David M Herndon

David was born in 1788 in Fluvanna County, Virginia.¹ David's father was Joseph Herndon and his mother was Susanna Haislip. His paternal grandparents were William Herndon and Ann Drysdale. He had seven brothers and four sisters, named Joseph, Thompson, John, Elisha, Robert, Lewis, James, Susanna, Sarah, Jane and Ann. He had six half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Reuben, Randolph, Elliott, Jesse, Hearndon, George, Amy, Rhoda and Mary.

General Notes
- War of 1812 Seventh Va. Regiment.
  #245 DAVID M. HERNDON [36 Joseph] was born 1788 in Fluvanna County. He married first 8 October 1818 POLLY MURRY (daughter of Samuel Allen Murry and his wife Sally. He married secondly 5 January 1824 MAHALA T. SNEAD (b ca 1800). They were all members of the Fluvanna Baptist Church. Their home was at Central Plains, Va. David M. Herndon was a private in Captain Horace Timberlake's Company, Seventh Virginia Regiment, from 26 August 1814 to 27 February 1815, and served at Fairfield and Mitchell's Spring under Lt. Col. Wm. Gray. He received bounty lands for his service.

David's first family

David and Polly were married in a religious ceremony on October 8th, 1818. They had a son and two daughters, named Herndon, Nancy and Mary.

David and Mahala were married in a religious ceremony on January 5th, 1824. They had seven sons and three daughters, named Howell, Elisha, Robert, David, Adam, Reuben, Joseph, Mary, Mahala and Susan.