July 26, 1806) was a merchant and farmer who became a Continental Army officer during Revolutionary War, the second mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, and Georgia's chairman of the board of commissioners for the Treaty of Colerain.

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 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) Outside of his military service, Hendricks emerges as a merchant and civil servant in Alexandria, Virginia where in December 1780, he was elected as one of the town's first four Alderman, along with John Fitzgerald, William Bushby, and Robert McCrae.

[6][7][8] While as serving as mayor on 12 April 1781, Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Hendricks requesting his assistance with material aid in that cannons be placed along outskirts of the Georgetown and Alexandria to protect it from British ships.

On 7 May 1781, Hendricks wrote once again and informed 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 those individuals involved.

[9][10] One such example occurred on 10 September 1781, when 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.

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.

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.

[12] Throughout the 1790s, Hendricks continued his involvement in Indian Affairs and in 1796, he was appointed as the chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the State of Georgia, for attending a follow-on treaty with the Creek Nation.

[14] His wife Kitty 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.