Eleanor HAIRSTON1

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Father*Peter HAIRSTON "The Immigrant"1 b. a 1695
Mother*Agnes (surname unknown)
Eleanor HAIRSTON was the daughter of Peter HAIRSTON "The Immigrant" and Agnes (surname unknown).1 
Marriage*Eleanor HAIRSTON married Richard PHILLIPS before 1763.1 
DeedOn 23 November 1778 in Bedford County, Richard Phillips and his wife Eleanor sell 195 acres of land on Possum Creek to William Williamson. Both Richard and his wife Eleanor sign the deed. - Bedford County Deed Book 6 page 164. FSL #7842541 image 415.
NOTE*GENEALOGY NOTES:

1. The 1782 will of Samuel Hairston mentions a nephew Samuel Phillips and a niece Jane Phillips. It appears that Samuel Hairston never married, so he did not have nieces and nephews by a wife. Therefore, Jane and Samuel Phillips would have been children of a sister who married a Mr. Phillips.

2. The wills of Samuel Hairston's brothers, Andrew and Robert, do not mention Jane Phillips. However, Andrew and Robert each named a daughter Jane and it appears their newly discovered sister did the same.

3. The Samuel Hairston's probate records mention that his niece Jane Phillips married Jonathan Jackson Hays. Jonathan, his wife Jane and her brother Samuel are found in Franklin Co., Georgia in 1784.

4. A Richard Phillips lived near Robert Hairston and Samuel Hairston in Virginia. Richard Phillips was in the Bedford Militia with Samuel, Robert and Andrew. In 1754 Richard Phillips requested that a road be cleared, and Samuel Hairston was appointed the surveyor. On 10 September 1755, Richard Phillips and Robert Hairston purchased Virginia Patents in Albemarle. In 1769, Samuel Hairston, Robert Hairston, and Richard Phillips witnessed the same deed.

5. The wife of Richard Phillips was named Eleanor. Richard and Eleanor Phillips sold their Virginia properties between 1778 and 1785. Richard appears in Franklin, Georgia in 1789.

6. Samuel and sister Jane, listed in Samuel Hairston's will, were buying land in Franklin, Georgia starting in 1784. In 1789, Richard Phillips and Samuel Phillips obtained Georgia Land Grants #572 and #573 on the same day. In 1790, Richard Phillips bought land in Franklin, Georgia and Samuel Phillips was a witness to the deed.

More information is required, as this is not absolute proof that Eleanor Phillips, wife of Richard Phillips, is the mother of Samuel and Jane Phillips.2,1,3,4 

Family

Richard PHILLIPS b. a 1730
Children
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S101] Will & Probate of Samuel Hairston - 1782, Campbell County Will Book #1, page 6, Library of Virginia - http://www.lva.virginia.gov
  2. [S3108] Chilton, Ann. Bedford County, Virginia Deed Book C-3, Signal Mountain, TN (P.O. Box 400, Signal Mountain 37377: Mountain Press, 1992. Print., Library of Virginia - http://www.lva.virginia.gov
  3. [S121] Will of Robert Hairston 26 May 1790, Franklin County, Virginia Will Book #1, pages 70-71. Family History Search Film #7644994, images 69-70. Inventory & Appraisel record February 1793. Will Book #1, pages 85-87, 1786-1812. Family Search Library Film #7644994, images 77-78. Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  4. [S122] Will Andrew Hairston dated 8 Aug 1777, was proved in Campbell County Will Book #1, page 4-6, 6 June 1782. Inventory & Apprasial recorded 6 Mar. 1783, Will Book 1, pages 23-24 (Reel 19), Library of Virginia - http://www.lva.virginia.gov
Last Edited27 Jun 2024