A Poston Family of South Carolina: Its Immigrant Ancestor and Some of His Descendants: Revised, Authenticated & Updated 2025 Edition

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A Poston Family of South Carolina: Its Immigrant Ancestor and Some of His Descendants is a revised and authenticated 2025 digital edition of the landmark 1965 genealogy originally compiled by Erma Poston Landers and updated by Eric Chalmers Poston.

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A Poston Family of South Carolina: Its Immigrant Ancestor and Some of His Descendants is a revised and authenticated 2025 digital edition of the landmark 1965 genealogy originally compiled by Erma Poston Landers and updated by Eric Chalmers Poston.

This volume traces the Poston family lineage from John Poston, who migrated from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania in the early eighteenth century, through the southern migration into Marion District (now Florence County), South Carolina. Drawing on probate records, Revolutionary War militia rolls, land warrants, deed books, census records, and 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

Updated methodological notes

This edition is intended for historians, genealogists, and descendants researching early Pennsylvania migration, Revolutionary War service records, and South Carolina Lowcountry settlement patterns.

• Suggested Citation:

Poston, Eric Chalmers. A Poston Family of South Carolina: Its Immigrant Ancestor and Some of His Descendants. Ebook ed., revised and updated 2025. The Poston Preserve.

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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

Contributor:

Originally compiled by Erma Poston Landers (1965)

Publisher:

The Poston Preserve

Publication Year:

2025

Edition:

Ebook Edition, Revised and Updated 2025

Language:

English (en)

Rights:

© 2025 Eric Chalmers Poston. All rights reserved.

BISAC Categories (CRITICAL):

HIS036060 – History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

REF027000 – Reference / Genealogy & Heraldry

HIS012000 – History / Revolutionary Period (1775–1800)

Keywords:

Poston family, South Carolina genealogy, Chester County Pennsylvania, Marion District, Florence County, Revolutionary War militia, John Poston immigrant, Great Wagon Road migration