Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#396, b. 10 November 1830, d. 24 July 1914
Father*Samuel HAIRSTON1,2 b. 19 Nov 1788, d. 2 Mar 1875
Mother*Agnes John Peter WILSON b. 22 Dec 1801, d. 12 Mar 1880
Birth*Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON was born on 10 November 1830 in Oak Hill, Pittsylvania, Virginia. 
She was the daughter of Samuel HAIRSTON and Agnes John Peter WILSON.1,2 
Marriage*Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON married Major Samuel Hardin HAIRSTON, son of Hardin HAIRSTON and Sarah "Sally" Stovall STAPLES, on 13 June 1849 in Crawford, Lowndes, Mississippi.3 
Census 1850Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON appeared on the 1850 census of Samuel HAIRSTON on 1 November 1850 in Pittsylvania, Virginia; Samuel Hairston 61, Agnes 48, Ruth Wilson 21, Alice Hairston 19, Samuel H Hairston 28, Samuel P Wilson 25, Agnes Wilson 1 - Farmer with $80,000 real estate.1
Census 1860Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON appeared on the 1860 census of Major Samuel Hardin HAIRSTON on 27 June 1860 in Henry, Virginia; Saml H Hairston 38 VA, Alice 29 VA, Hardin 2 VA.4

 
WillAlice "Alcey" HAIRSTON was mentioned in the will of Ruth Stovall HAIRSTON on 7 April 1866 in Berry Hill, Pittsylvania, Virginia; Mentions: Peter W. Hairston (1819-1886), Ruth Stoval Hairston (1827-1889), Samuel Pannill Wilson (1822-1894), Alice Alcey Hairston (1830-1914), Samuel Hardin Hairston (1822-1870), Ruth H. Wilson (daughter of Samuel and Ruth Wilson), William Lash Hairston (1863-1927), Samuel Hairston (1788-1875), Agnes John Peter Wilson (1801-1880) and deceased George Hairston (1822-1866).5
Census 1870*Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON appeared on the census of 3 July 1870 in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, Alice Hairston 39, S. Harden 12, M.R. 6, Sally S. 2.6

Census 1880*She appeared on the census of 7 June 1880 in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, Alcei 49 VA, Harden 22 VA (Tobacconist), Ruth 16 VA.7

 
Census 1900*She appeared on the census of 1900, Alcey living with Hardin and his wife Delphne.8

 
Will*She left a will on 15 December 1903 in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia; copy of will recorded in Stokes County, North Carolina, Wills Vol 5-7, page 406-407.9 
Census 1910She appeared on the 1910 census of Samuel Hardin HAIRSTON Jr in April 1910 in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia.10

 
Death*Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON died on 24 July 1914 in Chatmoss Plantation, Henry, Virginia, at age 83. 
Burial*She was buried in Berry Hill Plantation, Pittsylvania, Virginia.11

 

Family

Major Samuel Hardin HAIRSTON b. 13 Apr 1822, d. 27 Apr 1870
Children
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S1850] 1850 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  2. [S24] Hall, Wm. Kearney 1918-. Descendants of Nicholas Perkins of Virginia. 1957 Ann Arbor, Michigan.
    https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89069618338, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  3. [S55] Harden Hairston Family Bible, 1750-1908. The Holy Bible containing The Old & New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues,.....J. Holbrook's Sterotype Copy., Eighth Edition, Brattleborough, (Vt.), 1817, Library of Virginia - http://www.lva.virginia.gov
  4. [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  5. [S3673] Will of Ruth Stovall Hairston - 7 April 1866 - Will was written in Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1866 and Ruth died in same county. Copies were also filed in Stokes County, North Carolina and Haywood County, Tennessee. PDF copy of Stokes County, NC filing is attached. Haywood County, Tennessee Will Book I, page 336. Family History Library Film #00477660, image 205-207., Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  6. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  7. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  8. [S1900] 1900 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  9. [S3064] Will of Alcey Hairston - 1903 - Stokes County, North Carolina, Wills Volumn 5-7, page 406-407.
  10. [S1910] 1910 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  11. [S14] Berry Hill Plantation Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Last Edited14 Jun 2024