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Facts and Events
William Henderson was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Disambiguation
- Not to be confused with Capt. William Henderson, son of John Henderson and Isabella Houston, that married Susannah Gillespie.
Family of William Henderson
The family of this William Henderson has been identified through two sources: first, in "The History of Logan County, West Virginia", by Henry Clay Ragland, which identifies his children and second, in "Ancestry and Descendants of Lieut. John Hamilton", by Joseph Lyon Miller, pub. 1902, on pg. 11-12, it includes a letter from William Henderson [dated March 22, 1828 in Cabell County, Va., mailed in April 1828 to John Henderson Vawter, son of his sister, Margaret Vawter. In this letter, William mentions the "bad health of his wife" [she died in 1829], and refers to a "Betsey" that he "talks of going with" him when he can go to visit her [his sister Margaret]. ["Betsey" was assumed by the author to be a likely daughter of William]. William also refers to his brothers Samuel and James, and a son John who "was married on the 21st of Feby to Elvira McComas, Daughter to Gen'l. E. McComas".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 .
- United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).
1820 United States Federal Census
Name: William Henderson
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Guyandotte, Cabell, Virginia
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 [son]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 [son]
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 [son]
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1776-1794]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 [daughter]
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [wife]
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6
- United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).
1830 United States Federal Census
Name: William Henderson
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Cabell, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 [b. bet. 1771-1780]
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [likey his daughter Betsey]
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 2
Note: wife must have died prior to 1830 Census.
- Ragland, Henry Clay, and Dana R Dorsey. History of Logan County, W. Va. : (genealogical section). (Logan, West Virginia: Logan County Genealogical Society (KY), 1978).
The first permanent settlement of which we have any record was commenced by William Dingess, a son of Peter Dingess, a Montgomery county [?], in the year 1799. Peter Dingess was a German, but just when or under what circumstances he came to America, is shrouded in doubt, which will never be dispelled. One account given us by one of his prominent descendants, is, that he came to this country before the War of the Revolution and settled in Montgomery County, and in evidence of this, furniture etc., brought with him from the "Fader Land," is pointed out; especially a finely finished bureau, which was, for a long time, an heirloom in the family, and a peculiar shaped gourd which was grown in Germany, and used by his son John Dingess as a powder gourd, within the memory of the present generation. Another account given us by William A. Dingess, one of his grandsons, is, that some time between the years 1750 and 1760, that his parents with their family embarked for America, that fell disease carried off his parents on the voyage, that he and a sister landed at Baltimore, neither of whom could speak a word of English, that from some cause they became separated, and that he never saw her or heard of her again. That wandering about the streets, homeless and alone, a merchant from Montgomery County, Virginia, took charge of him and brought him to Montgomery, where he grew up and married a wife, and afterwards served in the War of the Revolution. It is impossible to say which story is correct, but of one thing we are assured, and that is, that he lived in Montgomery County, Virginia, and raised a family of eleven children, four boys and seven girls and died there in 1800. The names of his sons were William, Peter, John and Charles A., and his daughters, Harriet, Betsy, Susan, Nancy, Sallie, Peggy and Polly, who intermarried with Sam Peck, John McClaugherty, William Henderson, David French, (who was, for a long while Clerk of the Courts of Giles County), Ezekiel Smith, William Smith and James Bright, who emigrated to Tennessee, and was the father of John Morgan Bright, who for twelve years represented Tennessee in Congress. Charles A., died unmarried in Mercer County, Col. Napoleon B. French, a son of David French, is still living in Mercer County, aged 96 years.
Passing about a mile up river from the White settlement we find that William Henderson, of Montgomery County, who has been mentioned as having married a daughter of Peter Dingess, Sr., made a settlement upon the farm now owned by James R. Henderson. He first settled where F. M. White now lives, in 1810, and after remaining there a few years, moved to the above named place. Mr. Henderson was both a school teacher and a class leader in the Methodist Church, and in both positions did much to point the youth of that generation to high and noble aims in life. His sons were John, who married a daughter of General McComas, and moved to Missouri; Henry G., who married a Miss Alexander and moved to Texas; and Dingess, who married a Miss Hatfield, of Cabell County, where he is still living. His daughters were Mary, who married Joseph Straton, son of Mrs. Martha Straton, who, after the death of her husband, in Montgomery County, moved with one son and one daughter to Island Creek. The daughter married Ben Smith of Buffalo, and as the family afterward became a prominent one, more will be said of them in a future chapter. Bettie, the other daughter of Wm. Henderson, married John McDonald. She died on the llth day of March 1896, wanting but one day of being ninety years old, having been born near Pearlsburg, Virginia, March 12, 1806.
- GenForum.
viii Nancy DINGESS b. 9 Jul 1784, Montgomery Co., VA, m. 7 Jan 1800, William HENDERSON, b. 5 Mar 1776, Blacksburg, Montgomery Co., VA.
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