Henry Jefferson 
Henry was born in 1778 in Fairfax County,Virginia. Henry's father was Jeremiah Jefferson. He was an only child. He died at the age of 94 on January 7th, 1872 in Cabell County,West Virginia.General Notes
Henry C. and his wife Elizabeth moved from Alexandra Birginai andsettled on Wild Cat Creek, near Barboursville, in Cabell County. Onthe 1st Day of September 1821, he and his wife received deed for one hundred acres of land, for and during the natural lives of Henry Jefferson and Elizabeth, his wife. This was really a lease, for which they were to pay one dollar the first year and twenty dollars per year thereafter. They stayed there many tears, but later moved to a farm that his son Henry Jefferson Jr., owned on Nine Mile Creek. In hislatter years he moved to Seven Mile Creek and lived with hes daughter America and died at her home. He was a Gunsmith and said to have served in the war of 1812. He had a very large family in Cabell County, W.VA.
Copyed from information provided by the Virginia and West Virginia,KYOWVA Genealogical Society,Chapter 15
Henry and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on April 4th, 1803 in Fairfax County,Virginia. They had two sons and a daughter, named John Washington, Thomas and Amy.
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Children
Amy Jefferson
Amy was born on August 14th, 1807 in Fairfax,VA. She died at the age of 98 on November 2nd, 1905 in Lincoln County,WV. She was buried in Curry Chapel.
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