Date Original
1848
Description
This tax receipt was issued to John Henry by Crawford County, Arkansas.
Biographical/Historical Note
John Henry was born in 1806 in Massachusetts, and was one of the early settlers of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas. He was a friend of Sam Houston of Texas, and conducted business with him for a few years. He also opened mercantile businesses with Edward Cunningham and D.C. Williams. On August21, 1838, he married Adaline Parks of Franklin County. That same year, he sold stock for the Van Buren and Fayetteville Turnpike Company. In 1840, he acted as director of a bank, which he opened with John Drennen and George C. Pickett. At the beginning of the Civil War, Henry moved to New Orleans, where he went into business with Brown Taylor. He died February 19, 1891, in New Orleans.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Louisiana; Massachusetts
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.008.019
Resource Type
Text
Collection
John Henry tax receipt, SMC.008.019
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
John Henry tax receipt, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
