John Poston (3) (John Poston (2), John Poston (1)) was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, about 1755 (estimated from census records). The compilation assumes that he died between 1821 and 1830. He witnessed the will of Benjamin Exum in Marion District on July 4, 1821 (Marion County wills), and he is not listed in the census for 1830. [12]
The name of John’s wife is not known in the OCR excerpt. 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. [13]
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”)):
i. Thomas Poston (4), born 1781 ii. John (“Jack”) Poston (4), born 1784 iii. Daughter, born 1786 iv. Daughter, born 1788 v. Francis (“Frank”) Poston (4), born 1790 vi. James Poston (4), born 1794 vii. Daughter, born 1796 viii. Josiah Poston (4), born 1798
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.
Citations in this section
References used in this section are linked to the book’s source layer. Source descriptions preserve the published wording and evidence cautions.
- Endnote 12 — References described in compilation: witness to will of Benjamin Exum, Marion District, dated July 4, 1821 (Marion County wills); absence from 1830 census used to infer death window.
- Endnote 13 — Revolutionary service reference described in compilation: Indents to Claims Growing Out of the Revolution, Book YZ, p. 138, No. 922, South Carolina State Archives Department.