John McGahey Henry was born in 1824 in Lawrence County, Alabama [1]
to William Henry and Mary Polly McGaughey both born in Tennessee. In an 1830 BLM Land Record his father William Henry sells land in AL to Samuel McGaughey. [2] The family is in Madison County, Mississippi in 1833 and appears in the 1840 Census in Madison County MS. In 1843, William and Mary Henry sell land in Madison Co MS. [3] John's father, William Henry, dies before 1847 as that is when Mary Polly Henry (widow) appears in her mother's pension application as widow. John M. marries Anna Susan Lott about 1845 and, together with Anna's brother Solomon Lott and John's sister, Margaret A. Henry, they move to Scott County MS. John McGahey Henry is Bondsman for his sister's marriage to Anna's brother on Dec 29, 1845.[4] John and Anna had four children Eliza A, Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie", Sarah "Sallie" Henry and son Columbus Washington Henry. John and family were in 1860, 1870 and 1880 US Census MS. In 1880 census, John states that his parents were born in Tennessee. [5]
John M's wife, Anna died in 1884 and he then married Caroline "Callie" Shepard. John died May 7, 1902 per his military pension records. [Military Records: John served in the Civil War from Neshoba County, Mississippi with brother Sion Perry Henry in the 33rd MS Infantry of the "Cumberland Guards" Company A, Confederate Army.]
↑ *Madison Co, MS Bk F Page 196 Recorded 18 February 1839 William Henry and Mary his wife deed Peter W? Martin of TN signed Wm Henry and Mary P x Henry...witnessed by Wm Montgomery and William x Cagle. 1840 Madison County, Mississippi.
↑ *Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17141030 : accessed 29 September 2018), memorial page for John McGahey Henry (1824–1902), Find A Grave Memorial no. 17141030, citing Hodge Hill Cemetery, Morton, Scott County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Gwen Langley Pittman (contributor 46852787) .
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Thanks to Jay W for creating this profile on 22 Oct 2011.
Thanks to Gwen Boyd for creating this profile on Nov 5, 2012
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
Henry-1072 and Henry-1173 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same person. Note that John's middle name is McGahey per his Civil War pension application and also his mother's maiden name was McGaughey. Also see Findagrave headstone inscription. Thank you
edited by Gwen Boyd