Francis Herron		see   FAMILY TREE
Born: Abt. 1742 Cumberland Co,  PA
Died: 30 Oct 1780 Mecklenburg Co., NC
Buried: Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, Mecklenburg, NC		Here lies the body of Francis Herron who departed this life Oct 30 1780 aged 38 years

FATHER

James Herron

MOTHER

Margaret

WIFE

Mary

CHILDREN

1. Rachel Herron b. 10 Jan 1770

2. James Herron b. Bef. 1771

3. Francis Herron b. Abt. 1771

    m. 28 Aug 1794 in Madison Co., KY to Hannah Ross

    d. Abt. 1800/01, apparently without issue.

4. Andrew Herron b. Abt. 1775

5. John Herron b. Abt. 1778

6. Phebe Herron

   Her name appears in Herman Ferguson's 1780-1800 Mecklenburg Co., NC Minutes of The Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions.  At the April session, 1783, Phebe Herron is mentioned as an orphan of Francis Herron, dec'd.

7. Thomas Herron b. 19 Mar 1781

Francis Herron died in Mecklenburg, NC in 1780 at the age of 38. His widow, Mary, appears to have been pregnant giving birth to her son, Thomas, five months later.  Her oldest child, Rachel, would have been about 10.   According to researcher Joy Herron, "One of the researchers pointed out that very little record was found of the estate of Francis Herron, probably due to Cornwallis' presence in the area and the resulting unsettled conditions. Apparently Cornwallis departed in January 1781 and while the court attempted to catch up on business, things did not return to normal right away. However, at the January Term Letters of Administration were granted to John Herron, Mary Herron and Andrew Sprott on the Estate of Francis Herron, deceased. There is no existing estate file for Francis although in the estate file of John Herron there is a signed, blank bond which served as the administration bond for Francis' estate. It is assumed that, due to the confusion of war, the administrators handled the estate privately rather than through the courts.

"Francis Herron's widow and some if not all of his children left Mecklenburg Co. and migrated to Madison Co., KY, settling on Paint Lick Creek in the area of the county that later became Garrard County in 1797. Mary Herron first appears on the tax lists there in 1789. She purchased land on Paint Lick Creek in Garrard Co., KY in 1798."

Kentucky State Archives, Mf. 993207 Kentucky Gazette; February 28, 1798; Vol. XI, No. 597  ( copy is to the right) "Run away from the subscriber, on the 19th of January, a likely negro woman, named Millie, about 22 years of age, has a scar under one of her eyes, she commonly dressed well, and carried off with her a number of clothes suitable for that purpose; she generally wears a half worn man's hat.  I suspect a negro fellow named Glasco, or Joustan, who trades commonly to the licks to free himself and Is the property of the widow Herron, near Frankfort, of conveying her away, together with some white people.  I will give ten dollars to apprehending the said negroes, if found together, or five dollars for the negro woman, and reasonable charges for bringing her home, or conveying her to the nearest gaol, so that I get her." William Scott Kentucky, Jefferson County, Floyd's fork

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