Mary Polly (Hendon) Herrin (abt. 1787 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1787 in Georgia

Ancestors

Wife of Lemuel Herrin — married 5 Oct 1808 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died after 1860 after about age 73 in Panola County, Texas [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary was born about 1787. She was the daughter of William Hendon and Unknown Unknown. She passed away after 1860.^[1]

Mary Hendon Herrin was born about 1787 in Georgia to William Hendon and Unknown Unknown. She married Lemuel Herrin in Oglethorp County, Georgia in 1808.^[2] By 1811, they had moved to Davidson County, Tennessee.^[3] By 1820, the family had moved to Franklin County, Tennessee, and lived near her father, William.^[4] The Herrin family’s presence in Humphreys County is also confirmed by the 1830 census for the county.^[5] Mary and Lemuel then moved to Harrison (later, Panola) County, Texas in November 1841.^[6]. After Lemuel's death in 1852, Mary remained in Panola County on Lemuel's land, until the family sold it in 1859.^[7] Mary then moved in with their son William and was enumerated in the 1860 census for the county.^[8] She died sometime after the census was taken and is buried in Old Macedonia Cemetery in Panola County, Texas.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, Panola County, Texas, population schedule, beat 8, p. 383 [stamped], dwelling 750, family 750, Mary Herron [sic] in the household of Wm M Herron; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 July 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1302.
2. ↑ "Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Marriage Licenses and Returns, Vol. 1, p. 17, Lemuel Herring and Mary Hendon, 5 October 1808; image, consulted as “Marriages, 1794-1908,” FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 July 2021); FHL DGS 7579184.
3. ↑ "Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783–1895," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1487:2883), entry for Lemuel Herrin
4. ↑ 1820 U.S. census, Franklin County, Tennessee, p. 69, no. 734, Lemeul Herrin; citing NARA microfilm M33, roll 123.
5. ↑ 1830 U.S. census, Humphreys County, Tennessee, population schedule, p. 306, Lemuel Herren; citing NARA microfilm production M19, roll 176.
6. ↑ Harrison County, Texas General Land Office, “Report of Conditional Certificates issued by the Board of Land Comr’s of Harrison County,” 2 December 1842, “Lemuel Herrin,” citing date of emigration as November 1841 and a 4th class headright; image, Texas Government Land Office (https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/1/0/6/1/1061420.pdf : accessed 20 July 2021). See also, 1850 U.S. Census, Panola County, Texas, p. 163A, dwelling no. 263, family 263, Mary Herrin in the household of Lemuel Herrin; citing National Archives Microfilm Publication Roll: 913; Page: 163A.
7. ↑ Panola County, Texas, tax rolls 1853, 1854, 1855, Mary Herrin; County Clerk's Office, Carthage. See also Panola County, Texas, Deed Record, Book G, pp. 229-30, Deed: Heirs of Samuel Reed Lemuel Herrin to Thos. J. Reagan, 26 December 1859; consulted as “Deeds, 1846–1893; index, 1846–1893,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/220271 : accessed 15 July 2021).
8. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, Panola County, Texas, population schedule, beat 8, p. 383 [stamped], dwelling 750, family 750, Mary Herron [sic] in the household of Wm M Herron; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 July 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1302.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #140927751