Major Lawson Henderson
1774 - 1843 (69 years)-
Name Lawson Henderson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Title Major Birth 22 Mar 1774 Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA 
[1] Gender Male Will 9 Sep 1793 Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA [1] Mentioned in Father's Will Occupation Between 1796 and 1801 Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA [1] Sheriff Residence 1800 Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA [5] Occupation Between 1807 and 1837 Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA [1] Clerk of the Superior Court Residence 1810 Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA [6] Residence 1840 Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA [7] Upper Regiment Death 21 Nov 1843 Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA [1] Person ID I27760 MontyHistNotes_2014 Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Colonel James Henderson, Sr, b. 1742, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Sep 1793, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years) Relationship natural Mother Violet Lawson, b. 1738, Brunswick, Virginia, USA d. 1812, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years) Relationship natural Marriage 11 Feb 1762 Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Family ID F6119 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Carruth, (Xfer), b. 20 Mar 1783, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 28 Jul 1849, Canton, Madison, Mississippi, USA (Age 66 years) Marriage 25 Jul 1798 Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA [1, 4] Children 1. Charles Cotesworth Henderson, b. 9 Nov 1803 d. 1869, Catawba, North Carolina, USA (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. James Pinckney Henderson, b. 31 Mar 1808, Lincolnton, Lincoln, North Carolina, USA d. 4 Jun 1858, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Logan Barry Henderson, b. 24 Jan 1815 d. 1844, Marshall, Harrison, Texas, USA (Age 28 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F6152 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Birth - 22 Mar 1774 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA 
Will - Mentioned in Father's Will - 9 Sep 1793 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA Occupation - Sheriff - Between 1796 and 1801 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA Marriage - 25 Jul 1798 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1800 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA Occupation - Clerk of the Superior Court - Between 1807 and 1837 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1810 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA Residence - Upper Regiment - 1840 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA Death - 21 Nov 1843 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Record for Lawson Henderson
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1800usfedcenancestry&h=307039&indiv=try - [S1936] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Nationa;;), Year: 1810; Census Place: Lincoln, North Carolina; Roll: 40; Page: 420; Image: 0337913; Family History Library Film: 00633.
Record for Lawson Henderson
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1810usfedcenancestry&h=384502&indiv=try - [S3947] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Upper Regiment, Lincoln, North Carolina; Roll: 364; Page: 41; Image: 88; Family History Library Film: 0018095.
Record for Lenern Henderson
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=1639521&indiv=try
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