Henry Plummer Cheatham (1857 - 1935)

Born 27 Dec 1857 in Granville, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Louisa Sampson (Cherry) Cheatham — married 26 Jan 1884 (to 14 Sep 1899) in Plymouth, Washington, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Mary Laura (Joyner) Cheatham — married 30 Oct 1901 in Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1935 at age 77 in Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Henry Cheatham is Notable.

Henry Plummer Cheatham was an educator, farmer and politician who was elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina during Reconstruction.^[1]

Henry Cheatham was born into slavery in 1857. He was a son of Mary Adeline Cheatham, an enslaved woman of the Isham Cheatham family in Granville County, North Carolina.

He married Louisa Sampson Cherry in North Carolina in 1884.^[2] Henry and Louisa had three children: Charles, Mamie, and Henry, Jr. Louisa died in 1899.

Henry served as Representative to the United States Congress for North Carolina from 1889-1893. He was later appointed Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia and served from 1897-1901.

Harry married Mary Laura Joyner in 1901.^[3] Henry and Laura had four children: Susie, Richard, Laura, and a baby boy who died at birth.

Representative Cheatham returned to North Carolina with Laura, and they ran the "Colored Orphanage" in Fishing Creek, Granville County, North Carolina.

Representative Cheatham died in 1935.^[4] He is buried in Plummer Cheatham Memorial Park in Oxford, North Carolina.^[5]

Slave Owner

• Henry was born enslaved by Isham G Cheatham (1794-1871) who was possibly his biological father.

Research Notes

• The 1870 U.S. Census records show "Plummer" Cheatham living and working on the farm of a Black woman named Indianna Harris.

• The 1880 U.S. Census shows Henry P living with his sister, Frances Margaret Hicks Cheatham, and her family while he was employed as a teacher.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Henry P. Cheatham
2. ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8XZ-XJS : 14 February 2020), Henry P. Cheatham, 1884.
3. ↑ Marriage Registration: "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
   citing Marriage Registration, Southampton, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
   FamilySearch Record: DXT8-XDMM (accessed 12 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91C-T95N-Z Image number 00205
   Henry T Cheatham (41) marriage to Mary Laura Joyner (27) on 30 Oct 1901 in Southampton, Virginia, United States.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPD2-QYR : 30 September 2022), Henry Plummer Cheatham, 1935.
5. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #8060307
   Memorial page for Henry Plummer Cheatham Famous memorial (Dec 1848-29 Nov 1935), citing Plummer Cheatham Memorial Park, Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZ1-476 : 29 May 2021), Plummer Cheatham in entry for Indianna Harris, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6T-TT9 : 14 January 2022), Henry P. Cheatham in household of James R. Cheatham, Henderson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMXB-MX6 : 11 March 2022), Henry P Cheatham in entry for John W Lee, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLMB-GHZ : accessed 16 January 2023), Henry P Cheatham, Fishing Creek, Granville, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 9B, family 148, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1113; FHL microfilm 1,375,126.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZN2-Y6D : 2 February 2021), H P Cheatham, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33H-7Y7 : accessed 16 January 2023), Henry P Cheatham, Fishing Creek, Granville, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 21B, line 69, family 402, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1693; FHL microfilm 2,341,427.

See also:

• North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources online resources, accessed 14 Jan 2023; Historical Marker of Henry P. Cheatham (1857-1935); ID-G94.[1]
• Wikidata: Item Q1607121