Henry County was created by an act of
   the Legislature December 13, 1819 - one
   day earlier than Alabama became a state
   on December 14, 1819. Henry County was
   carved from  Conecuh which had been a
   part of Monroe after it was formed from
   Washington County, the oldest county
   in the state, having been created by the
   proclamation of Governor Winthrop
   Sergeant of the Mississippi Territory on 
   June 4, 1800. The area of Henry County 
   on December 13, 1819 was vast in area. 
  It embraced the present territory of 
 Covington, Dale, Coffee, Geneva, Henry, Houston, parts of Pike, Crenshaw, Bullock
 and Barbour. The present area is 565 square miles. After the creation of Covington 
 County from Henry, a part of Conecuh was left south of Henry which was later added
 to Henry County. Henry County was named for Patrick Henry, the Virginian known
 as the “Fireball of the Revolution”, by the many first settlers from Virginia who came
 to this section. The act of Creation named William C. Watson, John Fannin, Joel T. 
 McClendon, Johnson Wright, Captain S. Smith as commissioners for the location of 
 the  seat of justice and establishment of the boundaries of Henry County.