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George Hairston was the son of Robert Hairston and his wife, Ruth Stovall Hairston, and was born on September 20, 1750, at their home of Marrowbone plantation in Bedford County, Virginia, (which latter became part of Henry County, Virginia).
He was a Colonel in the American and a Brigadier General in the He was the captain of a company of Colonel Abram Penn that, in March of 1781, hurried from Beaver Creek Plantation to the assistance of General Nathanael Greene at the Battle of Guilford Court House near Greensboro, North Carolina. He served as a brigadier general in the, commanding the 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Virginia and the 85th North Carolina (a colonel in North Carolina) regiments.
He saw much service & was in the engagement that repulsed Robert Ross (British Army officer) who burned Washington District of Columbia & was killed at the Battle of Bladensburg.
He died on March 5, 1825, at his home, Beaver Creek Plantation, in Henry County. He is buried at the Hairston Family Cemetery-Beaver Creek Plantation Henry County Virginia.
George left a will written on 7 March 1820. His estate was probated on 9 April 1827.
