Zachariah Eastin (1777-1852) was an Officer in the War of 1812 and fought at Tippecanoe and River Basin, and the Thames, and retired as a Brigadier-General. Eastin was born January 17, 1777 in Goochland County, Virginia. He was the second son Augustine Eastin and Mary S. Ford. He married Nancy A Durbin on October 25, 1798. To this union was born Mary F. Eastin, Henry J. Eastin, Louisa A. Eastin (Stubblefield), Edward F. Eastin, Cassandra M. Eastin (Rankin), Robert Eastin, Thomas Eastin, and William A. Eastin. Zachariah died on January 14, 1852 in Henderson, Kentucky.