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Henry Ware Sr. (1726 - aft. 1801)

Capt. Henry Ware Sr.
Born in Caroline, Virginiamap
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Husband of — married 1747 in Caroline, Virginia, Americamap
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Died after after age 75 in Lincoln County, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Henry was born about 1726 in Caroline County, Virginia. His father was Nicholas Ware and his mother's maiden name was Long.


The following is from The Ware Family History

Although Henry Ware, Sr. was sworn to military duty in the Caroline Co. Militia on 13 Mar 1762, at age 36, it was not until 1771 that he attained the rank of Captain. Being a blacksmith, Henry was undoubtedly in excellent shape for the job. The Revolution began in 1775, Henry was 50, two years later he organized and equipped a company of militia at his own expense, which served on active duty during the war, in which all five of his sons, served with him.


Robert Garrett, Nicholas Ware III, and Henry Ware were sworn to military duty on the same day, 13 Mar 1762; Nicholas and Henry as Lieutenants, and Robert Garrett as a Commissioned Officer in the Caroline Militia. A Halifax land deed later shows Nicholas as "Col. Nicholas Ware" on 10 Jul 1777. They took oath to His Majesty's Crown and Government, the first under the Commonwealth of Virginia. Henry married Martha Garrett, and his brother Nicholas married her sister, Dorothy "Dolly" Garrett, daughters of John Garrett and Frances Dudley.

The Wares soon left Virginia and made their home in South Carolina, Henry and Martha settled in an area called District Ninety-Six. Henry may have moved his family to Ninety-Six District in South Carolina as early as 1772.

After the founding of Charles Towne (near the present city of Charleston, S.C.) late in the 17th Century, trade and commerce increased between coastal residents and Indians of the interior. The Cherokee Path was a primary trade route between Charles Towne and the inland Indian villages, but a number of the paths across SC intersected at Ninety-Six. The name "Ninety-Six" came from an estimate that the site lay ninety-six miles down the Cherokee Path from Keowee, a major Indian town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Because of the intersecting paths and its convenience as a stopover point, the area became a hub for trading many goods and services. Leather and pelts were the principal interest of white traders and were purchased from Indians, white hunters and trappers in exchange for guns, powder, rum and other supplies. [1]

War came to the colonies and to South Carolina in 1775. The first land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the South was fought at Ninety Six November 19-21, 1775.[2]

Patriots fought against a Loyalist force at Ninety-SIx.[3]

Henry is listed on the 1779 census for Ninety-Six District.[4]

WARE Henry 1779 Old 96th D SC No Twp. Listed

Military

Notes for Henry Ware, Sr.: On 13 Mar 1762, he was sworn to military duty in the Caroline County Militia at the rank of Lieutenant; in 1771 he attained the rank of Captain.

During the Revolutionary War, he organized and equipped a company of militia at his own expense.

Henry Ware Sr. Ancestor #: A120800 Notice: Service: GEORGIA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SOLDIER Birth: CIRCA 1730 VIRGINIA Death: POST 11-1-1801 LINCOLN CO GEORGIA Service Source: CANDLER, REV RECS OF GA, VOL 3, PP 76, 105, 106, 191, 253, 254; KNIGHT, GA'S ROSTER OF THE REV, P 189 Service Description: 1) JUSTICE; MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY; RECEIVED CERTIFICATE FOR BOUNTY LAND

Early in the battle most enlistees would join and leave the army as they pleased. Weapons and supplies were so scarce that, at one point, Ben Franklin advocated using bows and arrows. At the battle of Guilford Court House, NC in 1781, General Nathaniel Greene placed the inexperienced NC militiamen in front and his more seasoned men in the rear. They were soon forced to retreat, but severely hurt the enemy, forcing it northward to Virginia.

In Oct. 1781, Washington's force of 9,000 men and a French force of 7,000 attacked Cornwallis's army at Yorktown. The French fleet under the "Comte de Grasse" blocked Chesapeake Bay, the British fleet could not enter to aid Cornwallis, and the British were defeated ending the war.

Henry's sons Nicholas, James, Henry Jr., and Robert Ware returned home safely after the war. It is not known if his son John died during the war, but he died during this time period, leaving behind two young sons Thomas and Henry, of whom only Henry survived to be named in his grandfather's will in 1801.

Life after the Revolutionary War

After returning home from the war, Henry, Sr. received a land grant in Wilkes County, Georgia (in a part which later became Lincoln Co.) for his service during the war, and soon moved to Wilkes County which was one of the first seven counties established in Georgia. That initial warrant and survey was for 400 acres.


After settling in, he was selected by the community to hold the office of Justice of the Peace in Wilkes County and in 1783 he was chosen to represent Wilkes County in the Georgia House of Representatives.

He receive another land warrant on 12 July of 1784 in Wilkes County for 200 acres.[5] In 1798 he was selected to be a Georgia Delegate to the first Constitutional Convention in Louisville, Georgia. Notes: . According to the will of John Garrett, they were living in Georgia on 23 Oct 1784.In Georgia, they lived in Wilkes County, Georgia near the Savannah River side of the county that was cut off to form Lincoln County in 1796.


12 Apr 1784 - Certificate of Service by Col. Elijah Clark upon which he requested 250a bounty in Washington County. (Revolutionary Record Georgia, Candler, vol. ii, p. 76-106,191,254).


He was appointed Justice of the Peace in Wilkes County, Georgia on 12 Jan 1782 by House of Assembly, and again on 30 Apr 1782 and 4 Feb 1783. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, and a member of the Continental Congress elected from Georgia. He attended the Savannah Assembly on 7 Jan 1783 as Representative of Wilkes County. He was Justice of Inferior Court, Lincoln County, Georgia 24 Aug 1796 and Feb 1798, and a delegate from Lincoln County to the Convention in Louisville in 1798 when the Georgia state constitution was formed.


HENRY WARE I

BIRTH: ca. 1726 Caroline Co., VA
DEATH: 11/1/1801 Lincoln Co., GA
MARRIED: ca. 1747 Caroline Co., VA
WIFE: Martha Garrett
FATHER: Nicholas Ware II
MOTHER: Ms. Long
WIFE'S FATHER: John Garrett
WIFE'S MOTHER: Frances Dudley
DESCENDING SON: Henry Ware, II
CHILDREN:
1. Frances Ware, ca. 1748 m. Thomas Waugh of Bedford, VA
2. Martha "Patsy" Ware, ca. 1750 m. Edmund Lyon
3. John Ware, ca. 1752 d. 1795 Franklin Co., GA m. Mary Moss
4. James Ware (Capt), ca. ​1754-1826 Morgan Co., GA m. Mary Tate 1780
5. Henry Ware, Jr., b. 12/16/1756 d. 11/22/1807 Lincoln Co., GA
6. Nicholas Ware, b. 1758 Caroline Co., VA d. 1827 Morgan Co., GA
7. Robert Ware, b. 10/10/1759 d. 5/18/1827 Montgomery, AL
8. Sarah Ware, b. 9/15/1762 d. 8/7/1853 Henry Co., GA
​ Henry Ware, Sr's will was probated in Lincoln County, Georgia on 1 Nov 1801 and is recorded on pp. 44, 45, & 46 of the Will Book, Lincoln County Probate Court 1796-1808. The will mentions 1.) Wife Martha; 2.)Grandsons Thomas Ware and Henry Ware III sons of John Ware; 3.)Granddaughter Patsy Ware (II) daughter of his son Nicholas Ware; 4.)Sons: Nicholas, Robert, James and Henry Ware Jr; 5.) Daughters:Frances Ware Waugh, Sarah Ware McLendon, and Patsy Ware Lyon. This will was proved on 15 Jan 1808. There is another will in Book B, page one. It has a slight change of names. Henry Ware, Sr,


Sources

  1. http://www.warefamilyhistory.com/index.html
  2. https://www.ninetysixsc.gov/?page_id=62
  3. https://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_ninety_six_1775.html
  4. http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/districts/census/1779_96d.txt
  5. "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZQ1J-85PZ : 2 February 2022), Henry Ware, 5 Sep.




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I am believe I am a descendant of Peter Ware b. circa 1605 in either Kent, england or Dublin, Ireland married to Mary hickes of Dublin Ireland. He died the 10 september 1659 in york River, Hampton Parish, Virginia, Colonial America. I am also descended from the Garrett family.
posted by Denise Chillman
Under the Ware Family of virginia Civil War Archive a photo of Josiah Ware ( descendant of the James Ware family of Virginia) appears and it is written of him "owner of prosperous antebellum plantatin known as Springfield" near winchester, VA.

I am looking for ancestors living in Goochland County, VA. which was cut off from Henrico County. Later, Goochland County was renamed Campbell County. This is near the region of Lynchburg. i am a descendant of Jacob Carwile Sr. who was buried near the Falling River (near Suck Creek) in the Carwile family Cemetary. I am a descendant of the Ware, Watts, Newcomb and Carwile families. If my info. is correct I am descended from Peter Ware Senior b. circa 1605 in Dublin, Ireland . He arrived in VA. 1657. (U.S. and canada Passenger and immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s.) He died 10 September 1659 in york River, Hampton Parish, VA.

posted by Denise Chillman
There is a web site for some descendants of the Ware family under warefamilies.org under the heading "A Place Ware We Can Meet" There was also a book written in 2003 called "A Ware Family History" by Wanda Degidio

The book "Hoskins of VA and Related Families: Hundley, Ware....." pg. 167 Peter Ware Junior's son : Valentine Ware b. circa 1640 or 1670 in King and Queen county VA. colonial America d. circa 1720 or 1740 New kent, VA "was a contempoary of Nicholas Ware of Stratton Major Parish" . Valentine ware was living in king and Queen County, VA. in 1693 when he "confirmed the purchase of his father's land" (Peter Ware's land). to "Nathanel Bacon in york county, VA.

posted by Denise Chillman
Ware-566 and Ware-3879 appear to represent the same person because: Both were married to Martha Garrett. Both were born in Virginia. Both had sons named Nicholas. Both had the same father.
posted on Ware-3879 (merged) by John Simmons Jr.
Ware-1967 and Ware-566 appear to represent the same person because: These appear to be the same HENRY WARE. I just connected myself to the WARE-566 as the father of my Frances WARE that married Archibald PERKINS. When looking for the connection, I saw that two existed and Ware-1967 should merge into the earlier Ware-566 which has more information. I believe you can create the merge or you can add me to the trusted list and I can do it. Thanks so much - Ellen Leemann
posted by Ellen (Taylor) Leemann

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