Excerpt from "The Lost State of Franklin", 1927
by Samuel Cole Williams (former Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee)
The Franklinites, p.310-311

"HENRY CONWAY

Henry Conway was born in Virginia, and removed to the lower part of the
Nolachucky settlement before 1783, in August of which year he was
appointed one of the tax-assessors of Greene county, and at the November
term of court was on the grand jury.

He served as treasurer of the State of Franklin (1787); as one of the
commissioners who signed the treaty of Coytoy (1786) and as speaker of
the senate of 1786.

Two of the sons of Governor Sevier married his daughters. James Sevier's
wife was Nancy Conway; Major John Sevier's first wife was Elizabeth
Conway. A third daughter married John Sevier, son of Colonel Valentine
Sevier, II, and became the mother of Senator Ambrose Hundley Sevier, of
Arkansas. The wife of Henry Conway was Sarah Hundley of Virginia.

Through his son, Thomas, Henry Conway was progenitor of other grandsons
who rose to eminence in the State of Arkansas. Henry W. Conway served
with distinction under General Jackson in the War of 1812, and was member
of Congress from Arkansas, from 1823 to 1827, when he was killed in a
duel with Robert Crittenden. James Sevier Conway was founder of the city
of Little Rock, Arkansas, and first governor of that State, 1836-1840.
Elias Nelson Conway was the fifth governor of Arkansas.

George Conway, a brother of Henry Conway, was of the commission that laid
out the town of Greeneville. He served as colonel on the Cherokee
expedition of 1793, and was first major-general of the State of
Tennessee. [Editor Note: Mr. Williams is reported by some to be
incorrect, in that George Conway, Maj. Gen., was actually George, son of
Henry Conway's brother, William] Joseph Conway, another brother, served
the State of Franklin.

Without doubt, the Conway family produced more men of ability than any
other Greene county family.

Henry Conway remained throughout all vicissitudes firmly attached to the
State of Franklin. Not until the February term, 1789, of the Greene
county court did he take the oath of allegiance to the State of North
Carolina.

There is more than a hint of record that Henry Conway was a man of full
habits. He lived well, and extended a gracious hospitality. Bishop Ashury
was his guest on one of his visits to Tennessee, and Governor Sevier made
the Conway home a stopping place in his frequent journeying between
Washington county and Knoxville."

1. The Lost State of Franklin 1927,

1. The Lost State of Franklin 1927,

1. The Lost State of Franklin 1927,

1. The Lost State of Franklin 1927,

1. The Lost State of Franklin 1927,