William Gaston was married twice: 1) Jeannette Love 2) Ann Porter
William Gaston enlisted 25 Sep 1775 as a captain in the New Acquisition Militia (Patriot) in South Carolina. Service:
New Acquisition District Regiment: 1775 - 1779
Lower Ninety-Six District Regiment: Late 1779 - 1780
Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons: - Unknown
http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/patriots_sc_capt_william_gaston.html
During the period of readjustment and governmental reorganization after the Revolution, Justice John's eldest son, Captain William Gaston, became leader and spokesman for the Gastons. He had been appointed Justice of the Peace for Camden District in 1776 with his father. In this capacity, he continued to serve when his section successively Chester County in 1785 and Chester District in 1789. The first county courts were held at John Walker's near the present Lewis Turnout, but the citizens soon began agitation for a more central location. In 1791, a petition from the "Inhabitants of Chester" were presented to the legislature "praying" that "the Public Buildings of Chester be erected at the center of the County as found by Willianm Gaston, Esq." Tradition relates that Colonel Edward Lacey and Captain William Gaston were the commissioners appointed to determine the exact spot, that a meeting of the citizens be called, and that a bottle of whiskey was reponsible for the present location of the town, originally called Chesterville. What part Captain William took in the final decision and in the bottle are no longer known. It is of record, however, that Gaston, along with a Lacey was a founding father of the city of Chester.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~emileesfamilyfile/i35.html#i2893
Burial at Fishing Creek not confirmed.
William Gaston enlisted 25 Sep 1775 as a captain in the New Acquisition Militia (Patriot) in South Carolina. Service:
New Acquisition District Regiment: 1775 - 1779
Lower Ninety-Six District Regiment: Late 1779 - 1780
Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons: - Unknown
http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/patriots_sc_capt_william_gaston.html
During the period of readjustment and governmental reorganization after the Revolution, Justice John's eldest son, Captain William Gaston, became leader and spokesman for the Gastons. He had been appointed Justice of the Peace for Camden District in 1776 with his father. In this capacity, he continued to serve when his section successively Chester County in 1785 and Chester District in 1789. The first county courts were held at John Walker's near the present Lewis Turnout, but the citizens soon began agitation for a more central location. In 1791, a petition from the "Inhabitants of Chester" were presented to the legislature "praying" that "the Public Buildings of Chester be erected at the center of the County as found by Willianm Gaston, Esq." Tradition relates that Colonel Edward Lacey and Captain William Gaston were the commissioners appointed to determine the exact spot, that a meeting of the citizens be called, and that a bottle of whiskey was reponsible for the present location of the town, originally called Chesterville. What part Captain William took in the final decision and in the bottle are no longer known. It is of record, however, that Gaston, along with a Lacey was a founding father of the city of Chester.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~emileesfamilyfile/i35.html#i2893
Burial at Fishing Creek not confirmed.
William Gaston was married twice: 1) Jeannette Love 2) Ann Porter
William Gaston enlisted 25 Sep 1775 as a captain in the New Acquisition Militia (Patriot) in South Carolina. Service:
New Acquisition District Regiment: 1775 - 1779
Lower Ninety-Six District Regiment: Late 1779 - 1780
Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons: - Unknown
http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/patriots_sc_capt_william_gaston.html
During the period of readjustment and governmental reorganization after the Revolution, Justice John's eldest son, Captain William Gaston, became leader and spokesman for the Gastons. He had been appointed Justice of the Peace for Camden District in 1776 with his father. In this capacity, he continued to serve when his section successively Chester County in 1785 and Chester District in 1789. The first county courts were held at John Walker's near the present Lewis Turnout, but the citizens soon began agitation for a more central location. In 1791, a petition from the "Inhabitants of Chester" were presented to the legislature "praying" that "the Public Buildings of Chester be erected at the center of the County as found by Willianm Gaston, Esq." Tradition relates that Colonel Edward Lacey and Captain William Gaston were the commissioners appointed to determine the exact spot, that a meeting of the citizens be called, and that a bottle of whiskey was reponsible for the present location of the town, originally called Chesterville. What part Captain William took in the final decision and in the bottle are no longer known. It is of record, however, that Gaston, along with a Lacey was a founding father of the city of Chester.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~emileesfamilyfile/i35.html#i2893
Burial at Fishing Creek not confirmed.
William Gaston enlisted 25 Sep 1775 as a captain in the New Acquisition Militia (Patriot) in South Carolina. Service:
New Acquisition District Regiment: 1775 - 1779
Lower Ninety-Six District Regiment: Late 1779 - 1780
Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons: - Unknown
http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/patriots_sc_capt_william_gaston.html
During the period of readjustment and governmental reorganization after the Revolution, Justice John's eldest son, Captain William Gaston, became leader and spokesman for the Gastons. He had been appointed Justice of the Peace for Camden District in 1776 with his father. In this capacity, he continued to serve when his section successively Chester County in 1785 and Chester District in 1789. The first county courts were held at John Walker's near the present Lewis Turnout, but the citizens soon began agitation for a more central location. In 1791, a petition from the "Inhabitants of Chester" were presented to the legislature "praying" that "the Public Buildings of Chester be erected at the center of the County as found by Willianm Gaston, Esq." Tradition relates that Colonel Edward Lacey and Captain William Gaston were the commissioners appointed to determine the exact spot, that a meeting of the citizens be called, and that a bottle of whiskey was reponsible for the present location of the town, originally called Chesterville. What part Captain William took in the final decision and in the bottle are no longer known. It is of record, however, that Gaston, along with a Lacey was a founding father of the city of Chester.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~emileesfamilyfile/i35.html#i2893
Burial at Fishing Creek not confirmed.
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