Slaves of Marshal Hairston of Virginia

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

Contents 1 Slaves of Marshall Hairston (1802-1882) 2 Census Records 3 Names Identified 4 Sources

Slaves of Marshall Hairston (1802-1882)

His overseer was Joseph A. (Slayden) Slayton

See the Beaver Creek Plantation, Henry County, Virginia

Census Records

Census Year	Name	Home/Residence	Total Slaves	Link to Image
1830	Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	110	Ancestry Record 8058 #2241084
1840	Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	165	Ancestry Record 8057 #3499511
1850 Slave Schedule	Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	72	FamilySearch: [3]
1860 Slave Schedule	Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	100	Ancestry Record 7668 #91108194 & FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9BSN-6ZK

Names Identified

Julia Ann Hairston (abt.1817-1888) and 8 children
Simon Hairston (abt.1786-1883)
Kitty Hairston (abt.1826-bef.1900) and 9 children
Matt Hairston (abt.1826-bef.1880)
Nancy Hairston (1844-1933) and 1 child
Shober Hairston (1843-bef.1900)
Betsy Hairston (1824-) and 9 children
Jacob Hairston (abt.1823-)
Sarah Regan (abt.1811-)
Chaney Hairston (1846-1886)
Alex Hairston (1839-1923)
Reuben Hairston (1843-bef.1880)
Sally Dandridge (abt.1850-1952)
Maria Dandridge (abt.1826-bef.1900) and 6 children
Parthenia "Thena" Hairston (abt.1847-1935)
Peter Hairston (1845-1929)
Rhoda Hairston (abt.1835-) and 1 child
Armstead Hairston (abt.1811-)
Penelope "Nelly" Hairston (1837-abt.1875) and 5 children
Lewis/Louis Hairston (1836-)
Ony Hairston (abt.1818-bef.1910) and probably 7 children
Elick/Alex Hairston (1821-bef.1900)
Elick/Alex Hairston (abt.1842-bef.1900)
Caesar Hairston (abt.1831-)
Gency Hairston (1834-) and 3 children
Mary Hairston (1840-bef.1900) and 3 children
Joshua Hairston (1838-bef.1900)
Easter Hairston (1818-)
Surry Hairston (1811-)
Gracie King (abt.1788-bef.1870) and possibly some of her children
Lewis Hairston (abt.1791-bef.1880)
Judy Hairston (abt.1806-bef.1880)
Coleman Hairston (1830-bef.1880)
Easter Hairston (1837-) and 2 children
Clara Hairston (abt.1839-1872) and 3 children
John Hairston (abt.1837-)
Caroline Hairston (1849-bef. 1929)
David "Davy" William Hairston (1843-1929)
Melinda Hairston (1845-bef.1915)
Alfred Hairston (1842-abt.1872)
Susan Hairston (1836-1895) and 3 children
Patrick Hairston (1816-bef.1880)
Ann Hairston (1826-) and probably some of her children
Charles Hairston (1827-bef.1900)
Francis Hairston (1829-bef.1910) and possibly some of her children
Isiam Marshall Hairston (1833-)
Violet Hairston (1831-) and 2 children^[1][2].

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 (via Ancestry or FamilySearch)
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Alford	15 Apr 1854	Sarah	Ancestry Record 62153 #46069996
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Hezekiah	1 Jun 1854	Violet	Ancestry Record 62153 #46069996
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Pierce/Price	2 Jun 1854	Rachel	Ancestry Record 62153 #46069996
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Sanders	9 Apr 1855	Julia Anne	Ancestry Record 62153 #46070316
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Jacob	23 Sep 1855	Elizabeth	Ancestry Record 62153 #46070316
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Wilson	21 Jun 1855	Lucinda	Ancestry Record 62153 #46070316
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Judith	18 Dec 1855	Clara	Ancestry Record 62153 #46070316
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Alexander	1 Mar 1856	not listed	Ancestry Record 62153 #46070827
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Ann	Feb 1856	not listed	Ancestry Record 62153 #46070827
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Infant female	Mar 1856	not listed	Ancestry Record 62153 #46070827
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Infant male	Jun 1856	not listed	Ancestry Record 62153 #46070827
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Stillborn female	Feb 1857	Violet	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071311
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Betsy	20 Sep 1859	Betsy	Ancestry Record 62153 #16072040
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Martha Ann	1859	Betsy Anne	Ancestry Record 62153 #16072040
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Ben	1859	Susan	Ancestry Record 62153 #16072040
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Amy	1859	Independence	Ancestry Record 62153 #16072040
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Grace	1859	Julia	Ancestry Record 62153 #16072040
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Infant male	1858	Violet	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071575
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Jim	Mar 1858	Penelope	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071575
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Eliza	Oct 1858	Clara	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071575
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Lucinda	Oct 1858	Sarah	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071575
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Grace	Apr 1858	Julia	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071575
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	George	14 Jun 1858	Judith	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071575
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Infant male	Jun 1858 (died 3 days old, see below table)	Betsey	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071575
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Monstrous	Sep 1858	Jinney	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071575
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Quincy	Dec 1858	Ann	Ancestry Record 62153 #46071575
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	illegible Washington	Jun 1859	Mary	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072020
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Robert Major	20 Feb 1859	Violet	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072020
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Amanda	Apr 1860	Oney/Ony	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072265
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Harriett	Jul 1860	Rachel	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072265
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Isham	Jul 1860	Penelope	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072265
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Eliza	16 Jan 1861	America	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072264
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	William	Jul 1861	Clary	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072813
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Edmund	May 1861 (died Jun 1862, see table below)	Mary	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072813
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Lewis	Aug 1861 (died Jul 1862, see table below)	Amy	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072813
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Milly	Dec 1861	Independence	Ancestry Record 62153 #46072813
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Easter	1862	America	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073104
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Brice	1862	Penelope	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073104
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Susan	1862	Easter	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073104
Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Rachel Ann	1862	Caroline	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073104
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Sue	1862	Amy	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073104
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Mat	1862	Nancy	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073104
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Patsy	1862	Susan	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073104
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	Joe	Feb 1862	Ann	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073104
Marshall Hairston (father?) (Ann Hairston, mistress, shown as informant)	Henry, Virginia	William	1862	Betsy Ann	Ancestry Record 62153 #46073104

There is a birth record for a Mary Ella Harris, born free on 1 Jul 1857. Father listed as Marshall Hairston, mother as Sally Harris^[3].

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

Slave Owner	Enslaved's Name	Location	Death Date/Year	Cause of Death	Age at Death	Mother's Name	Approx. birth year	Link to image
Marshall Hairston	William	Henry, Virginia	Dec 1856	typhoid fever	20	none listed	1836	Ancestry Record 62152 #1328745
Marshall Hairston	Winny	Henry, Virginia	Jul 1858	Pneumonia	45	none listed	1813	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329002
Marshall Hairston	Unnamed male	Henry, Virginia	Jun 1858	unknown	3 days	Betsey	Jun 1858	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329002
Marshall Hairston	Bartlett	Henry, Virginia	4 Apr 1858	Pneumonia	21	Dicy	1837	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329002
Marshall Hairston	Edward	Henry, Virginia	Jul 1859	old age	61	Betty	1798	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329148
Marshall Hairston	Daniel	Henry, Virginia	Oct 1860	unknown	50	not known	1810	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329268
Marshall Hairston	Judith	Henry, Virginia	Nov 1860	Diptheria	19 years 9 months	Rachel	Feb 1841	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329268
Marshall Hairston	Edmund	Henry, Virginia	Jun 1862	Whooping cough	1 year, 1 month	Mary	May 1861	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329538
Marshall Hairston	Lewis	Henry, Virginia	Jul 1862	unknown	1 year, 1 month	Lucy	Aug 1861	Ancestry Record 62152 #1329538

From U.S., Confederate Army Payrolls for Enslaved Labor, 1840-1883: National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Confederate Slave Payrolls, 1874-1899; NAID: 719477; Record Group Number:: 109; Record Group Title:: War Department Collection of Confederate Records, 1825-1927

Name	Occupation	Date Range	Time Employed	Business Name	Payroll Number	Hired From	County hired from	Link to image (Ancestry)
John	Laborer	Oct-Dec 1863	68 days	Near Richmond	520	Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Ancestry Record 62196 #10008928
Alfred	Laborer	Oct-Dec 1863	68 days	Near Richmond	520	Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Ancestry Record 62196 #10008928
Ned	Laborer	Oct-Dec 1863	68 days	Near Richmond	520	Marshall Hairston	Henry, Virginia	Ancestry Record 62196 #10008928

Sources

1. ↑ Henry County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866, [register page #5]. Cohabitation Registers Digital Collection. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 23219.[1]
2. ↑ The Hairston and Wilson Family Papers #3149, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Oversize Volume SV-3149/6. Account book, 1831-1869[2]
3. ↑ Virginia Birth Records, row 153 of image Ancestry Record 62153 #16072040

• The Hairston and Wilson Family Papers #3149, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Oversize Volume SV-3149/6. Account book, 1831-1869 includes: "Household accounts for Beaver Creek and other plantations, possibly kept by Ann Hairston. A wide variety of entries document spinning and weaving, sewing, care of livestock, vegetable gardening, recipes, candle and butter making, and miscellaneous items purchased for the household. There is much information about enslaved people on the two plantations, including work performed, birth records, and clothing distributed. Many entries describe provisions lent or bartered to neighbors". There are 78 scans, with 152 pages of handwritten entries. [4]

See also:

• Wikipedia:Beaver_Creek_Plantation
• Beaver Creek Slave List on Hairston Family Genealogy website [5]