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Timeline for Known Events in the Life of Daniel Haston |
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About 1750 |
A
purported birth year:* The birth year of 1735 appears on Daniel's
grave maker in the Big Fork Cemetery. This 1735 date was taken from an
A purported birth year: The birth year of 1735 appears on Daniel's grave
maker in the Big Fork Cemetery. This 1735 date was taken from an 1830
Mortality Listing file compiled from a Survey of Revolutionary War
Veterans for Pension Purposes. The file was found in a library in
Arkansas by Dwight Haston. Since Daniel was deceased by the time the
pension survey was taken, the information probably was reported by a
living member of his family. There are serious reasons to doubt that the
birth date is accurate, due to the dates of birth of Daniel's known
children (1777 and later).
Birth date:*
Daniel's approximate birth year of 1750 can be determined by other
means: A 1750-ish birth date would fit some of the other things that we know about his life, such as the birth dates of his children and his 1773 marriage date. Perhaps the person who supplied for the 1830 Rev War veterans mortality record was guessing at his age.
If Daniel was born in about 1750, it is likely that he was born in what is now Page County, VA. His father purchased land there in 1743. But, historical records indicate that the Swiss-German settlers of that area did temporarily remove themselves back to Pennsylvania during part of the 1754-1763 French and Indian War, due to deadly Indian raids in parts of western Virginia (particularly the Massanutten region where the Heinrich Hiestand family lived). So it is possible that Daniel was born in Pennsylvania. |
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1773 |
Marriage:
A "Danl. Histand" married (or signed a marriage bond to marry)
Christina Nave in Dunmore County, VA on September 28, 1773.* Dunmore
County was created from Frederick County in 1772 and became Shenandoah
County in 1778. Page County was formed largely from this county in
1831. Given the time and the location, this was very probably the
"Daniel Hiestand/Haston" to whom this website is dedicated. *Sources: Shenandoah County, VA Marriage Bonds, 1772-1788, microfilm reel #64 [but not on reel #68] (available from The Library of Virginia). Shenandoah County Marriage Bonds: 1772 - 1850 by John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr. (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Company, 1984). Read more in-depth information regarding this marriage record.
See "Daniel's Wife" page on this site for more information related to the known clues and speculation regarding the wife of Daniel Haston.
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1775 |
Dunmore County, VA Census: Daniel
Heaston & his household appeared on this census,
just below the entry for Abram Heaston's household. Daniel was the only
male over 16 years of age in the household; there were no males under
16; there were three females in the household. At this time, Daniel
probably lived in the upper (southern) end of
Powell's Fort Valley on
the Massanutten Mountain at this time. Source: Mss3 D9217 a 16-20 from Dunmore County, VA Committee of Safety; available from the Virginia Historical Society. |
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| 1775-1783 |
Revolutionary War:
North Carolina Revolutionary War land grant #2344 was assigned to a
"Daniel Haston" for service in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War.* This grant conveyed 640 acres, which was the
appropriate amount of land granted to a private who served for 84 months
(or from the time he mustered until the end of war). There are some
serious doubts as to whether or not this grant was legitimate. The man
who issued the "Daniel Haston" land grant, William Faircloth, was later
found to be guilty of many cases of fraud in the issuing of similar land
grants. And it is hard to reconcile the high probability that our Daniel
Haston was living in northern Virginia in the late 1770s with a land
grant issued by the state of North Carolina for military service
rendered at that time. *Source: NC Grant # 2344 (as per the grant itself, but some secondary sources say # 2345). |
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| 1775 | Daniel's name not on military list for
Dunmore County, VA - but "Abraham Haston" is on the list. The name
"Abraham Haston" [brother and close-neighbor of Daniel Hiestand, in
Powell's Fort Valley] does appear on military list under the command of
Capt. Joseph Bowman for the lower district of Dunmore (Shenandoah)
County, VA but the name "Daniel Haston" does not appear on the list. At
least some of the men on this list lived in Powell's Fort Valley, near
where Abraham and Daniel lived. Does this mean that Daniel
Hiestand/Haston was away from his Powell Fort Valley (Dunmore/Shenandoah
County, VA) home at that time? The date of this military listing,
apparently, was 1775. Source: Page 604 of Revolutionary War Records - Virginia by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh (reprinted in 2008 by the Genealogical Publishing Company of Baltimore, MD). |
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In 1775, Jacob, Peter, and John Hiestand (and brother-in-law, Andrew Gimlin) were members of the Michael Reader militia company and Abraham was a member of the Joseph Bowman militia company (different companies because Abraham lived in Powell's Fort Valley and the other three lived on the South Fork Shenandoah River property). But Daniel's name does not appear on either of the local militia rosters - the only son of Henry who does not seem to have been a member of a local militia company. But, according to the November 1775 Dunmore County, VA census, Danl. Heastan's name appears on the census for the Powell's Fort area. Would this indicate that Daniel was officially a resident of Dunmore County, VA but was not living there at this time? |
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1776 October 11 or 1778 January 21 |
Daniel Hestant/Heston and Abraham Hestant
were identified with surveys of land adjacent to Teter Clem's 141 acres near the head of
Passage Creek in Powell's Big Fort. It is not clear if the
identification of Daniel and Abraham's location should be associated
with the October 11, 1776 or the January 21, 1778 date. Since this
is a record of a survey we assume it would be the former date, but that
is not clear in the abstract. Source: Page 4 of Volume III (1710-1780) -- Abstracts of Virginia's Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys Dunmore, Shenandoah, Culpepper, Prince William, Fauquier and Stafford Counties compiled by Peggy Shomo Joyner (Portsmouth, VA: self published, 1986. |
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1777 March 6 |
Birth of David Haston:* Daniel's oldest known son was born early
in the Revolutionary War years. It seems a bit unusual that David was
born in VA (according to his own statement in the 1850 Van Buren County,
TN census) during the Revolutionary War IF his father fought for the
North Carolina army during the same war. That would not have been
impossible, in that it was common for regiments from one state to
recruit heavily from bordering states. But it does cast doubt as to
whether or not the North Carolina land grant (#2344) was assigned to our
Daniel Haston. *Source: David Haston's Bible records. --------- Note: A published biographical sketch of Daniel Haston's grandson, William Carroll Haston, says that there were thirteen children in Daniel's family. If that is accurate, there are several of his children that have never been identified by Haston family researchers. |
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1777 March 25 |
Daniel Witnessed Frederick Gimlin Estate
Settlement: Daniel and Jacob Hiestant (and Andrew Gimlin)
witnessed a Shenandoah County court document related to the death of
Frederick Gimlin (father of Andrew Gimlin). Daniel and Jacob both signed their first names
in English and their surnames in the old German script. This seems
to indicate that they were German-literate. Andrew was the husband
of Mary Magdalene Hiestand (Daniel's sister), married December 3, 1773 in Shenandoah
County, VA.
Source: March 25, 1777 Shenandoah County, VA document (need specific information).
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1779 May 18 |
Daniel Heston and Abraham Heston:
Apparently Daniel was living on his father's 400 acre Powell's Fort
Valley land in Shenandoah County adjacent to Teter Clem's 141 acre
tract. Source: (R-209) Page 34 of Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, Volume III 1775-1800 compiled by Gertrude E. Gray (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1993). |
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1780 January 9 |
Birth of Joseph Haston:* Daniel's next
oldest
known son was born in the middle of the Revolutionary War years.
Eight months earlier (see the May 18, 1779 timeline entry) Daniel was
living in Powell's Fort Valley (land owned by his father or his brother Abraham) which
was just west of and over the mountain top from where they grew up, so
this is probably where Joseph was born. *Source: A letter, dated September 4, 1978) from Dave R. Haston of Sparta, TN to Howard H. Hasting of San Antonio, TX indicated this as the date of Joseph's birth. Quote: "from family Bible of Joe Walker, Joseph Haston b 1-9-1780, m. Sarah Creely b. 11-7-1788" |
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1783 |
Daniel's Name On Shenandoah County, VA Tax List of
Alexander Hite: Daniel Heastin appears on this tax list as the head
of a household consisting of seven white people (and no black people).
If all of these people were members of his immediate family and his wife
was still living, then it would indicate that five children were born
into the family during the first ten years of Daniel's marriage.
Others mentioned on the list include: Abraham Heastin, Jacob Heastant,
John Heastant, Peter Heastant, and John Heaston (see the
"H"
section of the list). Abraham Heastin and Daniel Heastin
appear in the same section of the list. This is basically
consistent with the locations of their names on the
1775 tax list. But John
Heastant, Jacob Heastant, and Peter Heastant appear together further
down the list in what appears to have been another sublist. The
name John Heaston appears much further down the list, with no other
Heastin or Heastant or Heaston names near his (see the original ordering
of names on the
tax list of Alexander Hite). Source: 1783 Shenandoah County, VA Census of Alexander Hite ----------- Note: It appears that Daniel probably made Shenandoah County, VA the place of residence for his family during the Revolutionary War because... A. Records (see above in the timeline) indicate that he lived there before the war. B. David Haston's 1850 census record indicates that he (David) was born in Virginia in March of 1777. C. The war ended in April of 1783 and Daniel was a resident of Shenandoah County in that year. |
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1783 April 26 October 20 |
North Carolina's Land ("Land Grab") Act of
1783: As the Revolutionary War was approaching its official end
(which occurred with the September 3, 1783 signing of the Treaty of
Paris), on April 26, 1783 North Carolina passed the Land Act of 1783 -
often referred to as the "Land Grab Act" (in effect from October 20,
1783 until it was repealed on May 25, 1784). Was this land act an
incentive for Daniel to leave Shenandoah County, VA? There is no
documented evidence that he "grabbed" any land in western NC (now
eastern TN) at that time. Sources: EastTennesseeRoots.com and GenFiles.com |
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1785 - 1789 |
Birth of the Adair County, KY "Daniel
Haston": According to the 1810 Federal Census record (age
16-25) and compared to the Adair County, KY tax list (age over 21) for
the same year, this Daniel Easton (obvious typo for Heaston) was born in
the 1785-1789 time period. The surname is "Haston" on the Adair
County tax list. If this is a son of Daniel Haston (who was Henry
Hiestand's son) he would have been younger than David and Joseph and
older than Isaac, Jesse, and Jeremiah. And he would have been born
about the time or after the Daniel Hiestand/Haston family left Virginia
and before they moved to Knoxville, TN. Sources: 1810 Federal Census and 1810 Adair County, KY tax list. |
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| 1785 | Daniel's Name Not On the Shenandoah
County Census: Daniel Heastin / Heaston (and other similar
versions of the surname) was not named on the Shenandoah County census
for this year. Apparently, Daniel and Abraham Heastin / Heaston
(Haston) had moved away from Shenandoah County between 1783-1785.
The following names were included: Jacob Hastans, Jacob Heaston, Jr.,
and. Jno. Heaston (all in the Edwin Young list which was probably on the
east side of Massanutten Mountain in the area were Luray, VA is now
located). Source: Pages 218-234 of A History of Shenandoah County by John W. Wayland (Dayton, VA: C.J. Carrier Company, 2006). This book was originally published in 1926 by the Shenandoah Publishing House. |
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1785 September 29 |
NC Military
Land Grant Issued:* North
Carolina Revolutionary War land grant #2344 was issued on this day to a
"Daniel Haston" in Fairfield (Hyde County), NC. It was issued by Col.
William Faircloth, who served as a Lieutenant in the NC 10th Regiment
under Abraham Sheppard (see note below regarding Abraham Sheppard). The
man who issued the "Daniel Haston" grant, William Faircloth, was a
prominent figure in the Glasgow Land Fraud cases. Many of the land
grants he issued were later found to be fraudulent. The "Daniel Haston"
grant (#2344) was not mentioned in the Glasgow Land Fraud cases. See the "Daniel
Haston" signature for
this land grant.
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1785 September 30 |
Daniel Assigned Land Grant to Thomas Hays:
The Revolutionary War land grant #2344 was assigned to Thomas Hays the
day after it was issued to "Daniel Haston." It was not uncommon for
these land grants to be sold and reassigned to others. It was a long
way from where these grantees lived to where the land was located, thus
some of grantees took the easy money and forfeited their land to land
speculators. This transaction is recorded on the back of Daniel
Haston's land grant. Thomas Hays, in turn, assigned the land to Thomas
Archer on November 7, 1790 (? - year unclear). Source: NC Secretary of State Land Grant Records, Warrants, Surveys, and Related Documents, Tennessee County, TN, S.108.388; frames #721-725: File #201, Thomas Archer, assignee of Daniel Haston (Military Warrant No. 2344), 640 acres, Grant No. 1490, 4 jan 1791. Available from the NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC. |
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1786 August 18 |
Danl Heston Voted in Jonesborough (Washington, County):*
Washington County was in NC at this time, prior to the birth of Tennessee
as a state. It is interesting to note that Jo. Sevier appears 29
places down on this list. Also, a John Nave appears on the list. *Source: Tennessee Ancestors, Volume 5 (2), August 1989.
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| 1787 |
Danl Haston Appeared on a Taxpayer's list in Washington County:* A
"Danl Haston" appeared on a taxpayers list that included Abrm. Hastings,
Saml Hastings, Col John Sevier, and many others. This Danl Haston was
recorded as owning no land at that time. He was probably our Daniel
Haston. The Abrm. Hastings was probably the older brother of our Daniel
Haston. Abraham Hastings (son of Henry Hiestand) had a son named Daniel
but he was supposedly born in 1770 and would have only been 16 years old
at the time of the election of 1786 and 17 years old the time of this
tax list. A man by the name of Daniel Haston appeared in the Cherokee
Baptist Church near Jonesborough in Washington County in the early 1790s
and Big Pigeon Church in Cocke County, TN in the mid 1790s. We know
that he was not our Daniel, because he appeared in Cocke County at the
same time that our Daniel was in Knox County. This other Daniel Haston
was probably the son of Abraham and, thus, a nephew of our Daniel
Haston. Note: Daniel Haston does not appear on the 1791 Washington County tax list, although Abraham Heslin, junr, Abram Heeslin, senr (with the 223 acres) and Samuel Hestain do appear. (Source: Washington County, TN Records, Volume 1 by Mary Hardin McCown) This may indicate that the 1786/1787 Daniel Haston was the Daniel who moved to Knox County and White County--the subject of this website. *Source: Page 211 of Early East Tennessee Taxpayers compiled by Pollyanna Creekmore and published by The East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications (in Washington County section). |
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1789 May 18 |
Davidson County Military Grant:
A 640 acres military grant issued to Daniel "Huston" or "Haston" was
claimed by Joseph Ker. The name on the original document appears
to be "Daniel Haston." The land was located on the head
branches of
Gibsons Creek. This would have been north of the Cumberland
River, somewhere in or near Madison, Tennessee (suburb of Nashville).
Was this our Daniel Haston? Source: Page 253 of Earliest Tennessee Land Records by Irene M. Griffey. Original documents: File # 950, Grant # 967, Book 63, page 328. |
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| 1790 |
Catherine Haston born:* A copy of a
mimeographed document in the White County Library in Sparta, TN says that Catherine (who
married John Austin) was born in 1790. No place of birth is given.
Some Austin researchers have an earlier birth date for Catherine. *Source: From the "Haston" vertical file folder for Daniel Haston in the White County, TN public library. |
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1791 July 24 |
"Daniel Haston" Revolutionary War Land Grant Surveyed: The
"Daniel Haston" Revolutionary War military bounty land grant was
assigned to Thomas Hays the day after it was issued (see September 29 &
30, 1785 entries above). Thomas Hays assigned it to Thomas Archer, as
recorded on the back side and at the bottom of the original land grant
document, on November 7, 1790 (the year is unclear on the grant, but it
appears to be 1790). The land (640 acres) was
surveyed on July 24, 1791
and the grant was issued on January 4, 1792. Source: NC Secretary of State Land Grant Records, Warrants, Surveys, and Related Documents, Tennessee County, TN, S.108.388; frames #721-725: File #201, Thomas Archer, assignee of Daniel Haston (Military Warrant No. 2344), 640 acres, Grant No. 1490, 4 Jan 1791. Available from the NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Also, pages 193-194 of Book C-3, NC Land Grants (TN State Library & Archives Roll #6) Also, page 81 of Earliest Tennessee Land Records by Irene M. Griffey. |
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1791 August 8 |
Jury Duty in Washington County: Daniel Hasten
(or Hastin) was a juror on these cases: Meshack Hail vs. Nathan Arnold - Arnold was found guilty of something and was fined one penny and all court costs. David Owin vs. Nathan Watson - Watson was found guilty of something and was charged to pay one ? damages and all costs. Richard Keene vs. Edward Rue (or Rice) - Rue was found guilty of something and was charged to pay one ? damages and all costs. Waightstill Avery vs. George Barclay - Barclay was found guilty of something and was fined one penny damages and all costs. Other men on this jury: John Blair McMahon, John Tedlock, John Beane, Charles Rennoe, Benjamin Brown, John Carr, Charles McCray, George North, Nicholas Foos, Samuel Bayliss, James Cash, and John Gaut. Note: At this time, Washington County had already been reduced to a relatively small county (compared to its earlier size) of western NC, in what is now upper east Tennessee. Thus, Daniel Haston (if this was indeed the same Daniel Haston who moved to Knox and White counties in TN) was living at this time (August, 1791) in what we now know as upper east Tennessee, 60 miles or more away from and east of what became Knox County, where he appears on jury duty in 1795. But it is possible that the Daniel Hasten of this jury could have been the son of Abraham Hiestend, and not the Daniel Haston who later lived and died in White/Van Buren County, TN. If Abraham's son, Daniel, was born in 1770 (as some records approximate), he would have been just old enough in 1791 for jury duty. Source: Pages 112-113 of 1788-1793 (1791) book of county court minutes for Washington County (now TN). Roll #129 of TN State Library and Archives. |
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1794 February |
Jefferson County,
TN Bill of Sale: "A bill of sale from Abraham Hasten to Daniel
Hasten was proven in court and recorded" in Jefferson County, NC/TN.
Was this "Daniel" Abraham's son or his brother? The earliest record
we have of "Daniel Haston" (who later lived in Knox & White counties of
TN) in Knox County was the summer of 1795. Thus, it is possible that
Abraham sold some kind of items to Daniel Haston who moved to Knox County
sometime during the next few months. Source: Original page 43 (transcribed page 22) of Jefferson County, TN Minute Book, 1792-1798. |
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1794 October 17 |
Birth of Isaac Haston: Daniel's son,
Isaac, was born in McMinn County, TN (according to some unknown source) on
this date. A copy of a mimeographed document in the White County
Library "Haston" file indicates that Isaac was born in 1795. Source: Unknown ---- Note: The McMinn County, TN place of birth for Isaac Haston has not been documented, to our knowledge, and is probably inaccurate. |
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1795 June 8 - July |
Jury Duty in Knox County: Daniel (Hasting)
served on jury in the
United States vs Jacob Welker case in
Knoxville. Welker was tried for assault and battery, but was
acquitted. Knox County was still in NC at this time, because the
state of TN wasn't formed until 1796. Daniel (IF the 1791 Washington
County person is this same Daniel) had moved 60 miles or more west since
his 1791 jury duty in Washington County. Source: United States vs Jacob Welker; Book "O" (1792-17950; Rhea (attorney), Docket # 320/35. [Knox County, TN Archives] |
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1795 - 1797 April 20, 1795 to January, 1797 |
Daniel
Supported John Mattox in Court:
Daniel (Hastings/Hasland/Hasting/Haslon) puts up bond money ($250 total)
for John Mattox/Matton when Mattox took John Stone to court.
Apparently, Mattox had performed some work for Stone and was never paid
the 100 pounds that he was due. Mattox lost the case and the court
issued an order for Daniel to pay the bond. A few months after this case, John Stone took
Daniel Hastings to court. Source: John Stone vs John Matton, Knox County (TN) Court of Pleas and Quarterly Sessions (1795-1797); Docket # 383/378. |
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1796 January 2 |
Birth of Jesse Haston: In this, the same
year in which Tennessee became a state, Daniel's son, Jesse, was born,
probably in Knox County, TN. Source: Unknown |
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1796 April 26, 27, 29 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Haston served on the jury for
these cases: Reese Mordicia Mendenhall vs Alexander Carmichael &
Joseph Janes (see note 1 below) and
Annanias McCoy vs John Lusk and Elizabeth Ish Adm of John Ish,
dec'd vs John McDowell and Mesheck Tipton vs James Kerr (see
note 3 below) and McCormack & Liggett vs James Deal and
John Steel vs William Lowry and John Lowry (John Finley was also on this
jury) and John Null vs James Brock and George Mitchell vs
Stephen Duncan and Stephen Duncan vs Joseph Beard and
Samuel Gibson by his next friend &
Richard Gooden vs Nathaniel Evans and Hugh Beard (see
note 2 below). Knox County Court and Hamilton District Superior Court Some Hamilton District Superior Court cases (which were tried in Knoxville, in those days) seem to also appear in Knox County, TN County Court records. These cases probably began in the lower Knox County Court and were appealed to the higher (Superior) court. The Superior Court records seem to include a summary of what happened in the lower court, including a list of jury members for the lower court sessions. When Daniel's name appears as a juryman in both court summaries, it probably indicates that he was on the jury of the Knox County Court case and the appearance of his name in the Superior Court records is only part of the summary review of the County Court case that was sent to the Superior Court for retrial.
Note 1: Also see
page 137 of WPA transcriptions for Knox
County, TN Book of Record: 1794-1797 (Hamilton District Superior Court).
This transcription says that the jury, including Daniel Hastings, was in
court in the April 1794 session. Was this 1794 date an accurate
transcription from the original document? |
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1796 April Session |
Hamilton
District Superior County Jury Duty:
Daniel Hastings also served on a Hamilton
District Superior Court jury in a Nathaniel Cowan & Samuel Cowan vs Hugh
Dunlap case. Daniel's jury duty appears to have occurred in an April
1796 court session, but the case was continuing from December 1794. Source: This information does not seem to appear in the Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions for Knox County Court sessions), but does appear on page 210 of WPA transcriptions for Knox County, TN Book of Record: 1794-1797 (Hamilton District Superior Court). Thus, this may indicate that he was on the jury of the Superior Court and not the Knox County Court part of the legal proceedings. |
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1796 July 27, 28, 29 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Haston served on the jury for
these cases: State vs Thomas Denton and John Brown vs Samuel
Bogle and Gawin Black and John Cassady vs Abraham Swaggerty and
John Scott vs John Erwin and Archibald Rider vs John Bradley (John
Finley was also on these two previous juries) and James Robertson
vs Samuel Finley. Daniel Hastings served on the jury for this case:
Joseph Sevier vs Edward McFarland (Jesse Terry also on this jury).
Daniel Hasten served on the jury for these cases: Abraham Hill vs
James King and William Owens vs Stockley Donelson (Jesse Terry also
on this jury). Source: Original pages 123, 125, 129, 131, 130, 132, 137, & 138 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1797 April 19 |
Hamilton District Superior Court Jury Duty: Daniel Hasteen (Hastein)
served on a jury in the case, State vs Jacob Wassum. Source: Original page 109 from Tennessee Records of Knox County, Superior Court Minutes, No. 3, 1793-1809 (WPA transcription). Also see page 155 of WPA transcriptions Knox County, TN Book of Records 1794-1797 (Hamilton District Superior Court). |
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1797 April 29 |
Daniel
Taken to Court by John Stone:
Daniel Hastings was taken to court by John Stone (John Stone vs Daniel
Hastings, case: Rhea 52-383). John Stone was a prominent business
man in Knoxville. "The Defendant having been duly warned and not
appearing though solemnly called On motion of the Plaintiff by his
Attorney It is considered by the Court that the Plaintiff may have
Execution against the Defendant for Thirteen Dollars twenty four and one
half cents the costs in the writ aforesaid specified and also that the
Plaintiff recover against the said Defendant his costs by him expended in
suing forth and prosecuting this writ." This is the same man (John
Stone) that Daniel and John Mattox took to
court earlier. In fact, the docket files for the Mattox vs Stone
case, indicates that this April 1797 case was a continuation of that
former court case, probably intended to get Daniel Haston to pay the court
costs, since he was security for John Mattox who lost that case. Source: Original page 227 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions) [Knox County Court Minute Books, Vol. 1, pg. 227] |
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1797 August 8-10 November 7 |
Daniel Hastins in Jefferson Co, TN Jury Duty:
A Daniel Hastins (Hasten, Haston, Hastin) served on juries in Jefferson
County, TN in the August & November court sessions. Jefferson County
was and is located just east of Knox County.
This "Daniel"
was probably the son of Abraham Hiestend/Haston. Abraham
was known to have been in
Jefferson County in 1794. The Daniel Haston (brother of Abraham Hiestend/Haston) who moved to White County
a few years later served jury duty in Knox
County in Knox County's November 1797 court session, just five days
before the Jefferson County "Daniel" (probably Abraham's son) served in
Jefferson County's November 1797 court session. It is highly
unlikely that the same person would have served on juries for two
different counties in November 1797 court sessions (separated by only
five days).
Daniel Heaston, presumably the son of Abraham Heaston, applied
for
letter of
recommendation in order to leave the Big Pigeon Baptist Church of
Cocke County, TN on August 4, 1798.
Note: Daniel Haston researcher Howard H. Hasting, Sr. once made reference (in a 1978 letter to Dave R. Haston) to a Daniel Haston who was married in Knox County, TN in the 1794. This would probably have been the son of Abraham Hiestend/Haston, but we have no documentation regarding the source of this statement. Please contact us if you know more about this 1794 marriage. |
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1797 November 2 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury in
these cases: William Davidson vs James Carey and John McAllie vs
Archibald Campbell and Robert Boyd vs Archibald Campbell and
William Tyrrell vs Augustus Willson & Samuel Stout, Sr. Martin
Pruitt was also on this jury. This
Martin Pruitt was probably the father of
Isaac
Pruitt (David Haston's Knox County neighbor & friend and perhaps also
White County, TN "Isaac Prewitt" associate of the Hastons) and
father in law of Sarah Roddy, daughter of Phillip & Mary McComisky Roddy. Source: Original pages 270, 272-274, 276 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1797 November 3 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury in
these cases: Abraham Swaggerty for the use of William Tyrrell vs
Alexander Carmichael and John Tillery vs William Bryor / Bryon
and William Tyrrell vs Joseph Carnes & William McNutt. Source: Original pages 278-282 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1798 January 9 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury in
the case, William Qt. Hall vs John Petterson. Philip Roddy was also
on this jury. Source: Original page 293 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1798 January 10 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hasten served on a jury in the
case, Robert Ferguson vs John Sheppard. Philip Roddy, John Miller,
and William Tipton, & others were also on this jury. Source: Original page 299 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1798 January 11 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury in
these cases: Stephen Duncan vs Joseph Sevier and Charles McClung,
lessee vs Sarah Kearnes and Charles McClung, lessee vs Reuben
McDonald and Charles McClung, lessee vs. James Carlisle.
Philip Roddy, John Miller, and William Tipton, & others were also on this
jury. Source: Original pages 300, 302 - 304 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1798 April 10 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury in
the case, Henry Rice vs Joseph Williams.
Martin Pruitt was also on this jury. Source: Original page 321 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1798 April 11 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury in
the case, Thomas Mitchell vs Jesse Claywell, William Penny, and John
McDowell. William Haislet & William
Haislet (who witnessed against David Haston in this same session of court)
were also on this jury. Then there were at least three cases with a
different jury, which included Martin Pruitt
& Philip Roddy, but not Daniel Hastings. Then Daniel Hastings was on
a jury in these cases: William T. Lewis vs Jesse Claywell and
Richard & John Campbell vs William Keys. Then the jury with Martin
Pruitt & Philip Roddy (and William Haislet, junior) heard the Jacob Wassum
vs William Qt. Hall case
and the Moses Purvines vs Samuel Sterling case. Then there
was a Stephen Haynes vs James Roddy case (jury not given in WPA
transcription). Source: Original page 321-328 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1798 April 12 |
Daniel Appears in Court for His Sons:
David and Joseph were tried for cutting the tails off of two horned cows
belonging to Nathaniel Hays, whose fence was
apparently insufficient to contain the cows. David Hasting, Daniel
Hasting and John Miller put up a total of $100 in bond money for David and
Joseph. Moses Roddy, Mary Ann Roddy, Eleanor Roddy,
Wm. Haslet, Sr., Wm. Haslet, Jr., and Richard Cahell (spelling ?) are
called to witness for the State and against David. Daniel (who
served as jury man on some other cases in this session of court) made some
kind of plea to the court. David was found guilty and fined $5.00.
Joseph was not found guilty. Source: State vs David Haston & Joseph Haston; Knox County, TN County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions; Docket # 796/65 (1798) (original documents from Knox County, TN Archives). As per Knox County, TN Archives, the original documents for this case were found (apparently in the 1990s or so) in some boxes of miscellaneous court documents that had been stored in the Knox County court house for many years.
Note: Although the WPA (Works Progress Administration)
transcriptions do mention this case, they do not include the
details of the case. The WPA transcriptions do record that the
Grand Jury returned and presented as an indictment "a true Bill against
David Hastings for a Tresspass Viet Armis [Latin: by force and arms], a
true Bill against Joseph Hastin for a Tresspass viet Armis ."
Also, an order for David Hastin to appear in the next court, a brief
summary of the case, and the decision of the court were transcribed. |
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1798 April 12 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastins served on a jury in
the case, State vs William Cooper. This was the case that followed,
State vs David Haston, in which Daniel (who was not on the jury for
that case) made an appeal for his son, David.
Martin Pruitt, Nathaniel Hays (who took
David Haston to court in the previous "cow tails" case), and others were
also on this jury. Source: Original page 330-331 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1798 July |
Knox County,
TN Road Jury: "The following persons were appointed as Jury to
wit. Paul Cunningham, Nathaniel Hays, Francis Cunningham, Daniel Hastings
and James Charter, for the purpose of reviewing a road from the new Ferry
landing on the south side of Holston opposite to Knoxville unto the old
road leading to Tellico Blockhouse, to report to next Court whether any
disadvantage doth arise to the Citizens from the alteration and whether
any disadvantages would arise from making the old landing and road so far
as to where the new road strikes it obsolete." Daniel Haston had
dealings with Paul Cunningham, Nathaniel Hays, & James Charter on other
occasions, as per the Knox Co, TN court records discussed on this
timeline. Daniel's involvement in this road jury is a strong clue
regarding the
location of
his home in Knox County. Source: Page 18 of Knox County, TN Road Order Book, 1792-1891 (available on microfilm from Knox County, TN Archives in Knoxville). |
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1798 July 10 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hasten served on a jury in the
case, Thomas Welch vs Alexander Milliken & James Anderson and
Alexander Stewart vs Nathaniel Evans and Joseph Smith vs James
Miller and Mathew Pate vs James Richardson. Source: Original pages 352, 354-356 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1798 October 9 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury in
the case, John Ingram vs Christian Rhodes. John Miller,
James Roddy, and others were on this jury. Was this the same
James Roddy who died a year or so later, for whom Daniel was a
co-administrator of his estate? Source: Original page 385 from Knox County, TN Record Book No. 1, Vol., 1795-1799 (WPA transcriptions). |
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1800 January |
Beginnings of Samuel Cowan vs Joseph Hastings "Timothy Lot" Case:
The legal dispute between Samuel Cowan and Joseph Hastings appears to have
started at this time. It was settled on
April 15, 1801. Source: Samuel Cowan vs Joseph Haston; Knox County, TN Court Case File: Docket # 138511235, (1800). Vol. 3 Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, 1800-1802, # 1235, 1385 (original pages 100-102). |
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1800 April |
Administrator of James Roddy Estate:
The court appointed Elizabeth Roddy and Daniel (Hastings) to be
administrators over the estate of a James Roddy who had died in testate.
William Tipton and John Desmond put up bond money to secure the
administration of the estate. Source: Knox County, TN Estate Settlements, Reel # 1 (Volume 1, July 1792 - October 1811). --------------------- Abram Tipton was granted the administration of an estate for a James Roddy in April of 1815. John Wheeler and Jonathan Tharp were bondsmen. It appears that this may have the final settlement of the estate that Daniel Hasting and Elizabeth Roddy were appointed to oversee 15 years before. By 1815, Daniel had been moved away from Knox County for nine years or so. By 1815, all that was left of the estate was a horse, saddle, & bridle. Source: Knox County, TN Administrative Settlements, Volume 2, pages 163, 164, 241 & 244. (1815) |
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1800 April 16 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury for
the cases: Isaac Lebow Assignee vs Robert King and Thomas King
and James Gilliland vs Thomas King. William Tipton and John
Miller were also on this jury. Source: Pages 129 & 134 from Records of Knox County, TN Minute Book No. 2, 1799-1800 (WPA transcriptions). Original pages 128 & 135. |
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1800 July 15 |
Knox County, TN Court Reference: Daniel Hastings (and William
Tipton) had been appointed to serve on a April 1800 jury for the case,
John Finley vs Joseph Greer. That case was set aside in April and
rescheduled for this July date. Daniel Hastings is mentioned here as
having been appointed for the original jury, but a different jury served
this July case. Source: Pages 174-175 from Records of Knox County, TN Minute Book No. 2, 1799-1800 (WPA transcriptions). Original page 187. |
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1800 July 16 |
Knox County, TN Court Reference: Daniel Hastings (and William
Tipton) had been appointed to serve on a April 1800 jury for the case,
Stephen Duncan vs Jacob Pearson and Samuel Pearson. That case was
set aside in April and rescheduled for this July date. Daniel
Hastings is mentioned here as having been appointed for the original jury,
but a different jury served this July case. Source: Pages 189-191 from Records of Knox County, TN Minute Book No. 2, 1799-1800 (WPA transcriptions). Original page 209. |
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1800 July 18 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury for
the cases: Joseph Sevier vs Dennis Murphy, Ignatius Chisolm and Joseph
Chisolm and William Montgomery vs Abraham Hagler and Joseph
Park vs John Huntsman. Source: Pages 209-210, 212-213, 214-215 from Records of Knox County, TN Minute Book No. 2, 1799-1800 (WPA transcriptions). Original pages 234 or 235, 238, 241. |
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1800 October 17 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury for
the cases: James Chipley & Co. vs Jacob Formwalt and Moses White vs
Archibald Allen and David Doak vs. John Lyon and James
Townsend by his next friend vs James Anderson and Josiah Nichol vs
Charles Wright. Source: Pages 266-268, 270-275 from Records of Knox County, TN Minute Book No. 2, 1799-1800 (WPA transcriptions). Original pages 312, 314, 319, 322, & 325. |
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1801 April 15 |
Knox County, TN Jury Duty: Daniel Hastings served on a jury for
the case, James Hogg vs Samuel McCormick. This was the same day in
which Daniel's son, Joseph, was tried in this court and in which case
Daniel was mentioned. Source: Pages 72-73 of Records of Knox County, TN Minute Book, No. 3, 1800-1802 (WPA transcriptions). Original page 96. Daniel & Joseph in
Court vs Samuel Cowan:
Court records seem to indicate that this case had been in process
since January of 1800. Daniel, apparently, had leased land
from John and Jane Woods, through their agent, James Charles.
Joseph Haston broke down a fence which allowed Daniel's swine to trample
down a field ("timothy lot").
Samuel Cowan took Joseph to court, claiming that it was his field
that was trampled, and he sued for $1000. Joseph said that he was
just doing what Daniel told him to do and that Daniel had leased the
land from John Stone. This case clearly indicates that Daniel's home was
on leased land and that Joseph was living with him. The location
of the field was "south of the Holston, opposite Knoxville."
William Charter, James Cunningham, and Sheriff Robert Houston were
called upon to witness in behalf of Joseph. George Richards was a
witness for Samuel Cowan. Daniel Heastings, Joseph Haston,
and David Haston put up the bond of $2000. Joseph and David signed
in their own handwriting. Daniel signed
with a mark ("x"). Joseph was found not guilty. Knox County, TN Jury Duty:
Daniel Hastings, Moses Roddy, James Cunningham (who served on the Samuel
Cowan vs Joseph Hastings case) served on a jury for the case, Thomas
Humes vs Robert Wood. Daniel Hastings and James Cunningham were
also on a jury in the case, Alexander Simrall vs John Love. This
was the same day in which Daniel's son, Joseph, was tried in this court
and in which case Daniel was mentioned. |
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1801 October 7 |
Hamilton District Superior Court
Jury Duty: Daniel Hastein [sic], William Matlock & others served
on the jury for the case, Den on the Demise of Andrew Jackson. Original page 256 from Tennessee Records of Knox County, Superior Court Minutes, No. 3, 1793-1809 (WPA transcription). |
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1801 October Session |
Witness in
Knox County, TN Court: Daniel Hasting was paid $1.50 for serving
as a witness in a Knox Co, TN case involving a property boundary dispute
between Nathaniel Hays (plaintiff) and Jonathan Cunningham (defendant).
On the second Monday of July in 1801, John Cowan, James Cunningham, and
"Daniel Haston" were summoned to witness on behalf of John Cunningham.
On the second Monday of January in 1802, William Hazlet, Senior, William
Hazlet, Junior, and John Cowan were summoned to witness on behalf of
Nathaniel Hays. The Haislets and James Cunningham were, apparently
from other court cases, neighbors of Daniel Haston, as was Nathaniel Hays.
What was John Cowan's relationship to the Samuel
Cowan who took Joseph Haston to court a couple of years earlier, but
who died shortly after that trial? It appears that Nathaniel Hays
had moved to Davidson County, TN by April of 1803, even though he
initiated the case and it was not finalized. Read
more details related to this case. Source: Nathaniel Hays vs Paul Cunningham, Docket 1598/1340 (original documents) from Knox Co, TN Court of Pleas & Quarterly Sessions (also, page 135 of County Court Ex. Book 3) |
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| 1804 | Daniel Haston Apparently Gone from Knox County: When payments were made to the witnesses in the Nathaniel Hays vs John Cunningham case (beginning July 9, 1804), the file of original docket documents contains no evidence that Daniel Haston was paid for his three days in court, although the other witnesses were. Does this indicate that Daniel Haston had moved from Knox County by mid-1804? | ||
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1804 July 5 |
Nathaniel Hays sold the "Hermitage" site
and adjacent land to Andrew Jackson: Located
twelve miles east of downtown Nashville, the land on which The Hermitage
sits was originally a 640-acre cotton plantation owned by Nathaniel
Hays, a close friend of Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel. Hays sold
the property to Jackson for $3,400 on the 5th of July, 1804. Source: The Robinson Library and The Hermitage websites. |
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1805 September 4 |
A Knox County, TN Marriage: On this date a
Polly Hastings married James Milliken / Milligan in Knox County, TN.
Was this a daughter of Daniel Haston?
Some Haston researchers have assumed that she was Daniel's daughter.
There is no proof (other than the surname and the Knox Co, TN location) to
indicate, with any degree of certainty, that she was indeed Daniel
Haston's daughter. There is a strong possibility that Daniel Haston
had moved to White Co, TN by this time, but David Haston was still in Knox
County. (Read more about
Polly Hastings.) Source: Knox County, TN Marriage Records |
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1806 July 22 |
Signed Petition for Formation of White County, TN: The
signature of "Dannel Hasstont" appears six signatures down from
"Joseph Haston" (and eight signatures below "Isam Bradley") on the
petition to form a new county from Jackson County, TN.
On the same
page appear signatures by other men who were known to live near the
Hastons, such as John Scoggin, John White, John Mitchell, Jacob Mitchell,
and David Mitchell. The petition was presented to the TN state
legislature (in Knoxville, then the capital of TN) on August 11, 1806 by
Elijah Chissom (Chisum) and Sampson William. See the
Daniel Haston and/or Hiestend Signatures page for a complete
discussion regarding the signatures on this document. |
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1807 July 21 August 28 |
Daniel Purchased Land in White County, TN:
Daniel acquired 150 acres in White County, TN (now Van Buren County,
TN) on the Big Springs Branch of the Caney Fork River from
Thomas Dillon. The certificate (# 63) was dated in July but the
entry for this deal (# 174) was dated in August.. Sources: Pages 108-109 of White County, TN Deed Book C. Also, Certificate of Survey for Tennessee General grant # 535 from the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Also, Land Grant Mountain District Book 4, page 49, roll 155 (September 26, 1808 & recorded October 31, 1808). -----
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1808 May 14 |
White County, TN Land Surveyed: The
land was surveyed on May 14, 1808. Source: TN General Grant # 535 Certificate of Survey, available from the Tennessee State Library & Archives in Nashville, TN. |
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1808 September 26 |
TN Land Grant Issue:* On
this date, Tennessee Governor John Sevier issued
Land Grant # 535 to Daniel Hastings that conveyed a tract of 150 acres
in what was then southern White County (now northern Van Buren County). This tract was
described "by metes and bounds as lying...on the big spring branch of can
creek on the main fork of Cany [sic] Fork Begging at a white oak standing
on the bank of the big spring branch on a conditional line of Joseph
Hastings and Jacob Mitchell, beginning corner running..." This was a
cash purchase of land and had nothing to do with the earlier "Daniel
Haston" military
bounty land grant from NC. The big spring came to be known as
"Haston's Big Spring."
Daniel's house, known (as per some
undocumented sources) in the early days as
"Haston Station," was perched on a hill overlooking the Haston Big Spring
which flowed into what is now Cane Creek and then into the Caney Fork
River. As per J.D. Haston of Sparta, TN, this property remained in the
Haston family until 1963 when it was sold to Joe B. Hutchinson. *Source: Grant # 535 from the State of Tennessee; General District bk A, p. 224 and MTN dist, bk 4, p. 49; Also, page 108 of White County, TN Deed Book C |
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1809 November 22 |
A Knox County, TN Marriage:* A Peggy
Hastings married John Ault in Knox County, TN on this day.
Some Haston researchers have assumed that this Peggy was a daughter of
Daniel Haston. However, there is no proof, nor strong evidence, to
support
that assumption. A February 23, 1830 Franklin Co, TN
will for John Hastings (husband of Nancy Hastings) seems to indicate
that this "Peggy Hastings" was his daughter:
"my beloved daughters POLLY THOMAS and PEGGY AULT" (Franklin Co, TN Will
Book 1808-75, page 77-78). *Source: Knox County, TN Marriage Bonds and page 373 of Bible Records & Marriage Bonds by Acklen (976.802). |
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1810 December 10 |
Land Deed Examined and Registered:
The deed for the 150 acres that Daniel purchased earlier, was now examined
and registered by the deputy (name unclear on the document) of
Elijah Chisum (spelling ?). Source: Pages 108-109 of White County, TN Deed Book C. |
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| 1811 |
White County, TN Tax List: Daniel Hastin
appeared on this list of taxable property and polls, in the bounds of
Captain Isaac Pruett's militia company. He owned 150 acres "by
grant" on Big Spring. His total tax bill for the year was .75, which
included .18 3/4 for "State Tax" and 56 1/4 for "County Tax." He
wasn't charged for any "white polls" (because he was over 50 years old,
see note below), nor "black polls" (owned no slaves), nor "steed horses,"
nor "retail stores," nor "town lots." Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1811-1815 / 1821-1825; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcriptions, but the original books that were available in the White County, TN Court House in 2001) ---- Note: One transcribed source (Pioneers of White County, TN by W.J.H. Phillips (TN 976.89 White PHI); found in the White County, TN public library) spells the name "Daniel Hartin" and has Joseph's name as "Joseph Hastin" and David's as "David Hartin." In the original source, the surname spellings seem to be consistent as "Hastin." Note: A July 20, 1822 entry in 1820-1823 White County, TN Minute Book 6 (page 458 of the WPA transcription book) indicates that a man over 50 years old was not subject to paying the poll tax. Note: From the White County, TN tax lists we learn that none of the early White County Hastons (Daniel, David, Joseph, & Isaac) ever owned slaves, although their neighbors sometimes did. |
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| 1812 |
White County, TN Tax List: Daniel Hastin, David Hastin, and
Joseph Hastin appeared on this "taxable property and polls" list in the
bounds of Captain Isaac Pruett's Company of Militia. The listing was
taken by Joseph Smith, Esq. Daniel's total tax was .37 1/2 (18 3/4
for state tax and for county tax). It seems that the county tax rate
dropped from the previous year. He still had 150 acres. Again,
he wasn't charged for any polls or property, other than his land. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1811-1815 / 1821-1825; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcriptions, but the original books) Online reference: White County, TN 1812 Tax List (microfilm roll 123, book 1812) |
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| 1813 |
White County, TN Tax List: Daniel Hastin,
David Hastin, and Joseph Hastin appeared on this "taxable property and
polls" list in the bounds of Captain Isaac Pruett's Company of Militia.
The listing was taken by Nicholas Gillentine, Esq. Daniel's total
tax was .75. Three additional taxes (county purposes tax, court
house tax, & poor tax) were added this year. He still had 150
acres. Again, he wasn't charged for any polls or property, other
than his land. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1811-1815 / 1821-1825; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcriptions, but the original books) |
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| 1814 |
White County, TN Tax List: Daniel Hastin,
David Hastin, and Joseph Hastin appeared on this "taxable property and
polls" list in the bounds of Captain Isaac Pruett's Company of Militia.
The listing was taken by Nicholas Gillentine, Esq. Daniel's total
tax was .47. The three additional taxes (county purposes tax, court
house tax, & poor tax) that were added in the previous year no longer
existed. He still had 150 acres, listed as being on Big
Spring. Again, he was not charged a poll tax. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1811-1815 / 1821-1825; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcriptions, but the original books) |
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| 1815 |
White County, TN Tax List: Daniel Hastin,
David Hastin, Joseph Hastin, and Isaac Hastin appeared on this "taxable
property and polls" list in the bounds of Captain William Denny's Company.
The listing was taken by N. Gillentine, Esq. Daniel's total tax was
.56 1/2. The poor tax returned this year. Daniel still owned
the 150 acres on Big Spring. Again, he was not charged a poll tax. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1811-1815 / 1821-1825; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcriptions, but the original books) |
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| 1816 |
White County, TN Tax List: Daniel Hastin,
David Hastin, Joseph Hastin, and Isaac Hastin appeared on this "taxable
property and polls" list in the bounds of Captain William Denny's Company
of Militia. The listing was taken by Nicholas Gillentine, Esq.
Daniel's total tax was .56 3/4. Daniel still owned the 150 acres on
Big Spring. Again, he was not charged a poll tax. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1816-1818; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcriptions, but the original books) |
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| 1817 |
White County, TN Tax List: Daniel Hasting,
David Hasting, Joseph Hasting, and Isaac Hasting appeared on this "taxable
property and polls" list in Captain Scoggon's Company of Militia.
The listing was taken by William Denny, Esq. Daniel's total tax was
1.21 1/2. A bridge tax was assessed this year. He still owned
the 150 acres, now listed as being on the Caney Fork. Again, he was
not charged a poll tax. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1816-1818; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcriptions, but the original books) |
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1817 June 17 |
Adjacent to Hercules Ogle, Sr. -
Robert Watson: Daniel Hastings and Joseph Hastings were
mentioned as being adjacent to 65 1/4 acres that Ogle sold to Watson.
Source: Page 5 of White County, Tennessee Deed Records, Volume F (1817-1820) abstracted by Etta Hughes Shepherd (page 37 in original document). |
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1818 July 21 & 24 |
Daniel Indicted for Assault and Battery:
Daniel assaulted
adjoining
landowner Jacob Mitchell. He was indicted on July 21, 1818.
Daniel was fined fifty cents on a plea of guilty on July 24, 1818.
Jacob Mitchell, supposedly married to
Lucinda Hastings, may have been
Daniel's son in law. Source: Pages 209 & 227 of the Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas for White County, TN (for the year of 1818); Also, Trial Docket 1818-1821, White County, TN (original book in County Court Clerk office in Sparta, TN) |
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| 1818 |
White County, TN Tax List: David Haston,
Joseph Haston, and Isaac Haston appeared on this "taxable property and
polls" list in Captain Scoggon's Company. The listing was taken by
William Denny, Esq. Daniel Haston was not mentioned, but
Isaac appears on the list with 150 acres. Apparently, Isaac had been
temporarily given the responsibility for Daniel's land. It does
appear in Daniel's name later. Was Daniel ill at this time?
Did he lease the land to Isaac? Was this in some way related to
Daniel's assault and battery case of that year? Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1816-1818; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcriptions, but the original book) |
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| 1820 |
Federal Census: Two Daniel Hastons appear
on this census in White County. Both were living in White County and
both were over 45 years old. It would seem that this is a
replication of the same record. There was one female in the
household, also over 45 years of age. Daniel does not appear
categorized as a "foreigner not naturalized." Source: Page 58 of the Federal Census of 1820 for White County, TN |
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1821 January |
Appeared on a list of debtors: Daniel
Hastin appeared on an inventory of debts owed to a deceased Lawson Nourse,
who was one of the earliest physicians in Sparta, TN. He was on the
"Bad Debt" section of the list for a $3.00 debt, but the word "good" (for
whatever reason) was written just to the right of his name. On
this page 234, there are over 100 names and only one other person on the
page has the word "good" written beside his/her name. There
are approximately 800 total names on the entire list. Source: Page 234 of Inventory and Wills, 1810-1828; White County, TN (original book in the White County County Court Clerk Office in Sparta, TN) |
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| 1821 |
White County, TN Tax List: Daniel Hasting,
David Hasting, Joseph Hasting, and Isaac Hasting appeared on this "taxable
property and polls" list in Captain Scoggon's "old" Company. The
listing was taken by Nicholas Gillentine, Esq. Daniel's total tax
was 2.25. In addition to state, county, and poor taxes, a juror tax
and a bridge & jail tax were assessed. Daniel's 150 acres were said
to have been on Big Spring. As usual, he was not charged any poll
tax. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1811-1815 / 1821-1825; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcription, but the original book) |
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| 1822 |
White County, TN Tax List: David Hasting,
Joseph Hasting, and Isaac Hasting appeared on this "taxable property and
polls" list in Captain Parker's Company. The listing was taken by N.
Gillentine, Esq. As on the 1818 tax list, Daniel does not appear,
but Isaac appears with the 150 acres on Big Spring. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1811-1815 / 1821-1825; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcription, but the original book) |
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| 1823 |
White County, TN Tax List: Daniel Hastin,
David Hastin, Joseph Hastin, and Isaac Hastin appeared on this "taxable
property and polls" list in Captain Parker's Company. The listing
was taken by D. Hasting, Esq. Daniel's name reappears on this tax
roll, but only has 50 acres situated on Cane Creek, as compared to the 150
acres he owned since 1808. His total tax was .57 1/4. He again
was excluded from poll tax. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1811-1815 / 1821-1825; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcription, but the original book) ----- Note: Apparently, Joseph inherited 50 acres of land from Daniel at this time. It appears that Isaac may also have inherited land from Daniel, which he sold to Rodum Doyle. Perhaps Isaac sold his part of the land because he was planning to move away from White County, which he did soon after this time. David (the oldest son) probably inherited the 50 acre home place from Daniel when he died. In the 1827 tax list, David's 100 acres has expanded to 150 acres. We know that David's youngest son, William Carroll Haston, Sr., ended up owning the Daniel Haston home place. If Jesse Haston was the son of Daniel, why did he receive no land? The fact that he had already moved to Missouri was probably reason. |
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| 1824 |
White County, TN Tax List: Joseph Haston, Daniel Haston, and
David Haston appeared on this "list of taxable property and polls" in
Captain Arthur Parker's company. The listing was taken and returned
by David Haston, Esq. Daniel Haston owned 50 acres at this time.
His land was located "on the big spring by D" (D = "ditto" for Caney Fork,
in line above). His total tax was .44.
As usual (because of his age), he was not charged poll tax. Source: Original page 138 of 1824 Property and Poll Tax, White County, TN. |
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| 1825 |
White County, TN Tax List:
Daniel Hasting, David Hasting, and Joseph Hasting appeared on this
"taxable property and polls" list in Captain Parker's Company. The
listing was probably taken by David Hasting, Esq. (although his name does
not appear on the list). Daniel owned only 50 acres at this time.
Beginning with this year, land was divided into "school lands" and "other
lands." Probably the "school land" was taxable (or at a higher rate)
and the other land was not (or at a lower rate). All of his land was
in the "other lands" category. Daniel's total tax was .31 1/2.
As usual, he was not charged poll tax. Source: Property and Poll Tax, 1811-1815 / 1821-1825; in the White County Court Clerk's office in Sparta, TN. (not transcription, but the original book) |
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1826 January 1 |
White County, TN Census:
Daniel Hastin, David Hastin, and Joseph Hastin appeared on a "list
containing the names and number of free male inhabitants of the age of
twenty years and upwards resident citizens in Capt. Parkers company on the
1st day of January 1826 taken by David Hasting, Esq." This list was
not a typical tax list with property info, etc. given. It was more
of a census, similar to the taken taken in 1811. Source: Copied from the original document in the White County Court Clerk office in Sparta, TN (not a transcription) Note: See the July 10, 1826 entry of David Haston's timeline for this census. Although the census was dated "January 1, 1826" it wasn't presented to court until this day, July 10 of 1826. Daniel Haston's (Hastin?) name was on this census, although it seems (by his absence on the next year's tax list) that he died sometime during this year. Does this mean that he was still living by July 10, 1826 or does it mean that the census included everyone who was living at the first of the year? |
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| 1826 |
White County, TN Tax List:
Daniel Hastin, Senr.,* David Hastin, and Joseph Hastin appeared on this
"taxable property and polls" list in Captain Parker's Company. The
listing was taken by David Hasting, Esq. Daniel Hastin, Senr. owned
only 50 acres at this time. Daniel's total tax was .46 7/8. As
usual, he was not charged poll tax. Source: Original page 24 in Property and Poll Tax, 1826-1829 for White County, TN. *Note: This is the only reference that we know of where Daniel Haston (father of David, Joseph, Isaac, et. al) was referred to as "Daniel Haston, Senr." There was a "Daniel Haston" who lived in Adair County, KY who very possibly was the son of this elder Daniel Haston. However, the Adair County, KY "Daniel Haston" was deceased by 1826. David Haston, who created this tax list, had a son named "Daniel M. Haston" who was born on December 25, 1808. Thus, David's son "Daniel" would turn 18 years of age during this tax year of 1826. Perhaps the "coming of age" of this younger "Daniel Haston" was the reason that David Haston referred to his own father (for the first known time) as "Daniel Haston, Senr." |
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| 1826 |
Death of Daniel Haston: This was the
last year that Daniel's name appeared on a census or a tax list.
Thus, it is assumed that he died sometime in 1826. This date of
death matches the date given for him (probably by a close family member)
on the Revolutionary War mortality list that was recorded in 1830.
Daniel was buried in the
Big Fork Cemetery in the Cummingsville community of White County (now
northern Van
Buren County), TN. His grave is located in the uppermost (on the
hill) part of the cemetery (northwestern section), very near where the
church building seems to have been.
The "3rd Tract" of 50 acres that David Haston sold late in his life to his son, William Carroll Haston, Sr., was probably the home place tract of Daniel Haston. A TN State Supreme Court document from 1903 says that the deed for that tract was "from J. Brady 1826." Who was J. Brady and how did he secure Daniel Haston's home place land, if that tract did indeed originally belong to Daniel Haston? Note: "Daniel Haston died
in 1826 and was buried in Big Fork Cemetery in what is now Van Buren
County, Tennessee. His grave was unmarked until rather recently
[probably written in 1980]. As a result of the inquiry conducted
for this history of the family, Elwood Haston caused a stone to be
placed at Daniel's grave and induced the D.A.R. to mount one of their
plaques thereon. We are sure of his grave because John Taylor
Haston had pointed out his grave and that of Daniel's wife, and that of
Joseph Haston an his wife many years before to Casto Haston." |
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Wayne Haston, primary researcher for the Daniel Haston timeline
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