Samuel Henderson Jr. (1746 - abt. 1817)

Born 6 Feb 1746 in Granville County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Callaway) Henderson — married 1776 in Boonesboro, Kentucky

Descendants

Died about 1817 at about age 70 in McMinnville, Warren Co. TN.

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Biography

Col. Samuel Henderson Jr. performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

Samuel Henderson Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A054821.

Biography - Col. Samuel Henderson 1746 - 1817

Excerpts from "Colonel Samuel Henderson jr" by descendant Harvey Hobbs Henderson

"Franklin County gained a distinguished resident when Colonel Samuel Henderson, jr moved there in 1811. Born in Granville County N.C. in 1746, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Williams) Henderson of Nutbush Creek, Samuel moved to Guilford Co., N.C. c. 1770 where he was a landowner-farmer and Major of the county militia.

Samuel was present March 17, 1775 at Sycamore Shoals on the Wautauga River when the Transylvania Company, headed by his brother Judge Richard Henderson, acquired from the Cherokee Indians land comprising most of present-day Kentucky and Tennessee. Daniel Boone, employed by the Company, had already been sent March 10 to open a trail to the site selected for initial settlement, named Boonesboro. Samuel formed one of the rear parties, arriving in Boonesboro April 20, 1775.

At Boonesboro on July 14 1776 occurred...the capture by Indians of Elizabeth and Frances Callaway and Jemima Boone, the daughters of Colonel Richard Callaway and Daniel Boone, and their rescue two days later by a party which included Elizabeth's betrothed Samuel Henderson. Samuel and Elizabeth were married August 7, 1776, at Boonesboro by Squire Boone.

Although Samuel and Elizabeth resided in Boonesboro for the next four years, he was often absent on surveying trips and they made several trips back to Guilford Co. In Guilford in March 1780 when her father was killed at Boonesboro by Indians, Elizabeth refused to return to that 'dark and bloody ground'.....

Samuel saw action at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse March 15 1781 as a Major (perhaps Colonel) of militia. Later in the year he served as Colonel when the militia was called out to rout bands of Tories. In August 1781 the Governor appointed Samuel Commisioner of the Peace for Guilford Co., and in 1781 and 1784 he was appointed Collector of Taxes for the Dan River District. In March 1785 he served as Gov. Alexander Martin's emissary to John Sevier, Governor of the short-lived State of Franklin....

While daughter Frances was born in Boonesboro in 1777, the other children were born in Guilford/Rockingham: Richard, 1779, Pleasant 1780 or 82, Susan 1783, Salley 1786, Elizabeth 1789, Baldwin 1791, Eudocia 1794, Alfred 1797 and Julia 1801....

Samuel moved his family to Hawkins County, Tennessee in 1806/07 and to Franklin County in 1811. Already living in Franklin Co. in 1811... his daughter Frances, recent widow of Reverend James Smiley Gillespie. Son Richard was in Henderson, Kentucky, having married Ann Alves in 1807. Pleasant was in Warren County by 1805, marrying Agnes Watts Robards in 1813. Susan married Jonathon Spyker in 1805 and Salley married Edmond Rivers in 1807....In Franklin Co., Elizabeth married Dr. Mathew L. Dixon in 1816, Eudocia married James Estill in 1812, Alfred married Sallie Quesenberry in 1823, and Julia married Reverend Benjamin Decherd in 1818."

Burial: Old McMinnville City Cemetery McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, USA

Children/Spouses Listed in the DAR Records

1. SAMUEL HENDERSON [1] SARAH J. BUSH
2. PLEASANT HENDERSON [1] AGNES ROBARBS
3. ALFRED HENDERSON [1] SALLIE QUESENBURY
4. FRANCES HENDERSON [1] JAMES SMILEY GILLESPIE
5. SUSAN HENDERSON [1] JONATHAN SPYKER
6. RICHARD HENDERSON [1] ANNE ALVES

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A054821
• [1] Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 27381304
• [2] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: page 295, 296
• Family Histories 1807-1996, Franklin Co Tennessee. Article by Harvey Hobbs Henderson, descendant of Samuel and Betsy Calloway Henderson. Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY, 1996.

• Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008. Will of Samuel Henderson is a typescript, imperfectly done. It lists the 9 children, 6 girls and 3 boys, that the couple reared to adulthood. Signed "Sam Henderson"

• https://www.ourfamtree.org/soldier/search.php?state=NC&fname=Samuel&lname=Henderson&rank=&regiment=&keywords=&btn=Search Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana. (accessed 8 Oct 2022) (Several "Samuel Hendersons" who served in North Carolina)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Henderson-2033 created by George Henderson.