Thomas Henderson of Grainger  County, Tennessee was one of the Founders of Tennessee as he is on the Tennessee Constitution .

He is on the 1796 Tennessee constitution . My (Rachel Kent) family has had the land in Grainger from 1796 until the 1920s when her great-great-great grandfather Thomas Henderson sold it.

Here is the breakdown of my family tree:

Me
mom
grandmother
Great-grandma: Rachel Henderson
William Henderson (her father)
Thomas Richard Henderson (his father)
Stephen Henderson (his father)
William Henderson (his father)
Thomas Henderson (one of the founders of Tennessee)
Thomas Henderson (born in Scotland)
William Henderson married Martha Bruce. They had several children, including Thomas Henderson. William Henderson came from Frodell Castle, Fife, Scotland