John C Henton (1778 - 1853)

Born 9 Nov 1778 in Nelson, Kentucky, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Keith) Henton — married 21 Dec 1797 in Nelson, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1853 at age 75 in Canton, Lewis, Missouri, USA

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Biography

John was born November 9, 1778 to David Henton and Mary VanMeter in what was then Virginia.^[1]

When John was an infant, his father drowned in the Ohio River as the extended van Meter/Henton family was traveling to Squire Boone's Station near what is now Shelbyville, KY.

" all of the families, with the exception of Squire Boone's and the 'Widow Hinton's' --there were not enough pack horses to take them too--started off on 14 Sept., 1781, but were ambushed when 21 miles out and still 8 miles from Linn's Station. No men were left at Boone's Station except Squire and his son Moses, a boy of about twelve years....A day or so afterward a large party of about three hundred men from the Falls settlements [Falls of the Ohio, where now is Louisville] marched out, buried the dead and went to the relief of Squire Boone's Station. They reached there probably about 17 September and rescued the families of Squire Boone and Mrs. Hinton, together with the stock which had wandered back, and much of the plunder lost by the moving families."^[2]

private John Henton served in the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812
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John later served as a private in the War of 1812 in the 92 Regiment (Chowning Jr.'s,), Virginia militia.^[4][5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 101 : 1913. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61157/images/46155_b290426-00189?pId=3378697
2. ↑ The Boone family : a genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone who came to America in 1717; containing many unpublished bits of early Kentucky history, also a biographical sketch of Daniel Boone, the pioneer, by one of his descendants by Spraker, Ella Atterbury, b. 1883; Crump, Jesse Procter, 1867- Biographical sketch of Daniel Boone, the pioneer. Internetarchive. https://archive.org/details/boonefamilygenea1922spra/page/78/mode/2up
3. ↑ A history of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and its surroundings by Haycraft, Samuel, 1795-1878; Woman's Club of Elizabethtown (Ky.) Publication date 1921. p.68 attached as image.
4. ↑ U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815. Direct Data Capture, comp. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/455275:4281?ssrc=pt&tid=165238313&pid=232423071066
5. ↑ National Society United States Daughters of 1812. https://members.usdaughters1812.org/i4a/memberDirectory/index.cfm?srch_ANCESTOR_ID_singleLineText_128=&srch_ANC_LNAME_singleLineText_130=hinton&srch_ANCESTOR_STATE_SERVED_singleLineText_129=&srch_ANC_SERVICE_singleLineText_135=&srch_UNIT_singleLineText_223=&srch_SPOUSE_singleLineText_131=&srch_CHILD_singleLineText_132=&srch_CHILDS_SPOUSE_singleLineText_133=&srch_ANCESTOR_NOTES_singleLineText_134=&srch_PENSION_dropDown_220=&srch_LAND_BOUNTY_dropDown_219=&controller=memberDirectory&action=resultsListing&directory_id=31&start=1&submitFlag=1
6. ↑ Library of Virginia. https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990006350310205756&context=L&vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&lang=en&search_scope=MyInstitution_noAER&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=sub,exact,Hinton,%20John%20C,AND&facet=lds04,include,WAR,lk&mode=advanced&offset=0

• 1850 United States Federal Census (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZD-R2Y : 29 October 2019), Catharine Henton in household of John C Henton, Lewis county, Lewis, Missouri, United States; citing family 291, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Ancestry Record 8054 #3865689

• Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V65Q-56D : 17 May 2018), John Hinton and Catherine Keith, 26 Dec 1797; citing Marriage, Nelson, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 481,488. Ancestry Record 2089 #154907

• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 Ancestry Record 1246 #1229525

• Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801 Ancestry Record 3720 #12732

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry Record 61157 #3752515

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry Record 61157 #3461703

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry Record 61157 #3395641

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry Record 61157 #3378697

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry Record 61157 #474525

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry Record 61157 #474525

• Find A Grave Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7801696 : accessed 16 February 2020), memorial page for John C Henton (9 Nov 1778–Dec 1853), Find A Grave Memorial no. 7801696, citing Henton Cemetery, Lewis County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by RhondaPattonWathen & children (contributor 46879360) . Find A Grave: Memorial #7801696

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Shirley King for creating Henton-32 on 5 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Shirley and others.