Talk:Richard Henderson (jurist)

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How could Mr. Henderson be a presiding judge during the War of 1812 if he died in 1785?

2601:183:4400:3600:819A:C333:9328:AC2B (talk) 20:10, 12 September 2019 (UTC)


 * I agree, the cited reference doesn't say anything about him in the content that is available online. I will put it below so other users can see it and provide any further insight into the event.  User:G._Moore talk  12:54, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Richard Henderson was the presiding judge who condemned to death seven captured tax resistors during the War of 1812..

General stuff
There's a lot of stuff missing here. There's also citations that don't match the text, and at least two references to things he did supposedly after his death, so I think the early editors may have conflated this Richard Henderson with some other (I fixed these).

The section on Transylvania Colony hogs the article, and there's already a main article for this. In fact, it appears that this section was largely cut/pasted from an earlier draft of the Transylvania Colony article. It's burdensome to maintain exactly the same information in two places, so I suggest we summarize the info here and let users follow the hatnote to the main article if they want more. Here, let's focus on other events, and details for which this is the only place in the encyclopedia where that info can be found. The article could be expanded by a factor of 5 without adding anything to the Transylvania Colony section. Sbalfour (talk) 16:09, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Elizabeth Keeling, wife of Richard Henderson
Elizabeth Keeling, daughter of George Keeling, was born 26 January 1739 in North Carolina. She was a daughter of George Keeling, born ca 1690 in Virginia, son of George Keeling, born ca 1650 in York County, Virginia. Therefore, the citation stating she was "an English woman" is not correct. She was in fact at least 3rd generation American.

Elizabeth Keeling is Person ID: L6QR-25D FamilySearch.org. 73.153.103.210 (talk) 05:17, 18 January 2023 (UTC)