366:(1796), so named for its signing location, located in a now extinct town in southeastern Georgia in Camden County. During treaty negotiations, Hendricks led an antagonistic Georgia commission which argued that federal authorities exceeded their authority at the earlier Treaty of New York and demanded Georgia commissioners receive direct access with the Creek Nation representatives for its own negotiations without federal authorities present, even going so far as demanding his commissioners and the food/stores they had brought with them be protected their own Georgia militiamen and not federal troops. Eventually, U.S. authorities prevailed in negotiations and Hendrick's and fellow commissioners left empty handed, which outraged many Georgians. This treaty, amongst other cessions, reinforced boundary lines established between the Creek Nation and the United States from the Treaty of New York.
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354:(1754-1794) became the first federal law enforcement officer killed the line of duty while serving as U.S. Marshall for Georgia. From Wilkes County, Georgia, James Hendricks was hoping to parlay his relationship with Washington and wrote to the President on 15 January 1794 and twice more, each time about filling the vacancy left behind from Forsyth's death. Washington was not swayed by Hendrick's three letters and nominated Josiah Tattnall as the next federal marshal for Georgia.
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Georgetown without delay. On 20 Sep 1781, Hendricks wrote to Washington to update him on the great progress in Georgetown. He also mentions a concern he has that the French & American armies may be at odds with each other's efforts in obtaining wheat flour and beef for their troops and asks that Washington intercede and suggest they develop a better plan to do so.
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While little is known of his early life, Hendricks was born likely in the 1740s in northern
Virginia, possibly in the town of Alexandria or the surrounding Fairfax County. In 1772, he traveled to Carlisle, Pennsylvania with the Alexandria tavern keeper and Pennsylvania-native Richard Arell to request
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Hendricks' will was written on 3 June 1803 and recorded on 24 July 1806. The document identifies his surviving brother as John
Hendricks, his wife as Kitty, her sister as Mrs. McRea and her niece as Allison (possibly Allison McRea or Rebecca Allison, as identified in Kitty's 1824 will). It describes
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General Washington wrote to Mayor James Hendricks to improve the conditions of the landings at Georgetown for the baggage wagons, cavalry, and cattle of the French & American Armies. Five days later, Washington asked him to deliver wheat flour
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Virginia regiment were dispersed at detachments in various locations throughout New Jersey including Whippany, Chatham, Newark, Elizabethtown, Passaic and Bonhamtown in mid-April 1777. Of note, during this time Colonel Buckner was accused of fleeing during
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December 1775, seven new regiments were formed consisting of ten companies and the usual complement of officers. This was accepted by Congress on 13 February 1776 with the field officers receiving commissions on this date. James Hendricks was duly appointed as one of those field officers, serving
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Governor Jefferson that significant progress on the completion of many of the carriages with 9- and 12-pound cannonballs and that guns have been collected and mounted to be ready and defend the city, often at the personal expense of his own and
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Independent Company of Alexandria, also known as the Independent Company of Fairfax, was organized on 21 September 1774. Hendricks was its first captain. The Independent Company was the first of many independent volunteer militia groups that formed prior to the start of the American Revolution.
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Washington wrote to the commanding officers of several Virginia Regiments on the deployable lack of necessities of the men under their command and that their men's unhealthiness makes them unfit to take the field. Lieutenant Colonel James Hendricks of the 6th Virginia
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Under dispute are conflicting records that he resigned his commission by 10 February 1778 as he settled his pay account by 2 March 1778. The first account of his resignation occurred in 1781 or 82 and therefore, there is a significant presumption he served until at least March 1779, and which
582:. Founders Online, National Archives. Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 15, 1 January–30 April 1794, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, pp. 77–79.]
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Hendricks' will written on 6 September 1824 and is probated and recorded 13 October 1825 in Wilkes County, Georgia, and mentioned no sons or daughters, leaving most all possessions, including enslaved persons, to her nieces.
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469:. Founders Online, National Archives. The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 14, 1 March 1778–30 April 1778, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. pp. 270–271.
545:. Founders Online, National Archives. Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 5, 25 February 1781–20 May 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952. pp. 612–613.
560:. Founders Online, National Archives. This is an Early Access document from The Papers of George Washington. Fairfax County Historical Newspaper Index, search "James Hendricks," database and images
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entitled him to land for three years service, which was granted with Virginia Military Land Warrant #7675 and in this warrant, Elizabeth Hunt (unknown relationship, possible wife or daughter)
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those individuals involved. It is said, he also cajoled fellow merchants to release provisions with favorable credit, terms and prices to the Continental Army in support of the war effort.
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replied that the General's letter was not directed only to his 6th regiment and that the General wishes he reconsider relinquishing the command.
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