ยท Henry Fox III was born in 1698, and in 1721 he married his first wife, Mary Goodwyn. She became the mother to Unity, Thomas,, Henry, and John. He married his second wife, Martha Keen in 1738 and she was the mother of Temperance, William, and Joseph. In 1720 he moved to the newly formed Brunswick County and became associated with the Virginia Indian Company which had control of all trade with the Indians south of the James River. That is where he became experienced in Indian affairs and military activities which gained him the title of Colonel. He arrived in South Carolina in 1733. He owned plantations in Marlboro County, Clarendon County, and Richland County, where Second Creek became known as Colonel's Creek where he lived when he was not traveling to check on his other plantations. The military career of Colonel Henry Fox III in South Carolina included a mission to the Catawba Indians from 1737-1739, service to the expedition against the Spaniards at St. Augustine in 1740, a mission to the Wateree Indians in 1740, duty as Commissioning and Appointing Officer in the War Office in Charlestion from 1746-1747, and Paymaster General of "Our Guards Garrisons and Land Forces" in 1761. He also served as Justice of the Peace for Craven County from 1737-1738, a member of the petit jury for Prince Frederick Parish in 1740 and 1742, a commissioner to lay out a road in 1740, a petitioner for the laying out of a road in 1754. It is recorded that Colonel Fox was an eminent lawyer in Charlestown. A Cherokee War Document of July 30, 1761, mentions him, as "our right trusty and well beloved Councilor, HENRY FOX, Esquire." He died in 1770. 

Contributed by David Fox