Research Notes:
1737 Samuel Hinson [Henson], perhaps the son of Benjamin Henson, was born. [1]
1767 Samuel Henson was taxed for three persons, naming slaves Daffe and Jack, and 268 acres in Trinity parish, Louisa County, Virginia. Benjamin Henson, taxed for 50 acres, was also listed. [2]
1768 Samuel Henson was taxed for three persons, naming slaves Daffe and Jack, and 200 acres in Trinity parish, Louisa County, Virginia. Benjamin Henson, taxed for 50 acres, was also listed. [3]
1769 Samuel Henson was taxed for two persons and 200 acres in Trinity parish, Louisa County, Virginia. [4]
1770 Samuel Henson was taxed for three persons in Trinity parish, Louisa County, Virginia. [5]
1771 Samuel Henson and Francis Fidler were taxed for three persons (with slave Jack) in Trinity parish, Louisa County, Virginia. [6]
1773 Samuel Henson was taxed for one person in Trinity parish, Louisa County, Virginia. [7]
1778 On 13 April, Samuel Hinson [Henson] was commissioned as second lieutenant.
1785 Samuel Henson, Benjmin Henson, and Clifton Johnson Jr were taxed for three persons (with slave Jack) in Trinity parish, Louisa County, Virginia. [8]
1796 Benjamin Henson, Clifton Rice Henson, and Bartlet Henson witnessed deeds for land sold by John Tisdale to Robert Bell adjoining Symes, Old Mountain Road, David Morris, Mills, Andrew Hunter, and John Tisdale in Louisa County, Virginia. [9] [10]
1797 Isham Desper and Polly Henson were married in Louisa County, Virginia. Robert Bell and Bartlett Henson provided security. [11]
1820 Samuel Henson lived in Louisa County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (26 thru 44) and 1 (45 and over); and free white females: 1 (26 thru 44); and 23 enslaved persons. [12]
1824 Samuel Henson's will was dated on June 11 in Louisa County, Virginia. The will named daughter Lucy Henson, son Benjamin, son Bartlet, son Clifton R., son-in-law Robert Bell, and son-in-law Isham Desper. Son Benjamin was named executor. The will was proved on September 14, 1829. [13]
1827 A committee was appointed to appraise the estate of Lucy Hughson [after August 13, see image 110]. [14]
1827 Samuel Hughson, son of John Hughson deceased and Lucy Hughson, sold his inheritance rights to pay debts on December 10. [15]
1831 William Hughson, executor of the estate of Lucy Hughson petitioned the court to settle the estate account [after May 9, see image 368]. [16]
1843 Lucy Hewson, formerly Lucy Hinson, had died. On November 9, Bartlett Henson petitioned the court to appoint a committee to partition her estate into four parts for Bartlett Henson, the heirs of Clifton R Henson, the heirs of Robert Bell deceased, and the children of Sham(?) Desper [all heirs of Samuel Hinson?]. [17]
1832 Benjamin Henson, by attorney, and other heirs of Robert Bell deceased sold land from Bell's estate to Clifton R Henson. The land was on the south side of Old Mountain Road where Prices Road enters it on the waters of Rocky Creek and Reedy Creek. [18]
1832 Several heirs of Sally Bell (a daughter of Samuel Henson deceased) appointed Richard Beeson and Benjamin Henson as attornies to recover assets from the estate of Samuel Henson. [19] The heirs were named as:
William Unthank administrator of George W. Bell heir at law and son of Robert Bell and Sally Bell the wife of said Robert Bell both deceased (said Sally Bell was formerly Sally Henson daughter of Samuel Henson deceased), Sally Bell the widow of George W. Bell and Guardian of the heirs of the said George W. Bell deceased.
Joel Sanders and his wife Lucy daughter and heir of said Robert and Sally Bell,
John Tatum and his wife Sally daughter of said Robert and Sally Bell, and Dr W. W . Tyler to whom said John Tatum and his wife Sally have by deed conveyed all their interest in the Estate of the said Samuel Henson deceased
and Peter Briman and his wife Martha J. daughter and heir of the said Robert and Sally Bell
and Joel Sanders Administrators Samuel lot(?) well deceased a son and heir at law of said Robert Bell and his wife Sally
(all the aforesaid Children & heirs being the Children of the said Sally Bell)
1835 Benjamin Henson Senior's will was dated on January 2 in Louisa County, Virginia. The will named brother Clifton R Henson, brother Bartlet Hinson and his wife Lucy, and nephew Benjamin (son of Clifton). The will was proved on November 13, 1837. [20]
1820 R Clifton Henson lived in Louisa County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 3 (Under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 1 (26 thru 44); and free white females: 2 (Under 10) and 1 (16 thru 25); and 1 enslaved person. [21]
1830 Clifton Henson lived in Louisa County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (Under 5), 1 (5 thru 9), 2 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (60 thru 69); and free white females: 1 (Under 5), 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (40 thru 49); and 6 enslaved persons. [22]
1840 Clifton R Henson lived in Louisa County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), 1 (20 thru 29), and 1 (60 thru 69); and free white females: 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), 2 (20 thru 29), and 1 (50 thru 59); and 25 enslaved persons. [23]
1841 Clifton R Henson dated his will on March 15 in Louisa County, Virginia. The will named Elizabeth Dunavent "(whom I have always respected, loved, and recognized as my dear and beloved wife)" and her children "(all of which children I own and recognize as my own) to be equally divided among them …". [24] [25]
1830 Bartlet Henson lived in Louisa County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (50 thru 59); and free white females: 1 (30 thru 39); and 2 enslaved persons. [26]
1840 Bartlett Henson lived in Louisa County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (60 thru 69); and free white females: 1 (50 thru 59); and 8 enslaved persons. [27]
1844 Bartlett Henson's will was dated on July 1 in Louisa County, Virginia. The will named nephew Bartlet Henson (alias Bartlet Dunavant) and Martha Louisa Cosby. Wife Lucy was named executrix. The will was proved on June 12, 1848. [28]
1851 Clifton R Henson, son of Clifton R Henson and nephew of Bartlett Henson, mortgaged his future inheritances as security for a debt. [29]
1854 Daniel Saunders and others were named, on November 13, to be commissioners to appraise the assets of Elizabeth Henson alias Elizabeth Dunnavant deceased. [30]
1854 The estate sale for Clifton R Henson was recorded on November 30 in Louisa County, Virginia. [31] [32]
1867 Samuel Bowling Henson and Martha F Shipp were married on June 18 in Madison County, Virginia. Samuel Bowling Henson, child of Clifton R Henson and Elizabeth Dunavant, was born in 1809. [33]
1797 Isham Desper and Polley Henson were married on May 3 in Louisa County, Virginia. [34]
1818 Isham Desper and wife Polly sold land to Augustine Desper. [35]
1820 Isham Desper lived in Louisa County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 3 (Under 10), 2 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 18), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (26 thru 44); and free white females: 1 (Under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (45 and over); and 7 enslaved persons. [36]
1830 Isham Desper lived in Louisa County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), 2 (20 thru 29), and 1 (50 thru 59); and free white females: 1 (10 thru 14); and 11 enslaved persons. [37]
1840 Isham Desper lived in Louisa County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (20 thru 29), 1 (30 thru 39), and 1 (60 thru 69); and 17 enslaved persons. [38]
1848 The account of Isham Desper was recorded. [39]
1798 Robert Bell and wife Sally sold land in Louisa County, Virginia. [40]
1818 Robert Bell and wife Sally sold land to Julius Saunders in Louisa County, Virginia. [41]
"Samuel Henson was born in 1737, died in 1833 at the great age of ninety six years. He married the widow of Ensign Green, who held a patent of land adjoining the Henson land. By this marriage he into possession of a part of the Green patent, the former owner having sold some of the original grant. Samuel Henson had six children: Benjamin (2), Clifton, Bartlett, Lucy, Sallie, Mary. He was in the revolutionary army, being commissioned second lieutenant by recommendation of the county court, April 14, 1778. He was a successful farmer and owned many slaves, the latter going to his children at his death. In the division land after his death the Green tract fell to Benjamin (2). The latter dying this land was sold for a division among his brothers and sisters and was purchased his nephew, Benjamin (3) a son of Clifton Henson." Follows descendants. [42]
We seek further evidence about the identity of Samuel's wife. Perhaps she was a daughter of Rice.
1833 Samuel Hughson and Lucy R Hughson had made an agreement about land that Lucy had when she married Samuel. The relationship, if any, to the family of Samuel Henson is unknown to us. [43]
[1] Philip Alexander Bruce, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Richard Lee Morton, History of Virginia, Vol. 4 (American Historical Society, 1924), 99, [GoogleBooks].
[2] Rosalie_Edith_Davis, Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785 (Manchester, Missouri: Heritage Trails, 1981), 11.
[3] Rosalie_Edith_Davis, Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785 (Manchester, Missouri: Heritage Trails, 1981), 17.
[4] Rosalie_Edith_Davis, Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785 (Manchester, Missouri: Heritage Trails, 1981), 22, left column.
[5] Rosalie_Edith_Davis, Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785 (Manchester, Missouri: Heritage Trails, 1981), 27, left column.
[6] Rosalie_Edith_Davis, Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785 (Manchester, Missouri: Heritage Trails, 1981), 29, left column.
[7] Rosalie_Edith_Davis, Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785 (Manchester, Missouri: Heritage Trails, 1981), 39, right column.
[8] Rosalie_Edith_Davis, Louisa County, Virginia, Tithables and Census, 1743-1785 (Manchester, Missouri: Heritage Trails, 1981), 93, right column.
[9] Deed books, 1742-1865; general indexes to deeds, 1742-1872, 1969-1978, I-180, [FamilySearchImage].
[10] Genweb, Louisa County Virginia Deeds, deed I-180, [Genweb_VA_Louisa_Deed_Index].
[11] Marriage Register, 1766-1861, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Marriage Registers 1766–1861, IGN=007578998, image 83, [FamilySearchImage].
[12] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[13] Will Book 8 with Inventories Accounts, 1829-1833, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Will Books 1829–1833, IGN=007645400, image 41, [FamilySearchImage].
[14] Minute Book, 1826-1831, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Court Minutes 1826–1831, Court Records 1826–1831, IGN=008359649, image 113, [FamilySearchImage].
[15] Deed Book R, 1826-1827, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Deed Books 1826–1827, IGN=008579366, image 148, [FamilySearchImage].
[16] Minute Book, 1826-1831, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Court Minutes 1826–1831, Court Records 1826–1831, IGN=008359649, image 372, [FamilySearchImage].
[17] Minute Book, 1842-1844, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Court Minutes 1842–1844, IGN=008360464, image 133, [FamilySearchImage].
[18] Deeds Book U, 1833-1835, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Deed Books 1833–1835, IGN=008190544, image 42, [FamilySearchImage].
[19] Deed Book T, 1830-1833, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Deed Books 1830–1833, IGN=008579367, image 341, [FamilySearchImage].
[20] Will Book 9 with Inventories Accounts, 1833-1837, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Will Books 1833–1837, IGN=007645400, image 277, [FamilySearchImage].
[21] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[22] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[23] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[24] Will Book 11 with Inventories, Accounts Etc., 1837-1842, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Will Books 1837–1842, IGN=007645401, image 66, [FamilySearchImage].
[25] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[26] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[27] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[28] Will Book 12, 1845-1850, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Will Books 1845–1850, IGN=007644901, image 105, [FamilySearchImage].
[29] Deed Book CC, 1849-1854, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Deed Books 1849–1854, IGN=008579373, image 90, [FamilySearchImage].
[30] Will Book 13 with Inventories, Accounts Etc., 1850-1855, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Will Books 1850–1855, IGN=007645402, image 357, [FamilySearchImage].
[31] Will Book 13 with Inventories Accounts Etc., 1850-1855, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Will Books 1850–1855, IGN=007676169, image 359, [FamilySearchImage].
[32] Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography: Virginia. Biographies 1915, IGN=007548383, image 50, biosketch of Clifton, [FamilySearchImage].
[33] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, [AncestryRecord].
[34] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, [AncestryRecord].
[35] Deed Book N, 1816-1818, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Deed Books 1816–1818, IGN=008579364, image 284, [FamilySearchImage].
[36] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[37] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[38] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[39] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[40] Deed Book I, 1793-1800, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Deed Books 1793–1800, IGN=008151708, image 250, [FamilySearchImage].
[41] Deed Book O, 1818-1821, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Deed Books 1818–1821, IGN=008249415, image 102, [FamilySearchImage].
[42] Philip Alexander Bruce, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Richard Lee Morton, History of Virginia, Vol. 4 (American Historical Society, 1924), 99-100, [GoogleBooks].
[43] Deeds Book U, 1833-1835, Louisa County, Virginia: Louisa. Deed Books 1833–1835, IGN=008190544, image 60, [FamilySearchImage].