The Henry Family: William Henry, Sr. and Malcolm Henry

The Henry Family of York District

You can read Malcolm's pension application describing his Revolutionary War service HERE.

The account of his military experience during this time is quite interesting. It included his

signature.

Here is the family tree for the Henry family. I start with Grammy

as we all know how she fits into our line.

I have tried to find documentation that James Clark, father of our David Clark, somehow contributed to the cause for independence but have found nothing yet. He lived in Lincoln County, North Carolina during this time. North Carolina enacted a law in 1777 that all free white males over the age of 16 had to sign an oath or affirmation, sign/subscribe it in a book kept for that purpose, and have those books or lists returned to the county court. The same act was set forth for county officials.

North Carolina’s oath laws made it difficult for a man to “straddle the fence.” Whatever his private feelings may have been, the law pressed free male inhabitants to make a public choice: swear allegiance to the independent State of North Carolina, or risk being treated as disaffected, disabled in law, and aligned with the Loyalist side. We have not been able to locate the Oath Book for Lincoln County yet but that's not to say it doesn't still exist. The search will continue... James could also have given supplies to the local militia or soldiers.

I continue to communicate with the historical society of Lincoln County, NC and hope to one day add James' name to our list of Patriots. His oldest two sons, Christopher and David moved to what is now Lincoln County, Missouri in the late 1790s and early 1800s. Christopher was the first European settler in the area. David came about 10 years later.

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