Elizabeth HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#402, d. about 1837
Father*Robert HAIRSTON1,2 b. b 1724, d. b 2 Jun 1791
Mother*Ruth STOVALL3 b. a 1731, d. 3 Mar 1808
Elizabeth HAIRSTON was the daughter of Robert HAIRSTON and Ruth STOVALL.1,2,3 
Marriage*Elizabeth HAIRSTON married Michael ROWLAND, son of Andrew ROWLAND and Ruth NORMAN, about 20 June 1778 in Henry, Virginia. Michael ROWLAND registered a bond to marry Elizabeth HAIRSTON, daughter of Robert HAIRSTON and Ruth STOVALL, on 20 Jun 1778 in Henry County, Virginia. His brother Baldwin Rowland was the security.4,5,6,7,8,3,9,10
WillIn Robert HAIRSTON's will dated 26 May 1790 in Franklin, Virginia, Elizabeth HAIRSTON was named as an heir; Robert's daughter Sarah "Sally" Hairston died before his will was written.1,11
DeedShe is mentioned in the property documents of Michael ROWLAND and Gen. George Stovall HAIRSTON on 16 December 1801 in Franklin, Virginia; On 16 December 1801, Michael and Elizabeth Rowland sell to George Hairston a tract of land in Franklin County that was willed to Michael and Elizabeth Rowland by Elizabeth's father Robert Hairston. John Rowland and George Hairston Jr. witnessed the deed. - Franklin County Deed Book 5, page 63. FSL #7898085 image 44.
Census 1820Elizabeth HAIRSTON listed in the household of Michael ROWLAND in 1820 in Lee, Virginia; Roland, Michal - males: 16-25 1, 45+ 1, females: 45+ 1, slaves 2. George Roland is listed on same census page in alpabetical order.12
Deed*25 November 1820 - Michael and Elizabeth Rowland give and grant to their daughter Jenny Litteral a slave named Charlotte. - Lee County Deed Book 3, pages 434-435. FSL #7897235, image 707-708.13
Tax Rolls*Elizabeth Rowland appears on the 1829 Lee County personal property tas list. - FSL #7849145 image 479. 
Tax RollsElizabeth Rowland appears on the 1830 Lee County personal property tax list. - FSL #7849146 image 32.
Tax RollsElizabeth Rowland appears on the 1836 Lee County personal property tax list. - FSL #7849146 image 211.
Death*Elizabeth HAIRSTON died about 1837. Based on 1837 Lee County tax rolls as listing Elizabeth Rowland Estate. 
Tax RollsThe Estate of Elizabeth Rowland is listed in the 1837 Lee County Tax Rolls. FSL #7849146 image 242.

Family

Michael ROWLAND b. a 1755, d. bt 1821 - 1825
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [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.
  2. [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
  3. [S3047] Meador, George H. - Dunbar Rowland et al. : Adams, Alexander, Beard, Brewer, Bryan, Burton, Clark, Cooper, Hairston, Hampton, Hatcher, Lewis, Moorman, Norman, Smith, Stovall, Reynolds, Taylor and Wade : Mississippi census of 1850, Rolen, Roland, Rolland and Rowland. Call #929.2/R883m, Mississippi Department of Archives & History, Jackson, Mississippi.
  4. [S67] Dodd, Virginia Anderson, Henry County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds, 1778-1849, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenvile, S.C. 1955.
  5. [S152] Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Virginia Marriages to 1800. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia., Ancestry.com.
  6. [S3076] Virginia Marriage Records, From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly; Indexed by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1984, Ancestry.com.
  7. [S145] Pedigo, Virginia G. and Pedigo, Lewis Gravely. History of Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia - Genealogical Publishing Co., 1933 available on ancestry.com - CAUTION - this book was written in 1933 and has many errors regarding the Hairston family., Personal Collection - printed book.
  8. [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.
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  10. [S3073] Hill, Judith Parks America, A History of Henry County, Virginia : With Biographical Sketches of Its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a Hundred of Its Oldest Families, Press of Bulletin Printing and Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1925 - Henry County, Va. (THERE ARE MANY ERRORS IN THIS BOOK) Ancestry.com.
  11. [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.
  12. [S1820] 1820 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  13. [S3329] Rowland, Michael and Elizabeth, Deed 25 Nov 1820, Lee County, Virginia, Deed Book 3, page 434. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia.
  14. [S3068] Will of John Rowland - 1780 - Henry County, Virginia Will Book 1, page 37-39. Family Search Library Film #7645134, images 29-30.,Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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