John (“Jack”) Poston (4) (John Poston (3), John Poston (2), John Poston (1)) was born in Marion District, South Carolina, in 1784 or 1785. He died of dropsy in May 1850, at the age of 65 (1850 mortality schedule, South Carolina State Archives Department).[17]
The name of his wife is not known in the OCR excerpt. Census records are described as showing three sons and four daughters. Nothing is developed in the excerpt concerning three of the daughters.
Known children:
i. Alfred Poston (5), born about 1818. ii. James Rayford Poston (5), born about 1820. iii. John Thomas Poston (5), born November 20,
1830.
iv. Cecelia Poston (5) (probably married a Farnam
from Quincy, Florida).
Alfred Poston (5) was born about 1818 and died 1889 (buried at Mt. Zion, near Pamplico, South Carolina).[18]
He married (first) Mary Ann Carter and (second) Elizabeth Young.
Children by first marriage:
Calvin Poston (died young). •
Bryant Albert Poston (married first Mary Jane
Poston; second Sarah Coleman). • Josiah Watts Poston (6), born May 28, 1852. •
John Henry Poston (6), born February 13,
1855. •
Children by second marriage:
Liston Poston. • Lemuel Poston. • Jane Poston. •
Josiah Watts Poston (6) was born May 28, 1852, in Florence County, South Carolina, and died November 12, 1925, in Georgia. He moved to
South Georgia in 1884 and married Dora Johnson on February 14, 1888.[19]
Children (all born in Donaldsonville, Georgia):
Augusta (“Gussie”) Georgia Poston. • Zander Macon Poston. • Henry Bryant Poston. • Emily Earl Poston. • Bertha Isabell (“Bell”) Poston. • Josiah (“Joe”) Lewis Poston. • Louisa Clarissa (“Clara”) Poston. • Mary Ann Poston. • William Taft Poston. • Autice Milburn Poston. • Ora Lane Poston. •
John Henry Poston (6) was born February 13, 1855, and died May 22, 1907. He married Louella Poston (“No. 232”) on October 3, 1882.[20]
Children:
Luther Jesse Poston. •
Lawrence Chalmers Poston. • Douglas Rollins Poston. • Mattie Inez Poston. • Ernest Gary Poston. • Olie May Poston. •
James Rayford Poston (5) was born about 1820 and married Hannah Daniels.
Children:
John J. Poston. • Jerd J. Poston. • Pemberton Poston. • LaFayette Poston. • Evander Poston. •
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 17 — Source described in the OCR excerpt: 1850 mortality schedule, South Carolina State Archives Department, reporting John (“Jack”) Poston’s death of dropsy in May 1850.
- Endnote 18 — Burial and death year described in the OCR excerpt for Alfred Poston: buried at Mt. Zion near Pamplico, South Carolina; death year given as 1889.
- Endnote 19 — Migration note and marriage date described in the OCR excerpt for Josiah Watts Poston: move to South Georgia in 1884; marriage to Dora Johnson on February 14, 1888.
- Endnote 20 — Internal cross-reference in the compilation: Louella Poston identified as “No. 232,” with marriage date October 3, 1882.