Subject: John Harris- Born: 1837 > Hi Harris Hunters List, > While searching for the John Harris in our Family Tree, who had a > Daughter: Minnie Harris, as the one listed below. I found what I thought > was our John Harris, and believed him to have served in the Civil War, so I > ordered all the Military Records from The National Archives Trust Fund, when > I recieved them and was going through them I had seen where this John Harris > who was in the Military Records that I recieved had served in the: Civil > War; 5th., Regiment; US COLORED Infantry Unit, and this is not our John > Harris at all, so I would like to give all these records to the rightfull > Family who might be searching. Here is the Information that I have from the > Military Records: > John Harris, Born: 1837 in Kanawha, Virginia > Occupation at the time of enlistment was: Laborer > Enlisted on: October 6, 1863, From: Gallipolis, Ohio (Gallia County) > Serving untill: September 20, 1865 > He was 26yrs old at the time of Enlistment; 5 Feet 6 Inches Tall; Brown > Complexion; > Black Eyes; Black Hair. > Amongst some of the Documents that I have gotten are: > Declaration for Pension of Children Under 16yrs. Old; Dated: September 11, > 1912, which was filed by the Dependent Children of John Harris to obtain > Funds for their Fathers Military Service. > The Dependents were: > John Harris; Born: July 4, 1873 in Portsmouth, Ohio > Mattie Harris; Born: April 2, 1871 in Portsmouth, Ohio > Minnie Harris; Born: May 28, 1869 in Portsmouth, Ohio > The last known Address for the Dependent Children was: > 2020 Pogue Avenue > Cincinnatti, Ohio (Hamilton County, Ohio) > I would like to give all these Military Records to the Descendents of this > John Harris, who may be searching out their Family History. I have posted > on the Virginia Site of Rootsweb, and also on the Ohio Site under the > Counties for each State that is listed in the above information. This is > not my John Harris, for ours is a White Male. > So if you are searching for your John Harris who is the Above, contact me > and I will make arrangements to Mail you all the Documents that I have > obtained on the Military History from the National Archives. I just hate to > throw them all away when possibly someone might be looking for them. Please > contact me at: Marilyn Harris marileaf@bellsouth.net > > > >