John J. Alston

At a Glance

John J. Alston was of Chatham County.

Biographical Data

Places of Residence

• Chatham County, NC.

Relatives

• Spouse: Adaline Williams Alston [1]. They had one daughter, Lavinia M. Alston (d. 1867)  [1].
• Other children: one daughter (Anna Henrietta Alston (1841-1915) ). A farmer, John Jones Alston owned 34 slaves in 1820. He was born 17 March 1792 at the Alston homeplace, Harland Creek, Chatham County NC, the eldest son of Joseph John  "Chatham Jack"  Alston and Martha Kearney. He and his first cousin Adaline Williams were married in Franklin County NC 11 December 1822. John Jones Alston died at home 14 November 1842 when Anna was just one year old. His will states he was taken violently ill and died in his own dwelling house. The obituary states possible apoplexy.
• Sibling: one sister, Anna Henrietta Alston (1841-1915) .
• Others: Ella Barringer (granddaughter, b. 1859), John Alston Barringer (grandson, b. 1851), Paul Brandon Barringer (grandson, b. 1853), Victor Clay Barringer (grandson, b. 1855) and William Barringer, [Jr.] (grandson, b. 1861).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).