Documentary profile
The strongest current evidence about Andrew Poston’s relationship to the place called Poston is the October 26, 1916 notice in The County Record. It identifies the town on the Seaboard line as named for him. The project source trail also preserves the statement that he gave land to the railroad so that “Poston might be Poston.”
What is directly documented here
- Andrew Poston was a recognized Florence County farmer and Confederate veteran.
- A 1916 newspaper expressly connected his name to the railroad junction of Poston.
- His death was reported in October 1916.
What still needs stronger primary-source coverage in this archive
- The original railroad deed, right-of-way or conveyance.
- The Marion County marriage record for Andrew Poston and Jane Daniels.
- Census schedules, probate file and additional land records.
Working chronology
September 3, 1829
Birth date supplied by the revised family genealogy.
November 18, 1857
Project source register identifies the marriage of Andrew Poston and Jane Daniels in Marion County; the primary record is not yet ingested here.
Railroad era
The 1916 notice links Andrew Poston to the Seaboard railroad junction and the Poston name.
October 19, 1916
Death date supplied by the family genealogy and project source record.
October 26, 1916
The County Record publishes the key naming notice.
Source trail
1916 Andrew Poston naming noticePrimary near-contemporary newspaper evidence.A Poston Family of South CarolinaCompiled genealogical framework for the Hugh → Andrew branch.Lynches Lake Historical Society materialLater historical-society context, not a substitute for the 1916 notice.South Carolina Digital Newspaper ProgramOriginal newspaper page for independent verification.