Member of Tennessee Senate, 16th General Assembly, 1825-27; representing Hawkins and Sullivan counties; political affiliation not indicated. Born at Big Creek, near Rogersville, Hawkins County on November 6, 1790; son of Thomas and Lucy (Haynes) Amis. Educations received from “field schools”; farmer in Carter’s Valley, New Providence, Hawkins County. Married in Hawkins County in 1814 to Mary G. Armstrong, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Galbraith) Armstrong; thirteen children–William Armstrong, Louisiana A. (Mrs. Pleasant Henderson), Almyra, Julia F. (Mrs. David Lyons), James Leander, Stanwix Hord, Mary, Thomas Haynes, Sarah Elizabeth, Lucy Haynes, Henry Bradford, Matilda (Mrs. James J. Johnson), and Annie P. Amis (Mrs. James A. Rogan). Frequent juryman in Hawkins County; defeated for sheriff in 1844. Member New Providence Presbyterian Church; Overton Lodge #5, F.&.A.M. On committee for improvement of navigation on Holston River, 1839. Died at New Providence October 14, 1871; buried in New Providence Presbyterian Churchyard. Son of Thomas Amis, sometime member Provincial Congress and North Carolina General Assembly.

Sources: Elizabethton Tennessee Whig, June 13, 1839; Hawkins County Miscellaneous Records, pp. 1, 8; Hawkins County Will Book 2, p. 99; information supplied by Prentice Price, Rogersville.

From Biographical Directory: Tennessee General Assembly, 1796-1967, Issue 3