His parents were George Hairston, Sr., b.1750, d.1827 and Elizabeth Perkins Letcher, b.1759, d 1818.
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"Hordsville" was built in 1836 by George Hairston and Louisa Hardyman Hairston.
He was a son of George Hairston and Elizabeth Perkins Letcher.
It is located near Stanleytown on the old Carolina Post Road between Bassett, VA. and Fieldale and is copy of a house George had seen in Richmond, Virginia.
It was built of brick made by slaves on the plantation and iron from the Hairston Foundry located where Fairystone Park is now.
The land was purchased from John Hord, an Englishman, who is buried on a knoll, which can be seen from the front of the house.
Near the house is the old cemetery referred to as "God's Acre" where many of the Hairston and related families are buried.
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George Hairston, generally called "Old Rusty", graduated from Princeton in 1805 and married Louisa Hardyman, a ward of President John Tyler.
He first lived at Marrowbone but later built Hordsville, where he spent the remainder of his life.
He served as a member of the Virginia Legislature longer than any member before or since.
He was the originator of the Smith River Navigation Company and the Union Iron Works.
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George also owned Hairstons' Union Furnace Iron Works in Patrick County, Virginia.
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"Hordsville" was built in 1836 by George Hairston and Louisa Hardyman Hairston.
He was a son of George Hairston and Elizabeth Perkins Letcher.
It is located near Stanleytown on the old Carolina Post Road between Bassett, VA. and Fieldale and is copy of a house George had seen in Richmond, Virginia.
It was built of brick made by slaves on the plantation and iron from the Hairston Foundry located where Fairystone Park is now.
The land was purchased from John Hord, an Englishman, who is buried on a knoll, which can be seen from the front of the house.
Near the house is the old cemetery referred to as "God's Acre" where many of the Hairston and related families are buried.
===
George Hairston, generally called "Old Rusty", graduated from Princeton in 1805 and married Louisa Hardyman, a ward of President John Tyler.
He first lived at Marrowbone but later built Hordsville, where he spent the remainder of his life.
He served as a member of the Virginia Legislature longer than any member before or since.
He was the originator of the Smith River Navigation Company and the Union Iron Works.
===
George also owned Hairstons' Union Furnace Iron Works in Patrick County, Virginia.
===
His parents were George Hairston, Sr., b.1750, d.1827 and Elizabeth Perkins Letcher, b.1759, d 1818.
===
"Hordsville" was built in 1836 by George Hairston and Louisa Hardyman Hairston.
He was a son of George Hairston and Elizabeth Perkins Letcher.
It is located near Stanleytown on the old Carolina Post Road between Bassett, VA. and Fieldale and is copy of a house George had seen in Richmond, Virginia.
It was built of brick made by slaves on the plantation and iron from the Hairston Foundry located where Fairystone Park is now.
The land was purchased from John Hord, an Englishman, who is buried on a knoll, which can be seen from the front of the house.
Near the house is the old cemetery referred to as "God's Acre" where many of the Hairston and related families are buried.
===
George Hairston, generally called "Old Rusty", graduated from Princeton in 1805 and married Louisa Hardyman, a ward of President John Tyler.
He first lived at Marrowbone but later built Hordsville, where he spent the remainder of his life.
He served as a member of the Virginia Legislature longer than any member before or since.
He was the originator of the Smith River Navigation Company and the Union Iron Works.
===
George also owned Hairstons' Union Furnace Iron Works in Patrick County, Virginia.
===
===
"Hordsville" was built in 1836 by George Hairston and Louisa Hardyman Hairston.
He was a son of George Hairston and Elizabeth Perkins Letcher.
It is located near Stanleytown on the old Carolina Post Road between Bassett, VA. and Fieldale and is copy of a house George had seen in Richmond, Virginia.
It was built of brick made by slaves on the plantation and iron from the Hairston Foundry located where Fairystone Park is now.
The land was purchased from John Hord, an Englishman, who is buried on a knoll, which can be seen from the front of the house.
Near the house is the old cemetery referred to as "God's Acre" where many of the Hairston and related families are buried.
===
George Hairston, generally called "Old Rusty", graduated from Princeton in 1805 and married Louisa Hardyman, a ward of President John Tyler.
He first lived at Marrowbone but later built Hordsville, where he spent the remainder of his life.
He served as a member of the Virginia Legislature longer than any member before or since.
He was the originator of the Smith River Navigation Company and the Union Iron Works.
===
George also owned Hairstons' Union Furnace Iron Works in Patrick County, Virginia.
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