Hugh Henry Cemetery
Bent Rd, between several homes, about 1 mile west of Douglas Dam Rd.
From the above pictured historical marker:
A member of the Watauga Association 1772, he served with Bledsoe in 1777. In 1778 he took the Oath of Allegiance to the state in Washington District Court of NC. He joined the Mountain Men of John Sevier at King's Mountain and was later at the Battle of Boyd's creek. He was deputy from Washinton County to meet in the convention at Jonesboro in 1784. The Treaty of Dumplin Creek was held at the home of Major Henry on June 10, 1785. he is buried in Henry Cemetery. |
The cemetery was said to contain possibly 75-90 burials, though only 4 headstones were found. It is also said that seventeen slaves of Major Henry were buried here as well.
HUGH HENRY
Virginia
Major North Carolina Mil
Revolutionary War
April 1756 March 1838
Fred Hickman Co I 10 Tenn Cav (below)
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