Thank you so much for doing these bios on my "possible" relations. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 3:13 AM Subject: [HENDERSON] Famous Americans-WILLIAM HENDERSON- Granville County,NC 1748 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Biography > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yNi.2ACEB/5401 > > Message Board Post: > >>From Ancestry.com's "Biographies of Notable Americans- 1904": > > Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume V > H > Henderson, William James > > HENDERSON, William, soldier, was born at Nutbush Creek, near > Williamsborough, N.C., March 5, 1748; son of Samuel and Elizabeth > (Williams) Henderson. His paternal ancestry was Scotch, and his maternal, > Welsh. Some years before the beginning of the Revolutionary war he removed > to Pacolet, S.C., and engaged in business as a merchant. At the outbreak > of the war he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of one of the regular > regiments of South Carolina and served throughout the war. He participated > in every important battle that occurred in South Carolina and commanded a > sortie at the siege of Charleston. When that city was captured he was > taken prisoner, and after his exchange he joined General Greene at the > siege of Ninety-Six, He was also appointed a general of militia and > commanded the state troops at the battle of Eutaw Springs, in which he > took a conspicuous part and was wounded. He died at Pacolet, S.C., about > 1787. > > > > > > ==== HENDERSON Mailing List ==== > HENDERSON messages can be researched right here > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/henderson > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >