Author Archives: Wayne Haston

24 – David Haston Cut Tails Off a Neighbor’s Horned Cows Some of us Haston boys have been known for mischief.  Just ask people who knew us while we wereContinue reading “24 – Daniel’s Son David Haston Cut Tails Off a Neighbor’s Cows”

23 – Daniel Haston Family, South of the “Holston” River Opposite Knoxville, TN Daniel and family lived in the Knoxville, TN area for about 10 years. There is a lotContinue reading “23 – Daniel Haston Family – South of Holston River, Opposite Knoxville, TN”

Two of Daniel Haston’s Siblings in South Central, KY The Mill Creek Meeting House Near Tompkinsville, KY. Built in 1804. Abraham Hiestand’s (Hestand’s) Path Ends in South Central KY JohnContinue reading “22- Two of Daniel Haston’s Siblings in South Central KY”

21 – Daniel Haston Voted in Favor of the State of Franklin So, our Daniel was a “Franklinite” The yellow county – Washington County – is where Abraham Hiestand livedContinue reading “21 – Daniel Haston Votes in Favor of the State of Franklin”

20 – Abraham and Daniel in the “Overmountain” of NC For approximately 10 to 15 years, Henry Hiestand’s “boys”–Daniel and his older brother Abraham–lived in the “Overmountain” region of WesternContinue reading “20 – Abraham and Daniel Hiestand in the “Overmountain” Wilderness of NC”

19 – Abraham and Daniel Hiestand Settle in the “Carolinas” Headed for “the Carolinas” When the earliest post-Revolution settlers left their homes in places like Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia andContinue reading “19 – The Hiestand Brothers – Abraham and Daniel – Settle in Western North Carolina”

18 – The Mysterious Daniel MG. Hastings Mortality List Card The “1830 Revolutionary War Mortality Listing” Card In the early 1970s, Dwight Haston discovered the little card that you seeContinue reading “18 – The Mysterious Daniel MG Hastings “Mortality List” Card”

Thomas Archer – an Eccentric Man from Guilford County, NC Who Ended Up With 640 Acres from Military Bounty Land Warrant #2344 This is #3 in a sequence of 3Continue reading “17b – Thomas Archer – the Eccentric Man from Guilford County, NC Who Ended Up with Warrant #2344”

17a – The “Guilford County Four” And the Epicenter of 1785 Land Fraud – James Glasgow’s “Fairfield” Plantation This is #2 in a sequence of 3 articles.  You should readContinue reading “17a – The “Guilford County Four” and Rev War Land Grant Proceedings at Fairfield Plantation”

The “Daniel Haston” Rev War Land Grant Legal or Fraudulent? 640 acres in Houston County, TN (west of Nashville) were granted to Thomas Archer, based on Revolutionary War Land GrantContinue reading “17 – The “Daniel Haston” Revolutionary War Land Grant”