Chapter 5: John Poston in South Carolina

John3 Poston (John2, John1) was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania about 1755 (estimated from Census Records). We assume that he died between 1821 and 1830. He witnessed the will of Benjamin Exum in Marion District, 4 July 1821 (Marion County Wills), and he is not listed in the census for 1830. The name of John's wife is not known. She was living when the census was taken in 1820. REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD: John Poston served as a private in Colonel Hugh Giles' Regiment of Militia and also in the Regiment of Colonel John Ervin in the Revolutionary War (Indents To Claims Growing Out Of The Revolution, Book YZ, page 138, No. 922, South Carolina State Archives Department). Hugh Giles and John Ervin were Colonels in General Francis Marion's Brigade. The names of John's sons have been handed down to us but nothing is known of his daughters. Census records show that he had five sons and three daughters, all born in Marion District, South Carolina.

Children: (Years of births estimated from census records, except that of John (Jack)): •Thomas Poston, b. 1781 •John (Jack) Poston, b. 1784 (See page 16) •Daughter, b. 1 786 •Daughter, b. 1788 •Francis (Frank) Poston, b. 1790 (See page 40) •James Poston, b. 1794 (See page 43) •Daughter, b. 1796 •Josiah Poston, b. 1798 (See page 53) All daughters were listed as unmarried and living with their father and mother in the 1820 census. In the census for 1850, a Sarah is listed as unmarried, 54 years of age, and living with Thomas. She could have been the youngest daughter born in 1796.