Henry Reynolds (abt. 1781 - abt. 1865)

Born about 1781 in Maryland, United States

Husband of Sinai Reynolds — married [date unknown] in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 1865 at about age 84 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Henry Reynolds is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

Henry was born about 1775. He passed away about 1865.

"The first slaves mentioned in the Coweta History were slaves of Dr. A. B. Calhoun and Silas Reynolds: Henry and Sinai Reynolds; they had six children. According to Mrs. Gail Buckley, daughter of Lena Horn, one of Henry and Sinai’s children was sold to a Mississippi slaveholder and another who was sent to colonize Liberia. Around 1839, Sinai and her son Felix were sold to William Nimmons. Eventually Sinai earned enough money selling items to purchase freedom for herself, Henry, and their sons. In 1859, they moved to Chicago where Sinai died in 1869. Before they left their daughter, Nellie had been sold to Dr. A.B. Calhoun. Sinai’s son Moses moved to Atlanta after the Civil War and married Atlanta Mary Fernando. Their daughter Cora married Edwin Horn. Cora and Edwin’s son Edwin Jr. married Edna Scottron, and are the parents of Lena Horn. The Calhoun plantation was the land where the New Justice Center Complex is today (2008)."

Sources

• THE HISTORY: LIFE & LEGACY OF COWETA’S 1ST DOCUMENTED SLAVES – SINAI AND HENRY REYNOLDS by Emily Kimbell

• The Hornes: An American Family by Gail Lumet Buckley, 2002

• Black Firsts in Coweta County

• The African American Family ADAPTED FROM ESSAYS BY N'TANYA LEE; SIDEBAR ESSAYS BY HALLIE S. HOBSON