America HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#46, b. 21 February 1801, d. 16 March 1826
Father*Gen. George Stovall HAIRSTON1 b. 20 Sep 1750, d. 5 Mar 1827
Mother*Elizabeth PERKINS1 b. 13 May 1759, d. 26 Jan 1819
Birth*America HAIRSTON was born on 21 February 1801 in Virginia.2,3,4 
She was the daughter of Gen. George Stovall HAIRSTON and Elizabeth PERKINS.1 
WillIn Gen. George Stovall HAIRSTON's will dated 7 March 1820 in Henry, Virginia, America HAIRSTON was named as an heir; Henry County Will Book 3 page 159. FSL #7645134 image 455.5
Marriage*She married John CALLAWAY, son of Col. James CALLAWAY and Elizabeth EARLY, on 14 January 1821 in Henry, Virginia.2,6,7,8,9,4 
WillAmerica HAIRSTON was mentioned in the will of Gen. George Stovall HAIRSTON on 7 March 1826; On 7 March 1826, George added a codicil to his will regarding the death of his daughter America. George gives America's share of his estate to her son George Callawy. In this document he also mentions John Callaway, Ruth Callaway.5 
Death*America HAIRSTON died on 16 March 1826 at age 25. The cemetery marker may have an incorrect date of death of 16 March 1826. America's father, George S. Hairston, wrote a codicil to his will on 7 March 1826 because of her death. See his will. Also, the cemtery marker was made more than 40 years after her death and she is not listed in the family bible.2 
Burial*She was buried in Beaver Creek Plantation, Henry, Virginia.2 
ProbateOn 1 January 1856, the Mississippi slaves of Robert Hairston were divided among his brothers and sisters as follows:
To Ruth Hairston's heirs - Henry, Barbary & Children, Rachael, Dolly, Anthony, John, Josh, Joe, Lewis and Bluff Bill.
To Samuel Hairston - Ben, Delia & 2 children, Phil, Jane & child, Elijah, Julia, William, Ann, Wesley and Sydney.
To George Hairston - Peter, Jenny, Indiana, Arkliss, Bud, Harriet, Isam & Lucy, Mary King, Jim, Aggy & child, Charles Paine and Old Harry.
To Marshall Hairston - Jeffery, Judy, Robb, Elvira, Nancy, Ginett, Joana, Isaac, Matt, Soleman and Christopher.
To Hardin Hairston - Ben, Maria & child, Rosetta, Green, Jenny, Jack & Martha, Alley, Elli M, Allen, Onie and Abb.
To America Hairston Calloway - Creed, Rachael & 2 children, Margaret, Pleas & Nelly, John & Mary, Fillis & child, Othello and Lucretia & child.
To John Hairston's heirs - George, Alcey, Morris, Robert, Jinsey, Randall, Frank, Alfred, Mary & 2 children, Scott, Elizabeth, Charles and Henry.
Lowndes Probate Book M, page 680. FSL #7637551, image 385.
Court RecordGeorge Hairston CALLAWAY; 1888 - George H. Calloway, by next friend (guardian) vs N. E. Hairston, Marshall Hairston, Samuel Hairston, George Hairston, Hardin Hairston, John A. Hairston, Ruth S. Hairston, America Hairston and Mrs. Bethania Pannill. The complaint is that George H. Callaway, who is a lunatic, is claiming he should be an heir to the estate of Robert Hairston (1783-1852). - Lowndes County Chancery Court Case File #782. FSL #8631779 image 18. 

Family

John CALLAWAY b. 1 Aug 1781, d. 8 Jan 1865
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [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 - http://www.lva.virginia.gov
  2. [S15] Beaver Creek Plantation Cemetery, Henry County, Virginia.
  3. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  4. [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.
  5. [S3296] Will of George Stovall Hairston -1820 - copy of will recorded in case #1833-008, Amos A. Atkinson & Wife vs. Exrs. of George Hairston, Chancery Records, Library of Virginia, Library of Virginia - http://www.lva.virginia.gov
  6. [S67] Dodd, Virginia Anderson, Henry County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1778-1849, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenvile, S.C. 1955.
  7. [S106] Early, R. H. The Family of Early: Which Settled Upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia And Its Connection With Other Families. Lynchburg, Va: [Brown-Morrison], 1920., Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  8. [S3074] Hale, Nathaniel Claiborne, Roots In Virginia: an Account of Captain Thomas Hale, Virginia Frontiersman, His Descendants And Related Families. With Genealogies And Sketches of Hale, Saunders, Lucke, Claiborne, Lacy, Tobin And Contributing Ancestral Lines. Philadelphia?, 1948.
    https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89066151580, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  9. [S24] Hall, Wm. Kearney 1918-. Descendants of Nicholas Perkins of Virginia. 1957 Ann Arbor, Michigan.
    https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89069618338, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
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