Richard (The Quaker) Henderson

Richard Henderson

Born: c.1710/15* in Hanover (Louisa), Virginia
Death: c.1789 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Wife: Elizabeth Branson
Children:
William
Lidah(Lidia)
Nathaniel
John
Thomas
Samuel
Shadrack
James
Richard
Nathan
Rachel

• The earliest record (yet found) for Richard is in 1744, when he was deeded property in the county of Louisa, VA. Then in 1752, John Brooks purchased 100 acres on the north side of the South Anna from a Richard and Elizabeth Henderson whereas, Henderson had initially acquired the land from a Wm Harris. This 1752 information has not yet been substantiated by a record.

The reason that the above 1744 Louisa County land record has been attributed to Richard is because Richard was a Quaker and a 1748 Friends meeting in Louisa County, so names a Richard Henderson to be taken under their care.

By 1755, Richard is found in Orange County, North Carolina. And in 1772, Richard is granted land in the District of Edgefield, South Carolina. Bush River monthly meeting in Newberry South Carolina reports that Richard’s wife, Elizabeth, departed this life on the 26th of April, 1788.

• Because there seem to be no further records mentioning Richard after the death of his wife, it would be fair to infer that Richard Henderson died before 1790.

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Richard Henderson is believed to have been born in Hanover County Virginia ( now Louisa County ). Owned land in Louisa County VA in 1744 . Joined the Quaker Church at the Camp Creek Monthly Meeting in Virginia. Camp Creek was located in Louisa County Virginia 11 miles Southwest of Green Spring near Louisa Courthouse or Poindexter. He was"Recieved By Request" ( recrq) on Feb 16, 1748 ( ie became a new member as opposed to being a Birthright Quaker). Camp Creek existed for only five years 1748 to 1753. The records no longer exist. Quaker Monthly Meetings - Camp Creek Louisa VA organized 1747.

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Subject: Hendersons Dear JerryI recently came across your article "Virginia-Fordel Henderson Connection". I believe I may be of the line you describe. I am descended from Richard Holyfield "The Quaker" Hendersonwhom I believe was the son of a William Henderson and mother unknown. This William perhaps may have been the son of the first marriage of the William you describe who married Margaret Bruce. My information says Richard "The Quaker" owned land in Louisa County Virginia. He married Elizabeth Branson probably in Virginia , joined the Quakers at the Camp Creek MM then went to North Carolina Cane Creek Meeting then to Bush River MM in Edgefield South Carolina where he died. I have well documented records from then to the present including the various Quaker Meeting records. I am at a loss however, to establish with any degree of certainty the parents of Richard " The Quaker". Any help or research suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Regards James C Henderson

Subj: Re: [HENDERSON] Archibald Henderson Date: 4/23/01 10:30:12 PM Central Daylight Time Mac, I would apprec a copy of this data if would not be too much trouble. thaks sheila

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Attached per request Louisa County Book: A, Page: 283, Grantor: Shirwood Harris, Grantee: Nelson Anderson, Date: 05-Feb-1746 Shirwood Harris of St. Paul's Par. Hanover Co. to Nelson Anderson of St. Paul's Par. Hanover Co. +56 for 252 acres land and plantation, purchased of John Foster by deed 13 Feb 1743 on both sides of Cub Creek in Fredericksville Par. adjoining William Harris, crossing Cubb Creek. all tract of land joining purchased by said Harris of Richard Henderson by deed 7 Apr 1745 adjoining Wm. Adam's corner, Joseph East's line, David Harris' line, Sherwood Harris corner, Timberlake's line.

RICH, DEC'D TO WM GOODLOE AUG 1790HEIRS: ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, RICHARD HENDERSON, ARCHIBALDHENDERSON, ExectorsLAND ON OTTER CREEK adj. REUBEN SEARCYMADISON CO KY DEED 5 AUGUST 1790HENDERSON to GOODLOE Deed Bk B, p 43-51Taken from Microfilm from Latter Day Saints Library, Roll # 0183283Titled Madison Co KY Deeds Vol. A-B 1787-1793(transcribed by Mac Elliott, typed as written and understood)HENDERSON to GOODLOEThis Indenture made the 5th day of August in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven Hundred & ninety between ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, RICHARD HENDERSON, ARCHIBALD HENDERSON, Exectors of the last will & testament of RICHARD HENDERSON Dec'd (M)ason later of Granville County & state of North Carolina of the one part & WILLIAM GOODLOE of the other part.

Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of Six hundred Dollars to the said RICHARD HENDERSON, ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, ARCHIBALD HENDERSON in hand paid by the said WILLIAM GOODLOE at or before the sealing & Delivering of these presents the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge & therefore do ( ) accqut? & Discharge the said WILLIAM GOODLOE his Executors & Administrators by these presents they, the said ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, RICHARD HENDERSON, ARCHIBALD HENDERSON have Granted Bargained, Sold Aliened Confirment and by these presents do Grant, Bargain, Sell, Alien & Confirm unto the said WILLIAM GOODLOE his Heirs & Assigns a Certain Tract or parcel of Land & premises Situated Lying & being in the County of Madison & state of Virginia on the Waters of OTTER CREEK & bounded as follows, Beginning at a Hickory Sugar tree & Elm Claimed by REUBEN SEARCY as Corner trees to his thousand acres thence with this line of the (progenal?) Survey South three Degrees East three Hundred & ten poles to a Red Oak thence South Eighty Eight Degrees West three Hundred Degrees & eighteen poles to a small Ash and Sugar tree thence North three Degrees West three Hundred poles to a stake in SCEARCYS line Six poles West of a small Hickory in said line marked as a Corner tree near a spring thence With his line North Eighty seven Degrees East three Hundred & twelve poles to the Beginning and all houses-Buildings, orchards, ways, waters, water Courses, profits Commodities (Hersditements) & appurtenances Whatsoever to the said premises hereby granted, or any part thereof belonging or in any wise Appurtaining & the reverson & reversons remaind & remainders Rents issue & profits thereof & also all the estate right title Interest use trust property Claim and Demand Whatsoever of the Heirs of him the said RICHARD HENDERSON Dec'd of in & to the said premisses & all Deeds Evidences & writings touching or in any ways Concerning the same to have and to Hold the Lands hereby Conveyed & all & Singular other the premisses hereby bargained & Sold & every part & parcel thereof with their & every of their appurtanances unto the said WILLIAM GOODLOE his Heris & assigns forever to .these only propper use & behoof of him the said WILLIAM GOODLOE & of his Heirs & assigns forever & the said ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, RICHARD HENDERSON, ARCHABALD HENDERSON for themselves & for the Heirs & Administrators of the said RICHARD HENDERSON Dec'd do Covenant promise & grant to & with the said WILLIAM GOODLOE his Heirs & assigns by these presents that the said RICHARD HENDERSON was at the time of his Decease seized of a good, sure, perfect & inde( )? estate of Inheritance in fee simple of & ( ) the premisses hereby Bargained and sold that they, the said ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, RICHARD HENDERSON, ARCHIBALD HENDERSON have good power & Lawful & absolute authority by the Last Will and Testament of the said RICHARD HENDERSON, Dec'd to grant & convey to the said WILLIAM GOODLOE the same in maner & form aforesaid & that the said premisses now are & so forever hereafter shall remain & be free & Clear of & from all former gifts, grants, bargains, sales Dower right & title of Dowers, Judgements, Executions title troubles Charges & Incumbrances whatsoever made done Committed or Suffered by the said RICHARD HENDERSON Dec'd in his Life time or by any other person or persons Whatsoever since his Disease & the Quitrents & taxes hereafter to grow due & payable under the Laws of the Land for & in respect of the premisses only excepted & foreprized and that they the said ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, RICHARD HENDERSON, ARCHABALD HENDERSON for themselves & the Heirs of the said RICHARD HENDERSON, Dec'd all & singular the premisses hereby Bargained & sold with the appurtenances unto the said WILLIAM GOODLOE his Heirs & Assigns against them the said ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, RICHARD HENDERSON, ARCHABALD HENDERSON & and against the Heirs & assigns of the said RICHARD HENDERSON Dec'd and all and every person & persons whatsoever shall Warrent & forever Defend by these presents In Witness whereof the said ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, RICHARD HENDERSON, ARCHBALD HENDERSON have hereunto set their hands and seales the Day & Year first above Written. Signed Sealed & Delivered RO BURTON (LS)in presence of B REDLEY (LS)L. POTTER R HENDERSON (LS)A. H(...) M. HUNT A HENDERSON (LS)State of North Carolina}Granville County } This may Certify that ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY & RICHARD HENDERSON, Executors of RICHARD HENDERSON Deceased acknowledged the above Deed of sale for Six Hundred acres of Land Lying in Madison County in the state of Virginia to WILLIAM GOODLOE & acknowledgment of ARCHIBALD HENDERSON the the aforsaid Deed was proved before us by the oaths of (LEWIS) POTTER & >(blank space)< HUNT given under our hands & seals this 6th day of August ADWm HUNT J.P. (LS)CHARLES EATON J.P. (LS)Granville }County }State of North Carolina }Granville County } This may Certify that WILLIAM HUNT & CHARLES EATON are Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid given under my hand and the seal of the County the seventh Day of August Anno Domini 1790

A. HENDERSON CC be it Remembered that the within WILLIAM GOODLOE for himself his Heirs Ex's & administrators hereby Covenants & agrees to and with the within menshed? ROBERT BURTON, BROMFIELD REDLEY, RICHARD HENDERSONN & ARCHIBALD HENDERSONEx'r & Adm'r that they the said Ex'r they or Either of them Heirs Ex'r or Adm'r shall not be responsible to or answerable to the said WILLIAM GOODLOE his Heirs Ex'r or Adm's in any ( ) respecting the within menstioned grant to (the) premises so as to make the private property of them or any of them there or either their Heirs Ex'r or Adm's subject by suit or Recovery either Law or equity and that only that Estate which was the property of the said RICHARD HENDERSON Deceased at the time of his Death or may accrue Hereafter shall be Subject to the within mentioned granted recovery In Witness whereof the said WILLIAM GOODLOE have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal this 6th day of August AD 1790 } WILLIAM GOODLOE (LS)Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence ofL. POTTERCHARLES EATONM. HUNTState of North Carolina }Granville County } This may Certefie that WILLIAM GOODLOE acknowledged the above Releasment to the Executors of RICHARD HENDERSON Dec'd. Before us givenunder our hand & seals this 8th day of August AD 1790Wm HUNT J.P. (LS)JOHN DICKERSON J.P. (LS)GranvilleCounty State of North Carolina}Granville County }To all persons whomit may concern Know ye that THOMAS SATTERWHITE and JOHN BRODIE ESQUIRES are Justice assigned to keep the Peace for the County aforesaid and that all due faith and credit ought to be given to their attest( )tions given under my hand at office in WILLIAMSBOROUGH the 9th day of DECEMBER 1790 and in the fifteenth year of American Independance

A. HENDERSON ClkNov 6th 17_9 (**appears to this writer as date 1729) Laid off 300 acres of Land part of RICHARD HENDERSON afsee (assignee?) of RALPH WILLIAMS (preemtion?) of 1000 acres bounded as Follows (to Wit) Begining at the South West corner of said preemtion* (**here a map is drawn- a square box, bottom left corner marked "A", going up to top left marked "B", across to right top corner marked "D", and down to right bottom corner marked "C") * an ash and two Shugar trees at "A" thence North with the line of said preemtion 180 poles to a Hickory and two Shugar trees in said line at "B" thence East 267 poles to a Sugar Tree and Hickory at "D" thence south 120 poles to a Walnut and two Buckeyes In the line of the aforesaid preemtion at "C" thence West 267 poles with said preemtion line to the Begining Seale 200 Poles (per) Inch JAMES FRENCH At a Court Held for Madison County on Tueasday the 4th day of December 1790 This Indenture together with the memorandom the acknowledgement there of being Certifyed by the Clerk of Granville County Court which together with the courses thereunto annexed is orderd to be Recorded. Teste WILL IRVINE CMC

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From Carol Wells:The Rev. Henderson's bible account lists Quaker Richard Henderson's children as: Hannah, William, Lidah(Lidia), Nathaniel, John, Thomas, Samuel, Shadrack, James, Richard, Nathan, Rachel. Of this group, my own line is Shadrack. However, I have been trying to prove the marriages and locations of the Shadrack's brothers and sisters.1. Hannah married James Rushton. Proof is found in 1800 census, Edgefield Deed Book 25 p.273, and later deed records.2. William m Ann Leakey. The Virginia, NC, and SC volumes of Hinshaw, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GENEALOGY is a great source of info about this family, and will be referred to simply as Hinshaw.3. Lidah. I am elderly so I don't mind saying our memory at this age is not always perfect, and I think that the Rev Henderson in his age make a bit of a mistake, recalling Lidia as a daughter of Quaker Richard. I am certain that Richard's daughter here was Sarah Henderson Holliday who had a daughter named Lydia Holliday. Sarah had married William Holliday. William Holliday died before 1800 leaving Sarh a young widow with several children. Her brother William Henderson is listed as a soujourner in her household. He had married Ann Leakey, but was a childless widower. William Henderson left his estate to his unmarried niece, Anne/Anna Holliday. The other Holliday children had married. William Holliday's estate was in dispute and was not settled until 1831 by which time his wife Sarah and many of her children had died. Anna Holliday the heir of William Henderson had died unmarried and childless.4. Nathaniel married Rebecca Thornton ***. This couple remained Quakers and are thoroughly documented in Hinshaw. Nathaniel died in Edgefield in 1803. All his family moved north to Ohio/Indiana except his son Thomas who had married a Grigsby and had moved with her family to Greene County, Alabama. *** JCH Grandparents5. John married Rachel Thornton. Proof - Hinshaw, after John had committed an offense for which he was out of meeting, and of which he later repented.6. Thomas married Elizabeth. ( Hinshaw). This family also went North.7. Samuel remained unmarried. I think he was physically handicapped. He witnessed various documents, but is found as an extra man in his brothers' households in census returns.8. Shadrack married Eleanor/Ellender/Helena "Nelly" Holliday. Proof of this marriage and of Shadrack and Nelly's large family is needed. They had at least five daughters and about seven sons, the only proven son being Samuel. The wife's name is shown in an Edgefield 1796 deed and later records, and in her estate in 1847 Monroe County, AL.9. James married Eleanor. This is a very puzzling family and much information is needed about this couple and their children.10. Richard married another Rachel Thornton and his descendants are well documented.11. Nathan married out of unity in 1787 so name of his wife is not known, and I have not been able to follow Nathan.12. Rachel.The Rev J.E.W. Henderson could not recall her married name, nor have I been able to find it.

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