Ernest James Henderson (1839 - 1932)

Born 27 Jun 1839 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States

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Died 7 May 1932 at age 92 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Biography

When Esquire James 'E. J.' Henderson was born on June 27, 1839, in Laurens, South Carolina, his father, Nathaniel, was 44 and his mother, Azelia, was 39. He married Abagail 'Abbie' Allison Arnold in 1865 and they had 9 children. He died on May 7, 1932, in South Carolina at the age of 92, and was buried in Anderson, South Carolina.

MILITARY, Civil War:

Name Esquire J. Henderson

Side Confederate

Regiment State/Origin South Carolina

Regiment 14th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

Company C

Rank In Private

Rank Out Corporal

Film Number M381 roll 15

Other Records 14th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry

Name Esquire J Henderson

Rank at enlistment Corporal

State Served South Carolina

Service Record Enlisted in Company C, South Carolina 14th :Infantry Regiment.

Sources Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

Name Esquire J Henderson

Age 21

Birth Date abt 1840

Enlistment Date 12 Aug 1861

Enlistment Place Lightwood Knot Springs

Rank Private

Military Unit Fourteenth Infantry H-K

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Narrative from Findagrave.com:

He enlisted in the Army of the Confederate States of America at Lightwood Knot Springs on August 11, 1861, with the rank of Private in Company C of the 14th South Carolina Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal October 1, 1864. He was captured April 2, 1865, in Southerland, Virginia. He was paroled from Harts Island, New York Harbor, on June 16, 1865. Family history relates it took him six months to walk home to South Carolina after his release. At the time of his enlistment, the service record noted that he was a resident of Lawrence (Laurens) District, South Carolina, and was described as having a fair complexion, black hair, blue eyes, and 5'11" tall.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #90341824

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Laurens, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1501; Page: 217A; Family History Library Film: 553000

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Sullivan, Laurens, South Carolina; Roll: 1233; Page: 225B; Enumeration District: 105

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Grove, Greenville, South Carolina; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0038

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Anderson Ward 2, Anderson, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1448; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 1375461

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Anderson Ward 4, Anderson, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1684; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 24

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0004

• North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Child Charles L Henderson

• South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965, Child Kittie Arnold H Henderson

• South Carolina, Delayed Birth Records, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina, Birth Records, 1877-1901, Child Thomas Hampton Henderson

• U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; Film Number M381 roll 15

• U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina; Series Number: M267; Roll: 273

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Child Lula Henderson Estes