Ann Catherine Faris/Farris was born around 1810, and the Galveston, TX 1850 census states she was from or born in Kentucky . She married (first) George B. Mckinstry in 1832 in Brazoria county Texas. Stephen F. Austin died in their house. She married Greenberry Horus Harrison in Austin, Texas in 1841 after her first husband's death. Her only child was George B. Mckinstry Jr. She died in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in 1870 (on a trip to visit her neice), and her body was brought back to Galveston, Texas for burial next to her son. Services were at the Presbyterian church. Last Will and Testament of Ann C. Harrison, deceased. 1st Know all men by these Presents, That I, Ann C. Harrison, of the City and County of Galveston, and State of Texas, now being of sound mind, do make and declare this to be my last will and testiment. 1st I desire my Executor hereinafter mentioned to procure for my body a decent burial, by the side of my deceased son Geo. B. McKinstry, whether my own decease may occur in the State of Texas or elsewhere. 2nd I give and bequeath to my cousin Susan M. Lyne, widow of Daniel Lyne, lately deceased, five hundred acres of land. 3rd I give and bequeath unto my friend George W. Peete the sum of five hundred dollars. 4th I desire my executor, to sell the remainder of my estate both real and personal, and collect any debts and satisfying the bequests hereinbefore named, to pay over the balance if any unto the aforesaid Susan M. Lyne and to her son William Lyne (now her only child) share and share alike. 5th I hereby designate and appoint George W. Peete, of the City and County of Galveston and State of Texas, my lawful executor to carry out this my last will and testament, according to the true intent and meaning thereof. 6th I desire that my executor above named shall not be required or compelled to give bond and security for the honest execution of this my last will and testament, and that no other action shall be had in the county court, in relation to the settlement of my estate, than the Probation and Regtistration of this my will, and the return of an Inventory of my Estate, and that upon the occurrence of my death, this my will shall take effect, operate and be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, and publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, at the City of Galveston, in the State of Texas, on this 1st day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and seventy. Ann C. Harrison In the City of Galveston, in the State of Texas, on the 1st day of April A. D. 1870, We the undersigned in the presence of Ann C. Harrison, and at her request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses: W. F. Blunt L. E. Trezevant Obituary of Ann Catherine Farris/McKinstry/Harrison “The friends of the deceased were painfully surprised by the arrival of the remains of Mrs. ANN C. HARRISON this morning, for internment, that lady having died at Harrodsburg, Ky., shortly after her arrival there from Galveston. She was among the very first settlers of Texas, coming to the then wilderness, in the flush and hope of early life, some forty years ago. She had passed through many vicissitudes, and survived her offspring and nearly all the friends of her early years; but she retained an abiding love for the country of her early adoption and left a request which has been nobly kept by her niece living in Kentucky that her remains may find their last rest in the land she had so long inhabited and loved with the devotion of a woman and almost that of a martyr-for she past through many perilous and trying scenes, without ever thinking of its abondonment. Many a needy and forlorn wanderer had had cause to be thankful for her kindness. She leaves many friends in Galveston where she has resided for many years past, and others, of longer standing, scattered through the State.” “The Galveston, Daily Civilian” (April 30, 1870 pg 5, col 1 and 2) I am also looking for information on Ann Catherine's near relatives who came through Mississippi on the way to Brazoria county Texas...Willis A. Faris and Mrs. Eliza J. Faris. I think they are kin because: Willis A. and Eliza J. had adjoining land in Monroe county Mississippi before they came to Texas. They bought the land on the same day with sequential document numbers in 1825. Also: In 1841, Ann Catherine (Faris) Harrison and Mrs. Eliza J. Faris both from Brazoria assisted at the birth of the son of Anson Jones in Austin after Ann Catherine and her second husband Greenberry Horus Harrison were married. Willis A. Faris married Burnetta Whitesides in Hinds County Mississippi in Jan, 1834. He arrived in Brazoria county Texas Dec., 1834. He was a close associate of Ann Catherine's first husband George B. Mckinstry. For what it's worth, other surnames that were usually around these Farrises were Gill, Patton, Cooper, Collingsworth and Austin. Anyone out there have anything on this family? Stan Farris