This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HARRIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jc.2ADI/564 Message Board Post: i suspect that j w harris is related to william harris & family found on the 1850 census for colleton county, south carolina...this william harris & family later found on the 1870 census for polk county, florida...another william harris, who also might be related, found on 1880 census for sumter county, florida, as was john w harris... Who are the parents of John W. Harris (aka J. W. Harris)? J. W. Harris, born 8 May 1854, in South Carolina, died 7 November 1918, in Pasco County, Florida. J. W. Harris married Nancy C. Watson 1879 & Tryphenia McDuffie 1892 and lived in Sumter/Lake County. His will listed these heirs: Mrs. J. W. Harris (Mascotte, Fl), Mrs. H. A. Thomas (Cleveland, Oh), Mrs. E. B. Snider/Snyder (Brunswick, Ga), Mrs. L. L. Williams (Larkin, Fl), Mrs. Charles Cooper (Odessa, Fl), Mrs. Oveda Hopkins (Mascotte, Fl), Miss Eba Harris (Mascotte, Fl), Mr. T. J. Harris (Ehren, Fl), O. S. Harris (Umatilla, Fl), Troop Harris (Mascotte, Fl), & Spurgeon McDuffie (Port Tampa, Fl). Thank you!!!