 1825 - March 9, 1826 session.3 |
| Death Father* | John Adam Hairston's father, George Stovall Hairston, died on 05 March 1827. George Stovall Hairston left the following to his son John Adams;
"I give and bequeath to my son John A. Hairston the Iron Works in Patrick County whereon he now lives to include all the land I own or claim thereto adjoining or in that neighborhood to include Will Bully's place & down the Blackberry Creek to Hollinsworth line which is twenty odd thousand acres by the deeds & grants, also my Runnett Bag tract land & plantation will all the negroes that is on and at the Iron Works Plantation and the aforesaid Runnett Bag plantation together with all wagons, carts, oxen, horses, cattle, hogs & all tools, crops and every other article thereon, also my Booth Plantation and tract of land around there containing about eighteen hundred acres, lying on same river and Leatherwood waters in Henry County one half my ? Nob tract land in Patrick County also all the negroes stocks of every kind and implements thereon to him & his heirs forever." Henry County Will Book 3, pages 159-166. |
| Census 1830* | John Adams HAIRSTON appeared on the census of 1830 in Patrick, Virginia, John A Hairstin, males: 20-29 4, 30-39 1, slaves: 57. John Adams Hairston was 31.4  |
| Deed | On 23 April 1833, Thomas Cradock sells to John A. Hairston, 52 acres in Patrick County. Constantine Hairston and John B. Carter witness the deed. - Patrick County Deed Book 8, page 388. FSL #8191475, image 213. |
| Marriage* | He married Malinda CORN, daughter of Jesse Corn Jr. and Elizabeth Burnett, on 5 November 1833 in Patrick, Virginia; Minister Stephen Hubbard.5 |
| Military* | In May 1834, Capt. John A. Hairston of the 18th Regiment Infantry of the Line, wrote a letter regarding Ensign William Sims. - Patrick County Governor's Office Militia Commission Papers 1834, FSL #8714685, image 17. |
| Deed | On 26 July 1834, John A. Hairston buys the Patrick County estate of Martha Greenlee, deceased. - FSL #8249405 image 155. |
| Deed | On 11 January 1836, Jesse Corn sells land to John A. Hairston. - Patrick County Deed Book 9, page 144. FSL #8153036 image 89. |
| Deed* | On 25 October 1837, John A. Hairston and his wife Malinda of Yalobusha, Mississipi sell 10 acres in Patrick, Virginia to John Hooker of Stokes, North Carolina. - Patrick Deed Book 9, page 362. FSL #008153036, image 215. |
| Court Record | On 11 December 1837, the land Powhatan Hunter dec'd. inherited from his mother, Martha "Patsy" Hairston Hunter Greenlee, is disputed in Henry County Chancery Court. The determines the land is to be divide into six equal parts; #1 Polly (Hunter) Bassett, #2 Patsy Rowland alias Gray, #3 William Matthews and Elizabeth Mathews, #4 Samuel Burks and wife Camelia Burks, #5 John A. Hairston (purchased land from Peyton Hunter), #6 John A. Hairston (purchased land from Alexander Hunter). - Henry County Minute Book 2, page 331. FSL #8098390 image 170. |
| Deed* | On 24 November 1838, John A. Hairston and his wife Malinda sell land to William Lachey. - Patrick Deed Book 9, page 147-150. FSL #8153036, image 90-92. |
| Census 1840* | John Adams HAIRSTON appeared on the census of 1840 in Yalobusha, Mississippi, Jno. A Harston: males <5 2, 40-49 1, females <5 1, 5-9 1, 20-29 1, slaves 96.6 |
| Census 1841* | He appeared on the Mississippi Census of 1841 in Yalobusha, Mississippi.7 |
| Tax Rolls | In 1842, John A. Hairston is paying taxes on over 20,887 acres of land in Patrick County, Virginia. FSL 2056445.8 |
| Death* | He died on 7 September 1849 in Yalobusha, Mississippi, at age 50. He did not leave a will and the courts divided his large estate between wife, 1 adult married child and 4 minor children. |
| Probate* | His estate was probated on 2 November 1849 in Yalobusha, Mississippi. John A. Adams left a large estate. - Yalobusha Probate Records 1849, page 1-30. FSL #5816563, images 230-245. |
| Probate | His estate inventory and appraisl was probated on 29 June 1850 in Henry, Virginia. Estate of Capt. John A. Hairston. - Henry County Will Book 5, page 235. FSL #7645135, image 126 or 411. |
| Grant | Malinda (John's wife), Ruth A., George S., John M. and Susan A. (his children) acquired 780 acres in Patrick County "on waters of Goblintown Creek, being part of 1000 acres granted to George Hairston, April 23, 1801" Grants 113, Apprx. p. 25. |
| NOTE* | HAIRSTON is often spelled HARSTIN and HARSTON in Virginia and North Carolina documents.
In the 1830 census, John A. Hairston had 4 males listed between 20-29, who were they? |