Nathaniel Henderson (Sr) [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 on 1 Dec 1736 in Hanover co, VA. He died 4, 5 in 1789 in Hawkins co, TN and was buried 6 in family buriel ground; Hawkins co, TN. Nathaniel married 7, 8 Sarah (1st w/o Nathaniel Henderson, Sr) on 31 Oct 1763 in Granville co, NC.
Other marriages:, Charlotte (2nd w/o Nathaniel Henderson (Sr)
"Henderson, Nathaniel (1736-1789)"
"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 County militia; was with his brother, Colonel Richard Henderson, at the founding of Boonesborough, Kentucky; saw service against the Indians there during 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-law of Gideon Macon, of Warren County, North Carolina); one son Nathaniel Henderson. 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."
(from TN General Assembly Biographies; Hawkins co, TN)
Sources: Williams, Tennessee During the Revolutionary War, 169; Horton, Family History, 218-19, 229-31; Acklen, Tombstone Inscriptions, 212.The Report by Mrs Wm F. Phillip has 1832 as year of death for Samuel Henderson; However, this same report shows his daughter Mary being born in 1834 and the TN General Assembly Biographies has his son, Nathaniel, being born in 1836.
Sarah (1st w/o Nathaniel Henderson, Sr) 1, 2 died unknown. She married 3, 4 Nathaniel Henderson (Sr) on 31 Oct 1763 in Granville co, NC.
Other marriages:Jones, Shugan
"Married (1st) to Mrs. Shugan Jones (her maiden name is unknown); her first husband was a brother-in-law of Gideon Macon, of Warren County, North Carolina); one son Nathaniel Henderson.";
from "TN Gen.Assembly Bios"
They had the following children:
M i Nathaniel Henderson (Jr) 1 died unknown.
"(Nathanial Henderson, Sr) -- Married (1st) to Mrs. Shugan Jones (her maiden name is unknown); --- ; one son Nathaniel Henderson.";
from "TN Gen.Assembly Bios"
Shugan Jones [Parents] 1 died unknown. He married Sarah (1st w/o Nathaniel Henderson, Sr).
Sarah (1st w/o Nathaniel Henderson, Sr) 1, 2 died unknown. She married Shugan Jones.
Other marriages:Henderson, Nathaniel (Sr)
"Married (1st) to Mrs. Shugan Jones (her maiden name is unknown); her first husband was a brother-in-law of Gideon Macon, of Warren County, North Carolina); one son Nathaniel Henderson.";
from "TN Gen.Assembly Bios"
Jones 1 died unknown.
He had the following children:
M i Shugan Jones F ii Jones (w/o Gideon Macon)
Gideon Macon 1 died unknown. He married Jones (w/o Gideon Macon).
Jones (w/o Gideon Macon) [Parents] 1 died unknown. She married Gideon Macon.
Nathaniel Henderson (Sr) [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 on 1 Dec 1736 in Hanover co, VA. He died 4, 5 in 1789 in Hawkins co, TN and was buried 6 in family buriel ground; Hawkins co, TN. Nathaniel married 7 Charlotte (2nd w/o Nathaniel Henderson (Sr) on 29 Aug 1781 in Granville co, NC.
Other marriages:, Sarah (1st w/o Nathaniel Henderson, Sr)
"Henderson, Nathaniel (1736-1789)"
"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 County militia; was with his brother, Colonel Richard Henderson, at the founding of Boonesborough, Kentucky; saw service against the Indians there during 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-law of Gideon Macon, of Warren County, North Carolina); one son Nathaniel Henderson. 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."
(from TN General Assembly Biographies; Hawkins co, TN)
Sources: Williams, Tennessee During the Revolutionary War, 169; Horton, Family History, 218-19, 229-31; Acklen, Tombstone Inscriptions, 212.The Report by Mrs Wm F. Phillip has 1832 as year of death for Samuel Henderson; However, this same report shows his daughter Mary being born in 1834 and the TN General Assembly Biographies has his son, Nathaniel, being born in 1836.
Charlotte (2nd w/o Nathaniel Henderson (Sr) 1, 2 died unknown. She married 3 Nathaniel Henderson (Sr) on 29 Aug 1781 in Granville co, NC.
Other marriages:Morgan,
"Married (2nd) to a Mrs. Morgan, maiden name unknown; children-- Samuel and Elizabeth Young Henderson."
(from TN General Assembly Biographies; Hawkins co, TN; Biography of Nahtaniel Henderson)
They had the following children:
M i Samuel Henderson 1 died unknown. F ii Elizabeth Young Henderson 1 died unknown.
Morgan 1 died unknown. He married Charlotte (2nd w/o Nathaniel Henderson (Sr).
Charlotte (2nd w/o Nathaniel Henderson (Sr) 1, 2 died unknown. She married Morgan.
Other marriages:Henderson, Nathaniel (Sr)
"Married (2nd) to a Mrs. Morgan, maiden name unknown; children-- Samuel and Elizabeth Young Henderson."
(from TN General Assembly Biographies; Hawkins co, TN; Biography of Nahtaniel Henderson)
John Alexander Rogers [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 on 15 Jul 1789 in Hawkins co, TN. He died 5 in 1873 in TX and was buried 6 in Cedar Point, Kerr co, TX. John married 7 Margaret Forgey on 28 Jan 1812.
Other marriages:Forgey, Ellen
Coates, Lucretia Ann
"-- it is my desire my step grandson John A. Rogers act as my Executor in this my last Will and Testament, -- "
(from Will of Lucy Amis)"Rogers, John Alexander (1789-1873)"
"HOUSE, 17th, 21st, and 23d General Assemblies, 1827-29, 1835-39; representing Hawkins County; Whig. Born in Hawkins County on July15, 1789; son of Joseph and Mary (Amis) Rogers. Came to Rogersville, Hawkins County, with his father (a native of Ireland and the founder of Rogersville). Built a mill at Surgoinsville, Hawkins County; lived at Surgoinsville and at Rogersville. Director of the State Bank, Rogerwville, 1817; sometime justice of the peace. He was married three times: (1st) on January 28, 1812, to Margaret Forgey; (2nd) on December 25, 1817, to her sister, Ellen Forgey, and (3rd) in 1842, to Lucretia Ann Coates. He had eleven children, names of mother of each not indicated, all of whom removed to Texas. Representative Rogers was a captain of infantry, 1812-1815; engaged in the Canadian Campaign. Member Masonic Order, Overton Lodge #5, Rogersville. In his later life he removed to Texas, where he died in 1873; buried at Cedar Point, Kerr County, Texas. Grandson of Captain Thomas Amis, member of Provincial Congress, 1776, and of North Carolina Senate, 1788-1789."
Sources: Goodspeed, History of Hawkins County, 877-78; Snodgrass, Freemasonry in Tennessee, 49, 52-53; Burns and Mcloun, Soldiers of the War of 18l2, 132; Rogersville Review, July 9, l953; Hawkins County Miscellaneous Records, 4.
(from TN General Assembly Biographies; Hawkins co, TN; Biography of John Alexander Rogers)
Margaret Forgey [Parents] 1 died unknown. She married 2 John Alexander Rogers on 28 Jan 1812.
They had the following children:
F i Eliza M. Rogers F ii Malvina M. Rogers M iii John Rogers 1 died unknown.
John Alexander Rogers [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 on 15 Jul 1789 in Hawkins co, TN. He died 5 in 1873 in TX and was buried 6 in Cedar Point, Kerr co, TX. John married 7 Ellen Forgey on 25 Dec 1817.
Other marriages:Forgey, Margaret
Coates, Lucretia Ann
"-- it is my desire my step grandson John A. Rogers act as my Executor in this my last Will and Testament, -- "
(from Will of Lucy Amis)"Rogers, John Alexander (1789-1873)"
"HOUSE, 17th, 21st, and 23d General Assemblies, 1827-29, 1835-39; representing Hawkins County; Whig. Born in Hawkins County on July15, 1789; son of Joseph and Mary (Amis) Rogers. Came to Rogersville, Hawkins County, with his father (a native of Ireland and the founder of Rogersville). Built a mill at Surgoinsville, Hawkins County; lived at Surgoinsville and at Rogersville. Director of the State Bank, Rogerwville, 1817; sometime justice of the peace. He was married three times: (1st) on January 28, 1812, to Margaret Forgey; (2nd) on December 25, 1817, to her sister, Ellen Forgey, and (3rd) in 1842, to Lucretia Ann Coates. He had eleven children, names of mother of each not indicated, all of whom removed to Texas. Representative Rogers was a captain of infantry, 1812-1815; engaged in the Canadian Campaign. Member Masonic Order, Overton Lodge #5, Rogersville. In his later life he removed to Texas, where he died in 1873; buried at Cedar Point, Kerr County, Texas. Grandson of Captain Thomas Amis, member of Provincial Congress, 1776, and of North Carolina Senate, 1788-1789."
Sources: Goodspeed, History of Hawkins County, 877-78; Snodgrass, Freemasonry in Tennessee, 49, 52-53; Burns and Mcloun, Soldiers of the War of 18l2, 132; Rogersville Review, July 9, l953; Hawkins County Miscellaneous Records, 4.
(from TN General Assembly Biographies; Hawkins co, TN; Biography of John Alexander Rogers)
Ellen Forgey [Parents] 1, 2 died 3 after 17 Aug 1837 in [Rogersville, Hawkins co, TN]. She married 4 John Alexander Rogers on 25 Dec 1817.
"I give and bequeath to the heirs of my daughter Ellen to be enjoyed by her during her life time and then to her heirs in fee simple forever, the lot of land lying on the south side of Holston River containing 73 acres or thereabouts, --- , also 100 acres I entered joining it -- on the lower side of the creek, and likewise, the 50 acres -- on the lower side of the creek."
(from the Will of James Forgey - May 1831)
"It is my will that my two small negroes Alsy & Robert be disposed of as follows: Alsy to son-in-law John Harlon and Cornelius C. Miller in trust for my daughter Ellen during her life; my daughter to have the use of and control over her during her life and at her death said negro to go to her heirs."
(from the Codicil to the last Will and Testament of James Forgey - Aug 1834)The above land is passed on to Eliza Cocke in Ellen Rogers' will, dated Aug 1837;
"I give and bequeath to Eliza Cocke, wife of Frederick Cocke the tract of land willed to me by my father James Forgey lying on the south side of Holston River ---"
I believe this Eliza Cocke, to be the grand daughter of James Forgey, as mentioned in his will;
" -- to my two grand daughters Eliza and Malvinia Rogers -----."
These two girls, along with John Rogers, also mentioned in James Forgey's will -- "I request my son James to give to my grandson John Rogers a tolerable good horse, saddle and bridle, ---"; These three might be the children of Margaret (Forgey) Rogers, 1st wife of John Alexander Rogers; Ellen, sister of Margaret, was the 2nd wife of John Alexander Rogers.
! The "negro girl" ,Alsy, is also mentioned in the Will of Ellen (Forgey) Rogers; "I give and bequeath to my daughter Matilda Rogers my negro girl Elsey which was willed to me by my father James Forgey, ---."
They had the following children:
F i Matilda Rogers 1 was born 2 before Aug 1837. She died unknown.
"I give and bequeath to my daughter Matilda Rogers my negro girl Elsey which was willed to me by my father James Forgey, --- ."
from Will of Ellen Rogers
John Alexander Rogers [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 on 15 Jul 1789 in Hawkins co, TN. He died 5 in 1873 in TX and was buried 6 in Cedar Point, Kerr co, TX. John married 7 Lucretia Ann Coates in 1842.
Other marriages:Forgey, Margaret
Forgey, Ellen
"-- it is my desire my step grandson John A. Rogers act as my Executor in this my last Will and Testament, -- "
(from Will of Lucy Amis)"Rogers, John Alexander (1789-1873)"
"HOUSE, 17th, 21st, and 23d General Assemblies, 1827-29, 1835-39; representing Hawkins County; Whig. Born in Hawkins County on July15, 1789; son of Joseph and Mary (Amis) Rogers. Came to Rogersville, Hawkins County, with his father (a native of Ireland and the founder of Rogersville). Built a mill at Surgoinsville, Hawkins County; lived at Surgoinsville and at Rogersville. Director of the State Bank, Rogerwville, 1817; sometime justice of the peace. He was married three times: (1st) on January 28, 1812, to Margaret Forgey; (2nd) on December 25, 1817, to her sister, Ellen Forgey, and (3rd) in 1842, to Lucretia Ann Coates. He had eleven children, names of mother of each not indicated, all of whom removed to Texas. Representative Rogers was a captain of infantry, 1812-1815; engaged in the Canadian Campaign. Member Masonic Order, Overton Lodge #5, Rogersville. In his later life he removed to Texas, where he died in 1873; buried at Cedar Point, Kerr County, Texas. Grandson of Captain Thomas Amis, member of Provincial Congress, 1776, and of North Carolina Senate, 1788-1789."
Sources: Goodspeed, History of Hawkins County, 877-78; Snodgrass, Freemasonry in Tennessee, 49, 52-53; Burns and Mcloun, Soldiers of the War of 18l2, 132; Rogersville Review, July 9, l953; Hawkins County Miscellaneous Records, 4.
(from TN General Assembly Biographies; Hawkins co, TN; Biography of John Alexander Rogers)
Lucretia Ann Coates 1 died unknown. She married 2 John Alexander Rogers in 1842.
James Forgey 1, 2 died 3, 4, 5 Aug 1834 - Aug 1837 in [Hawkins co, TN]. He married Margaret (w/o James Forgey).
Margaret (w/o James Forgey) 1 died 2 after 20 Dec 1843 in [Hawkins co, TN]. She married James Forgey.
They had the following children:
F i Margaret Forgey F ii Ellen Forgey M iii James Reynolds Forgey F iv Polly Forgey F v Rachel Forgey 1 died 2 after 29 Mar 1837 in [Hawkins co, TN]. F vi Matilda Forgey F vii Betsy Forgey
