Birth from Douglas Register.
Because the Buckingham County courthouse was burned in 1869 and all records were destroyed, it is not possible to provide legal evidence as to whether or not Henry Salle, is the Henry Salle who, apparently, was the son of Isaac Salle, No. 16. The following facts indicate that he was.
1. The listing of Henry Salle as head of a family in 1793 is consistent with the fact that his oldest child was born between 1790-1795 according to the 1810 census.
2. Miss Ireland quotes her Aunt Jerdenia as saying:
The Henry Salle's were slave owners living on a 'large place'. Was it just a home, or a plantation, or a farm? No one tells us but grandmother speaks of many negroes and extensive land.
3. Apparently, Henry and Martha named three of their children after members of Isaac's family:
Frances......Isaac's mother
Isaac...........Isaac
Elizabeth....Isaac's wife
4. Isaac Salle and Thomas M. Bondurant, apparent father and Martha Bundren, were first cousins and lived in the same area, so Henry and Martha would have had many contacts.
As point four above suggests, there is no positive proof that Martha was the daughter of Thomas Bondurant. However, there is a record of his family which follows:
1. Note that the fifth child, called Pollie, married a Salle and moved to Missouri as did Henry and Martha. This parallelism is quite convincing evidence.
2. The fact that the Bondurant record gives Pollie as the name of the daughter is counter-indicative because Pollie is usually a nickname for Mary. In this instance, the oldest child is called Mollie, also a nickname for Mary. Since Mollie, John, and James (siblings of Pollie) named a child "Martha", it seems very probable that "Pollie's" real name was Martha.
3. Again, several children of Henry and Martha were given Bondurant family names.
Rhoda....................................Pollie's mother
John.......................................Pollie's brother and grandfather
Sarah.....................................Pollie's sister
Moses....................................Pollie's brother-in-law
4. The 1850 census gives Virginia as the place of birth of Martha, Henry, and their son, Moses.
These eight pieces of circumstantial evidence constitute a configuration which makes it extremely probable that Henry Salle and Martha Bundren were the children of Isaac and Elizabeth Brian Salle and Thomas and Rhoda Agee Bondurant, respectively. These four individuals were grandchildren of Huguenot emigrants......
[Source: "Pedigree of Henry Hardin Sallee with Collateral Lines, by Floyd Beverly Bolton, 1974.]
Above info from Hartman Cousins
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hartmancuz/
Father: Pierre (Peter) SALLEE (SALLIE)
Mother: Francoise BONDURANT
Family 1 : Elizabeth BRYANT
MARRIAGE: 6 May 1759, King William Parish, VA
+Henry SALLEE (SALLIE)
Stephen SALLEE (SALLIE)
+Mary Ann SALLEE (SALLIE)
Manakintown, Cumberland Co. Now Powhattan Co. VA
