Archive Record 08
Hugh Poston II to Eric Chalmers Poston
A preserved family-line chart. Use the chart as a research map and verify each generational link independently.
Open lineage record →Archive Record 16
Andrew Poston and Hugh Poston lines
A second compiled lineage chart showing related Poston branches. It should not be treated as independent proof of every relationship.
Open lineage record →Current family-history framework
The preferred revised genealogy corrects the older “John and Andrew” tradition by identifying the early South Carolina brothers as John Poston and Anthony (“Antney”) Poston. The later Andrew Poston (1829–1916), associated with the naming of Poston, South Carolina, belongs to a later generation. Researchers should keep those generations distinct.
What proves a chain
A reliable chain should be built link by link from wills, deeds, census schedules, marriage records, family Bibles, probate files, military records, cemetery evidence, and contemporary notices. A published chart can organize the problem; it does not eliminate the need to verify the underlying evidence.
See the preferred genealogy record: A Poston Family of South Carolina: Its Immigrant Ancestor and Some of His Descendants.