Col. Archelaus HUGHES
HAIRSTON.org ID#6344, b. 1747, d. 25 December 1796
| Birth* | Col. Archelaus HUGHES was born in 1747 in Goochland, Virginia.1 |
| He was the son of Leander HUGHES.1 |
| Marriage* | Col. Archelaus HUGHES married Mary DALTON, daughter of Samuel DALTON and Nancy Dandridge REDD, on 25 September 1769.1,2 |
| Court Record | On 24 February 1780, George Hairstone, Archelaus Hughes, William Tunstall, Abraham Penn and Modecai Hord are held firmly bound unto Thomas Jefferson Governor or Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia for 40,000 pounds current money. They are to collect a tax of 3 pounds for every taxable person and 4 pounds for every slave in Henry County. - Henry Deed Book 2, page 7. FSL #7846266, image 12. |
| Death* | Col. Archelaus HUGHES died on 25 December 1796.1 |
| Burial* | He was buried in Hughesville Cemetery, Patrick, Virginia.1 |
Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)
- [S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940., Ancestry.com.
- [S3327] Horton, Lucy Henderson. Family History, Press of the News, Franklin, Tenn. 1922. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89066169020, Hathi Trust Digital Library.