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Heinrich "Henry" BINKLEY

Heinrich "Henry" BINKLEY[1]

Male 1782 - 1859  (76 years)

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  • Name Heinrich "Henry" BINKLEY  [2
    Nickname Henry 
    Born 20 Dec 1782  Bethania, Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LKBG-F7W 
    Name Henry 
    Residence 1820  Davidson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1830  Davidson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1840  Robertson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1850  Davidson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1850  Robertson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    _UID 7AF3538B0D904B1183080C32F741689F4C69 
    Died 28 Jan 1859  Cheatham County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I11336  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2024 

    Father Cpt. Johann Adam BINKLEY (BINCKELE),   b. 12 Aug 1744, Codorus, York County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1837, Sycamore Creak, Cheatham, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Maria "Mollie" Magdelena WELLER,   b. 6 Sep 1749, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1826, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 31 Dec 1764  Monocacy, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna "Anny" CARPENTER,   b. 7 Feb 1780, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1828, Cheatham County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married Abt 1803  Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Blackstone Frederick BINKLEY,   b. 30 Oct 1804, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1863, Ashland City, Cheatham County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     2. J. Mary BINKLEY,   b. 1 Apr 1810, Stewart County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1869, Phelps County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     3. Hiram Henry BINKLEY,   b. Abt 1811, Cheatham County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1860  (Age ~ 49 years)
     4. Elijah BINKLEY,   b. 1811, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1850, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     5. Sina Paralee BINKLEY,   b. 1813, Cheatham, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1845, Also D:1846 Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     6. Tazwell M. BINKLEY,   b. Bef 1815, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1850, Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri-Cholera Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years)
     7. Malinda BINKLEY,   b. 1815, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F5656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Polly BENNETT,   b. 20 Dec 1805, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1843, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1830  Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann "Sally" BINKLEY,   b. 17 Sep 1831, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1917, Joelton, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. William L. BINKLEY,   b. 24 Mar 1832, Davidson, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1865, Cheatham County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     3. George Washington BINKLEY,   b. 3 Apr 1833, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1920, Cheatham, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     4. Nancy Ann BINKLEY,   b. 11 Dec 1834, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1919, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. John Riley BINKLEY,   b. 24 Feb 1837, Cheatham, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1923, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Martha BINKLEY,   b. Abt 1841,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Elizabeth BINKLEY,   b. 25 Jan 1843, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1913, Cheatham County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F5715  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Drusilla BEST,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 30 Dec 1849  Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F5714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Military Service: 13 NOV 1814 Enlisted, Pvt., Captain Barnhart's Co., Tennessee Militia 13 Military Service: 15 MAY 1815 Discharged
      1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia
      COLONEL WILLIAM METCALF

      DESIGNATION: 1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia

      DATES: November 1814 - May 1815

      MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Maury, Warren, and Giles Counties

      CAPTAINS: John Barnhart, Daniel M. Bradford, Barbe Collins, John Cunningham, Lewis Dillahunty, Alexander Hill, Bird S. Hurt, John Jackson, Thomas Marks, William Mullen, Andrew Patterson, William Sitton, Obidiah Waller

      BRIEF HISTORY:

      Part of the division under Major General William Carroll's at New Orleans, this regiment comprised the right section of Carroll's line at the breastworks at Chalmette. Muster rolls show casualties in the engagements of December 1814 and January 1815. Lieutenant Colonel James Henderson was killed in the skirmish of 28 December 1814. Captain Daniel Bradford led the elite corps known as "Carroll's Life Guard." The division reached New Orleans in mid-December 1814 after an excursion down the Mississippi River.


      11 brothers and sisters, incl John Jacob, John, John Petrus, Elizabeth, Frederich, Joseph, Heinrich, Johann, Unnamed, George
      Sources: Title: 1880 United States Census for Cheatham County, Tennessee Repository: Call Number: Media: Census Page: Enumeration District 29, Sheet 1 Title: Early Families of the North Carolina Counties of Rockingham and Stokes with Revolutionary Service Author: James Hunter Chapter, National Society Daughters of American Revolution Publication: Madison, North Carolina, 1981
      Note: Photostats of pages received from Judy Scothern Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Vol. II, p. 8 Text: Citing material contributed by Mrs. William Wood, Chesterfield, Illinois 62630 Title: Peter Binkley, Born 1704 and His Descendants Author: Bridget McCartney Rogier, Compiler Publication: 1997 Repository: Call Number: Media: Other Title: "Binkley Chronology" Author: James Garfield Binkley, Compiler Publication: 14 March 1947, unpublished manuscript, citing records of the Moravian Church in North Carolina Repository: Call Number: Media: Manuscript Title: William D. Ray Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: letter to Jean Durrett, dated 12 Oct. 1980, copy received from Judy Scothern Title: Goodspeed's History of Tennessee Publication: Originally published by Goodspeed Publishing Co., Nashville, 1886, republished by Southern Historical Press, Easley, South Carolina, 1979. Repository:
      Note: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee Call Number: Media: Book Page: p. 1362 Text: Shows year of birth as 1784. Title: 1850 United States Census for Davidson County, Tennessee Repository: Call Number: Media: Census Page: p. 714 Title: Biographical Appendix to Goodspeed's History of Tennessee Author: Goodspeed Publishing Company Publication: 1887 Repository: Note: Cheatham County Tennessee GenWeb page Call Number: Media: Book Page: p. 33 Title: Goodspeed's History of Tennessee Publication: Originally published by Goodspeed Publishing Co., Nashville, 1886, republished by Southern Historical Press, Easley, South Carolina, 1979. Repository: Note: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee Call Number: Media: Book Page: p. 1362 Text: Shows year of death as 1860. Title: War of 1812 Pension Files Publication: U. S. Government Repository: Note: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee Call Number: Media: Microfilm Page: No. 32659, widow's application Text: affidavit of Drusilla Binkley. Title: Family Bible Record of Blackstone F. Binkley Publication: Photograph in Lois Barnes Binkley's The Deserted Sycamore Village of Cheatham County Repository: Call Number: Media: Other Page: p. 216 Title: War of 1812 Pension File Page: widow's file, No. 32659 Text: affidavit of A. N. Binkley. Title: War of 1812 Pension Files Publication: U. S. Government Repository: Note: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee Call Number: Media: Microfilm Title: War of 1812 Pension File Page: No. 32659, widow's application Text: physical description by Drucilla Binkley of her husband at the time of his enlistment in 1814 Estimated from birth of first child. Title: Cheatham County, Tennessee, Gen Web page Publication: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncheath/marriages.htm Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Citing marriage records. Title: Davidson County, Tennessee, Marriage Book 2 Publication: January 1837-January 1847 Note: Microfilm of original marriage books. Note: Excellent Repository: Note: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee Call Number: Media: Microfilm Text: There are two listings for this marriage, with the same dates. In one the bride is shown as Doresy Best and in the other as Drusy Best. Title: War of 1812 Pension Files Publication: U. S. Government Repository: Note: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee Call Number: Media: Microfilm Page: No. 32659 Title: Marriage license Page: copy issued 5 March 1879 Text: copy included in War of 1812 widow's pension file Title: Davidson County, Tennessee, Marriage Book 2 Publication: January 1837-January 1847 Note: Microfilm of original marriage books. Note: Excellent Repository: Note: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee Call Number: Media: Microfilm Title: Marriage license Page: copy issued 5 March 1879 Text: Part of War of 1812 widow's pension file Source: Sara Binkley Tarpley, [email protected] Home Page: Echoes, A Genealogy Page

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 29 Jan 2024), entry for Elizabeth BINKLEY, person ID LZFV-TBZ. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Nov 2021), entry for Heinrich "Henry" BINKLEY, person ID LKBG-F7W. (Reliability: 3).
      ;United States Census, 1820.
      Contributor: Rob Elsman


    4. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Nov 2021), entry for Heinrich "Henry" BINKLEY, person ID LKBG-F7W. (Reliability: 3).
      ;United States Census, 1830.
      Contributor: Rob Elsman


    5. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Nov 2021), entry for Heinrich "Henry" BINKLEY, person ID LKBG-F7W. (Reliability: 3).
      ;United States Census, 1840.
      Contributor: Rob Elsman


    6. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Nov 2021), entry for Heinrich "Henry" BINKLEY, person ID LKBG-F7W. (Reliability: 3).
      ;United States Census, 1850.
      Contributor: Rob Elsman