A History of the Easterling Family

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Contents 1 A History of the Easterling Family 2 Citations 3 Online Access 4 Book's Table of Contents 4.1 Part I - General Observations and Comments ----- ii 4.2 Part II - European and American Origins ----- 1 4.3 Part III - The Rev. Henry Easterling (1733-1800) of North and South Carolina ----- 74 4.4 Part IV - Thomas Easterling (175?-1815) of Russell County, Virginia ----- 531 4.5 Part V - Other Easterling Families in the United states ----- 690 4.6 Appendixes ----- 718 4.7 About the Authors ----- 778 4.8 Names, Locations, and Address ----- 783 4.9 Name and Subject Index ----- 785 5 Sources

A History of the Easterling Family

• Description: Primarily research compiled of the Easterling family in the United States.
• Full Citation: Easterling, Leston E. et al. “A History of the Easterling Family.” Wesson, MS: The Easterling Family Genealogical Society, 1990.
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Authors:

• Leston Elthron Easterling Sr. (1928-
• Henry Willis Easterling Jr (1928-
• Nolan Bennett Hensarling (1925-
• Harold Eugene Morgan (1921-1989)
• Larry Hudson Jones (1948-
• Bennett Pulley Peterson (1935)
• Thomas Azel Easterling (1917
• George Riley Easterling (1905
• Robert Lile Easterling (1914

Editors:

• Leston Elthron Easterling Jr (1949-2016)
• Henry Willis Easterling Jr
• Bennett Pulley Peterson
• Darwin Franz Peterson (1951-

Acknowledgements:

• Luther Addington
• Thomas Azel Easterling
• Roy White
• Leston E Easterling Sr
• Dr. Larry Jones
• George R Easterling
• Virginia Monsie Easterling
• Darwin F Peterson

Citations

• Citation Example: <span id=‘Easterling’></span>Easterling, Leston E. et al. ''[[Space:A_History_of_the_Easterling_Family|A History of the Easterling Family]].'' Wesson, MS: The Easterling Family Genealogical Society, 1990.
• Footnote Example: <ref>[[#Easeterling|Easterling]]: Page 354</ref>

Online Access

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• Google Books
• WorldCat

Book's Table of Contents

Part I - General Observations and Comments ----- ii

Introduction ----- iii

A Tribute to Easterling Women ----- v

Acknowledgements ----- ix

Table of Contents ----- xi

Part II - European and American Origins ----- 1

Chapter One - European Origins ----- 2

Chapters Two - Societal Forces and English Colonization ----- 11

Chapter Three - Easterlings in Colonial America ----- 19

Chapter Four - Migratory Patterns of the Easterlings following the Revolutionary War - 1783-1800 ----- 37

Chapter Five - Migratory Patterns of the Easterlings in the First Sixty Years of the Nineteenth Century -- 1801-1860 ----- 48

Chapter Six - Thomas Easterling of Tennessee and Virginia ----- 66

Part III - The Rev. Henry Easterling (1733-1800) of North and South Carolina ----- 74

Chapter	The Descendants of	of	Page #
Seven	Rev. Henry Easterling	North and South Carolina	75
Eight	William Easterling	Marlboro County, South Carolina	102
Nine	James Easterling	South Carolina and Georgia	137
Ten	Ann Easterling	South Carolina and Georgia	164
Eleven	Lourania O’Neal	Twiggs County, Georgia	179
Twelve	Henry O’Neal	Twiggs County, Georgia	200
Thirteen	Joel Harrison Easterling	South Carolina, Georgia, and Arkansas	227
Fourteen	Shadrach Easterling	North and South Carolina, Mississippi, and Arkansas	264
Fifteen	Captain Henry Easterling	South Carolina	277
Sixteen	John Neville Easterling	Rankin County, Mississippi	309
Seventeen	Shadrach H Easterling	Mississippi and Louisiana	333
Eighteen	Henry Easterling	South Carolina and Mississippi	354
Nineteen	Margaret Elizabeth Easterling	Mississippi	380
Twenty	Martha Easterling	Mississippi	403
Twenty-One	John Louis Hensarling	Mississippi	436
Twenty-Two	Anna Caroline Easterling	Mississippi in Utah	480

Part IV - Thomas Easterling (175?-1815) of Russell County, Virginia ----- 531

Chapter	The Descendants of	of	Page #
Twenty-Three	John Easterling	Scott County, Virginia and Cart County, Kentucky	532
Twenty-Four	Henry Easterling	Carter County, Kentucky	553
Twenty-Five	William Balding Easterling	Carter County, Kentucky	557
Twenty-Six	George Washing Easterling	Jackson County, Ohio	579
Twenty-Seven	Robert Mason Easterling	Carter County, Kentucky	584
Twenty-Eight	William Easterling	Morgan County, Kentucky	596
Twenty-Nine	Mary E Easterling	Russell County, Virginia	610
Thirty	Henry Easterling	Morgan County, Kentucky	620
Thirty-One	Thomas Easterling Jr	Morgan County, Kentucky	640
Thirty-Two	James Easterling	Scott County, Virginia	652
Thirty-Three	Sarah Easterling	Carter County, Kentucky	657
Thirty-Four	Nancy Jane Easterling	Scott County, Virginia	671
Thirty-Five	Silas Easterling	Perry County, Ohio	677

Part V - Other Easterling Families in the United states ----- 690

Chapter Thirty-Six - Easterlings of German Descent in Colonial America and Their Descendants ----- 691

Chapter Thirty-Seven - Easterling Families with Uncertain Origins ——714

Appendixes ----- 718

Appendix	Subject	Page #
1	Inventory of John Easterling’s Goods and Chattels	719
2	Statement of Account by Thomas Howard	720
3	Last Will and Testament of Henry Easterling of Colonial Maryland	721
4	Court Minutes Binding Easterling Orphans to William Bond	722
5	Revolutionary War Voucher - Thomas Easterlan	723
6	County Map for the State of North Carolina	724
7	Letter Written by William Easterling in 1835	725
8	Letter Written by William Easterling in 1839	730
9	Letter from John Howell Easterling Regarding Family Tradition	732
10	Pictures of Some Early Easterlings	734
11	Pictures of Some Early Thomases and Robinsons	735
12	Affidavits of William Easterling that Accompanied His Applications for a Revolutionary War Pension	736
13	Extract from Lefler and Newsome Regarding the Anglican Church in North America	739
14	Map of Southeastern United States Showing Migratory Patterns of the Easterlings	740
15	Key to Map Shown in Appendix 14	741
16	Map of Marlboro County, South Carolina	742
17	Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling and Their Migratory Patterns during the Period 1790-1860	743
18	Map of Southeastern United States Showing Residence Locations of the Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling in 1800-1810	747
19	Some Households of Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling Recorded in the Censuses of 1800-1810	748
20	Map of Southeastern United States Showing Residence Locations of the Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling in 1820	749
21	Some Households of Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling Recorded in the Census of 1820	750
22	Map of Southeastern United States Showing Residence Locations of the Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling in 1830	751
23	Some Households of Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling Recorded in the Census of 1830	752
24	Map of Southeastern United States Showing Residence Locations of the Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling in 1840	754
25	Some Households of Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling Recorded in the Census of 1840	755
26	Map of Southeastern United States Showing Residence Locations of the Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling in 1850	757
27	Some Households of Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling Recorded in the Census of 1850	758
28	Map of Southeastern United States Showing Residence Locations of the Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling in 1860	762
29	Some Households of Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling Recorded in the Census of 1860	763
30	Map of Southeastern United States Showing Ten-Year Migratory Patterns of the Descendants of the Rev. Henry Easterling	769
31	The Easterling Coat of Arms, Picture, Description and History	770
32	Pictures of Preston-At-Patuxent	773
33	Map of North Carolina - Counties	774
34	Map of North Carolina - Easterling Lands	775
35	North Carolina Counties - Chart	776
36	North Carolina Counties - Chart	777

About the Authors ----- 778

Names, Locations, and Address ----- 783

Name and Subject Index ----- 785

Sources