Henry Dangerfield Was kinsman of Gov. Holmes

Henry Dangerfield, was a kinsman of Gov. Holmes, came to the Mississippi territory after the latter's appointment, and was appointed secretary of the territory, to succeed Thomas H. Williams, June 30, 1810. He was re-appointed, in 1814, and served until his death Feb. 19, 1815. He was also register of the land office west of Pearl river. On April 2, 1811, he was commissioned as attorney-at-law. Secretary Dangerfield was acting governor in April, 1811, on account of the governor's absence, and again from Oct. , 1811, to June 15, 1812. Henry Dangerfield was obliged to veto an act for the incorporation of the town of St. Stephens, because it attempted to deprive the wives of the proprietors of the right of dower ; also a bill to extend the jurisdiction of justices beyond the constitutional limit.