George H Henton (1758 - 1837)

Born 8 Apr 1758 in Forestvalley, Shenandoah Co., Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Rigney) Henton — married 3 Mar 1785 in Shenandoah County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1837 at age 79 in Paoli, Orange Co., Indiana

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Biography

George Henton served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

George was born 8 Apr 1758 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. His parents were Thomas Henton and Ann Yarnall. He served in the Virginia Militia during the American Revolutionary War; he was appointed 1st Lieutenant 1782 and 1783. He married Mary Rigney in Shanandoah County, Virginia with Phillip Sanniston showing as Mary's guardian. George and Mary had ten children. He appeared on the 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830 U.S. Population censuses. He had a land certificate (#899 dated 5 Nov 1810) from Shelby Co., KY; also one #915 dated 14 Nov 1810. William, his brother-in-law, and he filed on farm lands in what is now Orange Co., Indiana where their residences were given as Harrison County, Indiana. George died on 22 Sep 1837 in Orange County, Indiana and was buried in Murphy Cemetery, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.

Sources

• Source: Deeds of Washington Co. Indiana Film 1 306 01 Deed record V B page 178 and 19 December 1818 George Hinton and Mary of Orange Co., Indiana gave their land to their daughter Rachel and her husband Griffith Edwards. Transcribed from microfilm of same, by Olive Pearson, St. Louis (City) Public Library
• Source: Wm Rigney and Sarah Potter and some of their descendants FHL Book 929.273 R449 page 47.
• Source: Ruppert, Reta Rigney and Frank D.R. Ruppert. William Rigney and Amariah Potter and Some of their Descendants; A Family History. privately printed. 1992.
• Source: O'Byrne, Estella Armstrong. Roster of soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution buried in Indiana Pages 407
• Source: United States, Indiana - Military records - Revolution, 1775-1783; United States, Indiana - Military records; United States, Indiana - Genealogy; Pg 185-86
• Source: Daughters of the American Revolution. DAR Index, Centennial Edition. Washington, DC: DAR 1990