SOUTH CAROLINA FAMILIES HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#8165
NOTE*GENEALOGY NOTES: Peter Hairston states that John Hairston is his brother in a court document (FSL #8617997, images 428-430). It appears that William and Thomas 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.
Some possibilities that 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 40s and may have remarried and had a second family in Virginia. Peter sold his Virginia property at about the same time as the 4 Hairstons appeared in South Carolina.

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 Edited20 Dec 2025