George "Rusty" HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#629, b. 12 January 1871
Father*George Stovall HAIRSTON Jr. b. 11 Mar 1845, d. Sep 1876
Mother*Nancy "Nannie" Wilson WATKINS1 b. 19 May 1848, d. 1909
Birth*George "Rusty" HAIRSTON was born on 12 January 1871 in Hordsville Plantation, Henry, Virginia. 
He was the son of George Stovall HAIRSTON Jr. and Nancy "Nannie" Wilson WATKINS.1 
Census 1880George "Rusty" HAIRSTON appeared on the 1880 census of Nancy "Nannie" Wilson WATKINS in 1880 in Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia; Nannie R. Hairston 32 a farmer, George 9, Peter 6, Mattie 4.2

 
Marriage*George "Rusty" HAIRSTON married Maude Lee JACKSON, daughter of Charles JACKSON and Annie (surname unknown), on 21 January 1897 in Tazwell, Pocahontas, Virginia.3 
Census 1900George "Rusty" HAIRSTON appeared on the 1900 census of Nancy "Nannie" Wilson WATKINS in 1900 in District 48, Page 5, Horse Pasture, Henry, Virginia; Nannie 52, George 28, Mattie 23, Peter 25 (Nannie indicates that she had only 3 children and all are living).4

 
Census 1920*George "Rusty" HAIRSTON appeared on the census of 1920 in Reed Creek, Henry, Virginia, George R 49, Maud L 47, Mattie B Helms 19 (black servant.)5 
Census 1930He appeared on the 1930 census of Nicholas Hardyman HAIRSTON in 1930 in Reed Creek, Henry, Virginia; N H 31, Evelyn 22, G R 59 (father), Maude 57 (mother).6 

Family

Maude Lee JACKSON b. a 1873
Children
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940., Ancestry.com.
  2. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  3. [S198] Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, (n.pub.).
  4. [S1900] 1900 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  5. [S1920] 1920 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  6. [S1930] 1930 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
Last Edited22 May 2025