Henry Kent McCay (January 8, 1820 – July 30, 1886) was a lawyer, a Confederate States Army and Georgia militia officer, an associate justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
He read law under Georgia Chief Justice Joseph Henry Lumpkin and was admitted to the bar in 1842.
[2] During the American Civil War, McCay was a lieutenant and captain in the Confederate States Army from June 15, 1861 to March 14, 1863, when he resigned.
McCay served as a brigadier general in the Georgia militia in 1864 and fought at the battles of Griswoldville[2] and Altamaha Bridge.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 4, 1882, and received his commission the same day.