ceme-henslee

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Henslee Cemetery

Comments: This cemetery lies 2 miles north of Hwy 34
on the North Sulphur River. It appears in the Floy Hodge
Fannin County Cemetery book published
in 1970 Reported as totally DESTROYED by cattle by 1970
However it is known that these are in the cemetery,
Her information paraphrased
Capt. John P. Henslee 1774-1858 (war of 1812)from Ga.
and his wife Sarah Payne Henslee 1774-1858 b. NC
Also these brothers of John P. are also buried there as well
as many other Henslee family members and their slaves.
James Henslee (twin brother to John P.)
William Henslee b.1772
and David b. 1775

This fromCindy Henslee Stamps who would like to share her information with any Henslee researchers.

John Payne Henslee died 15 Apr 1856 inFannin Co; his wife, Sarah Suiter Henslee, daughter of Mary & William Elliot

Suiter, died 6 Oct 1861 in Fannin Co; she is in the 1860

census. The James is not John Payne Henslee's brother; he had no twin. He does have twin sons named James and John, both

of whom moved to Hunt Co.

John Payne was the 2nd child of his parents, David Henslee

and Mary Payne of Caswell and Rockingham Co. NC. His brother named William was David & Mary's last child, born 1800. John Payne and Sarah also had a son named David

(they had 15 children that they brought to Fannin Co.

Their David was born 10 Oct 1818 and died in 1876 in Hunt Co. The family lived in GA and Cherokee Co. AL before moving to Fannin Co. I hired a professional researcher to search the

GA Archives. She found no records of 1812 war service; I had already searched the Dallas Library and had the same result. However, John Payne Henslee was a captain and major in

the GA militia, which all able bodied men were required to

serve it.

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