Thomas Herndon 
Thomas was born on March 19th, 1783 in Culpeper County, Virginia. Thomas' father was William Herndon and his mother was Mary Bohannon. His paternal grandparents were William Herndon and Ann Drysdale. He had seven brothers and four sisters, named Elliott, George, William, Nathaniel, Caddis, Wesley, Archer, Nancy, Judith, Frances and Jane. He was the fifth oldest of the twelve children. He died at the age of 71 on March 26th, 1854.General Notes
He went with his father's family to Green County, Kentucky, where on 31 May 1809 he married NANCY. Thomas and Nancy Herndon removed from Green County, Kentucky to Franklin County Indiana in 1821. On 17 March 1821 he purchased 120 acres on Blue Creek in Butler Township, 4 miles southwest of Brookville.' There (as a member of the family wrote) the " woods were full of Indians and wild animals." Thomas Herndon " had a log cabin education. He remembered too that General Harrison made a canoe out of a buckeye tree." 3
One of the most exciting incidents in the life of the people of Franklin County at about this date was the trial of an old Revolutionary soldier, Samuel Fields, on the charge of having murdered his grandson, Robert Murphy."'
Thomas Herndon was a member of the grand jury which indicted Samuel Fields
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- b.~ 1620 in England
- b.1649 in Marden, Maidstore, Kent, England d.1722 in Hampton Parrish, York County, Virginia
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- b.Mar 1678 in St. Stephens Parish, New Kent County, Virginia d.09 Mar 1758 in Caroline County, Virginia
- b.29 Mar 1621 in Chilham Castle, Kent, England d.15 Mar 1675 in Bellfield Plantation, York County, Virginia
- b.~ 1654 in Hampton, Elizabeth City, Virginia d.1729 in Caroline County, Virginia
- b.1615 in England or Hampton, Elizabeth City, Virginia d.24 Sep 1691 in York County, Virginia
- b.1706 in King and Queen County, Virginia d.1783 in King and Queen County, Virginia
- b.23 May 1674 in Newport, Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England d.1727 in Caroline County, Virginia
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- b.26 Jan 1745 in Orange County, Virginia d.26 Oct 1828 in Green County, Kentucky
- b. in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminister, London, England d.22 Jul 1726 in Williamsburg, Virginia
- b.1712 in King and Queen County, Virginia d.1777 in Orange County, Virginia
- b.19 Mar 1783 in Culpeper County, Virginia d.26 Mar 1854
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