Person:Samuel Henderson (1)
Samuel Henderson
b.17 Mar 1700 Hanover County, Virginia
d.Bef Aug 1783 Granville County, North Carolina
Parents and Siblings
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m. 16 Mar 1698
  1. Susannah Henderson
  2. John HendersonAbt 1698 -
  3. Samuel Henderson1700 - Bef 1783
  4. Thomas HendersonAbt 1702 - 1768
  5. James HendersonAbt 1704 -
  6. William HendersonAbt 1706 - 1770
  7. Jane Henderson1708 -
  8. Edward HendersonAbt 1709 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 14 Nov 1732
  1. Mary Henderson1734 - 1803
  2. Col. Richard Henderson1735 - 1785
  3. Nathaniel Henderson1736 - 1789
  4. Elizabeth Henderson1738 -
  5. Ann Henderson1739 -
  6. Susanna Henderson1742 -
  7. Major John Henderson1744 -
  8. Col. Samuel Henderson1746 - 1816
  9. Gen. William Henderson1748 -
  10. Thomas Henderson1752 -
  11. Maj. Pleasant Henderson1756 - 1842
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Facts and Events
Name Samuel Henderson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Mar 1700 Hanover County, Virginia
Marriage 14 Nov 1732 Hanover County, VirginiaJamestown
to Elizabeth Williams
Residence? Abt 1740 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Death? Bef Aug 1783 Granville County, North Carolina[probate]
Probate? Aug 1783 Granville County, North Carolina
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Research Notes

  • Samuel Henderson came from Hanover County, Virginia to Granville, NC, when Granville County was Edgecombe County, about 1740. He had been Sheriff of Hanover County, VA.
  • 5 kids were living upstream from Pinckneyville on the Pacolet River, at Grindal Shoals, South Carolina.
References
  1. ↑ Family Recorded, in Henderson, Archibald. North Carolina, the Old North State and the new. (Sanford, North Carolina: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983)
    5:627.

    ... Samuel was a Butcher in Charleston. He owned a sloop called JENNY, 28 tons. The master was William Whitall. The sloop was built in Charleston, 1751, registered 29 November 1751. ...

    ... Samuel and Elizabeth Williams Henderson had twelve children, one of whom lived only a few days:
    - Mary, born January 10, 1734;
    - Richard, born April 20, 1735;
    - Nathaniel, born December 1, 1736;
    - Elizabeth, born February 19, 1738;
    - Ann, born March 13, 1739 - all born in Hanover County, Virginia; and
    - Susanna, born April 23, 1742;
    - John, born October 24, 1744
    - Samuel, born February 6, 1746
    - William, born March 5, 1748;
    - Thomas, born March 19, 1752; and
    - Pleasant, January 9, 1756 - all born in Edgecombe and Granville counties, North Carolina.
    Five of these sons were distinguished in the military annals of the Revolution. ...

  2.   Bailey, Jack Dalton. History of Grindal Shoals and some early adjacent families.

    The community is now abandoned, but located 2 miles above where highway #18 from Gaffney to Jonesville crosses the Pacolet. Pinckneyville was located in the bend of the Pacolet River, just before it emptied into the Broad River.

  3.   Source Needed.

    Will of Samuel Henderson, proved Aug. 1783 in Granville County, North Carolina.
    Abstract: Samuel Henderson wills to wife Elizabeth the plantation whereon he lives and after her death it is to become property of my son Pleasant Henderson; after wife's death, all estate other than that already given to go to all my children then living.
    Exrs: my wife and Richard Henderson.
    Proved Aug. 1783.
    Witnesses: Len H. Bullock, Jno. Williams.
    Source: Granville County, North Carolina Will Book 1:369.

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