John Thomas Henderson - 6th Generation
Born: 18 Dec 1826 In: City, State, Country(55)
Died: 16 Oct 1899 In: Atlanta, Fulton/DeKalb Co., Georgia.(60)
Profession: Farmer
Married: Paulina Frances Wood on 3 Oct 1848 in Newton
Co., Georgia.(62)
Paulina was daughter of Cary Wood and Mary Richardson Billups
Paulina Frances Wood was born on 20 Mar 1831. She died on 1 Apr 1909.
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John Thomas HendersonSources(52)
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John was Public Office Judge of Newton County Court between 1874 and 1879 in
Covington, Newton County, Georgia.(56)
John was Public Office Commissioner of Agriculture, State of Georgia between
1879 and 1896 in Atlanta, Fulton/DeKalb Co., Georgia.(57)
Was the Second Commissioner of Agriculture in Georgia. He outlined the Department
as it is today
John was Public Office County School Board between 1891 and 1893 in Covington, Newton Co.,
Georgia.(58)
Military: Civil War
Book - "The Glory Of Covington."
The Luckie residence had been sold some years earlier, however, to John
T. Henderson, the sale having been made on 2 April 1858 for a consideration of
$3,000.
A member of another of Covington's prominent pioneer families (see page
145), John Thomas Henderson was born 18 December 1826. He attended Emory College
for two years and then entered the college of William and Mary, in Virginia,
from which he was graduated. Returning to Newton County, he engaged in farming
for a number of years.
Young Henderson was married on 3 October 1848 to Miss Paulina F. Wood (1828
- 1 April 1909), daughter of Cary Wood (see page 33). They became parents of
several children, all of whom spent their carefree childhood years in the house
on College Avenue. Among these were Mrs. Paul R. Sledge, of Augusta; Laulie G.
(later Mrs. James D. Hightower, of Atlanta); William B.; and John T. Henderson,
Jr.
John T. Henderson was among the first Georgians to respond to the call for
volunteers at the beginning of the Civil War, in which he rose to the position
of colonel in command of the Sixth Georgia Infantry Regiment. Resuming his vocation
as a farmer when the war was over, he left active supervision of his fields in
1874 when he was elected judge of Newton County Court. Five years later he was
appointed to fill a vacancy as Georgia's commissioner of agriculture. In the
following year he was elected to the position, in the discharge of the duties
of which he was to display considerable energy and ability.
John T. Henderson's elevation to high state office had the direct collateral
result of causing him to move to Atlanta, in which city he spent his last years.
There he died on 16 October 1899 and there he was buried in Westview Cemetery.
In noting his death, 'The Atlanta Constitution' commented that Judge Henderson,
as he was always called after his courthouse years, "had for a number of
years been one of the most prominent figures in public life..."
End of Article
U S Census of:
1850 shows living in Newton Co., Georgia. Manufactured Cotton Gins.
1860 Shows living in Covington, Newton Co., Georgia. Real Estate
value $14,000, Personal Property at $69,000
John and Paulina were Interned at(59)
