Hastons in Court - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 139 Entries April 1840 - May 1855 Van Buren County, TN County Court Minutes (From TSLA - Van Buren County, TN MF Roll #14) Year of 1840 Page Name Summary 1 Isham B. Haston He was one of the original...
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Haston Family History Blog Articles
Big Fork Cemetery – Repairs and Improvements (August 2025)
Honoring the 389 Local Folks Buried in This 200+ Year Old Graveyard Haston - Cummings - Stipes - Crawley - Shockley - Moore - Madewell - Denney - Whitley - Creely - Huddleston - Others Thanks to Jean Ann Haston Hall and her Crew - Rickie and Angel Branscum, Jared...
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1894 – Hastons in the News
1894 - Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the "now" online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible...
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Claire Aufrance – Historical Achievement
NC Appraisal Board Claire has been a member of the Daniel Haston Family Association Core Leadership Team from the beginning of the association. One day, 20+ years ago, I received an email from Claire which said something like this, "I am a descendant of Jeremiah Haston, who was the son...
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William Haston – Kansas City, MO Gunfight
Jealousy + Alcohol + Guns = Bloodshed William Carl HastonDaniel Haston > Isaac Haston/Hastin > William Carroll Hastin > Oliver Hazard Perry Hastin > William Carl Haston. William Carl Haston, the shooter in this incident, was the grandson of William Carroll Haston/Hastin, who died in Cass Township of Greene County, MO,...
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1893 – Hastons in the News
1893 - Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the "now" online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible...
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1891-1892 Hastons in the News
1891-1892 - Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the "now" online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible...
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1886-1890 Hastons in the News
1886-1890 - Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the "now" online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible...
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Haston – John Grady
1943 - 2015Parents: John T. Haston and Josie L Hitchcock Haston John Grady Haston Rank and Branch of Military SSGT (Staff Sergeant, E-6) Marine Corps Years of Service 1961-1971 = 10 years, 7 months, & 4 days Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Basic Training at Parris Island, S.C. Third...
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1881-1885 Hastons in the News
1881-1885 - Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the "now" online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible...
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Hastons in the News – 1876-1880
1876-1880 - Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the "now" online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible...
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Hastons in the News – 1866-1875
1866-1875 - Interesting Facts and Stories Previously Unknown Following the Civil War, there was a rapid increase in the number of newspapers. And descendants of Daniel Haston continued to migrate westward, in areas where newspapers were published. Thanks to the "now" online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting...
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Hastons in the News –
200+ Years of Hastons in Newspapers 1800-1865 Subscription to Newspaper.com required to open the newsletters. Exception: Genealogybank.com required for the 1833 article If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book - Or, See...
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Planning a Hiestand Tour in Canton Zurich, Switzerland
Visit the Original Homeland of Your Hiestand (Haston) Ancestors Historical Background for Your Hiestand Tour in Switzerland This book contains 100+ pages (Chapters 2, 3, and 4) of historical background that will make your Hiestand visit to Switzerland MUCH more meaningful, plus nearly 300 pages of additional information on the...
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Haston – William Lester, Sr.
1892 - 1923 William Lester Haston, Senior Rank and Branch of Military Private 1st Class, U.S. Army Years of Service May 24, 1918 - September 25, 1919 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Basic training at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, after induction - less than three months of training. Embarked...
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Elwood Haston WW2 Rolex
Elwood Haston's WW2 Wrist Watch World War II Rolex WatchesComposed by Vincent DeschampsIn a few of the articles I’ve written on the subject of WWII watches I mentioned that Switzerland remained neutral during World War II and that many of the brands we now cherish made watches for both the...
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Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston Book Review
Book Review - The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston Order Copies of the Book - Or, See More Information and Preview the Contents If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book - Or,...
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Confederate Brigadier General Philip Dale Roddy
Probable Nephew of David and Peggy RODDY Haston Background On January 19, 1805 the Knox County, TN Court: "Ordered that Philip Roddy as orphan now at the age of fourteen years be bound apprentice to John Webb until he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and agreeably to the...
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Haston History Books – Library Distribution Project
Haston History Book to Every Place Daniel Haston Descendants Live or Have Lived Haston History Book to Libraries ProjectBest option: We will ship the book to you if you will hand-deliver it to the library.But (for our records) let us know the name and address of the library. Complete the...
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Some Famous Early Americans Our Hiestands and Hastons Were Associated With – Part 2
Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 2 General/President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) Daniel Haston's paths may have crossed Andrew Jackson's multiple times in Upper East, TN, and afterward in Knoxville, TN. They were contemporaries in Washington County, TN, in the 1780s, 1788 for sure. Even after Jackson...
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