I was curious because in 1747, both William and John purchase land at "William Beverly " the same year and same month and same day : 13 August 1747 .
And we know that Thomas Henderson purchased land in 1738 . When I looked at Orange County, Virginia records, I find it interesting both William and John were involved with the community -- and lived in Orange County, Virginia before coming to Augusta County, Virginia. William being an "Under Sheriff" which is a Deputy
Now comes the interesting part, there is a book called Tennessee Cousins by Ray, Worth S. p. 415, a book that a lot people are quoting :
WILLIAM HENDERSON (who was the son of WILLIAM and the grandson of the emigrant, WILLIAM HENDERSON) - and who had gradually moved up the country from New Kent and King & Queen County, was sworn in as undersheriff of ORANGE COUNTY, when the county was organized in 1??34 at the first court. He had probably been a resident of SPOTTSYLVANIA Co. for many years until the territory comprising ORANGE had been taken for that purpose. His brother JOHN HENDERSON, then about 21 years old, had patented 500 acres in SPOTTSYLVANIA in 1728, had sold a small part of it and bought some more from an adjoining tract to add to what he had left, which another brother, SAMUEL HENDERSON had purchased from HENRY FOX, one of his father's old King & Queen County neighbors. The JOHN HENDERSON lands (patented 1728) even at this late day, still belong to Henderson descendants. However, as new counties came into existence this same land now lies in LOUISA County. Two other brothers, THOMAS and RICHARD HENDERSON settled over in LOUISA COUNTY, together with a cousin named WILLIAM HENDERSON with a wife named MARTHA.
WILLIAM HENDERSON did not remain in ORANGE COUNTY long, apparently as on May 30 1755 he sold his land to James Nuckols, of Louisa County, and was then living in ALBEMARLE. where a son of THOMAS HENDERSON. JOHN HENDERSON (who had married one of the Bennetts, from King & Queen Co.) had settled a short time before,buying lands from Dr. Arthur Hopkins.By this time, evidently. William Henderson's wife was deceased, and it is believed that some of his children remained in Orange or CULPEPPER.
Other websites have :
WILLIAM HENDERSON was born 1675 in Hanover Co.,VA, and died 1763
in King and Queen Co.,VA. He married MARY WOOLFOLK, daughter of
RICHARD WOOLFOLK and ELIZABETH ROSEWELL. She was born 1680 in
Jamestown, VA, Baptism: January 14, 1699/00, Gloucester Co.,VA
and died 1738
The problem we have is : We know that William Henderson is a brother to Thomas Henderson and John Henderson. We also know that Alexander Henderson is another relation and we do know that John Henderson's father is Capt. William Henderson and Margaret Bruce, according to Lyons who had information written on a piece of paper.
Another interesting piece of information is this :
Louisa County, Virginia : Book: D, Page: 454, Grantor: Dorothy Johnson, Grantee: John Fretwell, Date: 21-Aug-1772
Dorothy Johnson of St. Paul Parish, Hanover Co. relict and executrix of
Col. Richard Johnson, dec'd. to John Fretwell of St. Martins Parish
Louisa Co. ?55 currt. money land and plantation in St. Martins parish
bounded by David Johnson, William Priddy, William Henderson, Thomas
Henderson, dec'd. and Col. Dudley Digges and William Johnson containing
200 acres. Sig. Dorothy Johnson. wit. John Sanders, John Thomson, Alex.
Henderson.
A few blog entries ago, I blogged that people have quoted over and over and over again that Thomas Henderson died in 1772 and his Will was in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. While Thomas had land there and in 1771, he gave some of his land to his son, Thomas Henderson, Jr. I will post in the next entries about Henderson and Louisa County, Virginia connection.
My point is, the book Tennessee Cousins just like many books written before Internet i.e. when people wrote without going in depth when researching... because they did not have the sources available ..., is not 100% accurate and I will explain further as I blog my thoughts.
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