Thomas Henry's Headstone
Goshen Presbyterian Chruchyard
Lincoln (now Gaston) Co., North Carolina

Inscription:
In memory of
THOMAS HENRY
Who departed this life Sept. the 27 1787 Aged
68 Years
We rest in hope
That though he slumber in the ground
That the last trumpets' joyfull sound
Will raise him up with sweet surprise
To praise his God beyond the skies

Volume 4, Page 324-327: 16 & 17 July 1767, Thomas Hendry & wf Isabella of Meck., Carpenter and Jointer to ZACHEUS RUTH of same, millwright (lease s5, release £ 40
NC money)...land on both sides Long Creek near the land that Francis Beaty purchased of James Armstrong now David S tanleys place ... granted to Francis
Beaty 14 Apr. 1761 and conveyed to sd. Thomas Hendry ... Thomas Hendry (Seal),
Isabella Hendry (Seal), Wit: James Cook, James Cook, James Henderson. Prov. Date
not given.

Court records from a will state that Beaty and Thomas Henry were cousins.

Volume 4, Page 749-750: Zachariah Routh & wf Elizabeth of Meck., to Michael Hoyle of same, for £ 100 proc. Money, 200 A on both sides of Long Creek a South branch of Catawba River, a little above the Great Falls near the land of Francis Beaty,
purchased of James Armstrong, now David Staly (?), granted to Francis Beaty, 14
Apr. 1761, conveyed to Thomas Henry, then to Routh ... Zachariah Routh (Seal),
Elizabeth Routh (X) (Seal). Wit: Frederick Hambright, John Th___(torn) Rec. Oct.
Term 1768.

Lincoln Co. Estates 1779-1825
CR .060.508.56;
Thomas Henry, 1791

• Note: The children listed here are assumed to be the children of Thomas and Isabella Henry. Some sources suggest that Thomas Henry married Martha Shields in Mecklenburg Co., NC in 1764, and still other sources have referred to the bride as Martha Isabella Shields. If this is correct, then this marriage was probably the second for both Thomas and Isabella, a possibility supported by a grouping of children born beginning with Robert Henry in 1765 and continuing into the mid-1770s, when Thomas was in his 50s and Isabella was in her 40s. The possibility certainly exists that Thomas had (during an earlier marriage) another household in the area of Beatty's Ford (one possible child being James Henry, b. abt. 1755, who married Dorcas Henry and had sons named Thomas and William).
• Married:
• Change Date: 6 Apr 2003

1. Joseph Henry b: Abt 1762
2. Jane Henry b: Abt 1762
3. Robert Henry b: 10 Feb 1765 in Tryon Co., North Carolina
4. Margaret b: Abt 1767
5. Isaac Henry b: 14 Oct 1771
6. Rachel Henry b: Abt 1773
7. John Henry b: 10 Mar 1774

1. Abbrev: Hardy, Dr. J. F. E.
   Title: Letter to Dr. J. F. E. Hardy from William L. Henry
   Author: William L. Henry
   Text: To Dr. J. F. E. Hardy.
   Asheville, N. C.
   
   My Dear Sir and Kind Friend;
   I send you the MS of my father, ROBERT HENRY. He was born in Tryon (now Lincoln) county, N. C. in a roll pen, 10th February, 1765; was a lawyer and surveyor by profession; was one of the first settlers in Buncombe county; taught School on Swannanoa, the first school taught in Buncombe county. He died in Clay county, N. C. February 6th, 1863; wanting but four days of being 98 years old. THOMAS HENRY, his father, died soon after the Revolution, of rheumatism contracted during the war. THOMAS HENRY was from the North of Ireland.
   I do not want this manuscript lost, as you see it is in ROBERT HENRY'S own hand, and a little relic. If not used, I should like it should be returned to.
   
   Respectfully,
   WM. L. HENRY
   ASHEVILLE,
   Buncombe County, N. C.
2. Abbrev: Mecklenburg Deed Abstracts
   Title: Deed Abstracts of Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina 1763-1779
   Author: Holcomb, Brent H. C.A.L.S. and Parker, Elmer O.
   Page: page 109
   Quality: 3
   Date: 24 Dec 2002
3. Abbrev: Mecklenburg Deed Abstracts
   Title: Deed Abstracts of Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina 1763-1779
   Author: Holcomb, Brent H. C.A.L.S. and Parker, Elmer O.
   Page: page 133
   Quality: 3
   Date: 24 Dec 2002
4. Abbrev: Tryon County, North Carolina, Court Minutes, 1769-79
   Title: Tryon County, North Carolina, Court Minutes, 1769-79
   Author: Holcomb, Brent, compiler
   Publication: Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Holcomb, Brent. Tryon County, North Carolina, Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, 1769-79. Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1994.