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About Nathaniel Henderson
Died while a member of the North Carolina Convention
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138610103/nathaniel-henderson
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Biography
Member of North Carolina House of Commons, 1787; representing Hawkins County (then North Carolina, now Tennessee). Born in Hanover County, Virginia, on December 1, 1736; son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Williams) Henderson. Removed with his parents to Granville, North Carolina, in 1740. Removed to Spencer County (now Hawkins); colonel in Spencer Countymilitia; was with his brother, Colonel Richard Henderson, at the founding of Boonesborough, Kentucky; saw service against the Indians thereduring the Revolution; received a land grant of 640 acres in Hawkins County. Entry taker for the lands of the Transylvania Company and a signer of the Cumberland Compact, 1780. Married (1st) to Mrs. Shugan Jones (her maiden name is unknown; her first husband was a brother-in-lawof Gideon Macon, of Warren County, North Carolina); one son NathanielHenderson. Married (2nd) to a Mrs. Morgan, maiden name unknown; children — Samuel and Elizabeth Young Henderson. Died in Hawkins County in 1789; interred there in family burial ground. Brother of Colonel Richard Henderson, author of the Cumberland Compact and president of the Transylvania Company, and of Thomas Henderson, member Constitutional Convention of 1796 and of the Tennessee General Assembly.
Sources
North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004Sources: Williams, Tennessee During the Revolutionary War, 169; Horton, Family History, 218-19, 229-31; Acklen, Tombstone Inscriptions, 212.
From Biographical Directory: Tennessee General Assembly, 1796-1967, Issue 3
- WikiTree profile Henderson-2038 created through the import of Henderson Family Tree (9 Sep 11).ged on Sep 9, 2011 by George Henderson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by George and others.
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Nathaniel Henderson's Timeline
1736 |
December 1, 1736
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Hanover, Virginia, USA
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1756 |
1756
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Granville County, North Carolina
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1759 |
November 29, 1759
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Granville County, North Carolina, Colonial America
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1760 |
1760
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Hawkins, TN
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1765 |
1765
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Hawkins, TN
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1783 |
December 3, 1783
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Hawkins County, Tennessee
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1789 |
December 1789
Age 53
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Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States
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