Slaves of Dr. George Stovall Hairston of Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Henry, Virginia, United States
Surname/tag: Hairston

Contents 1 Slaves of George Stovall Hairston (1813-1863) 1.1 Virginia Birth Records 1.2 Virginia Death Records 1.3 Commonplace Book 1837 1.4 Will Inventory 1862 1.5 Cohabitation Schedule 1866 2 Sources

Slaves of George Stovall Hairston (1813-1863)

See also Slaves of George Hairston of Virginia for his father as there appears to be potential overlap and/or individuals aligned with incorrect George.

Virginia Birth Records

From: Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911: Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA, USA; Virginia, Birth Registers, 1853-1911

Slave Owner Name	Location	Enslaved's Name	Date of birth/Year	Mother's name	Link to image
George S Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Dyer	Feb 1861	Lucy	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072863
George Hairston Jr	Henry, Virginia	John	Jun 1861	Franky	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072863
George Hairston Jr	Henry, Virginia	Benjamin	Aug 1861	Patsy	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072863
George Hairston Jr	Henry, Virginia	Jinney	Jul 1861	Louisa	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072863
Dr Geo S Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Unnamed	1859	not listed	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071864
Dr Geo S Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Unnamed	1859	not listed	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071864
Geo S Hairston	Henry, Virginia	James Walker	Mar 1862	Aggy	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073126

Virginia Death Records

From: Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911: Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912

Slave Owner	Location	Enslaved's Name	Death Date/Year	Cause of Death	Age at Death	Mother's Name	Approx. birth year	Link to image
George S Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Moses	1 Apr 1855	cold	70	Not available	1785	Ancestry Record 62152 #1328684
Dr. Geo S. Hariston	Henry, Virginia	Asey	1857	croups	3	Not available	1854	Ancestry Record 62152 #1328859
George Hairstan Jr	Henry, Virginia	Unnamed female	Dec 1860	unknown	15mos	Susan	1859	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329256
George S Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Unnamed male	Jun 1860	unknown	14mos	Venus	1859	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329256
George S Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Anthony	Sep 1861	dropsy	2	Aggy	1859	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329424
Geo Hairston Jr	Henry, Virginia	Ben	1862	putrid throat	6mos	Patsy	1862	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329552
Geo S Harriston	Henry, Virginia	Mary	Sep 1862	pneumonia	80	Not available	1782	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329726

Commonplace Book 1837

May have duplicates in below tables.

Page	No. on document	Name	Date/Year of Birth	Date/Year of Death	Male/Female	Parents (if known)	Spouse (if known)
1	1	Tom Dillon			Male		Mary
1	2	Mary			Female		Tom Dillon
1	3	Judy	Jan 1822		Female	Tom Dillon & Mary
1	4	Tom	Feb 1823	bef. 1900	Male	Tom Dillon & Mary	Alsey
1	5	Rhoda	Jul 1827	bef. 1900	Female	Tom Dillon & Mary	Dutch
1	6	Rachael	Aug 1829		Female	Tom Dillon & Mary
1	7	General	Jun 1807		Male		Polly Ann Pritchett
1	8	Polly Ann	Apr 1809		Female		General Hairston
1	9	Hager	Jun 1828		Male	General & Polly
1	10	Alicia	15 Nov 1837		Female	General & Polly
1	11	Kate (Katy)	Jan 1813	bef. 1800	Female		Robert "Bob"
1	12	Esqr (Squire)	Jun 1833	bef. 1897	Male	Kate (Katy) & Robert "Bob"	Lucy Hairston
1	13	Dyer (possibly Tyler)	Jun 1835		Male	Kate (Katy) & Robert "Bob"
1	14	Mary	20 Nov 1839		Female	Kate (Katy) & Robert "Bob"
1	15	Joe	7 Jan 1823		Male
1	16	Vass	abt. 1824		Female
1	17	Delphy	Jun 1821		Female
1	18	Robert "Bob"	abt. 1813	bef. 1880	Male	Kate (Katy)
1	19	Dutch	abt. 1820	7 Mar 1913	Male		Rhoda
1	20	Ben			Male
2	21	Betsy	Jul 1839		Female	Kate (Katy)	Henry Broadnax
2	22	Lucy	Jan 1840		Female
2	23	Margaret	7 Mar 1841	31 May 1922	Female	Kate (Katy) & Robert "Bob"	John Hairston
2	24	Charlotte	10 Mar 1841		Female	Judy	Henry
2	25	Ned	29 Sep 1841		Male	Delphy
2	26	Richmond	17 Jul 1842	bef. 1864	Male	Vass
2	27	Clifford	6 Dec 1842		Male	Kate (Katy) & Robert "Bob"	Vina May Broadnax
2	28	Franky	Mar 1843		Male	Judy	Samuel Hairston
2	29	Katy	Mar 1843	bef. 1864	Female	Polly
2	30	Buck	Sep 1843	bef. 1880	Male	Rhoda	Amelia Hairston
2	31	America	Nov 1843		Female	Vass
2	32	Moses			Male
2	33	John	Aug 1844		Male	Delphy
2	34	Jinney	Sep 1844	bef. 1864	Female	Kate (Katy) & Robert "Bob"
2	35	Sally	Apr 1845		Female	Rhoda & Dutch
2	36	Bob	Jul 1845		Male	Vass
2	37	Polly	Sep 1845	bef. 1864	Female	Polly
2	38	Caroline	10 Sep 1846	bef. 1930	Female	Kate (Katy)	Reuben Martin
2	39	Joe	23 Nov 1846		Male	Vass	Lolitha/Letha Preston
2	40	Dilsey	1846	12 Dec 1846	Female	Judy
2	41	Charley	1846	12 Dec 1846	Male	Rhoda
2	42	General Jackson	17 Feb 1847		Male	Polly
3	43	Creed	Sep 1848		Male	Rhoda
3	44	Tom	Dec 1848		Male	Judy
3	45	Delia	Feb 1849		Female	Delphy
3	46	Charles	Apr 1849		Male	Polly
3	47	Eliza	Feb 1850		Female	Rhoda
3	48	Wiley	Apr 1850	15 Dec 1937	Male	Vass
3	49	Tilman	1851	21 Mar 1917	Male	Kate (Katy)	Fanny Joyce
3	50	Alfred	Feb 1852	1854	Male	Rhoda
3	51	Unknown	Apr 1852		UNK	Judy
3	52	Louisa	May 1852		Female	Polly
4	53	Surry	Sep 1852		UNK	Vass
4	54	Stanhope	Mar 1853		Male	Kate (Katy)
4	55	Kager	Jun 1853		Male	Delphy
4	56	Lizzy	Apr 1854	bef. 1900	Female	Rhoda	Harrison Hayes
4	57	Ann	Jul 1855		Female	Delphy
4	58	Jim	Jul 1854	bef. 1920	Male	Vass	Mary Manns
4	59	General	Jan 1856	1856	Male	Judy
4	60	Dick	Jan 1856	4 Jan 1916	Male	Rhoda	Martha Draper
4	61	Ally	1855		Female	Polly
4	62	George	1857	UNK, file says "died"	Male	Delphy
4	63	Tilda	1856	18 Mar 1927	Female	Vass	Henderson Dillard
4	64	Nelson	1857		Male	Betsy
4	64	ElsyAlsey	abt. 1835	bef.1910	Female		Tom Hairston
4	65	Marion	1854		Female	ElsyAlsey
4	66	Edmond	1855	19 Oct 1929	Male	ElsyAlsey	Susan Arrington
4	67	Betty	1857	bef. 1900	Female	ElsyAlsey	Sandy Wootton
4	68	Dilsey	Mar 1858		Female	Charlotte
4	69	Robert	Aug 1858		Male	Lucy	Mary Lou Draper
4	70	Tyler	Jul 1858	bef. 1870	Male	Vass
4	71	Ruben	May 1858		Male	Alsey
4	72	William	Jun 1859	aft. 1920	Male	Rhoda	Rachel Hilton
4	73	Arch	Oct 1859		Male	Delphy
4	74	Nanie	Oct 1859	19 Dec 1918	Female	ElsyAlsey
4	75	Sam	1859		Female	Mary
5	N/A	Mariah	Jul 1860		Female
5	N/A	Sally	Aug 1860		Female
5	N/A	Bob	1860		Male	Betsy
5	N/A	Dyer	1861		Male		Lucy
5	N/A	Mary	1861		Female
5	N/A	Rhody	1861		Female
5	57	Jane	1862	bef. 1920	Female	ElsyAlsey	William Dandridge
5	N/A	Fanny	1862		Female	Charlotte
5	N/A	Anna	1862		Female	Rhoda	George Manns
5	N/A	Chaney	1862		UNK	Sally
5	N/A	Margaret	Mar 1863		Female	Vass	William J Hairston
5	N/A	Frank	1863		Male	ElsyAlsey
5	N/A	George	1863		Male	Lucy
5	N/A	Louisa	1864		Female	Margaret
5	N/A	Ella	Feb 1864		Female	ElsyAlsey
5	N/A	Jini	Sep 1864		Female	Sally
5	N/A	ElsyAlsey	abt. 1835	bef. 1910	Female

Will Inventory 1862

May have duplicates from above or below.

From his estate inventory dated 13 Jun 1863 [2]

Boy/Girl/Man/Woman	Name	Value
Boy	Tom, wife & 5 children	$8,000
Boy	Buck	$2,000
Boy	Dutch, wife Rody & child Anna	$2,700
Woman	Sallie & child Chaney	$2,500
Girl	Eliza	$1,300
Girl	Elizabeth	$1,000
Boy	Dick	$800
Boy	William	$600
Woman	Betsy & child Bob	$2,500
Boy	Nelson	$800
Woman	Delphia	$850
Girl	Delia	$1,450
Boy	Cager	$1,200
Girl	Ann	$900
Boy	Arclus (sp?)	$600
Woman	Katy	$450
Girl	Margaret	$2,000
Girl	Caroline	$2,000
Boy	Tilman	$1,500
Woman	Judy & child Mary	$1,200
Girl	Franky	$2,000
Boy	Tom	$1,200
Girl	?las	$1,000
Boy	General	$750
Woman	Dilley, Sally, Fanny	$3,500
Woman	Vass & child Lucretia	$1,250
Girl	Pus	$200
Boy	Bob	$1,200
Boy	Jo	$1,400
Boy	Wiley	$1,200
Boy	Surry	$1,100
Boy	James	$900
Girl	Matilda	$750
Boy	Tyler	$600
Girl	Mariah	$300
Woman	Amelia & child Northam	$2,500
Girl	Judy	$1,000
Girl	Nancy	$850
Woman	Drucilla & 2 children William & Claiborne	$2,500
Boy	Starling	$300
Boy	Frank	$400
Woman	Mariah	$1,700
Girl	Susan	$1,000
Boy	John	$800
Girl	Ann	$600
Woman	Rachel	$750
Boy	Saunders	$1,100
Boy	Phil	$1,200
Boy	Milton	$1,600
Man	Ben	$1,600
Man	Doyer (Dyer)	$2,500
Man	Bob	$750
Boy	Clifford	$2,000
Boy	John	$2,500
Boy	Kurk	$1,800
Old Man	Tom	$-
Boy	Squire	$2,200
Woman	Woman (no name given) & child Squire	$2,500
Boy	Robert	$750
Boy	Dyer deaf & dumb	$200
Woman	Alcey	$1,750
Boy	Reuben	$550
Boy	Ned	$2,000
Boy	Jack deaf & dumb	$800
Boy	Samuel	$1,500
Boy	Charles	$1,400
Girl	Lavina	$1,200
Girl	Alice	$800

In his last will and testament dated 15 Sep 1862, he willed his enslaved blacksmith Tom Hairston and his family to his son, Nicholas H Hairston. Tom Hairston was the Marrowbone Plantation’s blacksmith^[1].

Tom Hairston, his wife Alsey Hairston and their children:

1. Marion Hairston
2. Sarah Hairston
3. Saunders Hairston
4. Edmund Hairston
5. Betty Hairston
6. Reuben Hairston
7. Nannie Hairston
8. Janie Hairston
9. Frank Hairston
10. Ellen/Ella Hairston

Cohabitation Schedule 1866

Kitty Hairston (abt.1834-aft. 1910) and 6 children
Edward Hairston (abt.1820-bef.1910)
Becky Hairston (abt.1851-)
Lewis Hairston (1846-)
Joe Hairston (abt.1841-)
Katy Hairston (abt.1816-) and 8 children
Bob Hairston (abt.1813-)
Bill Hairston (abt.1837-)
Sarah Hairston (abt.1831-)
Wallace Hairston (abt.1844-)
Harriet Hairston (abt.1850-)
Askley Hairston (abt.1845-1914) and 2 children
Clem Hairston (abt.1837-1925)
Lucy Hairston (1836-) and 6 children
David Hairston (1826-)
India Hairston (abt.1844-) and 1 child
Marshall Hairston (abt.1818-bef.1880)
Delilah Hairston (abt.1788-1869) and possibly some of her children
Lewis Hairston (abt.1805-)
Sandy Hairston (abt.1834-bef.1880)
Celia/Cely/Ely Hairston (abt.1831-) and 4 children
Patsy Hairston (abt.1841-) and 1 child
Lewis Hairston (abt.1837-)
David Redd (abt.1798-)
Charlotte Redd (abt.1809-1876) and probably some of her children
Lucy Hairston (abt.1845-) and probably 3 children
Squire Hairston (abt.1833-bef.1897)
Vass Martin (abt.1824-bef.1900) and probably most of her children
May Hairston (abt.1846-)
Parker Hairston (abt.1841-)
Butch Monroe (abt.1854-)
Rachel Monroe (abt.1837-)
Garland Hairston (abt.1842-)
Phillis Hairston (abt.1843-)
Samuel Hairston (abt.1835-)
Franky Hairston (1843-) and her children:

Mose Hairston (abt.1858-)

John Hairston (abt.1860-)

Jeanne Hairston (abt.1862-)

George Hairston (abt.1864-)

Easly Hairston (abt.1865-)

^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ George Stovall Hairston, will/probate. Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900: Will Books, 1777-1867; General Indexes, 1777-1949; Author: Virginia. County Court (Henry County); Probate Place: Henry, Virginia Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62347 #2035281
2. ↑ Henry County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866, [register page #1]. Cohabitation Registers Digital Collection. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 23219[1].

• United States Census Slave Schedule citing Page: 57; Line: 34; FHL microfilm: 000805391; Record number: 498961;
  FamilySearch Record: W2X2-J92M (accessed 23 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSN-64C Image number 00469
  Geo S Hairston in Henry, Virginia, United States.

• Commonplace book, 1835-1864, of George Stovall Hairston, of Henry County, Va: http://rosetta.virginiamemory.com:1801/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE2929193