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Descendants of William Henry, Esq.

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM¹ 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. THOMAS CAMPBELL.
	ix.	JOSIAH HENRY.
9.	x.	MARY HENRY.

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