John Williamson Herron

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	4 July 1828
Marriage	5 June 1856		To Sara Jane Todd
Death	21 July 1882
Burial		Elmwood Cemetery S-N-1/2 29

Ancestry chart segment

   Generation 4                 Generation 5               Generation 6
 
                                                          +-- William McDowell Herron
                                                          |   (????-????)             
                             +-- John Williamson Herron --+                              
                             |   (1828-1882)              |
 Margaret Elizabeth Herron --+                            +-- Sarah Byrum
 (1863-1903 )                |                                (????-????)
                             +-- Sara Jane Todd
                                 (1834-1907)

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Children

(all children with Sara Jane Todd)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Mary Herron	F	1857
Dora Herron	F	1859
William A. Herron	M	1861		Lillie Caledonia King
Margaret Elizabeth Herron	F	18 Apr 1863		Alfonso William King	Direct line
L. Catherine Herron	F	1867
Leonora S. Herron	F	1869
Tryphena Young Herron	F	18 Aug 1871		Jonah E. Curlee
James N. Herron	M	11 Jan 1873	Mecklenburg County, NC	Grace E. Alexander
(Florence?) L. Herron	F	1877
I. W. Herron	M	1879
Eulalin Herron	F	1880		Charles R. Crumly

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1860 United States Federal Census Mecklenburg Co. NC Western Division P. O. Charlotte, date of census 21 June 1860, page 33, Lines 15-17: Isabella Herron, age 49, widow, farming, born Scotland, value real estate 300, value personal property 300; Esther Herron age 21, laborer; George Herron, age 17, Laborer; Same dwelling, 2nd family: William Herron, age 24, laborer; Susan Herron, age 23; Margaret Herron age 3; Annabella age 1 mo. All but Isabella born NC. Lines 29-32: John W. Herron, age 31, carpenter, value real estate 1200, value personal property 300; Sarah Herron age 26; Saml Herron age 9 male; Jane Stewart, age 48 widow, housekeeper, born Ireland; (all others born NC). Lines 33-39: James M. Herron, age 32, farmer, value real estate 2000, value personal property 1200; Margaret, age 22; William, age 5, Joseph, age 3; James, age 9 mos; Margaret (T.) Gaston age 16; Angeline Hunter, age 10, black. All born in NC.
2	1870 United States Federal Census, Berryhill, Mecklenburgh Co., NC. Date of census 23 July 1870. Family of John Herron: Pg 8. John Herron age 42 white male farmer, $600 real estate, $100 personal estate. born NC, can't read/write, male citizen. Pg. 9 Jane age 36, white female, keeping house. Mary J. age 18, Dora age 11, William A. age 9, Margaret age 57, Catherine age 8, Leonora S. age 1. Although Margaret is listed as age 57, she is included in the listing of children, and marked as being in school. Her age may be 7.
3	1880_United_States_Federal_Census Mecklenburgh Co., NC, lines 1-9 lists John Herron,age 52, farmer, S.J. Herron,female age 45, keeping house; M.E. Herron, female,age 17; L.(C.)Herron, female,age 12; L. S. Herron, female,age 11; T.Y. Herron, female,age 9; J. N. Herron, male,age 7; F.L. Herron, female, age 4?/2?; (I.)W. Herron, male, age 1.
4	Marriages of Mecklenburg County, NC 1783-1868, by Brent H. Holcomb, Baltimore, MD. From Ancestry.com. Herron, John & Sarah Jane Todd, 4 June 1856; James M. Herron, bondsman; W. K. Reid, C.C.C., wit. Married 5 June 1856 by G. L. Campbell, J. P.
4	Interview, Mack Herron King by Elizabeth W. Williams, 1970: "One of the daughters of John W. Herron married a Tevepaugh and resided in the Brushy Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge".
5	Gordy Stith website at http://www.gordy-stith.com/genealogy.htm. The middle name Williamson, for John Williamson Herron, comes from this site. No additional source for this middle name has been found. This site states that John and Sarah are both buried in Elmwood Cem. Charlotte; that Ed Hyland holds a copy of their marriage license; that Robert Smith research notes Sara Jane's maiden name was STEWART and that her mother, Elizabeth Stewart, was born in Ireland.

Research

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Res. Num.	Description	Image of original
R1	Mecklenburg County marriages 1783-1868, from ancestry.com: Allen Herron & Isabella Johnston, 31 March 1828; John Graham, bondsman; P. Thompson, witness.
R2	1860 United States Federal Census Mecklenburg Co. NC Western Division P. O. Charlotte, date of census 1 Sept 1860, pg 139. Lines 29-36: John Herron, age 58, laborer, value personal property $50; Lydia Herron, age 54; Zylphia Herron(female) age 23, laborer; Esther, age 21, laborer; Green (male) age 18, laborer; John, age 15, laborer; Calvin, age 13; Plesant (male) age ll. All born NC. John, Lydia, Zylphia & Esther can't read or write; remainder attended school during the year. This appears to be an uncle of John W. Herron. He matches one of the brothers of William McDowell Herron.
R3	1850 United States Federal Census Steel Creek Twp., Mecklenburg Co. NC. Date of census 15 Jully 1850; Pg 139. Ln.16-22: Isabella Herron age 40, Personal estate $300. John age 24, Mary 16, Theodore 14, Esther 12, Jane 9, George 7. All born NC. Ln 31-34 Elizabeth Herron age 56, personal estate $1000, Watson age 24, farmer, Wainwright 18, farmer, Emily (Armet) age 6. Ln 35-40 William Freeman age 36, farmer; Newton 45, laborer; Mary 17, William 14, Jane 12, James 20. On lines 23-30: Sarah M Loud age 51; Mary 25; James 24; John 22; Olivia 18; Cynthia 14; Rufus 11; and Andrew 9. The first three children exactly match name and birthdate for the three children reported for William McDowell Herron and Sarah Byrum. Since William McDowell Herron is reported to have died in 1829, and Sarah Herron is reported as ahead of household in the 1830 census, this would appear to be a second marriage for Sarah. Also on this page, lines 1-8 are the family of John Byrum. John Byrum is reported (but not confirmed) to be the grandfather of Sarah, and had a son John of approximately the correct age.