HENRY BELOTE served in NC during the Revolutionary War. He and James Bentley left Bertie Co, NC, about 1796 and took their families to the area which became Sumner Co, TN, where Henry built a log house near the Cumberland River and established a ferry. Henry had married Harriet Bentley in 1782 in Bertie Co (Nottingham Monk, Bm, from Marriage Records of Bertie County North Carolina, 1762-1868, p7, compiled by Raymond Parker Fouts). Harriet was the daughter of John and Francis Bentley, and probably sister to James Bentley who accompanied Henry and Harriet to Sumner Co.

In Sumner Co Henry Belote acquired a fair fortune and raised a family. His will is dated 18 Feb 1827, proved May 1827 (Sumner County Will Abstract, 1788-1882). The will names grandsons James M. Swaney and Henry A. Belote; grandchildren Jeremiah, John, Sally Smith, and Clarissa (children of deceased son Jeremiah); granddau Elizabeth B. Swaney; James, Caroline, Mariah E., Henry, Mary M., and Patsy P. Swaney (children of John L. Swaney and Ann my dau); and Patsy Belote and John Ward are mentioned. A codicil was dtd 12 Mar 1827. Executors were John L. Swaney; William Cage, and Lucillius Winchester. Henry, his wife and members of their family are said to be buried in a Belote family cemetery near Belote's Bend in Sumner Co. A second Belote cemetery is located near the Bledsoe Pioneer Monument at Castalian Springs, TN. Henry Belote had at least three children:

1. JEREMIAH BELOTE (Sr), probably b in Bertie Co, NC, m ______ Patton. Jeremiah's will is dtd 14 Sep 1816, proved Aug 1822 (Sumner County Will Abstract, 1788-1882). His children were Jeremiah Belote, b 1 Aug 1810, d 14 Mar 1881 (m 22 Dec 1829, Nancy M., Wilson, b 1812); JOHN L. BELOTE; Sally Belote (m a Smith); and Clarissa Ann Belote (12 Mar 1829, William W. Rutledge).
   JOHN L. BELOTE, b 11 Nov 1811, d 17 Apr 1894. He m Mary E.or L. ______ (b 9 Mar 1824, d 26 May 1866) and their children (1860 census & cem records) were George E. Belote, b 20 Apr 1848, d 2 Oct 1923; John C. Belote, b 4 Apr 1850, d 14 Dec 1885; William B. Belote, b ca 1852; MARY A. (MOLLIE) BELOTE, b 3 Dec 1854; and Kate (Catherine) Belote, b ca 1859 (m Samuel Wynne, b 1853). There may have been other children b after 1860. John L. Belote and his wife Mary are buried in the Belote cemetery near the Bledsoe Pioneer Monument at Castalian Springs.
   MOLLY BELOTE, b1854, d 16 Jul 1904. She m on 13 Mar 1877, JOHN H. WINCHESTER. The 1880 Sumner Co census lists George Belote (30), Richard Belote (28), Preston Belote (18), John Winchester (27), Mollie (25), Samuel (26) and Katie Wynne (20), Jo (23) and Willie (7) Shannon, and Dave Thompson (49). Richard, and Preston may also be sons of John L. Belote. I believe John and Mollie Winchester named their daughter Kate Winchester for Mollie's sister Kate Belote Wynne.

   JOHN BELOTE, b 19 Aug 1788, Bertie Co, NC, d 30 Aug 1826, will dtd 26 Aug 1826. John m Patsey _____, and their children were (under age and unnamed in John's will in 1826) Henry A. Belote, and Nancy Belote (may have m George Blackmore).

   ANN/ANNIE BELOTE, m 5 Feb 1806, John Lee Swaney (b 8 Dec 1779, or 81, d 30 Aug 1876). Their children were James M. Swaney (shown as a blacksmith in the 1850 census); Caroline Swaney; Mariah E. Swaney; Henry Swaney; Mary M. Swaney; Patsy P. Swaney; and Elizabeth B. Swaney.