Henderson Brotherly Love....

Thomas Henderson, the Pioneer, clues people missed...

It is widly rumored on various sources that Thomas Henderson's parents were 'Thomas and Dorcas Henderson', and I have no proof that they are his parents BUT I have proof who his brothers are.

I will go into detail to that in another post... but for now I am making notes:

Jefferson County TN 1822

Capt. Riggs Company
 George Henderson , 1wp 140 acres

Capt. Scott Company
James Henderson 1 WP
Wm. Henderson (Heirs) 3bp 246 acres

Capt. Craig's Company 
Wm. Henderson 1wp 72 acres

Capt. Gass Company
Andrew Henderson, 1bp 400 acres
John Henderson (son of Andrew) 1wp 28p 200 acres
Noden Henderson 1wp
Robert N. Henderson 1 WP.

Both Andrew and James bought land the same month, date and year as Thomas Henderson

 in the late 1700.

there is a John Henderson in Hawkins County who eventually moves to Grainger and later 

Jefferson, I believe is yet another brother:

Brotherly Love:

Thomas Henderson

Andrew Henderson (note he has a son named James. Maybe he named his first born after him)

James Henderson

according to this website,

Jefferson County TN, several of the Henderson the early days were
        thought to have descendants of John Andrew Henderson and his wife Mary
        Russell. John Andrew Henderson died in Washington County VA in 1780. His
        father may have been Samuel Henderson (1713-1782) His wife Mary, moved
        the family to Jefferson County TN. There were five sons and four
        daughters. The six sons were: Robert; Andrew, John, Thomas, Joseph, and
        Samuel. One daughter was Florence who married Alexander Shadden.  

only problem with that paragraph above is...

no talk about a James HOWEVER, as we all know, a lot that was written about the Henderson

family was incorrect. I have, in other blog posts wrote about the things that were written

wrong about the Henderson's of Grainger/Hawkins/Jefferson counties. At least my line.

So if this is true:

John Andrew Henderson's father was a Samuel Henderson and his father was William Henderson and

 Margaret Bruce!

And that means Thomas Henderson was officially from Augusta County, Virginia! 

Early Henderson's who came to Tennessee:

John,James, Archibald, Andrew, Joseph,Pleasant- Davidson

John- 1784
James- 1789
Archibald-1786
Joseph- 1784
Andrew- 1797
Pleasant-1784

Thomas-  23 Oct 1783- Green 350 acres-  N/S Holston River at head of German Creek

Samuel Henderson - Eastern Dist. 1796
Nathanial Henderson - 1778 N/S Holston River also 1782
John Henderson-N/S Holston

Thomas Henderson
John Henderson
are brothers.

Who are their father? William? Or ......

but they came from Virginia.

George Henderson - the correct George Story

I am now looking at Early Tennessee tax lists and guess what is in Hawkins County? not what but a who?

George Henderson. 1801, Hawkins County.

what I find interesting about these books that I purchased, is that they did leave out a few people's name who had lived there at that time. oh well. not important :)

So George was in Hawkin's County and before that? Franklin.. the lost state of Franklin.
which puts Geroge born between 1780 and 1789. so 1801 he would have been : 21-12 (1789) lol and if he was born in 1785, he would have been 16. Interesting.

So we can take off anywhere past 1785 that George Henderson was born. So his almost exact new birthdate is : 1780-1785. So by the time Stephen H. Henderson was born he would have been 30 (1780)-25 (1785) range

So now we have George's story. He was part of the Henderson Clan, the Thomas 'the Pioneer' clan.

one more document proofs I need and that is Stephen's land deed. TBC.....

Hnderson's of Greene County, Tennessee Marriage Records:

New post today.. moving from Grainger to Greene County.

Marriage records, a clue to connect my Thomas Henderson 'the pioneer' :

- Daniel Henderson marries Sarah Hickman : February 27th, 1798

who is Daniel? According to this site, he is the son of Joseph Henderson. No further information given.

This website says that he is the son of Alexander Henderson and Jean Wallace.

Most of the children had moved to Tennessee.  But no talk about a 'Thomas Henderson' being a child of this Alexander Henderson and Jean Wallace.

another early marriage record:
David Henderson marries Jane Carson : March 17th, 1789
Who is David Henderson? 

James Tallent marries Hannah Henderson on : December 5th, 1799. Who is Hannah? Hannah has no blood relation to the Hendersons. In fact, she married James Henderson (who died in 1793) and remarried to James.

Philip Shavor marries Jenny Henderson April 2nd 1800. Who is Jenny Henderson?

Thomas Henderson's brothers?

I think a new clue has popped up on my obsessive search to get my line ironed out :)

We know that Thomas Henderson, the pioneer... had land purchased in Greene County, eventually becamse Hawkins and some land broke off to become Grainger,etc...

Thomas' land stayed in the same area. North of the Holston River.

and then John, he sells land to George Henderson. on North of Holston River in 1812.

an he also purchase land in 1793 on the North of Holston River.

Are they related? Hell yes they are!

how?

Father and son? or ........ Brothers? More clues will come up as I look at the land deeds for John Henderson. If Thomas sold some land to John, that means he is the son of Thomas.

now where will that place George now? Either John is the father of George OR George and John are brothers.

to be continued......

Thomas Henderson, Justice of Peace in Henry County? Where is the proof?

Was Thomas Henderson the political guy a Justice of Peace for Henry County , Virginia?

I am looking for the proof. But here is something interesting:

Henry Co, Va formed from Pittsylvania Co.

1777 Henry Co, Va - List of Capt. Thomas Henderson of those
who took Oath of Allegiance (all born by 1756):
In all 80 hath taken & subscribed the Oath or affirmation
of Allegiance before me agreeable to Act of Assembly
(All connected to our families):
Matthew Small
Thomas Morrow
John Henderson
James Denney
Joseph Hurt
James Kimsey
Those who refused: BENJAMIN KIMSEY SENR.

782 Tax List - Henry Co, Va (those age 21+, were born by
1761; named as listed):
The “Horse/Cattle” list is important - If there are more than 2 or 3,
they are getting ready to leave town or have just arrived; this includes

“oxen.” Have included other people connected to Crowleys/
Burnetts/Kimseys

Tithe Blacks Horses Cattle

Richard Pilson 1 0 2 14
Benjamin Kimzey 1 0 1 5 (OXEN?)
Jeremiah Burnett Jr 1 0 0 2
Valentine Mayo 1 6 5 16
Matthew Small 1 0 3 12
John Small 1 1 6 10 (wife, Margaret
John Henderson 1 2 7 11
Jeremiah Burnett Sr 1 4 6 19
Elizabeth Crowley 0 0 1 6
Thomas Crowley 1 0 2 0
Thomas McKain 1 0 2 2


1787 Apr 9 - Henry Co Deed Bk 3: (86-89) -
- A Poll taken or a section of Delegates at Henry County Courthouse
for Abraham Penn, Esq.
1: William Amos
7: JAMES CROWLEY
17: John Brammer
19. Joseph Hurt
30. Beverage Hughes
33. George Dodson
34. Charles Burnett
35. Samuel Perry {father of Thomas Perry who m. Agnes Crowley]
39. John Henderson
40. George Mabry
41. William Gardner
42. Thomas Morrow
49. Valentine Mayo
51. Matthew Small
54: James Denney
61: George Waller
75: John Morris
85: Nehemiah Prather
117: Frederick Fulkerson
119: Thomas Harbour
121: John Barker
125: Benjamin Hancock
128: Francis Turner
131: William Ison
155: Thomas Dodson
159: George Rogers
160: Michael Barker
177: Henry Smith
179: John Watson


by 1787, my Thomas would have been in Tennessee. I do not see him listed there. But for 1777, he is there. So could there be some truth to him being a JP ?
source of information  

Henderson file: Prentiss Price; Truth from Fiction...

.So I was questioning the article that Prentiss Price wrote on "Thomas Henderson".

fact: he was heavily into politics 
fact: he did live in Hawkins and Grainger.. as well as Claiborne counties (the author failed to mention the later)
fiction: author says that Tom's parents were Thomas and Doracas Henderson. That is 100% false and I spent hours trying to figure out how that author got that information!
author said that Sarah who married John Pilant was Thomas's daughter. FICTION: She was the daughter of Capt. William Henderson

FICTION: author writes "Henderson was living in Marion County in 1827 and 1823 he was in Warren County"

not sure how true that is but I believe at those times he was still in the north.

author failed to mention that he tried to run for governor.

also author fails to metion that he was living in the State of Franklin. Some people confuse the State of Franklin Thomas with Judge Richard Henderson's family... 
BUUT

I now have got the mess of the knot of the Henderson's untied. Thomas Henderson, Thomas 'the Pioneer' Henderson..
IS 100% Related to Judge Richard Henderson. A theory I questioned for a year now.

but looking at the little clues...

now to figure out how.