John Lawson Herndon^[1]

1851 - 1935  (84 years)

• Name	John Lawson Herndon  [2]
  Birth	13 Aug 1851	_______, _______, North Carolina, United States   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  Census	21 Jul 1860	(unnamed precinct), Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States   [4]
  Census	16 Jul 1870	Township No. 4, Cleveland County, North Carolina   [5]
  Census	26 Jun 1880	Township No. 4 (Kings Mountain), Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States   [6]
  Census	Jun 1900	Kings Mountain Town, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States   [7]
  Cause of Death	“Cardio vascular renal disease”  [3]
  Death	18 Dec 1935	Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States   [3]
  Burial	19 Dec 1935	Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I2248	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	William Herndon,   b. 23 Mar 1808, _______, Charlotte County, Virginia, United States d. 19 Apr 1877, _______, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Delina Langford,   b. Mar 1828, _______, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States d. 7 Jul 1922, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas, United States (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1849	_______, _______, South Carolina, United States   [8]
  Family ID	F1608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret E Patterson,   b. Apr 1844, _______, _______, North Carolina, United States d. Bef 1918, (unknown) (Age < 73 years)
  Marriage	15 Jan 1871  [2, 6]
  Children	1. William Pinkney Herndon,   b. 24 Oct 1871, _______, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States d. 27 Feb 1951, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States (Age 79 years)   2. Rachel Herndon,   b. Abt 1873, _______, _______, North Carolina, United States d. ?, (unknown)   3. Sallie F Herndon,   b. Feb 1875, _______, _______, North Carolina, United States d. ?, (unknown)   4. Thomas Herndon,   b. Abt 1876, _______, _______, North Carolina, United States d. ?, (unknown)   5. Mary C Herndon,   b. Sep 1879, _______, _______, North Carolina, United States d. ?, (unknown)   6. Maggie P Herndon,   b. Sep 1882, _______, _______, North Carolina, United States d. ?, (unknown)   7. Julius Gordon Herndon,   b. 13 May 1886, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States d. 8 Mar 1967, Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, United States (Age 80 years)   8. Alice J Herndon,   b. Jul 1888, _______, _______, North Carolina, United States d. ?, (unknown)
  Family ID	F1614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Hamnet,   b. ?, (unknown) d. ?, (unknown)
  Family ID	F1630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2021

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Goode,   b. ?   d. ?
  Marriage	15 Jun 1918  [2]
  Family ID	F1638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Aug 1851 - _______, _______, North Carolina, United States Census - 21 Jul 1860 - (unnamed precinct), Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States Census - Jun 1900 - Kings Mountain Town, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States Burial - 19 Dec 1935 - Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The 15 Jan 1891 marriage date for John Lawson Herndon and Margaret E Patterson, listed in [Herndon-1950a], is clearly incorrect. Unless all of John Lawson Herndon and Margaret E Patterson’s children were illegitimate, they must have been married about 1870 or 1871. In fact, “15 Jan 1871” corresponds well to the birthdate of their eldest son, William Pickney Herndon. [2, 6] The 1900 US Federal Census lists John Lawson Herndon’s birthdate as “Aug 1850” but this conflicts with the birthdate of his older brother George Wallace Herndon. [2, 7] At the time of the 1900 US Federal Census, a grandson “Horace B Herndon,” was living with John and Margaret Herndon, but it is not know who’s son he was. [7] In [US-1880-1i] and [US-1990-1d] John Lawson Herndon is listed under the name “Lawson Herndon”. [6, 7]

  
  

• Reference

  Herndon, William. "John Lawson Herndon". Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I2248&tree=LindellHerndon (accessed July 1, 2025).