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1832-1836 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1832-1836 Tax Book - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If...
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1821-1825 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1821-1825 Tax Book - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes:Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds.Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text.If you have information...
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1837-1839 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1837-1839 Tax Book - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Civil District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes:Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds.Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text.If you have information...
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Court Records

1811-1815 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area

1811-1815 Tax Book - Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes:Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds.Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text.If you have information...
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200th Posted Article on Haston History and Related Topics

200 Posts and Counting - With Many More to Come Browse through the Entire Collection And Many, Many More! What Haston-Related People, Family Lines, or Topics Would You Like to Know More About? If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter...
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Places of Historic Interest

Haston Big Spring – alias Swamp Spring

How BIG is the Haston Big Spring Branch When the Hastons moved (late 1803 or early 1804) to what became White County, TN in 1806, Daniel Haston located his cabin on a hill above the emergence (springhead) of what was then called "the Big Spring Branch."  It soon became known...
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Special Topics

If It Is Not Documented

Basic Rule of Recording History = Valid Documentation! The "Beyond Family Lore" Series Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain't Documented, it Ain't History Wayne's Rant As a Ph.D. student at the University of Tennessee, I was required to take a collection of courses...
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Legacy of Service Honor Gallery

Hasting – Howard Hillman

1905 - 2003 Howard Hillman Hasting, Sr. 1960 Army Register, Vol. 1, Page 457 Rank and Branch of Military Colonel, U.S. Army Years of Service Graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point in 1928. Separated from the armed service in 1931, he practiced law in Arkansas until he...
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Seven Major Errors in Early Haston Genealogy Documents

Seven Major Errors in Early Haston Genealogical Documents The "Beyond Family Lore" Series Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain't Documented, it Ain't History There is much to appreciate about Haston family members of earlier generations who sincerely sought to discover and record the...
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Stories

Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston

Part 1 - The Killing of Woodville Haston Part 1 - The Killing of Woodville Haston Part 2 - Kin Maynard, Guilty or Not Guilty? December 17, 1897 - Woodville Haston Shot and Killed Nashville Banner - December 21, 1897, page 4 The above article says "Maynard's horse returned without...
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Legacy of Service Honor Gallery

Haston – Richard Dale

1924 - 2010 Richard Dale Haston Rank and Branch of Military E-6, Navy Years of Service 1941-1945 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service RTC San Diego, CA - Served aboard the USS Hammondsport AKV-2 Military Schools Attended Anti Aircraft Training Center - San Diego, CA 2nd and 3rd endorsements -...
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Legacy of Service Honor Gallery

Haston – Howard D.

1947 -  Howard D. Haston Rank and Branch of Military Navy, E-5 Years of Service 1965 - 1971 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Machinist Mate "A" School - NTC Great Lakes, Illinois to Naval Nuclear Power School ( Phase I ) at Mare Island, Vallejo, CA to Nuclear Power...
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Notable Hastons

William Lester Haston – Victim of WWI Gas Warfare

William Lester Haston, Sr. - Victim of WWI Poison Gas Warfare Part 1 - Military Service The Story of a WWI (Haston) Veteran Who Ultimately Gave His Life for Our Country Part 1 - World War 1 Experiences Part 2 - Tragic Post-War Death Not all soldiers who give their...
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Places of Historic Interest

1890 Northern Van Buren County, TN

1890 - Key Features of Interest to Hastons & Many Other Families This map was created about 86 years after Daniel Haston settled on the Big Spring Branch in what became the Cummingsville community.  Daniel's son, David Haston, died only 30 years prior to the map's creation.  The natural geographical...
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Three Stage of Daniel Haston Family Research

The Evolution of Research on the Daniel Haston Family Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain't Documented, it Ain't History I don't know when members of the Daniel Haston FAMILY began to develop an interest in discovering the historical story of Daniel Haston's life...
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Haston Family Mini-Reunions

Let Us Help You Organize & Promote Your Haston Mini-Reunion As I got older, the reunions became rarer and much smaller in attendance. The older folks who did all of the organizing were passing away, and the younger family members were not interested in keeping these gathering going. By the...
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Events Stories

Slicker War in Missouri

The Slicker War of Missouri And the Family of Isham Bradley, Friend of the Haston Family "Isham Hobbs was a noted character, and probably the worst desperado ever on the borders." Isham Hobbs (probably born in White County, TN) was the namesake grandson of Isham Bradley, a very close friend...
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Haston FAMILY Highlights of 2022

Looking Back at our 2022 Daniel Haston Family Association Highlights 1. July 22-23 Haston Family Reunion Our first-ever Daniel Haston Family Association all-Hastons reunion was a remarkable success.  About 150 registered from 17 states--all across the USA.  Saturday was an unusually hot and humid day, even for July in Tennessee,...
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Help Finding Your Place in the Daniel Haston Family

Help Tracing You Back to Daniel Haston If you are a "Haston" or related to a Haston, chances are you are a member of the Daniel Haston FAMILY, that is scattered in all or most all of the United States.  I have to add the "chances are" caveat because there...
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Hiestands in Switzerland

The Message of the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms

The Message Behind the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms Augmentation of arms is a term describing an addition to a coat of arms at a later date, after the original coat of arms was created.  Historically, augmentations were issued by a monarch as either a mere mark of favor or...
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