Hairston, George, 1750-1827
George Hairston (1750-1827) was a captain in the American Revolution, an acting brigadier general during the War of 1812, and a wealthy white plantation owner and enslaver in Henry County, Va. Colonel George Hairston (1750-1827): married Elizabeth Perkins Letcher (1759-1818) and with her had Robert Hairston (1783-1852), George Hairston (1784-1863), Harden Hairston (1786-1862), Samuel Hairston (1788-1875), John Adams Hairston (1799-1849), America Hairston (1801-1826), Marshall Hairston (1802-1882), and Ruth Stovall Hairston (1804-1838). Colonel George Hairston (1750-1825) built Beaver Creek Plantation in 1776 just outside Martinsville in Henry County, Va.
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| creatorOf | George Hairston Order-Books, ., 1813-1814 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799. Letter to Henry Lee, 1794 February 2. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | Bacon, Edmund, b. 1785,. Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill and Wilson Cary Nicholas [manuscript], 1765-1869. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Robert Hairston Papers, 1799-1862 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
| referencedIn | Hairston and Wilson Family Papers, 1800-1906 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection |
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| founderOf | Beaver Creek Plantation (Va.) | corporateBody |
| parent-in-law of | Hairston, Ann Hairston, 1802-1888 | person |
| grandparentOf | Hairston, Ann Marshall, 1837-1907 | person |
| grandparentOf | Hairston, Elizabeth Perkins Hairston, 1836-1922 | person |
| spouseOf | Hairston, Elizabeth Perkins Letcher, 1759-1819 | person |
| grandparentOf | Hairston, John A., 1840-1862 | person |
| parentOf | Hairston, Marshall, 1802-1882. | person |
| parentOf | Hairston, Robert, 1783-1852. | person |
| parentOf | Hairston, Ruth Stovall, 1784-1869. | person |
| parentOf | Hairston, Samuel, 1788-1875. | person |
| associatedWith | Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799. | person |
| correspondedWith | Virginia. Militia | corporateBody |
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| Henry County | VA | US | |
| Norfolk | VA | US |
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Birth 1750-09-20
Death 1827-03-05
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