JOSEPH HERNDON
Joseph Herndon was born in 1762, some records show Laurel Kentucky, others show Chatham County, North Carolina.
He died August 30, 1853 and is buried in the Herndon (AKA Annie Mary Cemetery) on State Hwy 11, between Monroe and Social Circle, Walton County, Georgia.
He married in 1780, Chatham, North Carolina, Frances Sarah Stewart, born about 1770 in Laurel, Kentucky. I have been unable to find her date or place of death.
Joseph and his family are residing in Walton County for the 1850 Census, his age is 86, his wife Frances age 80 and three children living at home, Levi, age 56, Lin, age 48 and James Burt, age 22.
According to his headstone, he served with the North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War. According to information from a story on ancestry.com, Joseph Herndon served as a Captain. Records indicate he was involved in the Battle of King's Mountain, Oct 1780. He was awarded land grants and pension for his service.
Children of Joseph and Frances Sarah Stewart Herndon:
George, born 1786, Chatham, NC
Marion, born 1788, Georgia
Nancy A., born 1792, Georgia
Levi, born 1794, Georgia
Elisha Merriman, born 1799, Georgia, died 1879, buried Herndon Cemetery with his wife Anna Malcom (802-1886)
Srah, born 1800, Georgia
Selina, born 1802, Georgia
Rebecca, born 1804, Georgia
James Burt, born 1808, Walton County, Georgia (died 1889, Pontotoc, Mississippi)
Joseph , born 1811, Clarke County, Georgia (died 1893, DeKalb County, Georgia)
