A Poston Family of South Carolina: Its Immigrant Ancestor and Some of His Descendants: Revised, Authenticated & Updated 2025 Edition
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This volume traces the Poston family lineage from John Poston, an early eighteenth-century immigrant recorded in Chester County, Pennsylvania, through the family’s migration south into Marion District—now Florence County, South Carolina. Drawing on probate records, Revolutionary War militia rolls, land warrants, deed books, census schedules, and other archival materials, the work reconstructs multiple Poston family branches across South Carolina and Georgia.
The 2025 edition incorporates standardized names and dates, digital OCR restoration, archival cross-verification, structured genealogical indexing, and updated methodological notes. Intended for descendants, researchers, and regional historians, it serves both as a family reference work and as a documentary study of migration, settlement, and kinship in the South Carolina Pee Dee.
This edition is especially relevant to readers researching early Pennsylvania settlement, southward migration along the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, Revolutionary-era family records, and the historical development of the Pee Dee region of South Carolina.
Recommended citation:
Landers, Erma Poston. A Poston Family of South Carolina: Its Immigrant Ancestor and Some of His Descendants. Revised, authenticated, and updated by Eric Chalmers Poston. Ebook ed. The Poston Preserve, 2025.
Title
A Poston Family of South Carolina: Its Immigrant Ancestor and Some of His Descendants
Subtitle
Revised, Authenticated & Updated 2025 Edition
Author
Eric Chalmers Poston
Publisher
The Poston Preserve
Publication Year
2025
Edition
Ebook Edition, Revised, Authenticated & Updated 2025
Language
English
Rights
© 2025 Eric Chalmers Poston. All rights reserved.
BISAC
HIS036060 — History / United States / State & Local / South
REF027000 — Reference / Genealogy & Heraldry
HIS012000 — History / Revolutionary Period (1775–1800)
Keywords
Poston family, South Carolina genealogy, Chester County Pennsylvania, Marion District, Florence County, Pee Dee history, Revolutionary War militia, Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, John Poston immigrant, South Carolina family history
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About the author
Eric Chalmers Poston is a South Carolina author, editor, publisher, and historical researcher based in Columbia, South Carolina. His publishing work focuses on regional history, genealogy, source preservation, and the documentary record of the Poston family of South Carolina and the Pee Dee region. He is the author and editor of historical and genealogical works including A Poston Family of South Carolina: Its Immigrant Ancestor and Some of His Descendants and Rooted in the Pee Dee: The History of Poston, South Carolina and Its Founding Family. Through his publishing and archive projects, Poston works to preserve family records, local history, and documentary materials connected to Poston, South Carolina, Andrew Poston, the Great Pee Dee River, and the broader South Carolina Pee Dee.
