Hairston Family History and Genealogy

Agnes Anne HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#35, b. about 1772, d. about December 1809

Father*

Robert HAIRSTON¹ b. b 1724, d. b 2 Jun 1791

Mother*

Ruth STOVALL b. a 1731, d. 3 Mar 1808

Birth*

Agnes Anne HAIRSTON was born about 1772 in Berry Hill, Pittsylvania, Virginia.

She was the daughter of Robert HAIRSTON and Ruth STOVALL.¹

Will

In Robert HAIRSTON's will dated 26 May 1790 in Franklin, Virginia, Agnes Anne HAIRSTON was named as an heir; Robert's daughter Sarah "Sally" Hairston died before his will was written.^1,2

Marriage*

She married John WOODS, son of Robert WOODS and Elizabeth MIDDLETON, on 12 October 1792 in Franklin, Virginia.^3,4,5,6

Death*

Agnes Anne HAIRSTON died about December 1809 in Franklin, Virginia.

Death Spouse*

Her husband, John Woods, died about December 1809.

Family

John WOODS b. a 1765, d. a Dec 1809

Children

Robert Tennent WOODS+ d. 1850
Peter Middleton WOODS+
Elizabeth Hairston WOODS+ b. 5 Oct 1793, d. a 1875
Col. Citizen Stovall WOODS+ b. a 1798, d. 8 Dec 1865
Samuel WOODS b. 26 May 1798
George Hairston WOODS+ b. a 1802, d. 1855

Charts

Descendant Chart
Descendant Chart Box

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

[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.
[S3131] Salmon, John S, and Emily J. Salmon. Franklin County, Virginia, 1786-1986: A Bicentennial History. Rocky Mount, Va: Franklin County Bicentennial Commission, 1993. Print., Personal Collection - printed book.
[S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940 https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13164, Ancestry.com.
[S143] Bible - Robert Hairston 1755-1844. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, together with the Apocrypha: Translated Out of the Originial Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised.... Philadelphia, Printed and Published by M. Carey, 1817. State Archives North Carolina 400.1.1.982.
[S152] Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Virginia Marriages to 1800. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia., Ancestry.com.
[S265] Woods, Weightsill Arno, Short History of Descendants and Allied Families of Robert Woods of Ireland, W. W. Kinloch, University of Wisconsin, 1909 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89082592569, Hathi Trust Digital Library.

Last Edited

22 Jun 2024