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Jesse SUTTLE

1812 White Co. Tax List; "Suttles, John".
Enumerated with him during the 1850 White Co.,TN census,is:Sally
PATRICK,17,TN;Manerva PATRICK,14,TN
1812 White Co. Tax List; "Suttles, John".
Enumerated with him during the 1850 White Co.,TN census,is:Sally
PATRICK,17,TN;Manerva PATRICK,14,TN

Harriet HENNESSEE

Why isn't she listed with Alexander in 1860 Warren Census?...DAH
Why isn't she listed with Alexander in 1860 Warren Census?...DAH

John H. HENNESSEE

John Hennessee (b c 1775 - d June, 1844, Caldwell County, North Carolina) was the son of pioneer Patrick Hennessee I and the husband of Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee (b February 13, 1782, Randolph County - d September 21, 1855, Forsyth County).  Rcords indicate that an "only child" was born of that union.  It is known that John had at least an older brother, James David (b 1766) who about 1805 moved with his family to Tennessee, and two sisters unidentified but married by 1780.
A widower when he married Elizabeth Wilson, John had five other children.  Some believe the mother of these children was Elizabeth Sumter (Sumpter) from Kentucky.  Other names are offered.  John's June 7, 1844, Caldwell County will names and maes bequests to his children Patrick (b c 1793), Ailsey (b c 1795), David (b September 3, 1805), and the children of his daughter Elmina (b October 20, 1808).  (Tragically, Elmina was deceased, struck by lightning June 2, 1841.)  A June 17, 1844, codicil disowns Elizabeth Spencer, wife of Tisdale Spencer.  Although the codicil does not identify Elizabeth as his child, it is almost certain this Elizabeth was John's oldest - born c 1791.  John named son Patrick II and son-in-law Abraham Sudderth, Jr., executors.  When he died near the end of June, John was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Lenoir.  With his gravestone missing for many years, the location of John's grave is unknown.  Patrick died August 29, 1845, just a little over a year after the death of his father, leaving Abraham sole executor.  With some delays, John's estate was accepted for settlement in 1850, almost six years after his death.

Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., wrote (Article 766 Burke Heritage Volume 1):  "Elizabeth Wilson born February 13, 1782.  She married John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North Carolina and had an only child."  Questions remain as to the identity of the "nly child".  John's will did not include this child, leaving the conviction he or she predeceased John.  Some time after John's death, Elizabeth, probably wishing to be near her own people, moved to Forsyth County.  Here her April 29, 1855, will was dictated to and written by George C. Mendenhall, prominent attorney and husband of Elizabeth's niece, Delphina E. Gardner.  It was not surprising that Elizabeth's bequests were to close family members mainly.  Surprising were Elizabeth's bequests "to my daughter Louisa Kerr and her son Thomas Kerr."  This leads one to question if the "only child" was alive and identified as Louisa or misidentified in the telling.
Known to have had at least 300 acres of land through early Burke County land grants, January 14 and March 12, 1794, as well as other acreage, John's will included slaves, live stock, farm equipment, furnishings, etc.  Inventory sale dated Novemer 1, 1844, listed many buyers whose names would be recognized in Burke and Caldwell Counties even today.  Slave Philip, left to Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee by John 11 years previously, appears on an inventory of the property and estate of Eliza W. Hennessee taken by John Watson, her executor, and returned to the March Term of Forsyth Court in 1856.
The Hennessees and the Sudderths were good friends.  Three of John's children married three children of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.   Patrick married Nancy, David married Catherine, and Elmina married Abraham, Jr.  Ailsey married Jacob Johnson, sonf Philip Johnson and Martha Bassett.
Descendants of John and his brother James were in touch at times over the years but their first known reunion was held in July, 1991, 186 years after James moved away.  Over 260 family members representing 19 states came together at Shell's Fod Baptist Church, McMinnville, Tennessee, at the invitation of and hosted mainly by David Alden Hennessee, descendant of James.

Sources:  "Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important
Miscellaneous Records 1751-1809, Excerpts from Miscellaneous Papers of
Civil and Criminal Cases 1755-1790", Volume 3, Page 103, by Edith Warren  Huggins; "Burke County, North Carolina, Records 1755-1821 (Including Wills Index 1784-1900), Tax Records 1794-1795", Page 112, Tax Records 1794-1798, Page 122"; "Land Grants, Burke County, North Carolina, 1787, 1794"; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, First Six Years 1841-1847", Volume 1, Second Edition, Pages 37-38, 40-41, and 55 by Linda M. Staley and John O. Hawkins; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, 1847-1852", Volume 2, Page 51, Compiled by John O. Hawkins;  North Carolina Archives, Raleigh; Research of David Alden Hennessee, West Palm Beach, Florida, Manassa Nixon (Nick) Hennessee, III, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Elaine Gordon, San Antonio, Texas.
Nita H. Shepard
206 Treetop Place
Holland, Ohio 43528                    (419) 867-7439

Pg#  Ln#  Head of Household           to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+
to10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+   Others Slaves  Remarks
Last Name   First Name      (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)   (5)   (6)   (7)   (8)   (9)   (10)  (11)   (12)
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0     0     1      0     0      0
754  17   Hinsy       John H           0     0     0     0     1     0     0     0     0      1     0      2

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498  Roll 2

Hensy, Patrick,                 1,1,1,0,3

I
1790   Census                            North Carolina
Burke  County                            Morgan District

1 of      1st #      free white males 16 year upwards and head of families (Patrick)
1 of      2nd #      free white males under 16 years (Ailsey)
1 of      3rd #      free white females and head of families (John)
0 of      4th #      all other free persons (no other children)
3 of      5th #      slaves

Text of speech given by Nita Hennessee Shepard during the Hennessee Reunion held in McMinnville,TN, July of 1991:

Hello-o-o Tennessee Hennessees! And my Hennessee cousins from the various States of the Union. It's nice to see you! It's nice to be with you! I am Nita Raye Hennessee Shepard.

I've been asked to speak on John Hennessee, Sr., son of our elder Patrick, and brother to your James.

When brother James decided to leave western North Carolina for Tennessee, John decided to stay on, buying James' land on the Catawba River.

John was my great-great grandfather - born about 1775. If John's birth date is reasonably accurate, John was 9 years younger than brother James. This makes me wonder about the accuracy of the date of John's birth or if there were other brothers or sisters born in those intervening 9 years. However, I was told today that there were other children between James and John, so we will leave the year of his birth as about 1775.

It is thought John's mother was Ailsey McDowell, possibly a sister to Generals Charles and Joseph McDowell. It is said the McDowells came from Virgina with the Hennessees.

I became especially interested in John Hennessee because of two articles in the Burke Co., N.C. Historical Society volumes. One article said John had 4 children and his wife's name was Elizabeth. The other article said Elizabeth Wilson, born Feb.13, 1782 married John Hennessee and had an only child.

Senator Sam Erwin of Morganton,N.C., who had written the second article, said his information came from his mother and her information from a friend. Both were long deceased.

We know from John's will dated, June 7, 1844, that his wife then was an Elizabeth. He mentions sons Patrick and David, daughter Elmira's children (Elmira was already deceased, having been struck by lightning), and he mentioned daughter Ailsey Johnson. As a codicil 10 days later - June 17, 1884 - he disinherits Elizabeth Spencer by leaving her the sum of $1.00.

In trying to conciliate the two Burke Co. articles, I have come the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that John may have been married 3 times. I think his first wife was possibly Elizabeth Sumpter from Kentucky. I believe she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Patrick, Jr., who was born about 1793, and Ailsey, born 1795.

Since son David was not born until 11 years later and David's sister, Elmira, until 13 years later, I believe David and Elmira's mother was not Elizabeth Sumpter - unless of course there had been other children in
those 11 years that did not live to maturity.

We do know when John died his wife was an Elizabeth - Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee - and their 1 child was the Elizabeth Spencer disinherited in the will. I can only speculate that Elizabeth Spencer married against her father's wishes and was left with $1.00.

Of interest, you might like to know that Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee was a descendant of John Howland and wife Elizabeth Tilley who came to what is now America on the Mayflower in 1620. Of further interest, while on board ship, John Howland was washed overboard, nearly drowned, but was miraculously saved.  John Howland is described as being young and strong who was able to survive in the waters unitl he could be rescued.

John Hennessee evidently died soon after his June, 1844, will because John's last will and testament was proved July 11, 1844, with his wife "Eliza" appearing in court to admit his will for probate.

John was buried in the Fairfield Cemetery at Lenoir, N.C. His headstone has not been seen for many, many years so the exact location of his grave is not known. My husband and I, along with a Sudderth-cousin and her husband, went to the cemetery a few years ago and made a valiant effort to find the grave - but if his headstone was there somewhere, it had fallen is buried deeply.

The Fairfield Cemetery, once the former cemetery of the 1st Methodist Church, goes back to the late 1700's and is said to hold the remains of 70 slaves and about 100 white people. We were told it is believed that John's father, the elder Patrick, is buried there too.

When my husband and I tried to locate John's grave, we found the cemetery to be a small jungle, located at the back yards of a nice development of homes.  A number of hours later, bent, sometimes on our hands and knees, with clothes snagged, hot and dirty, and many insect bites, we gave up trying to locate John (and Patrick too).

Upon coming back home to Arlington, VA, I was hopeful that Fairfield would be cleared of underbrush and fallen stones. We pinned our hopes on the fact that the cemetery was to be turned over to the Caldwell County
Genealogical Society.  But, alas, in 1989, through what was charitably said to be a misunderstanding, a company brought heavy equipment into the cemetery, cut trees, and pulled the trees out across graves. There were, of course, many complaints.

Since then, we have not heard of any further developments at the cemetery but perhaps good will come from this unhappy event.

I wish I know more about John. I don't have a physical description nor a picture. I don't know whether he was kind and good. I must assume that John was industrious and brave. One had to be in what was a dangerous, undeveloped area of western North Carolina. He had to be industrious because he had land, slaves and obviously a standing in the community. I wish we had letters written by John. Then we could know him better. But,nevertheless, we are grateful to you, John, for being!

Thank you very much for your time!

The Last Will and Testament of John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North
Carolina.

I, John Hennessee, considering uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same as make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say

Item first.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hennessee during her natural life my negro boy Philip or any other she may choose and my negro girl Sopshonia aged about thirteen years also my grey mare
and colt also two cows and calves also what hogs I have and what few sheep I have and the increase of the stock The stock and its increase to be disposed of as she thinks best at her death and to have the use of the increase of the negro girl Sopshonia during her lifetime only; I also leave her all my household and kitchen furniture except two feather beds and furniture.  I also give her my wheel and loom and one woman's saddle. also one Sett of horse gear one plow hoe and I give her the above bequest including all and every article she brought with her after her marriage  I also give her her lawful dower in my Land where David Hennessee lives in Cherokee County but if my son David Hennessee and wife Catherine will make a good and sufficient deed to the tract of land given to them by Abraham Sudderth Jr called the Staples place during her natural life time and my life time.  If my son David and his wife complies with the foregoing condition she is to have that for her Dower in land inlieu of the land in Cherokee County.

Item Second.

I give to my son Patrick Hennessee his choice of the negroes after my wife takes the two I bequeathed to her.  If he takes my negro woman Dolly he is to have her youngest child Tom with her         and Dolly's increase The above I give with all I have heretofore given him as his share of my estate also one feather bed

Item 3rd.

I give to my son David Hennessee all my interest in the tract of land where he now lives and all my other lands in Cherokee County subject to the Dower of my wife.  but if my son David Hennessee will comply with the matter named in the first Item and make a Deed to land named therein (viz the Staples place) then my wife is to have the Staples place during her lifetime for dower and to have no dower in the land in Cherokee.  I also give him choice of one of my negroes after what I have already bequeathed are taken out also one feather bed and furniture.

Item 4th.

I give Abraham Sudderth's children my Grand children the one half of my negroes remaining after the above bequests are taken out.  and. also the boy my wife has during her lifetime.

Item 5th.

I give to my daughter Ailsey Johnson my negro Girl Sophsonia and her increase after the death of my wife and also any increase she may before my wife's death and also the one half of the negroes remaining after first those bequests are take out of which I have bequeathed Abraham Sudderth's children the other half.

Item 6th.

My will and desire is that all the balance of my property that I have not disposed of above of every description whatsoever to be sold and the proceeds after all my just debts are paid to be divided equally
between all my children viz Patrick Hennessee, David Hennessee, Elmina Sudderth, Children & Ailsey Johnson.

Item 7th.

I nominate and appoint Abraham Sudderth Jnr. and Patrick Hennessee my executors of the last will & testament revoking all former wills by me made

Item 8th.

And lastly my express will and meaning is and I do hereby order and appoint that if any differences disputes questions or controversy shall be arise or happen concerning any gift bequest matter or thing in the my will given and bequeathed expressed or contained that then no suit or suits in Law or Equity or other wise shall be brought, commemced or prosecuted for and concerning the same shall refund wholly to the award order and determination of my friends Wm. Greenway and James Harper        both of the County & State aforesaid and what they shall order direct & determine therein shall be binding and conclusive to all and every person or persons therein concerned  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day if June, 1844.

Published and declared by the above named John Hennessee to be John his mark Hennessee his last will & Testament in presence of the Testator

the Testator Wm. Greenway Jurat Wm. C. Tate Jas. Harper Jurat

Codicil to the above will this day as above written  It is further my will and desire that if my son David Hennessee complies with the condition of the aforesaid will (viz) to make a sufficient deed as before stated to the
Staples place that he also is to build a comfortable double house each Sixteen feet square with a passage between one and a half Story high with a chimney with one fire place at each end the chimnies to be built of
stone or brick Two twelve         windows in each room and otherwise furnished in comfortable manner & also to build a Kitchen smoke house and corn crib all to be finished by the 1st day of Jany. next

Item 2nd.

It is further my will and desire that out of the proceeds of sale of the balance of my property in my will there be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer wife Tisdell Spencer the sum of one dollar and no more

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of the 17th day of June 1844

Wm. Greenway Jurat
Wm. C. Tate                            John Hennessee (his mark)
James Harper Jurat

(Burke County Tax List of 1815 list John as owning 850 acres valued at $3000.)
John Hennessee (b c 1775 - d June, 1844, Caldwell County, North Carolina) was the son of pioneer Patrick Hennessee I and the husband of Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee (b February 13, 1782, Randolph County - d September 21, 1855, Forsyth County).  Rcords indicate that an "only child" was born of that union.  It is known that John had at least an older brother, James David (b 1766) who about 1805 moved with his family to Tennessee, and two sisters unidentified but married by 1780.
A widower when he married Elizabeth Wilson, John had five other children.  Some believe the mother of these children was Elizabeth Sumter (Sumpter) from Kentucky.  Other names are offered.  John's June 7, 1844, Caldwell County will names and maes bequests to his children Patrick (b c 1793), Ailsey (b c 1795), David (b September 3, 1805), and the children of his daughter Elmina (b October 20, 1808).  (Tragically, Elmina was deceased, struck by lightning June 2, 1841.)  A June 17, 1844, codicil disowns Elizabeth Spencer, wife of Tisdale Spencer.  Although the codicil does not identify Elizabeth as his child, it is almost certain this Elizabeth was John's oldest - born c 1791.  John named son Patrick II and son-in-law Abraham Sudderth, Jr., executors.  When he died near the end of June, John was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Lenoir.  With his gravestone missing for many years, the location of John's grave is unknown.  Patrick died August 29, 1845, just a little over a year after the death of his father, leaving Abraham sole executor.  With some delays, John's estate was accepted for settlement in 1850, almost six years after his death.

Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., wrote (Article 766 Burke Heritage Volume 1):  "Elizabeth Wilson born February 13, 1782.  She married John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North Carolina and had an only child."  Questions remain as to the identity of the "nly child".  John's will did not include this child, leaving the conviction he or she predeceased John.  Some time after John's death, Elizabeth, probably wishing to be near her own people, moved to Forsyth County.  Here her April 29, 1855, will was dictated to and written by George C. Mendenhall, prominent attorney and husband of Elizabeth's niece, Delphina E. Gardner.  It was not surprising that Elizabeth's bequests were to close family members mainly.  Surprising were Elizabeth's bequests "to my daughter Louisa Kerr and her son Thomas Kerr."  This leads one to question if the "only child" was alive and identified as Louisa or misidentified in the telling.
Known to have had at least 300 acres of land through early Burke County land grants, January 14 and March 12, 1794, as well as other acreage, John's will included slaves, live stock, farm equipment, furnishings, etc.  Inventory sale dated Novemer 1, 1844, listed many buyers whose names would be recognized in Burke and Caldwell Counties even today.  Slave Philip, left to Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee by John 11 years previously, appears on an inventory of the property and estate of Eliza W. Hennessee taken by John Watson, her executor, and returned to the March Term of Forsyth Court in 1856.
The Hennessees and the Sudderths were good friends.  Three of John's children married three children of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.   Patrick married Nancy, David married Catherine, and Elmina married Abraham, Jr.  Ailsey married Jacob Johnson, sonf Philip Johnson and Martha Bassett.
Descendants of John and his brother James were in touch at times over the years but their first known reunion was held in July, 1991, 186 years after James moved away.  Over 260 family members representing 19 states came together at Shell's Fod Baptist Church, McMinnville, Tennessee, at the invitation of and hosted mainly by David Alden Hennessee, descendant of James.

Sources:  "Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important
Miscellaneous Records 1751-1809, Excerpts from Miscellaneous Papers of
Civil and Criminal Cases 1755-1790", Volume 3, Page 103, by Edith Warren  Huggins; "Burke County, North Carolina, Records 1755-1821 (Including Wills Index 1784-1900), Tax Records 1794-1795", Page 112, Tax Records 1794-1798, Page 122"; "Land Grants, Burke County, North Carolina, 1787, 1794"; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, First Six Years 1841-1847", Volume 1, Second Edition, Pages 37-38, 40-41, and 55 by Linda M. Staley and John O. Hawkins; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, 1847-1852", Volume 2, Page 51, Compiled by John O. Hawkins;  North Carolina Archives, Raleigh; Research of David Alden Hennessee, West Palm Beach, Florida, Manassa Nixon (Nick) Hennessee, III, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Elaine Gordon, San Antonio, Texas.
Nita H. Shepard
206 Treetop Place
Holland, Ohio 43528                    (419) 867-7439

Pg#  Ln#  Head of Household           to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+
to10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+   Others Slaves  Remarks
Last Name   First Name      (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)   (5)   (6)   (7)   (8)   (9)   (10)  (11)   (12)
==================================================================================================================================================
0     0     1      0     0      0
754  17   Hinsy       John H           0     0     0     0     1     0     0     0     0      1     0      2

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498  Roll 2

Hensy, Patrick,                 1,1,1,0,3

I
1790   Census                            North Carolina
Burke  County                            Morgan District

1 of      1st #      free white males 16 year upwards and head of families (Patrick)
1 of      2nd #      free white males under 16 years (Ailsey)
1 of      3rd #      free white females and head of families (John)
0 of      4th #      all other free persons (no other children)
3 of      5th #      slaves

Text of speech given by Nita Hennessee Shepard during the Hennessee Reunion held in McMinnville,TN, July of 1991:

Hello-o-o Tennessee Hennessees! And my Hennessee cousins from the various States of the Union. It's nice to see you! It's nice to be with you! I am Nita Raye Hennessee Shepard.

I've been asked to speak on John Hennessee, Sr., son of our elder Patrick, and brother to your James.

When brother James decided to leave western North Carolina for Tennessee, John decided to stay on, buying James' land on the Catawba River.

John was my great-great grandfather - born about 1775. If John's birth date is reasonably accurate, John was 9 years younger than brother James. This makes me wonder about the accuracy of the date of John's birth or if there were other brothers or sisters born in those intervening 9 years. However, I was told today that there were other children between James and John, so we will leave the year of his birth as about 1775.

It is thought John's mother was Ailsey McDowell, possibly a sister to Generals Charles and Joseph McDowell. It is said the McDowells came from Virgina with the Hennessees.

I became especially interested in John Hennessee because of two articles in the Burke Co., N.C. Historical Society volumes. One article said John had 4 children and his wife's name was Elizabeth. The other article said Elizabeth Wilson, born Feb.13, 1782 married John Hennessee and had an only child.

Senator Sam Erwin of Morganton,N.C., who had written the second article, said his information came from his mother and her information from a friend. Both were long deceased.

We know from John's will dated, June 7, 1844, that his wife then was an Elizabeth. He mentions sons Patrick and David, daughter Elmira's children (Elmira was already deceased, having been struck by lightning), and he mentioned daughter Ailsey Johnson. As a codicil 10 days later - June 17, 1884 - he disinherits Elizabeth Spencer by leaving her the sum of $1.00.

In trying to conciliate the two Burke Co. articles, I have come the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that John may have been married 3 times. I think his first wife was possibly Elizabeth Sumpter from Kentucky. I believe she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Patrick, Jr., who was born about 1793, and Ailsey, born 1795.

Since son David was not born until 11 years later and David's sister, Elmira, until 13 years later, I believe David and Elmira's mother was not Elizabeth Sumpter - unless of course there had been other children in
those 11 years that did not live to maturity.

We do know when John died his wife was an Elizabeth - Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee - and their 1 child was the Elizabeth Spencer disinherited in the will. I can only speculate that Elizabeth Spencer married against her father's wishes and was left with $1.00.

Of interest, you might like to know that Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee was a descendant of John Howland and wife Elizabeth Tilley who came to what is now America on the Mayflower in 1620. Of further interest, while on board ship, John Howland was washed overboard, nearly drowned, but was miraculously saved.  John Howland is described as being young and strong who was able to survive in the waters unitl he could be rescued.

John Hennessee evidently died soon after his June, 1844, will because John's last will and testament was proved July 11, 1844, with his wife "Eliza" appearing in court to admit his will for probate.

John was buried in the Fairfield Cemetery at Lenoir, N.C. His headstone has not been seen for many, many years so the exact location of his grave is not known. My husband and I, along with a Sudderth-cousin and her husband, went to the cemetery a few years ago and made a valiant effort to find the grave - but if his headstone was there somewhere, it had fallen is buried deeply.

The Fairfield Cemetery, once the former cemetery of the 1st Methodist Church, goes back to the late 1700's and is said to hold the remains of 70 slaves and about 100 white people. We were told it is believed that John's father, the elder Patrick, is buried there too.

When my husband and I tried to locate John's grave, we found the cemetery to be a small jungle, located at the back yards of a nice development of homes.  A number of hours later, bent, sometimes on our hands and knees, with clothes snagged, hot and dirty, and many insect bites, we gave up trying to locate John (and Patrick too).

Upon coming back home to Arlington, VA, I was hopeful that Fairfield would be cleared of underbrush and fallen stones. We pinned our hopes on the fact that the cemetery was to be turned over to the Caldwell County
Genealogical Society.  But, alas, in 1989, through what was charitably said to be a misunderstanding, a company brought heavy equipment into the cemetery, cut trees, and pulled the trees out across graves. There were, of course, many complaints.

Since then, we have not heard of any further developments at the cemetery but perhaps good will come from this unhappy event.

I wish I know more about John. I don't have a physical description nor a picture. I don't know whether he was kind and good. I must assume that John was industrious and brave. One had to be in what was a dangerous, undeveloped area of western North Carolina. He had to be industrious because he had land, slaves and obviously a standing in the community. I wish we had letters written by John. Then we could know him better. But,nevertheless, we are grateful to you, John, for being!

Thank you very much for your time!

The Last Will and Testament of John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North
Carolina.

I, John Hennessee, considering uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same as make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say

Item first.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hennessee during her natural life my negro boy Philip or any other she may choose and my negro girl Sopshonia aged about thirteen years also my grey mare
and colt also two cows and calves also what hogs I have and what few sheep I have and the increase of the stock The stock and its increase to be disposed of as she thinks best at her death and to have the use of the increase of the negro girl Sopshonia during her lifetime only; I also leave her all my household and kitchen furniture except two feather beds and furniture.  I also give her my wheel and loom and one woman's saddle. also one Sett of horse gear one plow hoe and I give her the above bequest including all and every article she brought with her after her marriage  I also give her her lawful dower in my Land where David Hennessee lives in Cherokee County but if my son David Hennessee and wife Catherine will make a good and sufficient deed to the tract of land given to them by Abraham Sudderth Jr called the Staples place during her natural life time and my life time.  If my son David and his wife complies with the foregoing condition she is to have that for her Dower in land inlieu of the land in Cherokee County.

Item Second.

I give to my son Patrick Hennessee his choice of the negroes after my wife takes the two I bequeathed to her.  If he takes my negro woman Dolly he is to have her youngest child Tom with her         and Dolly's increase The above I give with all I have heretofore given him as his share of my estate also one feather bed

Item 3rd.

I give to my son David Hennessee all my interest in the tract of land where he now lives and all my other lands in Cherokee County subject to the Dower of my wife.  but if my son David Hennessee will comply with the matter named in the first Item and make a Deed to land named therein (viz the Staples place) then my wife is to have the Staples place during her lifetime for dower and to have no dower in the land in Cherokee.  I also give him choice of one of my negroes after what I have already bequeathed are taken out also one feather bed and furniture.

Item 4th.

I give Abraham Sudderth's children my Grand children the one half of my negroes remaining after the above bequests are taken out.  and. also the boy my wife has during her lifetime.

Item 5th.

I give to my daughter Ailsey Johnson my negro Girl Sophsonia and her increase after the death of my wife and also any increase she may before my wife's death and also the one half of the negroes remaining after first those bequests are take out of which I have bequeathed Abraham Sudderth's children the other half.

Item 6th.

My will and desire is that all the balance of my property that I have not disposed of above of every description whatsoever to be sold and the proceeds after all my just debts are paid to be divided equally
between all my children viz Patrick Hennessee, David Hennessee, Elmina Sudderth, Children & Ailsey Johnson.

Item 7th.

I nominate and appoint Abraham Sudderth Jnr. and Patrick Hennessee my executors of the last will & testament revoking all former wills by me made

Item 8th.

And lastly my express will and meaning is and I do hereby order and appoint that if any differences disputes questions or controversy shall be arise or happen concerning any gift bequest matter or thing in the my will given and bequeathed expressed or contained that then no suit or suits in Law or Equity or other wise shall be brought, commemced or prosecuted for and concerning the same shall refund wholly to the award order and determination of my friends Wm. Greenway and James Harper        both of the County & State aforesaid and what they shall order direct & determine therein shall be binding and conclusive to all and every person or persons therein concerned  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day if June, 1844.

Published and declared by the above named John Hennessee to be John his mark Hennessee his last will & Testament in presence of the Testator

the Testator Wm. Greenway Jurat Wm. C. Tate Jas. Harper Jurat

Codicil to the above will this day as above written  It is further my will and desire that if my son David Hennessee complies with the condition of the aforesaid will (viz) to make a sufficient deed as before stated to the
Staples place that he also is to build a comfortable double house each Sixteen feet square with a passage between one and a half Story high with a chimney with one fire place at each end the chimnies to be built of
stone or brick Two twelve         windows in each room and otherwise furnished in comfortable manner & also to build a Kitchen smoke house and corn crib all to be finished by the 1st day of Jany. next

Item 2nd.

It is further my will and desire that out of the proceeds of sale of the balance of my property in my will there be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer wife Tisdell Spencer the sum of one dollar and no more

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of the 17th day of June 1844

Wm. Greenway Jurat
Wm. C. Tate                            John Hennessee (his mark)
James Harper Jurat

(Burke County Tax List of 1815 list John as owning 850 acres valued at $3000.)

John H. HENNESSEE

John Hennessee (b c 1775 - d June, 1844, Caldwell County, North Carolina) was the son of pioneer Patrick Hennessee I and the husband of Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee (b February 13, 1782, Randolph County - d September 21, 1855, Forsyth County).  Rcords indicate that an "only child" was born of that union.  It is known that John had at least an older brother, James David (b 1766) who about 1805 moved with his family to Tennessee, and two sisters unidentified but married by 1780.
A widower when he married Elizabeth Wilson, John had five other children.  Some believe the mother of these children was Elizabeth Sumter (Sumpter) from Kentucky.  Other names are offered.  John's June 7, 1844, Caldwell County will names and maes bequests to his children Patrick (b c 1793), Ailsey (b c 1795), David (b September 3, 1805), and the children of his daughter Elmina (b October 20, 1808).  (Tragically, Elmina was deceased, struck by lightning June 2, 1841.)  A June 17, 1844, codicil disowns Elizabeth Spencer, wife of Tisdale Spencer.  Although the codicil does not identify Elizabeth as his child, it is almost certain this Elizabeth was John's oldest - born c 1791.  John named son Patrick II and son-in-law Abraham Sudderth, Jr., executors.  When he died near the end of June, John was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Lenoir.  With his gravestone missing for many years, the location of John's grave is unknown.  Patrick died August 29, 1845, just a little over a year after the death of his father, leaving Abraham sole executor.  With some delays, John's estate was accepted for settlement in 1850, almost six years after his death.

Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., wrote (Article 766 Burke Heritage Volume 1):  "Elizabeth Wilson born February 13, 1782.  She married John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North Carolina and had an only child."  Questions remain as to the identity of the "nly child".  John's will did not include this child, leaving the conviction he or she predeceased John.  Some time after John's death, Elizabeth, probably wishing to be near her own people, moved to Forsyth County.  Here her April 29, 1855, will was dictated to and written by George C. Mendenhall, prominent attorney and husband of Elizabeth's niece, Delphina E. Gardner.  It was not surprising that Elizabeth's bequests were to close family members mainly.  Surprising were Elizabeth's bequests "to my daughter Louisa Kerr and her son Thomas Kerr."  This leads one to question if the "only child" was alive and identified as Louisa or misidentified in the telling.
Known to have had at least 300 acres of land through early Burke County land grants, January 14 and March 12, 1794, as well as other acreage, John's will included slaves, live stock, farm equipment, furnishings, etc.  Inventory sale dated Novemer 1, 1844, listed many buyers whose names would be recognized in Burke and Caldwell Counties even today.  Slave Philip, left to Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee by John 11 years previously, appears on an inventory of the property and estate of Eliza W. Hennessee taken by John Watson, her executor, and returned to the March Term of Forsyth Court in 1856.
The Hennessees and the Sudderths were good friends.  Three of John's children married three children of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.   Patrick married Nancy, David married Catherine, and Elmina married Abraham, Jr.  Ailsey married Jacob Johnson, sonf Philip Johnson and Martha Bassett.
Descendants of John and his brother James were in touch at times over the years but their first known reunion was held in July, 1991, 186 years after James moved away.  Over 260 family members representing 19 states came together at Shell's Fod Baptist Church, McMinnville, Tennessee, at the invitation of and hosted mainly by David Alden Hennessee, descendant of James.

Sources:  "Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important
Miscellaneous Records 1751-1809, Excerpts from Miscellaneous Papers of
Civil and Criminal Cases 1755-1790", Volume 3, Page 103, by Edith Warren  Huggins; "Burke County, North Carolina, Records 1755-1821 (Including Wills Index 1784-1900), Tax Records 1794-1795", Page 112, Tax Records 1794-1798, Page 122"; "Land Grants, Burke County, North Carolina, 1787, 1794"; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, First Six Years 1841-1847", Volume 1, Second Edition, Pages 37-38, 40-41, and 55 by Linda M. Staley and John O. Hawkins; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, 1847-1852", Volume 2, Page 51, Compiled by John O. Hawkins;  North Carolina Archives, Raleigh; Research of David Alden Hennessee, West Palm Beach, Florida, Manassa Nixon (Nick) Hennessee, III, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Elaine Gordon, San Antonio, Texas.
Nita H. Shepard
206 Treetop Place
Holland, Ohio 43528                    (419) 867-7439

Pg#  Ln#  Head of Household           to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+
to10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+   Others Slaves  Remarks
Last Name   First Name      (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)   (5)   (6)   (7)   (8)   (9)   (10)  (11)   (12)
==================================================================================================================================================
0     0     1      0     0      0
754  17   Hinsy       John H           0     0     0     0     1     0     0     0     0      1     0      2

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498  Roll 2

Hensy, Patrick,                 1,1,1,0,3

I
1790   Census                            North Carolina
Burke  County                            Morgan District

1 of      1st #      free white males 16 year upwards and head of families (Patrick)
1 of      2nd #      free white males under 16 years (Ailsey)
1 of      3rd #      free white females and head of families (John)
0 of      4th #      all other free persons (no other children)
3 of      5th #      slaves

Text of speech given by Nita Hennessee Shepard during the Hennessee Reunion held in McMinnville,TN, July of 1991:

Hello-o-o Tennessee Hennessees! And my Hennessee cousins from the various States of the Union. It's nice to see you! It's nice to be with you! I am Nita Raye Hennessee Shepard.

I've been asked to speak on John Hennessee, Sr., son of our elder Patrick, and brother to your James.

When brother James decided to leave western North Carolina for Tennessee, John decided to stay on, buying James' land on the Catawba River.

John was my great-great grandfather - born about 1775. If John's birth date is reasonably accurate, John was 9 years younger than brother James. This makes me wonder about the accuracy of the date of John's birth or if there were other brothers or sisters born in those intervening 9 years. However, I was told today that there were other children between James and John, so we will leave the year of his birth as about 1775.

It is thought John's mother was Ailsey McDowell, possibly a sister to Generals Charles and Joseph McDowell. It is said the McDowells came from Virgina with the Hennessees.

I became especially interested in John Hennessee because of two articles in the Burke Co., N.C. Historical Society volumes. One article said John had 4 children and his wife's name was Elizabeth. The other article said Elizabeth Wilson, born Feb.13, 1782 married John Hennessee and had an only child.

Senator Sam Erwin of Morganton,N.C., who had written the second article, said his information came from his mother and her information from a friend. Both were long deceased.

We know from John's will dated, June 7, 1844, that his wife then was an Elizabeth. He mentions sons Patrick and David, daughter Elmira's children (Elmira was already deceased, having been struck by lightning), and he mentioned daughter Ailsey Johnson. As a codicil 10 days later - June 17, 1884 - he disinherits Elizabeth Spencer by leaving her the sum of $1.00.

In trying to conciliate the two Burke Co. articles, I have come the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that John may have been married 3 times. I think his first wife was possibly Elizabeth Sumpter from Kentucky. I believe she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Patrick, Jr., who was born about 1793, and Ailsey, born 1795.

Since son David was not born until 11 years later and David's sister, Elmira, until 13 years later, I believe David and Elmira's mother was not Elizabeth Sumpter - unless of course there had been other children in
those 11 years that did not live to maturity.

We do know when John died his wife was an Elizabeth - Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee - and their 1 child was the Elizabeth Spencer disinherited in the will. I can only speculate that Elizabeth Spencer married against her father's wishes and was left with $1.00.

Of interest, you might like to know that Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee was a descendant of John Howland and wife Elizabeth Tilley who came to what is now America on the Mayflower in 1620. Of further interest, while on board ship, John Howland was washed overboard, nearly drowned, but was miraculously saved.  John Howland is described as being young and strong who was able to survive in the waters unitl he could be rescued.

John Hennessee evidently died soon after his June, 1844, will because John's last will and testament was proved July 11, 1844, with his wife "Eliza" appearing in court to admit his will for probate.

John was buried in the Fairfield Cemetery at Lenoir, N.C. His headstone has not been seen for many, many years so the exact location of his grave is not known. My husband and I, along with a Sudderth-cousin and her husband, went to the cemetery a few years ago and made a valiant effort to find the grave - but if his headstone was there somewhere, it had fallen is buried deeply.

The Fairfield Cemetery, once the former cemetery of the 1st Methodist Church, goes back to the late 1700's and is said to hold the remains of 70 slaves and about 100 white people. We were told it is believed that John's father, the elder Patrick, is buried there too.

When my husband and I tried to locate John's grave, we found the cemetery to be a small jungle, located at the back yards of a nice development of homes.  A number of hours later, bent, sometimes on our hands and knees, with clothes snagged, hot and dirty, and many insect bites, we gave up trying to locate John (and Patrick too).

Upon coming back home to Arlington, VA, I was hopeful that Fairfield would be cleared of underbrush and fallen stones. We pinned our hopes on the fact that the cemetery was to be turned over to the Caldwell County
Genealogical Society.  But, alas, in 1989, through what was charitably said to be a misunderstanding, a company brought heavy equipment into the cemetery, cut trees, and pulled the trees out across graves. There were, of course, many complaints.

Since then, we have not heard of any further developments at the cemetery but perhaps good will come from this unhappy event.

I wish I know more about John. I don't have a physical description nor a picture. I don't know whether he was kind and good. I must assume that John was industrious and brave. One had to be in what was a dangerous, undeveloped area of western North Carolina. He had to be industrious because he had land, slaves and obviously a standing in the community. I wish we had letters written by John. Then we could know him better. But,nevertheless, we are grateful to you, John, for being!

Thank you very much for your time!

The Last Will and Testament of John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North
Carolina.

I, John Hennessee, considering uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same as make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say

Item first.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hennessee during her natural life my negro boy Philip or any other she may choose and my negro girl Sopshonia aged about thirteen years also my grey mare
and colt also two cows and calves also what hogs I have and what few sheep I have and the increase of the stock The stock and its increase to be disposed of as she thinks best at her death and to have the use of the increase of the negro girl Sopshonia during her lifetime only; I also leave her all my household and kitchen furniture except two feather beds and furniture.  I also give her my wheel and loom and one woman's saddle. also one Sett of horse gear one plow hoe and I give her the above bequest including all and every article she brought with her after her marriage  I also give her her lawful dower in my Land where David Hennessee lives in Cherokee County but if my son David Hennessee and wife Catherine will make a good and sufficient deed to the tract of land given to them by Abraham Sudderth Jr called the Staples place during her natural life time and my life time.  If my son David and his wife complies with the foregoing condition she is to have that for her Dower in land inlieu of the land in Cherokee County.

Item Second.

I give to my son Patrick Hennessee his choice of the negroes after my wife takes the two I bequeathed to her.  If he takes my negro woman Dolly he is to have her youngest child Tom with her         and Dolly's increase The above I give with all I have heretofore given him as his share of my estate also one feather bed

Item 3rd.

I give to my son David Hennessee all my interest in the tract of land where he now lives and all my other lands in Cherokee County subject to the Dower of my wife.  but if my son David Hennessee will comply with the matter named in the first Item and make a Deed to land named therein (viz the Staples place) then my wife is to have the Staples place during her lifetime for dower and to have no dower in the land in Cherokee.  I also give him choice of one of my negroes after what I have already bequeathed are taken out also one feather bed and furniture.

Item 4th.

I give Abraham Sudderth's children my Grand children the one half of my negroes remaining after the above bequests are taken out.  and. also the boy my wife has during her lifetime.

Item 5th.

I give to my daughter Ailsey Johnson my negro Girl Sophsonia and her increase after the death of my wife and also any increase she may before my wife's death and also the one half of the negroes remaining after first those bequests are take out of which I have bequeathed Abraham Sudderth's children the other half.

Item 6th.

My will and desire is that all the balance of my property that I have not disposed of above of every description whatsoever to be sold and the proceeds after all my just debts are paid to be divided equally
between all my children viz Patrick Hennessee, David Hennessee, Elmina Sudderth, Children & Ailsey Johnson.

Item 7th.

I nominate and appoint Abraham Sudderth Jnr. and Patrick Hennessee my executors of the last will & testament revoking all former wills by me made

Item 8th.

And lastly my express will and meaning is and I do hereby order and appoint that if any differences disputes questions or controversy shall be arise or happen concerning any gift bequest matter or thing in the my will given and bequeathed expressed or contained that then no suit or suits in Law or Equity or other wise shall be brought, commemced or prosecuted for and concerning the same shall refund wholly to the award order and determination of my friends Wm. Greenway and James Harper        both of the County & State aforesaid and what they shall order direct & determine therein shall be binding and conclusive to all and every person or persons therein concerned  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day if June, 1844.

Published and declared by the above named John Hennessee to be John his mark Hennessee his last will & Testament in presence of the Testator

the Testator Wm. Greenway Jurat Wm. C. Tate Jas. Harper Jurat

Codicil to the above will this day as above written  It is further my will and desire that if my son David Hennessee complies with the condition of the aforesaid will (viz) to make a sufficient deed as before stated to the
Staples place that he also is to build a comfortable double house each Sixteen feet square with a passage between one and a half Story high with a chimney with one fire place at each end the chimnies to be built of
stone or brick Two twelve         windows in each room and otherwise furnished in comfortable manner & also to build a Kitchen smoke house and corn crib all to be finished by the 1st day of Jany. next

Item 2nd.

It is further my will and desire that out of the proceeds of sale of the balance of my property in my will there be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer wife Tisdell Spencer the sum of one dollar and no more

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of the 17th day of June 1844

Wm. Greenway Jurat
Wm. C. Tate                            John Hennessee (his mark)
James Harper Jurat

(Burke County Tax List of 1815 list John as owning 850 acres valued at $3000.)
John Hennessee (b c 1775 - d June, 1844, Caldwell County, North Carolina) was the son of pioneer Patrick Hennessee I and the husband of Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee (b February 13, 1782, Randolph County - d September 21, 1855, Forsyth County).  Rcords indicate that an "only child" was born of that union.  It is known that John had at least an older brother, James David (b 1766) who about 1805 moved with his family to Tennessee, and two sisters unidentified but married by 1780.
A widower when he married Elizabeth Wilson, John had five other children.  Some believe the mother of these children was Elizabeth Sumter (Sumpter) from Kentucky.  Other names are offered.  John's June 7, 1844, Caldwell County will names and maes bequests to his children Patrick (b c 1793), Ailsey (b c 1795), David (b September 3, 1805), and the children of his daughter Elmina (b October 20, 1808).  (Tragically, Elmina was deceased, struck by lightning June 2, 1841.)  A June 17, 1844, codicil disowns Elizabeth Spencer, wife of Tisdale Spencer.  Although the codicil does not identify Elizabeth as his child, it is almost certain this Elizabeth was John's oldest - born c 1791.  John named son Patrick II and son-in-law Abraham Sudderth, Jr., executors.  When he died near the end of June, John was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Lenoir.  With his gravestone missing for many years, the location of John's grave is unknown.  Patrick died August 29, 1845, just a little over a year after the death of his father, leaving Abraham sole executor.  With some delays, John's estate was accepted for settlement in 1850, almost six years after his death.

Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., wrote (Article 766 Burke Heritage Volume 1):  "Elizabeth Wilson born February 13, 1782.  She married John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North Carolina and had an only child."  Questions remain as to the identity of the "nly child".  John's will did not include this child, leaving the conviction he or she predeceased John.  Some time after John's death, Elizabeth, probably wishing to be near her own people, moved to Forsyth County.  Here her April 29, 1855, will was dictated to and written by George C. Mendenhall, prominent attorney and husband of Elizabeth's niece, Delphina E. Gardner.  It was not surprising that Elizabeth's bequests were to close family members mainly.  Surprising were Elizabeth's bequests "to my daughter Louisa Kerr and her son Thomas Kerr."  This leads one to question if the "only child" was alive and identified as Louisa or misidentified in the telling.
Known to have had at least 300 acres of land through early Burke County land grants, January 14 and March 12, 1794, as well as other acreage, John's will included slaves, live stock, farm equipment, furnishings, etc.  Inventory sale dated Novemer 1, 1844, listed many buyers whose names would be recognized in Burke and Caldwell Counties even today.  Slave Philip, left to Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee by John 11 years previously, appears on an inventory of the property and estate of Eliza W. Hennessee taken by John Watson, her executor, and returned to the March Term of Forsyth Court in 1856.
The Hennessees and the Sudderths were good friends.  Three of John's children married three children of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.   Patrick married Nancy, David married Catherine, and Elmina married Abraham, Jr.  Ailsey married Jacob Johnson, sonf Philip Johnson and Martha Bassett.
Descendants of John and his brother James were in touch at times over the years but their first known reunion was held in July, 1991, 186 years after James moved away.  Over 260 family members representing 19 states came together at Shell's Fod Baptist Church, McMinnville, Tennessee, at the invitation of and hosted mainly by David Alden Hennessee, descendant of James.

Sources:  "Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important
Miscellaneous Records 1751-1809, Excerpts from Miscellaneous Papers of
Civil and Criminal Cases 1755-1790", Volume 3, Page 103, by Edith Warren  Huggins; "Burke County, North Carolina, Records 1755-1821 (Including Wills Index 1784-1900), Tax Records 1794-1795", Page 112, Tax Records 1794-1798, Page 122"; "Land Grants, Burke County, North Carolina, 1787, 1794"; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, First Six Years 1841-1847", Volume 1, Second Edition, Pages 37-38, 40-41, and 55 by Linda M. Staley and John O. Hawkins; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, 1847-1852", Volume 2, Page 51, Compiled by John O. Hawkins;  North Carolina Archives, Raleigh; Research of David Alden Hennessee, West Palm Beach, Florida, Manassa Nixon (Nick) Hennessee, III, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Elaine Gordon, San Antonio, Texas.
Nita H. Shepard
206 Treetop Place
Holland, Ohio 43528                    (419) 867-7439

Pg#  Ln#  Head of Household           to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+
to10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+   Others Slaves  Remarks
Last Name   First Name      (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)   (5)   (6)   (7)   (8)   (9)   (10)  (11)   (12)
==================================================================================================================================================
0     0     1      0     0      0
754  17   Hinsy       John H           0     0     0     0     1     0     0     0     0      1     0      2

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498  Roll 2

Hensy, Patrick,                 1,1,1,0,3

I
1790   Census                            North Carolina
Burke  County                            Morgan District

1 of      1st #      free white males 16 year upwards and head of families (Patrick)
1 of      2nd #      free white males under 16 years (Ailsey)
1 of      3rd #      free white females and head of families (John)
0 of      4th #      all other free persons (no other children)
3 of      5th #      slaves

Text of speech given by Nita Hennessee Shepard during the Hennessee Reunion held in McMinnville,TN, July of 1991:

Hello-o-o Tennessee Hennessees! And my Hennessee cousins from the various States of the Union. It's nice to see you! It's nice to be with you! I am Nita Raye Hennessee Shepard.

I've been asked to speak on John Hennessee, Sr., son of our elder Patrick, and brother to your James.

When brother James decided to leave western North Carolina for Tennessee, John decided to stay on, buying James' land on the Catawba River.

John was my great-great grandfather - born about 1775. If John's birth date is reasonably accurate, John was 9 years younger than brother James. This makes me wonder about the accuracy of the date of John's birth or if there were other brothers or sisters born in those intervening 9 years. However, I was told today that there were other children between James and John, so we will leave the year of his birth as about 1775.

It is thought John's mother was Ailsey McDowell, possibly a sister to Generals Charles and Joseph McDowell. It is said the McDowells came from Virgina with the Hennessees.

I became especially interested in John Hennessee because of two articles in the Burke Co., N.C. Historical Society volumes. One article said John had 4 children and his wife's name was Elizabeth. The other article said Elizabeth Wilson, born Feb.13, 1782 married John Hennessee and had an only child.

Senator Sam Erwin of Morganton,N.C., who had written the second article, said his information came from his mother and her information from a friend. Both were long deceased.

We know from John's will dated, June 7, 1844, that his wife then was an Elizabeth. He mentions sons Patrick and David, daughter Elmira's children (Elmira was already deceased, having been struck by lightning), and he mentioned daughter Ailsey Johnson. As a codicil 10 days later - June 17, 1884 - he disinherits Elizabeth Spencer by leaving her the sum of $1.00.

In trying to conciliate the two Burke Co. articles, I have come the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that John may have been married 3 times. I think his first wife was possibly Elizabeth Sumpter from Kentucky. I believe she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Patrick, Jr., who was born about 1793, and Ailsey, born 1795.

Since son David was not born until 11 years later and David's sister, Elmira, until 13 years later, I believe David and Elmira's mother was not Elizabeth Sumpter - unless of course there had been other children in
those 11 years that did not live to maturity.

We do know when John died his wife was an Elizabeth - Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee - and their 1 child was the Elizabeth Spencer disinherited in the will. I can only speculate that Elizabeth Spencer married against her father's wishes and was left with $1.00.

Of interest, you might like to know that Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee was a descendant of John Howland and wife Elizabeth Tilley who came to what is now America on the Mayflower in 1620. Of further interest, while on board ship, John Howland was washed overboard, nearly drowned, but was miraculously saved.  John Howland is described as being young and strong who was able to survive in the waters unitl he could be rescued.

John Hennessee evidently died soon after his June, 1844, will because John's last will and testament was proved July 11, 1844, with his wife "Eliza" appearing in court to admit his will for probate.

John was buried in the Fairfield Cemetery at Lenoir, N.C. His headstone has not been seen for many, many years so the exact location of his grave is not known. My husband and I, along with a Sudderth-cousin and her husband, went to the cemetery a few years ago and made a valiant effort to find the grave - but if his headstone was there somewhere, it had fallen is buried deeply.

The Fairfield Cemetery, once the former cemetery of the 1st Methodist Church, goes back to the late 1700's and is said to hold the remains of 70 slaves and about 100 white people. We were told it is believed that John's father, the elder Patrick, is buried there too.

When my husband and I tried to locate John's grave, we found the cemetery to be a small jungle, located at the back yards of a nice development of homes.  A number of hours later, bent, sometimes on our hands and knees, with clothes snagged, hot and dirty, and many insect bites, we gave up trying to locate John (and Patrick too).

Upon coming back home to Arlington, VA, I was hopeful that Fairfield would be cleared of underbrush and fallen stones. We pinned our hopes on the fact that the cemetery was to be turned over to the Caldwell County
Genealogical Society.  But, alas, in 1989, through what was charitably said to be a misunderstanding, a company brought heavy equipment into the cemetery, cut trees, and pulled the trees out across graves. There were, of course, many complaints.

Since then, we have not heard of any further developments at the cemetery but perhaps good will come from this unhappy event.

I wish I know more about John. I don't have a physical description nor a picture. I don't know whether he was kind and good. I must assume that John was industrious and brave. One had to be in what was a dangerous, undeveloped area of western North Carolina. He had to be industrious because he had land, slaves and obviously a standing in the community. I wish we had letters written by John. Then we could know him better. But,nevertheless, we are grateful to you, John, for being!

Thank you very much for your time!

The Last Will and Testament of John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North
Carolina.

I, John Hennessee, considering uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same as make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say

Item first.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hennessee during her natural life my negro boy Philip or any other she may choose and my negro girl Sopshonia aged about thirteen years also my grey mare
and colt also two cows and calves also what hogs I have and what few sheep I have and the increase of the stock The stock and its increase to be disposed of as she thinks best at her death and to have the use of the increase of the negro girl Sopshonia during her lifetime only; I also leave her all my household and kitchen furniture except two feather beds and furniture.  I also give her my wheel and loom and one woman's saddle. also one Sett of horse gear one plow hoe and I give her the above bequest including all and every article she brought with her after her marriage  I also give her her lawful dower in my Land where David Hennessee lives in Cherokee County but if my son David Hennessee and wife Catherine will make a good and sufficient deed to the tract of land given to them by Abraham Sudderth Jr called the Staples place during her natural life time and my life time.  If my son David and his wife complies with the foregoing condition she is to have that for her Dower in land inlieu of the land in Cherokee County.

Item Second.

I give to my son Patrick Hennessee his choice of the negroes after my wife takes the two I bequeathed to her.  If he takes my negro woman Dolly he is to have her youngest child Tom with her         and Dolly's increase The above I give with all I have heretofore given him as his share of my estate also one feather bed

Item 3rd.

I give to my son David Hennessee all my interest in the tract of land where he now lives and all my other lands in Cherokee County subject to the Dower of my wife.  but if my son David Hennessee will comply with the matter named in the first Item and make a Deed to land named therein (viz the Staples place) then my wife is to have the Staples place during her lifetime for dower and to have no dower in the land in Cherokee.  I also give him choice of one of my negroes after what I have already bequeathed are taken out also one feather bed and furniture.

Item 4th.

I give Abraham Sudderth's children my Grand children the one half of my negroes remaining after the above bequests are taken out.  and. also the boy my wife has during her lifetime.

Item 5th.

I give to my daughter Ailsey Johnson my negro Girl Sophsonia and her increase after the death of my wife and also any increase she may before my wife's death and also the one half of the negroes remaining after first those bequests are take out of which I have bequeathed Abraham Sudderth's children the other half.

Item 6th.

My will and desire is that all the balance of my property that I have not disposed of above of every description whatsoever to be sold and the proceeds after all my just debts are paid to be divided equally
between all my children viz Patrick Hennessee, David Hennessee, Elmina Sudderth, Children & Ailsey Johnson.

Item 7th.

I nominate and appoint Abraham Sudderth Jnr. and Patrick Hennessee my executors of the last will & testament revoking all former wills by me made

Item 8th.

And lastly my express will and meaning is and I do hereby order and appoint that if any differences disputes questions or controversy shall be arise or happen concerning any gift bequest matter or thing in the my will given and bequeathed expressed or contained that then no suit or suits in Law or Equity or other wise shall be brought, commemced or prosecuted for and concerning the same shall refund wholly to the award order and determination of my friends Wm. Greenway and James Harper        both of the County & State aforesaid and what they shall order direct & determine therein shall be binding and conclusive to all and every person or persons therein concerned  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day if June, 1844.

Published and declared by the above named John Hennessee to be John his mark Hennessee his last will & Testament in presence of the Testator

the Testator Wm. Greenway Jurat Wm. C. Tate Jas. Harper Jurat

Codicil to the above will this day as above written  It is further my will and desire that if my son David Hennessee complies with the condition of the aforesaid will (viz) to make a sufficient deed as before stated to the
Staples place that he also is to build a comfortable double house each Sixteen feet square with a passage between one and a half Story high with a chimney with one fire place at each end the chimnies to be built of
stone or brick Two twelve         windows in each room and otherwise furnished in comfortable manner & also to build a Kitchen smoke house and corn crib all to be finished by the 1st day of Jany. next

Item 2nd.

It is further my will and desire that out of the proceeds of sale of the balance of my property in my will there be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer wife Tisdell Spencer the sum of one dollar and no more

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of the 17th day of June 1844

Wm. Greenway Jurat
Wm. C. Tate                            John Hennessee (his mark)
James Harper Jurat

(Burke County Tax List of 1815 list John as owning 850 acres valued at $3000.)

Elmina THOMPSON

From: "Nita Shepard"
To: "David Alden Hennessee"
Subject: John Hennessee
Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:45 PM

Hi, David:  Glad you gave me a little nudge about above.  I hope it will "pay off."  For instance, I took John Hennessee:

Oldest son, Patrick II, named after father's father:  Patrick I Second son, David, named after mother's father:  According to grants received there is a David Thompson, under Storage File Folder #4094, Grant #3852, (not that far from Patrick's property and that of Bartlett Berry (He - a son in law - took over Nancy Sudderth Hennessee's plantation when she lost the plantation.)  (Now we think David's mother was Elmina Thompson.  Was David Thompson her father?? David Hennessee's  sister was Elmina Hennessee.)  I understand the file folders are at the Burke Library and N. C. Archives.

Oldest daughter, Elizabeth, named after mother's mother.  Mother might have been Elizabeth Sumter from Ky. - would Elizabeth Sumter's mother also be an Elizabeth? Second daughter, Ailsey, named after father's mother.  Was father's mother Ailsey McDowell as some have said? 3rd daughter, Elmina, named after mother.  Was her mother Elmina Thompson?

Have it said this too confusingly?  It is to me.

When I have time will further study James.

For now, some think Patrick I's father could be Thomas.  If so, then according to naming process neither James nor John would be the oldest child.  The oldest would need to be a Thomas.  However, if James was the oldest son of Patrick I, then perhaps, and only perhaps, the story that I received:  That James and Alexander Hennessee left Co. Cork and landed in Norfolk, Va., in 1740 might have some truth to it.

I am now trying to get some inf on David Thompson or anything more on the Thompsons in an effort to find Elmina Thompson's people.  Will  forward E-mail from Robert McNeeley sent to me Aug. 29.  He seems to feel that Elmina Thompson's father might be George Thompson.  Cuz Nita

From: "Nita Shepard"
To: "David Alden Hennessee"
Subject: John Hennessee
Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:37 PM

Hi, David:

This pertains to John rather than James H. but I am attaching a typewritten copy of undated letter to me from Meb Sudderth Hendrix, of Cherokee Co., N. C.

I happened to run across the handwritten letter again of Meb'syesterday.  I believe you will be particularly interested in paragraph 3.  I don't know why I had not noted her reference to John's wife as Elmina Thompson Hennessee much earlier.  How could I have missed it???  I did some research yesterday on an Elmina Thompson yesterday
through yahoo.com but nothing special came up although I did not pursue that site for more than 60 listings.  I see a Thompson article in the Caldwell Co. Historical Volume but see no reference to an Elmina.  I will continue to look further.  Perhaps you will join in when you can???

My first thought in rereading Meb's letter was that she might be alittle mixed up.  She was well into her 80's in the early 1900's.  I imagine Meb is dead now.  If I can find an address for Dale, I will write her.  She appeared to be much younger than Meb.  Also, Meb's daughter Mildred might be living in Meb's home now.  Meb had mentioned that Mildred was going to retire and would probably live there.  Hope the attachment comes through okay.  Cuz Nita

Copy of Undated Letter from Meb Sudderth Hendrix

Dear Nita:
It was good to hear from you; it's springtime here.  I have been spending a lot of time outside among my flowers.  The tulips have been most beautiful.  Now the iris is making a show along with other blooming flowers.  The peony's (sic) are buding and so many pansies along with bleeding heart and the money plant.  A lot of shrubs are also in bloom.  The dogwood trees are at their best now.
My sisters are doing very well but I lost two brothers last year, Aude and Neal.  I am O.K. except for arthritis and my hearing.  I have some help with my flowers and housekeeping.
You ask about David Hennessee.  He was the son of John Hennessee and wife Elmina Thompson Hennessee.  He was a brother to Elmina Hennessee Sudderth, wife of Abraham Sudderth, Jr. (my great grandfather).  He was the father of John Hennessee whoas the first mayor of Murphy.  His wife was Catherine Sudderth, sister to Abraham Sudderth, Jr. and daughter of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.
You will find the Hennessee Family History in Cherokee County Heritage - page 233 - number 311.  This was worked up by Jean Davis Hennessee.
From David and Catherine Sudderth Hennessee, came some of our most prominent early Cherokee County families.  (The Poseys, Brittains, Abernathys, Goodrune and many more.)  I hope this will help to place him in his place in family history.  Youemember we went to the Harshaw Chapel where the Hennessee Clan was buried when you were here.
I have not done too much more in the search for our ancestors since you were here.  I have been helping out with my family down home since Dale is left alone with sister Mae who will be 91 May 1st.
My daughter Mildred and several of the family will be spending this weekend with me.  I have been cooking cakes and making a lot of rolls and freezing them for quick eating while they are here so we can visit and not have too much cooking to d.  Mildred lives in Arlington, Texas, now.  Others will be coming from Memphis, Tenn., and Columbus, Ga.  So we will have a lot of family fun for a few days.
Hope to see you again soon.  A letter recently from Jessie Campbell of Caldwell Co. says she has some early history of Sudderth family.  Some one had been abroad.
Sincerely
(signed) Meb

Note:  The above letter probably was written in 1991, possibly a little later.  Since Meb's great grandmother is cited by Meb as Elmina and not Elmira, it is my belief we should stop listing Elmira as an alternative for Elmina.   In referring to her father's will of June 17, 1844, spelling could be either Elmina or Elmira, I suppose - but my leaning was to Elmina.
Nita H. Shepard, August 13, 2002
From: "Nita Shepard"
To: "David Alden Hennessee"
Subject: John Hennessee
Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:45 PM

Hi, David:  Glad you gave me a little nudge about above.  I hope it will "pay off."  For instance, I took John Hennessee:

Oldest son, Patrick II, named after father's father:  Patrick I Second son, David, named after mother's father:  According to grants received there is a David Thompson, under Storage File Folder #4094, Grant #3852, (not that far from Patrick's property and that of Bartlett Berry (He - a son in law - took over Nancy Sudderth Hennessee's plantation when she lost the plantation.)  (Now we think David's mother was Elmina Thompson.  Was David Thompson her father?? David Hennessee's  sister was Elmina Hennessee.)  I understand the file folders are at the Burke Library and N. C. Archives.

Oldest daughter, Elizabeth, named after mother's mother.  Mother might have been Elizabeth Sumter from Ky. - would Elizabeth Sumter's mother also be an Elizabeth? Second daughter, Ailsey, named after father's mother.  Was father's mother Ailsey McDowell as some have said? 3rd daughter, Elmina, named after mother.  Was her mother Elmina Thompson?

Have it said this too confusingly?  It is to me.

When I have time will further study James.

For now, some think Patrick I's father could be Thomas.  If so, then according to naming process neither James nor John would be the oldest child.  The oldest would need to be a Thomas.  However, if James was the oldest son of Patrick I, then perhaps, and only perhaps, the story that I received:  That James and Alexander Hennessee left Co. Cork and landed in Norfolk, Va., in 1740 might have some truth to it.

I am now trying to get some inf on David Thompson or anything more on the Thompsons in an effort to find Elmina Thompson's people.  Will  forward E-mail from Robert McNeeley sent to me Aug. 29.  He seems to feel that Elmina Thompson's father might be George Thompson.  Cuz Nita

From: "Nita Shepard"
To: "David Alden Hennessee"
Subject: John Hennessee
Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:37 PM

Hi, David:

This pertains to John rather than James H. but I am attaching a typewritten copy of undated letter to me from Meb Sudderth Hendrix, of Cherokee Co., N. C.

I happened to run across the handwritten letter again of Meb'syesterday.  I believe you will be particularly interested in paragraph 3.  I don't know why I had not noted her reference to John's wife as Elmina Thompson Hennessee much earlier.  How could I have missed it???  I did some research yesterday on an Elmina Thompson yesterday
through yahoo.com but nothing special came up although I did not pursue that site for more than 60 listings.  I see a Thompson article in the Caldwell Co. Historical Volume but see no reference to an Elmina.  I will continue to look further.  Perhaps you will join in when you can???

My first thought in rereading Meb's letter was that she might be alittle mixed up.  She was well into her 80's in the early 1900's.  I imagine Meb is dead now.  If I can find an address for Dale, I will write her.  She appeared to be much younger than Meb.  Also, Meb's daughter Mildred might be living in Meb's home now.  Meb had mentioned that Mildred was going to retire and would probably live there.  Hope the attachment comes through okay.  Cuz Nita

Copy of Undated Letter from Meb Sudderth Hendrix

Dear Nita:
It was good to hear from you; it's springtime here.  I have been spending a lot of time outside among my flowers.  The tulips have been most beautiful.  Now the iris is making a show along with other blooming flowers.  The peony's (sic) are buding and so many pansies along with bleeding heart and the money plant.  A lot of shrubs are also in bloom.  The dogwood trees are at their best now.
My sisters are doing very well but I lost two brothers last year, Aude and Neal.  I am O.K. except for arthritis and my hearing.  I have some help with my flowers and housekeeping.
You ask about David Hennessee.  He was the son of John Hennessee and wife Elmina Thompson Hennessee.  He was a brother to Elmina Hennessee Sudderth, wife of Abraham Sudderth, Jr. (my great grandfather).  He was the father of John Hennessee whoas the first mayor of Murphy.  His wife was Catherine Sudderth, sister to Abraham Sudderth, Jr. and daughter of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.
You will find the Hennessee Family History in Cherokee County Heritage - page 233 - number 311.  This was worked up by Jean Davis Hennessee.
From David and Catherine Sudderth Hennessee, came some of our most prominent early Cherokee County families.  (The Poseys, Brittains, Abernathys, Goodrune and many more.)  I hope this will help to place him in his place in family history.  Youemember we went to the Harshaw Chapel where the Hennessee Clan was buried when you were here.
I have not done too much more in the search for our ancestors since you were here.  I have been helping out with my family down home since Dale is left alone with sister Mae who will be 91 May 1st.
My daughter Mildred and several of the family will be spending this weekend with me.  I have been cooking cakes and making a lot of rolls and freezing them for quick eating while they are here so we can visit and not have too much cooking to d.  Mildred lives in Arlington, Texas, now.  Others will be coming from Memphis, Tenn., and Columbus, Ga.  So we will have a lot of family fun for a few days.
Hope to see you again soon.  A letter recently from Jessie Campbell of Caldwell Co. says she has some early history of Sudderth family.  Some one had been abroad.
Sincerely
(signed) Meb

Note:  The above letter probably was written in 1991, possibly a little later.  Since Meb's great grandmother is cited by Meb as Elmina and not Elmira, it is my belief we should stop listing Elmira as an alternative for Elmina.   In referring to her father's will of June 17, 1844, spelling could be either Elmina or Elmira, I suppose - but my leaning was to Elmina.
Nita H. Shepard, August 13, 2002

John H. HENNESSEE

John Hennessee (b c 1775 - d June, 1844, Caldwell County, North Carolina) was the son of pioneer Patrick Hennessee I and the husband of Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee (b February 13, 1782, Randolph County - d September 21, 1855, Forsyth County).  Rcords indicate that an "only child" was born of that union.  It is known that John had at least an older brother, James David (b 1766) who about 1805 moved with his family to Tennessee, and two sisters unidentified but married by 1780.
A widower when he married Elizabeth Wilson, John had five other children.  Some believe the mother of these children was Elizabeth Sumter (Sumpter) from Kentucky.  Other names are offered.  John's June 7, 1844, Caldwell County will names and maes bequests to his children Patrick (b c 1793), Ailsey (b c 1795), David (b September 3, 1805), and the children of his daughter Elmina (b October 20, 1808).  (Tragically, Elmina was deceased, struck by lightning June 2, 1841.)  A June 17, 1844, codicil disowns Elizabeth Spencer, wife of Tisdale Spencer.  Although the codicil does not identify Elizabeth as his child, it is almost certain this Elizabeth was John's oldest - born c 1791.  John named son Patrick II and son-in-law Abraham Sudderth, Jr., executors.  When he died near the end of June, John was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Lenoir.  With his gravestone missing for many years, the location of John's grave is unknown.  Patrick died August 29, 1845, just a little over a year after the death of his father, leaving Abraham sole executor.  With some delays, John's estate was accepted for settlement in 1850, almost six years after his death.

Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., wrote (Article 766 Burke Heritage Volume 1):  "Elizabeth Wilson born February 13, 1782.  She married John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North Carolina and had an only child."  Questions remain as to the identity of the "nly child".  John's will did not include this child, leaving the conviction he or she predeceased John.  Some time after John's death, Elizabeth, probably wishing to be near her own people, moved to Forsyth County.  Here her April 29, 1855, will was dictated to and written by George C. Mendenhall, prominent attorney and husband of Elizabeth's niece, Delphina E. Gardner.  It was not surprising that Elizabeth's bequests were to close family members mainly.  Surprising were Elizabeth's bequests "to my daughter Louisa Kerr and her son Thomas Kerr."  This leads one to question if the "only child" was alive and identified as Louisa or misidentified in the telling.
Known to have had at least 300 acres of land through early Burke County land grants, January 14 and March 12, 1794, as well as other acreage, John's will included slaves, live stock, farm equipment, furnishings, etc.  Inventory sale dated Novemer 1, 1844, listed many buyers whose names would be recognized in Burke and Caldwell Counties even today.  Slave Philip, left to Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee by John 11 years previously, appears on an inventory of the property and estate of Eliza W. Hennessee taken by John Watson, her executor, and returned to the March Term of Forsyth Court in 1856.
The Hennessees and the Sudderths were good friends.  Three of John's children married three children of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.   Patrick married Nancy, David married Catherine, and Elmina married Abraham, Jr.  Ailsey married Jacob Johnson, sonf Philip Johnson and Martha Bassett.
Descendants of John and his brother James were in touch at times over the years but their first known reunion was held in July, 1991, 186 years after James moved away.  Over 260 family members representing 19 states came together at Shell's Fod Baptist Church, McMinnville, Tennessee, at the invitation of and hosted mainly by David Alden Hennessee, descendant of James.

Sources:  "Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important
Miscellaneous Records 1751-1809, Excerpts from Miscellaneous Papers of
Civil and Criminal Cases 1755-1790", Volume 3, Page 103, by Edith Warren  Huggins; "Burke County, North Carolina, Records 1755-1821 (Including Wills Index 1784-1900), Tax Records 1794-1795", Page 112, Tax Records 1794-1798, Page 122"; "Land Grants, Burke County, North Carolina, 1787, 1794"; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, First Six Years 1841-1847", Volume 1, Second Edition, Pages 37-38, 40-41, and 55 by Linda M. Staley and John O. Hawkins; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, 1847-1852", Volume 2, Page 51, Compiled by John O. Hawkins;  North Carolina Archives, Raleigh; Research of David Alden Hennessee, West Palm Beach, Florida, Manassa Nixon (Nick) Hennessee, III, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Elaine Gordon, San Antonio, Texas.
Nita H. Shepard
206 Treetop Place
Holland, Ohio 43528                    (419) 867-7439

Pg#  Ln#  Head of Household           to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+
to10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+   Others Slaves  Remarks
Last Name   First Name      (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)   (5)   (6)   (7)   (8)   (9)   (10)  (11)   (12)
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0     0     1      0     0      0
754  17   Hinsy       John H           0     0     0     0     1     0     0     0     0      1     0      2

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498  Roll 2

Hensy, Patrick,                 1,1,1,0,3

I
1790   Census                            North Carolina
Burke  County                            Morgan District

1 of      1st #      free white males 16 year upwards and head of families (Patrick)
1 of      2nd #      free white males under 16 years (Ailsey)
1 of      3rd #      free white females and head of families (John)
0 of      4th #      all other free persons (no other children)
3 of      5th #      slaves

Text of speech given by Nita Hennessee Shepard during the Hennessee Reunion held in McMinnville,TN, July of 1991:

Hello-o-o Tennessee Hennessees! And my Hennessee cousins from the various States of the Union. It's nice to see you! It's nice to be with you! I am Nita Raye Hennessee Shepard.

I've been asked to speak on John Hennessee, Sr., son of our elder Patrick, and brother to your James.

When brother James decided to leave western North Carolina for Tennessee, John decided to stay on, buying James' land on the Catawba River.

John was my great-great grandfather - born about 1775. If John's birth date is reasonably accurate, John was 9 years younger than brother James. This makes me wonder about the accuracy of the date of John's birth or if there were other brothers or sisters born in those intervening 9 years. However, I was told today that there were other children between James and John, so we will leave the year of his birth as about 1775.

It is thought John's mother was Ailsey McDowell, possibly a sister to Generals Charles and Joseph McDowell. It is said the McDowells came from Virgina with the Hennessees.

I became especially interested in John Hennessee because of two articles in the Burke Co., N.C. Historical Society volumes. One article said John had 4 children and his wife's name was Elizabeth. The other article said Elizabeth Wilson, born Feb.13, 1782 married John Hennessee and had an only child.

Senator Sam Erwin of Morganton,N.C., who had written the second article, said his information came from his mother and her information from a friend. Both were long deceased.

We know from John's will dated, June 7, 1844, that his wife then was an Elizabeth. He mentions sons Patrick and David, daughter Elmira's children (Elmira was already deceased, having been struck by lightning), and he mentioned daughter Ailsey Johnson. As a codicil 10 days later - June 17, 1884 - he disinherits Elizabeth Spencer by leaving her the sum of $1.00.

In trying to conciliate the two Burke Co. articles, I have come the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that John may have been married 3 times. I think his first wife was possibly Elizabeth Sumpter from Kentucky. I believe she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Patrick, Jr., who was born about 1793, and Ailsey, born 1795.

Since son David was not born until 11 years later and David's sister, Elmira, until 13 years later, I believe David and Elmira's mother was not Elizabeth Sumpter - unless of course there had been other children in
those 11 years that did not live to maturity.

We do know when John died his wife was an Elizabeth - Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee - and their 1 child was the Elizabeth Spencer disinherited in the will. I can only speculate that Elizabeth Spencer married against her father's wishes and was left with $1.00.

Of interest, you might like to know that Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee was a descendant of John Howland and wife Elizabeth Tilley who came to what is now America on the Mayflower in 1620. Of further interest, while on board ship, John Howland was washed overboard, nearly drowned, but was miraculously saved.  John Howland is described as being young and strong who was able to survive in the waters unitl he could be rescued.

John Hennessee evidently died soon after his June, 1844, will because John's last will and testament was proved July 11, 1844, with his wife "Eliza" appearing in court to admit his will for probate.

John was buried in the Fairfield Cemetery at Lenoir, N.C. His headstone has not been seen for many, many years so the exact location of his grave is not known. My husband and I, along with a Sudderth-cousin and her husband, went to the cemetery a few years ago and made a valiant effort to find the grave - but if his headstone was there somewhere, it had fallen is buried deeply.

The Fairfield Cemetery, once the former cemetery of the 1st Methodist Church, goes back to the late 1700's and is said to hold the remains of 70 slaves and about 100 white people. We were told it is believed that John's father, the elder Patrick, is buried there too.

When my husband and I tried to locate John's grave, we found the cemetery to be a small jungle, located at the back yards of a nice development of homes.  A number of hours later, bent, sometimes on our hands and knees, with clothes snagged, hot and dirty, and many insect bites, we gave up trying to locate John (and Patrick too).

Upon coming back home to Arlington, VA, I was hopeful that Fairfield would be cleared of underbrush and fallen stones. We pinned our hopes on the fact that the cemetery was to be turned over to the Caldwell County
Genealogical Society.  But, alas, in 1989, through what was charitably said to be a misunderstanding, a company brought heavy equipment into the cemetery, cut trees, and pulled the trees out across graves. There were, of course, many complaints.

Since then, we have not heard of any further developments at the cemetery but perhaps good will come from this unhappy event.

I wish I know more about John. I don't have a physical description nor a picture. I don't know whether he was kind and good. I must assume that John was industrious and brave. One had to be in what was a dangerous, undeveloped area of western North Carolina. He had to be industrious because he had land, slaves and obviously a standing in the community. I wish we had letters written by John. Then we could know him better. But,nevertheless, we are grateful to you, John, for being!

Thank you very much for your time!

The Last Will and Testament of John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North
Carolina.

I, John Hennessee, considering uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same as make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say

Item first.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hennessee during her natural life my negro boy Philip or any other she may choose and my negro girl Sopshonia aged about thirteen years also my grey mare
and colt also two cows and calves also what hogs I have and what few sheep I have and the increase of the stock The stock and its increase to be disposed of as she thinks best at her death and to have the use of the increase of the negro girl Sopshonia during her lifetime only; I also leave her all my household and kitchen furniture except two feather beds and furniture.  I also give her my wheel and loom and one woman's saddle. also one Sett of horse gear one plow hoe and I give her the above bequest including all and every article she brought with her after her marriage  I also give her her lawful dower in my Land where David Hennessee lives in Cherokee County but if my son David Hennessee and wife Catherine will make a good and sufficient deed to the tract of land given to them by Abraham Sudderth Jr called the Staples place during her natural life time and my life time.  If my son David and his wife complies with the foregoing condition she is to have that for her Dower in land inlieu of the land in Cherokee County.

Item Second.

I give to my son Patrick Hennessee his choice of the negroes after my wife takes the two I bequeathed to her.  If he takes my negro woman Dolly he is to have her youngest child Tom with her         and Dolly's increase The above I give with all I have heretofore given him as his share of my estate also one feather bed

Item 3rd.

I give to my son David Hennessee all my interest in the tract of land where he now lives and all my other lands in Cherokee County subject to the Dower of my wife.  but if my son David Hennessee will comply with the matter named in the first Item and make a Deed to land named therein (viz the Staples place) then my wife is to have the Staples place during her lifetime for dower and to have no dower in the land in Cherokee.  I also give him choice of one of my negroes after what I have already bequeathed are taken out also one feather bed and furniture.

Item 4th.

I give Abraham Sudderth's children my Grand children the one half of my negroes remaining after the above bequests are taken out.  and. also the boy my wife has during her lifetime.

Item 5th.

I give to my daughter Ailsey Johnson my negro Girl Sophsonia and her increase after the death of my wife and also any increase she may before my wife's death and also the one half of the negroes remaining after first those bequests are take out of which I have bequeathed Abraham Sudderth's children the other half.

Item 6th.

My will and desire is that all the balance of my property that I have not disposed of above of every description whatsoever to be sold and the proceeds after all my just debts are paid to be divided equally
between all my children viz Patrick Hennessee, David Hennessee, Elmina Sudderth, Children & Ailsey Johnson.

Item 7th.

I nominate and appoint Abraham Sudderth Jnr. and Patrick Hennessee my executors of the last will & testament revoking all former wills by me made

Item 8th.

And lastly my express will and meaning is and I do hereby order and appoint that if any differences disputes questions or controversy shall be arise or happen concerning any gift bequest matter or thing in the my will given and bequeathed expressed or contained that then no suit or suits in Law or Equity or other wise shall be brought, commemced or prosecuted for and concerning the same shall refund wholly to the award order and determination of my friends Wm. Greenway and James Harper        both of the County & State aforesaid and what they shall order direct & determine therein shall be binding and conclusive to all and every person or persons therein concerned  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day if June, 1844.

Published and declared by the above named John Hennessee to be John his mark Hennessee his last will & Testament in presence of the Testator

the Testator Wm. Greenway Jurat Wm. C. Tate Jas. Harper Jurat

Codicil to the above will this day as above written  It is further my will and desire that if my son David Hennessee complies with the condition of the aforesaid will (viz) to make a sufficient deed as before stated to the
Staples place that he also is to build a comfortable double house each Sixteen feet square with a passage between one and a half Story high with a chimney with one fire place at each end the chimnies to be built of
stone or brick Two twelve         windows in each room and otherwise furnished in comfortable manner & also to build a Kitchen smoke house and corn crib all to be finished by the 1st day of Jany. next

Item 2nd.

It is further my will and desire that out of the proceeds of sale of the balance of my property in my will there be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer wife Tisdell Spencer the sum of one dollar and no more

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of the 17th day of June 1844

Wm. Greenway Jurat
Wm. C. Tate                            John Hennessee (his mark)
James Harper Jurat

(Burke County Tax List of 1815 list John as owning 850 acres valued at $3000.)
John Hennessee (b c 1775 - d June, 1844, Caldwell County, North Carolina) was the son of pioneer Patrick Hennessee I and the husband of Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee (b February 13, 1782, Randolph County - d September 21, 1855, Forsyth County).  Rcords indicate that an "only child" was born of that union.  It is known that John had at least an older brother, James David (b 1766) who about 1805 moved with his family to Tennessee, and two sisters unidentified but married by 1780.
A widower when he married Elizabeth Wilson, John had five other children.  Some believe the mother of these children was Elizabeth Sumter (Sumpter) from Kentucky.  Other names are offered.  John's June 7, 1844, Caldwell County will names and maes bequests to his children Patrick (b c 1793), Ailsey (b c 1795), David (b September 3, 1805), and the children of his daughter Elmina (b October 20, 1808).  (Tragically, Elmina was deceased, struck by lightning June 2, 1841.)  A June 17, 1844, codicil disowns Elizabeth Spencer, wife of Tisdale Spencer.  Although the codicil does not identify Elizabeth as his child, it is almost certain this Elizabeth was John's oldest - born c 1791.  John named son Patrick II and son-in-law Abraham Sudderth, Jr., executors.  When he died near the end of June, John was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Lenoir.  With his gravestone missing for many years, the location of John's grave is unknown.  Patrick died August 29, 1845, just a little over a year after the death of his father, leaving Abraham sole executor.  With some delays, John's estate was accepted for settlement in 1850, almost six years after his death.

Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., wrote (Article 766 Burke Heritage Volume 1):  "Elizabeth Wilson born February 13, 1782.  She married John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North Carolina and had an only child."  Questions remain as to the identity of the "nly child".  John's will did not include this child, leaving the conviction he or she predeceased John.  Some time after John's death, Elizabeth, probably wishing to be near her own people, moved to Forsyth County.  Here her April 29, 1855, will was dictated to and written by George C. Mendenhall, prominent attorney and husband of Elizabeth's niece, Delphina E. Gardner.  It was not surprising that Elizabeth's bequests were to close family members mainly.  Surprising were Elizabeth's bequests "to my daughter Louisa Kerr and her son Thomas Kerr."  This leads one to question if the "only child" was alive and identified as Louisa or misidentified in the telling.
Known to have had at least 300 acres of land through early Burke County land grants, January 14 and March 12, 1794, as well as other acreage, John's will included slaves, live stock, farm equipment, furnishings, etc.  Inventory sale dated Novemer 1, 1844, listed many buyers whose names would be recognized in Burke and Caldwell Counties even today.  Slave Philip, left to Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee by John 11 years previously, appears on an inventory of the property and estate of Eliza W. Hennessee taken by John Watson, her executor, and returned to the March Term of Forsyth Court in 1856.
The Hennessees and the Sudderths were good friends.  Three of John's children married three children of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.   Patrick married Nancy, David married Catherine, and Elmina married Abraham, Jr.  Ailsey married Jacob Johnson, sonf Philip Johnson and Martha Bassett.
Descendants of John and his brother James were in touch at times over the years but their first known reunion was held in July, 1991, 186 years after James moved away.  Over 260 family members representing 19 states came together at Shell's Fod Baptist Church, McMinnville, Tennessee, at the invitation of and hosted mainly by David Alden Hennessee, descendant of James.

Sources:  "Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important
Miscellaneous Records 1751-1809, Excerpts from Miscellaneous Papers of
Civil and Criminal Cases 1755-1790", Volume 3, Page 103, by Edith Warren  Huggins; "Burke County, North Carolina, Records 1755-1821 (Including Wills Index 1784-1900), Tax Records 1794-1795", Page 112, Tax Records 1794-1798, Page 122"; "Land Grants, Burke County, North Carolina, 1787, 1794"; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, First Six Years 1841-1847", Volume 1, Second Edition, Pages 37-38, 40-41, and 55 by Linda M. Staley and John O. Hawkins; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, 1847-1852", Volume 2, Page 51, Compiled by John O. Hawkins;  North Carolina Archives, Raleigh; Research of David Alden Hennessee, West Palm Beach, Florida, Manassa Nixon (Nick) Hennessee, III, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Elaine Gordon, San Antonio, Texas.
Nita H. Shepard
206 Treetop Place
Holland, Ohio 43528                    (419) 867-7439

Pg#  Ln#  Head of Household           to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+
to10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+   Others Slaves  Remarks
Last Name   First Name      (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)   (5)   (6)   (7)   (8)   (9)   (10)  (11)   (12)
==================================================================================================================================================
0     0     1      0     0      0
754  17   Hinsy       John H           0     0     0     0     1     0     0     0     0      1     0      2

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498  Roll 2

Hensy, Patrick,                 1,1,1,0,3

I
1790   Census                            North Carolina
Burke  County                            Morgan District

1 of      1st #      free white males 16 year upwards and head of families (Patrick)
1 of      2nd #      free white males under 16 years (Ailsey)
1 of      3rd #      free white females and head of families (John)
0 of      4th #      all other free persons (no other children)
3 of      5th #      slaves

Text of speech given by Nita Hennessee Shepard during the Hennessee Reunion held in McMinnville,TN, July of 1991:

Hello-o-o Tennessee Hennessees! And my Hennessee cousins from the various States of the Union. It's nice to see you! It's nice to be with you! I am Nita Raye Hennessee Shepard.

I've been asked to speak on John Hennessee, Sr., son of our elder Patrick, and brother to your James.

When brother James decided to leave western North Carolina for Tennessee, John decided to stay on, buying James' land on the Catawba River.

John was my great-great grandfather - born about 1775. If John's birth date is reasonably accurate, John was 9 years younger than brother James. This makes me wonder about the accuracy of the date of John's birth or if there were other brothers or sisters born in those intervening 9 years. However, I was told today that there were other children between James and John, so we will leave the year of his birth as about 1775.

It is thought John's mother was Ailsey McDowell, possibly a sister to Generals Charles and Joseph McDowell. It is said the McDowells came from Virgina with the Hennessees.

I became especially interested in John Hennessee because of two articles in the Burke Co., N.C. Historical Society volumes. One article said John had 4 children and his wife's name was Elizabeth. The other article said Elizabeth Wilson, born Feb.13, 1782 married John Hennessee and had an only child.

Senator Sam Erwin of Morganton,N.C., who had written the second article, said his information came from his mother and her information from a friend. Both were long deceased.

We know from John's will dated, June 7, 1844, that his wife then was an Elizabeth. He mentions sons Patrick and David, daughter Elmira's children (Elmira was already deceased, having been struck by lightning), and he mentioned daughter Ailsey Johnson. As a codicil 10 days later - June 17, 1884 - he disinherits Elizabeth Spencer by leaving her the sum of $1.00.

In trying to conciliate the two Burke Co. articles, I have come the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that John may have been married 3 times. I think his first wife was possibly Elizabeth Sumpter from Kentucky. I believe she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Patrick, Jr., who was born about 1793, and Ailsey, born 1795.

Since son David was not born until 11 years later and David's sister, Elmira, until 13 years later, I believe David and Elmira's mother was not Elizabeth Sumpter - unless of course there had been other children in
those 11 years that did not live to maturity.

We do know when John died his wife was an Elizabeth - Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee - and their 1 child was the Elizabeth Spencer disinherited in the will. I can only speculate that Elizabeth Spencer married against her father's wishes and was left with $1.00.

Of interest, you might like to know that Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee was a descendant of John Howland and wife Elizabeth Tilley who came to what is now America on the Mayflower in 1620. Of further interest, while on board ship, John Howland was washed overboard, nearly drowned, but was miraculously saved.  John Howland is described as being young and strong who was able to survive in the waters unitl he could be rescued.

John Hennessee evidently died soon after his June, 1844, will because John's last will and testament was proved July 11, 1844, with his wife "Eliza" appearing in court to admit his will for probate.

John was buried in the Fairfield Cemetery at Lenoir, N.C. His headstone has not been seen for many, many years so the exact location of his grave is not known. My husband and I, along with a Sudderth-cousin and her husband, went to the cemetery a few years ago and made a valiant effort to find the grave - but if his headstone was there somewhere, it had fallen is buried deeply.

The Fairfield Cemetery, once the former cemetery of the 1st Methodist Church, goes back to the late 1700's and is said to hold the remains of 70 slaves and about 100 white people. We were told it is believed that John's father, the elder Patrick, is buried there too.

When my husband and I tried to locate John's grave, we found the cemetery to be a small jungle, located at the back yards of a nice development of homes.  A number of hours later, bent, sometimes on our hands and knees, with clothes snagged, hot and dirty, and many insect bites, we gave up trying to locate John (and Patrick too).

Upon coming back home to Arlington, VA, I was hopeful that Fairfield would be cleared of underbrush and fallen stones. We pinned our hopes on the fact that the cemetery was to be turned over to the Caldwell County
Genealogical Society.  But, alas, in 1989, through what was charitably said to be a misunderstanding, a company brought heavy equipment into the cemetery, cut trees, and pulled the trees out across graves. There were, of course, many complaints.

Since then, we have not heard of any further developments at the cemetery but perhaps good will come from this unhappy event.

I wish I know more about John. I don't have a physical description nor a picture. I don't know whether he was kind and good. I must assume that John was industrious and brave. One had to be in what was a dangerous, undeveloped area of western North Carolina. He had to be industrious because he had land, slaves and obviously a standing in the community. I wish we had letters written by John. Then we could know him better. But,nevertheless, we are grateful to you, John, for being!

Thank you very much for your time!

The Last Will and Testament of John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North
Carolina.

I, John Hennessee, considering uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same as make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say

Item first.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hennessee during her natural life my negro boy Philip or any other she may choose and my negro girl Sopshonia aged about thirteen years also my grey mare
and colt also two cows and calves also what hogs I have and what few sheep I have and the increase of the stock The stock and its increase to be disposed of as she thinks best at her death and to have the use of the increase of the negro girl Sopshonia during her lifetime only; I also leave her all my household and kitchen furniture except two feather beds and furniture.  I also give her my wheel and loom and one woman's saddle. also one Sett of horse gear one plow hoe and I give her the above bequest including all and every article she brought with her after her marriage  I also give her her lawful dower in my Land where David Hennessee lives in Cherokee County but if my son David Hennessee and wife Catherine will make a good and sufficient deed to the tract of land given to them by Abraham Sudderth Jr called the Staples place during her natural life time and my life time.  If my son David and his wife complies with the foregoing condition she is to have that for her Dower in land inlieu of the land in Cherokee County.

Item Second.

I give to my son Patrick Hennessee his choice of the negroes after my wife takes the two I bequeathed to her.  If he takes my negro woman Dolly he is to have her youngest child Tom with her         and Dolly's increase The above I give with all I have heretofore given him as his share of my estate also one feather bed

Item 3rd.

I give to my son David Hennessee all my interest in the tract of land where he now lives and all my other lands in Cherokee County subject to the Dower of my wife.  but if my son David Hennessee will comply with the matter named in the first Item and make a Deed to land named therein (viz the Staples place) then my wife is to have the Staples place during her lifetime for dower and to have no dower in the land in Cherokee.  I also give him choice of one of my negroes after what I have already bequeathed are taken out also one feather bed and furniture.

Item 4th.

I give Abraham Sudderth's children my Grand children the one half of my negroes remaining after the above bequests are taken out.  and. also the boy my wife has during her lifetime.

Item 5th.

I give to my daughter Ailsey Johnson my negro Girl Sophsonia and her increase after the death of my wife and also any increase she may before my wife's death and also the one half of the negroes remaining after first those bequests are take out of which I have bequeathed Abraham Sudderth's children the other half.

Item 6th.

My will and desire is that all the balance of my property that I have not disposed of above of every description whatsoever to be sold and the proceeds after all my just debts are paid to be divided equally
between all my children viz Patrick Hennessee, David Hennessee, Elmina Sudderth, Children & Ailsey Johnson.

Item 7th.

I nominate and appoint Abraham Sudderth Jnr. and Patrick Hennessee my executors of the last will & testament revoking all former wills by me made

Item 8th.

And lastly my express will and meaning is and I do hereby order and appoint that if any differences disputes questions or controversy shall be arise or happen concerning any gift bequest matter or thing in the my will given and bequeathed expressed or contained that then no suit or suits in Law or Equity or other wise shall be brought, commemced or prosecuted for and concerning the same shall refund wholly to the award order and determination of my friends Wm. Greenway and James Harper        both of the County & State aforesaid and what they shall order direct & determine therein shall be binding and conclusive to all and every person or persons therein concerned  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day if June, 1844.

Published and declared by the above named John Hennessee to be John his mark Hennessee his last will & Testament in presence of the Testator

the Testator Wm. Greenway Jurat Wm. C. Tate Jas. Harper Jurat

Codicil to the above will this day as above written  It is further my will and desire that if my son David Hennessee complies with the condition of the aforesaid will (viz) to make a sufficient deed as before stated to the
Staples place that he also is to build a comfortable double house each Sixteen feet square with a passage between one and a half Story high with a chimney with one fire place at each end the chimnies to be built of
stone or brick Two twelve         windows in each room and otherwise furnished in comfortable manner & also to build a Kitchen smoke house and corn crib all to be finished by the 1st day of Jany. next

Item 2nd.

It is further my will and desire that out of the proceeds of sale of the balance of my property in my will there be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer wife Tisdell Spencer the sum of one dollar and no more

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of the 17th day of June 1844

Wm. Greenway Jurat
Wm. C. Tate                            John Hennessee (his mark)
James Harper Jurat

(Burke County Tax List of 1815 list John as owning 850 acres valued at $3000.)

Eliza (Beth) WILSON

Dictated her will in Forsyth Co.,NC, to George C. Mendenhall, husband to her
niece...Nita Shepard.
Dictated her will in Forsyth Co.,NC, to George C. Mendenhall, husband to her
niece...Nita Shepard.

John H. HENNESSEE

John Hennessee (b c 1775 - d June, 1844, Caldwell County, North Carolina) was the son of pioneer Patrick Hennessee I and the husband of Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee (b February 13, 1782, Randolph County - d September 21, 1855, Forsyth County).  Rcords indicate that an "only child" was born of that union.  It is known that John had at least an older brother, James David (b 1766) who about 1805 moved with his family to Tennessee, and two sisters unidentified but married by 1780.
A widower when he married Elizabeth Wilson, John had five other children.  Some believe the mother of these children was Elizabeth Sumter (Sumpter) from Kentucky.  Other names are offered.  John's June 7, 1844, Caldwell County will names and maes bequests to his children Patrick (b c 1793), Ailsey (b c 1795), David (b September 3, 1805), and the children of his daughter Elmina (b October 20, 1808).  (Tragically, Elmina was deceased, struck by lightning June 2, 1841.)  A June 17, 1844, codicil disowns Elizabeth Spencer, wife of Tisdale Spencer.  Although the codicil does not identify Elizabeth as his child, it is almost certain this Elizabeth was John's oldest - born c 1791.  John named son Patrick II and son-in-law Abraham Sudderth, Jr., executors.  When he died near the end of June, John was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Lenoir.  With his gravestone missing for many years, the location of John's grave is unknown.  Patrick died August 29, 1845, just a little over a year after the death of his father, leaving Abraham sole executor.  With some delays, John's estate was accepted for settlement in 1850, almost six years after his death.

Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., wrote (Article 766 Burke Heritage Volume 1):  "Elizabeth Wilson born February 13, 1782.  She married John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North Carolina and had an only child."  Questions remain as to the identity of the "nly child".  John's will did not include this child, leaving the conviction he or she predeceased John.  Some time after John's death, Elizabeth, probably wishing to be near her own people, moved to Forsyth County.  Here her April 29, 1855, will was dictated to and written by George C. Mendenhall, prominent attorney and husband of Elizabeth's niece, Delphina E. Gardner.  It was not surprising that Elizabeth's bequests were to close family members mainly.  Surprising were Elizabeth's bequests "to my daughter Louisa Kerr and her son Thomas Kerr."  This leads one to question if the "only child" was alive and identified as Louisa or misidentified in the telling.
Known to have had at least 300 acres of land through early Burke County land grants, January 14 and March 12, 1794, as well as other acreage, John's will included slaves, live stock, farm equipment, furnishings, etc.  Inventory sale dated Novemer 1, 1844, listed many buyers whose names would be recognized in Burke and Caldwell Counties even today.  Slave Philip, left to Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee by John 11 years previously, appears on an inventory of the property and estate of Eliza W. Hennessee taken by John Watson, her executor, and returned to the March Term of Forsyth Court in 1856.
The Hennessees and the Sudderths were good friends.  Three of John's children married three children of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.   Patrick married Nancy, David married Catherine, and Elmina married Abraham, Jr.  Ailsey married Jacob Johnson, sonf Philip Johnson and Martha Bassett.
Descendants of John and his brother James were in touch at times over the years but their first known reunion was held in July, 1991, 186 years after James moved away.  Over 260 family members representing 19 states came together at Shell's Fod Baptist Church, McMinnville, Tennessee, at the invitation of and hosted mainly by David Alden Hennessee, descendant of James.

Sources:  "Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important
Miscellaneous Records 1751-1809, Excerpts from Miscellaneous Papers of
Civil and Criminal Cases 1755-1790", Volume 3, Page 103, by Edith Warren  Huggins; "Burke County, North Carolina, Records 1755-1821 (Including Wills Index 1784-1900), Tax Records 1794-1795", Page 112, Tax Records 1794-1798, Page 122"; "Land Grants, Burke County, North Carolina, 1787, 1794"; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, First Six Years 1841-1847", Volume 1, Second Edition, Pages 37-38, 40-41, and 55 by Linda M. Staley and John O. Hawkins; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, 1847-1852", Volume 2, Page 51, Compiled by John O. Hawkins;  North Carolina Archives, Raleigh; Research of David Alden Hennessee, West Palm Beach, Florida, Manassa Nixon (Nick) Hennessee, III, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Elaine Gordon, San Antonio, Texas.
Nita H. Shepard
206 Treetop Place
Holland, Ohio 43528                    (419) 867-7439

Pg#  Ln#  Head of Household           to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+
to10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+   Others Slaves  Remarks
Last Name   First Name      (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)   (5)   (6)   (7)   (8)   (9)   (10)  (11)   (12)
==================================================================================================================================================
0     0     1      0     0      0
754  17   Hinsy       John H           0     0     0     0     1     0     0     0     0      1     0      2

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498  Roll 2

Hensy, Patrick,                 1,1,1,0,3

I
1790   Census                            North Carolina
Burke  County                            Morgan District

1 of      1st #      free white males 16 year upwards and head of families (Patrick)
1 of      2nd #      free white males under 16 years (Ailsey)
1 of      3rd #      free white females and head of families (John)
0 of      4th #      all other free persons (no other children)
3 of      5th #      slaves

Text of speech given by Nita Hennessee Shepard during the Hennessee Reunion held in McMinnville,TN, July of 1991:

Hello-o-o Tennessee Hennessees! And my Hennessee cousins from the various States of the Union. It's nice to see you! It's nice to be with you! I am Nita Raye Hennessee Shepard.

I've been asked to speak on John Hennessee, Sr., son of our elder Patrick, and brother to your James.

When brother James decided to leave western North Carolina for Tennessee, John decided to stay on, buying James' land on the Catawba River.

John was my great-great grandfather - born about 1775. If John's birth date is reasonably accurate, John was 9 years younger than brother James. This makes me wonder about the accuracy of the date of John's birth or if there were other brothers or sisters born in those intervening 9 years. However, I was told today that there were other children between James and John, so we will leave the year of his birth as about 1775.

It is thought John's mother was Ailsey McDowell, possibly a sister to Generals Charles and Joseph McDowell. It is said the McDowells came from Virgina with the Hennessees.

I became especially interested in John Hennessee because of two articles in the Burke Co., N.C. Historical Society volumes. One article said John had 4 children and his wife's name was Elizabeth. The other article said Elizabeth Wilson, born Feb.13, 1782 married John Hennessee and had an only child.

Senator Sam Erwin of Morganton,N.C., who had written the second article, said his information came from his mother and her information from a friend. Both were long deceased.

We know from John's will dated, June 7, 1844, that his wife then was an Elizabeth. He mentions sons Patrick and David, daughter Elmira's children (Elmira was already deceased, having been struck by lightning), and he mentioned daughter Ailsey Johnson. As a codicil 10 days later - June 17, 1884 - he disinherits Elizabeth Spencer by leaving her the sum of $1.00.

In trying to conciliate the two Burke Co. articles, I have come the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that John may have been married 3 times. I think his first wife was possibly Elizabeth Sumpter from Kentucky. I believe she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Patrick, Jr., who was born about 1793, and Ailsey, born 1795.

Since son David was not born until 11 years later and David's sister, Elmira, until 13 years later, I believe David and Elmira's mother was not Elizabeth Sumpter - unless of course there had been other children in
those 11 years that did not live to maturity.

We do know when John died his wife was an Elizabeth - Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee - and their 1 child was the Elizabeth Spencer disinherited in the will. I can only speculate that Elizabeth Spencer married against her father's wishes and was left with $1.00.

Of interest, you might like to know that Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee was a descendant of John Howland and wife Elizabeth Tilley who came to what is now America on the Mayflower in 1620. Of further interest, while on board ship, John Howland was washed overboard, nearly drowned, but was miraculously saved.  John Howland is described as being young and strong who was able to survive in the waters unitl he could be rescued.

John Hennessee evidently died soon after his June, 1844, will because John's last will and testament was proved July 11, 1844, with his wife "Eliza" appearing in court to admit his will for probate.

John was buried in the Fairfield Cemetery at Lenoir, N.C. His headstone has not been seen for many, many years so the exact location of his grave is not known. My husband and I, along with a Sudderth-cousin and her husband, went to the cemetery a few years ago and made a valiant effort to find the grave - but if his headstone was there somewhere, it had fallen is buried deeply.

The Fairfield Cemetery, once the former cemetery of the 1st Methodist Church, goes back to the late 1700's and is said to hold the remains of 70 slaves and about 100 white people. We were told it is believed that John's father, the elder Patrick, is buried there too.

When my husband and I tried to locate John's grave, we found the cemetery to be a small jungle, located at the back yards of a nice development of homes.  A number of hours later, bent, sometimes on our hands and knees, with clothes snagged, hot and dirty, and many insect bites, we gave up trying to locate John (and Patrick too).

Upon coming back home to Arlington, VA, I was hopeful that Fairfield would be cleared of underbrush and fallen stones. We pinned our hopes on the fact that the cemetery was to be turned over to the Caldwell County
Genealogical Society.  But, alas, in 1989, through what was charitably said to be a misunderstanding, a company brought heavy equipment into the cemetery, cut trees, and pulled the trees out across graves. There were, of course, many complaints.

Since then, we have not heard of any further developments at the cemetery but perhaps good will come from this unhappy event.

I wish I know more about John. I don't have a physical description nor a picture. I don't know whether he was kind and good. I must assume that John was industrious and brave. One had to be in what was a dangerous, undeveloped area of western North Carolina. He had to be industrious because he had land, slaves and obviously a standing in the community. I wish we had letters written by John. Then we could know him better. But,nevertheless, we are grateful to you, John, for being!

Thank you very much for your time!

The Last Will and Testament of John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North
Carolina.

I, John Hennessee, considering uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same as make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say

Item first.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hennessee during her natural life my negro boy Philip or any other she may choose and my negro girl Sopshonia aged about thirteen years also my grey mare
and colt also two cows and calves also what hogs I have and what few sheep I have and the increase of the stock The stock and its increase to be disposed of as she thinks best at her death and to have the use of the increase of the negro girl Sopshonia during her lifetime only; I also leave her all my household and kitchen furniture except two feather beds and furniture.  I also give her my wheel and loom and one woman's saddle. also one Sett of horse gear one plow hoe and I give her the above bequest including all and every article she brought with her after her marriage  I also give her her lawful dower in my Land where David Hennessee lives in Cherokee County but if my son David Hennessee and wife Catherine will make a good and sufficient deed to the tract of land given to them by Abraham Sudderth Jr called the Staples place during her natural life time and my life time.  If my son David and his wife complies with the foregoing condition she is to have that for her Dower in land inlieu of the land in Cherokee County.

Item Second.

I give to my son Patrick Hennessee his choice of the negroes after my wife takes the two I bequeathed to her.  If he takes my negro woman Dolly he is to have her youngest child Tom with her         and Dolly's increase The above I give with all I have heretofore given him as his share of my estate also one feather bed

Item 3rd.

I give to my son David Hennessee all my interest in the tract of land where he now lives and all my other lands in Cherokee County subject to the Dower of my wife.  but if my son David Hennessee will comply with the matter named in the first Item and make a Deed to land named therein (viz the Staples place) then my wife is to have the Staples place during her lifetime for dower and to have no dower in the land in Cherokee.  I also give him choice of one of my negroes after what I have already bequeathed are taken out also one feather bed and furniture.

Item 4th.

I give Abraham Sudderth's children my Grand children the one half of my negroes remaining after the above bequests are taken out.  and. also the boy my wife has during her lifetime.

Item 5th.

I give to my daughter Ailsey Johnson my negro Girl Sophsonia and her increase after the death of my wife and also any increase she may before my wife's death and also the one half of the negroes remaining after first those bequests are take out of which I have bequeathed Abraham Sudderth's children the other half.

Item 6th.

My will and desire is that all the balance of my property that I have not disposed of above of every description whatsoever to be sold and the proceeds after all my just debts are paid to be divided equally
between all my children viz Patrick Hennessee, David Hennessee, Elmina Sudderth, Children & Ailsey Johnson.

Item 7th.

I nominate and appoint Abraham Sudderth Jnr. and Patrick Hennessee my executors of the last will & testament revoking all former wills by me made

Item 8th.

And lastly my express will and meaning is and I do hereby order and appoint that if any differences disputes questions or controversy shall be arise or happen concerning any gift bequest matter or thing in the my will given and bequeathed expressed or contained that then no suit or suits in Law or Equity or other wise shall be brought, commemced or prosecuted for and concerning the same shall refund wholly to the award order and determination of my friends Wm. Greenway and James Harper        both of the County & State aforesaid and what they shall order direct & determine therein shall be binding and conclusive to all and every person or persons therein concerned  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day if June, 1844.

Published and declared by the above named John Hennessee to be John his mark Hennessee his last will & Testament in presence of the Testator

the Testator Wm. Greenway Jurat Wm. C. Tate Jas. Harper Jurat

Codicil to the above will this day as above written  It is further my will and desire that if my son David Hennessee complies with the condition of the aforesaid will (viz) to make a sufficient deed as before stated to the
Staples place that he also is to build a comfortable double house each Sixteen feet square with a passage between one and a half Story high with a chimney with one fire place at each end the chimnies to be built of
stone or brick Two twelve         windows in each room and otherwise furnished in comfortable manner & also to build a Kitchen smoke house and corn crib all to be finished by the 1st day of Jany. next

Item 2nd.

It is further my will and desire that out of the proceeds of sale of the balance of my property in my will there be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer wife Tisdell Spencer the sum of one dollar and no more

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of the 17th day of June 1844

Wm. Greenway Jurat
Wm. C. Tate                            John Hennessee (his mark)
James Harper Jurat

(Burke County Tax List of 1815 list John as owning 850 acres valued at $3000.)
John Hennessee (b c 1775 - d June, 1844, Caldwell County, North Carolina) was the son of pioneer Patrick Hennessee I and the husband of Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee (b February 13, 1782, Randolph County - d September 21, 1855, Forsyth County).  Rcords indicate that an "only child" was born of that union.  It is known that John had at least an older brother, James David (b 1766) who about 1805 moved with his family to Tennessee, and two sisters unidentified but married by 1780.
A widower when he married Elizabeth Wilson, John had five other children.  Some believe the mother of these children was Elizabeth Sumter (Sumpter) from Kentucky.  Other names are offered.  John's June 7, 1844, Caldwell County will names and maes bequests to his children Patrick (b c 1793), Ailsey (b c 1795), David (b September 3, 1805), and the children of his daughter Elmina (b October 20, 1808).  (Tragically, Elmina was deceased, struck by lightning June 2, 1841.)  A June 17, 1844, codicil disowns Elizabeth Spencer, wife of Tisdale Spencer.  Although the codicil does not identify Elizabeth as his child, it is almost certain this Elizabeth was John's oldest - born c 1791.  John named son Patrick II and son-in-law Abraham Sudderth, Jr., executors.  When he died near the end of June, John was buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Lenoir.  With his gravestone missing for many years, the location of John's grave is unknown.  Patrick died August 29, 1845, just a little over a year after the death of his father, leaving Abraham sole executor.  With some delays, John's estate was accepted for settlement in 1850, almost six years after his death.

Senator Sam Ervin, Jr., wrote (Article 766 Burke Heritage Volume 1):  "Elizabeth Wilson born February 13, 1782.  She married John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North Carolina and had an only child."  Questions remain as to the identity of the "nly child".  John's will did not include this child, leaving the conviction he or she predeceased John.  Some time after John's death, Elizabeth, probably wishing to be near her own people, moved to Forsyth County.  Here her April 29, 1855, will was dictated to and written by George C. Mendenhall, prominent attorney and husband of Elizabeth's niece, Delphina E. Gardner.  It was not surprising that Elizabeth's bequests were to close family members mainly.  Surprising were Elizabeth's bequests "to my daughter Louisa Kerr and her son Thomas Kerr."  This leads one to question if the "only child" was alive and identified as Louisa or misidentified in the telling.
Known to have had at least 300 acres of land through early Burke County land grants, January 14 and March 12, 1794, as well as other acreage, John's will included slaves, live stock, farm equipment, furnishings, etc.  Inventory sale dated Novemer 1, 1844, listed many buyers whose names would be recognized in Burke and Caldwell Counties even today.  Slave Philip, left to Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee by John 11 years previously, appears on an inventory of the property and estate of Eliza W. Hennessee taken by John Watson, her executor, and returned to the March Term of Forsyth Court in 1856.
The Hennessees and the Sudderths were good friends.  Three of John's children married three children of Abraham Sudderth, Sr.   Patrick married Nancy, David married Catherine, and Elmina married Abraham, Jr.  Ailsey married Jacob Johnson, sonf Philip Johnson and Martha Bassett.
Descendants of John and his brother James were in touch at times over the years but their first known reunion was held in July, 1991, 186 years after James moved away.  Over 260 family members representing 19 states came together at Shell's Fod Baptist Church, McMinnville, Tennessee, at the invitation of and hosted mainly by David Alden Hennessee, descendant of James.

Sources:  "Burke County, North Carolina, Land Records and More Important
Miscellaneous Records 1751-1809, Excerpts from Miscellaneous Papers of
Civil and Criminal Cases 1755-1790", Volume 3, Page 103, by Edith Warren  Huggins; "Burke County, North Carolina, Records 1755-1821 (Including Wills Index 1784-1900), Tax Records 1794-1795", Page 112, Tax Records 1794-1798, Page 122"; "Land Grants, Burke County, North Carolina, 1787, 1794"; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, First Six Years 1841-1847", Volume 1, Second Edition, Pages 37-38, 40-41, and 55 by Linda M. Staley and John O. Hawkins; "Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Caldwell County, North Carolina, 1847-1852", Volume 2, Page 51, Compiled by John O. Hawkins;  North Carolina Archives, Raleigh; Research of David Alden Hennessee, West Palm Beach, Florida, Manassa Nixon (Nick) Hennessee, III, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Elaine Gordon, San Antonio, Texas.
Nita H. Shepard
206 Treetop Place
Holland, Ohio 43528                    (419) 867-7439

Pg#  Ln#  Head of Household           to-10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+
to10 10-16 16-26 26-45 45+   Others Slaves  Remarks
Last Name   First Name      (1)   (2)   (3)   (4)   (5)   (6)   (7)   (8)   (9)   (10)  (11)   (12)
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0     0     1      0     0      0
754  17   Hinsy       John H           0     0     0     0     1     0     0     0     0      1     0      2

This census is from Microcopy No. T-498  Roll 2

Hensy, Patrick,                 1,1,1,0,3

I
1790   Census                            North Carolina
Burke  County                            Morgan District

1 of      1st #      free white males 16 year upwards and head of families (Patrick)
1 of      2nd #      free white males under 16 years (Ailsey)
1 of      3rd #      free white females and head of families (John)
0 of      4th #      all other free persons (no other children)
3 of      5th #      slaves

Text of speech given by Nita Hennessee Shepard during the Hennessee Reunion held in McMinnville,TN, July of 1991:

Hello-o-o Tennessee Hennessees! And my Hennessee cousins from the various States of the Union. It's nice to see you! It's nice to be with you! I am Nita Raye Hennessee Shepard.

I've been asked to speak on John Hennessee, Sr., son of our elder Patrick, and brother to your James.

When brother James decided to leave western North Carolina for Tennessee, John decided to stay on, buying James' land on the Catawba River.

John was my great-great grandfather - born about 1775. If John's birth date is reasonably accurate, John was 9 years younger than brother James. This makes me wonder about the accuracy of the date of John's birth or if there were other brothers or sisters born in those intervening 9 years. However, I was told today that there were other children between James and John, so we will leave the year of his birth as about 1775.

It is thought John's mother was Ailsey McDowell, possibly a sister to Generals Charles and Joseph McDowell. It is said the McDowells came from Virgina with the Hennessees.

I became especially interested in John Hennessee because of two articles in the Burke Co., N.C. Historical Society volumes. One article said John had 4 children and his wife's name was Elizabeth. The other article said Elizabeth Wilson, born Feb.13, 1782 married John Hennessee and had an only child.

Senator Sam Erwin of Morganton,N.C., who had written the second article, said his information came from his mother and her information from a friend. Both were long deceased.

We know from John's will dated, June 7, 1844, that his wife then was an Elizabeth. He mentions sons Patrick and David, daughter Elmira's children (Elmira was already deceased, having been struck by lightning), and he mentioned daughter Ailsey Johnson. As a codicil 10 days later - June 17, 1884 - he disinherits Elizabeth Spencer by leaving her the sum of $1.00.

In trying to conciliate the two Burke Co. articles, I have come the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, that John may have been married 3 times. I think his first wife was possibly Elizabeth Sumpter from Kentucky. I believe she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Patrick, Jr., who was born about 1793, and Ailsey, born 1795.

Since son David was not born until 11 years later and David's sister, Elmira, until 13 years later, I believe David and Elmira's mother was not Elizabeth Sumpter - unless of course there had been other children in
those 11 years that did not live to maturity.

We do know when John died his wife was an Elizabeth - Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee - and their 1 child was the Elizabeth Spencer disinherited in the will. I can only speculate that Elizabeth Spencer married against her father's wishes and was left with $1.00.

Of interest, you might like to know that Elizabeth Wilson Hennessee was a descendant of John Howland and wife Elizabeth Tilley who came to what is now America on the Mayflower in 1620. Of further interest, while on board ship, John Howland was washed overboard, nearly drowned, but was miraculously saved.  John Howland is described as being young and strong who was able to survive in the waters unitl he could be rescued.

John Hennessee evidently died soon after his June, 1844, will because John's last will and testament was proved July 11, 1844, with his wife "Eliza" appearing in court to admit his will for probate.

John was buried in the Fairfield Cemetery at Lenoir, N.C. His headstone has not been seen for many, many years so the exact location of his grave is not known. My husband and I, along with a Sudderth-cousin and her husband, went to the cemetery a few years ago and made a valiant effort to find the grave - but if his headstone was there somewhere, it had fallen is buried deeply.

The Fairfield Cemetery, once the former cemetery of the 1st Methodist Church, goes back to the late 1700's and is said to hold the remains of 70 slaves and about 100 white people. We were told it is believed that John's father, the elder Patrick, is buried there too.

When my husband and I tried to locate John's grave, we found the cemetery to be a small jungle, located at the back yards of a nice development of homes.  A number of hours later, bent, sometimes on our hands and knees, with clothes snagged, hot and dirty, and many insect bites, we gave up trying to locate John (and Patrick too).

Upon coming back home to Arlington, VA, I was hopeful that Fairfield would be cleared of underbrush and fallen stones. We pinned our hopes on the fact that the cemetery was to be turned over to the Caldwell County
Genealogical Society.  But, alas, in 1989, through what was charitably said to be a misunderstanding, a company brought heavy equipment into the cemetery, cut trees, and pulled the trees out across graves. There were, of course, many complaints.

Since then, we have not heard of any further developments at the cemetery but perhaps good will come from this unhappy event.

I wish I know more about John. I don't have a physical description nor a picture. I don't know whether he was kind and good. I must assume that John was industrious and brave. One had to be in what was a dangerous, undeveloped area of western North Carolina. He had to be industrious because he had land, slaves and obviously a standing in the community. I wish we had letters written by John. Then we could know him better. But,nevertheless, we are grateful to you, John, for being!

Thank you very much for your time!

The Last Will and Testament of John Hennessee of Caldwell County, North
Carolina.

I, John Hennessee, considering uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same as make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say

Item first.

I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Hennessee during her natural life my negro boy Philip or any other she may choose and my negro girl Sopshonia aged about thirteen years also my grey mare
and colt also two cows and calves also what hogs I have and what few sheep I have and the increase of the stock The stock and its increase to be disposed of as she thinks best at her death and to have the use of the increase of the negro girl Sopshonia during her lifetime only; I also leave her all my household and kitchen furniture except two feather beds and furniture.  I also give her my wheel and loom and one woman's saddle. also one Sett of horse gear one plow hoe and I give her the above bequest including all and every article she brought with her after her marriage  I also give her her lawful dower in my Land where David Hennessee lives in Cherokee County but if my son David Hennessee and wife Catherine will make a good and sufficient deed to the tract of land given to them by Abraham Sudderth Jr called the Staples place during her natural life time and my life time.  If my son David and his wife complies with the foregoing condition she is to have that for her Dower in land inlieu of the land in Cherokee County.

Item Second.

I give to my son Patrick Hennessee his choice of the negroes after my wife takes the two I bequeathed to her.  If he takes my negro woman Dolly he is to have her youngest child Tom with her         and Dolly's increase The above I give with all I have heretofore given him as his share of my estate also one feather bed

Item 3rd.

I give to my son David Hennessee all my interest in the tract of land where he now lives and all my other lands in Cherokee County subject to the Dower of my wife.  but if my son David Hennessee will comply with the matter named in the first Item and make a Deed to land named therein (viz the Staples place) then my wife is to have the Staples place during her lifetime for dower and to have no dower in the land in Cherokee.  I also give him choice of one of my negroes after what I have already bequeathed are taken out also one feather bed and furniture.

Item 4th.

I give Abraham Sudderth's children my Grand children the one half of my negroes remaining after the above bequests are taken out.  and. also the boy my wife has during her lifetime.

Item 5th.

I give to my daughter Ailsey Johnson my negro Girl Sophsonia and her increase after the death of my wife and also any increase she may before my wife's death and also the one half of the negroes remaining after first those bequests are take out of which I have bequeathed Abraham Sudderth's children the other half.

Item 6th.

My will and desire is that all the balance of my property that I have not disposed of above of every description whatsoever to be sold and the proceeds after all my just debts are paid to be divided equally
between all my children viz Patrick Hennessee, David Hennessee, Elmina Sudderth, Children & Ailsey Johnson.

Item 7th.

I nominate and appoint Abraham Sudderth Jnr. and Patrick Hennessee my executors of the last will & testament revoking all former wills by me made

Item 8th.

And lastly my express will and meaning is and I do hereby order and appoint that if any differences disputes questions or controversy shall be arise or happen concerning any gift bequest matter or thing in the my will given and bequeathed expressed or contained that then no suit or suits in Law or Equity or other wise shall be brought, commemced or prosecuted for and concerning the same shall refund wholly to the award order and determination of my friends Wm. Greenway and James Harper        both of the County & State aforesaid and what they shall order direct & determine therein shall be binding and conclusive to all and every person or persons therein concerned  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day if June, 1844.

Published and declared by the above named John Hennessee to be John his mark Hennessee his last will & Testament in presence of the Testator

the Testator Wm. Greenway Jurat Wm. C. Tate Jas. Harper Jurat

Codicil to the above will this day as above written  It is further my will and desire that if my son David Hennessee complies with the condition of the aforesaid will (viz) to make a sufficient deed as before stated to the
Staples place that he also is to build a comfortable double house each Sixteen feet square with a passage between one and a half Story high with a chimney with one fire place at each end the chimnies to be built of
stone or brick Two twelve         windows in each room and otherwise furnished in comfortable manner & also to build a Kitchen smoke house and corn crib all to be finished by the 1st day of Jany. next

Item 2nd.

It is further my will and desire that out of the proceeds of sale of the balance of my property in my will there be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer wife Tisdell Spencer the sum of one dollar and no more

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of the 17th day of June 1844

Wm. Greenway Jurat
Wm. C. Tate                            John Hennessee (his mark)
James Harper Jurat

(Burke County Tax List of 1815 list John as owning 850 acres valued at $3000.)

Rebecca Ann HENNESSEE

"...and they migrated through St.Louis,1850,and into Wright County where some
of their relatives had already settled."...Barbara Rippee Claxton
"...and they migrated through St.Louis,1850,and into Wright County where some
of their relatives had already settled."...Barbara Rippee Claxton

Daniel BROYLES Sr.

26 Feb 2006:

http://users.rcn.com/deeds/broyles/html/d0002/g0000001.htm#I3039

Catherine HENNESSEE

BIRTH: 1823, TN,

MARRIAGE: 4 Aug 1842, TN, White [227]
To Daniel BROYLES , son of Thomas BROYLES and Susanna YEAGER

http://users.rcn.com/deeds/broyles/html/d0006/g0000096.htm#I765

Children Birth  Death
1.  Sarah Ann BROYLES  1844  MO, Wright  -
2.  Elizabeth BROYLES  1846  MO, Wright  -
3.  Thomas BROYLES  1848  MO, Wright  -
4.  James J. BROYLES  1850  MO, Wright  -
5.  Patrick BROYLES  1852  MO, Wright  -
6.  Rebecca BROYLES  1854  MO, Wright  -
7.  Daniel BROYLES  1856  MO, Wright  -

Notes
Generation 6 U.S. Census Records
Year Name Loc Age BP Occ Roll E.D. Page
1850 Broiles, Catherine  MO, Wright 27  TN  421   243
1860 Broils, Catharine  MO, Wright 35  TN    941
1870 [Record not found]
1880 Broyles, Catherine  MO, Wright 60  TN Keeping House 741  143  9

From: info@classroomfurniture.com
To: sam_broyles@hotmail.com
Subject: Daniel Broyles 1815-1856
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:52:34 -0400

Hello Sam.

Apparently you are to ‘gotoguy’ for BROYLES. Have you any data regarding this Daniel, son of Thomas & Susanna Yeager Broyles, who married Catherine Hennessee, 4 Aug 1842, in White Co.,TN?
I can list seven children, but none of their issue. Can you help?

Thank you,

David Hennessee
info@classroomfurniture.com

David,

Below is the data I have.  If you have any corrections or additions, I would very much appreciate your assistance.

Regards,
Sam Broyles
San Francisco, CA

Descendants of: Thomas Hennessee

1 Thomas Hennessee m. --- Cain
2 Catherine Hennessee b. 1820 TN d. > 1860 MO m. Daniel Broyles m. 4 Aug 1842 White Co., TN  b. 21 Aug 1815 White Co., TN d. c. 1856 Wright Co., MO  [son of Thomas (Samuel Thomas) Broyles and Susanna Yeager]
3 Sarah Ann Broyles b. 1844 TN m. William L. Murrell m. c. 1867 b. 2 Apr 1844 Taney Co., MO d. 15 Sep 1920 Hartville, Wright, MO
4 Dorthula Murrell b. c. 1868 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
4 James M. Murrell b. c. 1870 Hartville, Wright Co., MO m. Fannie M. --- b. c. 1875
4 William Dee Murrell b. 21 May 1871 Hartville, Wright Co., MO d. 27 Aug 1954 Wright Co., MO m. Nancy Robinett b. 19 Jun 1872 Wright Co., MO d. 7 Oct 1965 Wright Co., MO [daughter of James Robinett                and Nancy Smith] survivedrandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren
5 Edna Murrell m. --- Nichols
5 Gladys Murrell m. --- Roberts
5 Harry Murrell
5 Cecil Murrell
4 Avah A. Murrell b. c. 1877 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
4 George Clarence Murrell b. 23 May 1878 Hartville, Wright Co., MO d. 27 Mar 1966 Springfield, MO m. Jannie --- b. c. 1880 survived by  grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren
5 Mildred Murrell m. --- Mitchell
5 Van V. Murrell
3 Elizabeth Broyles b. 1846 TN d. > 1900 m. Thomas J. Bramhall b. 25 Apr 1845 d. 30 Mar 1877 [son of Jacob Bramhall and Elizabeth Aaron]
4 Barney Bramhall
4 Jacob Bramhall
4 Atlanta Bramhall
4 Isaiah Bramhall
4 H.T. Bramhall b. _____ d. > 1935 res Hartville, MO 1935
4 James Polk Bramhall m. Nora Dell Bohannon b. 3 Nov 1878
5 --- Bramhall
5 --- Bramhall
3 Thomas Broyles b. 23 Oct 1847 TN d. 3 Jul 1946 Montgomery, Wright, MO m. Sarah McRoberts b. 1849 MO d. < 1900 [daughter of Frances McConnell McRoberts and Eliza Young]
A Confederate veteran who attended parades for many years in Mountain Grove, MO, he lived in Manes, Mo. and was age 94 in 1940. He died in the mid 1940's still faithful to the Southern Cause.
4 Amanda J. Broyles b. 4 Sep 1869 Wright Co., MO d. 10 Jul 1956 Springfield, MO m. --- Choate
5 Oran Choate b. Feb 1892
5 Hosa Choate b. Aug 1897
4 Daniel F. Broyles b. 1871 d. < 1956 m. --- Choate
4 James Broyles b. Sep 1873 d. < 1974
4 William P. Broyles b. 1876 MO d. > 1956 < 1974 m. Ella --- b. 1886 MO
5 Evert C. Broyles b. 27 Feb 1905 Wright Co., MO d. Nov 1987 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
5 Tommy A. Broyles b. 1908 Wright Co., MO
5 Ausber L. Broyles b. 15 Oct 1910 Wright Co., MO d. 22 Oct 1996 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO m. Ruby Owens d. resided 1996 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
Ausber L. Broyles, 86, Kansas City, MO, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 1996,
at Research Medical Center. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, October
26, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Floral Hills Chapel; burial in Floral Hills
Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 2-3 p.m. Saturday, at the chapel. Mr.
Broyles was born in Wright County, MO. He worked as a mail/baggage handler for
K.C. Terminal Railroad. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a
member of Red Bridge Baptist Church. Mr. Broyles is survived  by his wife,
Ruby Owens Broyles, of the home; three sons, Bill, Kansas City, MO, Tommy,
Dallas, TX, and Edwin, Oklahoma City, OK; a sister, Estelline Mort, Sun City
West, AZ; several grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
6 Bill Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1996 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
6 Tommy Allen Broyles b. _____ d. resided 2007 Gregg Co., TX m. Karen D. ---  m. Neely Tyann Tackett m. 07 Jul 2007 Gregg Co., TX  d. resided 2007 Gregg Co., TX
7 Tommy Broyles b. 23 Feb 1969 d. resided 2005 Gregg Co., TX
6 Edwin Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1996 Oklahoma City, OK
5 Mary O. Broyles b. 1917 Wright Co., MO
5 Sarah E. Broyles b. 1923 Wright Co., MO
5 Estelline Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1996 Sun City West, AZ m. Robert C. Mort b. 19 Sep 1924 KS d. 18 Feb 2004 Sun City West, AZ
4 John L. Broyles b. 31 Oct 1877 MO d. 13 Nov 1960 MO m. Susie Caddell b. 18 Feb 1875 KY d. 02 Dec 1941 Jasper Co., MO
4 Joseph Broyles b. _____ d. > 1956 < 1974
4 Reuben Thomas Broyles b. 3 Sep 1883 MO d. 07 Mar 1975 Fresno, Fresno Co., CA m. Naomi A. Baker b. 07 Oct 1888 MO d. 25 Aug 1966 Visalia, Tulare, CA
5 Orville Noah Broyles  b. 05 Jul 1913 MO d. 09 Mar 1982 Bishop, Inyo, CA m. Inez ---
5 Ineza Broyles b. 1917
5 Ruby Broyles b. 1920
5 Dorothy Broyles b. 1922
5 Dannie Broyles b. 1926
5 Esther M. Broyles b. 1923
4 Samuel Montgomery Broyles b. Nov 1886 MO d. 1962 Buhl, Twin Falls Co m. Oma Shropshire b. 1891 MO d. resided 1962 Buhl, Twin Falls Co
5 Loman C. Broyles b. 31 Aug 1914 MO d. 01 Jul 1989 MO
5 Stanley F. Broyles b. 1911 MO
4 Sara Aretta Broyles b. 15 Mar 1890 Manes, Wright Co., MO d. 8 Mar 1974 Hartville, Wright Co., MO         m. --- Sullivant
3 James Gideon Broyles b. 23 Jun 1850 Hartville, Wright Co., MO d. 24 Mar 1928 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
m. Laura B. Hart b. 30 Jul 1863 d. 9 Aug 1895 Wright Co., MO [daughter of Isaac Hart and Triphena P. Pool]
m. Elizabeth A. Absher b. 06 Aug 1866 Mountain Grove, Wright Co., MO d. 25 Feb 1925 Hartville, Wright Co., MO  [daughter of John Anderson Absher and Elizabeth Watson]
4 Roy Broyles b. 01 Mar 1890 Wright Co., MO d. 14 Apr 1967 Cabool, Wright Co., MO m. Jessie Nickle b. 01 Oct 1904 d. Sep 1981 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
7 grandchildren
5 Jerry Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1967 Slater, MO
5 Dorothy Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1967 Hartville, Wright Co., MO m. --- Branstetter d. resided 1967 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
5 Jewell Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1967 Mountain Grove, MO m. --- Pearman d. resided 1967 Mountain Grove, MO
4 James Kingsley Broyles b. 23 Oct 1884 Wright Co., MO d. 25 May 1977 Springfield, Greene Co., MO m. Alice Lamb m. 25 May 1918 Brigham City, Box Elder Co., Utah  b. 1890 MO
m. Ethel Aleth Findley b. Jul 1895 Hartville, Wright Co., MO d. 4 Jun 1963 Springfield, Greene Co., MO
[daughter of Marion Findley and Mary Jane Newton]
5 Ralph Eugene Broyles b. 06 Sep 1907 MO d. 24 Jan 1969 El Paso, El Paso Co., TX
5 James Kingsley Broyles Jr. b. 1922 d. resided 1977 Springfield, Greene Co., MO
5 Paul Donald Broyles b. _____ Wright Co., MO d. reside 1977 West Bloomfield, Oakland Co., MI
4 Zona Broyles b. Jan 1888 m. Joseph A. Copening
4 James A. Broyles b. Oct 1884 m. Elizabeth Smith m. 2 Oct 1851
4 Roup Broyles b. Mar 1889
4 Oria Broyles b. Jun 1892
3 Patrick Broyles b. 1852 Wright Co., MO
3 Rebecca Broyles b. 1854 Wright Co., MO  m. --- Garner
4 Catherine Garner b. 1873 MO
3 Daniel Broyles b. Feb 1856 Wright Co., MO  m. Lucy A. --- b. Jan 1860 KY
4 Thomas R. Broyles b. 1881 MO m. Liza --- m. Virgie --- b. 1881 MO
5 Woneta Hazel Broyles b. 04 Nov 1898 Mountain Grove, Wright Co., MO d. 27 Jan 1987 St. Helens, Columbia, OR m. Jess Barger m. 31 Oct 1915 St. Helens, Columbia, OR  b. 12 Mar 1897 MO d. Mar 1987 PA
m. Lester Egbert (Bert) Brown m. 02 Mar 1923 Columbia Co., Oregon  b. 19 Dec 1900 Greenfield, Adair, IA d. 11 Sep 1979 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
6 Wilbur Barger b. 14 Sep 1916 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
6 Doris Barger b. 25 Mar 1918 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
6 Morris Barger b. 10 Dec 1919 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
6 Lester Egbert Brown b. 05 Apr 1927 St. Helens, Columbia, OR m. June Birt m. 5 Apr 1947
m. --- Blankinship
7 Lester Arthur Brown b. 22 Feb 1956 Portland, Multnomah, ORi d. 8 Jun 1985 Riverside Co., CA m. --- Schaeffer
5 Edmon Broyles b. 1906 MO
5 Mabel Broyles b. 1912 AR

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Catherine HENNESSEE

BIRTH: 1823, TN,

MARRIAGE: 4 Aug 1842, TN, White [227]
To Daniel BROYLES , son of Thomas BROYLES and Susanna YEAGER

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Children Birth  Death
1.  Sarah Ann BROYLES  1844  MO, Wright  -
2.  Elizabeth BROYLES  1846  MO, Wright  -
3.  Thomas BROYLES  1848  MO, Wright  -
4.  James J. BROYLES  1850  MO, Wright  -
5.  Patrick BROYLES  1852  MO, Wright  -
6.  Rebecca BROYLES  1854  MO, Wright  -
7.  Daniel BROYLES  1856  MO, Wright  -

Notes
Generation 6 U.S. Census Records
Year Name Loc Age BP Occ Roll E.D. Page
1850 Broiles, Catherine  MO, Wright 27  TN  421   243
1860 Broils, Catharine  MO, Wright 35  TN    941
1870 [Record not found]
1880 Broyles, Catherine  MO, Wright 60  TN Keeping House 741  143  9

From: info@classroomfurniture.com
To: sam_broyles@hotmail.com
Subject: Daniel Broyles 1815-1856
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:52:34 -0400

Hello Sam.

Apparently you are to ‘gotoguy’ for BROYLES. Have you any data regarding this Daniel, son of Thomas & Susanna Yeager Broyles, who married Catherine Hennessee, 4 Aug 1842, in White Co.,TN?
I can list seven children, but none of their issue. Can you help?

Thank you,

David Hennessee
info@classroomfurniture.com

David,

Below is the data I have.  If you have any corrections or additions, I would very much appreciate your assistance.

Regards,
Sam Broyles
San Francisco, CA

Descendants of: Thomas Hennessee

1 Thomas Hennessee m. --- Cain
2 Catherine Hennessee b. 1820 TN d. > 1860 MO m. Daniel Broyles m. 4 Aug 1842 White Co., TN  b. 21 Aug 1815 White Co., TN d. c. 1856 Wright Co., MO  [son of Thomas (Samuel Thomas) Broyles and Susanna Yeager]
3 Sarah Ann Broyles b. 1844 TN m. William L. Murrell m. c. 1867 b. 2 Apr 1844 Taney Co., MO d. 15 Sep 1920 Hartville, Wright, MO
4 Dorthula Murrell b. c. 1868 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
4 James M. Murrell b. c. 1870 Hartville, Wright Co., MO m. Fannie M. --- b. c. 1875
4 William Dee Murrell b. 21 May 1871 Hartville, Wright Co., MO d. 27 Aug 1954 Wright Co., MO m. Nancy Robinett b. 19 Jun 1872 Wright Co., MO d. 7 Oct 1965 Wright Co., MO [daughter of James Robinett                and Nancy Smith] survivedrandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren
5 Edna Murrell m. --- Nichols
5 Gladys Murrell m. --- Roberts
5 Harry Murrell
5 Cecil Murrell
4 Avah A. Murrell b. c. 1877 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
4 George Clarence Murrell b. 23 May 1878 Hartville, Wright Co., MO d. 27 Mar 1966 Springfield, MO m. Jannie --- b. c. 1880 survived by  grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren
5 Mildred Murrell m. --- Mitchell
5 Van V. Murrell
3 Elizabeth Broyles b. 1846 TN d. > 1900 m. Thomas J. Bramhall b. 25 Apr 1845 d. 30 Mar 1877 [son of Jacob Bramhall and Elizabeth Aaron]
4 Barney Bramhall
4 Jacob Bramhall
4 Atlanta Bramhall
4 Isaiah Bramhall
4 H.T. Bramhall b. _____ d. > 1935 res Hartville, MO 1935
4 James Polk Bramhall m. Nora Dell Bohannon b. 3 Nov 1878
5 --- Bramhall
5 --- Bramhall
3 Thomas Broyles b. 23 Oct 1847 TN d. 3 Jul 1946 Montgomery, Wright, MO m. Sarah McRoberts b. 1849 MO d. < 1900 [daughter of Frances McConnell McRoberts and Eliza Young]
A Confederate veteran who attended parades for many years in Mountain Grove, MO, he lived in Manes, Mo. and was age 94 in 1940. He died in the mid 1940's still faithful to the Southern Cause.
4 Amanda J. Broyles b. 4 Sep 1869 Wright Co., MO d. 10 Jul 1956 Springfield, MO m. --- Choate
5 Oran Choate b. Feb 1892
5 Hosa Choate b. Aug 1897
4 Daniel F. Broyles b. 1871 d. < 1956 m. --- Choate
4 James Broyles b. Sep 1873 d. < 1974
4 William P. Broyles b. 1876 MO d. > 1956 < 1974 m. Ella --- b. 1886 MO
5 Evert C. Broyles b. 27 Feb 1905 Wright Co., MO d. Nov 1987 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
5 Tommy A. Broyles b. 1908 Wright Co., MO
5 Ausber L. Broyles b. 15 Oct 1910 Wright Co., MO d. 22 Oct 1996 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO m. Ruby Owens d. resided 1996 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
Ausber L. Broyles, 86, Kansas City, MO, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 1996,
at Research Medical Center. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, October
26, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Floral Hills Chapel; burial in Floral Hills
Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 2-3 p.m. Saturday, at the chapel. Mr.
Broyles was born in Wright County, MO. He worked as a mail/baggage handler for
K.C. Terminal Railroad. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a
member of Red Bridge Baptist Church. Mr. Broyles is survived  by his wife,
Ruby Owens Broyles, of the home; three sons, Bill, Kansas City, MO, Tommy,
Dallas, TX, and Edwin, Oklahoma City, OK; a sister, Estelline Mort, Sun City
West, AZ; several grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
6 Bill Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1996 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
6 Tommy Allen Broyles b. _____ d. resided 2007 Gregg Co., TX m. Karen D. ---  m. Neely Tyann Tackett m. 07 Jul 2007 Gregg Co., TX  d. resided 2007 Gregg Co., TX
7 Tommy Broyles b. 23 Feb 1969 d. resided 2005 Gregg Co., TX
6 Edwin Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1996 Oklahoma City, OK
5 Mary O. Broyles b. 1917 Wright Co., MO
5 Sarah E. Broyles b. 1923 Wright Co., MO
5 Estelline Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1996 Sun City West, AZ m. Robert C. Mort b. 19 Sep 1924 KS d. 18 Feb 2004 Sun City West, AZ
4 John L. Broyles b. 31 Oct 1877 MO d. 13 Nov 1960 MO m. Susie Caddell b. 18 Feb 1875 KY d. 02 Dec 1941 Jasper Co., MO
4 Joseph Broyles b. _____ d. > 1956 < 1974
4 Reuben Thomas Broyles b. 3 Sep 1883 MO d. 07 Mar 1975 Fresno, Fresno Co., CA m. Naomi A. Baker b. 07 Oct 1888 MO d. 25 Aug 1966 Visalia, Tulare, CA
5 Orville Noah Broyles  b. 05 Jul 1913 MO d. 09 Mar 1982 Bishop, Inyo, CA m. Inez ---
5 Ineza Broyles b. 1917
5 Ruby Broyles b. 1920
5 Dorothy Broyles b. 1922
5 Dannie Broyles b. 1926
5 Esther M. Broyles b. 1923
4 Samuel Montgomery Broyles b. Nov 1886 MO d. 1962 Buhl, Twin Falls Co m. Oma Shropshire b. 1891 MO d. resided 1962 Buhl, Twin Falls Co
5 Loman C. Broyles b. 31 Aug 1914 MO d. 01 Jul 1989 MO
5 Stanley F. Broyles b. 1911 MO
4 Sara Aretta Broyles b. 15 Mar 1890 Manes, Wright Co., MO d. 8 Mar 1974 Hartville, Wright Co., MO         m. --- Sullivant
3 James Gideon Broyles b. 23 Jun 1850 Hartville, Wright Co., MO d. 24 Mar 1928 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
m. Laura B. Hart b. 30 Jul 1863 d. 9 Aug 1895 Wright Co., MO [daughter of Isaac Hart and Triphena P. Pool]
m. Elizabeth A. Absher b. 06 Aug 1866 Mountain Grove, Wright Co., MO d. 25 Feb 1925 Hartville, Wright Co., MO  [daughter of John Anderson Absher and Elizabeth Watson]
4 Roy Broyles b. 01 Mar 1890 Wright Co., MO d. 14 Apr 1967 Cabool, Wright Co., MO m. Jessie Nickle b. 01 Oct 1904 d. Sep 1981 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
7 grandchildren
5 Jerry Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1967 Slater, MO
5 Dorothy Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1967 Hartville, Wright Co., MO m. --- Branstetter d. resided 1967 Hartville, Wright Co., MO
5 Jewell Broyles b. _____ d. resided 1967 Mountain Grove, MO m. --- Pearman d. resided 1967 Mountain Grove, MO
4 James Kingsley Broyles b. 23 Oct 1884 Wright Co., MO d. 25 May 1977 Springfield, Greene Co., MO m. Alice Lamb m. 25 May 1918 Brigham City, Box Elder Co., Utah  b. 1890 MO
m. Ethel Aleth Findley b. Jul 1895 Hartville, Wright Co., MO d. 4 Jun 1963 Springfield, Greene Co., MO
[daughter of Marion Findley and Mary Jane Newton]
5 Ralph Eugene Broyles b. 06 Sep 1907 MO d. 24 Jan 1969 El Paso, El Paso Co., TX
5 James Kingsley Broyles Jr. b. 1922 d. resided 1977 Springfield, Greene Co., MO
5 Paul Donald Broyles b. _____ Wright Co., MO d. reside 1977 West Bloomfield, Oakland Co., MI
4 Zona Broyles b. Jan 1888 m. Joseph A. Copening
4 James A. Broyles b. Oct 1884 m. Elizabeth Smith m. 2 Oct 1851
4 Roup Broyles b. Mar 1889
4 Oria Broyles b. Jun 1892
3 Patrick Broyles b. 1852 Wright Co., MO
3 Rebecca Broyles b. 1854 Wright Co., MO  m. --- Garner
4 Catherine Garner b. 1873 MO
3 Daniel Broyles b. Feb 1856 Wright Co., MO  m. Lucy A. --- b. Jan 1860 KY
4 Thomas R. Broyles b. 1881 MO m. Liza --- m. Virgie --- b. 1881 MO
5 Woneta Hazel Broyles b. 04 Nov 1898 Mountain Grove, Wright Co., MO d. 27 Jan 1987 St. Helens, Columbia, OR m. Jess Barger m. 31 Oct 1915 St. Helens, Columbia, OR  b. 12 Mar 1897 MO d. Mar 1987 PA
m. Lester Egbert (Bert) Brown m. 02 Mar 1923 Columbia Co., Oregon  b. 19 Dec 1900 Greenfield, Adair, IA d. 11 Sep 1979 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
6 Wilbur Barger b. 14 Sep 1916 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
6 Doris Barger b. 25 Mar 1918 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
6 Morris Barger b. 10 Dec 1919 St. Helens, Columbia, OR
6 Lester Egbert Brown b. 05 Apr 1927 St. Helens, Columbia, OR m. June Birt m. 5 Apr 1947
m. --- Blankinship
7 Lester Arthur Brown b. 22 Feb 1956 Portland, Multnomah, ORi d. 8 Jun 1985 Riverside Co., CA m. --- Schaeffer
5 Edmon Broyles b. 1906 MO
5 Mabel Broyles b. 1912 AR

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Catherine HENNESSEE

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Catherine Hennessee

Birth: 1823 in Tennessee Death: Sex: Father: Mother:

Census: 1850 Wright, MO, age 27, Roll 421, page 243
Occupation: 1860 Keeping House
Census 2: 1860 Wright, MO, age 35, page 941
Census 3: 1880 Wright, MO, age 60, Roll 741, ED 143, page 9
Reference: 5576

Spouses & Children Daniel Broyles (Husband Marriage: 4 AUG 1842 in White County, Tennessee

Children:

1. Sarah Ann Broyles
2. Elizabeth Broyles
3. Thomas Broyles
4. James J Broyles
5. Patrick Broyles
6. Rebecca Broyles
7. Daniel Broyles

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Catherine Hennessee

Birth: 1823 in Tennessee Death: Sex: Father: Mother:

Census: 1850 Wright, MO, age 27, Roll 421, page 243
Occupation: 1860 Keeping House
Census 2: 1860 Wright, MO, age 35, page 941
Census 3: 1880 Wright, MO, age 60, Roll 741, ED 143, page 9
Reference: 5576

Spouses & Children Daniel Broyles (Husband Marriage: 4 AUG 1842 in White County, Tennessee

Children:

1. Sarah Ann Broyles
2. Elizabeth Broyles
3. Thomas Broyles
4. James J Broyles
5. Patrick Broyles
6. Rebecca Broyles
7. Daniel Broyles

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Elizabeth HENNESSEE

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