I have seen a lot about "the Sheriff " and so on and thought I would post this(DAB is the Dictionary of American Biography, 1932 ed., a great tool).
Henderson, Richard, 1735–85, American colonizer in Kentucky, b. Hanover co., Va. An associate justice of the North Carolina superior court (1769–73), Henderson was long interested in Western lands and was the chief promoter of the Transylvania Company Transylvania Company, association formed to exploit and colonize the area now comprising much of Kentucky and Tennessee. Land Grants & Surveys South of Green River Richard Lee Survey Henderson County, KY Book 4 Page 440 FHC #0272953. It is important to understand the background of all transactions involving an individual.
GRANTS OF LAND. Richard Henderson of Granville County: ... KY. WHAT'S HERE * Searchable data for 216,000 land grants including names, dates and locations for years 1663 through 1960. Land Grants & Surveys South of Green River Richard Lee Survey Henderson County, KY Book 4 Page 440 FHC #0272953. Note: These grants were purchased by the recipient. ... To my daughter Elizabeth Henderson all land southwardly and eastwardly at the line beginning at the West corner of Pleasant Henderson's land to the Northeast of Thomas Person's land. Originally, Colonel Henderson and others had purchased from the Cherokee Indians the territory containing some 17,000,000 acres of land, which included most of the area that is now Kentucky. Granville (33), Caswell (7), Guilford (3), plus 6 grants in 4 other counties; total 49 grants and 18441 acres, 1752-1840 Aaronvine, John Washington TN (1); 250 acres, 1792 Born in 1735 in Granville County, Henderson became a lawyer and was appointed associate justice of the Salisbury District Superior Court. He was a lawyer and an associate justice of the North Carolina Superior Court (1768–73). In Henderson Co. deeds, that portion of land is referred to as "Henderson & co grants."
An original manuscript copy of a 1710 land grant from the Town of Plainfield.
Surveyor General’s Office, Hobart Town, November 14th, 1825. Colonel John Purdy was the principal surveyor of the 9th Surveyor District with an office at first in what is now Lexington and soon removed to his own home-place near Mifflin. Henderson, Richard (1735–85) promoter, colonizer; born in Hanover County, Va. Historic Henderson, home of four Kentucky governors, occupies part of a 200,000 acre land grant deeded in 1778 to the Richard Henderson Land Company by the state of Virginia. He retired as a judge to form a land development company, the Richard Henderson & Company, and sent Daniel Boone as his agent to explore Kentucky. Connecticut, to.Benadam Gallup, for 50 acres"more or less" with a full description of the property as laid out in 1704 and entered into"Mr James book" and signed by Benjamin Palmer and … JUDGE RICHARD HENDERSON, 1735-1785 By genealogy.com user November 21, 2000 at 06:02:28. Transylvania Land Company: This company was eight men led by Richard Henderson. They were not for military service. Size: 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 140 items) Abstract: The collection includes miscellaneous land grants from the Carolina Proprietors and royal and state governors, legal certificates of alterations in land grants, and deeds from individuals, chiefly in the colonial period and for lands in eastern North Carolina. The company negotiated a treaty with the Indians which was suppose to give the company most of Kentucky, part of West Virginia, & a large part of Tennessee. On March 17, 1775, Richard Henderson’s Transylvania Company purchased much of the land that is now Kentucky and Tennessee from the Cherokee through a treaty signed at Sycamore Shoals on the Watauga River. Name: Richard Henderson Issue Date: 15 Mar 1756 Residence Place: Orange, North Carolina, USA Certificate Number Range: 4-908 Description: Orange 4-908 Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960 [database on-line]. Hence, the first land grants involving Henderson County often bore the name of Stewart County as the place within which the lands involved were located.