John McHenry
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1 May 1795 - Montgomery Co., Kentucky Christening: Death: 8 Jan 1849 - Missouri 1 Burial: in Woodland-Old City Cem., Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret Hinds (Abt 1792 - 1866) Marriage: 26 Feb 1814 - Wayne Co., Ky 2 Children: 1. James McHenry (1816- )
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
<pre>1820 Wayne Co., Kentucky; stamped pg 548
John McHenry 100020 -- 10110; 2 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
1 <10 1
10-16
16-18
16-26 1
2 26-45 1
>45 </pre>
He is in the sequence James McHenry, Isaac Bond, William Bond, John McHenry.
<pre>1830 Wayne Co., Kentucky; pg 216
John McHenry 201001 -- 121001; 2 slaves
male female
2 < 5 1
5-10 2
1 10-15 1
15-20
20-30
1 30-40 1 </pre>
<pre>1840 Van Buren Co., Missouri, Osage Township
John McHenry 0020002001 -- 0000211; 5 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
2 10-15
15-20
20-30 2
30-40 1
2 40-50 1
50-60
60-70
1 70-80 </pre>
James McHenry, 78, is a pensioner for revolutionary or military services. Van Buren Co. became Cass Co. in 1849.
<pre>1850 Bates Co., Missouri, District No. 6; Nov 18
550/550
Margaret McHenry 57 FW Ky $1500
Sydney " 20 MW Ky Laborer </pre>
She is the owner of 6 slaves in the Slave Schedule. James McHenry (30, Ky, farmer) lives at 549/549, James McHenry (22, Ky, farmer) lives at 553/553, and William McHenry (58, NC, farmer) lives at 552/552.
In 1860 Margret McHenry (69, $800, Ky) is living in Bates Co., Mount Plasant Township, in the household of Morevy West (37, FW, Ky, farmer, $4000/$2200).
LAND in KENTUCKY:
The following tracts are in Wayne Co:
On July 14, 1834 John McHenry of Wayne Co. purchased from William D. Parish and Nancy, his wife, of Adair Co., Kentucky for $275 a tract of 36 acres in Wayne Co. on Fall Creek, which was part of Joseph Hind's 100 acre survey. It is the same tract which Parish had purchased in 1815 from the heirs of Joseph Hinds, including John McHenry. In fact Parish had sold it earlier to George Berry, and this deed clarifies the following chain of transactions: Parish to George Berry to John Hamilton to James Rays to John McHenry.
On February 18, 1837 Joseph Bond and Charity, his wife, sold to John McHenry for $600 "all our right and claim to the Estate of Joseph Hinds, dec'd, both real and personal". (Bk G, pg 200-01) Charity is Charity Brady.
On April 29, 1839 John W. Jones and Minerva, his wife, of Madison Co., Alabama sold to John McHenry of Wayne Co. for $650 all their right and claim in the estate of Joseph Hinds, dec'd, of Wayne Co. which was willed to Minerva Brady, who since the date of the will married and became the lawful wife of John W. Jones . . . which is an equal interest with the balance of the heirs in the lands, Negroes, money, and everything else belonging to said estate. (Bk H, pgs 74-75) The deceased Joseph Hinds is a first cousin of John McHenry's father-in-law, who is also named Joseph Hinds. J. W. Jones and his wife Minerva appeared before Levi Hinds, a Justice of Peace in Madison Co., who is a brother of John McHenry's father-in-law.
Then on August 28, 1847 John McHenry of Bates Co., Missouri sold to John S. Wray of Wayne Co., Kentucky for $308 a portion of what he had purchased roughly a decade earlier. Specifically he sold "all his interest and claim to 200 acres on the south side of Main Big Road leading from Monticello to Somerset near Walter Emerson's and the same tract which Joseph Hinds lived on at the time of his death and the same which said Joseph Hinds willed to his wife during her life time and the same on which said John S. Wray now resides . . . the same interest which McHenry purchased from John W. Jones and Manerva, his wife, and Joseph Bond and Charity, his wife, heirs and legal representatives of Joseph Hinds, dec'd, and the same interest Willed to said Heirs by the last Will and testament of said Hinds". (Bk K, pg 68)
At his death John McHenry still owned an interest in 2 other tracts in Wayne Co. related to the Brady inheritance. See the notes under John S. Wray for details of how the heirs disposed of that interest. John McHenry was involved in other real estate transactions in Wayne Co.
MISSOURI:
On page 1183 in THE HISTORY OF CASS AND BATES COUNTIES MISSOURI (National Historical Company, 1883) there is a biographical sketch of James McHenry which says the following about his father:
James McHenry is the son of John McHenry, who was born in Wayne Country, Kentucky, and who in 1840 came to what is now Bates County, settling in Walnut Township. He was among the first settlers of this part of the county and was the first representative of Bates County in the state legislature. He died in Jefferson City on the 8th day of January, 1849, while the legislature was in session. He married Margaret Hines, also a native of Wayne County, Kentucky.
Page 953, THE HISTORY OF CASS AND BATES COUNTIES MISSOURI at the beginning of Chapter XXVII, Walnut Township:
One of the earliest settlers of Walnut Township was Hon. John McHenry who had the honor of being the first representative in the general assembly from Bates County. He was a native of Wayne County, Kentucky, where he was born in 1797. He emigrated to Missouri in April 1840 and was elected to the legislature in 1842. His opponents in the race were Frederick Chotou and a man by the name of Douglas, both of whom were Whigs. McHenry was a Democrat. The race was an exciting one. Douglas received a very small proportion of the votes cast and was scarcely known in the race. McHenry and Chotou were the main candidates. The people were not looking so much at their political complexion as they were to the man and his ability to faithfully represent them.
"Then none was for a party;
Then all were for the state;
Then the great man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great."
Both were about equally popular with the people. Chotou was elected, he having received the votes of a number of Frenchmen (he being of that nationality) who were not naturalized. Chotou, however, being a fair minded man, consented to run the race over with McHenry rather than McHenry should contest the election by law. The parties this time made a thorough canvass and did their utmost to bring out the full vote of the county. The election was exceedingly closely contested but upon the counting of the votes (voted viva voce then) it was ascertained that McHenry was the successful candidate by a few votes. McHenry was again a candidate in 1849 at the election which was held for the purpose of electing men to form a new state constitution. He was again successful and started soon after to Jefferson City, the capital of the state. Having arrived there but was taken sick with malarial fever and died. Mr. McHenry was a plain farmer, but a man of good judgment and an enterprising citizen, one who was ever ready and willing to do all he could for the interests of the county where he lived.
Following Mr. McHenry, but coming a year later, was James McHenry, his son, who was also a native of Wayne County, Kentucky, arriving in Walnut Township November 15, 1841, and locating on Walnut Creek. He still resides in Bates County. Martha Guyer, a daughter of John McHenry, now resides in Texas.
James Goodrich, a nephew of the elder McHenry, emigrated west at the same time, coming from the same county in Kentucky, and settling in Bates County, in the same neighborhood. He left Bates in 1844, and finally went to California.
BIRTH PLACE:
His tombstone says Montgomery Co., Kentucky. The biographical sketch mentioned above on page 1183 in THE HISTORY OF CASS AND BATES COUNTIES MISSOURI says Wayne Co., Kentucky.
1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 99270852.
2
June Baldwin Bork, "Wayne Co., Ky. Marriages & Vital Records 1801--1860," Vol 2, pg 34. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
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