This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henshaw Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFk.2ACIB/1368.1 Message Board Post: The town of Henshaw, Kentucky (in Union County) was named after George Henshaw, born May 1 1795 in Berkeley County, [now West] Virginia, son of Jonathan Seman Henshaw & Elizabeth Stafford. In 1819 George moved to Kentucky, settling near Geiger Lake, where he was one of the first settlers in Union County. He was very poor at first, but before many years he amassed a fortune. He became one of the largest land owners in the county. See: http://www.blueneptune.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/hinshaw/id?5346