I have had a distant cousin do the DNA test but our Farris line is in outer space. I too can trace my line to South Carolina in the 1700's. I don't have enough primary source materials to do much but hope one day John will tell me he has found a match. The things I know is my father was Louis Simpson Farris b.1922 in La. d. 1999 in La. my Grandfather was Joel William Farris b.1898 in La d. 1977 in La. Great Grandfather was Isaiah S. Farris b. 1835 in Tx. d. 1916 in La. Great Great Grandfather Samuel Phares b. ca 1802 in Ky. d. after 1870 (I'm pretty sure) in La his father is believed to be Thomas Phares b. ca 1765 in SC d. in 1843 in Miss. Thomas fathered about 15 children: John, William, Samuel, Squire, Daniel, Densey, Lucinda, Nancy, Albert, Sarah, Matilda, Harriet, and a couple more I can't think of right now, there is a good possibility that a Major Farris is also one of the siblings ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hi Dashes. There was a Samuel Pharris in a family with ties to VA-NC-TN-KY-LA. Just throwing this out. You probably already know about them. There was a Farris family that was in the Carolina foothills briefly from Virginia. Lived in old Tryon Co., NC, which straddled what is now the SC-NC line. There was a William Faris who moved from Pittsylvania Co., VA, in the mid-1770's to North Carolina. He made a marriage right away to a widow Sarah Shearer. The last name was Farris in a 1771 deed. In Tryon court records the name was Feares in the 1770's. Then William moved his family to Tennessee. Another change in spelling to Pharris. Looks like William "Phares" married again (1795 Madison Co., KY) and a Hugh Shearer was security on the marriage bond. There was mention of a Phares-Faris-Shearer family Bible on the Shearer genealogy forum online. William "Pharris"'s will was proved in Jan 1805 in Smith Co., TN. A transcript of his will appears on the US Genweb archives online for Tennessee. Mentioned in the will: son William Pharris, my wife and five small children (Nathan, Ruben, Elizabeth, Nancy, and Hirem), my 5 oldest children( William, John, Samuel, James & Absolum). Executors: John Pharris and my wife Caty Pharris. A researcher named "F. Coleman" posted a lot of queries on this family in 2001 on the Farris & Shearer & Pharis genealogy forums at genealogy.com. He mentions that his ancestor Absolum "Phares" married twice in Cumberland Co., KY. Coleman writes that he doesn't think that his Phares family ever lived in South Carolina. Possibly some confusion had arisen because Tryon Co., NC, included parts of SC before 1772. It may have been present Lincoln Co., NC, where this Feares-Pharris-Phares family lived. Lincoln was cut off from Tryon if I'm remem- bering correctly. There are several other counties in NC & KY mentioned in Mr. Coleman's postings. Coleman also mentions some of his Pharris family being in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. If I've mentioned all this to you before this, please pardon my short short-term memory. Probably this all has nothing to do with your family. There were a lot of Phares- Pharris families. Most seem to have originated in Virginia or North Carolina and moved south and west. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: Dashes1@aol.com To: farris@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: [FARRIS] /Farris born 1700's SC I have had a distant cousin do the DNA test but our Farris line is in outer space. I too can trace my line to South Carolina in the 1700's. I don't have enough primary source materials to do much but hope one day John will tell me he has found a match. The things I know is my father was Louis Simpson Farris b.1922 in La. d. 1999 in La. my Grandfather was Joel William Farris b.1898 in La d. 1977 in La. Great Grandfather was Isaiah S. Farris b. 1835 in Tx. d. 1916 in La. Great Great Grandfather Samuel Phares b. ca 1802 in Ky. d. after 1870 (I'm pretty sure) in La his father is believed to be Thomas Phares b. ca 1765 in SC d. in 1843 in Miss. Thomas fathered about 15 children: John, William, Samuel, Squire, Daniel, Densey, Lucinda, Nancy, Albert, Sarah, Matilda, Harriet, and a couple more I can't think of right now, there is a good possibility that a Major Farris is also one of the siblings.