Lazarus (Hinson) Henson (1758 - 1839)

Born 1758 in Stafford County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Coombs) Hinson — married 1802 in Jackson County Ohio

Descendants

Died 1839 at about age 81 in Paulding, Georgia

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Biography

Lazarus (Hinson) Henson was a Virginia colonist.

Lazarus was born in 1752 - 1758 8. Lazarus Hinson ... He passed away in 1839.^[1]

Lazarus Hinson served in the Revolutionary War, and in his 1832 Pension Application he stated he was born in 1752 in Stafford County Virginia. Suzanne Shepherd in her "Pioneers of Stafford County Virginia" website dealing with the "Hensons of Stafford County" indicates that the Hensons first came to Virginia in the late 1600s. The ancestry of Lazarus is uncertain however. Genealogies seem to uniformly show him as a grandson of Edmond Henson, but differ as to who is claimed to be his father, with a number of genealogies claiming Joseph Henson as his father, with others claiming him to have been a son of Joseph's brother Lazarus. No proof is cited for either claimed lineage however. He is reported to have come from Culpeper County Virginia just before or during the early part of the Revolution. By 1780 he had located in Chatham County North Carolina, where he was living when he entered the service. The details of his service in the Revolution were set forth by him in the Application which states as follows:

On this fourteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before us, James H. Rogers, William E. Springer, & Lewis McElroy, Justices of the Inferior Court of the said county now sitting, one LAZEROUS HENSON, a resident of said County of Carroll and State of Georgia, aged eighty years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he reside in Chatham County in the State of North Carolina when he entered the Service, does not recollect the day or the month in which he entered the service, but states that it was in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty and that the companies where he lived were classed as Nos. 1, 2 & 3, and that the companies served alternately for the term of three months at a time, so his first days of service of which he now speaks was for the space of three months, and that he was drafted and served under Capt. William Goldson, Lt. John Brewer and Ensign Whitmill Arlington. The field officers were General Ramsey, Col. Literal and Major Birdsong. That he was attached to General Gates army and marched to Camlin (Camden) So. Carolina where the British were stationed and where General Gates was defeated by the British. This deponent states that he was not in the battle, but was ordered to guard some wagons near the battle ground in the time of the engagement, and that he marched from there back to Chatham County, North Carolina, when his time, to wit, three months expired, and he was discharged and another Company ordered out from the same company a few days before the battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina where General Greene commanded the Americans. This deponent further states that he served a second tour of duty in the revolution for a term of three months. That this expedition was in obedience to a call by General Ramsey for a battalion of light horsemen to suppress the Tories. That the highest officer was Major Joseph B Rosen, Capt. William Goldson, (the same man who commanded this company in the other campaign) and that he himself was Lieutenant, that he marched over the country on Deep River and Rocky River, and went over as far as the Pedee River and so around until his time was out. He states that he was a volunteer on this expedition. That he has no documentary proof or evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. To the first interogatory he answers that he was born in Stafford Co., Virginia, in the year 1752. To the second he answers yes, and that it is in the family Bible. To the 3rd he answers that he was living in Chatham Co., North Carolina, and since the Revolution he has lived in North Carolina and Georgia, and that he now lives in Carroll Co., Georgia. To the 4th he answers that the first three months he served was by draft, and that the other term was by volunteering. To the 5th Int. he answers that he was acquainted with General Green and Gates and that the other officers whom he new (sic) are chiefly stated within and that he does not recollect any particular regiments of the Militia. To the 6th he answers that he received his charge from Captain Goldson and that it is lost, he knows not how, and that he received a commission as Lieutenant from the Governor of North Carolina and that it is also lost. To the 7th, he answers that Major Williams and Daniel Fulbright are acquainted with him and expects that can testify to their belief of his service.

Sworn to & subscribed, Laz. Hinson

William Beall and Daniel Fuibright, residing in the county of Carroll, Georgia, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Laz. Hinson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and yearaforesaid.

William Beall is Daniel (x) Fuibright mark He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State. worn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid. Laz. Hinson. Win. Springer, JIC And the court do hereby declare their opinion that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary War soldier and served as he states. Wm. E. Springer, JIC James H.Rogers, JIC

A copy of the original papers of the above show that the last payment of this pension was made in March of 1839, with Lazerous living in Paulding County, Ga.

The pension was granted and Lazarus was placed on the pension rolls in September 1833, retroactive to March 1831, at an annual rate of $20.00 per year. He married a woman named Martha, whose maiden name is not certainly known. It is claimed in numerous genealogies to have been "Holder", but no proof is found for those claims. Other's claim she was Thomas Graves widow Martha, but likewise offer no clear proof. Lazarus appears in various Chatham County records. The 1790 Chatham County Federal Census shows Lazerous as head of household of 10 people, one male over 16, four under, and six females. The “Orphan’s Indentures & Guardianship Records” from the Chatham County Court of Pleas and Quarter Session 1774 – 1800 reveal that in May of 1798 Lazarus was appointed as Guardian of Thomas and John “Greaves” orphans of Thomas Greaves, and posted bond of 250 pounds for each. In 1802, Lazerous and his wife Martha deeded some land to William Dixon to be held in trust for the Greaves children. In the 1800 Federal Census Lazarus and his family appear living in Hillsborough, with the records showing two males under 10 years of age; four males between 10 and 15; five males 15 to 25; a male over 45; two females under 10; three females 10 to 15; five females 16 to 25; and one female over age 45. Living next to the family at that time was the family of John Graves, aged between 16 and 25. This was presumably the family of Jonathan Graves, who married Lazarus’ daughter Ann Hinson. They were later to move to Ross County Ohio where Jonathan died in 1846, after which Ann moved with other Graves families to Stark County Illinois, where she was to die in 1864. Jonathan was a brother of Samuel Graves, who married Ann’s sister Barsheba Hinson, and also moved from Chatham County to Ross County Ohio. Lazarus also appears in Chatham County records in November of 1805 when Lazarus and Joab Bagley gave security for the appointment of Lazarus Phillips upon the Will of Jeremiah Phillips. Lazarus moved to Paulding County Georgia with his grandson Orren Henson, where he joined the Tallapoosa Primitive Baptist Church in Carroll County in 1834. While living in Paulding County Lazarus made his application for the Revolutionary War pension. The pension file shows that Lazerous died in Paulding County in 1839, very likely living with his grandson Orren Hinson.

Birth

Date: 1752 Stafford, Virginia, United States

Death

1839 Paulding, Georgia, United States

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

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Oliver Graves "The Family of Thomas Graves and Martha Dixon"

1790 Census Chatham County NC

1800 Census Chatham County NC

Lazerous Hinson Revolutionary War Pension Application

Acknowledgement

• WikiTree profile Henson-103 created through the import of Paula's family 5-28-2011.GED on May 29, 2011 by Paula Marksman.
• WikiTree profile Henson-122 created through the import of HAYER.GED on May 29, 2011 by Larry Hayer.