I have no dog in this fight, but I thought it was worth pointing out that Berkeley County, Virginia did not become a county until 1772, when it was formed from Frederick County, and in 1863 it became part of West Virginia. Since Hugh Henry was born in 1756, perhaps Frederick County should be the focus of the research as to where he was born. Also, one of my non-Henry Revolutionary War ancestors enlisted in Berkeley County in 1777, although he was born in York County, Pennsylvania. Those researching where Hugh Henry was born might also want to consider Pennsylvania. That is also the likely birthplace of my William Henry of Tryon County, North Carolina, who had sons who fought at the Battle of King's Mountain, one of whom was mortally wounded. For my William Henry, see John Gillon's website at http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thegillons&id=I4484 Robert Strong

Thank you for your comments. I agree on all counts. It seems these Henrys being discussed in the emails leading up to your reply were in PA before coming to VA. The line was Presbyterian and believed to be Ulster Scots or Scots only, most likely Ulster Scots. In pension applications, old soldiers often put the current names of counties when putting where they were born, not the actual name the county was at their births. Another Henry line, the one I know best, Rev. War soldier John Henry of Shady Grove, Dumplin Creek, Jefferson Co., TN, put in his pension application that he was born 1761 in Rockingham Co. VA. At the time of his birth it was Augusta Co., but he was born in the triangle of land between War Branch and Muddy Creek, an area of land that became Rockingham Co. VA; so he gave the county name as he remembered it from his teen-age and young adult years. This Rev. War John Henry was son of Henry Henry who turned tithable in then Augusta Co. VA in 1750 and was born 1732 or before. He may or may not have been previously in PA, but most of the families his children married into followed that pattern. He is believed to have been native Irish and not an Ulster Scot, but we are still working on that, looking for clues and proofs. The DNA tests support the possibility of native Irish. The Henry group discussed in the emails leading up to this email is the first group above. I have DNA results in from the two above groups, and they have 0% chance of sharing a common ancestor in the past 800 yrs! And these two Henry groups lived on opposite ends of a small creek in Jefferson and Sevier Co. TN. We do not yet have a participant for Rev. War William Henry of Jones Cove, Sevier Co., TN. It will be interesting to see if there is a match between either of the two groups above, or we may find we have a totally third separate group here in this small area. We do have a group for a George Henry who was in Cocke Co. TN and apparently all of his that group left Cocke Co. and went to White Co. TN. See: http://genforum.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?putnam,tn::henry::395.html We have other groups testing and are eagerly awaiting results. I will check out your site. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Strong" <strong@nantucket.net> To: <HENRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 5:26 PM Subject: [HENRY] Re: Hugh Henry and Berkeley Co., VA >