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1772 Documents signed four times by Richard Henderson jurist, Transylvania Co. +
1772 Documents signed four times by Richard Henderson jurist, Transylvania Co. +
1772 Documents signed four times by Richard Henderson jurist, Transylvania Co. +
1772 Documents signed four times by Richard Henderson jurist, Transylvania Co. +

1772 Documents signed four times by Richard Henderson jurist, Transylvania Co. +

$ 17.42

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Industry: Historical
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Signed by: Richard Henderson
  • Signed: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: Foxing, fold tears
  • Modified Item: No
  • Autograph Authentication: Not Authenticated

    Description

    1772 Document involving a court case that runs from 1768-1772 between George Magowan and Peter Johnston including charges for William Na[?] who presents evidence against Magowan including seven miles traveling and various days attendance at court. No jurisdiction given Richard Henderson (1735-1785) was a lawyer who was appointed associate justice of the North Carolina colony's Superior Court. His tenure was rocked by attacks on the courts by the Regulators who burned his home. He was one of the presiding justices who convicted twelve Regulators in 1771. He retired in 1773 to follow his dream of developing colonies across the mountains being part of what became the Transylvania Company in conjunction with Daniel Boone covering portions of Kentucky and Tennessee. It attempted to become the 14th Colony but all Henderson got was 200,000 acres from Virginia and North Carolina. In 1779-1789, he spearheaded a settlement in the Cumberland Valley and founded French Lick [Nashville] During the Revolutionary War he surveyed the Virginia/North Carolina border, served on the North Carolina Board of War and was a militia recruiting colonel. He served in the North Carolina House in 1781 and the Council of State 1782-1783. Compare signatures with known comparable document [#3]. Great North Carolina, Revolutionary and frontier documents.