Henrietta Rogers1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 22179, (abt 1808 - 1874)
FatherArmstead Rogers4 (abt 1763 - btn Sep 1835 - Mar 1836)

Key Events:

Birth: about 1808, Tennessee5,6,7
Marriage: William O. Hester (about 1803 - 1886)8,9,10
Death: May 187411

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Narrative:

     Henrietta Rogers was born about 1808 in Tennessee.5,6,7
     She was probably the female age 10 to 16 listed in the household of her father, Armstead Rogers, in the 1820 Federal Census of Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee.12 She was probably the female age 20 to 30 listed in the household of her father in the 1830 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee.13
     Henrietta married William O. Hester, son of Robert Hester and Susannah Garner.8,9,10
     Henrietta was named an heir in the will of Armstead Rogers, her father, dated Aug 1835 in Montgomery Co., Tennessee, to receive $200. She was also to receive an equal share with her nine siblings of the proceeds, after payment of his debts, of the sale of his property not given specifically to one of them. That property included a Negro girl and 100 acres of land.4
     She was probably the female age 20 to 30 listed in the household of her husband, William O. Hester, in the 1840 Federal Census of Montgomery Co., Tennessee.14
     Henrietta and William moved to Kentucky about 1842, settling in Lafayette.15 They appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky, enumerated 9 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $4,500. Their children James, Susan, Mary, Robert, Abner and Jane were listed as living with them, as were 19 slaves, 13 males and 6 females.16,17
     Henrietta and William appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Christian Co., Kentucky, enumerated 10 Aug 1860, reporting real estate valued at $34,000, and personal estate of $23,790. Their children Robert, Abner and Jane were listed as living with them, as were 25 slaves, 16 males and 9 females.18,19
     Henrietta and William appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky, enumerated 4 Sep 1870, reporting real estate valued at $12,500 and personal estate of $2,000. Their children James and Robert were listed as living with them, as were James' wife Kate, their children Eugene, Charles, Ida, Nannie, and Mack, and Robert's wife Nellie and their daughter America, and Wallace Williams, a ten-year-old domestic servant.20
     Henrietta died in May 1874.11

Children:
     Children with William O. Hester:

  • James Garner Hester21,22,23 (6 Aug 1831 - 22 May 1923)
  • Susan J. Hester21,11 (abt 1834 - 20 Dec 1909)
  • Mary L. Hester21 (abt 1836 - )
  • Robert A. Hester21,24,22 (abt 1839 - )
  • Abner Hester21,24 (abt 1841 - )
  • Jane Eliza Hester21,24 (16 Dec 1843 - 22 Oct 1897)

Citations

  1. [S8704] Will Books, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, G:267-8, will of Armstead Rogers, 11 Mar 1836, shows name as Henrietta Hester, and her father's surname as Rogers.
  2. [S2030] Perrin, County of Christian, Kentucky, vol 2, pg 518, shows name as Henrietta (Rogers) Hester.
  3. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for James Garner Hester, citing entry no. 15436, shows name as Heneretta Rodgers.
  4. [S8704] Will Books, Montgomery Co., Tennessee, G:267-8, will of Armstead Rogers, 11 Mar 1836.
  5. [S8868] William Hester household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 42 and state.
  6. [S8869] William Hester household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 53 and state.
  7. [S2030] Perrin, County of Christian, Kentucky, vol 2, pg 518, shows she and her husband as natives of Prince Edward Co., Virginia.
  8. [S8868] William Hester household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. [S8869] William Hester household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S2030] Perrin, County of Christian, Kentucky, vol 2, pg 518, shows them as Susan's parents.
  11. [S2030] Perrin, County of Christian, Kentucky, vol 2, pg 518.
  12. [S8951] Armstead Rodgers household, 1820 U.S. Census, Sumner Co., Tennessee.
  13. [S8952] Armstead Rogers household, 1830 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  14. [S8872] William Hester household, 1840 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Tennessee.
  15. [S2030] Perrin, County of Christian, Kentucky, vol 2, pg 518, show they moved in 1846, but they had a daughter born there in 1843; pg 290 shows them among the first to live there and he was living there in 1884.
  16. [S8868] William Hester household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  17. [S8870] Wm. Hester, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  18. [S8869] William Hester household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  19. [S8871] Wm. Hester, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  20. [S8873] William Hester household, 1870 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  21. [S8868] William Hester household, 1850 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  22. [S8873] William Hester household, 1870 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  23. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for James Garner Hester, citing entry no. 15436.
  24. [S8869] William Hester household, 1860 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.