Person:Robert Henderson (115)

Robert Henderson was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

Contents 1 Parentage 2 Revolutionary War Pension Information 3 Early Land Records in Augusta County, VA 4 Notes		Welcome to Old Augusta Early Settlers Beverley Manor Borden's Grant Register Data Maps Places Library History Index
	……………………..The Tapestry Families Old Chester OldAugusta Germanna New River SWVP Cumberland Carolina Cradle The Smokies Old Kentucky

__________________________

Parentage

Robert Henderson MAY be a son of Daniel Henderson of Augusta County, Virginia, who died abt. 1772. A Robert Henderson, son of Daniel is named in land records with a wife Mary, selling much of Daniel Henderson's land on Beaver and Spring Creek in 1772, apparently around the same time that Robert was reaching adulthood. This Robert Henderson, born in 1751, also would have reached adulthood in 1772 (and would have been able to sell land at age 21), and had a wife Mary, listed in Robert's Revolutionary Pension Application. Additional research is necessary to conclusively prove Robert's parentage.

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Henderson, Robert - entered service Augusta County, Virginia, where born 5/18/1751; granted Pension 1832 in Jackson County, Georgia; died 2/22/1839 leaving widow Mary. F-S31736, R1252.

Early Land Records in Augusta County, VA

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

• Page 37.--6th June, 1772. Robert Henderson, eldest son and heir of Daniel Henderson, deceased, to John Henderson, his brother, on Bever Creek and Spring Creek, patented to said Daniel, 7th August, 1769.

• Page 138.--10th July, 1777. Robert Henderson and Mary ( ) and John Henderson, and Mary ( ) to Henry Miller, ironman. On 6th June, 1773, Robert conveyed to his brother, John, above, 675 acres hereafter conveyed, but before deed was fully proven the time expired in which it could be proved and title remains in Robert, although, but John has in the meantime sold 100 acres to Abraham Smith and Abraham Henderson; now convey 650 acres on Bever Creek and Spring Creek. The 650 acres were patented to Daniel Henderson, father of said Robert, and John, 7th August, 1761. Teste: Stephen and Abraham ( ) Harding, Alexander, Thomas and John Wade.

Notes

Several Ancestry submissions claim that Robert Henderson was the son of John Henderson and Mary Bennett Goode, no sources listed. Needs research.

1.   The Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. (Washington, District of Columbia: Duff Green, 1835).

   ROBERT HENDERSON
   JACKSON COUNTY
   PRIVATE
   VIRGINIA CONT'L LINE
   $41.11 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
   $123.33 AMOUNT RECEIVED
   MARCH 13, 1833 PENSION STARTED
   AGE 83
   
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/military/revwar/pensions/1835pens.txt

2.   HENDERSON, Robert, S31736, VA Line, sol was b 18 May 1751 in Augusta Co VA &
   he lived there at enl, he appl 27 Dec 1832 Jackson Co GA, sol d 22 Feb 1839
   leaving a widow (not named) & she rec'd final payment on 27 Jan 1860 in GA
   [General Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files, by Virgil D. White].