Samuel Saunders Hairston (1804 - 1850)

Born 12 Aug 1804 in Franklin County, Virginia. USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Perkins Hairston — married 21 Dec 1828 in Patrick County, Virginia

Died 8 Jul 1850 at age 45 in Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1804, in Franklin County, Virginia. He was the son of Samuel Hairston and Judith Saunders.

On 21 Dec 1826, in Patrick, Virginia, he married Elizabeth Perkins Hairston (Daughter of Harden Hairston and Sarah Stovall Staples). They settled in Franklin and had the following children.

1. Samuel Harden Hairston b. 1830 VA - d. aft. 1861 MS
2. Sarah Alice Hairston b. 1832 VA - d. 1913 MS, m. Andrew Hannah Barkley
3. Sam Henry Early Elizabeth Hairston b. 1835 VA - d. 1916 MS, unmarried
4. Mary Theodocia Hairston b. 1837 VA - d. 1924 MS, unmarried
5. John Henry Hairston b. 1839 - d. 1862 (of disease during civil war)
6. Robert Peter Hairston b. 1841 VA - d. 1906, m. Margaret Sommer Potts (sister of Anna)
7. Joab Early "Joseph" Hairston b. 1844 VA - d. 1872 MS, age 26/27, unmarried
8. George Hairston b. 1845 VA - d. 1905 MS, m. Anna Caroline Potts (sister of Margaret)
9. Fleming Saunders "Bud" Hairston b. 1849 MS - d. 1882 MS, m. Jane Ella Evans

Both sons Samuel and John served during the Civil War. Samuel in the 11th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry and John in the Jeff Davis Legion, Cavalry. Samuel was discharged due to disability and died shortly after. John died of disease on 25 Jun 1862.

In the mid 1840's he relocated his family to Lowndes County, Mississippi. He died here on 8 Jul 1850. He is buried at the Hairston Family Cemetery in Lowndes.

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 October 2018), memorial page for Samuel Saunders Hairston (12 Aug 1804–8 Jul 1850), Find A Grave Memorial no. 33664664, citing Hairston Family Cemetery, Crawford, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Robert Ervin Hairston Jr (contributor 48498654) .

• "Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PX8-9MXC?cc=1932510&wc=MD1F-5P8%3A229206901%2C229777301 : 22 May 2014), Bible records, 1700-1900 > Box 33, Hagey - Harris > image 26 of 218; citing Virginia Historical Society, Richmond.

• His probate record. Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982: Executors Bonds, 1835-1869; Administrators Bonds, 1834-1857; Author: Carroll County (Mississippi). Chancery Clerk; Probate Place: Carroll, Mississippi Ancestry Record 8995 #1380592