Zachariah Eastin 
Zachariah was born on January 17th, 1777 in Goochland Co., VA. Zachariah's father was Augustine Eastin and his mother was Mary Sally Ford. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Eastin and Sarah Whitlock. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Thomas Ford, Josiah, Benjamin, Jenny and Dolly G.. He was the third oldest of the six children. He had three half-brothers and six half-sisters, named Thomas, Christopher Columbus, Augustine Ford, Sarah Sally, Elizabeth, Kentura, Mary, Judith and America. He died at the age of 74 on January 14th, 1852 in Henderson, KY.General Notes
Zachariah was a colonel in the War of 1812 and fought at Tippecanoe and River Basin. He was promoted to Brigadier-General from that time until 1824, when he resigned after a misunderstanding with General Desha. He retired to Henderson, KY in 1843.
Augustine, in his will, left to son Zachariah "150 acres of land and a negro girl Viner to which I add a negro Boy Tim Milley Child.." SOURCES: Henderson Co. 1850 Census, "John Lockett Biography", (http/www.usgennet.org/usa/ky/county/henderson/JFLockettBio.htm),
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1698 in Europe (French Huguenot)
- b.1725 in Devonshire, England d.14 Jun 1793 in Albemarle Co., VA
- b.08 Sep 1750 in Albemarle Co., VA d.14 Nov 1833 in Bourbon Co., KY
- b.~ 1700 in England or Wales
- b.1728 in Scotland d.1793 in Albemarle, VA
- b.17 Jan 1777 in Goochland Co., VA d.14 Jan 1852 in Henderson, KY
- b.Oct 1755 in Bourbon Co., KY d.BET NOV 1785 AND APR 1786
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Zachariah and Nancy Anna were married in a religious ceremony on October 25th, 1798. They had seven sons and five daughters, named Henry Johns, William Augusta, Charles Daniel, Thomas Norman, Robert L., Robert Scott, Laurens Ramsey, Mary Ford Johns, Louisa Ann, Edward Franklin, Cassandra Maria and Anna Elizabeth.
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Children
Edward Franklin Eastin
Edward Franklin was born on August 25th, 1807 in Henderson Co., KY. She died at the age of 62 in 1869.
William Augusta Eastin
William Augusta was born on May 27th, 1810 in near Paris, Bourbon, KY. He died at the age of 83 on October 15th, 1893 in Spotsville, Henderson, KY.
Charles Daniel Eastin
Charles Daniel was born in 1813 in KY. He died at the age of 36 on July 17th, 1849 in Clarksville, Pike, MO..
Laurens Ramsey Eastin
Laurens Ramsey was born in 1825 in KY. He died at the age of 18 in 1843 in Pine Co., MO.