Zora Henry - through Patrick Henry

PATRICK HENRY
JOSEPH HENRY SR.
ZORA EMELINE HENRY

Updated: 7-21 2008 Contact: Dee Finney - Dee777@aol.com

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Letters and Papers of Governor John Henry of Maryland: Member of Continental Congress 1777-1788,...

By John Henry

Governor John Henry of MD - 1788.

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There are some mysteries in our family. Granny Zora told the family that we were descended from the famous Patrick Henry.
We set out to prove this story as fact, and so far, we haven't found the connection. Perhaps granny meant that we were
related to Patrick Henry, rather than descended from him. It's easy to track Patrick Henry's descendants since he is
rather famous. It was more difficult to track the ancestors of granny Zora, but with the help of ancestry.com and other
family members who have worked at gathering information, we have quite a lot of facts, which we've been able to
prove by looking at the various available census pages, and tracking family members ourselves. So far, it appears
possible that perhaps Joseph Henry Sr. could possibly be a brother or cousin to Patrick Henry. The dates of birth within the
family, don't seem to prove that we are actually 'descended' from Patrick Henry.

1-10-07- Several Henry surnamed relatives had their DNA tested. It is easily apparent our Henry's are not
descended from nor related to Patrick Henry. The blood types are not the same.

ZORA EMELINE A. HENRY

1880-1959

Zora spent her youth in a log cabin, having traveled by covered wagon through Indian Territory from Missouri to Oklahoma with the Sooners. Her memories were of gathering wild rose honey, of being sent to the bubbling spring to bring the home-made butter and milk box for her mother, of the log school house her father helped build, of her having too learn to sew, quilt, crochet, and cook when she really wanted to be out with her brother fishing, hunting, breaking horses, climbing fences, and wading streams. She thought the smartest thing her father ever did was to write verses and that the cleverest thing her brother did was the way he could whittle wood into any shape he wanted to. She decided that more than anything else she wanted to learn to do were these two things.

"Aim high, my Daddy told me when I was very small,

Look up and tiptoe if you want to grow real tall,

And when you want to travel if you wish to go real far,

Build a good strong wagon, and hitch it to a star."

We've provided family photographs to help prove that we were related to certain people. Some mysteries remain and we are
still attempting to gather facts about certain people. An example of this is Claire Curry, one of granny Zora's daughters.
We are told that Claire once placed in the Miss Kansas City beauty pageant. We recently verified that she
went to New York city, and became a member of the Earl Carroll Vanities show. That fact is verified with newspaper
articles and that is where another of granny Zora's daughters met and married the piano player there and they
together created our family as it is today. Other verification of certain information about Claire is missing - i.e.
her date of death, and how she died. Rumour is that maybe she committed suicide there because of a
bad romance, or maybe she got married and changed her name. We did hear a rumour that she was in love with
Earl Carroll's brother James. We haven't been able to find and prove her date of death though one family member has
written that it was in 1948 in California. This is an interesting date because Earl Carroll and his long time girlfriend also
died in 1948 in a horrible plane crash. We think perhaps she was in grief for them when she died.
Another interesting family story remains a mystery. The husband of one of granny Zora's
daughters was called "Chief Jimmy" because he said he was related to the Chief of the Cherokee indians who
sold the Indian land which created the tragedy of the Trail of Tears. We haven't verified that piece
of informaton yet either - if it is verifiable. Since Chief Jimmy was a bootlegger and quite a character,
maybe it is just a 'story' and not truth. We are still looking to find that piece of information.

Index | Descendancy

Patrick Henry

Name: (Gov) Patrick HENRY

Sex: M

Birth: 29 MAY 1736 in Studley Plantation, Hanover Co., Va

Death: 6 JUN 1799 in Red Hill Plantation, Charlotte Co., Va

Burial: Red Hill Plantation, Charlotte Co., Va

Note: Named after his father's brother, Rev. Patrick Henry. In his orations he emulated his uncle William Winston.

US orator, patriot, and politician in American Revolution; Virginia delegate to Continental Congress (1774-1776); advocated colonial defense preparations in 1775 speech containing line "Give me liberty, or give me death"; governor of Virginia (1776-1779, 1784-1786); member of three-person diplomatic mission sent by John Adams to normalize ties with France 1799, two years after XYZ Affair.

The Commonwealth of Virginia became independent in June 1776 when it adopted its first constitution. As soon as the commonwealth was established Patrick Henry was elected it's first governor. He moved into the palace at Williamsburg, where the English governors had lived. (Source: See 'Virginia,' & 'Henry, Patrick,' World Book Encyclopedia).

See timeline and other info at the Red Hill website at http://www.redhill.org/

Patrick Henry Timeline
1718 Patrick Henry’s uncle and namesake, The Reverend Patrick Henry, completed his Master of Arts at Marischal College of Aberdeen University. He was ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church and later followed his brother to Virginia.
1720-1724 John Henry, Patrick Henry’s father, attended King’s College of Aberdeen University on scholarship.
1727 By this date John Henry and his brother were settled in Hanover County, Virginia.
1736 May 29: Patrick Henry was born at Studley, in Hanover County, the second son of John Henry and his wife, Sarah Winston Syme Henry. The couple had eleven children together. Two children died at young ages leaving two sons and seven daughters in the family.
1748 When Patrick Henry was about twelve, the family moved to Mount Brilliant in Hanover County. Henry was educated mainly by his father and his uncle.
Although Patrick Henry was baptized into the Church of England, he often attended Presbyterian services with his mother. The dramatic preaching of Samuel Davies and other ministers associated with the evangelical movement known as the Great Awakening was significant influence on Patrick Henry’s oratory.
1751 Patrick Henry apprenticed to a storekeeper as a clerk.
1752 Colonel John Henry set up a store for his sons, William and Patrick. They were too liberal with credit and the business failed.
1754-1763 French and Indian War between France and Great Britain.
1754 Patrick Henry married Sarah Shelton. Her dowry was a 600-acre tobacco farm in Hanover County named Pine Slash, a house, and six slaves.
Henry’s first effort at farming failed during the severe drought that afflicted Virginia.
1755 Patrick and Sarah Henry’s first child, Martha (Patsey), was born at Pine Slash.
1757 Fire destroyed the house and furnishings at Pine Slash. Patrick Henry sold their slaves and opened a store, but this business also failed.
John Henry was born sometime during 1757.
1760 Patrick and Sarah Henry moved to Hanover Tavern where Henry helped his father-in-law with the business. In his spare time, Henry read law and observed proceedings in the courthouse of Hanover County, across the street from the tavern.
April 15: After traveling to Williamsburg to be examined and admitted to the bar, Henry presented his law license to the court of Goochland County.
1763 William Henry was born in Hanover County.
December 1: Patrick Henry’s oratory gained its first public notice in The Parsons’ Cause, when he criticized the king for disallowing a statute, the Two-Penny Act, passed by the General Assembly of Virginia for the good of the colony.
1764 Patrick and Sarah Henry moved to Roundabout in Louisa County.
1765 May: Patrick Henry was elected to the House of Burgesses from Louisa County.
May 29: Henry introduced a series of resolutions against the Stamp Act and supported them with the “Caesar-Brutus Speech.” Copies of his resolutions, published in newspapers throughout the colonies, helped start the Revolution.
1767 Anne Henry was born at Roundabout.
1769 Betsey Henry was born in Hanover County.
1771 Patrick Henry purchased Scotchtown Plantation.
After the birth of their youngest child, Edward (Neddy) Henry, Sarah Henry’s mental health suddenly began to decline. The colony of Virginia had just opened a lunatic asylum in Williamsburg, but its facilities were more like a prison than a hospital. Confined by her insanity, Sarah lived out her life at Scotchtown in the care of people who loved her.
1772 Robert Carter Nicholas, one of the foremost lawyers in the colony, retired and gave his law practice to Patrick Henry.
Henry became a member of Virginia’s Committee of Correspondence.
1773 January 18: Patrick Henry described his attitude toward slavery in a letter to Robert Pleasants, a Quaker from Hanover County.
December 16: The Boston Tea Party. To protest the tax on tea, patriots disguised as Native-Americans threw a cargo of British East India Company tea into Boston Harbor. Parliament sent troops to close the port and force the colonists to submit. News traveled quickly to Virginia, where the burgesses declared a day of fasting and prayer before sending delegates to Philadelphia to confer with other colonial leaders.
1774 August: Patrick Henry was elected to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where the united colonies developed a non-importation association that put pressure on British merchants by refusing to import British goods.
1775 Sarah Shelton Henry died at Scotchtown, having never regained her sanity.
March 23: In the Second Virginia Convention, at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Patrick Henry gave his Liberty or Death Speech in support of his resolution to raise forces to defend Virginia against the British.
April 19: The War for Independence began between the British army and the Massachusetts militiamen at Lexington and Concord, outside Boston.
April 20: Governor Dunmore of Virginia sent royal marines to remove the gunpowder from the Magazine in Williamsburg so that the patriots could not use it against the British troops.
May 2: Patrick Henry organized 150 men from Hanover County to march on Williamsburg and demand the return of the public gunpowder.
May 6: Dunmore issued a proclamation against “a certain Patrick Henry . . . and a Number of deluded Followers” who had organized “an Independent Company . . . and put themselves in a Posture of War.” A few weeks later, Dunmore and his family left the Palace in Williamsburg and took refuge on a British warship anchored in the York River.
August 26: Although Henry had no military experience, he was elected colonel of the First Virginia Regiment and commander-in-chief of the Virginia militia.
1776 February 28: Henry resigned his military appointment.
April 19: Henry was elected to represent Hanover County in Virginia’s Fifth Revolutionary Convention. This convention declared Virginia independent of Great Britain and adopted its first state Constitution, which included the Virginia Declaration of Rights. Henry may have drafted the 15th and 16th articles of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which was an important forerunner of the Bill of Rights.
June 29: The convention formally adopted the Constitution and elected Patrick Henry as the first governor of the independent commonwealth of Virginia. He served three consecutive one-year terms as governor of the largest of the American states, and two additional terms in the 1780s.
October 9: Henry married Dorothea Dandridge, granddaughter of Alexander Spotswood, who had been governor of Virginia in the 1720s.
1777 October 17: American troops trapped General John Burgoyne’s 9,000 British troops at Saratoga, New York. The surrender of Burgoyne’s entire army convinced the French that they could enter the war against Britain.
1777-1778 Governor Henry worked hard to locate and ship supplies to George Washington and the American troops camped at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
1778 August 2: Patrick and Dorothea Henry’s first child, named for her mother, was born in the Governor’s Palace at Williamsburg.
1779 After his third term as governor, Patrick Henry moved his family to Leatherwood, a 10,000-acre plantation near the Virginia-North Carolina border. The citizens of Henry County, named for him in 1776, promptly elected him to the General Assembly.
1780 January 4: Sarah Butler Henry was born at Leatherwood.
May 12: The British captured Charleston, South Carolina, and General Charles Cornwallis began a campaign that eventually brought British troops north toward Virginia.
June 4: British raiders led by Benedict Arnold and Banistre Tarleton send Governor Thomas Jefferson and the legislature (including Patrick Henry) scurrying over the Blue Ridge Mountains to Staunton.
1781 June: When a legislator called for an investigation of the response to Arnold’s and Tarleton’s raids, Patrick Henry knew that Governor Jefferson had acted properly and would be exonerated of any wrong-doing. Jefferson, however, regarded the call for an investigation as a personal insult and blamed Henry for not stopping it. The friendship between the two patriots turned sour.
October 19: The American army and the French navy forced General Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown.
November 3: Martha Catharina Henry was born at Leatherwood.
1783 August 15: Patrick Henry, Jr. was born at Leatherwood.
Believing that “every free state” should promote “useful knowledge amongst its citizens,” Henry helped create Hampden Sydney College in Prince Edward County. Six of his sons studied there.
1784 Patrick Henry’s bill to expand government support of teachers – most of whom were also ministers in the Episcopalian and Presbyterians churches – was defeated after he left the legislature. After much debate, the legislature adopted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which stipulates the separation of church and state on January 16, 1786.
November 17: Henry was elected to a fourth term as governor of Virginia.
1785 October 1: Fayette Henry was born at Salisbury.
November 25: Henry was re-elected to serve a fifth term as governor of Virginia.
1786 Henry moved to Pleasant Grove, in Prince Edward County, and resumed his law practice.
1787 Patrick Henry declined to serve at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
September 17: The Philadelphia Convention published its new plan of government. This new Constitution, still in force today, strengthened the central government and created the presidency and federal court system. When the convention rejected George Mason’s demand for a bill of rights, Mason refused to sign the Constitution.
1787-1788 Americans debated the proposed Constitution through the winter. Supporters of the Constitution called themselves Federalists. Patrick Henry was skeptical of the proposed Constitution and was one of the nation’s leading Anti-Federalists.
1788 March: Patrick Henry was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and to the Virginia Convention of 1788.
June 2: Delegates convened in Richmond to decide on the Constitution. Henry’s eloquent speeches were transcribed by shorthand and were subsequently published.
June 2: Alexander Spotswood Henry was born at Pleasant Grove.
June 25: Virginia ratified the Constitution by a slim margin of 89 to 79. Strong arguments by Patrick Henry and the Anti-Federalists led to the passage of amendments to the Constitution that became the federal Bill of Rights.
1789 April 30: George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of America.
July 14: The fall of the Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
September 25: Congress passed twelve amendments to the Constitution, ten of which are eventually ratified by the states to become the federal Bill of Rights.
1790 April 7: Nathaniel West was born at Pleasant Grove.
1791 November 12: Henry retired from the House of Delegates to concentrate on paying off his debts and securing assets for his children.
December 15: Ten amendments to the Constitution were ratified, forming the Bill of Rights.
John Henry died in Henry County, leaving a wife and one son, Edmund.
1792 March 27: Richard Henry was born at Pleasant Grove.
Patrick Henry moved his family to a 3,500-acre plantation at Long Island on the Staunton River in Campbell County.
Reign of Terror in the French Revolution: King Louis XIV and thousands of leaders and citizens were executed by guillotine in Paris and other cities.
1793 Henry defended Richard Randolph in the famous Randolph Murder Trial and completed arguments on the British Debts Case.
August 24: Richard Henry died at Long Island.
1794 January 21: Winston Henry was born at Long Island.
Edward (Neddy) died on October 29th at New Glasgow. Winston was renamed Edward Winston.
Patrick Henry purchased Red Hill, a 700 acre estate on the Staunton River in Charlotte County. For two years he alternated living between Red Hill and Long Island, going to Long Island during the “sickly season.” His daughters preferred the social life at Red Hill, and Patrick Henry enjoyed the natural setting of Red Hill, calling it “one of the garden spots of the world.” Henry and Dorothea added a bedroom on the east side of the house where they could “hear the patter of rain on its roof."
1794-1796 Patrick Henry declined several appointments to high office owing to his poor health and the needs of his family. Henry declined requests that he represent Virginia in the United States Senate or serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of State, minister to Spain or France, or a sixth term as governor of Virginia.
1796 John Henry was born at Red Hill. He lived to inherit the house and half the acreage. He was buried at Red Hill next to his wife, Elvira McClelland Henry.
1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts prohibited criticism of government officials. Federalists used these new laws to imprison newspaper editors or politicians who disagreed with them. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, secretly written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, asserted a state’s right to declare the Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional.
January 21: Jane Robertson Henry was born at Red Hill and died on January 25th.
William Henry died in New Bern, N.C., where he held the office of sheriff. There was no mention of any children in his will.
1799 March 4: Although his health was failing, Patrick Henry made his last public speech to the voters at Charlotte County Courthouse. George Washington had convinced Patrick Henry to run in the election for the Virginia legislature. He won the election but died before the legislature convened that autumn.
May 22: Anne Henry Roane died at the home of her sister, Betsey Henry Aylett, in King William County. She was survived by her husband, Spencer Roane, and six children.
June 6: Patrick Henry died at Red Hill. Henry was 63 years old. His body was buried in the cemetery at Red Hill. The inscription on Patrick Henry’s tomb reads, “His fame his best epitaph.”
With his will, Patrick Henry left a copy of his Stamp Act resolutions and a note advising future generations to “practice Virtue thyself, and encourage it in others.”
1831 February 14: Dorothea Dandridge Henry died and was buried next to Patrick Henry at Red Hill.
1944 October 30: The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation was created.
1986 May 12: Congress designated Red Hill as the Patrick Henry National Memorial.
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Father: (Col) John HENRY b: ABT. 1704 in Scotland
Mother: Sarah WINSTON b: ABT. 1710 in Hanover Co., Va

Marriage 1 Sarah SHELTON b: in Rural Plains, Va

Married: OCT 1754 in Studley, Hanover Co., Va

Children

Martha "Patsy" HENRY b: 1755 in Pine Slash, Hanover Co., Va
John HENRY b: 1757 in Hanover Co., Va
William HENRY b: 1763 in Hanover Co., Va
Anne HENRY b: 1767 in Roundabout, Louisa Co., Va
Elizabeth "Betsey" HENRY b: 1769 in Hanover Co., Va
Edward "Neddy" HENRY b: 1771 in Virginia

Marriage 2 Dorothea DANDRIDGE b: 25 SEP 1757 in Hanover Co., Va

Married: 9 OCT 1777 in Hanover Co., Va

Children

Dorothea Spotswood HENRY b: 2 AUG 1778 in Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Va
Sarah Butler HENRY b: 4 JAN 1780 in Leatherwood Plantation, Henry Co., Va
Martha Catherine HENRY b: 3 NOV 1781 in Leatherwood Plantation, Henry Co., Va
Patrick HENRY b: 15 AUG 1783 in Leatherwood Plantation, Henry Co., Va
Fayette HENRY b: 1 OCT 1784 in Salisbury, Va
Alexander Spotswood HENRY b: 2 JUN 1788 in Pleasant Grove, Va
Nathaniel West HENRY b: 7 APR 1790 in Pleasant Grove, Va
Richard HENRY b: 27 MAR 1792 in Pleasant Grove, Va
Edward Winston HENRY b: 21 JAN 1794 in Long Island, Campbell Co., Va
John HENRY b: 1796 in Red Hill Plantation, Charlotte Co., Va
Jane Robertson HENRY b: 21 JAN 1798 in Red Hill Plantation, Charlotte Co., Va

Father: Thomas Henry
b: About 1719 in Northern Ireland
September 27, 1787 (on tombstone) in Gaston County, NC

JOSEPH HENRY, SR.
b: about 1762

LAND GRANT

HENRY, THOMAS File no. 250 (982) Gr. no. 11; Bk. 17, p. 53 (18, 50)

Plat: (nd), Surveyed for Thomas Henry, 600 A on Cherokee Creek
about 2 miles from Cherokee foard of Broad River including Joseph Clements Improvements
... by Francis Beaty, John Neill & Benja. Shaw, CB Iss. 21 Apr 1764

As early as 1765, settlers named Black apparently lived on homesteads in what is modern day eastern Rutherford County and upper Cleveland County NC. The same land originally was considered part of Anson County 1750-1762, Mecklenburg County 1762-1769, and Tryon County 1769-1779 (Tryon encompassed segments of NC and SC prior to the settlement of a border dispute).

Here are other landgrants for people mentioned on the page below:

ANSON COUNTY

KUYKENDAL, PETER File No 2078; Bk. 15, p. 461
200 A on fishing Creek adj. Kuykendals, Woods & McDowells ...
N side o Dickeys fork of sd. Creek ... 15 Nov. 1762 - by Arthur Dobbs
This same property was recorded earlier in Bk. 13, p 373 using the same date.

KUYKENDAL, ABRAHAM File No. 0355
Warrent: Unto Abraham Kukendall, 600 A on N side Broad River on Sandy River...
4 Apr 1752 by Gab. Johnson

LEEPER, ROBERT File no. 842 (200) Gr. no. 338; Bk 10 p. 386 (2, 67)
800 A on S side Cataba below the mouth of S fork of Sd. river...
including his own improvement ... 30 Aug. 1753 by Matt Rowan

MECKLENBURG COUNTY

There are 4 pages of various Alexander. Write e-mail for this name

ARMSTRONG, JAMES FILE NO. 1091 (359) gr. No. 268; bk. 17, P 135 (18, 121)
Plat: 22 Mar. 1764, Surveyed for James Armstrong, 240 A on waters of Fishing Creek
adj. Abraham Kuykendal... by George Alexander. James Young & Moses Cotter,
C.B. ISS. 16. 1764
page below states that Francis Beaty purchased land from James Armstrong

BEATY, FRANCIS File no. 999 (267); Gr. no. 27; bk. 18, p. 68 (17, 71)
Plat: Surveyed for Francis Beaty, 250 A on N side Allisons Creek.
1 1/2 miles below Cedar flatt ... branch of Crowders Creek (n.d.)
By Hugh Beaty, D. Surv. John Slone, John Beaty, C.B. ISS. 21 Apr. 1764

HENRY, JAMES, File no. 932 (1653) ; Gr. no. 179; Bk. 17, p. 413 (18, 377)
Plat: Surveyed for James Henry, 100 A on the Ridge Between Fishing Creek & Rocky Creek
both sides Henry Run.
by Jhn Mck. Alexander, Dur. Alexander Brown, Will Sample, C.B. (n0 date) Iss. 25 Apr. 1767

HENRY, WILLIAM File no. 1127 (396); Gr. no 13, Bk. 18, p. 136 (17, 131)
Plat: Surveyed for Wm Henry 336 A on Reedy branch of Allison Creek, on S side of
Little Mountain including his own improvements adj. Barrs land
by Francis Beaty - D Surv. (nd) David Watson, Thomas Clark, CB. Iss. 6 Apr 1765

HENRY, WILLIAM File no. 2402 (2124) Gr. no 200; Bk. 25, 221 (23, 112)
Plat: Surveyed for William Henry 488 A on S Fork Fishing Creek
adj John Ker, Oliver Wallace... 23 Dec. 1767
by Peter Johnston, Sr. Geroge McQuowns, James Wallace, CB Iss. 28 Apr. 1768

HENRY, WILLIAM File no. 1535 (814); Gr. no. 14, Bk. 18 p. 346 (17.378)
Plat: Oct. 1765, Surveyed for William Henry 190 A between S & N fork Fishing Creek
... Samuel McCance's (?) line ... Saml Neelys line ... Hug Whitesides line ...
William Neely's line ... Elliott's line ... Jno. McK. Alexander's
Surv. by Alexr Brown, Saml Neely, C.C. Iss. 22 Apr 1767

LEEPER, ROBERT File no. 841 (1562) Gr. no 72 Bk 17. p. 390 (18, 357)
325 A on W side Cataba on Mill Creek .. his own corner
William McCullohs line ... 23 Apr 1767 Wm Tryon

There is David Porter, Matthew Porter, Samuel Porter but none of the Porter's listed below

TRYON COUNTY

HENRY, WILLIAM File no `83; Grant no. 177; Bk. 20, p. 582
Plat: Surveyed for William Henry, 100 A in Mecklenburg (stricken) Tryon County
on waters of Allison Creek ... John Gordon corner - Febry 14th 1769
Peter Johnston, Survr. Andrew Patrick, Alexr. Henry, C.B. Grant Issued 16 Dec. 1769

NOTE: The eldest member of the family is in the far left column.
Succeeding generations and descendants follow the left to right and descending pattern.

Some of this information is not proven and subject to change.

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Map of North Carolina - about 1790

PIONEERS VS THE BRITISH, THE FRENCH AND THE CHEROKEES

LAND AND PROPERTY LAWS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA

History of the French Broad River
The French Broad got its name as a result of French
settlement in this region. "Broad"
was a common generic term for rivers.
The French Broad basin or watershed is
composed of 2,830 square miles of land in the mountains of North Carolina.
The main stem (the main river called the
French Broad from Rosman, North Carolina
to the Tennessee/North Carolina border ) is
117 miles long.
The entire French Broad River watershed
involves 8 counties of North Carolina:
Old Photos of the Area
This is important to know when looking for our Henry relatives in North Carolina
1746 - A key historical event that aided the migration of people from the Chesapeake to points west and southwest was the opening of a wagon road across the Blue Ridge Mountains in 1746. It became known as the Pioneer's Road, and it allowed for wagon traffic from Alexandria to Winchester, the westernmost town in Virginia at that time. Winchester lay along the Great Valley Road, and by traveling from Alexandria overland to Winchester, the route to access the Great Valley Road was shortened dramatically. Today, the Pioneer's Road approximates modern U.S. Hwy 50, which crosses the Blue Ridge Mountains via Ashley's Gap.
1791 - Buncombe County formed from Burke and Rutherford Counties.
1838 - Henderson County was formed from Buncombe County.
1762 - Mecklenburg County was formed from Anson County at a line "beginning
at Lord Carteret's (Earl Granville's) line, six miles northeast from Capt. Charles Hart's plantation on Buffalo Creek, and to run from thence to the mouth of Clear Creek, which empties itself into Rocky River, below Capt. Adam Alexander's, and from thence due south, to the bounds of the province of South Carolina."
1778 - Lincoln County was formed. Tryon was cut by a line "beginning at the south line near Broad River on the dividing ridge between Buffaloe Creek and Little Broad River, thence along the said ridge to the line of Burke County." All of Tryon to the west of this line became Rutherford County and to the east, became Lincoln County.

Lincoln County's boundaries were on the west, a line through the middle of current Cleveland County; on the north, Earl Granville's line; on the south, the South Carolina line; and, the eastern boundary was the Catawba River. This new county basically included all of present day Catawba and Gaston Counties, and a large part of Cleveland County. Lincoln County was named for a distinguished Revolutionary War leader, General Benjamin Lincoln.
1782 - Lincoln County was increased by the addition of a part of Burke County.

The Burke-Lincoln line was amended in 1784. This made Lincoln County
approximately 56 miles long and 33 miles wide. Lincoln County remained this size from 1784 until the formation of Cleveland County in 1841.
1784 - State of Franklin is formed. North Carolina offers to cede an area of what is now eastern Tennessee to the federal government. The inhabitants retaliated by forming the State of Franklin, John Sevier was the governor. The United States refused to recognize Franklin and when Sevier's term expired in 1788, and no successor was chosen, North Carolina resumed control.
1789 - North Carolina ceded its western territory, present-day Tennessee, to the federal government.
from: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nccatawb/timeline.htm

Submitter:
Eugene D TIDWELL
3484 E Summer Hill Dr Salt Lake City Utah 84121

William Henry
b: 1695
Wm, Senr Henry
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Lincoln Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 113 - Image: 0072???
William was father to Malcolm Henry
b: 1755

Father: Thomas Henry
b: About 1719 , son of a wealthy Irishman, was born in County Tyronne, Northern Ireland,, and came to Augusta Co. Va, in 1733 with his brothers, William and Malcolm Henry.
He came to N.C. in 1744
Death: 27 Sep 1787
(Burial: Goshen Presbyterian Churchyard, Lincoln (Gaston) Co., North Carolina ) See gravestone
M: Martha Isabella Shields
b: About 1720 (1729)
1729 in Lincoln (Gaston) Cty, NC
Martha's Death: 30 DEC 1821
Family Connection?
Thomas Henry may have come to America from Ireland in 1733 -see above:
Martha Isabel's father was Robert Shields. His will states:
SHIELDS, ROBERT, Letterkenny, yeoman.
April 23, 1774 1 April 1784.
Son Robert.
Dau. Isabel Henry.
Dau. Janet Swan.
Ex.:son Robert Shields.
Wit: Fras. Campble, Matthew. Henderson, John Henderson. D. 204.

marriage: about 1740, 1745
in Buncombe County ???
Thomas Henry (Hendry) lived in VA prior to moving to NC

His revolutionary service is listed as follows:

Military--Thomas Henry was paid 60.15.8 pound currency by Colonel Archibald Lytle for service as a Private in the North Carolina Line and fought at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, 08 Sep 1781.

Civil--Thomas Henry served as a Grand and Petit Juror in Captain Mattox's district, Lincoln Co., NC, Jul 1779, as a Grand Juror in Lincoln Co., NC, Oct 1779 and Oct 1781, and as Constable for one year in Captain Moore's District, Lincoln Co., NC, beginning 16 Apr 1782.

Patriotic--Thomas Henry was paid 9,540 pound currency for furnishing sundries and wagon hire to the Militia of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. Revolutionary War Pay Voucher No. 324, issued 26 Sep 1781, to Thomas Henry for 9,540 pound currency was listed in the Inventory of his Estate in Lincoln Co., NC, 01 Apr 1791

Thomas Henry b. 1719 ......
death 27 Sep. 1787 Lincoln (Gaston) County North Carolina ...

Estate of Thomas Henry, Lincoln Co., NC, 11 Mar 1790 to 1 April 1791.

Children:
Robert Henry
b: 10, Feb. 1765 -Tryon, NC
m: Dorcas Bell Love
Birth: 09 Feb 1797; Haywood Co., NC. Marriage: 06 Sep 1814;
they had six children. She was only 12 when she married him.
Dorcas Bell Love Henry (1797-1857);
Of this marriage there were Eliza, who married a Tidwell and afterwards a Chandler; Robert Marshall Henry, a lawyer, who never married; Polly, who married Reuben Deaver; William L. Henry, who married a lady in South Carolina -name unknown; Martha Ann born June 29, 1825, who married Edward J. Arthur from Columbia, SC; James L. Henry, who married Molly Alexander of Salem, VA.

Mary Louisa Henry (dau. of Rob. and Dorcas ) b. 3 Sep 1815, m. Reuben Deaver

Martha's children were William L., who was born in April 1847, and died in August 1870; Edward Robert, who was born Nov. 9th, 1849-married Mary Ada Miller of Spartanburg County, S.C. and died February 1898, leaving a widow and two boys and one girl. John Preston-was born October 24th, 1851, unmarried, Fanny V., born April 1854-unmarried; Mary Bell, born in 1858, and died in 1895; Charles Frederick, born in 1856 and died in 1858.

Robert HENRY (1765-1863) NC. Death: 05 Feb 1857; Asheville, NC
ROBERT HENRY. He was born in Tryon (now Lincoln) county, N. C. in a roll pen, 10th January, 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.
By the 1790 United States Census, there were 1,000 settlers in the region, not including the Cherokee. These early settlers believed in education; by 1793 Robert Henry operated a subscription school called Union Hill (later Newton School).
CRUDE CULTIVATION. The ploughing was not very deep and the cultivation of the crops was far from being scientific. Yet the return from the land was generally ample, the seasons usually proving propitious. There was one year, however, that of 1863, when there was frost in every month. There was still another year in which there could not have been very much rain, as there is a -record of a large branch near the Sulphur Springs in Buncombe county having dried up completely. This was in Augrist of the year 1830. (Robert Henry's Diary.)
He died in Clay county, N. C. February 6th, 1863; wanting but four days of being 98 years old,

Carolina Wills
H. page 153
Robert, 1775
Hugh, Margaret (wife),
Jane,
Frank,
Margaret,
Samuel,
Mary
Robert.
Joseph Henry (see below)
Jean Henry (Kinsey)
A Jean Kinsey is listed on the 1800 Census in New York City at head of household. In the household, the males were 0 0 0 3
females were 0 2 2 2
We don't know if this is our Jean or not.
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James Henry
b: 1752 ? (according to pension)
m (Esther Patterson)
10 Sep 1798
Lincoln County
County Court Records Lincolnton, NC and FHL # 0873860 item 21
Source: County Court Records at Lincolnton, NC & Family Hi
Bond #: 000073164
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 006127
County: Lincoln
Record #: 01 060
Bondsman: Robert Campbell
James L. Henry, Superior court judge.
Ordered by the Court that Henry Clark, John Patton, Joseph Harden, Charles McClain, James Henry, & John Robinson Serve as Venire men to attend at Salsbury on the 4 day of September 1769.
North Carolina, Tryon County to wit. July Court 1769. Present his Majestys Justices. Then were the Ordinary keepers Prices rated as Follows. That is to say.
Lodging in a Good feather Bed & Clean Sheets P'r Night £ 0 0 4
Breakfast & Supper Each 0 0 8
Every dinner not Less than 2 dishes of Good Meat 0 1 0
Madeira & Port win P'r Quart 0 3 0
Claret wine P'r Quart 0 4 0
Punch with Loaf Sugar & West India Rum Pr Qu't 0 1 6
Tody with Loaf Sugar & West India Rum P'r Quart 0 1 4
Tody with Loaf Sugar & New Engl'd Rum P'r Quart 0 0 6

James Henry, Private, SC Cont'l Line, $70.00 annual allowance, $210.00 amt recvd, June 25, 1833 pension started age 81. "On the pension roll as late as 1834, James Henry"

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Rachel Henry
B: 1773
D: 18 Sep 1838
m (John McClure)
20 Dec 1792
Lincoln County
Groom: John McClure
Bride: Rachel Henry
Bond Date: 20 Dec 1792
Bond #: 000074320
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003595
County: Lincoln
Record #: 01 085
Bondsman: Joseph Henry
Witness: John Dickson
children: William McClure
marriage: Margaret Sloan
13 Oct 1825 in Mecklenburg, NC, USA
Narcissa McClure
Born: 1805
Died: 8 Jan 1860
marriage: Thomas Henry
b: 1802 in Lincoln, NC
Died: 1 Aug 1836 in Belmont, Lincoln, NC, USA
Marriage: 10 May 1830 in , Lincoln, NC, USA
Thomas Henry was listed in the Lincoln Regiment in the war of 1812:
http://www.fortunecity.com/
bally/carlow/211/war1812.htm
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Jane Henry
b: 1762
m (Matthew Leeper)
18 Mar 1792
Lincoln County
Bond #: 000073997
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003594
County: Lincoln
Record #: 01 078
Bondsman: Joseph Henry
In memory of Matthew Leeper
a Patriot of the Revolution/ born May 27, 1755 and died October 12, 1849 PHOTO
Sacred to memory of Jane H. Leeper who departed this life, April 1837 in the 75th yr of her life
PHOTO
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Isaac Henry
B: 1771
D:17 May 1861
m: (Catharine Barnett)
B: 19 Feb 1779
marriage:30 May 1800
Mecklenberg County
Died: 22 Jul 1829 in Goshen Presbyterian Churchyard, Lincoln, NC, USA Edit
Children Sex Birth
Nancy M Henry F 4 Mar 1801
m: Groom: Moses Ratchford
Bride: Nancy M Henry
Bond Date: 23 Mar 1822
Bo nd #: 000075132
NC Marr Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003595
County: Lincoln
Record #: 01 102
Bondsman: Joseph L Vandyk
Witness: Saml M'Kee

Moses Ratchford was born 4 sep 1800, York District SC-died 13 Oct 1852, Lincoln Co. NC.

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Isabella Henry F 4 Feb 1804
Groom: John Ratchford
Bride: Isabella Henry
Bond Date: 03 Apr 1823
Bond #: 000075133
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003593
County: Lincoln
Record #: 01 102
Bondsman: Robert Alexander
Witness: Saml M'Kee
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Dicy Henry F 1807

Mary J Henry F 29 Dec 1820

Thomas Henry M 2 (died as an infant)

Spouse 2
Mary Wells
    Mrs. Mary (Titman) Wells, 23
Born: 1775
Died: 9 Jul 1844
Marriage: 23 Oct 1830 in Lincoln, NC, USA
Bond Date: 23 Oct 1830
Bond #: 000073162
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 008470
County: Lincoln
Record #: 01 060
Bondsman: Thomas Henry
Mary was probably a Wells by marriage, not by birth. She was about 55 when she married Isaac. There were lots of Wellses in the area around Blacksburg Co., SC, southwest of Kings Mountain. Some in Lincoln Co., too.
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Another Isaac Henry
Isaac Henry
(16 Mar 1778 Mecklenberg Co., NC
d: 1853 - TN
1-1. Isaac Henry (16 Mar 1778 Mecklenberg Co., NC-Nov 1853 Manchester or Hillsboro, Coffee Co., TN) sp: (1) Catherine 'Kate' Sailing (8 May 1784-10 Jul 1841 TN) m: (4 Mar 1802 SC) sp: (2) Permelia, m: (aft. 1841 TN)
2-1. Jamima Henry (17 Jan 1803 SC-9 Nov 1839 TN)
2-2. James Henry (2 May 1805 SC-) sp: Luvica Brixey (abt. Mar 1811 Elbert Co., GA; of Fayetteville, Washington Co., AR-) par: (?) Jo
also an Isaac Henry .....
1-1. Isaac Henry (16 Mar 1778 Mecklenberg Co., NC-Nov 1853 Manchester or Hillsboro, Coffee Co., TN) sp: (1) Catherine 'Kate' Sailing (8 May 1784-10 Jul 1841 TN) m: (4 Mar 1802 SC) sp: (2) Permelia, m: (aft. 1841 TN)
2-1. Jamima Henry (17 Jan 1803 SC-9 Nov 1839 TN)

2-2. James Henry (2 May 1805 SC-) sp: Luvica Brixey (abt. Mar 1811 Elbert Co., GA; of Fayetteville, Washin
2-3 Caroline Henry b:1812 NC
2-4 William (age 13 in 1850 b:1837 in TN)
2-5 James (age 10 in 1850 b:1840 in TN)
2-6 Jane (age 6 in 1850 b: 1844 in TN)
2-7 George (age 7 mos in 1850 in TN)
?????
Isaac's son???
Groom: Isreal W Henry
Bride: Martha Porter
Bond Date: 12 Nov 1839
Bond #: 000073163
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 006414
County: Lincoln
Record #: 01 060
Bondsman: E Milton Berry
?????

-Nov 1853 Manchester or Hillsboro, Coffee Co., TN)
sp: (1) Catherine 'Kate' Sailing
(8 May 1784-10 Jul 1841 TN)
m: (4 Mar 1802 SC)
sp: (2) Permelia, m: (aft. 1841 TN)
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John Henry
b: 10 Mar 1774
d: 17 Jul 1837
In 1800, the census shows 2 sons under age 5 and a wife.
John Henry married Polly Hill, 25 Jul 1799 Lincoln Co.

In 1820 the census shows 2 older sons and a wife and 3 slaves
East of the South Fork of the Catawba River
In 1830 he was living alone. His sons most likely moved out on their own by then. Perhaps his wife passed on.
buried near Thomas Henry in Goshen Churchyard is a John Henry b. Mar 10, 1774.
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Margaret Henry
m (James Leeper)
04 Mar 1795
Lincoln County
Groom: James Leeper III
b:born Sept 1761 in Augusta Co., VA
Bride: Margaret Henry
Bond Date: 04 Mar 1795
Bond #: 000000020
North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003594
County: Lincoln
Record #: 01 077
Bondsman: Jos Henry
22 Oct. 1765- Margaret Leeper's settlement recorded of estate of James Leeper - paid to the heirs viz:To Isiah Curry, Andrew Leeper, Wm. McMullen Geo. Leeper, Jno Seawright, Nicholas Leeper,Jno. Leeper,Margaret Leeper, Jr. Saml. Henderson, Jas. Leeper, Jr. in his lifetime.
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Moses Pinson
Spouse: Margaret Henry (different Margaret perhaps)
Birth Place: Orange County, NC
Birth Date: 1762
Parents: Aaron Pinson Pinson , Elizabeth Pinson
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Moses Henry married Margaret, only child of John and Rebecca Clark Baldridge. who lived not far from the Henry Home, back of the Plantation now known as the Rose McLean place.
At King's Mountain where he fell mortally wounded on the field of Battle. He was carried to a Charlotte hospital where he soon died in spite of the tender ministrations of Dr. William McLean, a friend and a neighbor. He lies buried in Charlotte, the site if his grave unknown. Walton Hand, a great grandson, was buried in Charlotte.
In the 1830 census of Lincoln Co., there is a John Henry living one door away from Jonathan Gullick and Margaret Baldridge Henry Gullick, widow of Moses Henry (this is also close to the residence of James T. Henry, Moses' brother). If this is not Moses' son (and Moses Henry Hand's family history states unequivocally that Moses' son John went to Tennessee), then the likelihood is that this Thomas and Isabella's son, and his proximity to Moses' widow further suggests a family link between Thomas and our William Sr. Margaret Henry continued to run the family mill until she married Jonathen Gullick She had several children all of whom moved to Tennesee except Milton who stayed at home with his mother Margaret Gullick.
Jonathen Gullick was the first person buried in New Hope Graveyard. Twelve or thirteen years later his wife died at the age of 93 and sleeps by his side. Hers was the second grave in the cemetery.
Rebecca, a daughter of Moses Henry and Margaret Baldridge Henry married Aaron Hand, and became the Ancestress of the Hand families of Lowell, Belmont, and many other to which have gone.
James T. (I suspect the T. is for Tanner) is buried next to his mother-in-law (and my 5th ggrandmother), Jane McIntire Russell. Jane's is the second oldest marker in the graveyard. It is a beautiful and well maintained cemetery.
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From the Legacy Report
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• Deed: 25 Jan 1764, Rowan Co., North Carolina. Francis Beaty of Rowan Co. to Thomas Henry of Rowan Co., cabinet maker, (lease s5, release L30,...land on S side S fork Cataba, adj. to a survey made for Jeremiah Potts...adj. Daniel Warlocks...patented to Robert McPherson 13 Mar 1756...Francis Beaty (Seal), Wit: James Rusk, James Beaty

Wm Henry deemed an Exec - Oct 19, 1769. Thos Henry rents land in Louisa Co. from Col. Patten. -Chalkey Vol 1

Tryon County, North Carolina
Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1769-1779
October term 1770
A Deed of Sale from John Sloan to Thomas Henry Dated the 28th day of Feb'y 1770 for 150 acres of Land proved by James Henderson Evidence thereto. Ordered to be Registered.
Taxes paid by Jas Henry   2 5 6
Tryon County, North Carolina Minutes Of The Court Of Pleas And Quarter Sessions 1769-1779
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS 1763- 1779 by Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S. and Elmer O. Parker, page 133 and the abstract reads as follows- 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.
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 (land surveyor)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. Both transactions found in MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS 1763-1779 by Brent H. Holcomb, C.A.L.S. and Elmer O. Parker, page 109

1782 April: THOMAS ROBINSON and Thomas Henry ordered to serve as Constables in Cpt Moore's Dist for one year. Lincoln Co.
April term 1774
A Deed of Sale from Thomas Henry to Christian Rinehart for 300 Acres of Land Dated the 23rd Day of August 1773 proved by Wm Alston Evidence thereto. Ord'd to be Reg'd.
Tryon County, NC Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1769-1779
January term 1775
A Power of Attorney from Thos Henry to Francis Armstrong Dated the 20th Day of January 1773 proved in Open Court by Ja's Graham Evidence thereto. Ord'd to be Reg'd.
Tryon County, North Carolina minutes of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1769-1779
July term 1778
Thos McKnight to Thomas Henry 195 acres dated 1st August 1772 proved by Thomas Beatey.
Burial: Goshen Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Gaston County, NC
Thomas Henry Estate #1
Thomas Henry Estate #2
Thomas Henry Estate #3
Thomas Henry Estate #4
Thomas Henry Estate #5
Thomas Henry Estate #6
More PossibleFamily Relationships
See: http://henry.descendants.us/

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. [Editors note: I originally thought that it was possible that William, Sr. was Thomas Henry's father. It has become apparent that he is not.
. William Henry settled on the west side of the Catawba River near the site of the Tuckaseege Ford. No grant or deed shewing his earliest land acquisition has been found, but he is mentioned as an adjacent owner in the 1753 grant of 457 acres to Andrew McNabb.[11] On 26 and 27 Dec. 1753, William Henry and Isabella {McCown} his wife sold to Allexandor Robinson (both parties being of Anson County, Province of North Carolina) for five shillings and for ten pounds current money of Virginia, a tract of the South side of the Catawba River, adjoining the said Henry's line, Lenerd Taylor's line, and Scholar's head line, containing 200 acres, granted to the said William Henry by Patent 3 Sept. 1753.[12] On 16 Aug. 1754, William Henry and Isabella his wife sold to Andrew McNabb (both parties being of Anson County), for ten pounds current money of North Carolina, a tract containing 300 acres on the south side of the Catawba River, described as being part of the plantation whereon the said Henry now lives, granted to the said William Henry by Patent 28 Feb. 1754.[13] A grant of 28 Feb. 1754, as recited in this deed, for 600 acres is of record.[14] It may indicate William Henry's second place of settlement on the banks of the Catawba. This residence was mentioned in the Revolutionary pension applications of Malcolm Henry, who stated that he was born in Rowan County, meaning Anson, and John Henry, whose memory was better: “I was born in Mecklingburg County N Carolina about 10 or 12 miles from Charlotte…”[15]

From:SCMAR, Vol. II, Summer 1974, No. 3, p.116
Malcolm Henry
Born: 21 Dec 1755
[city], Mecklingburg, NC, USA
Died: 24 Apr 1840
[city], Lincoln, MO, USA
Elinor Gordon
Born: 1755
Died: 1826 in Lincoln, [cty], MO, USA
Marriage: 30 Mar 1779 in [city], Lincoln, NC, USA
Marriage: 30 Mar 1779 in [city], Lincoln, NC, USA
Children Sex Birth
Frank Henry M 1784
William Henry M 1785 in [city],
Buncombe Co, NC, USA
Olivia Henry F 1786 Edit
Hugh Henry M 1786 in [city],
York Co, SC, USA
Nancy Henry F 1788
Mary Henry F 1790
Malcolm Henry M 1792
Eleanor Henry F 1794
Sophia Henry F 1796
Margaret Henry F 1798
Elizabeth Henry F 1800
Alice Henry F 1802

Excerpted from:
http://familytreemaker.
genealogy.com/users/h/u/d/Marilyn-J-Hudson-moore/GENE6-0005.html
From: The Scotch-Irish Settlers in America - 1500's-1800's Immigration Records - Wills recorded in Augusta, VA.
Page 181 - Book 3 - 26thSril, 1757
Hugh Thompson's Will - to wife, a note due him by his son, Bryce Russell, the Great Bible and books; to son, James, the Great Bible and Confession of Faith, and the Whole Duty of Man; to daughter, Eliner, her Bible, Allen's Call to the Unconverted, and Thompson's Catechesm; to grandson Hugh Russell, a small Bible; granddaughter Isabella Helena Russell; to daughter Mary, now in Ireland; grandchildren, Hugh and Elizabeth Leeper; granddaughter, Rachel Russell, a note on Anthony Thorn; grandson, George Russell; grandson, James Leeper, grandaughterJean Leeper;to Mary Scott. Teste: Jacob Sink (link?) Jas Craig, Jno, Craig. Executors, Wm. Thompson, Samuel Henderson. Proved,19th February, 1762 by John Craig, and on 18th August, 1762, by James Craig. Executors Qualify, with Wm. Baskins James Bell.
.Here is an interesting piece of history from 1777 in N.C. The names are familiar, but we are not certain they are relatives.

Petition from John Finman et al. concerning the actions of William Lambort and Noah Smith White
Creator: John Finman

Creator: Jacob Blount (1726-1789)
Creator: Et Al.
June 28, 1777
Volume 11, Pages 731 - 732

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PETITION OF JAMES SPIVEY & OTHERS.

[From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.]

No. Carolina Pitt June 28th 1777.

To His Excellency Rich'd Caswell Governor and Commander in Chief over the State of North Carolina.

To His Excellency Richard Caswell Esqr. Governor and Commander in Chief, in & over the State of No. Carolina. We the Subscribers hereto most Humbly Sheweth, Hopeing your Excellency will grant us some Redress, that are much Distressed by Two Vagabone young men, that Resorts our Neighbourhood Near the line of Pitt and Dobbs, on little Contentney, as their manner of living is by pilfering and Stealing of Hogs, which has been proved against them, & sheep, & bells, & anything they Can, & doing Mischief to peoples Creatures, they both have been Drafted Twice, & run away, & lay out first in one County & then in the Other, till the Companyes Macht, & then they will skulk about and & be at their Mischief again, they makes their brags that they will not goe into the Service, they Never are Subject to any Military Disipline whatever, they Never assign any Test, their Names is William Lambort, & Noah Smith White, this Lambort, & his Brother, by all account kill'd a man to the Southward, & Run away for it, his Bror, listed in the Service and des'd, & this followed the same Exercise there, & Now when any officer Comes to take them they shift from one County to the Other, & so keep out of any Officers way, they Generally keeps private and lyes out, Except amongst their favourites, your Humble pertitioners, beg your Excellency if you please, to give some Order from under your hand, to take them if Possible, & have them put in the Service, that they may do some good for their Country, as they are Very Prejudicial to this place, we Humbly beg your Excellency, Patiently to Receive our Unworthy Complaint, as it will Render much Satisfaction to this Neighbourhood, to be freed, from the Tyranny of such Pestilent fellows, here is one more, we hope your Honour will give us leave to Inform your Excellency of one Henry Lambort, Lately Come in the place, & is a great Confederate of theirs, he has Lately Deserted the Service at Charles Town, we would Humbly

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beg your Excellency, to give us Some advice what to do with him, as we Expect he will follow the same practice, as they have no Estate, nor follows no Occupation for a livelyhood, Scarcely, & Hopeing your Redress, your Excellency Pertitioners, as in Duty bound shall Ever prays

JOHN FINMAN

JACOB BLOUNT

WM WHITFIELD

SOLOMON SATTON
his mark X

JOHN SOL.

THOS. BRACKSON
his mark X

THOS. FINMAN

BENJAMIN BLOUNT

SAMPSON POWELL

ANTHONY TONQUETT

RICH'D MAYO

WILLES WILLIAMS

JAMES BRACKSON jun

JAMES ROBERTS Sen.

JAMES SPIVEY

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"You have Catherine, wife of  Isaac, as a daughter of Thomas Spratt
Barnett and Nancy McKnight.  I thought she may be the daughter of Thomas
Barnett who married Martha Patrick although she isn't listed in his
will. Another daughter with the same birthday as Catherine is buried in
Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery and is listed in the will of Thomas. Thomas
and Martha are both buried  in the Bethel Cemetery..
Lynda W. H"

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Description by Robert Campbell
of the Battle of King's Mountain
Creator: Robert Campbell
(1755-1832)
Volume 15, Pages 372 - 373

http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/
document/csr15-0280#p15-372.
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.636. James Leeper, Sr.1088, born Abt. 1695 in County Down? Donegal ?, N. Ireland1088; died Abt. 1763 in Augusta Co., VA1088. He was the son of 1272. Thomas Leeper Leiper and 1273. Helen Hamilton. He married 637. Margaret Thompson Abt. 1720 in Ireland1088.
637. Margaret Thompson1088, born Abt. 1708 in N. Ireland1088; died Aft. 1765 in Augusta Co., Va.1088.
Children of James Leeper and Margaret Thompson are:
i. Andrew Leeper1088, born Abt. 1729 in Ireland1088; died Bef. November 02, 1799 in Green Co., Tn1088; married Jean Thompson September 1751 in Augusta, Va.1088.
318 ii. James Leeper, Jr., born 1731 in Ireland; died July 18, 1765 in South Point Twp, Gaston Co., NC; married Jean Armstrong.
iii. Guine "Gavin" Leeper1088, born Bef. 1739.
iv. Isabel Leeper1088, born Bef. 1739.
v. Jane Leeper1088, born Bef. 1739; married Samuel Henderson.
vi. Mary Leeper1088, born Bef. 17391088; married William McMillan.
vii. Nicholas Leeper1088, born 1726; died 1765 in Mecklenburg Co., NC; married Mary.
viii. Sarah Leeper1088, born Bef. 1739; married John Seawright.
ix. George Leeper, born Aft. 1739 in America.
x. John Leeper1088, born Aft. 1739 in America; married Susannah Henderson.
xi. Margaret Leeper1088, born Aft. 1739 in America.
318. James Leeper, Jr.797, born 1731 in Ireland798; died July 18, 1765 in South Point Twp, Gaston Co., NC
James Leeper, Jr. grave:
He was the son of 636. James Leeper, Sr. and 637. Margaret Thompson. He married 319. Jean Armstrong.
319. Jean Armstrong. She was the daughter of 638. Matthew Armstrong and 639. Mary "Lily" Beatty.
Children of James Leeper and Jean Armstrong are:
159 i. Margaret Leeper, born 1755; died May 18, 1827 in Mecklenburg Co., NC; married Alexander Porter Sr..
Margaret's grave
ii. Matthew Leeper, born May 27, 1755; died October 12, 1849 in South Point Twp, Gaston Co., NC.
iii. Mary Leeper, married John Robinson January 13, 1783 in Lincoln Co., NC.
iv. James Leeper III, born September 1761 in Augusta Co., VA; married Margaret Henry March 04, 1795 in Lincoln Co., NC.
v. William Leeper.
.See: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=
cache:JSvvMBXvo_8J:www-personal.
umich.edu/~mbowen/Ancestors%2520
Mike.doc+%22Joseph,Henry%22%22
James,Leeper%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=
clnk&cd=15
2556. John Beatty1416,1417,1418, born August 09, 1645 in Ireland1419,1420; died 1720 in Ulster County, New York1421,1422. He was the son of 5112. James Beatty and 5113. Sarah Ross. He married 2557. Susanna Asfordby November 07, 1691 in Ulster County, New York1423.
2557. Susanna Asfordby1424,1425,1426, born November 03, 1669 in Marblethorp, England1427,1428,1429; died 1745 in Prince George County, Maryland1430,1431. She was the daughter of 5114. William Asfordby and 5115. Martha Burton.
Children of John Beatty and Susanna Asfordby are:
i. Robert Beatty1432, born 1692 in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York1432; died 1728 in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York1432.
ii. William Beatty1432, born June 1695 in Ulster County, New York1432; died July 27, 1757 in Frederick County, Maryland1432.
iii. Charles Beatty1432, born January 09, 1697/98 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York1432; died 1727 in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York1432.
iv. Agnes Beatty1432, born October 25, 1699 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York1432; died Unknown1432.
v. Thomas Beatty1432,1433, born March 14, 1702/03 in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York1434,1435; died April 1768 in Frederick County, Maryland1436,1437; married Maria Jansen October 23, 1729 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York1437.
vi. Edward Beatty1438, born Abt. 1705 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York1438; died February 1755 in Frederick County, Maryland1438.
vii. Martha Beatty1438, born April 20, 1707 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York1438; died Unknown1438.
viii. James Beatty1438, born September 1709 in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire1438; died 1742 in Maryland1438.
ix. Henry Beatty1438, born December 30, 1711 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York1438; died Bef. 17451438.
1278 x. John Beatty, Jr., born March 02, 1700/01 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York; died Bef. June 01, 1749 in Cecil County, Maryland; married Mary Brink September 10, 1743.
1 Francis BEATY b: Bef. 1700 Scotland d: Bef. Oct 1774 NC
.+Martha MITCHELL
. 2 Thomas BEATY
... 3 Francis BEATY b: Aft. 1753
..2 Hugh BEATY
....3 Francis BEATY b: Aft. 1753
..2 James BEATY d: 1790 Iredell Co.,, NC
...+Elizabeth
... 3 Francis BEATY b: Aft. 1753
....3 John BEATY b: Abt 1747 d: 12 Jan 1834 Mecklenburg Co.,, NC
.... +Mary
..... 4 John W. BEATY b: 14 Mar 1771 Mecklenburg Co.,, NC
...... +Jane SMITH
..2 Robert BEATY
..2 Francis BEATY
..2 Wallace BEATY
..2 Agness BEATY
.. +Robert ARMSTRONG
... 3 Sarah ARMSTRONG
..2 Elizabeth BEATY
.. +Robert GREY
... 3 John GREY
... 3 Elizabeth GREY
..2 William BEATY b: Abt 1750 Mecklenberg Co., (now the city of Charlotte), NC d: Bef. 1885
submitted by: curti_m@yahoo.com
Beaty, Beatty, Beatey, Beatie:
Francis Beaty, county surveyer, Anson County
Hugh Beaty petitioner
John Beaty militia
Thomas Beatey militia, association
Abel Beatty association

Sources listed for:

Children of Thomas

Lincoln Co NC. Deed Book 36, pp 143-145, 18 Sep 1800, recorded Jan 1835

Lincoln Co. NC., Deed Book 37, pp 137-138, 25 Oct. 1817, recorded Sep 1837

Her references include several for Thomas, Isaac and Nancy Henry Ratchford including deeds, court records, Rev. War Army accounts etc.

See:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
~curtmasongenealogy/BeatyNC.htm
From: Scotch-Irish Settlers in American,1500's-1800s Immigration Records-
page176-book-5- 23rd January, 1772
John Shield's will freeholder - To wife Margaret; to son, John; to son, William; to son, Thomas; to son, Robert; to daughter, Mary: " I ordain Thomas Shields and my son William Shields, Wm. Shields, Wm. Hays. 24th January, 1772-Codicil; To son William, 1/2 of the tract whereon son John lives. Proved, 16th November, 1773, by John and William Shields. William Shields refuses to qualify. 17th November, 1773 - Administration granted Margaret and Thomas Shields, who qualify with Mathew Thompson, William Shields.

1790 United States Federal Census
Robert Henry
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Hyde Roll: M637_7 |
Township: Unknown Township Page: 138 - Image: 0576
people listed as 1 white male - head of household, 4 white males under 16, 2 white females-
no slaves
Samuel Henry
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Hyde Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 138 - Image: 0575
people listed as 2, 4, 4
two white males, 4 white males under age 16, 4 white females -
no slaves
Samuel Henry was the father of Joseph Henry who married Mary McCasland
see: http://henry.descendants.us/
David Henry
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Iredell Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 157 - Image: 0553
Thomas Henry
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Iredell Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 156 - Image: 0550
Jas Henry
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Lincoln Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 113 - Image: 0072
Jas Henry
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Lincoln Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 115 - Image: 0077
Jos Henry (son of Thomas)
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Lincoln Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 113 - Image: 0072
Wm Henry (son of Wm Sr. below)
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Lincoln Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 113 - Image: 0073
Wm, Senr Henry
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Lincoln Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 113 - Image: 0072
See: column immediately to the left.
Capt Henry Henry
State: NC Year: 1790
County: Mecklenburg Roll: M637_7
Township: Unknown Township Page: 160 - Image: 0534

Capt. Henry Henry is the brother of Thomas Henry in the first column.
see: http://henry.descendants.us/

1820 census - Lincoln Cty.
Isaac Henry Not Stated, Lincoln, North Carolina
James T Henry Not Stated, Lincoln, North Carolina
Henry, James T. 89 years
d: February 28, 1841
John Henry Not Stated, Lincoln, North Carolina
Maron Henry Not Stated, Lincoln, North Carolina
Thomas Henry Not Stated, Lincoln, North Carolina
Thomas C Henry Not Stated, .Lincoln, North Carolina
.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY

The early roads were dirt or gravel and were indicated by notches on marginal trees. First class roads required to be twelve feet wide and third class roads were supposed to be wide enough for a single horse and rider. On the fairly level Asheville plateau, the roads could go in nearly any direction, but where the mountains were higher, the roads had to follow the course of the streams and rivers.Along these stream gorges, the early roads were “fearful and wonderful things.”
Although the new roads were crude, they made it possible to use wagons to go from settlement to settlement. Sondley reports that in July 1795, “Two wagons arrived at Knoxville from South Carolina, having passed through the mountains by way of Warm Springs of the French Broad; so a wagon road may be said to have been opened from Georgia, South Carolina and other Atlantic States.” Francis Asbury, a Bishop in the Methodist Church who visited in the mountain region from 1800 to 1814, recorded his difficulties traveling in 1802. “We labored over the Ridge and the Paint Mountain; I held on awhile, but grew afraid and dismounted, and with the help of a pine sapling, worked by way down the steepest and roughest part.” In coming through Mills Gap between Buncombe and Rutherford Counties in 1806, he wrote, “One of the descents in like the roof of a house, for nearly a mile… I road, I walked, I sweat, I tumbled, and my old knees failed. Here are gullies, and rocks, and precipices, …bad is the best.” At the end of one of his annual visits, Asbury recorded, “Once more I have escaped from filth, fleas, rattlesnakes, hills, mountains, rocks, and rivers.”
Thomas Henry Cousin - Francis Beatey

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/
nc/mecklenburg/wills/b3000001.txt
Robert Henry
About 1722 Of, , Hyde, North Carolina
Death: About 1775
Marriages: Spouse: Mrs Margaret Henry Family
Marriage: About 1748 Of, , Hyde, North Carolina
This Robert Henry may be Thomas Henry's brother
~~~~~~~~~~~
Rev. Robert Henry (pre-1732-1767)
He was a native of Scotland, licensed by the Presbytery of New York. In 1752 he was sent by the Synod to Virginia; in 1753 he was ordained by the Presbytery of New Castle; and on June 4th, 1755, was installed pastor of Cub Creek in Charlotte county, Virginia, and Briary, in Prince Edward county, both then in Lunenburg County. Mr. Henry's success was most remarkable. He was a man of eccentric manners, but most devotedly pious. He was called to the Steel Creek Church in North Carolina, in 1766, but never entered upon the charge, dying May 8th, 1767.
Hugh Henry - born in VA to John Henry, Birth: Apr 1756 in Near Richmond, Virginia
Death: Mar 1838 in Sevier County Tennessee
Burial: Hugh Henry Cemt
Moved to NC and SC and participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain:
See: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com
/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2843857
&id=I564927570
At that time, as we have already seen, the land party was within a few days of its destination. From there the Adventure and its companion boats fell down the river to Reedy Creek, where they were stopped by low water and excessive cold. Here they remained for some time, finally reaching the mouth of Cloud's Creek on Sunday evening, February 20, 1780. They passed the mouth of French Broad River on Thursday morning, March 2. About noon that day one of the boats which was conveying Hugh HENRY and family ran on the point of William's Island two miles above Knoxville, and by force of the current sank. The freight therein was much damaged, and lives of passengers greatly endangered. Colonel DONELSON ordered the whole fleet tied up while the men of the party assisted in bailing the sunken boat and replacing her cargo.
WHEN LAND WAS CHEAP. Land was plentiful in those primitive times and as fast as a piece of "new ground" was worn out, another "patch" was cleared and cultivated until it, in its turn, was given over to weeds and pasturage. In all old American pioneer communities it was necessary to burn the logs and trunks of the felled trees in order to get rid of them, and the heavens were often murky with the smoke of burning log-heaps. The most valuable woods were often used for fence rails or thrown upon the burning pile to be consumed with the rest. Fences built of walnut and poplar rails were not uncommon. "New ground" is being made now by scientific fertilization.

CRUDE CULTIVATION. The ploughing was not very deep and the cultivation of the crops was far from being scientific. Yet the return from the land was generally ample, the seasons usually proving propitious. There was one year, however, that of 1863, when there was frost in every month. There was still another year in which there could not have been very much rain, as there is a -record of a large branch near the Sulphur Springs in Buncombe county having dried up completely. This was in August of the year 1830. (Robert Henry's Diary.)
See: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/
wnc11.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/
~tnsumner/early19.htm
1780 - Later in the fall another party of Indians approached the Bluff Station in the night, stole a number of horses, loaded them with such goods and plunder as they could lay hands on and made their escape. The next morning Capt. James LEIPER, with a company of fifteen, pursued and overtook them on Harpeth River. When the savages heard the approach of the whites they made every effort to escape, but their horses, which were heavily loaded with the plunder stolen from the settlement, could make but little headway through the entangled undergrowth. At the first fire from Leiper's party the Indians fled, leaving the horses and plunder to their pursuers.
The settlers were now in great need of salt for use in seasoning the fresh meat upon which they were obliged to depend almost solely for food. Their only way of securing this necessity of life was by evaporation from the waters of sulphur springs.
The first wedding in the colony took place at the Bluff during the summer of 1780. It was the marriage of our brave Indian fighter, Capt James LEIPER, and the young lady who thus became his wife. No minister had yet come to the settlement and a question arose as to whether or: not anyone was authorized to perform the marriage ceremony. Colonel ROBERTSON, who was Chief Justice of the court, sent out to the other Judges a hurry call for a consultation. It was decided by this court that either of its members, by virtue of his office, was empowered to exercise such a function. This decision was probably more "far-reaching" than any yet handed down by the Colonial" Judiciary. It constitutes the first "reported case" in the annals of Tennessee jurisprudence. Because of his official position Colonel ROBERTSON was accorded the honor of performing this the first ceremony, which he is reputed to have done with his usual grace of manner.
It seems these young people were unusually popular in colonial society and their friends were anxious that their marriage should be made more than an ordinary event. As the colony was yet in its infancy there were no silks, broadcloths or other finery in which the bride and groom might array themselves, neither was there piano, organ or other instrument on which to play the wedding march. Of more consequence, however, than either of these was the lack of both flour and meal from which to make the wedding cake, and none was to be had at any of the neighboring stations. But in those days large difficulties were quickly overcome. Accordingly two of the settlers were mounted on horses and sent post-haste to Danville, Ky., then the metropolis of the western settlement, for a supply of corn. Three or four days later they returned with a bushel each of this highly prized cereal, which was speedily ground into meal. From this was made the first "bride's cake" in Middle Tennessee.
From: http://www.rootsweb.com/
~tnsumner/early20.htm

There were five different Henry families who originally settled in East Tennessee (Sevier, Cocke, Blount, Jefferson and Greene Counties).
I have steered shy of the Genetics (X chromosome) analysis as it seems to be run now by a bunch of idiots who cannot get anything right. For example I know by bible evidence that my ancestor (James Henry Jr.) was born in 1726 in Aberdeen Scotland (there is also a Christening record at old Machar Church, Aberdeen Scotland. The Genetics idiots maintain that because his descendants show a particular Norse haplotype that they are descended from Norse invaders of Ireland who settled there in the late 800's. So despite the evidence to the contrary, the Henry's must be Irish, not Scotch!!!
That is the wierdest interpretation for a Norse haplotype that I ever heard! The correct interpretation based on names and genetics is as follows. The Henry name is of Teutonic origin and several 11th and 12th century German, French and English (Norman and Plantagenet) Kings bore that name. The Norsemen invaded Normandy about the same time that the Irish Settlements took place, and in far greater numbers. There was also a Norse invasion of the Orkneys at this same time and Henry is a very uncommon surname in the Orknies. Contact and intermarriage with their French and Belgian neighbors led these Normandy Norsemen to quickly adopt the local names (William, Richard, Robert and Henry were common). The Henry surname thus comes about by a shortening of FitzHenry, or MacHenry, in Normans, who invaded England in 1066 and controlled Scotland by the mid 1100's. Thus the Norse haplotype is undoubtedly correct but since H enry is not an Irish name, the interpretation that they came from Ireland, rather than Scotland and England via the Normans, is way out in left field. A simple examination of the distribution of Henry families in the British Isles further proves that an Irish origin for Henries is entirely out of the question.
Sincerely
John James "Jim" Henry, Retired Physicist, Oak Ridge, TN

639. Mary "Lily" Beatty, born Abt. 1720. She was the daughter of 1278. John Beatty, Jr. and 1279. Mary Brink.
Children of Matthew Armstrong and Mary Beatty are:
319 i. Jean Armstrong, married (1) James Leeper, Jr.; married (2) John Robinson January 13, 1783 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina.
ii. Elizabeth Armstrong, born Abt. 1742; died Aft. 1803; married Andrew Russell May 25, 1762 in Augusta Co.,VA.
iii. Mary Armstrong.
iv. Catherine Armstrong, married Robert Leeper.
v. Esther Armstrong.
vi. Matthew Armstrong.

Robert Leeper information:

February 24, 25, 1754- Robert Leeper and Cathrine Leeper, wife of Anson County to Adam Snider(lease s5, release 60 Va money) land on south side of Catawba, Leepers Creek, 300 acres of land granted to Leeper October 8, 1751...Signed

Robert Leeper 'seal' Cathrine Leeper (seal' Witnessed; Robert Patrick

Abraham Kuykendall, John Thomas.

Robert Leeper, James Kuykendall and two others built a fort and a stockade at the junction of the South Fork and Catawba Rivers

Note: 1814 ABRAHAM KUYKENDALL of Franklin Co, TN deed to PETER KUYKENDALL of Buncombe Co NC 150 acres on Batts Branch joining JOHN KUYKENDALL and JANE MCMINNS survey. Buncombe Ct NC Book G page 307. Witnessed Joseph Henry Jr. and ABRAHAM MCGUFFEE

At a Council held at Bath Towne 8th March 1743 [1744]

Read the following Petitions for Patents Vizt
William Chavers 400 Edgecombe, George Norris 640 Craven, John Carroway 200 Do, William Brice, 200 Do, John Cheeny 200 Do, John Smith 400 Do, Robert Henry 320 N. Hanover, James Henry 320 Do, Caleb Howell 200 Beaufort, Andrew Wallace 200 N. Hanover, John Simpson 480 Carteret, James Wright 200 Onslow, Ephriam Vernor 400 Bladen, Alexander Canaday 640 Bertie, James Atkins 100 Onslow, John Rackley 200 Bertie, Henry Morrice 200 N. Hanover, William Thomas 150 Do, John Keen 100 N. Hanover, Thomas Kennon 270 Do, John Lennon 640 Bladen, James Wantland 150 Onslow, Robert West 330 Bertie, Elias Stallings 600 Do, Joshua Worley, 150 Tyrrell, Ralph Mason 300 Edgecombe. Granted

Account of pay to North Carolina troops in the Continental Army [Abstract]
Creator: Abishai Thomas
1793
Volume 17, Pages 189 - 263
There is a Thomas Henry on this list, but it seems to be after the death of our ggg-grandfather and too early for the son of Joseph Henry.

Thomas Beatey mentioned on this page is Thomas Henry's cousin.

William HENRY
Male Family
Birth: < 1719> North Carolina
Spouse: Martha CALHOUN
Marriage: < 1744> <, , North Carolina>
This may be the same William Henry - but not certain
There is also Hannah Tanner-Henry whose father is William Henry -Born: Abt 1720
Marriage: Hannah TANNER
Died: Bef Jan 1773, Tryon Co., NC
She then married Charles Hamiton and died in KY.
Marriage 2: Charles HAMILTON on 23 Dec 1777 in Lincoln Co., NC 1 2 3
Died: May 1850, Wayne Co., KY
~~~~~~
WILLIAM HENRY, ESQ. was born 1715 in County Tyrone, Ireland, and died October 22, 1819 in York County, SC. He married ISABELLA MARGARET MCCOWN Abt 1748 in Augusta County, VA, daughter of Francis McCown and Margaret Patterson.
Notes
William Henry, son of a wealthy Irishman, was born in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, in 1715 and came to Augusta County, Virginia in 1733. There he married Isabella McCown, daughter of Francis and Margaret McCown. About 1750 he moved to near Charlotte, North Carolina and about 5 years later he moved to near York, South Carolina. He lived there about 65 years, dying Oct. 22, 1819 at the grand old age of 104 years. He is buried near there at Bethany Presbyterian Church. He and Isabella had 7 sons and 3 daughters. William Henry and 3 of his sons fought in the Revolutionary War. They were instrumental in winning the "Battle of Kings Mountain", which was near their home.
In 1765 William Henry secured from King George the Third a grant for a tract of land situated about three miles south of King's Mountain, in York County, SC. This home place was known as "Henry's Knob".
Children of William Henry and Isabella McCown are:
2. i. WILLIAM2 HENRY, b. 1753; d. 1807, York County, SC.
3. ii. MALCOLM HENRY, b. 1755; d. 1824, Missouri.
4. iii. JOHN HENRY, b. April 15, 1757, Anson Co., NC; d. December 29, 1833, Jonathan's Creek, NC.
5. iv. ISABELLA HENRY, b. 1762.
6. v. FRANCIS HENRY, b. 1768; d. 1867, Old Homestead, York Co., SC.
7. vi. ALEXANDER HENRY.
8. vii. JAMES HENRY, b. 1774.
viii. JANE HENRY, m.
Jane Henry married ROBERT CAMPBELL, per records in the SC Mag. of Ancestral Research, Jane and Robert Campbell's headstones are at York Co, SC, Bethel Presbyterian Churchyard. Also beside Jane H. Campbell and husband Robert Campbell is the grave of their son, THOMAS Campbell, who died about age 25.

Children

Mary Henry b: 1749

Alexander Henry b: 1751

William B. Henry b: 1753

Malcolm Henry b: 21 Dec 1755

John B. Henry b: 15 Apr 1758

Josiah Henry b: 1760

Isabella Henry b: 1762

Jane Henry b: 12 Mar 1767

Francis Henry b: 1768

James Henry b: 1774

THOMAS CAMPBELL.
ix. JOSIAH HENRY.
9. x. MARY HENRY.
nearby is headstone of son William Campbell and wife Eliza McLean
The headstone of ANDREW HILL, d. 1840, son of Col. Wm Hill of York Co., who married JULIET CAMPBELL, daughter of ROBERT Campbell and JANE HENRY Campbell. Andrew Hill, along with Jane Henry Campbell's brother, Francis Henry, and Lawson A. Henry, were all named on administration of ROBERT Campbell's estate records.
Thomas Henry and his brothers?
William HENRY
b: 1715 in County Tyronne, Northern Ireland
Malcolm HENRY
b: BEF 1710 in Ireland
Malcom Henry In United States
Volumes 1-20 of the research
tool South Carolina Magazine
of Ancestral Research
The South Carolina Magazine
of Ancestral Research
SCMAR, Volume III
Number 4, Fall, 1975
William Henry of Henry's Knob
(Continued from Vol. 3, p.177.)
SCMAR, Vol. III, Fall 1975, No. 4, p.211
he was intimately acquainted with Malcolm Henry during the Revolutionary War … and that the said Malcom Henry held a Captain's Commission during the greater part of the time he was in Service … Malcolm Henry served under Colonel Graham of North Carolina and Colonel Moffitt and Collonel Hambright of South Carolina, and that the said Henry and him was in the battle of Kings Mountain together.
Thomas HENRY
b: 1719 in Ireland

Joseph Henry, Sr.
Marshaleigh Bahan from Tx. has him listed as 4 Mar 1763 and d. 20 Jul. 1840 spouse Elizabeth Porter
in: Abbeville South Carolina
b: between Feb and Aug. 1763
another researcher shows 1760
according to his tombstone.
d: Sept. 1840
Another researcher tells us that Joseph may have been married to an Orr prior to Elizabeth Porter but no first name is given. We had long speculated on a previous wife, but had no proof of this.

21 Sept 1784. On this day, Joseph Henry deeded Francis Cunningham land on Beaver Dam of the Catawba River in Lincoln County.
PORTER WILLS FROM 1717-1759
1800 census
The Porter Family
The Porter Family
spouse 1: Elizabeth Porter - married:
Henry, Joseph S-  Porter, Elizabeth 02 Jan 1800 North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
the bondsman was Jas. Porter - witness Isaac Alexander
The mother of Elizabeth Porter was
Margaret Leeper - father was Alexander Porter of S. C.
1800 census: Buncombe Cty.
HENRY,, Joseph S -
males - 2 0 0 0 1
females 1 0 0 1 0
slaves 0 8
Buncombe Cty was created in 1791 from Burke and Rutherford Ctys.
Changed to: Henderson Cty by 1840- had one person - age abt 20 and one person - age abt 80-90 living in the house
Joseph Henry was a member of
the N.C. House of Commons
in 1833 and 1834
State of North Carolina,
Buncombe County, No. 7977.
JOSEPH HENRY, Entry Taker
of Claims for Land in the
County aforesaid to the Surveyor
of said County.
(James Weaver first represented Buncombe county in the lower house of the legislature in 1825, serving with David L. Swain. He was subsequently re-elected to this office in 1830, 1832, 1833 and 1834, serving with William Orr, John Clayton and Joseph Henry resepectively.)

The following information may be found on this page: http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/
index.html/indices/H
but is not available as of this date
in 2008

Henry, Jos.,

money from,

vol. 21 p. 1063.

sheriff,

vol. 21 p. 1075.

Henry, Joseph,

pensioner,

vol. 22 p. 69.

Joseph was buried in Old Salem Cemetary at Fletcher North Carolina?
m: 2 Blythe, Charlotte
b: 1 April, 1781
TN
Father: Blythe , James
m Joseph Henry, 1820
in TN
Charlottes family:
Name: JIM BLYTHE
State: TN
County: Sumner County
Township: Dist. 3 -male Voters-
Year: 1891
Carter Asbury Blythe
Spouse: Gladys Mae Holtzclaw
Birth Place: Henderson, Etowah, NC
Birth Date: 14 March 1907
Death Date: 28 April 1994
Parents: James Volney Blythe ,
Martha Jane Hood
Name: Elizabeth Patton ???
Spouse: James Blythe
Birth Place: Augusta, VA ???
Birth Date: 1728 ???
Parents: Patton ,
316. William Porter786,787, born 1709788; died September 14, 1787 in Mecklenburg Co., NC788,789. He married 317. Elizabeth.
317. Elizabeth790,791, born 1718792; died June 05, 1778 in Mecklenburg Co., NC792,793.
Children of William Porter and Elizabeth are:
158 i. Alexander Porter Sr., born 1742; died October 19, 1833 in Mecklenburg Co., NC; married Margaret Leeper.
Alexander Porter, Sr.'s grave
Margeret Leeper Porter's Grave
b: 1755
D. May 18, 1827, Mecklenburg Co. NC
CHILDREN:
Elizabeth Porter
Margaret Porter
Sarah Porter
James Porter
Jane Porter
Alexander Porter, Jr.
Ann Porter
William Porter
Jane Porter married James Marshall
James Marshall grave
b: January 10, 1776 Mecklenburg Co.NC
d: Aug. 10, 1864, Mecklenburg Co, NC
CHILDREN:
Alexander Marshall
Martha Ann Marshall
Jane Marshall
Mary N. Marshall
John Marshall
Sarah E. Marshall

ii. Keziah Porter793, born 1748 in PA or MD793; died 1824 in Mecklenburg Co., NC794; married Joseph Swann October 26, 1774 in Rowan Co., NC795.
iii. William Porter796, married Kelly.

Joseph Henry (b. abt 1764 or 1761)
Buncombe County
Private
North Carolina Militia
$20.00 Annual Allowance
$60.00 Amount Received
February 28, 1834
Pension started - Age 70
Name: Joseph Henry
Company: D
Unit: 3 North Carolina Mtd. Inf.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Union

also
Name: Joseph Henry
Company: E
Unit: 25 North Carolina Infantry.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Corporal
Allegiance: Confederate

SOURCE: 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services;
Joseph Henry, Sen. age 77 Joseph Henry, Sen.
Henderson County, NC
Source: http://www.usgennet.org
/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/
1840nc_eh.html

The Porter Coat of Arms is officially documented in Burke's General Armory. The original description of the arms Shield is as follows:
"SA. Three church bells AR. A Canton Erm."
When translated the blazon also describes the original colors of the Porter Arms as:
"Black; three silver church bells; an ermine upper corner."
Above the shield and helmet is the crest which is described as:
"A silver portcullis (or gate) with a gold chain."
Marriage License Date: 2 Jan 1800
Henry, Joseph 1800 Elizabeth Porter Mecklenburg NC .
children:
Thomas Henry b: About 1802 in Lincoln Co., North Carolina
d: 1836 -Gaston Cty. (was formerly Lincoln Cty)
Will abstract: Wife Narcissi Henry and her heirs. EXEC. uncle James Porter of MeckIenburg Co. WIT. Matt Leeper, Isaac Henry, Alexander Porter
Alexander Henry b: About 1804 (1800?) in Lincoln Co., North Carolina
Ephraim b: 1805
Buncombe Cty. NC
d: 1891, Dade, MO

???????
Groom: Alaxander Henry
Bride: Sarah Miller
Bond Date: 24 Feb 1846
Bond #: 000065533
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 005496
County: Haywood
Record #: 01 043
Bondsman: Ephraim Ash
See below for Alexander's children.
1860 census
Cornelias (Cornelious) Henry
b: 1852 - age in 1860 - 8
B: NC
Home in 1860 - Taylor, Columbia, Arkansas
Gender - Male
Other family members
James Henry - age 32
Mary Henry - age 31
James Henry - age 12
Mary Henry - age 10
Cornelias Henry - age 8
George Henry- age 6
Susan Henry - age 4
Robert Henry - age 2
Ida Ellen Henry 2/12
Martha Henry - age 65
Martha Henry - age 23

Martha Henry

Age in 1860: 65

Birth Year: abt 1795

Birthplace: North Carolina

Home in 1860: Taylor, Columbia, AR

This is Joseph Henry's brother:
Robert Henry
Birth: 10 FEB 1765 Mecklenburg, , , North Carolina
Death: 06 FEB 1863
Robert Marcellus HenryB: 1755
D: 1809
Compact Disc #16 Pin #103241
Birth: 10 Jan 1767 Place: ,,N.C.
Death: 6 Jan 1863 Place: ,,N.C.
Father is the same: Thomas
Mother is the same
Martha Isabella Shields
On July, 1802, on motion of Joseph Spencer, and the production of his county court license, Robert Henry, Esq., became an attorney of the court.
OTIUM "CUM" DIGNITATE.(30) General Robert M. Henry, who came to the bar some later, was a fine lawyer, but a great lover of "rest and ease." He loved to hear and tell good jokes and laugh in his deep sepulchral tones.
From 1868 to 1876 he was solicitor of the Western circuit.
Robert Henry became quite famous. He was the surveyor of the dividing line between Tennessee and North Carolina and fought in the King's Mountain Battle of South Carolina.
THE FIRST SCHOOLMASTER OF BUNCOMBE. Soon after the Swannanoa settlement was established in 1782, a school was started in accordance with the principles of the Presbyterians. "Robert Henry taught the first school in North Carolina west of the Blue Ridge."(4)
~~~~~~~
MARRIAGE:
Jane BRANK was born on 30 Dec 1759 in Rowan Co., North Carolina. She died on 28 Apr 1837 in Paint Lick, KY. She was buried in Paint Lick Cemetary, Kentucky. She has Ancestral File number XJ7K-65. She has Ancestral File number XJ7K-65. Parents: Robert BRANK Sr. and Jean MCLEAN.
She was married to Robert HENRY on 6 Dec 1837 in Burke Co, NC.
They lived in Garrard Co., KY. Had the following children:
1. Robert Brank Henry b. 12/9/1791
2. Mary Ann Henry b. 4/10/1793
3. Rachel Brank Henry b. 11/1/1794
4. Jane Henry b. 7/24/1797
5. James H. Henry b. 9/6/1799
6. Jane Ann Henry b. 12/10/1804 (?)
7. Elizabeth P. Henry b. 1810
Mary Ann H HENRY, SEE: BRANK FAMILY

Samuel Henry was the father of Joseph Henry who married Mary McCasland
see: http://henry.descendants.us/
Notice, Joseph m. Mary McCasland named his oldest son John. other sons James, William, Alexander (remember, it was an Alexander Henry who appeared on behalf of James in Rutherford to prove a deed from a William Henry (d. 1784?) to a James Henry).
Joseph who was wounded in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse 3/15/1781
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The Regiments
The battle fought here on March 15, 1781, was the largest, most hotly-contested action of the Revolutionary War's climactic Southern Campaign.
The serious loss of British manpower suffered at Guilford Courthouse foreshadowed Lord Cornwallis's final defeat at Yorktown seven months later.
Joseph, Mary, W7714, NC Line, sol enl in Lincoln Co NC & sol m there to Mary McCasland on 17 May 1792 & he died 22 Sep:1816 in Buncombe Co NC & his wid appl there 7 Oct 1845 aged 73,
widdowed
d: 8 May 1848,

children were;

John Henry 11/13/1793
Joseph Henry 8/28/1796
Nancy b 14 Nov 1798 & she married William Gudger,
James Henry 1/24/1801
William Henry 6/12/1803
Farmer Henry
b:5/27/1806-
d: 6/3/1808
Alexander Henry 1809
Alexander who in 1851 was aged 42 & a res of Henderson Co NC, leaving children;
Mary Henry,
Nancy Gudger,
James Henry
Alexander Henry, in 1845 one Alexander Henry was Clerk of Court for Buncombe Co NC & in 1846 a James Gudger of Buncombe Co NC but tbeir relationship to sol's family wasn't given.
Decendant line
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JOSEPH HENRY - he enlisted in Lincoln County, NC under Robert Alexander, Capt. Guilkey and Col. Hambright as a private and wagon master and was in the battle of Whitson, etc. He also served under Malcolm Henry in the battles of Ramsours Mills, Kings Mt., etc. Two of his brothers, John and Moses Henry were killed in action in the battle of Kings Mt. His brother Robert was also at Kings Mt.
He married in Lincoln Co., NC May 17, 1792 Mary McCasland, born 1772. He died Sep. 22, 1816 in Buncombe County, NC. His widow Mary was a rejected and suspended pensioner of Buncombe County and in 1844 she was living in Washington Co., IN age 88 years.
Their children were: John Henry born Wednesday Nov. 13, 1793 and Joseph Henry, Jr. born Sunday Aug. 28, 1796. In 1832 he was living in Buncombe County, age 70 years. He is buried in Old Salem Cemetery at Fletcher, NC.
from: http://www.obcgs.com/
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.JOSEPH HENRY BIBLE
Joseph Henry d. 9/14/1814 Orange Co., Ind. Wife, Mary Shearer b. 1756 m. 1/1/1781 in Lincoln Co., N. C.
BIRTHS of Children, Lincoln Co., N. C.
Mathew Henry 6/1783
William Henry 10/25/1794
Polly Henry 8/2/1805
Nancy Henry 8/21/1785
Hugh Henry 1/5/1796
Hugh Henry 2/7/1798
Philip Henry 12/6/1787
Malcolm Henry 12/1/1810
Hannah Henry 6/26/1792
Sally Henry 6/6/1790
Joseph Henry 5/12/1801
Note: Mary Henry, widow. applied for pension. Joseph's brothers, John and Moses Henry, were killed in Battle of Kings Mountain His sister, Hannah.
Hamilton b. 1754 (still living in 1836). Mary Ist applied 7/1/1844 from Carroll Co., Ark. In 1845 she was in Johnson Co., Mo. 2/7/1846 she was in Washington Co., Ind.9/6/1951 she was in Taney Co., Miss with son, Malcolm who had moved there in 1848.

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links to legal documents
Buncombe County Deed Index
joseph-henry-will.htm
(May 21, 1840)
joseph-henry.htm
joseph-henry-sale.htm
ephraim-land-1840.htm
farm-rent.htm
(Ephriam and Joseph Henry, Jr. 1840)
albert-noah-1840.htm
noah-attorney.htm - 1841
noah-property.htm - 1844
robert-henry-1871.htm
rachel-land-1878.htm
aikens-1879.htm
noah-henry-guardian.htm 1887
noah-property-sale.htm 1887
henry-orr.htm
noah-henry.htm
joseph-henry-property-sale.htm 1889

Children of this Joseph Henry
Alexander P Henry
b: 1800
Ephraim Henry
b: 1805 to 1807? NC
d: 1891, Dade, MO
Margaret Polly Henry
b: 1806
d 1852
m: Robert Orr
b: 31-Dec, 1800
d: 1880
Robert Orr - born 1758
Joseph Henry, Jr.
b: 1808
d: 1876
Noah Henry
b: 1818
d: 1898
Albert Henry
b: 1815 to 1819
(not postive this is ours but might be:) divorced: HENRY, LEAH Vs HENRY, ALBERT 1847
Henderson Cty.
Married 7 Dec 1843
Robert Henry
b: about 1810
William B Henry
b: 1821
m: Marriage 1 Attilla Delilah BRITTAIN b: 28 FEB 1828 in Buncombe Co., NC
Married: 10 DEC 1857 in Henderson Co., NC
d: May, 1875
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Rachel Henry
Birth: 29 JUL 1822 in Old Buncombe Co., NC 1 2
Death: 22 SEP 1892 in Transylvania Co., NC

m: Benjamin Franklin Akin(s)
b: 1817, NC.
Death: 23 Mar 1896 in Transylvania County, NC
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Info on Benjamin Franklin Akins
Father: John AKINS b: 1783 in Buncombe Co., NC
Mother: Catherine CLARK
b: ABT 1795 in Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Marriage 1 Rachel HENRY
b: 29 JUL 1822 in Old Buncombe Co., NC
Married: 26 JAN 1843 in Transylvania Co., NC
Marriage 2 Eliza Ann GRIFFIN b: 4 SEP 1848 in Pickens Co., SC
Married: 23 MAR 1896
Death: 14 DEC 1929 in Brevard, Transylvania Co., NC
Burial: Easley Cemetery, Easley, Pickens Co., SC
Information from 1840:
James T. Henry age - 89
James T. Henry
Lincoln Cty

Joseph Henry, Sen.
age 77
Joseph Henry, Sen.
Henderson Cty
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Info on Rachel Henry and Benjamin Franklin Akins
ID: I109226725
Name: Rachel HENRY
Given Name: Rachel
Surname: Henry
Sex: F
Birth: 29 Jul 1822 in Buncombe County, North Carolina
Event: Marriage 29 JUL 1822 in Buncombe Co., NC

Marriage 1 Benjamin Franklin AKINS b: 5 Jan 1817
Children
Joseph Marion AKINS b: 11 Apr 1843 in Henderson County, NC
Adonian Sylvester AKINS b: Nov 1843
William Henry AKINS b: Abt 1845 in Henderson County, NC
Sara Charlotte AKINS b: 4 Jun 1846 in Henderson County, NC
John M AKINS b: Abt 1851 in Henderson County, NC
Lawrence Pinckney AKINS b: Abt 1853 in Henderson County, NC
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This is another Joseph Henry -
note that these people were born in Tennessee
Husband - Joseph Henry
Birth: < 1777> <, , Tennessee>
Marriage: About 1820 , Henderson, North Carolina
Wife Charlotte Blythe
Birth: 01 APR 1781 , , Tennessee
Marriage: About 1820 , Henderson, North Carolina
September 1840, Charlotte Henry is duly appointed guardian of William B. Henry and Rachel Hen

PATRICK HENRY JOSEPH HENRY SR. ZORA EMELINE HENRY

PATRICK HENRY
JOSEPH HENRY SR.
ZORA EMELINE HENRY