11840 Census, Shelby Co., IN.
2Shelby County, IN Marriage Register.
1George W. Dickson Family Bible.
1William N. Dickson Family Bible.
2George W. Dickson Family Bible.
1Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness. "Missouri State Board of Health Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness Holmes Park, Jackson County, Missouri No. 34930 Registered No. 48 Died December 24, 1924, Name of Father Elias Henness Born Indiana. Place of Burial Fontana, Kansas.".
2Putnam County, MO Marriage Records.
1William N. Dickson Family Bible.
2Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness. "Missouri State Board of Health Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness Holmes Park, Jackson County, Missouri No. 34930 Registered No. 48 Died December 24, 1924, Name of Father Elias Henness Born Indiana. Place of Burial Fontana, Kansas.".
3Putnam County, MO Marriage Records.
1Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness. "Missouri State Board of Health Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness Holmes Park, Jackson County, Missouri No. 34930 Registered No. 48 Died December 24, 1924, Name of Father Elias Henness Born Indiana. Place of Burial Fontana, Kansas.".
11. Source of information from Eva Elizabeth Willett, in book and research paper, March 1979.
. Source of information fro,
escendants of Benjamin Hennis . "Descendants of Benjamin Hennis
Generation No. 1
1. BENJAMIN3 HENNIS (DAVID2, DAVID1) was born Abt. 1760 in Frederick, Montgomery County, Maryland, and died February 23, 1847 in Boubon County, Kentucky. He married DORCAS LEE April 27, 1783 in Montgomery County, Maryland, daughter of JOHN LEE and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1763 in Frederick County, Maryland, and died in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Notes for BENJAMIN HENNIS:
The father of Sarah Hennis was Benjamin Hennis, who was born in Montgomery County, Maryland around 1760.
At the age of fourteen he was a Fifer in the American Revolution. According to an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer few Americans are aware of the function of the Fifers and Drummers at that time in history. All male Colonist sixteen to sixty were required to bear arms - to take a musket and to fight the British.
It was the young lads, the boys twelve to sixteen and a few old men who were the Fifer and Drummer. The military musicians were the principal means of communication, the company's clock and telephone.
Fifters and Drummers beat out the time, sounded the mail call, chow time, reveille in the morning, retreat at sundown and tattoo at night.
Fifers and Drummers signaled all movements and actions ordered by officerrs. On the battlefield the fife and drum were heard above musket and cannon.
there were signals played by Fifers and Drummers for advance, for retreat, for open fire, cease fire, wheel left and wheel right.
Marching into battle side by side with soldiers were they boy musicians, boys not yet able to shave, playing the vital role in winning of America's independence.
Surprisingly, the colonial Fifers and Drummers wore red coats, like the enemy, and were easily distinguishable from the colonial infantrymen, who wore blue coats.
There was a gentleman's agreement, as it were, that Fifers and Drummers on both sides of the line - the British had them too - were not supposed to be fair game. It was not cricket to shoot the musicians, but wars are terrible and that war was no exception, and there were many casualties among the musicians.
Story About Benjamin Hennis
Information furnished by Eva Elizabeth Willett, The Anderson Publishing Company Dorcorah, Iowa, March, 1979.
Dr. Talley Benjamin Hennis supplied the information about Benjamin Hennis (Henness), being a revolutionary War Soldier and lived in Fleming County for a while, and also probably Mason County. He gave the information to Eva Willett in a letter dated June 27, 1961.
Information of the Harn family furnished by David Hammon, given to him by Eva Elizabeth Willet.
April 2001.
At the age of seventeen Benjamin Hennis enlisted in the regular Army. He fought in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth.
When Benjamin's three years were up as a soldier he was honarably discharged. somehwer along the line he sold his discharge papers and lived to rue the day.
He next became overseer on on of the Lee Plantations in Virginia. He fell in love and married Dorcas Lee, daughter of the plantation owner for whom he worked. Mr. Lee was terribly upset at his daughter for marrying Benjamin - even threatening to disown her because he felt she had made a dreadful mistake.
Since relations were so strained with the Lee family Benjamin and Dorcas decided to come to Kentucky. We know they were in Lewis and Fleming Counties.
Eventually Mr. Lee relented and asked his daughter and son-in-law to return home, but Benjamin Hennis replied to his father-in-law by saying that as long as he was able to give his wife tea, sugar, and white bread they were pleased to stay where they were. The story is that they always had biscuits even when his children were eating cornbread.
At age 58 Benjamin Hennis, Sr. decided to apply for a pension. At the time he was living in Fleming County. After a great deal of time and trouble, caused by selling his discharge papers (long ago) he finally was granted a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month; to commence July 25, 1818, the date he first applied.
1. Source of information from Eva Elizabeth Willett, in book and research paper, March 1979.
2. Benjamin Hennis, Pension application (American Revolution) National Archives, Washington, DC.1 REFN 61
3. Census 1776, Fredrick County, Maryland, Author Bettie, Stirling (Complier) Corothers, 1776 Census of Maryland, Chesterfield, MO 63017. Note: 1 REFN 61
4. Title 1790 Census--- Maryland
Publication: Census Bureau, 1977 reprint
5. 1800 Census, Prince George's County, Maryland, 2 type census-Filmed
6. 1820 Census, Fleming County, Kentucky, Note: 1820 Census Fleming Co, Kentucky, KY1 REFN 3, Note page 215
7. 1840 Census, Bourbon County, Kentucky
M704, Roll 104, Page 293, age 80 years living in the William Sugg Houseold 2 Type Census, Non Film.".2Bettie Stirling (compiler) Carothers, 1776 Census of Maryland, Chesterfield, MO 63017.
3Benjamin Hennis, Pension Application (American Revolution).
4Ron Chappell Time Line.
1Benjamin Hennis, Pension Application (American Revolution).
2Glady Stutler Hoffman, Helm-Demar and Some Allied Pioneer Families of Kentucky, typescript, 1973.
3#582.
4Ron Chappell Time Line.
1Benjamin Hennis, Pension Application (American Revolution).
1Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness. "Missouri State Board of Health Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness Holmes Park, Jackson County, Missouri No. 34930 Registered No. 48 Died December 24, 1924, Name of Father Elias Henness Born Indiana. Place of Burial Fontana, Kansas.".
21850 Census, Putnam Co., IN.
3Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness.
4Putnam County, MO Marriage Records.
1Unionville [MO] Republican Death of Mary Henness..
2Unionville [MO] Republican Death of Mary Henness..
3Putnam County, MO Marriage Records.
1Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness. "Missouri State Board of Health Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness Holmes Park, Jackson County, Missouri No. 34930 Registered No. 48 Died December 24, 1924, Name of Father Elias Henness Born Indiana. Place of Burial Fontana, Kansas.".
2Estate of Elias B. Henness.
1Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness. "Missouri State Board of Health Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness Holmes Park, Jackson County, Missouri No. 34930 Registered No. 48 Died December 24, 1924, Name of Father Elias Henness Born Indiana. Place of Burial Fontana, Kansas.".
2Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness.
3Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness.
4Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness.
1William N. Dickson Family Bible.
2Registered Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness. "Missouri State Board of Health Death Certificate for Thomas Perry Henness Holmes Park, Jackson County, Missouri No. 34930 Registered No. 48 Died December 24, 1924, Name of Father Elias Henness Born Indiana. Place of Burial Fontana, Kansas.".
1James Junior Dickson, Family group sheets.
1James Junior Dickson, Family group sheets.
1Hazel Peek Halliburton, Dickson, 1757-1975, Milan, Sullivan Co., MO.
2James Junior Dickson, Family group sheets.
1Hazel Peek Halliburton, Dickson, 1757-1975, Milan, Sullivan Co., MO.
2James Junior Dickson, Family group sheets.
1Hazel Peek Halliburton, Dickson, 1757-1975, Milan, Sullivan Co., MO.
2James Junior Dickson, Family group sheets.
1Hazel Peek Halliburton, Dickson, 1757-1975, Milan, Sullivan Co., MO.
1Hazel Peek Halliburton, Dickson, 1757-1975, Milan, Sullivan Co., MO.
1William N. Dickson Family Bible.
1Hazel Peek Halliburton, Dickson, 1757-1975, Milan, Sullivan Co., MO.
1William N. Dickson Family Bible.