January 25, 2024
1813 FAIRFAX C HOUSE VIRGINIA SCARCE EARLY CANCEL WAR OF 1812 MAIL LT HAIRSTON
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This 1813 stampless folded cover was sent from Fairfax CH to Lieutenant Samuel Hairston at Henry Court House in Virginia. The cover has a very nice manuscript Fairfax CHouse VA cancel and was sent during the War of 1812. The original contents may have contained an interesting letter (I believe the original letter resides in the University of North Carolina archives. This is a very early and scarce Fairfax CH cancel. Samuel Hairston was an extremely wealthy plantation owner (multiple plantations) and he owned upwards of 1700 slaves and was considered one of the richest people in the Unitted States. The following notes come form the UNC archive site. Samuel Hairston (1788-1875) was a brother of Robert Hairston and lived at Oak Hill Plantation in Pittsylvania County, Va. He married Agnes John Peter Wilson (1801-1880), the daughter of Peter Wilson and Ruth Stoval (Hairston) Wilson Hairston, and they had seven children. In 1854, several newspaper articles described Samuel Hairston as the wealthiest man in Virginia and possibly in the country. His wealth was estimated at between three million and five million dollars, including ownership of around 1700 slaves on plantations in Henry and Patrick counties, Va., and Stokes County, N.C. Overall a neat letter. Please email with any questions you may have as we are happy to assist in any
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