James Featherston b. 1831 Fentress County, Tennessee, United States of America: Featherstone One Name Study

James Featherston b. 1831 Fentress County, Tennessee, United States of America: Featherstone One Name Study

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Name	James Featherston [1]
Born	1831	Fentress County, Tennessee, United States of America [1]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	3
Will	28 Aug 1848 [2]
	James Elmore will dated 28 Aug 1848 and filed for probate 17 Jan 1853 thefollowing is noted.. 'I have heretofore, given to my daughter SallyFeatherston one negro girl, valued at three hundred dollars and shehaving since died, I now give and bequeath unto her two children JamesFeatherston and Sarah Featherston, One thousand dollars to be equallydivided between them which sum I have left in the hands of my son ThomasD. Elmore....'
Person ID	I3	Charles 1710 USA
Last Modified	29 Jun 2015

Father	William R. Featherston, b. 07 Dec 1798, Charlotte County, Virginia, United States of America , d. 14 Sep 1878, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States of America (Age 79 years)
Mother	Sally Elmore, b. Abt 1807, Virginia, United States of America , d. Abt 1836 (Age ~ 29 years)
Married	09 Apr 1827	Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States of America [1]
Family ID	F1	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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Born - 1831 - Fentress County, Tennessee, United States of America

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Sources
[S1] Featherstone Society Member Elaine Boston, E . Elaine Boston, (June 2015) (Reliability: 2).

[S1] Featherstone Society Member Elaine Boston, E . Elaine Boston, (June 2015).

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The spelling of the name Featherstone has varied over the centuries, with additions and subtractions. Here is the list that we have registered with the Guild Of One Named Studies.

Featherstone, Featherston, Fetherstone, Fetherston, Featherstonhalgh, Featherstonehaugh, Featherstonhaugh, Fetherstonehaugh, Fetherstonhaugh.

We have examples from the Birth, Marriage and Death indexes where people were registered at birth with the final 'e' missing and were married with the final 'e' in the surname. The 'haugh' is more difficult to prove, but people have suddenly adopted it for no apparent reason, although we have instances where people adopted the name, usually when money was involved.