23 OCT 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio from creator of memorial is below divider. ~
Husb. of Rachel Smith. History records his name was Jim Henry as a youth near the Flint River in Georgia; & that he was a non-Indian child captive raised to manhood by the Muscogee (Creek) Indians. He attended church schools. In 1836, Jim Henry was imprisoned as a combatant in the Creek War, arising from Creek retaliation against emigrators' atrocities in the Nation. He was later sent to Ft. Gibson Indian Territory on parole. He took the name of James McHenry; during the Civil War he joined the 1st Regiment Creek Mtd. Volunteers C.S.A.; later appointed Capt.,then Major on staff, for 1st Regmtl. Creek Mtd. Vol. He had become a Methodist minister in the Territory, establishing several churches, at Okmulgee and Broken Arrow. He was elected to the Muskogee Natl.Council; served as President of the House of Kings for 4 years.; drafted with others the Creek Nation Constitution; served on committee to construct a new Capitol (Creek Nation) at Okmulgee, completed in 1878; Later, he was District Judge for Coweta Dist.,Creek Nation. Father of Lewis,(1866-1916) a circuit minister; and Henrietta [McHenry]. Berryhill Sarty, Creek roll, d. 1940. [Data: Donald A. Wise, author of a biography of Rev. McHenry.]
Husb. of Rachel Smith. History records his name was Jim Henry as a youth near the Flint River in Georgia; & that he was a non-Indian child captive raised to manhood by the Muscogee (Creek) Indians. He attended church schools. In 1836, Jim Henry was imprisoned as a combatant in the Creek War, arising from Creek retaliation against emigrators' atrocities in the Nation. He was later sent to Ft. Gibson Indian Territory on parole. He took the name of James McHenry; during the Civil War he joined the 1st Regiment Creek Mtd. Volunteers C.S.A.; later appointed Capt.,then Major on staff, for 1st Regmtl. Creek Mtd. Vol. He had become a Methodist minister in the Territory, establishing several churches, at Okmulgee and Broken Arrow. He was elected to the Muskogee Natl.Council; served as President of the House of Kings for 4 years.; drafted with others the Creek Nation Constitution; served on committee to construct a new Capitol (Creek Nation) at Okmulgee, completed in 1878; Later, he was District Judge for Coweta Dist.,Creek Nation. Father of Lewis,(1866-1916) a circuit minister; and Henrietta [McHenry]. Berryhill Sarty, Creek roll, d. 1940. [Data: Donald A. Wise, author of a biography of Rev. McHenry.]
23 OCT 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio from creator of memorial is below divider. ~
Husb. of Rachel Smith. History records his name was Jim Henry as a youth near the Flint River in Georgia; & that he was a non-Indian child captive raised to manhood by the Muscogee (Creek) Indians. He attended church schools. In 1836, Jim Henry was imprisoned as a combatant in the Creek War, arising from Creek retaliation against emigrators' atrocities in the Nation. He was later sent to Ft. Gibson Indian Territory on parole. He took the name of James McHenry; during the Civil War he joined the 1st Regiment Creek Mtd. Volunteers C.S.A.; later appointed Capt.,then Major on staff, for 1st Regmtl. Creek Mtd. Vol. He had become a Methodist minister in the Territory, establishing several churches, at Okmulgee and Broken Arrow. He was elected to the Muskogee Natl.Council; served as President of the House of Kings for 4 years.; drafted with others the Creek Nation Constitution; served on committee to construct a new Capitol (Creek Nation) at Okmulgee, completed in 1878; Later, he was District Judge for Coweta Dist.,Creek Nation. Father of Lewis,(1866-1916) a circuit minister; and Henrietta [McHenry]. Berryhill Sarty, Creek roll, d. 1940. [Data: Donald A. Wise, author of a biography of Rev. McHenry.]
Husb. of Rachel Smith. History records his name was Jim Henry as a youth near the Flint River in Georgia; & that he was a non-Indian child captive raised to manhood by the Muscogee (Creek) Indians. He attended church schools. In 1836, Jim Henry was imprisoned as a combatant in the Creek War, arising from Creek retaliation against emigrators' atrocities in the Nation. He was later sent to Ft. Gibson Indian Territory on parole. He took the name of James McHenry; during the Civil War he joined the 1st Regiment Creek Mtd. Volunteers C.S.A.; later appointed Capt.,then Major on staff, for 1st Regmtl. Creek Mtd. Vol. He had become a Methodist minister in the Territory, establishing several churches, at Okmulgee and Broken Arrow. He was elected to the Muskogee Natl.Council; served as President of the House of Kings for 4 years.; drafted with others the Creek Nation Constitution; served on committee to construct a new Capitol (Creek Nation) at Okmulgee, completed in 1878; Later, he was District Judge for Coweta Dist.,Creek Nation. Father of Lewis,(1866-1916) a circuit minister; and Henrietta [McHenry]. Berryhill Sarty, Creek roll, d. 1940. [Data: Donald A. Wise, author of a biography of Rev. McHenry.]
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