SOUTH CAROLINA FAMILIES HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#8165
NOTE*GENEALOGY NOTES - HAIRSTON.ORG: Peter Hairston states that John Hairston is his brother in a court document (FSL #8617997, images 428-430). It appears that William and Thomas Hairston are also brothers of Peter and John, but I can not prove it. William, John, Peter and Thomas were all neighbors and born about the same time. I have listed them together as they all appear in South Carolina about the same time and are probably brothers or cousins.

There are no known records proving who the parents of the above South Carolina Hairstons were. The following possibilities have been suggested:
1. They arrived in South Carolina directly from Scotland or Ireland.
2. They are Andrew's sons that he did not mention in his will. However, why would Andrew have had two sons named Peter.
3. They are the sons of a Peter, a fourth son of Peter the Immigrant. However, there are no known documents about a son named Peter.
4. Some stories say Peter the Immigrant's wife died at sea. If this is true, Peter the Immigrant would have been in his 30s or 40s and may have remarried and had a second family in Virginia. Peter and Agnes Hairston sold their Virginia property at about the same time as the four Hairstons appeared in South Carolina. An Agness Hairston, with her mark, witnessed the will of Samuel Crawford on 30 March 1777 in the Ninety-Six District, South Carolina and she made oath on 3 June 1777. Who was this Agness Hairston?
5. Ther were two Andrews. One was a brother of Peter the Immigrant and the other was the son of Peter the Immigrant and they both had families.

Y-DNA indicates that the Virginia Hairstons and the South Carolina Hairstons are related.

 Samuel Harston was born about 1780 South Carolina and moved to Allen, Kentucky. Who are his parents?

There is a record of George Hairston witnessing a deed in South Carolina in 1771. This deed was from James Boyle to Patrick Cunningham, both of Berkeley County, for 100 acres. (South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1719-1772, Vol. IV, by Clara A. Langley) The only possible George Hairston (1750-1827) in my records is the son of Robert Hairston (1724-1791). He was in South Carolina while serving in the Virginia Militia and returned to Virginia during the Revolution. - FSL #8139622, image 206-207.

There is a Fairfield County, SC deed in which a George Harston sells 22 acres to James Hendrix on 3 January 1796. In a 1797 deed (p457) he is listed as George Harson and wife Mary. George and Mary signed with a mark. - FSL #8140748, image 646.

Various spellings in old court documents: Hairston, Herston, Harston, Harson, etc.

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Last Edited3 Apr 2026