Anthony Poston (3) (John Poston (2), John Poston (1)) was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, probably about 1760. Census records are described as indicating that he was several years younger than his brother, John Poston (3).
Chapter 1 explains that the brother’s name in
family tradition appeared as “Antney,” understood as Anthony. Additional support noted in the compilation is that Anthony is listed in the South Carolina census in 1800 and 1810, while the first Andrew Poston listed appears later and is identified as Anthony’s youngest son by 1840. It is not known when and why the name Anthony was changed to Andrew, but Anthony’s oldest son, Hugh, stated in a Bible purchased November 6, 1838 that he was the son of Andrew Poston and his wife Elizabeth.[28]
From Hugh’s Bible, the compilation identifies Anthony’s wife as Elizabeth. Anthony and Elizabeth appear in the 1820 South Carolina census as an older couple living with Hugh and his wife. By the 1830 census, Anthony and Elizabeth were no longer present, and the compilation treats them as having died before that census.[29]
Census records are described as showing that Anthony and Elizabeth had three sons and two daughters. The excerpted text identifies the sons as:
i. Hugh Poston (4), born August 27, 1791 ii. Daniel Poston (4) iii. Andrew Poston (4), born 1807 (age 43 in the
1850 census)
The only information preserved in the OCR excerpt concerning the daughters appears in notes left by Dr. W. H. Poston, stating in substance that one daughter married into the Powell family and one daughter married into the Wilson family (no given names are provided in the excerpt).[30]
Andrew Poston (4) is stated to have married Mary Poston, identified as a daughter of Ely Poston
(cross-referenced elsewhere in the original compilation).
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 28 — Source described in the OCR excerpt: Hugh Poston Bible purchased November 6, 1838, stating he was the son of “Andrew Poston” and wife Elizabeth, used in the compilation to support the Anthony/Andrew naming discussion.
- Endnote 29 — Census-based inference described in the OCR excerpt: Anthony and Elizabeth appear in the 1820 South Carolina census in Hugh’s household and are absent by the 1830 census, treated in the compilation as deceased by that time.
- Endnote 30 — Source described in the OCR excerpt: Dr. W. H. Poston notes referencing daughters who married into the Powell and Wilson families, without given names in the excerpted text.