William McHenry is believed to have been born in 1771. He married Hannah Ruth Blackford in the late 1790's in Logan County, Kentucky. Logan County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ...

McHenry served as a Lieutenant in Price’s Battalion of Mounted Volunteers and participated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, near modern Toledo, Ohio. The Battle of Fallen Timbers (August 20, 1794) was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between American Indians and the United States for control of the Northwest Territory. ... Nickname: The Glass City, T-Town Official website: http://www. ...

McHenry moved from Henderson County, Kentucky in 1810. The family settled in what is now White County, Illinois, along the trail between the salt works near Old Shawneetown, Illinois and Fort Vincennes. Henderson County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... White County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... Old Shawneetown is a village located in Gallatin County, Illinois. ... The city of Vincennes is the county seat of Knox County, Indiana. ...

In 1811, McHenry served in the Illinois Militia during Tecumseh's War, which culminated in the Battle of Tippecanoe in the Indiana territory. After the outbreak of the War of 1812, he participated in the attack on the Native American village at Peoria, which was allied with the British. At Vincennes in 1810, Tecumseh loses his temper when William Henry Harrison refuses to rescind the Treaty of Fort Wayne. ... The Battle of Tippecanoe was a decisive victory by United States forces led by then-Governor of the Indiana Territory William Henry Harrison over the forces of Tecumsehs growing American Indian confederation. ... Indiana Territory was an organized territory of the United States from 1800 to 1816, created by Act of Congress and signed into law by President John Adams on May 7, 1800, effective on July 4. ... The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and British Empire from 1812 to 1815, on land in North America and at sea around the world. ... Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria CountyGR6, Illinois, in the United States. ...

McHenry was a delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention in 1818, and elected to the first Illinois House of Represenatives.

McHenry served as a Major, leading the Mounted Spies, in the Blackhawk War in 1832. He became ill during the campaign, and was mustered out, at the age of 61. He was promptly elected to the State Senate. The Black Hawk War was a war fought in 1832 in the Midwestern section of the United States of America between American settlers and Native Americans. ...

William McHenry died in 1835 in a boarding house in Vandalia, Illinois, which was then the State capital. Vandalia is a city located in Fayette County, Illinois. ...

Place Names

• McHenry County, Illinois

McHenry County is located in the state of Illinois. ...

External references

• Major William McHenry