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* 1811 [http://www.tngenweb.org/white/taxlist.html White County tax list]: John Henry listed with Capt. William Smith's Company of Militia, with 30 acres.<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Richard-Allen-Harper/GENE7-0007.html</ref>
 
* 1811 [http://www.tngenweb.org/white/taxlist.html White County tax list]: John Henry listed with Capt. William Smith's Company of Militia, with 30 acres.<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Richard-Allen-Harper/GENE7-0007.html</ref>
 
* John is listed in White Co, TN in the 1820 census. There are 6 total people in household: 2 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 16-25.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7734&h=1000810&ssrc=pt&tid=26524557&pid=12242142596&usePUB=true 1820 US Federal Census]</ref>
 
* John is listed in White Co, TN in the 1820 census. There are 6 total people in household: 2 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 16-25.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7734&h=1000810&ssrc=pt&tid=26524557&pid=12242142596&usePUB=true 1820 US Federal Census]</ref>
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* John is also listed in White Co, TN, in the 1840 census.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8057&h=3035868&ssrc=pt&tid=26524557&pid=12242142596&usePUB=true 1840 US Census]</ref>
 
* 1845/55 Putnam County tax list: John Henry listed 4456 acres valued at $1800 One Slave valued at $400. Tax paid $6.60.<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Richard-Allen-Harper/GENE7-0007.html</ref>
 
* 1845/55 Putnam County tax list: John Henry listed 4456 acres valued at $1800 One Slave valued at $400. Tax paid $6.60.<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Richard-Allen-Harper/GENE7-0007.html</ref>
 
* 1862 Putnam County tax list: John Henry with 1855 acres and a mill valued at $2025.<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Richard-Allen-Harper/GENE7-0007.html</ref>
 
* 1862 Putnam County tax list: John Henry with 1855 acres and a mill valued at $2025.<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Richard-Allen-Harper/GENE7-0007.html</ref>

Revision as of 18:39, 16 July 2017

John Henry
Born 1788[1]
Greene, TN[2]
Died 1865[3]
Henry Cemetery, Putnam, TN[4][5]
Spouse Susannah Weaver (m. 1816) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Susannah Weaver to John Henry (1788)" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/John_Henry_(1788)) in Rhea County, TEnnessee[6]
Children Lidgard Fine Henry[7]
Nancy (Henry) Whitaker[8]
Parents George Henry (1760 – 1817)
Cynthia Anne Fine (1760 – )[9]

John Henry, the son of George Lafayette Henry and Cynthia Anne "Annie" Fine Henry was born in 1788 in Greene County in the State of North Carolina which is today Cocke County in the State of Tennessee. By the time John Henry was 5 years old his family was living in the Town of Southwest Point in Knox County which at the time was a part of the United States Federal Territory South of the Ohio River. This Town of Southwest Point became the City of Kingston in 1799 and the area became the County of Roane in the State of Tennessee in 1801. In 1807 part of the County of Roane became theCounty of Rhea in the State of Tennessee. John Henry was living close to the present day City of Dayton in the County of Rhea in the State of Tennessee. The 1808 Tax Lists for Rhea County show the name of John Henry with a list of taxables between Richland Creek and Clear Creek.[10]

Photos

Henry headstones.jpeg
This photo claims to identify John Henry and wife Susanna's gravestones, in a "Henry Cemetery" named for John

Historical Records

  • To do: John appears in the 1830, 1840, 1850 censuses[11]
  • 1811 White County tax list: John Henry listed with Capt. William Smith's Company of Militia, with 30 acres.[12]
  • John is listed in White Co, TN in the 1820 census. There are 6 total people in household: 2 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 16-25.[13]
  • John is also listed in White Co, TN, in the 1840 census.[14]
  • 1845/55 Putnam County tax list: John Henry listed 4456 acres valued at $1800 One Slave valued at $400. Tax paid $6.60.[15]
  • 1862 Putnam County tax list: John Henry with 1855 acres and a mill valued at $2025.[16]

Notes