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FOREWORD

FEATHERSTON FINDINGS is intended as a place to join forces and share our research  findings.   Many  new and previous Featherston(e)  researchers have inquired about our series and are joining with us in  this work.   Nine volumes have previously  been  published  and  approximately  400 total booklets have been distributed.  Welcome to volume 10!

Thanks  to all of you who have  submitted  information for publication.    Your  Featherston(e)   lineages  are  also accepted  for our  BRANCHES  section.   By  publishing our 'findings',  we can be assured that our many hours of work will be preserved for future generations.

Every  attempt is  made  to  present  this  submitted data accurately.   However,  being human,  errors  can occur in transcribing your material or accidentally placing fingers on the  wrong keys.   As family researchers,  all of us do our  best to insure  that our records  are accurate.  Here again,  being human,  it is possible to make errors.  Your help is requested in correcting these  errors by preparing articles for  publication noting these  errors and sharing corrections with us all.

If after your  lineage has been  published,  you  have new  additions to  your  family  or  other data to be  added or corrected,  you may submit that information to be shown in a future booklet.

Thanks to  all of  you  for  helping  to  make FEATHERSTON FINDINGS a success.

May 1993 be kind to you all.

Joyce Featherston Hawkins

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FEATHERSTON  FINDINGS  -  VOLUME 10

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Featherston Family Bible Record - 1743-1876 1
Haskins-Featherston Family Bible Record  1798-1979 1
Rutherford Co., TN Historical Society Publication, No. 4 Fall 1974 3
My Findings Vol. 1 by Lillian Vesta Brown Johnson 3
Gibson County, Tennessee Wi11, Book F, page 86 3
Abstracts of Records of the Featherstone Family in Southside Virginia 4
Will of John Featherstone of Chicago. Cook Co.. IL 1880-1888 8
Featherston(e) - given names 10
William R. Featherston 13
William Henry Featherston 15
Branches #2, #5. and #9 21
Change of Address Notices 25
Queries 26

Every Name Index

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FEATHERSTON FAMILY BIBLE RECORD - 1743-1876

from Virginia State Archives  (Hard to read)

Charles Featherston born Febry 19th 1743

departed this life April 2nd 1828

Dorothy French Featherston born May (?) 1733 (or 1753)

Charles Henry Featherston born May 3 1786

Calphurnia Wesly(?) Featherston born Feby 8(?) 1799

Charles H. Featherston & Elizabeth  ?? (poss. Marshall?)

married Jan 15th 1807

Charles H. Featherston Jr. was born Oct 13 1807

departed this life July 19th 1832

Richard L. Featherston was born Dec 8 1808

Amanda Featherston was born Feb 9th 1811 (1817?)

departed this life June 10(?) 1856(?)

Edward Featherston was born Dec 8 1813 (or 1814)

departed this life 1 Sept 1833

Mercer & Montgomery Featherston b. Dec 8 1814

William B. Featherston b. May 25 1817

Martha E. Featherston born Jan llth 1819 (?)

Lucinda May Featherston b. Jan 1, 1820(?)

Edward M. Featherston b. March 13th 1828 (1823?)

John R. A. Featherston b. Dec 6 1824

Mary E. B. Featherston b. June 11 1827

HASKINS-FEATHERSTON FAMILY BIBLE RECORD 1798-1979

(Partial copy - Featherstons primarily copied)

 

ace. No. 31574 - VA State Archives

Bible published by William W. Harding. Philadelphia 1871

John R. Featherstun & Ann E. Haskins were m. 27 Nov 1866

John H. Featherstun & Lizzie Lee Hauetnme(?) m. 18 Mar 1905

John R. Bacon & Harriet Featherstun were m. 24 Nov 1896

Births:

Wellington Featherstun son of J.R. & A.E. was born Jany 16th 1869

Harriet Ann Featherstun was born Jany 28th 1871

Deaths:

J.R. Featherstun died Sept. 21 1932

(Dick) John Haskins Featherstun d. June 16 1955

John R. Featherstun d. May 30 1904

Wellington Featherstun d. Nov. 15 1903

Lucie Featherstun d. Nov 21 1903

Ann(?) Elizabeth Featherstun d. Feb 19 1920

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Haskins-Featherston Family Bible Record 1798-1979 (cont.)

The following were on separate pages, headed FAMILY RECORD

Joshua Featherstun born 24th Sept 1788

deceased July 3rd 1848  3 o'clock in the morning

Ann Wilkinson born Jany 1800

they were united in matrimony 16 Oct 1821

Lucy Ann Minerva Featherstun born 25th Sept 1822

John Richard Featherstun born 28 June 1824

Sarah Elizabeth Featherstun born 9 Dec 1825

William Bond Featherston born 9th Sept 1827

Virginia Alberta Featherstun born 17 April 1829

Joshua James Featherstun born 16 Dec 1830

Martha Louisa Featherstun born 12 Jan 1833

Benjamin Wilkinson Featherstun born 21st June 1834

Charles Wesley Featherstun born 25th June 1835

Charles Wesley Featherstun deceased 26th Mar 1836

Mary Francis Featherstun born 3 July 1837

Cornelia Wilkinson Featherstun born 5 Sept 1839

Cornelia Wilkinson Featherstun deed.  April 1840

Separate page headed FAMILY RECORD

John Haskins Featherstun was born May 14 1873

John Haskins Featherstun died June 15 1955                                           \

Lizzie Lee Hawthorne born Jan 18 1885                                                 v

Lizzie Lee Hawthorne died Oct 4 1905

John Richard Featherstun born Jan 25 1905

John Richard Featherstun died Sept 2 1932

Charlie Comer Featherstun born July 28 1908

Mary Elizabeth Moore born Nov 21 1913

Patricia Ann Featherstun born Aug 30 1939

Charles Moore Featherstun born May 15 1947

Mary Elizabeth Featherstun born April 5 1911

Julian Armstead Hawthorne born Oct 30 1908

Mary Elizabeth Hawthorne born Sept 19 1934

Mary Elizabeth Hawthorne died June 2 1936

Barbara Lee Hawthorne born June 19 1940

John Julian Hawthorne born Apr 7 1950

Lloyd Blackwell Featherstun born July 24 1913

Lloyd Blackwell Featherstun died Oct 31 1976

Virginia May Moore born June 2 1919

Betty May Featherstun born July 15 1944

George Clifton Daniel born Jan 17 1935

Virginia May Daniel born July 23 1970

Ann Featherstun Daniel born Nov 9 1973

Joseph Glennon Lanford born April 23 19??

Elizabeth Davis Lanford born May 2 1963

Sarah Holland Lanford born April ? ?

Joseph Glennon Lanford Jr. born Jan 25 1971

John Wesley Hawthorne born  ?  ?  1976

Susan Stanley born  ?  ?  ?

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Haskins-Featherston Family Bible Record 1798-1979 (cont.)

Separate page headed FAMILY RECORD (very early handwriting)

Wm B. Featherstun born Sept 9th 1827

Addie T. Hardy born Nov 28th 1836

The above were united in matrimony Oct 21st 1856

Florence Caroline Featherstun born Dec 3rd 1857

Florence Caroline Featherstun died Feb 7th 1864

Addie T. Featherstun died Nov 23rd 1866

Wm B. Featherstun died Feb the 15th 1871

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATION

No. 4  Fall 1974

p. 84

The following pages are a listing of those who paid  taxes  in Rutherford

Co. in 1810 and were not listed on the 1810 census (list includes):

John Featherstone, Sr.

MY FINDINGS  Vol. 1  by Lillian Vesta Brown Johnson

Pub. 1987

p. 338

Granville M. Rowland, son of William Rowland and Elizabeth Brown, b. 1847

Rutherford Co., Tn. m. (1) 13 Sept. 1875 Rutherford Co. Frances Vashti Windrow

b. 15 Oct. 1849.  m. (2) Nancy Featherston b. 1863/4.

submitted by:  Mrs. I.D. Oakley

Gibson County, Tennessee, Will Book F, page 86

September Term 1857

John R. Fite's Admr Bond

We  John R.  Fite,  James H.  Bass &  R. Thompson bind ourselves to pay to the

State of Tennessee the sum of  Four Hundred  Dollars for the payment  of which

well  and  truly  to  be  made  we  bind  ourselves  our   heirs  executors  &

Administrators witness our hands & seals this 7th day of September 1857.

The condition of the above obligation is  such that if  the above bounden

John R.  Fite Administrator of all and singular the goods &  chattels rights &

credits of Edmund Featherston deceased do make or cause to be made a  true and

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Gibson Co., TN Will Book F, page 86 (cont.)

perfect inventory of all and singular the goods & chattels rights & credits of

the deceased which have or shall come to the knowledge of him the said John R.

Fite or into the hands & possession of any other person or persons for him and

the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited to the  next county Court

where orders for administration papers & the same goods chattels and credits &

all other the goods chattels & credits of the said deceased at the time of his

death or which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession  of the

said Jno R. Fite or into the hands or posession of any other person or persons

for him do well & truly administer according to law & further do make or cause

to be made a true &  just account of his Administration within two years after

the date of these presents & all the rest & residue of the said goods chattels

&  credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators account

the same being first examined &  allowed by the county  Court shall  deliver &

pay unto  such person or  persons respectively as the same  shall be  due unto

pursuant to law & if it shall appear that any last will and testament was made

by the deceased &  by the executor or  executors therein named do  exhibit the

same into court making request to have it allowed and approved  accordingly if

the  said  John  R.  Fite  above bound being thereunto  required  do  render &

deliver  the said  letters of  Administration &  approbation of such testament

being first had & made in this said court then this obligation to be void & of

none effect or else to remain in full force & virtue

Examined & approved                         Jno. R. Fite

J. B. Debrell, Judge                        James H. Bass

R. Thompson

submitted by:  Brenda G. Fischler

11620 Kemp Mill Rd.

Wheaton, MD 20902

ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS OF THE FEATHERSTONE FAMILY

IN SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA

by Robert M. Clark, Jr., M.B.A., J.D., C.G.

pages 45-49

William Featherstone of Prince George and Amelia Counties, Virginia

William Featherston was perhaps the brother of Charles Featherston.  From

Henrico records. Vol. 10, p. 355:  The General Assembly at James City 16 April

1691  Henrico County.   To Robert Powell.  Will Featherston & Will Seawell 200

pounds of tobacco.  No statement as to why it was awarded them.

If  he  was born  around  1678  he could  have been of  age when Governor

Francis Nicholsor granted to him and John Edwards a tract  of  land containing

545  acres lying in what was then Charles City County at Shipley's  line, John

Roach.  Jr., on Broad Runn, the runn of Bore Meadow, to a branch of Old Possum

Runn.  (Land Patents *9, p. 210.)

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