Background
Mccoy, Henry Kent was born on January 8, 1820 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert and Sarah (Read) Mccoy.
Mccoy, Henry Kent was born on January 8, 1820 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert and Sarah (Read) Mccoy.
Graduated from College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1839). Studied law under Joseph Henry Lumpkin.
Admitted to Georgia bar, 1842. Practiced in partnership with George H. Dudley, Americus, Georgia, 1842-1849, with Willis A. Hawkins, 1849-1861. Member Georgia Democratic Convention, 1860.
Second in command Lieutenant 12th Georgia Regiment, Confederate Army, 1861, promoted captain, assistant quartermaster, 1862, resigned, 1862.
Member Georgia Constitutional Convention, 1868. The American Association Foreign Justice Georgia Supreme Court, 1868-1875.
Practiced in Atlanta, Georgia., 1875-1882. Judge The United States of America District Court for Northern Georgia, 1882-1886.
Member Georgia Democratic Convention, 1860. Member Georgia Constitutional Convention, 1868.
Married Catherine Hanson, 1842.