John Hendrickson was born c 1782 at Possibly, Allegany County, Maryland. He was the son of
William Hendrickson and
Charlotte (Keziah) Hinkle. John Hendrickson married
Margaret Burroughs. John Hendrickson died c 1860 at Washington. He was buried at Vancouver (?), Washington. Perhaps named for his paternal uncle, John was probably born in Allegany Co. In about 1814 when William Greenlee (father of John's brother, George's wife, Nancy Greenlee) bought land in Lake (now Washington Twp.), Holmes Co., Ohio the only families living there were those of J. L. Priest, Samuel Marvin, William Hendrickson, Elijah Bolling and John Hendrickson. John was drafted for service in the War of 1812 but became ill and his brother George substituted for him. John applied for bounty land in Oregon Territory, on 10 Sep 1855 at age 74. His petition was denied on the grounds that his name was not recorded. However, his brother's bounty application in Iowa proved the service. He owned various pieces of property in Ohio before moving to Muscatine Co, Iowa by the 1840 census, where his household was recored as consisting of 1 male 50 and over, (John), 1 male 10-15 (Lemuel), and females as follows: 1 50-60 (Margaret), 2 15-20 (unknown). Older children had married in Ohio. John seems not to have taken a Donation Land Claim in his own name but lived on the Swan Island claim which was in the name of his young son Lemuel. The Donation Claim was No. 1018 Swan Island, Oregon. The arrival date in Oregon Territory was 20 Nov 1848. Lemuel lived in an old boat on the Swan Island property. John and Margaret both died in 1860 or later in Washington State. Both possibly are buried in the Vancouver cemetery.