Hordsville Plantation Hordsville was built in 1836 by George Hairston, Jr. and Louisa Hardyman Hairston.

It is located near Stanleytown on the old Carolina Post Road between Bassett and Fieldale and is a …

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Married to Louisa Hardyman in 1811. Member of the Virginia Legislature longer than any member before or since. Both are located between Martinsville and Danville, on the Dan River near the Virginia-North Carolina border. Half brother of Bethenia Pannill. Copyright © 1996-2020 by Robert E. Hairston, Jr. All rights reserved. There is a problem with your email/password. Proudly created with. Please contact Find a Grave at support@findagrave.com if you need help resetting your password. Wife of Maj. J.T.W. Additional information: As a young woman Bettie, who was the cousin of J.E.B. He was the son of George Hairston and Elizabeth Perkins Letcher. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. With George Waller came his brother-in-law Mordecai Hord, who acquired a like estate, adjoining the Waller plantation, which he called "Hordsville" and which has for the past 140 years been the home of one branch of the Hairston family.

AKA: "Old Rusty" Born: 1784 - Hordsville Plantation, Henry Co., VA Died: 1865 Buried: We have set your language to This photo was not uploaded because this cemetery already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this cemetery. To begin one's tour of this beautiful old home we see the soapstone walk which has been worn down by a century of use, huge wooden doors held together with pegs, and a lovely hand-carved circular staircase leading to the third floor. Marshall's brothers, Samuel and George, built Oak Hill (circa 1825) and Hordsville (1836), respectively. Several other Hairston plantations, their houses now demolished, live on in the names of towns, roads, and communities around Martinsville: Chatmoss, Leatherwood, Magna Vista, and Camp Branch. Search for an exact birth/death year or select a range, before or after. Hordsville, built in 1836 for George "Rusty" Hairston II, is located north of Martinsville in Stanleytown. Starting in 1730, when Peter Hairston and his four sons arrived from Scotland, the Hairstons amassed a vast tobacco farming empire that eventually encompassed 45 plantations and farms in four states. Also nearby is Windsor, a 20-room mansion begun in 1850, built for Ruth Stovall Hairston when she married Samuel Pannill Wilson. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection.

An oil portrait of George Hairston once dominated the living room, but this portrait is now owned by Louisa Breeden. based on information from your browser. By the Civil War the Hairstons had substantial landholdings in the Virginia counties of Henry, Pittsylvania, Patrick, and Franklin, in the North Carolina counties of Stokes, Davie, and Davidson, and in Mississippi.