Dr Aaron Herndon

Aaron was born on April 27th, 1803 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.¹ Aaron's father was Reuben Herndon and his mother was Hannah Long. His paternal grandparents were Joseph Herndon and Polly Elliott. He had eight brothers and two sisters, named Joseph, George, Jesse, Elliott, Elisha, Moses, David, Reuben, Sarah and Anna. He was the fifth youngest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 85 in 1888 in Danville County, Virginia.

General Notes
- Lived in a historical brick home on Franklin Turnpike at Pleasant Gap.
  In a letter to JGH dated 24 January 1938 Mrs. Delphia Jane (Herndon) Dickerson wrote, in part as follows: " Just recently while driving out from town on Franklin Turnpike, I noticed that the famous old Capt. Doctor Aaron Herndon's red brick house was being razed, much to my sorrow and regret for it had been a famous landmark bearing historical fame. Pleasant Gap was a post-office and directly across the Turnpike was the colonial type brick house. Artists liked to paint the old house so I know of two who have splendid pictures of the house and probably will keep them among their exhibit pictures."