Posted on: Guernsey Co. OH Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Guernsey/11559 Surname: Clendennin, Henderson ------------------------- Clendennin/Henderson of Guernsey Co., Oxford Twp. Ohio: WILLIAM HENDERSON and NANCY ANN CLENDENNIN (b. 1780, near Philadelphia, PA.) were my 3-great grandparents. My research which is far from complete, is on the Hendersons - my maternal grandmother was MARY MELISSA HENDERSON, daughter of JONATHON HENDERSON and ELIZABETH SMITH; granddaughter of WILLIAM HENDERSON and MARY (POLLY) VANCE; and great-granddaughter of Maj WILLIAM HENDERSON and NANCY ANN CLENDENNIN. Maj William and Nancy Henderson came to Ohio in 1806 with their four oldest children (they went on to have 12 - son William was the fifth child.) They settled in "Oxford Twp, in the valley of Salt Fork Creek where Zane's Trace made a sharp turn west. This land now part of eastern Guernsey Co., was the seventh of what was known as the Seven Ranges. These ranges were the first public lands west of the Ohio River to be surveyed by the United States government." There is a family story about Nancy being called a "Good Squaw" by the leader of a band of starving indians, who had planned to attack her homestead - but she spotted them while she was baking bread. She hid her children and then loaded up her apron with all her bread and took it to the indians. They returned several days later and brought her a deer, and pronounced her a good squaw! There was a published account of this story in the Columbus Dispatch Magazine section on April 1, 1979 - written by one of the many Henderson descendants. This writer referred to Nancy "Clendillon" - but I have always heard CLENDENNIN. Nancy was 17 years old when she married William. William became a major during the War of 1812.