George Henry

Greene Co., TN 1780's & Cooke Co., TN Militia 1798. George served in the Cocke Co., TN militia with Major Peter Fine and his son, Lt. Lidgard Fine. [There is a good explanation of the naming of the children. There are also a number of Cynthia Annes in the family, later,]

George Henry was commissioned Ensign in the Cocke Co. Militia on 5 April, 1798.

"In 1783 George Henry was involved in a battle with the Cherokee Indians at the Cherokee Town of Cowee in historic Haywood County, North Carolina which is now the present day Cowee Mound located by the Little Tennessee River in the present day Township of Cowee in Macon County, North Carolina. This battle was led by Major Peter Fine. During the aftermath of this battle the son of Major Peter Fine, Lieutenant Vinet Fine, was killed. George Lafayette Henry and his wife Cynthia Anne "Annie" Fine Henry named one of their children after Vinet Fine." (1)

Marriage 1 Cynthia Anne Fine b: 1760

Children

1. John Henry b: 1788 in Greene County, TN
2. Joseph Henry b: ABT 1790
3. Vinet Henry b: 10 MAR 1793 in Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee
4. Thomas Henry b: ABT 1795
5. George Washington Henry b: 1798 in Roane Co., TN
6. Elizabeth Henry

Sources

1. http://www.harpersinmissouri.com/George-Lafayette-Henry.html
2. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rick%5Fhe...

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Greene Co., TN 1780's & Cooke Co., TN Militia 1798. George served in the Cocke Co., TN militia with Major Peter Fine and his son, Lt. Lidgard Fine. [There is a good explanation of the naming of the children. There are also a number of Cynthia Annes in the family, later,]

George Henry was commissioned Ensign in the Cocke Co. Militia on 5 April, 1798.

"In 1783 George Henry was involved in a battle with the Cherokee Indians at the Cherokee Town of Cowee in historic Haywood County, North Carolina which is now the present day Cowee Mound located by the Little Tennessee River in the present day Township of Cowee in Macon County, North Carolina. This battle was led by Major Peter Fine. During the aftermath of this battle the son of Major Peter Fine, Lieutenant Vinet Fine, was killed. George Lafayette Henry and his wife Cynthia Anne "Annie" Fine Henry named one of their children after Vinet Fine." (1)

Marriage 1 Cynthia Anne Fine b: 1760

Children

John Henry b: 1788 in Greene County, TN Joseph Henry b: ABT 1790 Vinet Henry b: 10 MAR 1793 in Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee Thomas Henry b: ABT 1795 George Washington Henry b: 1798 in Roane Co., TN Elizabeth Henry