Virginia Hairston (1837 - aft. 1860)

Born 4 Jul 1837 in Henry, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died after 1860 after age 22 in Henry, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Virginia Hairston lived in Virginia.

Virginia Hairston

Birth: 1837 • Henry County, Virginia, USA

Residence (1850, 1860): Henry, Virginia, USA^[1][2]

Death: aft. 1860 • Henry County, Virginia, USA

Cemetery: Hairston Cemetery; Burial or Cremation Place: Stanleytown, Henry County, Virginia, USA

Father: John T Hairston^[3]

Mother: Pocahontas Cabell^[4]

Research Notes

At first it appeared that Virginia Hairston died in infancy. But she is found in her family household in the 1850 U.S. Census, age 13 which corresponds with the birth year. She is later discovered in the household of the Claibornes (her sister and brother-in-laws home) in the 1860 U.S. Census, aged 23, which also corresponds with the year of her birth. She is also referred to as "Va" which is the abbreviation for Virginia. She has yet to appear in any other document after that.

The U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current indicates a death year of 1838. As stated in the above, this is not the case. Not all documents posted on Find A Grave are correct. The date shown on the headstone is also 1838, which does not match the record.

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census
2. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census
3. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census
4. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census

• 1850 United States Federal Census: Name: Virginia Hairston; Gender: Female; Race: White; Age: 13; Birth Year: 1837; Birthplace: Virginia; Home in 1850: Henry, Virginia, USA; Line Number: 37; Dwelling Number: 872; Family Number: 872; Inferred Father: John T Hairston; Inferred Mother: Pocahuntas Hairston; Household Members: 9

• 1860 United States Federal Census: Name: [Virginia {VA} Hairston]; Age: 23; Birth Year: 1837; Gender: Female; Race: White; Birth Place: Virginia; Home in 1860: Henry, Virginia; Post Office: Ridgeway; Dwelling Number: 1166; Family Number: 1196; Household Members: 8

• The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown, January 1, 1895, Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Parents, Siblings, Birth page 471.

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• U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current: Name: Virginia Hairston; Birth Date: 1837; Death Date: 1838 (?) (see Research Notes); Cemetery: Hairston Cemetery; Burial or Cremation Place: Stanleytown, Henry County, Virginia, United States of America; Has Bio?: N; Father: John Tyler Hairston; Mother: Pocahontas Rebecca Hairston