1902 Sparta (TN) Expositor Supplement (60 pages) White County and Sparta, TN history and "What the town and county were like" 120 years ago. Be patient when downloading - it's a LARGE document (668 KB). Download the Document If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might...

Montgomery Greenville Haston Farm The Core of M.G. Haston's 1858 Farm - Today a Tennessee Century Farm On November 3, 1858, Montgomery G. Haston (grandson of David Haston, Great Grandson of Daniel) bought four tracts of land (1,163 acres more or less) from Nathan Durham for $900.[i]  The land was...

Three (+1) D.L. Hastons - Contemporaries in Van Buren Co, TN What were their parents thinking? David La-van'-der HastonYou will see this "L" name spelled "Levander" & "Lavender" and etc., but I'm fairly confident it is was Lavander for all three men.In 1848, a baby born in the Haston Big...

Birth 1946 - Rank and Name of Veteran's Service Rank and Branch of Military E-8 Air Force1966-1978Switched from Air Force to Department of the Army Civilian ( DAC)Retired GS15 Years of Service 1966-1978 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Amarillo, Texas Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles Army War...

Robert Owen Duncan's Service Born 1957 Rank and Branch of Military E-7 in the United States Air Force Years of Service 1975-2000 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Lackland, Chanute, Shaw, Kadena, Hill, Nellis Kunsan, Eielson, Ellsworth AFB’s Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family Descendant of Daniel's son, Isaac Haston/Hastings...

1925-2020 Sergeant Horace H. "Ace" Haston's Service Rank and Branch of Military Sergeant and a Crew Chief in the United States Army Air Corps Years of Service 1943-1946 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Training at Mountain Home, Idaho Army Air Field, combat Crew Training Station (heavy); Aerial Gunner, Clark...

Major Bob Haston - Near-Death Post-War Ejection On an Airfield Tarmac in Lincoln, Nebraska Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection Early Post-War Life January of 1946 after their December 22, 1945 Marriage...

Major Bob Haston - Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft III Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection German POW Camp Stalag Luft III North Compound of German POW Camp - Stalag Luft...

Major Bob Haston - The Disaster of Mission #17 Shot Down, Severely Burned, 5 Crewmen Captured, 5 Killed Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection Lt. Bob Haston's Crew (Bob is 3rd from...

Major Bob Haston - The "Distinguished Flying Cross" Experience Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection What Did it Mean to "Catch Flak" in an Aerial Assault? German 88mm Flak Anti-Aircraft Gun The...

Major Bob Haston, WW II Hero - The Silver Dollar Story Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection When the war started, he wanted to sign up immediately but his mother thought he...

Stories of a World War II Haston Hero - His Haston Family Roots Lieutenant (later Major) Robert "Bob" Weldon Haston The following links will be activated, as his stories are posted throughout the "Memorial Month" of May. Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission...

Daniel Haston Homesite - c. 1804 & On The Daniel Haston Farm Remained in the Haston Family for More than 150 Years 35°48'04.85" N 85°26'38.00" W The Site of the Daniel Haston Cabin-Home The current house is probably the location of the original Daniel Haston cabin-home The Haston Big Spring...

Charles Thomas & Elliot Selina Morgan Haston - Family Reunion The Hickory Valley Hastons Sunday - July 24, 2022 The day following the Daniel Haston Family Reunion Why the Picture of this Little Fire Department? You are probably asking yourself Due to the potential of Tennessee July HEAT, we have...

Isaac T. (Sr.) & Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Family Children of Isaac T. and Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Isaac T. Haston's 1853/1854 Grant #11561 from TN for 215 Acres Isaac T. Haston's survey says he purchased 215 acres, but when the survey "calls" are followed as stated on the survey, it's clear...

Isaac T. & Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Family Cemetery Cummingsville of Van Buren County, Tennessee History of the Haston Cemetery Isaac T. Haston was the next-to-the-youngest son of David and Peggy Roddy Haston.  Although he was a grandson of Daniel Haston, Isaac T. was born (March 28, 1827) about a year...

"I'm Proud of My Country Roots" Wayne Haston About 1951 - Left to right: My Dad (Boyd Haston), sister Marilyn, me (Wayne), cousin Mickey McWilliams, and of course - the mule. In the photo above, you are looking west toward the "Mitchell [or Dodson] Bridge" and Fraizer's Chapel Methodist Church...

Lots to Share and Learn at the Daniel Haston FAMILY Reunion July 22-23, 2022 in White County, TN Since this page was first published, we have added three more Interest Centers:The Burritt College Museum in Spencer, TN - Bonnie Adcock, the Director of the museum will be present Saturday morning...

Big Fork Cemetery One of the Oldest Church Cemeteries in or Near White Co, TN - 200+ Years Like so many old cemeteries, for years the Big Fork Cemetery was covered with broken tombstones, fallen trees, waist-high grass, shoulder-high bushes, active groundhog dens, and God-only-knows how many copperheads. After conducting an...

Big Fork Baptist Church The Earliest Baptist Church in White County, TN The Big Fork Baptist Church was hidden from local historians for many years.  Most people who visit the Big Fork Cemetery in what is now Cummingsville, TN have no idea that there was a church there in the...