A Harris family of Granville County derived from eight kinfolk, whose origins were Welsh. Secifically, they were descendants of John Harris, born in 1604 in Ludlow, Shropshire, a county bordering Wales, and his two wives. By the first, Mary Holland, he was the grandfather of Edward and Louvenia Harris, Edward being the father of Nathan Harris,* who settled in Granville County. By his second wife, Gwen Mathews, he was the grandfather of (1) John Harris, to whom William Sherwood sold land; he the father of John Harris, who almost certainly married a niece of William Sherwood, having issue: Sherwood Harris, Robert Harris,* Richard Harris,* and Claiborne Harris. (2) Richard Harris, who was very likely he who m. Margaret Kimbrough (not his nephew of the same name). Thus by his second wife, John Harris was the ancestor of seven settlers of Granville County. Louvenia Harris almost certainly married John Bass in 1696, they the parents of Patience Bass, who m. Philip Pettiford, br. of (1) George Pettiford, a “Black” taxable in the 1754 Granville Co. tax list of *Robert Harris. He and his wife Lucy were “Black” taxables in the 1757 list of *Richard Harris. (2) Lewis Pettiford, b. ca. 1735, a “Black” taxable in the 1758 Granville Co. Tax List of *Nathaniel Harris, whose farm lay adjacent to Benjamin Harris, son of Claiborne Harris. Nathaniel Harris was the father of Louvenia Gresham, named after his aunt.

The association to William Sherwood: he was familial to William Claiborne, close associate of Governor Samuel Mathews, half-br. of John West, who claimed the headright of John Baldwyn, familial to the Harris family, whose land devolved to William Sherwood, then to John Harris. Governor Mathew’s farm was named “Denbigh”; Denbighshire being an adjoining county to Shropshire. it is not unlikely that Gwen Mathews was is some way kin of Governor Mathews.

I have given some personal details of the family of Claiborne Harris, gleaned from “Harris records, with allied families of Claiborne, Gillison, Thompson, Whitsett”, which is readily available, for they show people in a great light, replete with honour, fairness and kindness, and although there was no such thing as an “idyllic slave world”, there was in some instances, among some of the Harris family, a world were slaves were not treated as badly as is often imagined.

I appreciate the research of such as Ira L. Harris for abstracts of Granville deeds.

This account does not begin at the earliest records of this Harris family, which I have previously detailed.

A HARRIS FAMILY OF GRANVILLE COUNTY

1. John Harris, of Cruckton, Shropshire, m. Eleanor, dau. Thomas Prowde, of Sutton, Shropshire.
1.1. Rowland Harris, d. 1605, of Ludlow, m. (Sept. 14, 1595) Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567. She m. (2) Edward Lewis of Diddlesbury, having issue:

(1) William Lewis, who m. (Aug. 21, 1634), Anne Lutley, of Burwarton (dau. of Robert Lutley and Mary Holland*), having issue: Edward Lewis, father of William Lewis, bapt. March 16, 1661, in Diddlebury, husband of Elizabeth Woodson, they the parents of Joseph Lewis, who m. Elizabeth Pleasants. “Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. For good causes to my loving grandson’s, William & Joseph Lewis (children of his dau., Elizabeth Woodson, and William Lewis), 450 ac. patented to me and Richard Farris, Giles Carter, William Harris (son of Major William Harris), and Roger Cummings, on White Oak Swamp”. Rec. May 1, 1707.

(2) John Lewis. By a first wife, Edward Lewis was the father of Thomas Lewis, (aged 23 in 1623), recorded here: Hannah Boyse, da. and heir of Luke Boyse, late of Henrico, decd., patented in Nov., 1635, 300 ac, in Henrico adj. land of her mother Alice Edlowe; due 50 acres for her personal adventure and 50 ac. for the personal adventure of her father, and 200 ac. for transportation of servants, viz.: ‘Thomas Lewis, Robert Hollum, Joseph Royall, Edward Holland, and Oliver Allen’ (Virginia Magazine, v., p. 97).

John Lerwis was a headright of Captain Samuel Mathews Sr. (3,000 acs., Aug. 20, 1642, p. 814). Butting upon Warwick River W., somewhat S. Bounded on N. with Pottash quarter Cr., adj. Christopher Boyse), whose son, Governor Samuel Mathews (a close associate of William Claiborne), was the half-br. of John West, who claimed the headright of John Baldwyn* in 1652.

*Mary Holland’s husband was the nephew of Joyce Lutley, who m. John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent, father of John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, who m. Mary Barham; having issue: David Holland, who married Anne Burton; their elder son, John Holland (see PAR/498/37/14. Oct. 23, 1654), being John Holland of Nansemund, father of Michael Holland of Goochland. William Harris,* son of Major William Harris, was involved in the determination of the lands of Thomas Langford, descendant of Jane Langford’s br., Feb. 26, 1731. (Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 214-215). William Harris Jr. was the father of (1) Elizabeth Harris, bapt. Nov. 27, 1698, in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co., who m. John Hudson, who held land adj. the 1,000 ac. patented by Charles Fleming Sr., 0ct. 26, 1690, on Mattadequin Creek, see transaction dated May 5, 1735. betw. ‘Sam’l Weldon to Wm Alsup’, which shows John Hudson to be deceased (Hanover Co., ‘The Small Book’, 1734-1735). (2) George Harris (bapt. April 13, 1701, in St Pauls Parish, a Vestry meeting there in 1719 connecting him to the lands of George Alvis), father of William Harris, who lived along Wolf Swamp, St. Martins Parish, Hanover Co., father of Ralph Harris, who m. (2) Agnes Baldwin, Dec. 16, 1790, and Graves Harris, who m. Elizabeth Baldwin, sister of Agnes, Nov. 20, 1787. George Harris m. Sarah Hudson, granddau. of John Hudson and Elizabeth Harris.

1.1.1. Thomas Harris, (bapt. Sept. 4, 1603, Ludlow), removed to Virginia, ca. 1650, having land on Curles Swamp, m. Alice, dau. of Evan Lewis, bapt. Nov. 20, 1603.
1.1.1.1. Major Thomas Harris, bapt. July 24, 1627 (the cousin and step-br. of Mary Harris Ligon and Major William Harris), m. Alice Greene, Sept 6, 1664, probably related to Robert Green, headright of “Mr. Thomas Cock, 1650 acs. Henrico Co., Vernia Par., S. side of Chickahominy maine SW. adj Mr. Jno Woodson”, Oct. 20. 1688; B.7, p. 668.
‘Tho. Chamberlaine aged twenty-seven or thereabouts deposeth that he heard Mrs. Lygon say that she and her brother had made an agreement that Maj. Thomas Harris her sd. brother, should have the whole proffitts of the surveyor’s place till her sonne come of age. (B. 1, 1677-1692, pp. 109, 366).
1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, bapt. Aug. 25, 1667, m. Mary Jefferson, dau. of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Branch, dau. of Christopher Branch.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Benjamin Harris.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Isham Harris, m. Martha Greene.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Rowland Harris.
1.1.1.1.2. Penelope Harris, bapt. Feb. 4, 1666.

*Mary Holland’s sister m. Charles Baldwyn (Baldwin), of Stokesay Castle, Ludlow, in 1617. His likely son, John Baldwyn, m. Mary Downe (Donne), on Oct. 15, 1632, in Ludlow. William Sherwood, 28 acs., at the mouth of James City Island, Apr. 23, 1681, p. 97. Beg. at James Riv., at the head of a gr. slash issuing into the back river; to Block Howse Hill point; to Mr. Richard James; to a hr. of Pitch & Tarr Sw; and granted to John Baldwyn, Oct. 4, 1656. Given by Will of Baldwyn to John Fulcher,* who sould to sd. Sherwood”, Oct. 22, 1677. *John Baldwin was a headright of John West (1652), aforementioned.

1.1.2. John Harris, bapt. March 5, 1604, Ludlow. He was the first-cousin of Mary Harris, second wife of Fleetwood Dormer, son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal; their issue being: (1) Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, (2) Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. Fleetwood Dormer’s first wife was Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake m. Mary Harris* (second-cousin of Mary Harris Dormer, contemporaries, and undoubtedly close acquaintances); her marriage leading to the Dormer association).

John Harris m. (1) Mary Holland, bapt. Sept. 11, 1608, Ludlow, dau. of Roger Holland and Eleanor Lewis, who m. Jan. 13, 1598, Ludlow. Roger Holland was probably a younger son of Thomas Holland and Alice Cocke, second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Bremo (whose son was another “friend” of Major William Harris), and uncle of Alice Holland, who m., in 1632, Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot, first-cousin of John Harris.

John Harris m. (2) Gwen Mathews (bur. Sept. 5, 1639, shortly after giving birth), Oct. 30. 1630, in Ludlow, dau. of Edward Mathews,* bur. June 18, 1632, S.L., and sister of Edward Mathews of Henrico Co., who, on Jan. 29, 1688, sold to John Pleasants, 300 ac. on S. side Four Mile Creek, p. 44. Edward Mathews Sr. was the br. of Elizabeth Mathews: John Price of Henrico, Virginia, was bapt. Nov. 10, 1584, Ludlow. Muster of John Price, Feb. 24, 1624: “John aged 40, ship Starr in May, 1620. Ann his wife aged 21, ship Francis Bonaventure in August, 1620. Mary, a child, 3 months” (Hotten’s Original List, p. 203). John Price m. (1) *Elizabeth Matthews, S.L., on May 30, 1613; he subsequently m. Anne, Elizabeth’s sister or cousin, who m. (2) Robert Hallom; (3) Daniel Llewellin.

By Mary Holland, John was the father of:

1.1.2.1. *Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, Ludlow. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64.
1.1.2.2. Major William Harris, bapt. January 13, 1627, S.L. On June 22, 1663, acquired 450 ac. in Henrico County, on the north side of the James River, to a 4 mile creek, called by name “the Slashes”, adj. to Daniel Llewellin, E. upon the Malverne Hills plantation of Richard Cocke, p. 304. He was the father of Louvenia (Lou, Love) Harris.

1.1.2.2.1. Edward Harris, came to New Kent Co. (ca. 1700) with George Alves, his stepfather. He is variously recorded: on King and Queen Quit Rent Rolls as Edmund Harris; on the St Peter’s Parish Register as Edward E. Harris, where he is recorded as marrying Unity. He became guardian of his stepbrother, son of George Alves and his second wife.* Edward Harris m. (1) Mary Leigh, (2) Unity … He moved to Amelia Co. (ca. 1745) where he is recorded as having a grandson, Edward Gresham, and a granddau., “Love” Gresham, named after his great-aunt, “Love” Harris. The estate of *Mary Alvis, May 25, 1732: “In obedience to the order wee the subscribers met Michael Holland and being absent the parties viz. David Crenshaw late guardian of David Alvis Infant and Edward Harris his present Guardian consented that we should settle all account to the Estate of said Orphan and accordingly wee find to be due from sd. orphans Estate unto David Crenshaw Ten pounds 6 pence 3 farthings current money and that the said parties did agree that wee should settle an account hereunto annexed to the estate of Mary Alves deceased”.

B. 3, p. 37, March 16, 1747: “Being willing as much as in me to disburthen myself of all worldly affairs, this letter to provide for eternity to which I am hastening, & out of love & affection I bear to my son, Nathaniel Harris, & in regard to his duty & obedience to me, hitherto paying all debts I have contracted, and of his providing & maintaining me and my wife during our natural lives in a devout & plain manner…do make and give all my estate, real and personal, as follows: 5 slaves (Negro man, Major, Negro woman, Madam, Negro boys Will, Cato, Holorday, with increase); 9 head of cattle; 1 bay mare; 9 head of hoggs; 1 bed & furniture, 3 iron potts, 3 frying pans, 1 sett carpenter tools, 1 set loopers, with whatever is properly mine, to my son, Nathaniel Harris.” Unity wife of Edward Harris, relinquishes every right to property of dower. Witnesses: John Phipps, Robert Gresham and Charles Harris.* Recorded March 18, 1747.

1.1.2.2.1.1. Mary Harris, m. Thomas Gresham Jr., b. 1689, of Dragon Swamp (recorded in the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls, with brs. John and Charles), son of Thomas Gresham, deceased by 1721 (Christ Church Registry). Thomas Gresham Jr. was deceased by July 7, 1742, when his relict deeded property to her sons, and dau., Mary Johns (Jones).
1.1.2.2.1.1.1. Edward Gresham. Edward Gresham Sr. and John Green Sr. were direct neighbors in Amelia County, the portion that became Prince Edward Co. in 1753/54.
1.1.2.2.1.1.2. Edward Gresham.
1.1.2.2.1.1.2.1. Harris Gresham, m. Frances Glenn, Feb. 28, 1696.
1.1.2.2.1.1.3. Louvenia Gresham.
1.1.2.2.1.1.4. Robert Gresham.

1.1.2.2.1.2. Nathaniel Harris,* m. Mary …
March 8, 1747. Nathaniel Harris of Amelia Co. to Edward Gresham for 80 pounds all the right, claim and interest I have or may have under my father Edward Harris to two slaves viz: Nan and Squire. Nathaniell [N his mark] Harris. (Amelia Co. Deeds, B. 3, p. 6).
Sept 5, 1749, Nathaniel Harris, 200 ac. in Amelia Co. on the upper side of Vaughan’s Cr. adj. *Benjamin Harris. (P.B. 28, p. 715).
Dec. 3, 1754. Nathaniel Harriss of P.E. to John Green of P.E. for 6 pounds, 200 ac. on the upper side Vaughans Creek bounded by *Benjamin Harris, patented by Nathaniel Harris. Nathaniel Harris (his mark), Elendor Harris (her mark). Witnessed by Daniel Newman, Charles Miser, and Edward Gresham. (Prince Edward Co. Deeds, B. 1, p 43)
Nov. 27, 1760. Nathaniel Harris, 439 ac. in the Parish of St John on both sides of Little Island Creek, joining *Richard Harris and John Kirkland.
July 25, 1761. Nathaniel Harris of Amelia Co. bound unto John Green of Goochland Co. for 100 pounds sterling. Whereas Edward Harris of Amelia Co. together with the above bound Nathaniel Harris and husband to Unity Harris by a deed of gift made unto Nathaniel Harris all his estate both real and personal with Unity’s consent, two slaves viz. Major, Holladay, and two Negro boys belonging to the estate of said Edward Harris andnow in the possession of the above bounden Nathaniel Harris. The condition of this obligation such that the above bounded Nathaniel Harris shall convey or cause to be conveyed unto the above named John Green for and in trust of the said Unity Harris’s right and title to the two named slaves. Nath. (N his mark) Harris. Witnessed by Nathaniell Hoggett, Paul Pigg, Mary Gresham, Rebekah (Clements) Pigg. Nathaniel Harris. B. 11, p. 376.
Nov. 4, 1761. Richard Harris and Priscilla, his wife, and Nathaniel Harris and Mary, his wife, of Granville Co., NC to John Taylor the elder. L150. N.S of Goss Branch. Wit. Abra. Cook, James Mitchell, John Williams. (Granville Co. Deeds, B. E, p. 71).

Nathaniel Harris, Will proved June 2, 1788: To my wife Mary Harris, my whole estate real & personal during her natural life & after her death to bedivided as follows; negro Jack to son Mosley; negro Cloe to daughter Rebecca Ann a strip of land crossing the Mill Creek joining Caldwell, Turner, Bounty, and myself containing 50 acres called the mill seat to be sold by my exrs. to pay my debts if my son Richard who is absent & should return some acknowledgement made & if not it is a dead legacy, several legatees hereafter named do paytheir proportions to amount to 20 pounds to him after the deceased of my wife children to equally divide estate both real & personal after my wife’s death, Jemima, Samuel, Littlebery, if slaves Jack & Cloe die or are unhealthy, then son Mosley & daughter Rebecca Ann have liberty to throw up their into the estate & have their portion with the other children; fifty shillings to be paid to my grandson David Gillam … son-in-law Samuel Harris, Little Berry Harris, and Mosley Harris as exrs. Wit: Moseley Harris, Sims Mitchell, George Elliott, Jemima Gillam.

1.1.2.2.1.2.1. Jemima Harris, m Charles Gilliam.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2. Richard Harris.
1.1.2.2.1.2.3. Rebecca Harris, m. Samuel Harris.*
1.1.2.2.1.2.4. Mosley Harris, m. Judith Peace, Oct. 7, 1793. *Tyree Harris was bondsman.

JOHN HARRIS AND HIS SECOND WIFE: THE SEVEN HARRIS PATRIARCHS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY (the folk memories of grandparents revealed).

1.1.2. John Harris m. (2) Gwen Mathews, as given.

1.1.2.1. John Harris, bapt. June 8, 1632.

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1.1.2.1.1. John Harris, bapt. Aug. 4, 1661 (“cousin” of Love Harris and Edward Harris). William Sherwood, deed, May 11, 1696, to John Harris for land in Jamestown. To repeat: “William Sherwood, 28 acs., at the mouth of James City Island, Apr. 23, 1681, p. 97. Beg. at James Riv., at the head of a gr. slash issuing into the back river; to Block Howse Hill point; to Mr. Richard James; to a hr. of Pitch & Tarr Sw; and granted to *John Baldwyn, Oct. 4, 1656. Given. by will of Baldwyn to John Fulcher, who sould to sd. Sherwood”, Oct. 22, 1677.

(1. John Fulcher’s wife, Ruth Woodhouse Fulcher was granted a legal separation from her husband in 1691, which was a rare event in itself, and was given guardianship of their son, and was awarded two thousand pounds of tobacco annually from her ex-husband; even rarer events. Her charges against her husband are not known, but she almost certainly accused him with fathering children by black slaves/daus. of black slaves and white settlers. The slaves he manumitted in 1712 were probably his own children, and probably included the mother(s) of those children.
1.1. George Anderson, m. Lovey Bass. On Jan. 13, 1738, he bought 260 ac. on the south side of Bear Swamp in Bertie Co., NC. (Northampton Co. in 1741), for “2 pounds silver money” from John Bass. Between 1746-48 he was taxed on two tithes in Granville Co., NC., in the list of Jonathan White, adjacent to Lewis Anderson. He was listed with his wife and children in the 1752 list of Robert Harris.*
1.2. Elizabeth Anderson.
1.2.1. Lewis Anderson, m. Sarah, dau. of John Bass and Love Harris.

1. John Bass(e) an English colonist, m. “Elizabeth, baptized daughter of the chief of the Nansemond tribe”.
1.1. William Bass (1654-1741), m. Catherine Lanier
1.1.1. John Bass (1673 – 1732). “John Bas and Love Harris was married ye 8th day of Janewary 1696 both of Nanse Mum County and Nanse Mum Parresh by Mager Samuel Swann Esqr.” They married in North Carolina. Love Harris was probably white, and in North Carolina the laws against interracial marriages were not as strictly enforced as elsewhere. Love Harris was very likely the dau. of Major William Harris. Their offspring sometimes intermarried with wealthy, slave owning, planter families, and became designated as “white”.
1.1.1.1. Sarah Bass, m. Lewis Anderson.
1.1.1.2. Lovey Bass.
1.1.1.3. Judith Bass, m. William Cannady.
1.1.1.4. Patience Bass, who m. Philip Pettiford, br. of (1) George Pettiford, a “Black” taxable in the 1754 Granville Co. tax list of Robert Harris (Love Harris, cousin of grandfather) . He and his wife Lucy were “Black” taxables in the 1757 list of Richard Harris. (Same relationship). (2) Lewis Pettiford, b. ca. 1735, a “Black” taxable in the 1758 Granville Co. Tax List of Nathaniel Harris; and taxable in 1764 (with his wife Catherine, and dau.) in Samuel Benton’s list. Aug. 29, 1755: Samuel Benton, Esq. to Richard Harris 40 pds. 260 ac. on Tar River. Wit. William Bledsoe, Nathan Grimes. (Granville Co. Deeds, B. B., pp. 481-482). Samuel Benton was the son-in-law of Sherwood Harris.
1.1.2. Edward Bass (1672-1750). On Nov. 16, 1699, he bought 15 acres on the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River, from John Fulcher)

1.1.2.1.1.1. Richard Harris, bapt. Oct. 7, 1683, second-cousin of Love Harris and Edward Harris.

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1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Richard Harris, b. ca. 1710, m. Margaret Kimborough, ca. 1635. Nov. 7, 1735: William Winston and Rebecca his wife of Hanover Co., to Marmaduke Kimbrough of Hanover Co., for 5 sh & 1 ear of Indian corn 1170 acres on S side of Morratuck River. Wit. Buckley Kimbrough, Robert Harris, Richard Harris (cousins). (Edgecombe Co., NC Deeds). Oct. 24, 1739: Marmaduke Kimbrough of Edge. to Margaret Harris and her husband Richard Harris late of Hanover Co., VA, for the love I bear unto my youngest sister and her husband, 100 acres during their natural lives, joining said Harris dwelling house, the said Harris to work no hands on said land except his own slaves, part of a patent to Capt. John Gaddis in 1722. Wit: Robert Harris, Benjamin Darny. (ibid.). Jun. 8, 1751: Richard Harris and Margaret his wife of Granville Co. to Marmaduke Kimbrough of Edge. for 50 pds. 100 ac. between Roanoke River and Chockyok Creek whereon Henry Robertson the elder now lives – land made over by said Kimbrough to said Harris and wife for their natural lives. Wit. Robert Harris, William Hicks, Christopher Harris (son of Robert), Lewis Robertson. (ibid.)

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1.1.2.1.1.2. John Harris, bapt. Sept. 22, 1683, second-cousin of Love Harris and Edward Harris, emigrated to Virginia, almost certainly m. a niece of William Sherwood, probably a dau. of his br., Daniel. William Sherwood, “born in the parish of White Chappell near London.” His Will was proved in James City on Feb. 7, 1687. Petition of William Sherwood of James City, Virginia, for himself and for Richard James, an orphan, to the King. During the rebellion on Sept. 19, 1676 houses were burnt in James Town belonging to Sherwood in the right of Richard James, to a value of L1,000. In 1675, he m. the widow of Rev. Richard James (who had patented a part of the western portion of Jamestown Island), the son of Richard James and Gertrude Smith (m. on June 12, 1599, at St. Dunstan), br. of Roger James, whose relict (Sarah Smith, sister of Gertrude), m. Thomas Cleyborne, in 1598, at St Dunstan, Stepney (per register), probable parents of William Claiborne, of Virginia, close associate of Governor Samuel Mathews, half-br. of John West, who claimed the headright of John Baldwyn, whose land devolved to William Sherwood.

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1.1.2.1.1.2.1. Sherwood Harris, m. Jane … His Will was proved Aug. court 1763, by oath of Patrick Brady and Ralph Hudspeth. (Jane Harris and Robert Harris (br.) were exrs.
1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1. Sarah Harris, m. *Thomas Harris Sr. Thomas Harris, Sr., deceased, with bond of 600 pounds secured by Sherwood Harris. bur. Harris cemetry Dickerson, Granville Co. Will Book 1, 1772-1787, pp. 277-278 my wife Sarah son Samuel Benton … Calls Sherwood Harris brother of his wife.) Exrs: my brother Sherwood Harris, my wife’s brother Sherwood Harris, Ephraim Hampton. Wts: William Jacob, Robert Harris, Jr., Richd. Wilkins.
1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1. Penelope Harris, 1768-1837, m. William Poole Jr. (1790), son of William Poole and Mary, dau. of Charles Flemming Jr. and Sarah, son of Charles Flemming and Sussanah Tarleton. To repeat: “William Harris Jr. was the father of (1) Elizabeth Harris, bapt. Nov. 27, 1698, in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co., who m. John Hudson, who held land adj. the 1,000 ac. patented by Charles Fleming Sr., 0ct. 26, 1690, on Mattadequin Creek”. The Flemmings were benefactors of Diddlesbury Church, Shropshire. The Langford (Harris cousins) and Jordan families of Stone Acton, Shropshire, intermarried. Samuel Jordan was likely to be of this family: Will of Samuel Jordan of New Kent Co., probated June 11, 1719: ‘being weak of body … It is my will that my beloved friend (br.-in-law) John Fleming have the plantation of Thomas Langford* dec’d, & the management of his estate & the bringing up of his son Thomas Langford as wholely to himself … executors wife Elizabeth (Fleming) Jordan, friends Charles Fleming, John Fleming, Tarlton Woodson, and Thomas Pleasants’. Tarleton Woodson made a deed in 1721 in Henrico Co. to William Randolph for land conveyed by Nathaniel Bacon to his grandfather, Robert Woodson, in 1674; this Robert being the br. of John Woodson,* whose son and namesake was a neighbour of Mary (Harris) Ligon and Major William Harris on Curles Swamp
*Grandson of John Langford, and Sarah Baldwyn (named as Sarah Langford in her mother’s Will of 1696; she m. John Langford, in 1670, in Ludlow), the vey likely sister of John Baldwin, associated with William Sherwood, as given. Charles Flemming Jr. was the br. of Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Jordan; Ursula, wife of Tarleton Woodson; Sarah, wife of Bowler Cocke, great-grandson of Richard Cocke of Bremo.

1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.2. Gilly Harris. Solomon Parker appointed guardian to Gilly Harris, orphan of Thos. Harris, deceased, with bond of 150 pounds secured by Richard Harris, Sr. Richard Harris appointed guardian to Penny Harris with bond of 150 pounds secured by David Harris.
1.1.2.1.1.2.1.2. Sherwood Harris. Sherwood Harris wills to his son Sherwood Harris 160 ac. which he bought of Jonothan White.

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1.1.2.1.1.2.2. Robert Harris, m. Lemander Smith.
1.1.2.1.1.2.2.1. Christopher Harris. Feb. 1796: Power of Attorney from Christopher Harris to Thomas Pool. Judith Parrish, administrator of estate of Claborn Parrish, makes
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1.1.2.1.1.2.2.2. Sherwood Harris and Joseph Taylor qualifies as executors of estate of Robert Harris. Leminda Harris petitions for dower in estate of Robert Harris. Sherwood Harris. 684 ac. on both sides of Fishing Creek, joining Bentons corner, Wilsons line, Headspaths line, Harris’s line, and Arnolds line. July 27, 1761. (B. 11, p. 379).
1.1.2.1.1.2.2.3. Robert Harris.
1.1.2.1.1.2.2.4. David Harris.
1.1.2.1.1.2.2.4.1. David Harris Jr. Court 1786-1787: David Harris, Jr. paid for repairing Tar River bridge, also Sherwood Harris paid
1.1.2.1.1.2.2.5. Samuel Harris.*
1.1.2.1.1.2.2.6. Thomas Harris*

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1.1.2.1.1.2.3. Richard Harris. To repeat: Solomon Parker appointed guardian to Gilly Harris, orphan of Thos. Harris, deceased, with bond of 150 pounds secured by Richard Harris, Sr. Richard Harris appointed guardian to Penny Harris with bond of 150 pounds secured by David Harris. Richard Harris, m. Priscilla Holmes, by 1749. (See the 1749 will of Frederick Holmes). He could not have been the Richard Harris m. to Margaret Kimbrough, still m. in 1751.

May 1787 – Richard Harris, wife Priscilla, sons Richard, Charles (land on Cattail Creek), Samuel (land on W side Owen Creek), and Tyre (land on E side Owen Creek), daus. Jemima Ford, Molly Beardon, Lucy Parker, Mary Harris. Will dated Mar. 30, 1785, proved May Court 1787. Benjamin Beardon, son Samuel Harris & wife, exers. The will includes a bequest to son John Harris which is stricken through. (Granville Co. Will B. 2, p. 11, Jan. 30, 1790). Samuel Harris, son of Robert Harris, dec’d to Samuel Harris, son of Richard Harris. (Granville Co. Deeds, B. O, Oct. 17, 805). Benjamin Bearden and Priscilla Harris, exec. of Richard Harris, dec’d, to Jonathan Knight of Franklin Co., NC., ibid. B. S, p. 217.
1.1.2.1.1.2.3.1. John Harris. Richard Harris of Granville Co, NC to John Harris son of the abovesaid Richard Harris, 23 November 1766 “for & in consideration of the natural love & effection [sic] which he beareth unto his said son John Harris”,all that seat tract or parcel of land lying in the county aforesaid; Beginning at a Hickory in Jonathan White’s line. (B. H, p. 6). Wit: Daniel Standard, John Kittrell. Granville Co. Feb. Court, 1767.

1.1.2.1.1.2.3.2. Molly Harris, m. Benjamin Beardon.
1.1.2.1.1.2.3.3. Richard Harris Jr.
1.1.2.1.1.2.3.4. Charles Harris, m. Sarah Allen. Charles Harris. 626 ac. in parish of St John on the S side of Little Fishing Creek, joining Robert Harris, Jos. Harris, Benjamin Egerton and the sd creek. Dec. 2, 1760. (B. 11, p. 382).
1.1.2.1.1.2.3.5. Samuel Harris.
1.1.2.1.1.2.3.6. Tyree Harris, m. Polly Gooch. (Tyrrel/Terill).
1.1.2.1.1.2.3.7. Jemima Harris, m. … Ford.
1.1.2.1.1.2.3.8. Mary Harris, m. Capt. Elijah Parker.

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1.1.2.1.1.2.4. Claiborne Harris.
1.1.2.1.1.2.4.1. Claiborn Harris, Jr., d. 1810, per Pendleton district court rec. of his son, Benjamin (B. K., p. 248).
1.1.2.1.1.2.4.2. Stephen Harris.
1.1.2.1.1.2.4.2.1. John Harris, d. 1773, m. Rachel Milly Kittrell. They sold their land in Granville Co., N. C., in 1771, and moved to Long Canes Settlement near Hillsborough township, S.C.
1.1.2.1.1.2.4.3. Robert Harris.
1.1.2.1.1.2.4.4. James Harris. (See History of the Tennessee Society Daughters of Colonial Wars p. 135, 1988).

1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5. Benjamin Harris, b. 1754, d. 1833, Anderson District, SC.; m. “Caron” (Karenappuch) Gillison, dau. of Archibald Gillison, of Culpeper Co., VA.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.1. Gillison Harris.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.2. James Harris, admin. father’s estate, b. 1759, m. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 18, 1801, d. Jan. 5, 1881, per letter of Overon Harris, to sister, Sarah, 1881. “All she craived was an easy death and she had no fears as to the future. I dont know that I will have her funarel preached here as fathers never was preached. I havent had our little boys preached and knowing that it dont benefit the dead though I want you to have it preached thare the place of her membership … Your brother untell death, Overton Harris”.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.2.1. Overton Harris, b. 1831, b. S.C., moved to Miss. in 1846. When the war between the states ended he had about 300 slaves, many of whom wanted to stay with him. He once fired an overseer for cursing a slave.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.2.2. Sarah Harris.

1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.2.3. Terrell Harris, b. 1837, b. S.C.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.2.4. William L. Harris.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.2.5. Jane Amanda Harris.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.2.6. Thomas Alonzo Harris.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.2.7. Teressa A. E. Harris.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.2.8. Dow Harris.

1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.3. Wyatt Harris.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.4. Rebecca Beardon.

1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5. Archibald Harris, 1789-1856, of Forsyth Co. GA., per 1850 census, m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Thompson of Anderson district S.C.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.1. William Harris, b. Feb. 1, 1820, d. Feb. 8, 1884, Whitfield Co. G.A.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.1.1. James W. Harris, b. 1846.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.1.2. Mary E. Harris, b. 1848.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.1.3. Virginia Harris, b. 1850.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.1.4. Harriet Harris, b. 1852.

1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.2. Anderson V. Harris, b. 1829.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.3. David F. Harris, b. 1831.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.4. Smith C. Harris, b. 1833.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.5. Sarah J. Harris, b. 1836.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.6. Frances E. Harris, b. 1839.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.7. Josephine Harris, b. 1841.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.8. Drucilla Harris, b. 1843.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.5.9. Septian Harris, b. 1845.

1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6. James Harris, 1795-1857, Forsyth Co.

1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.7. Claiborne Harris, b. 1797, “cabinet maker”, m. Sarah, b. 1815.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6.1. William W. Harris, b. 1832.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6.2. James L. Harris, b. 1834.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6.3. Alonzo C. Harris, b. 1835.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6.4. Sarah A. Harris, b. 1837.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6.5. David L. Harris, b. 1840.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6.6. Christopher C. Harris, b. 1842.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6.7. Zachariah T. Harris, b. 1845.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.6.8. Nancy E. Harris, b. 1848. All children b. S.C.

1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.8. L. D. Harris, b. 1804, m. Sarah Garner, b. 1812.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.7.1. James G. Harris, b. 1830.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.7.2. William B. Harris, b. 1832.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.7.3. Wilson P. Harris, b. 1834.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.7.4. Frances E. Harris, b. 1836.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.7.5. Mary E. Harris, b. 1839.

1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.9. Eziekel Harris, b. 1808, m. Elizabeth, b. 1810, d. 1900. He was bur. Stone Church Graveyard, Ringgold, GA.; d. Feb. 9, 1594. He was described by his granddau., Lorah Harris Graham, as an “outstanding citizen of the highest honor” … “after the Civil war some of his slaves refused to leave his employe and bought property and worked for his family for as long as they lived … he often lent money without taking a simple note to secure payment … he was an outstanding Methodist of his day …
he once owned the Catoosa Target Range and large acerage around there (living in) a spacious house on the hill”.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.9.1. William S. Harris, b. 1836.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.9.2. Oliver G. harris, b. 1838.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.9.3. Martha R. Harris, b. 1840.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.9.4. Gilford P. Harris, b. 1842.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.9.5. Sarah Harris, b. 1844.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.9.6. Christopher Harris, b. 1846.
1.1.1.1.1.2.4.5.9.7. Mary E. Harris, b. 1849.

And so it was.

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