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John Henry LAUGHLIN

John Henry LAUGHLIN[1]

Male 1752 - 1811  (59 years)

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  • Name John Henry LAUGHLIN  [2
    Born 1752  Lancaster Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LVPZ-J62 
    Name Henry S Laughlin  [4
    Residence 1810  Madison, Madison, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Died Dec 1811  Madison, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I594780770  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2024 

    Father Henry LOCKLIN LAUGHLIN, McLaughlin,   b. 1735, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1776, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married Abt 1753 
    Family ID F536732499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Mary WALKUP, Wauchope,   b. Abt 1753, Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 19 Dec 1827, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married Abt 1771  Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Henry LAUGHLIN,   b. Abt 1770, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1814, Jackson County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)
     2. Charles LAUGHLIN,   b. 1777, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1853, Ralls, Missouri Territory, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Isabella LAUGHLIN,   b. 1779, Madison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1817, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     4. Margaret LAUGHLIN,   b. 1780, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1815, Missouri City, Fort Bend, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     5. Sara "Sallie" LAUGHLIN,   b. 1786,   d. 1871  (Age 85 years)
     6. Charles LAUGHLIN,   b. 1790, Madison, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1853, Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     7. William H LAUGHLIN,   b. 1791, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. John LAUGHLIN,   b. 4 Feb 1792, Silver Creek, Madison Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1835, Camdenton, Camden County, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     9. Mary "Polly" LAUGHLIN,   b. Abt 1800, Madison Co., , Ky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1833, Boone Co., , Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years)
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F536732498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Biography

      Henry John Laughlin was born in 1752. He passed away in 1811.

      Life Chronology

      (Thanks to Norm and Rita Dickey - reformatted)

      Birth About 1752 • Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Henry's birth of 1752 estimated at 21 years from the being on 1773 Tax Rolls PA. Henry Laughlin has never used the name "John Henry" in any primary source document located in Kentucky or Pennsylvania. He has not been found to have lived in VA or NC.

      1773 Age 21 Residence • Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Henry Laughlin is listed in the Pennsylvania Tax and Exoneration List for Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States in A History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on Archive Roll 328.

      1775 Age 23 Marriage Probably Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Source: Henry Laughlin is residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on the 1 July 1777 when he takes the Oath of Allegiance. He is included in a list of able bodied men living in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania between the age of 19 and 58.

      1775-1783 • Military; Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

      Henry Laughlin is on the tax rolls of Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1773. He serves in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolutionary War.

      1776 Age 24 Birth of son Henry Jr. Laughlin / McLaughlin • Probably Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

      1777 Age 25 Military 1 April 1777 • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

      1777 Age 25 Oath of Allegiance 1 July 1777 • Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Source: Pennsylvania Archives Vol. I, pages 402-403

      1777 • Pennsylvania, United States of America Henry Laughlin's Commander of the Ninth Batalion of Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia of the Revolutionary War

      1777 Age 25 Military Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States Henry Laughlin PA04473 served at Valley Forge in the Fall of 1777 through the Spring of 1778 as a Private from Pennsylvania, 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment, 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade, 2nd Division, Captain John Brisban, Regiment Commander Col. Thomas Craig

      1777 Age 25 Residence • Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Henry McLaughlin is listed as serving in the Third Regiment of the Ninth Batalion of the Pennsylvania Militia in the Revolutionary War.

      1779 Age 27 Birth of daughter Isabella Laughlin / McLaughlin / Lawlin (1779– 1818) 19 April 1779 • Probably Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

      1779 Age 27 Residence 25 October 1779 • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Henry Laughlin served as a volunteer at Northumberland, but he was still living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.

      1780 Age 28 Page 372 - Pennsylvania Archives Henry Laughlin's Commander of the Ninth Batalion of the Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia of the Revolutionary War 1780.

      1780 Age 28 Residence • Paxton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Henry Laughlin is listed in the Paxton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania as owning no land. History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania page 941.

      1781 Age 29 Residence 21 August 1781 • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Henrey Laughlin listed on the Muster Roll of the 5th, 6th, 7th Companies of the 9th Batalion of the Lancaster County Militia of Pennsylvania. History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania page 959.

      1781 Age 29 Residence • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Henry Laughlin is serving as a Serjeant in the 6th Company of the Ninth Batalion of Lancaster County Militia of male white inhabitants and residents between the ages of 18 and 53 years. Military Rolls of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in 1781

      1782 Age 30 Military 2 May 1782 • Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Source: Pennsylvania Archives Vol. I, pages 958-959. Served under Capt. James Willson, Lieu. James Rodgers as Fifth Class in the Sixth Company of the Ninth battalion of Lancaster County Militia in Pennsylvania.

      1782 Age 30 Residence 30 May 1782 • Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States Henry Laughlin served in the 6th Company of the 9th Batallion of the Lancaster County Militia in 1782 History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania page 978.

      1783 Age 31 Birth of son William K. Laughlin / McLaughlin (1783– 1827) • Probably Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennyslvania, United States

      1785 Age 33 Residence • Turkeyfoot, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States

      1786 Age 34 Residence • Pennsylvania, United States Source: Birth of daughter Sarah "Sally" Laughlin is self reported to have been born in Pennsylvania on the 1850-1870 US Census of Missouri, United States. Sarah "Sally" Laughlin is named in the land sale settlement of her father's KY land.

      1787 Age 35 Residence • Turkeyfoot, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States

      1787 Age 35 Birth of daughter Sarah "Sally" "Salley" Laughlin / McLaughlin (1787– 1871) • Probably Hanover Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States

      1788 Age 36 Rhodes Tax Return for Madison County, Kentucky • Madison County, Kentucky, United States Source: Henry Laughlin not on list. Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 20. No. 60 (September, 1922), pp 297-200. Published by: Kentucky Historical Society

      1790 Age 38 Occupation as a Weaver

      1790-1812 • Madison Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States

      Source: 4 April 1811 Richmond Court, Madison County, Kentucky, United States. Henry Laughlin is ordered by the Richmond Court to train an orphan of Porter about the branches of weaving.

      1790 Age 38 Birth of son Charles Laughlin / McLaughlin / Locklan (1790– 1846) • Probably Land on Silver Creek, Madison Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States

      1791 Age 39 Residence 4 March 1791 • Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, United States Kentucky Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989. Court Order Books A-B, 1787-1800 Image 91. 4 March 1791 in Richmond Court documents as proof that Henry and Margaret reside in Madison County, Kentucky.

      1791 Age 39 Tax List Madison County, Kentucky • Madison County, Kentucky, United States Tax list taken by Aaron Lewis: Henry Laughlin shows 1 poll (1 male over 21 years of age) and 4 horses

      1792 Age 40 Birth of son John Laughlin / McLaughlin (1792– 1835) 4 February 1792 • Land on Silver Creek, Madison Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States

      1795 Age 43 Birth of daughter Polly Mary Laughlin / McLaughlin (1795– 1833) • Land on Silver Creek, Madison Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States

      1800 Age 48 Residence • Madison County, Kentucky, United States Source: Second Census of Kentucky 1800 - Tax records, US Census, Marriage bonds with Henry and Margaret Laughlin's signature, clearly show that Henry Sr. and Margaret Laughlin lived in Madison Co., KY from 1791 through 1812. Margaret to MO 1817.

      1809 Age 57 Consent for Marriage of Sally Laughlin to John Henderson 22 September 1809 • Madison County, Kentucky, United States Source: Marriage Records of Madison County, Kentucky 1799-1844. Bondsman is William Laughlin. Consent given for marriage by Henry Laughlin and Margaret Laughlin. Marriage license returned on 26 September 1809.

      1810 Age 58 Residence • Madison Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States Henry and Margaret born before 1765. Males: 0(0-10), 0(10-15), 1(16-25), 0(26-44), 1(45 & over); Females 0(0-10), 1(10-15), 0(16-25), 0(26-44), 1(45 & over)

      1811 Age 59 Occupation of a Weaver 1 April 1811 • Madison Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States

      Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 Court Order Book, Vol. C-D 1806-1819, Page 686. On the motion of the Court, It is ordered that the clerk of this court bind James Patton, orphan of Robert Patton deceased to learn the different branches of weaving.

      1812 Age 60 Death Before 6 April 1812 • Madison Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States Source: Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. II, Page 61.


      1830 Sale of deceased Henry Laughlin's Land in Madison County, Kentucky 12 March 1830 • Portion of Nicholas Proctor 400 acre Grant on Silver Creek, Missouri Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States

      Deed 12 March 1830 recorded in Madison County, Kentucky Deed Book T, page 163-164. John Henderson and others to Rodes. Portion of Nicholas Proctor 400 acre Survey on Silver Creek, Missouri Township, Madison County, Kentucky, United States

      Sources

      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-8BC 1910 US Census

      Jim Carney https://www.jnlcarney.com/carney/ birth/death/marriage certificates, census, familysearch.org, etc
      Norm and Rita Dickey, Stark Family Tree - Ancestry.com

      JOHN HENDERSON/SARAH (& others) to WILLIAM RODES MADISON CO KY DEED 12 Mar 1830 Taken from microfilm of Latter Day Saints Library Roll # 0183292 Madison Co Deed Book T, page 163-164 (transcribed by Mac Elliott, typed as written and understood.) HENDERSON (& others) to RODES This Indenture made and Entered into this 12th March 1830 between JOHN HENDERSON and SARAH his wife, JOHN LAUGHLIN and REBECCA his wife, ROBERT WALKUP and POLLY his wife, and CHARLES LAUGHLIN and ROSANNA his wife, heirs of HENRY LAUGHLIN deceased and all of Boone County Missouri and JESSE TURNER of said County of the first part and WILLIAM RODES of the Second part Witnesseth that said party of the first part for the Consideration of two hundred dollars have granted bargained and Sold and quit claimed to the said RODES all their right title Interest and claim in and to a certain Tract of land lying in Madison County Kentucky on Silver Creek being a part of NICHOLAS PROCTOR'S Survey of 400 acres and being the same tract purchased of LUCAS VANA(I)DALE by HENRY LAUGHLIN and all the Interest of said party of the first part in the (Bond) of LUCAS VANA( )DALE and the Said party of the first part bind themselves to defend said tract of land against all persons claiming by through or under them It being understood however that said (total fade on page) to be responsible except to defend against all claims which may hereafter be set up to said came by himself and said CHARLES LAUGHLIN and wife (in witness ) whereof the party of the first part have hereunto set their hand and seals the day and date first herein written JOHN HENDERSON SEAL CHARLES LAUGHLIN SEAL SARAH HENDERSON SEAL ROSANNAH LAUGHLIN SEAL JOHN LAUGHLIN SEAL JESSE TURNER SEAL REBECCA LAUGHLIN SEAL **SEE BELOW ROBERT WALKUP SEAL POLLY WALKUP SEAL **inserted in this area of the deed the following: The Said TURNER for himself and ( ) in Each for Cha's LAUGHLIN & wife and the said JOHN HENDERSON for himself and the other heirs of H. LAUGHLIN Deceased (area very difficult to read) Kentucky Madison County Set I DAVID IRVINE Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that this deed of Conveyance was produced to me in my office on the 12th day of March 1830 and acknowledged by JOHN HENDERSON and JESSE TURNER for themselves and as attorney in fact for the other grantors in Said deed mentioned and other (services?) has been duly Recorded in my office Attest DAVID IRVINE CMCC

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney.

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Nov 2024), entry for John J. LAUGHLIN, person ID KZWC-WD3. (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 2 Sep 2024), entry for John Henry LAUGHLIN, person ID LVPZ-J62. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Nov 2024), entry for John Henry LAUGHLIN, person ID LVPZ-J62. (Reliability: 3).