Henry County Genealogy Records

Henry County was established in 1777 when it was taken from Pittsylvania County. It was first given name of Patrick Henry County (in honor of Patrick Henry, the first Governor of Virginia) of " Leatherwood Plantation" having some 10,000-acres. In 1785 the northern part of Patrick Henry County was combined with part of Bedford County to form Franklin County. In 1790, Patrick Henry County was split again: the western part became Patrick County and the rest remained Henry County. The county seat is Martinsville.

Henry County Marriage Licenses

Letchworth, Benjamin to Eleanor Adams 24 Oct 1792
Lyon, Stephen to Elley Perkins 11 Dec 1782
Lanier, Wahington to Elizabeth Hicks 15 Nov 1784
Mitchell, William to Martha Stoker 30 May 1778
Moore, Shater to Ann Hooker 13 May 1778
McGuire, Allegania to Sarah Holliday 27 June 1782
Martin, Joseph to Susannah Graves 24 Feb 1784
Martin, Joseph to Ruth Dillard 30 Aug 1793
Melvin, Levi to Elizabeth Gooch 18 June 1793
Murphy, Gabriel toRuth Peregoy 7 Nov 1794
Mastin, Jacob to Elizabeth Melvin 12 Jul 1792
Mays, Liggen to Easter Daniel 2 Jul 1792
Nunn, Thomas to Jean Pace 14 Jan 1794
Norris, Zebeulon to Elizabeth Dillingham 14 Dec 1793
Northcutt, Frances to Lucy Haley 26 May 1794
Norton, John to Sarah Penn 26 Jul 1784
Nichols, David to Clarey Rowland 4 Dec 1793
O. Neal, Basil to Milly Briscoe 17 Jan 1789
Pedigo, Robert Jr. to ____ Parsley 3 Jan 1792
Pool, George to Cloah Payne 25 Dec 1778
Penn, George to Patty Farriss 6 Dec 1784
Patrick, James to Sarah Dunlop 13 Oct 1791
Pearson, Meredith to Rhoda DeLozier 10 May 1794
Philport, Samuel to Mary Hannah 12 Jan 1785
Pyrtle, John to Polly Maupin 5 Feb 1793
Parberry, James to Ann Graves 10 May 1784
Peck, David to Jean Martin 26 Aug 1779
Philpott, Charles to Elizabeth Hubbard 24 Nov 1794
Pitman, James to Martha Taylor 2 Jul 1781
Quarles, James to Elizabeth Pelphry 22 Nov 1791
Reynolds, George to Susannah Lansford 13 June 1779
Rowland, Michael to Elizabeth Hairston 20 June 1778
Rowland, Baldwin to Sarah Hairston 8 May 1782
Rowland, John Jr. to Enis Sturgeon 23 Jul 1780
Richards, Shadrick to Susannah Hamilton 28 Oct 1779
Rea, David to Frances East 22 Jul 1794
Richardson, John to Mary Ryan 16 Jan 1779
Rentfro, Mark to Naomi Standifer 22 Apr 1779
Ray, Joseph to Mary Ann Hayse 30 Nov 1793
Standifer, William to Jemima Jones 24 June 1779
Sandford, John to Judith Garner 20 Feb 1778
Smith, Gideon to Mary Hirston 27 Apr 1784
Snidow, Phillip to Barbara Prilliman 14 Feb 1782
Salmon, Thaddeus to Elizabeth Holmes 26 Mar 1794
Shelton, Nathaniel to Mary Shelton 16 Sept 1794
Steward, William to Milly Eastes 17 June 1792
Stone, John to Mary Philpott 10 Jul 1792
Stanley, Joseph to Sarah Kitchen 15 June 1785
Stone, William to Elizabeth Nunn 14 Sept 1793
Sumpter, William to Margaret Pyrtle 17 May 1792
Tankersley, George to Elizabeth Garrison 29 Sept 1779
Taylor, James to Elizabeth Williams 29 Dec 1794
Threlkeld, Elijah to Elizabeth Cook 14 Nov 1781
Thompson, William to Dolthien Stockton 12 Mar 1794
Thomas, Augustine to Deborah Fulkerson 1 Dec 1778
Wash, John to Nancy Frazier Gatewood 2 Aug 1779
Wade, Moses to Fanny Furguson 29 Sept___
Woods, John to Lucy Hawkins 10 Apr 1782
Williamson, Robert to Nancy Cox 18 Sept 1793
Woods, George to Fanny Mason 17 Feb 1778
Wilson, Nathaniel to Susannah Stephens 19 May 1793
Ware, John to Margarett Lady 6 Sept 1780
Woods, Hugh to Sarah Ann George 5 Aug 1779

Alexander, William to Jane Ferguson 21 Feb 1778
Anderson, Robert to Elizabeth Graves 4 Sept 1794
Bassett, Burwell to Polly Hunter 24 Jan 1794
Blakey, Churchill to Agnes Anthony 2 Aug 1780
Brown, Isham to Mary Dilloner 19 Jul 1793
Bernard, Walter to Ruth Hill 6 Apr 1782
Briscoe, Truman to Catherine Dunn 22 Dec 1782
Bledsoe, Peachy to Peggy George 12 Jul 1780
Bayles, William to Tabitha Minnes 12 Apr 1793
Billeman, William to Nilly Molen 25 Dec 1794
Burgess, Davis to Lucy Pace 26 Jan 1794
Burress, Jacob to Susannah Martin 13 Mar 1781
Bailey, John to Lydia Wilson 18 Mar 1793
Cannon, James to Patsy Wilson 18 Dec 1793
Crouch, Joseph to Peggy Sanford 20 Feb 1778
Cason, Edward to Lucy Edwards 27 Apr 1793
Colley, John to Sarah France 17 Oct 1789
Cox, John to Leaner Bolling 6 Sept 1791
Clark, John to Sally Standefor 4 Nov 1779
Cunningham, Joseph to Nancy Davis 16 Jul 1793
Cockram, William to Sally Edmondson 5 Aug 1780
Compton, Ebenezer to Alicey Hopper 6 May 1794
Conway, John to Elizabeth Williams 5 Nov 1782
Carter, Joseph to Nanny Manifee 24 Jun 1778
Chewning, John to Lettie Payne 26 Apr 1778
Cayton, William to Rachel Oakes 4 Jan 1793
Carter, Joseph to Mary Dillion 16 Jan 1794
Cunningham, William to Mary Pyrtle 27 Nov 1793
Dillener, Henry to Lucy Murphy 19 Jul 1793
Dooly, Thomas to Lucy Webb 13 Apr 1779
Dillon, William to Tabitha Witt 19 Dec 1792
Dent, Shadrick to Mary Murphy 16 Nov 1783
Dillon, Benjamin Jr. to Elizabeth Witty 21 Mar 1792
Dillingham, Lott to Ann Dillingham 2 Mar 1792
Dickinson, John to Isbell Woods 2 June 1781
Edmundson, Humphrey to Francis Swanson 22 Nov 1779
Elkins, David to Mary Pedigo 6 Apr 1793
Edwards, William to Elizabeth Britain 2 Aug 1791
Edwards, Owen to Judith Morton 29 Oct 1794
Earles, Joshua to Elizabeth Lucas 18 June 1792
Farris, Thomas to Judith Quarles 7 Jan 1792
Fuller, Britain to Nancy Jackson 29 Feb 1780
Griffith, William to Susannah Jones 25 Jul 1782
Griggs, John to Pheby Ackolas 30 Jul 1792
Goven, William to Sarah Griggs 27 Oct 1794
Hailey, John to Lucy Ryan 28 Jul 1794
Hunt, James to Sarah Terry 25 May 1780
Hampton,Laban to Leany Stephens 6 Jan 1794
Hamilton, George to Agnes Cooper 18 Apr 1783
Hogans, William to Nancy Dillard 19 Jan 1780
Hawkins, Benjamin to Molly Taylor 1 Oct 1778
Hopper, William to Hector Stephens 18 May 1793
Hardy, Charles to Rachel Parsley 5 Feb 1793
Haley, William to Nancy Jackson 20 Dec 1792
Hannah, Alexander to Sarah Pelptory 16 Oct 1793
Jones, Robert to Sina Richards 20 June 1785
Joyce, Andrew to Betsy King 25 June 1792
Jamerson, Thomas to Hesey Huston 2 Dec 1794
Kelley, John to Betty Bybee 10 Feb 1781
Knox, Benjamin to Jemima Gardner 12 Jan 1780
King, William to Nancy Mitchell 19 Jul 1794
Kirkham, William to Elizabeth Blize 15 Dec 1792
Lindsey, Henry to Elizabeth Smith 26 Nov 1791