The will says "Elizabeth Headen wife of John Headen", which implies by context that John is deceased. The will does not specifically use the words son or daughter-in-law, but it is implied.
MARRIAGE:
Wife: Elizabeth
Some trees (without evidence) says wife's maiden name was Littlejohn.[citation needed]
Marriage Date: about 1788, based on having one child on 1790 census
Marriage Place: probably Spartanburg Co., SC, based on 1790 census location
Sources
1790 census: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Name: John Hadin
1 - Males - 16 and over: ... [John]
2 - Females: ... [wife and daughter]
Number of All Other Free Persons: 1
Number of Slaves : 4
Number of Household Members: 8
Note: same census page as father William Headon (family of 9, plus 3 slaves)
Note: other Headen's in Spartanburg: Thomas (family of 8), John (family of 7)
Revolutionary War:
Note: 3 Headen's (William Sr, William Jr, and John) served in Roebuck's Battalion
Note: it is unknown if John is the older John, or the younger John
Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution:
Headon, John: He served six days as a horseman in the militia under Capt. Anthony Colter and Col. Roebuck. A.A.3485; Z9
Headon, William: He served eighty-nine days as a horseman in the militia under Capt. Joseph Dickson and Col. Roebuck. A.A.3486; Z7; Z8.
Headen, William: S31120 b. 14 Dec 1760 Loudoun County, VA. ... served various times ... Col. Roebuck.
Deeds in Spartanburg District, South Carolina
Note: the following Deeds include a John; but unknown if older John, or younger John
Title: SC DEEDS ABSTRACTS BOOKS A-T 1785-1827 By Albert Bruce Pruitt
Sept. 25, 1795 Thomas Green (Spart) to John Low (Spart) for 30 pds. sterling sold 150 ac on Thickety Cr; bordering J. Headen & Malichi Jones; granted 3 April 1786 to John Headen.Wit. Frederick Gutry & Joseph Price, & Wm Thomson.
Dec. 25, 1786 George Turner and wife Nancy (Spartanburgh) to MILLY AUSTILL (same); for 5L sterling sold 200 acres, part of a 400 acre grant to Thomas Nichols on Thickety Creek, border: N-John Steen, and Anderson and remainder of grant; where Milly Austill lives. Witness: John Headen, William Wilkins.
Aug. 6, 1789 ... Philemon Martin ... Goshen Baptist Church ... church trustees William Wilkins, Erin Davis, Charles Littlejohn, and John Headen
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