Andrew Herron

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	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1728
Marriage			To Margaret Irwin (b. 1724; d. 7 June 1793 age 69);buried 5GE Steel Creek Cem.
Death	April 14, 1805
Burial		Steele Creek Cemetery 5GE

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 7          Generation 8
 
                                      
                                     
                        +-- Andrew Herron  
                        |   (????-????)      
 William Allen Herron --+                      
 (~1758-????)           |                       
                        +-- Margaret Irwin------+
                            (????-????)

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Children

(children with Margaret Irwin)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Allen Herron, Sr.	M	1758		Esther McDowell

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Photo Gallery

Gravestone of Andrew Heron and Margaret Irwin Herron at Steele Creek Cemetery

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Research of Murphy & Robbie King Whisnant, correspondence & interviews of Murphy Whisnant by E. W. Williams, 1990-ongoing.
2	Robert Smith research, correspondence with Murphy Whisnant 2003.
3	Research of Eddie Hyland, correspondence with Murphy Whisnant 2006.
4	Residents of Mecklenburg County 1762 -1790 page 156: Lists Andrew Herron and Margaret Irwin. Also on page Is ref to Allen Herron
5	1790 United States federal Census, Mecklenburg Co., NC, page 3. Census page is not dated. 33rd entry on page: And'w Herron, 2 males >16, 2 females. Lines 39-41 have the heads of household Hugh Herron (1 white male >16, 2 white males <16, 4 white females, 5 slaves), Allen Herron (1 wh. male>16, 2 wh. males <16, 3 wh. females, and Samuel Herron (1 other free person).
6	1800 United States Federal Census, Salisbury, Mecklenburg Co., NC, Page 9. The census is undated. Line 4 lists Andrew Herron with 2 males >45. Line 3 lists Allin Herron with family members: 3 males <10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-44. This census shows the family of William McDowell Herron's parents. William is not yet born.
7	Transcription of Gravestone: Andrew Heron who died April 14th, 1805 Aged 77 Years; Margaret Herron, Alias Irwin Who Died June 7th, 1793 Aged 69 years (see photo above)

Research

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• The Erwin family listing from the Steele Creek Historical and Genealogical Society web site lists the wife of Andrew Herron as Dorcas Herron, daughter of "Colonel Robert Irwin" and Mary Alexander. Margaret Irwin is listed as the wife of Hugh McDowell. The gravestone in the Steele Creek Cemetery shows Andrew Heron and Margaret Herron (alias Irwin) There is no evidence to indicate that Margaret is a daughter is Robert Irwin.
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncschgs/erwinfam.htm