i want to talk specifically about this lunenburg co, va deed which shows that  in 1746, sylvanus walker sold land to isaac winston, jr of hanover co, va, which was witnessed by tandy walker, etc.   in this case, this sylvanus walker is indicated to have been the brother of tandy walker, who also witnessed this deed, sons of sylvanus walker/ ann tandy of new kent co, va, who had moved to lunenburg co, va.   as talked about here on harris hunters, the winston family is said to have been more associated with the family of william harris/ temperance overton, but, again, this is part of all of this  info re our harris families there in new kent/ hanover cos, va we are still trying to puzzle through and to figure out.   again, what i can say based on these lunenburg co, va deeds and records, as well as those in laurens co, sc, these were the same families, including the walker family, who were significantly involved with my harris and goode family; the hudsons, etc, there in lunenburg co, va and who were still the same individuals and families also significantly involved with my harris and goode family, etc, in laurens co, sc.   again, there are too many families involved here and the connections are too multi-layered and involved for me to sum  all of this up and if this had been easy or simple for me to show you how all of this relates and connects, i would have done so.   lunenburg co, va deed book 1, page 97, 1746, silvanus walker of lunenburg co, va to isaac winston, jr of henrico co, va for 150 pds, 150 acres on the south side of  ****ing creek, now called modest creek, bounded by munford, john winn, evans.  signed:  silvanus walker.  witnesses:  lydall bacon; hampton wade; tandy walker.   hampton wade, who also witnessed this deed, was the son of robert wade, sr, who had also moved from hanover co, va to lunenburg co, va.   it was memucan hunt, who, again, had the patent in lunenburg co, va with samuel harris, which i have just talked about recently in this same bluestone creek area where both my william harris, sr/ frances goode and william harris/ judith hudson lived and the same samuel harris, shown to have been involved with them early in lunenburg co, va in cornelius cargill's district.   memucan hunt, who was the son of ralph hunt also of hanover co, va and who was also associated with robert wade, sr there,  married mary wade, daughter of robert wade, sr.   samuel harris, as the executor of the estate of adlar david early in lunenburg co, va sold land to robert wade, sr or jr, which was also witnessed by hampton wade.   again, this land was in the difficult creek area of lunenburg/ halifax co, sc which is also where peter hudson, sr lived and who was also the father of judith hudson harris.   here is the info, again, which also associates robert wade, sr and ralph hunt there in hanover co, va and also with a william harris.     again, it would be very helpful to know which william harris this william harris  refers to but i do not think we have an absolute lock on who all of these william harrises were per these new kent/ hanover cos, va processioning records.   here is the info from the st paul's parish vestry, hanover co, va, processioning records which, again, associates robert wade, sr with ralph hunt there and also with a william harris.   P. 283 & 284 (218) At a Vestry held for St. Pauls Parish Octobr ye 18th 1735. " Ordered into one precinct for processioning the lands of Chas. Hudson, Gent., Alexander Cock, John Hudson, Cornel's. Dabney, John Wingfield, David Lewis, Wm. Harris, Philip Joiner, John Joyner, Wm. Hill, Cornel's Tinsley, and Wm. Ford, Capt. Hudson and Cornel's Dabney to See the sd. Processioning perform'd as in the above Order. Who made the following return Feb 9th 1735, In Obedience to the within order, we the Subscribers have met and seen all the within mentioned, and also the Lands of Daniel FitzPatrick, and John Watson not mentioned within, all Peaceable quitely Processioned, in the presence of John Joyner, Daniel FitzPatrick, Alex'r. Cock, Geo. Hudson, Wm. Hill, John Wingfield, John Watson, Wm Harris, Cornel's Tinsley, Wm. Cock, Wm. Lewis appeard for his Father, David Lewis for the Outward lines of the said Precinct, Capt. Peter Garland, and Mr. Ralph Hunt appeard with Mr. Rob't. Wade, who represented Mr. WM. BYRD, Esq., also Mr. Peter Marks and Mr. Wm. Jennings for the outward lines, & Wm. Alsop, also Mr. Rich'd. Harris, Mr. George Vaughn, and Mr. John Ragland did not appear, notwithstanding Lawfully warned. Signed Charles Hudson, Cornelius Dabney."      to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8----------26910      

here, finally, are the lunenburg co, va deeds for the walkers and besides what i have talked about already re showing that the same sylvanus walker, jr, who was involved with james burton, sr and his sons james burton, jr and thomas burton in lunenburg co, va and who also moved to laurens co, sc and that all of this includes significant connections with both the family of peter hudson, sr there in lunenburg co, va and with my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers and his brother-in-law, patrick cunningham in laurens co, sc, etc, as well as these signficant connections with samuel harris in pittsylvania co, va, etc, re also the same allen/ bacon/ stokes families, etc, i still  also have some more to say about these lunenburg co, va deeds re the walkers.   lunenburg co, va deed book 1, page 73, 1746, benjamin hawkins of amelia co, va to james barnes of goochland co, va for 40 pds, 404 acres on the south side of the  nottaway river being a patent of 404 acres granted to benjamin hawkins on july 10, 1745, bounded by timothy murrell, stokes.  signed:  benjamin hawkins.  witnesses:  william childrey; silvanus walker; william pettipool.   lunenburg co, va deed book 1, page 97, 1746, silvanus walker of lunenburg co, va to isaac winston, jr of henrico co, va for 150 pds, 150 acres on the south side of  ****ing creek, now called modest creek, bounded by munford, john winn, evans.  signed:  silvanus walker.  witnesses:  lydall bacon; hampton wade; tandy walker.   lunenburg co, va deed book 1, page 302, 1747, thomas briggs of surry co, va to tandy walker of lunenburg for 100 pds, land (acerage not given) on both sides of the upper south fork  meherrin river and bounded by trees.  signed:  thomas briggs.  witnesses: silvanus walker;  richard ellis; william jordan.   lunenburg co, va co, va deed book 1, page 442, william pettypool of prince george co, va to robert wade of lunenburg co, va for 90 pds, 676 acres patented to pettypool on june 5, 1746 the land being in lunenburg on the east side of ****ing creek, now modest creek and bounded by trees.  signed:  william pettepool.  witnesses:  john twitty; silvanus walker; james williams.  frances, wife of william pettypool relinquished her right of dower.     lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 20, 1750, tandy walker and judith, his wife, of lunenburg co, va to henry blagrave of caroline co, va for 150 pds, 180 acres in lunenburg co, va on both sides of the upper south fork of the meherrin river and bounded by the north fork.  signed:  tandy walker; judith walker.  witnesses:  lydall bacon; john lester; bryant lester.   lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 38, 1750, john stovall of lunenburg co, va to isaac hudson of amelia co, va for 5 shillings, 401 acres granted to edward booker by patent on august 30, 1744, the said land was in brunswick co, va but now in lunenburg co, va on both sides of couches creek and bounded by colwell, briggs, fuilliant (?).  the land was formerly transferred by deed to john stovall.  witnesses:  james roberts; christopher sneed; silvanus walker; gideon moon, his mark.    lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 156, 1750, john fort of southhampton co, va to henry blagrave of caroline co, va for 25 pds, 200 acres in a fork of the meherrin river, bounded by trees.  signed:  john fort.  witnesses:  william roberts; james roberts; richard ellis; tandy walker.   lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 236, 1751, george walton of lunenburg co, va to sylvanus walker of same for 15 pds, 135 acres on the north side of the meherrin river and bounded by walker; pool; lile, being all the land patented to george walton on june 1, 1750.  signed:  george walton.  no witnesses.    lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 316, 1751, samuel goode of amelia co, va to nicholas hobson of lunenburg co, va for 30 pds, 200 acres on the  north side of the staunton river, bounded by hudson, roberts, james burton, tandy walker, being part of a tract of land formerly granted to ravenscroft.  signed:  samuel goode.  no witnesses.   lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 504, 1751, elizabeth lyles of lunenburg co, va to stephen evans of same for 6 pds, 8 acres on the north side of the meherrin river being part of a survey of 200 acres which elizabeth lyles obtained by caveat from abraham micheaux and bounded by the river bank, etc.  signed:  elizabeth liles.  witnesses:  henry blagrave; silvanus walker; richard willliams, his mark.   lunenburg co, va deed book 4, page torn/ partly missing, 1754, sylvanus walker of lunenburg co, va to william jeter of same for 30 pds, 401 acres on both sides of tobey's creek of couches branch and bounded by jeters old line, jordan, part of a larger tract of 1044 acres granted to sylvanus walker last april 15.  signed:  silvanus walker.  witnesses:  thomas taylor; john hayse; john jeter.     lunenburg co, va deed book 4, page 63, 1746, john michaux of lunenburg co, va to silvanus walker of same for 100 pds, 400 acres granted to abraham michaux on aug 13, 1744 on the north side of the meherrin river and on both sides of couches creek, where it crosses the meadow creek.  signed:  john mechaux.  witnesses:  david stokes; lydall bacon; john winn; thomas winn.   lunenburg co, va deed book 4, page 188, we, silvanus walker, william pettipool, and bryant lester of lunenburg co, va are firmly bound unto lydall bacon and hampton wade, gent of same, in the sum of 1000 pds.  the payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves this sept 2, 1755.  the condition of the obligation is such that whereas bacon and wade with some others did enter into the bond in lunenburg court of sylvanus walker's faithful administration of the estate of tandy walker, decd, bacon and wade apprehending themselves in danger by being such security and sylvanus walker willing to indemnify them and if walker does so, the obligation becomes void.  signed:  silvanus walker; wm pettypool; bryant lester.  witnesses:  l. claiborne, jr.   lunenburg co, va deed book 6, page 107, 1760, silvanus walker, jr of lunenburg co, va and his wife, sarah, to charles allen of same for 250 pds, 200 acres in lunenburg co, va on the north side of the staunton river bounded by ornsby; goode.  signed: silvanus walker, jr.  witnesses:  william perry; james burton, jr; mary perry, her mark.  sarah, wife of silvanus walker, jr, relinquised her dower rights.   lunenburg co, va deed book 6, page 121, 1760, james burton of lunenburg co, va to silvanus walker, jr of same for 100 pds, 200 acres on the north side of the staunton river and bounded by ornsby and goode.  signed:  james burton.  witnesses:  charles allen, william perry.  mary perry, her mark. judith, wife of james burton, reliquished her dower rights.   lunenburg co, va deed book 4, page 233, 1756, phillip poindexter of lunenburg co, va to daniel price of same for 45 pds, 400 acres a patent to phillip poindexter on the south side of the meherrin river, bounded by tandy walker, juniper creek.  not signed; no witnesses.   lunenburg co, va deed book 4, page 305, 1756,  john ornsby of amelia co, va to andrew wade of lunenburg co, va for 100 pds, 500 acres of land in lunenburg and bounded by tandy walker, a new line made for james roberts.  signed:  john ornsby.  no witnesses.   lunenburg co, va deed book 4, page 489, 1757, daniel price and mary, his wife, of lunenburg co, va to henry blagrave of same for 50 pds, 400 acres in lunenburg and bounded by tandy walker on juniper creek where it runs into the river, a patent to phillip poindexter on sept 10, 1755 and sold to daniel price.  signed:  daniel price.  witnesses:  john smith; david garland; william arvin.  mary, wife of daniel price, relinquished her dower rights.   lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 115, 1758, silvanus walker of lunenburg co, va to edward jordan of same for 60 pds, 135 acres bounded by couches creek, pool, jordan, rocky branch. signed:  silvanus walker.  no witnesses.   lunenburg co, va deed book 7, page 325, 1762, william jeter of lunenburg co, va for 56 pds have sold to richard williams of same a negro girl named moll, age 7 years, and bind myself to said williams in the penalty of 500 pds, to be recovered of me if moll should be taken by right of tithe from williams.  witnesses:  abraham maury; silvanus walker, jr.   lunenburg co, va deed book 8, page 201, 1764, sylvanus walker, jr of lunenburg co, va for 89 pds, to hampton wade, merchant of halifax co, va, 6  negro slaves:  hector; will; lucy; nan; milia; and delcey; also 3 featherbeds with furniture; 10 head of cattle; all kinds of household furniture belonging to me and 1 pocket book.  signed: silvanus walker, jr.  witnesses:  thomas colley; william walker.   lunenburg co, va deed book 8, page 271, 1764, silvanus walker of lunenburg co, va to leonard dozer of same for 120 pds, 200 acres in lunenburg on couches creek, bounded by duvall, briggs, edmunds.  signed: silvanus walker, jr.  witnesses:  john dozer; mark thornton.  the deed was acknowledged by sylvanus walker the younger.      to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8--------26910  

again, per info i have posted in the past, but also from this rootweb site, allen stokes/ martisha may, who witnessed and proved samuel harris' 1799 pittsylvania co, va will, was the son of sylvanus stokes/ sarah allen and grandson of young stokes of lunenburg co, va, whose 1769 lunenburg co, va will was witnessed by lydall bacon.   again, there are too many significant and involved connections re these same and related families not just from new kent co, va on into this lunenburg co, va area but also from there on into laurens co, sc  for these not to be also relevant connections also re my/ our harris family.   VA-SOUTHSIDE-L Archives Archiver > VA-SOUTHSIDE > 1998-04 > 0892415287 From: "Ed Neal" < [email protected]> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Fw: Stokes Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 14:08:07 -0700 -----Original Message----- From: Ed Neal < [email protected]> To: Dorsey Drane < [email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 7:30 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Louisa Stokes Neal   Young Stokes was b abt 1705. His will was dated 3 Aug 1769 and proved in >Lunenburg Co 5 Dec 1770. His wife was named Elizabeth. She was possibly a >"Allen" or a "Walker" > >children (not necessarily in the right order): > >1. Henry Stokes b. abt 1728. will dated 10 Oct 1814. m. Susannah Reaves > Pettypool 5 Feb 1795 in Lunenburg Co. > Children named in the will: > 1. Colin Stokes > 2. Mary E. Stokes m. James Neal in Lunenburg Co Va 13 Sep 1813 dau of Henry Stokes. Sur. Wm G. Pettus > >2. Sylvanus Stokes m. Sarah Allen > He d. 1798 in Pittsylvania Co. Va. > Children: > 1. Allen > 2. Silvanus > 3. Joel > 4. Elizabeth Allen m. her 1st cousin John Neal (Thomas,David,Stephen) 21 Sep 1784 in Pittsylvania Co Va. John Neal's mother was Elizabeth's aunt, Mary Ann Stokes. again, per the info, it was this allen stokes, son of sylvanus stokes of pittsylvania co, va and grandson of young stokes of lunenburg co, va  and who married martisha may, daughter of henry may, who witnessed samuel harris/ lucy camp's 1799 pittsylvania co, va will.   although i will not go into again, these connections re henry may re our harris family, etc, are also more involved as well.     Index | Descendancy | Register | Pedigree | Ahnentafel | Public Profile | Add Post-em ID: I17664 Name: Martisha May Sex: F Birth: 1763 in Virginia Death: in Pittsylvania County, Virginia Father: Henry May b: 1732 in Virginia Mother: Priscilla Hain b: ABT 1734 Marriage 1 Allen Stokes b: ABT 1764 in Lunenberg County, Virginia Married: 19 JUL 1784 in Charlotte County, VirginiaChildren Priscilla Stokes b: 20 NOV 1804   to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8--------26910  

again, these connections are still also a lot more involved.     as shown, this land re my charles harris/ james holley bordered on lydall allen, who was the son of charles allen, jr/ lucy bacon and named for her father lydall bacon also of lunenburg co, va.   this was also charles allen, jr/ lucy bacon's daughter mary/ polly allen who married in laurens co, sc our john l. harris, brother of my charles harris/ jane cannon.   after charles allen, jr died in laurens co, sc, lucy bacon allen re-married charles smith and here, again, is the laurens co, sc deed showing that lucy bacon allen smith gave slaves to her daughter mary/ polly allen harris and her son-in-law, our john l. harris.   Laurens, South Carolina      Deed Book L: 64       I, Lucy Smith, Laurens District, South Carolina in consideration of the love and affection which I have for my daughter Polly Harris and her husband John L. Harris, and in consideration of the sum of $5.00 paid by William F. Downes, all of the same place, have granted and delivered to the said William F. Downes the following negroes to wit - Charles about 20 years of age, Martha about 10 years of age, Eliza about 9 years of age and Poll about 40 years of age in trust to and for the following uses and purposes to wit - for the sole use and benefit of the said Polly Harris and John L. Harris or the survivors of them during their lives except the girl Poll and Eliz which I reserve for the use and benefit of myself during my life and after my death and the death of the said John L. Harris and Polly Harris to such persons as the said Polly Harris notes sustaining may chose to convey the said negroes and their increase to by deed or will lawfully executed to have and to hold the said 4 negroes and their incease unto the said William F. Downs in trust.       Lucy Smith. (Seal) Wit.  Jas. Burton A. Milner Proved by A. Millner 2 Sept 1822 before John Garlington, Clerk and JQ Recorded September 1, 1822 per the records, lucy bacon allen smith was the daughter of lydall bacon, who witnessed Young Stokes' 1769 lunenburg co, va will. 467. Stokes, Young 8-23-1769; 12-13-1770; Lunenburg Co, VA W.B. 2/362   Mentions: Wife: Elizabeth Stokes             Sons: Henry Stokes, Sylvanus Stokes (Silvonus Stokes),                   Allen Stokes, William Stokes             Son-in-law: Henry Blagrave*             Daughters: Susannah Christopher, Mary Ann Neal, Lucy Anderson,                        Cecilia Stokes, Elizabeth Blagrave   Executors: William Stokes, Henry Stokes (sons)   Witnesses: Lyddal Bacon, John Davis   * "Henry Blagrave, the husband of my daughter Elizabeth Blagrave". again, so much of this is just so involved and multi-layered.     of course, samuel harris/ lucy camp, who died in 1799 in pittsylvania co, va is/ was the same samuel harris, who married lucy camp, and who  became col samuel harris/ rev samuel harris,  and he was the same samuel harris involved with both william harris/ judith hudson and my william harris, sr/ frances goode early in lunenburg co, va in cornelius cargill's district and who continued to be involved with john cargill, sr/ rachel tinsley and thomas dendy in this halifax co, va, who  moved to this same little river area of laurens co, sc where they continued to be significantly involved with my harris and goode family there.   then, this is the same samuel harris, who, again, like my william harris, sr/ frances goode and william harris/ judith hudson, were also involved with the robert wade, sr and andrew wade, sr families, etc; the same samuel harris, who had the patent with memucan hunt in this same bluestone creek area which bordered on my goode family and john wilborn, etc.   on and on there are these connections and there are just too many of them and they are too involved not to consider that they are relevant.   here again is the 1799 pittsylvania co, va will for samuel harris/ lucy camp, showing that this allen stokes witnessed and proved his will.     HARRIS, SAMUEL D & W 11, P 222 D: January 13, 1799 Pittsylvania Co, VA Pr: December 16, 1799 NAMES: Son: Samuel- my lands including plantation lately occupied by my son, Benjamin. Also lands and houses I possess to be divided into three parts ....... Executors: Sons, Nathaniel and Benjamin Harris Witnesses: Christopher Conway, George Sutherland, Jun'r, Thomas Pistole, Sen'r, Allen Stokes, James McDonald s/ Sam Harris Will proved by Allen Stokes and James McDonald on motion of Benjamin Harris, Ex'r Sec: William Wilkinson, Abia Cheatham, William Payne, George Sutherlin, Jr., Nathaniel Harris joined in probate Dec. 16, 1799. Sec: William Clark, William Wimbish, John Carter.    to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8---------26910  

again, i may want to later come back and talk about these connections sylvanus walker, sr/ jr and memucan walker  had with my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers and patrick cunningham, etc, in laurens so, sc but, for now, i also want to cite these lunenburg co, va deeds re the walkers and talk about these connections as well.   again, some of this i have also talked about in the past and, again, per the info, sylvanus walker and tandy walker, who moved to lunenburg co, va, were the sons of sylvanus walker/ ann tandy of new kent co, va.   it was tandy walker/ judith langford's son sylvanus walker, who was called sylvanus walker, jr in lunenburg co, va and he was the same sylvanus walker, jr, who married either sarah blagrave or sarah hogan cargill and who also moved to laurens co, sc and who became sylvanus walker, sr there.   again, this was sylvanus walker, sr in laurens co, sc son sylvanus walker, jr, who was one of the appraisers of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers 1800 laurens co, sc estate and also and it was sylvanus walker, sr's son memucan walker, who witnessed our patrick cunningham's/ ann harris 1796 laurens co, sc will.     here, to follow, are also the lunenburg co, va deeds re the walkers.    the important connections that i have already talked about in the past, re these lunenburg co, va deeds and connections, are these deeds that involve sylvanus walker, jr with james burton, sr; james burton, jr and charles allen.   again, per laurens co, sc deeds i have cited in the past, land that my charles harris/ jane cannon owned with james holley in laurens co, sc, and which bordered on lydall allen,  had belonged previously to sylvanus walker, who had  had a suit with  thomas burton.   thomas burton, who died ca 1802 in laurens co, sc and who married 1st nancy ann perrin, daughter of joseph perrin also of twitty's creek lunenburg/ charlotte co, va, was the son of james burton, sr/ judith of lunenburg co, va.   again, this was also james burton, sr's daughter agnes burton, who married james hudson, son of peter hudson, sr, who was also the father of judith hudson harris.    james burton, sr was named as a legatee of peter hudson, sr as shown also, again, per these lunenburg co, va deeds, which also show that james burton, jr and thomas burton were his sons.   lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 327, oct 3, 1758, james burton of lunenburg co, va to james burton, jr for 20 pds,200 acres in lunenburg co, va on buffalo creek, being part of tract of 400 acres deeded to james burton from the executors of peter hudson, deceased, and bounded by james hudson, a new line, anthony griffin, perry.  signed:  james burton, his mark.  no witnesses.  recorded oct 3, 1758.   lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 329, oct 3, 1758, james burton of lunenburg co, va to thomas burton, son of said james burton, for the love of his son, thomas burton, 200 acres on buffalo creek, being part of the tract of land deeded to james burton from the executors of peter hudson, deceased, being the tract whereon james burton now lives and bounded by james hudson, richard hudson, anthony griffin, james burton.  signed:  james burton, his mark.  no witnesses. recorded oct 3, 1758     here again is the laurens co, sc deed re my charles harris/ jane cannon and this land on raborns creek, which had belonged to sylvanus walker and which bordered on lydall allen.   laurens co, sc deed book J, page 64, 1808, john clark, sheriff, to james holley and charles harriss for $53, 150 acres former property of silvanus walker on raburn creek, bordered on jonathan downs, lydall allen, robert creswell, sold at writ of fi fa at suit of exix and exor of thomas burton, decd.  witnesses:  william irby, john mcharg.  john garlington, c.c.   to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8----------26910

as indicated, per these laurens co, sc deeds,  the same land that silvanus walker, wife, sarah, and james burnside sold to francis lester and thomas wilkes, which bordered on mariah goodman, was, then, sold to james clardy, which, then, also bordered on stephen harris.   again, stephen harris, who also died in 1799 in laurens co, sc, was the son of edward harris, sr of twitty's creek of lunenburg/ charlotte co, va.   again, even though i had noted in the past connections re my william harris, sr/ frances goode and my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers both there in lunenburg co, va and on into laurens co, sc with both edward harris, sr there in lunenburg/ charlotte co, va and his sons stephen harris and edward harris, jr also on into laurens co, sc, it was not until both our harris family descendants participated in the harris dna project that i definitely knew that we are related harris families, who are part of our harris dna group 8.   also, whereas my william harris, sr/ frances goode is definitely shown to have had connections with edward harris, sr and/ or these same individuals there in lunenburg/ charlotte co, va, my wiliam harris, sr/ frances goode is also shown to have been involved there also in lunenburg/ halifax/ mecklenburg cos, va, also with william harris/ judith hudson and samuel harris and the individuals/ families also associated with them.   in regard to these connections and, again, as i have also talked about, mariah goodman, per these laurens co, sc  deeds, was the daughter of daniel williams, wife, ursula, who trace back to the williams family of hanove co, va and who moved through lunenburg co, va to granville co, va where daniel williams/ ursula died.   here, again, is the info from the lunenburg co, va records stating that my william harris, sr/ frances goode; william harris/ judith hudson; john wilborn; and/ or stephen evans were to appraise the land of daniel williams in lunenburg co, va.   the lunenburg co, va court orders book 4, page 171, states that both my william harris, sr/ frances goode; william harris/ judith hudson; stephen evans; and john wilborn or any three of them were to appraise the land of daniel williams in lunenburg co, va in 1755.   also, again, this lunenburg co, va deed showing that they were the same lunenburg co, va daniel williams, wife, ursula, who had also moved to granville co, nc.   lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 239, 1758, daniel williams of granville co, nc to thomas tate of lunenburg co, va for 35 pds, 340 acrea on both sides of the little bluestone creek and bounded by william lidderdale; hogan's road; morriss; a new line. signed: daniel williams.  no witnesses.  ursula, wife of daniel williams, relinquished her right of dower.    here again is the laurens co, sc deed showing that george anderson sold land to mariah williams goodman, which bordered on sylvanus walker.   laurens co, sc deed book B, page 96, 1786, george anderson and wife, mary/ molly, to mariah goodman for 100 pds, 140 acres on both sides of norths creek bordered by james burnside, robert young, james cook, john milam, silvanus walker.  witnesses:  samuel wharton, charles sullivant.   laurens co, sc deed book B, page 150, 1786, silvanus and sarah walker and james burnside of one part to frances lester and thomas wilkes of another part for 125 pds sterling, 110 acres on norths creek, grant to george anderson and authur spence, bordered on john milam, ----- hardy, thomas gafford, james burnside, mariah goodman.  witnesses:  samuel saxon, john williams, junr.     laurens co, sc deed book F, page 53, 1795, thomas wilks and wife, mary, and francis lester to james clardy for 82 pds, 150 acres on the branch of norths creek, original grant to george anderson bordered on mariah goodman; james cook; thomas woodward; stephen harris.  witnesses:  john cargill; john chandler.  thomas wadsworth, j.p.   here again, are also the laurens co, sc estate sales for both our related stephen harris and mariah  williams goodman, and, again, a number of these same individuals who were purchasers and, like our harris family; the walkers; my rodgers family; the andersons, etc; all moved from this southside lunenburg, etc, cos, va area on into laurens co, sc.   here are also the purchasers of stephen harris' 1800 laurens co, sc estate sale:   laurens co, sc will book A-1, page 234, 1800, sale of estate of stephen harris, decd, purchasers:    braddock harris; john harris; minyard harris; william harris; james clardy; glannus winn; james polley; stephen smith; john burns; john milam; isaac medley; james holley; william nickles; stephen garrett; joseph griffin; abner teague; francis lester; john cureton; moses sanders; james hancock.   again, braddock harris; john harris; minyard harris; and this william harris are definitely indicated to have been the sons of stephen harris, and, again, stephen harris was a son of edward harris, sr also of lunenburg/ charlotte co, va.   this joseph griffin, who was one of the purchasers at stephen harris' estate sale, married mary williams, widow of col james williams as per the following laurens co, sc deed and he was the brother of mariah williams goodman.   laurens co, sc deed book B, page 358, 1788, joseph griffin and wife, mary, to james williams and washington williams for love and affection 434 pds, 10 negroes....two feather beds to be divided when james williams and washington williams come of age or if deceased to be divided equally among the sons and daughters of the late col james williams, deceased.    here is also the laurens co, sc estate sale of mariah williams goodman and, as indicated, one of the purchasers was minyard harris, who was the son of stephen harris and grandson of edward harris, sr of lunenburg/ charlotte co, va.     laurens co, sc will book C-1, page 28, 1803, mariah goodman, decd, sale bill of estate. purchasers:  clabourn goodman; joseph goodman; nancy goodman; charles goodman; samuel goodman; bartlett brooks; joseph gallegy; abner pyles; william young; andrew rodgers, jr; james caldwell; william caldwell; william dendy; david greer; minyard harris; glannus winn; james henderson; thomas wilks; william ligon; josiah chandler; william crafs(?); andrew rodgers; silvanus adams; jacob miller; woodson ligon; francis lester; richard williams; jeremiah glenn; james mc mahan; george watts.  returns by samuel goodman and clabourn goodman.   again, other of these, who were purchasers of mariah williams goodman's laurens co, sc estate sale, besides our harris family, also trace back to these same lunenburg/ charlotte co, va families: my rodgers family; the caldwells; glannus wynne; francis lester; thomas wilks; william dendy; jeremiah glenn; etc.   to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8-------26910    

first of all, i am still waiting for another of the posts i posted to harris hunters last night to see if it were actually posted as i have not received confirmation that it was.     again, this post still involves these connections re memucan walker having witnessed our patrick cunningham/ ann harris' 1796 laurens co, sc will, along with sarah clary, and these relevant connections re my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers but, so far, this has not come through to me that this post has been posted.    i have more to say about these connections re the walker family and their involvment with the same families as our harris family, etc, both there in lunenburg co, va as well as on into laurens co, sc.    as i have also said in the past, these connections are themselves so multi-layered and involved that it is hard to convey just how multi-dimensional and involved all of this is.   although, i do want to still talk a little more about these walker, etc, connections both there in laurens co, sc and lunenburg co, va, and may also come back to talk about at some point,  i do have other relevant connections and things i also want to talk about.   as indicated, there are also these laurens co, sc deed wherein george anderson, wife, molly, sold to mariah goodman land that bordered on sylvanus walker and also that sylvanus walker, wife, sarah  and james burnside sold land to thomas wilkes and frances lester that bordered on mariah goodman, etc.   again, there is a lot re these connections and, as indicated, the land george anderson sold to mariah goodman was on north's creek, which, again, is where my william harris, sr/ frances goode and my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers obtained these ca 1770 adjacent laurens co, sc grants.   speaking of my rodgers family, this george anderson who sold this land to mariah goodman and this james burnside involved also with him are part of the family of my andrew rodgers, sr/ jane who died in 1755 in lunenburg, now charlotte co, va.   this george anderson/ molly saxon, who was his 3rd wife, per the info, was the son of james anderson/ margaret rodgers of wards fork/ creek in lunenburg, now charlotte co, va, who also moved to laurens co, sc ca 1770.    james anderson's wife, margaret, was the daughter of my andrew rodgers, sr/ jane and sister of my john rodgers, esq/ sr, father of my frances rodgers harris.   here is the 1755 lunenburg/ now charlotte co, va will for my andrew rodgers, sr:   425. Rodgers, Andrew 12-18-1755; 7-6-1756; W.B. 1/160: Mentions: Wife: Janet Rodgers (she is called jane in laurens co, sc) Sons: Andrew Rodgers, John Rodgers, Thomas Rodgers, Patrick Rodgers  Daughters: Rebecca Rodgers, Margaret Anderson,  Elizabeth Culbertson, Martha Burnside; Son-in-law: James Burnside. Executors: Janet Rodgers (wife), James Burnside.  Witnesses: David Caldwell, William Cunningham, Wm. Caldwell.   also here is a lunenburg co, va deed showing that james anderson, wife, margaret, lived in this ward's fork/ creek area of lunenburg, now charlotte co, va.   lunenburg co, va deed book 3, page 328, 1753, james anderson of lunenburg co, va to george clarke of same for 110 pds, 440 acres on ward' fork, being part of a larger tract formerly granted by john lidderdale and elizabeth, his wife, to james anderson.  signed:  james anderson, margaret anderson, her mark.  witnesses:  william holt; alexander joyce; john robertson.   in fact, here is the lunenburg co, va deed wherein john lidderdale, etc, sold this land to james anderson.   lunenburg co, va deed book 1, page 304, 1748, alexander spalding, john lidderdale, and samuel gordon, merchants, to james anderson, spalding and lidderdale gave power of attorney, dated feb 6, 1744, to convey land by deed of about 504 acres, part of a tract of 16, 933 acres on ward's fork, which was patented to spalding and lidderdale on feb 4, 1744 and which lot is numbered 27 where the whole tract is divided into 34 lots.  signed:  john lidderdale; andrew spalding.  witnesses:  thomas jones; thomas vernon; james murphey.   i have not focused futher on our james anderson/ margaret rodgers except there in lunenburg/ charlotte co, va.   also, as the info re james anderson/ margaret rodgers' family states, this was also their anderson family, who, like our harris and carter family, also moved to cobb co, ga and also to benton, now calhoun/ cleburne co, al where they may have continued also to have been involved with my harris family, etc, in these areas.   early on re my research on my harris family, i focused, of course, on these cobb/ paulding; benton/ calhoun/ cleburne cos, al areas but my focus for quite some time now has been to trace our harris family on back from these areas, which was, then, back to laurens co, sc and on back to this lunenburg/ mecklenburg cos, va, etc, area.    again, per this info re the family of our james anderson/ margaret rodgers, this was george anderson/ 2nd wife, named miss lewis, who were the parents of david lewis anderson, who was the probate judge there in laurens co, sc for many years.   also, george anderson's 3rd wife molly was mary/ molly saxon and this was the same saxon family, again, not only involved with my harris and rodgers families there in laurens co, sc, but, again, the saxons, like our harris family and the walker family, also trace back to new kent co, va.   laurens co, sc deed book B, page 96, 1786, george anderson and wife, mary/ molly, to mariah goodman for 100 pds, 140 acres on both sides of norths creek bordered by james burnside, robert young, james cook, john milam, silvanus walker.  witnesses:  samuel wharton, charles sullivant.   laurens co, sc deed book B, page 150, 1786, silvanus and sarah walker and james burnside of one part to frances lester and thomas wilkes of another part for 125 pds sterling, 110 acres on norths creek, grant to george anderson and authur spence, bordered on john milam, ----- hardy, thomas gafford, james burnside, mariah goodman.  witnesses:  samuel saxon, john williams, junr.   again, besides sylvanus walker, jr, john middleton and john wait were also appraisers of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers' 1800 laurens co, sc estate sale and both john middleton and the wait family inter-married with the family of our james and margaret rodgers anderson.   From: < [email protected]> Subject: [ANDERSON-L] JAMES ANDERSON Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:30:30 EST A COLLECTION OF UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY RECORDS, Vol. 2, pages 11-12, discusses the following Anderson line: James Anderson, b. ? d. will filed in 1783 in Laurens Dist., SC, naming sons William, George, Andrew Anderson. Others mentioned in will were: Alexander Hamilton, Ainsworth Middleton, Robert Young, John Miller, James Young, and Benjamin Saxon. Oldest son, William, wed Molly Cobb and lists these children: Margaret, James, Sarah Ann, Ambrous, Robert, Samuel, Andrew, Jr., (states he wed Rebecca and moved to Benton Co., AL - died in 1844), and Mary. George wed 3 times: first to Miss Anderson, (no children mentioned), second to Miss Lewis (had 1 son: Judge David Lewis Anderson), and third to Molly Saxon. There were 13 children of this third marriage: Charles, Margaret, Judith, James, (moved to Cobb Co., GA), George, William R., (wed Annie Coker and moved to GA), Tabitha, Lewis, John, Molly, Saxon (wed Elizabeth Anderson and moved to Talledega Co, AL), Elizabeth, and Sarah. Andrew wed Jinny ? and had 5 known children: William (never married), George (never married), Margaret (never married), Joshua, (wed his cousin Margaret Anderson), and James (wed Frances Wait). Hope this helps someone. Bill  to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8--------26910  

Also, the William Overton Harris in below 1840 Louisa Co. VA record is son of Patrick Harris...Patrick Harris s/o Stephen Harris d 1770 (will appended below), DNA Gp 8....Stephen is supposedly son of William Harris of Cub Creek. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HARRIS-HUNTERS/2007-07/1185 847738 LOUISA CO. BOOK X, PAGE: 423 Grantor: Aaron Lowery and Mary his wife, Grantee: Charles Brooks, Date: -1 July 1840. Aaron Lowery and Mary his wife who was Mary Harris, James Ryan and Jememia his wife who was Jememia Harris, [1]William O. Harris and Sarah his wife, [2]John A. Harris and Mary W. his wife and John O. Moss to Charles Brooks,$50 for tract on south side of Indian creek adjoining William Waldrop and John Gentry, 33 acres being tract Patrick Harris died seized. Witness: David Richardson, Austin Gentry, Mourning G. Gentry, Nathaniel Talley, Francis Dabney, David Richardson. -------------------------- Goochland County Virginia Marriage Bonds & Minister Returns 1816-1854, compiled & indexed by Thomas P. Hughes Jr. and Jewel B. Standefer, 1972 Harris, William Overton - Sarah Badget M.B. March 21, 1817 Sec: Belden Badget [Bolding] William 21 yrs of age Harris, John A. - Mary W. Ryan M.B. December 13, 1818 Sec: James Ryan Wit: William O. Harris Marriages of Louisa County Virginia 1766-1815, Kathleen Booth Williams: p 13, 22 Aug 1803, Charles Brooks & Elizabeth Harris (Betsey) d/o Patrick Harris, Sur. Edmond Badgett. Wit: Pole [?] Harris. p 107 p 88, James Ryan & Jemima Harris dau. of Patrick Harris. Sur. Thomas Ryan. Wit: Belden Badgett. Married by Rev. Martin Walton. p 82 p 6, 14 May 1793 Bolding Badget & Elizabeth Ryan, dau. of Philip Ryan. Sur. John Ryan. M 16 May by Rev. Martin Walton. p 62 Goochland Marriages p 93 *Siddons, William H. - Catharine A. Harris M.B. March 24, 1840 Sec: Archibald F. Thomas Wit: John W. Loyall William O. Harris, father of Catharine A. 1850 Louisa Co. VA census *Siddons William 35 M Miller Siddons Catharine 31 F Y [Wm O's + Sarah's dau.?] Siddons Sarah 10 F Siddons William 7 M Siddons Benjamin 2 M Siddons Buckner 10/12 M next door... Harris Sarah (Mrs) 45 F $180.00 WILL OF STEPHEN HARRIS 26 July 1770 >From article: Three William Harrises in Hanover County by Malcolm Hart Harris West Point, Virginia (continued from V.22, p. 104) posted to Group 8 DNA mailing list by Lynda SoRelle 1/16/06 Memor and Coppy of Stephen Harris will made 26th July 1770. The witnesses are Ro. Harris, George Clough & Alse Hix Imprimis: I be[queath] to my loving wife during her natural life the land and plantation whereon I now live likewise all my other estate, after her death, all the estate except the land to be equally divided among my children that shall be living at the time by this last wife, to wit- John, Betty, Anne, Ned, Patrick, Alse, Rosey, Damond and Molly King. Item: I give my said land and plantation after my wife�s decease to my son John Harris and his heirs forever. It likewise is my desire that if my said son John should die leaving no lawful heir that the said land should go to the next oldest son living. I appoint my son John Exer and Mourning Harris, my wife Executrix in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of July 1770 Stephen Harris S. H. his mark Ro. Harris, Alse Hix, George Clough It is evident from this will made in 1770 that Stephen Harris was married twice and Mourning Harris was his second wife, who survived him. In 1782, Mourning Harris was charged with 150 acres of land in Hanover County, and in 1790 she was charged with nine white tithables. The plantation on which Stephen Harris lived passed to Mourning and then to her son John Harris, as willed. It was here that John Harris resided during his lifetime and at his death it passed to his son Solomon Harris. The 1850 census of Hanover County shows the family of Solomon Harris, aged 71; Elizabeth Harris, 71; Solomon King Harris, 34; Andrew J. Harris, 24; Elizabeth Harris, 16; and George Harris, 13. --------------------------------- On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:02:12 EDT [email protected] writes: There are at least two Group 8 families that consistently use the name Overton as a middle name; George Overton Harris George Harris Sr b ca 1758 of Hanover d May 1824 in Warren Co KY. Married to Sarah Hudson ca 1772. Children: Graves Harris b 1773 m Elizabeth Wheeler (of Mark) 15 Oct 1799 Louisa co VA William Hudson Harris b ca 1775 m Catharine Anderson 5 Oct 1805 Warren Co KY Elizabeth Dickson Harris b 1783 d 30 Nov 1838 m Major Holland Frances Harris b 1784 d bef 22 Jan 1842 Warren Co KY m Hezekiah Holland Sarah (Salley) Harris b 1790 d 10 Nov 1855 Warren Co KY m Charles Epperson George Overton Harris Jr b 1790 d 10 Nov 1855 Warren Co. m Elizabeth Holland Married: Elizabeth Holland 5 Apr 1813 Warren Co Mary Graves Harris b 1793 m James Thomas Lucy Overton Harris b 1799 d aft 1850 LaFayette Co MO Lucy m 1st Allen Johnson 26 Nov 1817 Warren Co. 2nd Richard R. Merritt 20 Oct 1825 Warren Co and from another Harris Group 8 John Harris m Jane Hambleton Son Solomon Harris b ca 1779 m Betty Hogan has a son Stephen Overton Harris b 1818 m Diana Smith Solomon also names another son William Overton Harris m Barbara LNU Pat In a message dated 8/31/2008 11:12:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Dear Ms. Wallace, As I have mentioned before, "Overton" was also a frequent given name in my Harris family of Georgia (descendants of John Harris died 1826 and his wife Mary Fielder). It is the most common given name in that family. The second most common given name (considering most of the descendants were through daughters) was "Harris". As many will know (including yourself), this fact does not automatically guarantee an Overton connection. Even so, I, too, would be interested to see the Overton data you have (to supplement my own). Whether or not all or any of these various Harris families were genetically related to the Overtons of England, one thing at least is clear--they were all of them proud of the name, and wished to claim a relationship to them! Thanks again for all your selfless, dedicated work on behalf of us all. T.J. 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  again, as our patrick cunningham/ ann harris had served as a loyalist major, etc, in this 96th dist, sc area during the revolutionary war, he was banished from sc after the revolutionary war to west fla.   he petitioned the state of sc to return and was granted the right to return and all of his land, etc, confiscated from him was also returned to him and those who had fought against him in the revolutionary war, like general andrew pickens, signed the petition for him to return.   this was also our patrick and ann harris cunningham's grandaughter ann pamela cunningham, who was responsible for forming the society to restore and to preserve mt vernon.   per these connections i want to continue to talk about re these connections re the sylvanus walker family with my harris family, etc, there in lunenburg co, va and on into laurens co, sc, all of these, who witnessed our patrick cunningham's 1796 laurens co, sc will, including memucan walker, had a lot more to do with my harris family than they did with patrick cunningham whose father, john cunningham, was in augusta co, va.   as also shown, besides memucan walker, sarah clary also witnessed patrick cunningham's laurens co, sc will.   sarah clary, was the widow of cornelius cargill, son of john cargill, sr/ rachel tinsley, who re-married samuel clary.   some of this info states that sarah was a wilson, brother of this russell wilson but i can find absolutely no actual info that connect sarah with a russell wilson or the wilson family.   instead, what all of this info indicates, to me, re these connections re the cargills with my harris and goode family, again, both there in this lunenburg co, va area and on into laurens co, sc, and by virtue of the fact that sarah cargill clary witnessed our patrick and ann harris cunningham's 1796 laurens co, sc will and is also shown to have also been involved with sylvanus walker and memucan walker, etc, that sarah cargill clary was not a wilson but a harris and also a sister of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers and our ann harris cunningham, children of my/ our william harris, sr/ frances goode.   here is the info on these connections.   laurens co, sc deed book C, page 165, 1789, cornelius cargill, son and heir of cornelius cargill, decd, and samuel clary and wife, sarah, widow of cornelius cargill, decd, to silvanus walker, sr for 100 pds, 420 acres on the south side of the beaverdam creek of little river, part of two grants to said cornelius cargill, decd.  witnesses:  samuel wharton; silvanus walker, jr. george anderson, j.p.   laurens co, sc deed book C, page 207, 1790, sarah clary and cornelius cargill to patrick cunningham for 77pds sterling one negro woman hannah about 25 and child lewis about 16 months.  witnesses:  memucan walker; richard duty.  affidavit by hardy conant that a certain samuel clary had sold said negro woman and child to cornelius cargill about 6 weeks ago.  jonathan downs, j.p.   laurens co, sc deed book F, page 140, 1796, patrick cunningham and wife, ann, to john pinson for $25, 32 acres on the east side of the road from the laurens court house to swancey's ferry, part of 300 acre grant to richard carter, conveyed to his oldest son and heir, john carter.  witnesses:  memucan walker, howard pinson, john cunningham.  george anderson, j.p.   laurens co, sc will book A-1, page 153, will of patrick cunningham. 10/ 22/ 1796. legatees:  wife, ann; 3 sons:  john; william; and robert cunningham; robert to be schooled; lands on saluda and reedy river. executors:  john and william cunningham.  witnesses:  lewis graves; memucan walker; sarah clary.   again, a tax or memorial had to be paid on these sc grants in charleston and per info i have posted in the past, but to re-post, our mackerness goode, jr paid the tax/ memorial for cornelius cargill/ sarah's 400-acre grant.   given that cornelius cargill/ sarah had these 400 acres in 1767 in laurens co, sc, and which was signed for by our mackerness goode, jr, indicates to me that cornelius cargill and sarah had already married before our harris; goode; and cargill families had moved from this lunenburg/ halifax cos, va area on into laurens co, sc.   cornelius cargill/ sarah paid  the tax/ memorial for my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers 150- acre grant and patrick cunningham paid the tax/ memorial for my william harris, sr/ frances goode's 300-acre grant.   memorial by cornelius cargill, 400 acres on branch of little river called beaverdam branch......signed 6 dec 1767 by m. goode.  john caldwell, d.s.   memorial for william harris, junr; 150 acres in berkley county on north's creek of little river.....survey certified 6 nov 1771; granted 7 jan 1772.  quit rent to commence in 2 years.  signed by john caldwell, d.s.  delivered  6 april 1772 to cornelius cargill.     memorial for william harris, senr; 300 acres in berkley county on a branch of little river called north's creek.....survey certified 1 sept 1772.  quit rent to commence in 2 years.  signed 15 jan 1773 by patrick cunningham. john caldwell, d.s.   also, it was my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers, who, along with sarah and his uncle samuel goode, who  also paid the security re the ca 1780, 96th dist, sc estate of cornelius cargill, which i have also posted previously.   per the laurens co, sc deeds, to follow, my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers had a survey for land there in laurens co, sc with patrick cunningham/ ann harris which became a grant to my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers and patrick and ann harris cunningham's sons, john and robert cunningham which my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers, then, sold to their son john cunningham.   also, these laurens co, sc deeds talk about this land that my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers had purchased for patrick and ann harris cunningham, which had been part of this land that had been confiscated.   as shown, per these laurens co, sc deeds, my frances rodgers harris; my charles harris/ jane cannon; and sarah cargill clary, who, again, is definitely also indicated to have been a sister of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers and our ann harris cunningham, all gave affidavits re this land my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers had purchased for patrick cunningham.   laurens co, sc deed book F, page 441, 1798, william harris to john cunningham for $85, spanish milled, 200 acres on duncans creek and little river, all my part of 1796 survey to patrick cunningham and william harris for 500 acre grant to said william harris and john cunningham and robert cunningham.  witnesses:  elijah burgess, thomas redden. zach bailey, j.p., dower renunciation by wife, frances harris.  (widow of william harris by 5/13/1799). jonathan downs, j.l.c.   laurens co, sc deed book F, page 456, 1797, william dunlap, sheriff, to john waldrop, jr, highest bidder, for 20 pds, 150 acre original grant to william harris, jr on norths creek of little river (plat 2/ 26/ 1768 by john caldwell, d.s. and entered 11/ 6/ 1771 by john bremar, s.g.  bordered on andrew rodgers, william harris, sr)  sold at suit of james park and george gordon vs michael waldrop.  witnesses:  william rodgers, ann waldrop.  charles allen, j.p.   laurens co, sc deed book G, page 253, 1801, john mc laughlin to robert creswell for $420 a negro man slave, former property of mrs (frances) harris, decd.  witnesses:  james sills, john garlington.  john a. elmore, j.q.   again, my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers died in 1799 laurens co, sc and also, as shown, per these laurens co, sc deed our frances rodgers harris was also deceased by 1801.   laurens co, sc deed book G, page 499, 1802, mrs sarah clary, a 400 acre tract on the saluda river, bordered on land once called hugh brown's, was confiscated and sold as property of patrick cunningham's, now deceased, and william harris, now deceased, acted as purchaser for patrick cunningham, william harris, patrick cunningham's agent.  deposition of mrs. frances harris, widow of william harris, the same concerning her husband's part.  witnesses:  robert creswell. george bowie. william nibbs, j.q.     laurens co, sc deed book G, page 545, 1802, frances harris to john cunningham ( see deed book G, page 499) deposition of charles harris that he saw frances harris, widow of william harris, decd, put her mark to the certificate.  david anderson, j.q.    this was my charles harris, son of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers, who married my jane cannon in 1807 in pendleton co, sc, daughter of richard cannon, son of simcock cannon/ jane rudd.   again, my charles harris/ jane cannon were the parents of my arch harris, who married my elizabeth carter, daughter of my robert carter, jr, ca 1826 in laurens co, sc and before my harris and carter families moved to gwinnett and dekalb cos, ga in or by 1830.    like our harris family, my cannon family is also indicated to trace back to these same early henrico co, va families but, so far, we cannon learn for sure who our simcock cannon/ jane rudd's father was?   what i do know re our simcock cannon/ jane rudd is that he was also in prince edward and charlotte cos, va and, in fact, per the lunenburg/ charlotte co, va records,  our simcock cannon/ jane rudd,  was involved with this godfrey jones, who also had a suit with either my william harris, sr/ frances goode or william harris/ judith hudson and who was also the same godfrey jones also involved with edward harris, sr and his family also in this same twitty's creek area of lunenburg/ charlotte co, va.   i have also recently cited info showing that the same daniel mc kie sr/ jr family, again, also involved with the same satterwhite family, who had intermarried, like our samuel goode, with the daughters of joseph davenport and who were also the same satterwhite and mc kie families also of lunenburg co, va, etc and who were also involved with my charles harris/ jane cannon in  laurens co, sc, per this land he owned with james holley, which had belonged previously to sylvanus walker,  were the same/ related daniel mckie, jr and michael blocker, who were purchasers of ellis palmer's 1800 edgefield co, sc estate sale.   again, ellis palmer was the brother-in-law of my simcock cannon/ jane rudd and this was michael blocker/ rosannah griffin's son, redding blocker, who was enumerated adjacent my arch harris/ elizabeth carter per this 1834 ga state census for cobb co, ga.   again, and also to repeat, except for the fact that my william harris, sr/ frances goode had obtained this 300-acre grant in laurens co, sc, which had been signed for by patrick cunningham and a laurens co, sc deed which states that this 300 acre grant had become the property of my william harris, jr, who had sold his own 150- acre grant in 1774 to michael waldrop, there is no evidence that my william harris, sr/ frances goode ever moved to or that he died in laurens co, sc.   laurens co, sc deed book F, page 306, 1796, william harris, jr to peter kelley for 45 pds, sterling, where william harrris, jr now lives, part of 300 acre grant to william harris, sr, conveyed to son and heir at law, other 100 acres to william rodgers on little river bordered on robert cooper, thomas blakely, william rodgers. large survey. witnesses:  robert mc clintock, john simpson.  joseph downs, j.p. dower renuncitation of wife, franky (frances) harris.     to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8---------26910          

i am going to come back and talk later about other info that relates to memucan hunt and his being involved with samuel harris, who, again, is shown to have been the same samuel harris also involved with thomas dendy and, of course, was the same samuel harris involved with both william harris/ judith hudson and my william harris, sr/ frances goode there in lunenburg co, va and who were all early in cornelius cargill's district, etc, but, for now, i want to continue to talk about these walker family connections with my harris family, etc.   again, memucan walker, who witnessed our patrick cunningham's/ ann harris 1796 laurens co, sc will, and which i also have more to say about, was the son of sylvanus walker, son of tandy walker/ judith langford,  and, as shown, memucan walker had also witnessed this laurens co, sc deed re our patrick and ann harris cunningham to john pinson.   laurens co, sc deed book F, page 140, 1796, patrick cunningham and wife, ann, to john pinson for $25, 32 acres on the east side of the road from the laurens court house to swancey's ferry, part of 300 acre grant to richard carter, conveyed to his oldest son and heir, john carter.  witnesses:  memucan walker, howard pinson, john cunningham.  george anderson, j.p.   i want to talk about these connections because they show not only that patrick cunningham was involved there with the walkers and my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers, but that patrick cunningham was also involved with my carter family there in laurens co, sc.   this was my richard carter, who had moved to laurens co, sc also ca 1770 from frederick co, va and this john carter, per this deed, was the brother of my robert carter, sr, whose son robert carter, jr was the father of my elizabeth carter harris, who married my arch harris, son of my charles harris/ jane cannon, ca 1826 and in  laurens co, sc before my harris and carter families even moved to dekalb and gwinnett cos, ga in or by 1830.   again, these pinson connections re both my charles harris and my carter family are also important and i am going to repeat these but, first, i want to talk about patrick cunningham and more also about his connections with my carter family.   first of all, patick cunningham and his brothers john and robert cunningham, who also moved to this same laurens co, sc/ 96th dist, sc area, were the sons of john cunningham of tinkling springs, augusta co, va.   this was also patrick cunningham's related cunningham family also in lunenburg/ charlotte co, va who, like my rodgers family, were part of these scot-irish presbyterian families, who had moved from lancaster co, pa to amelia/ lunenburg/ charlotte co, va with john caldwell, who established the noted colony on cubb creek which is now in charlotte co, va.   whereas i cannot prove it per se, it it would definitely seem that it was  per these connections re the cunninghams also with my harris family and my rodgers family, etc, in lunenburg/ charlotte cos, va, that patrick cunningham would have met and married our ann harris, sister of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers, children of my william harris, sr/ frances goode.   patrick cunningham and his brothers john and robert cunningham also served as loyalist leaders in this same laurens/ 96th dist, sc area during the revolutionary war.   if the war between the states was a sad, bloody time with brother against brother, this 96th dist, sc area was also like this during the revolutionary war.   info shows that my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers served as a captain in the revolutionary war there in laurens co, sc in col joseph hayes little river regiment.   this was the same col hayes and others, again, also significantly involved with my harris family, etc, there in laurens co, sc, who were killed in the hayes station massacre there in laurens co, sc by bloody "bill" cunningham, who was a cousin of patrick cunningham and his brothers.    also, per these laurens co, sc/ 96th dist, sc records, all of my richard carter's sons, except for my robert carter, sr, served with our major patrick cunningham/ ann harris and, like patrick cunningham's brother, robert cunningham, this was our richard carter's son james carter, who both also moved to hants co, nova scotia.   in fact, our james carter gave patrick cunningham power of attorney re his selling his land in laurens co, sc.   laurens co, sc deed book E, page 83, 1790/ 1793, james carter, formerly of 96th dist, sc and now of rawdon, hants co, nova scotia, to patrick cunningham and anthony golden of little river in laurens co, sc power of attorney to sell 225 acres on cain creek, 125 acres purchased from my father, richard carter, and 100 acres granted to me, to james nickles also of rawdon, hants co, nova scotia.  witnesses:  william dinsmore, thomas pearson.  thomas pearson, j. p. hants co, nova scotia.   this thomas peason also in hants co, nova scotia , who witnessed this deed re our james carter and who was also j.p., was col thomas pearson, who had also served in the revolutionary war as a loyalist in this 96th, dist/ union co, sc area.   col thomas pearson was the son of enoch pearson, whose daugher tabitha pearson married my ancestor stacey cooper as his 1st wife.   my stacy cooper married 2nd elizabeth townsend, daughter of john townsend/ elizabeth pearson sister of enoch pearson.  stacy cooper/ elizabeth townsend were the parents of my james cooper/ rebecca darby, whose daughter ann cooper married my james harris, son of my arch harris/ elizabeth carter, in 1849 in cobb/ paulding co, ga.   my coopers; my carters; my townsends; and my pearsons all trace back to these bucks co, pa/ chester co, pa, etc, quaker familes where it is shown, per the quaker records, that they knew and were involved with each other there.   laurens co, sc deed book E, page 85, 1793, patrick cunningham, esq, and anthony golden, attorneys for james carter to james nickles for 100 pds, 125 acres on cain creek, part of a grant 6/ 25/1769 to richard carter conveyed to james carter by richard carter and wife, margaret, whereon richard carter formerly lived and bordered by robert carter and benjamin carter.  witnesses:  lewis saxon; william dunlap.  john hunter, j.p.   again, this same john pinson and his son, howard pinson, who our patrick and ann harris cunningham  sold this land to on cain creek that bordered on my richard carter, and which was witnessed by memucan walker, was also very involved with my carter family and also with my charles harris/ jane cannon there in laurens co, sc.   again, both my robert carter, sr and robert carter, jr witnessed john pinson's laurens co, sc will and, again, my charles harris/ jane cannon witnessed the laurens co, sc deed wherein john pinson sold land to his son, howard pinson, which bordered on my robert carter, sr and patrick cunningham.    laurens co, sc will book D-1, page 46, 1811, john pinson, deceased, will proven by robert carter, sr and robert carter, jr; howard pinson and thomas pinson qualify as executors.  Legatees:  wife: betsy; sons:  john; howard; thomas; and aaron pinson; son-in-laws:  william strain; richard duty; cornelius puckett; thomas weathers; executors:  sons:  thomas and howard pinson.  witnesses:  robert carter, sr; robert carter, jr; richard puckett.   laurens co, sc deed book H, page 247, 1807, john pinson to thomas pinson for $150, 130 acres on the west side of cain creek, bordered on robert carter, patrick cunningham, deceased, duty's spring branch.  witnesses:  charles harris; howard pinson.  jonathan johnson, j.p. again, by 1830, my robert carter, jr; my charles harris/ jane cannon; and my arch harris/ elizabeth carter had moved to dekalb/ gwinnett cos, ga.    again, whereas my charles harris was on the 1830 census for dekalb co, ga, my arch harris was living near my robert carter, jr in gwinnett co, ga. in 1832, my robert carter, jr; his 2nd wife, sarah mc daniel carter; my jane cannon harris, along with martin and mary peek ingram, etc, were charter members of the concord baptist church in cobb co, ga and in 1834, my charles harris/ jane cannon; my arch harris/ elizabeth carter; and my robert carter, jr/ sarah mc daniel were all on the ga state census for cobb co, ga, settling in cobb/ paulding cos, ga. this was also my charles harris/ jane cannon's daughter, and sister of my arch harris, lucinda harris who married james carter, brother of my elizabeth carter harris and son also of my robert carter, jr, ca 1834 in cobb co, ga.   so, besides these connections that memucan walker had with our patrick and ann harris cunningham and that he and sarah cargill clary  had witnessed our patrick cunningham/ ann harris 1796 laurens co, sc will, etc, what these laurens co, sc deeds and records also show is that my/ our harris family would have known and been involved with my carter family there in laurens co, sc, per both their connections with our patrick and ann harris cunningham, a long time before my harris and carter familes ever moved from laurens co, sc to dekalb and gwinnett cos, ga.   to be continued:    belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8-------26910    

again, the same memucan walker, who became the guardian for sylvanus walker, son of tandy walker/ judith langford of lunenburg co, va, and who also moved to laurens co, sc and whose sons sylvanus walker, jr and memucan walker were involved there with my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers and his brother-in-law, patrick cunningham,  also had a patent in lunenburg co, va with samuel harris.   this was the same samuel harris, who, along with my william harris, sr/ frances goode; my mackerness goode, sr; william harris/ judith hudson; peter hudson, sr, etc,  were all on these early lunenburg co, va tithe lists in cornelius cargill's district.   this was the same samuel harris who, as shown, continued to be very involved with john cargill, sr/ rachel tinsley in the halifax co, va area who, then, also by 1770 had moved to laurens co, sc and whose cargill family, per info i have posted in the past, continued to be very  and significantly involved with my harris and goode family in laurens co, sc.   in fact,  and as shown, the same thomas dendy, who sylvanus walker, jr, and who memucan hunt became his guardian, had the suit with, was the same thomas dendy who samuel harris had also sold land to which was witnessed by john cargill, sr/ rachel tinsley, etc and who witnessed a number of deeds re samuel harris in this halifax co, va area.   lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 239, 1750, samuel harris of lunenburg co, va to john lucas of same for 25 pds, 234 acres bounded by cargill, staunton river. signed: samuel harris. witnesses: cornelius cargill; richard jones; thomas dendy. lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 440, 1759, samuel harris of antrim parish halifax co, va to thomas dendy of cornwall parish lunenburg co, va for 2000 pds nett tobacco 252 acres on the north side of the staunton river, which had been a patent to samuel harris on april 5, 1748. signed: saml harris. witnesses: william harris; john cargill; daniel cargill.   lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 496, 1759, samuel harris of halifax co, va to thomas morris of brunswick co, va  for 170 lbs a certain tract in lunenburg on the north side of the staunton river, being granted to the said samuel harris by 2 patents dated 1748, one of the patents being for 404 acres, the other for 353 acres, being about 757 acres, bounded by col byrd; munford; cargill; stith.  wit:  john cargill; john speed, jr; thomas dendy; john cargill, jr.   lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 471, 1759, samuel harris of halifax co, va to james flynn of lunenburg co, va for 12 lbs a certain tract of land of 450 acres in lunenburg co, va on the southside of the great bluestone creek bounded by john tomson, byrd, and it was laid off by william sims, surveyor, for about 450 acres.  wit:  john cargill; john speed, jr; john cargill, jr; thomas dendy.     of course, this is/ was also the same samuel harris, who william harris/ judith hudson sold the island/ plantation to, which, again, was also witnessed by john cargill, sr/ rachel tinsley and william hunt, who is indicated to have been also related to memucan hunt and possibly his brother.    per info i have posted in the past, it was my william harris, sr/ frances goode who also sold land to this same william hunt in this same middle fork of the middle bluestone creek area where, again, it is stated that this was where my william harris, sr/ frances goode lived and where they are shown to have consistently bought and sold land.   lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 57, 1750, william harris of lunenburg to samuel harris of same for 60 pds, grants 1 island/ plantation of 70 acres, having been a patent to william harris april 5, 1748 and bounded by the staunton river and between byrd's and cargill's islands. signed: william harris. witnesses: john cargill, william hunt. judith, wife of william harris, relinquished her right of dower.   lunenburg co, va deed book 4, page 315, 1755, william harris of lunenburg co, va to william hunt of same for 33 pds, 236 acres on both sides of the middle fork of the bluestone creek, bounded by the swamp, miller. signed: william harris. witnesses: adam winders; richard palmer; robert wooding. again, like our harris family and the cargills, this same thomas dendy family, who  intermarried with the cargills, also moved to laurens co, sc and as shown, per these deeds for sylvanus walker, sr and jr in laurens co, sc, the dendy's land, again, like the ca 1770 grants for my william harris, sr/ frances goode and my william harris/ jr/ frances rodgers was also on north's creek of little river.   laurens co, sc deed book A, page 104, 1785, thomas dendy and wife, mary, to robert hall for 50 pds sterling 300 acres on norths creek in fork of broad and saludy rivers bordered on cornelius tinsley.  witnesses:  silvanus walker; john dendy; william bailey.   survey for william harris, sr, pursuant to precept dated 2 feb 1768, 300 acres in berkley co on branch of little river called north's creek bounded by vacant land on all sides. survey certified 26 feb 1768 by order of council 1 sept 1772 by john caldwell, d.s.   section II:  little river, page 165,  survey for william harris, jr, pursuant to precept dated 2 feb 1768, 150 acres in berkley county on branch of little river called north's creek, bounded NE by andrew rodgers; SE by william harris, sr. survery certified 26 feb 1767, john caldwell, district surveyor.     here again is the lunenburg co, va patent re samuel harris and memucan hunt, which i have also talked about previously.   besides the fact that it  bordered on my goode family and john wilborn and that, again, it was this same bluestone creek/ woodpecker creek area where my william harris, sr/ frances goode and william harris/ judith hudson both lived, the patent involved this benjamin hatcher who traces back to the hatcher family also of henrico co, va.   again, since memucan hunt and samuel harris did not pay quit rents, etc on the land it was re-patented to benjamin hatcher.    per info i have  also posted previously, this benjamin hatcher of lunenburg co, va traces also back to henrico co, va to the same hatcher family re an uncle benjamin hatcher, who was the attorney when our edward harris, son of our major william harris/ alice, who remarried george alvis and george alvis, sold land of our major william harris there in henrico co, va.   from wiggins': harris papers: lunenburg co, va: land patents and grants: whereas memucan hunt and samuel harris patented 3,750 acres on the bluestone creek september 6, 1757 and as they, and alexander robertson and his wife, martha, in whom the rights became vested have not cultivated it nor paid quit rents, and as benjamin hatcher has petitioned the court for the land, it is now granted to benjamin hatcher; bounded by a line on mitchell's corner on woodpecker fork on evans line to goode's corner to cargill's road to worsham's line to miller's line and john wilborn's corner to the land of robert southern and back to the beginning of the woodpecker fork.     Pages 110-111 have several notices: "p. 173 George Alvis of New Kent Co., planter, for £18, to Timothy Allen of Henrico Co., planter, tract on south side of James River called 'The Ware,' bounded by Hon. Wm Byrd, Mr. Robert Hancocke, Edward Skerm and Ashen Swamp, which I bought of Edward Harris and Mary his wife, 27 Sept. 1698. 1 Apr 1700 "Wit: Stephen Cocke, Matthew Raysons Signed: George Alvis Recorded 1 May 1700 "Benjamin Hatcher, attorney for Alice Alvis, wife of George, relinquished her dower right."   "p. 174 George Alves of New Kent Co., planter, for £18, to William Hatcher of Neck of Land, Henrico Co., planter, 183 acres on south side of James River, being 1/2 the land I purchased of Edward Harris of New Kent Co. and Mary his wife, known as 'The Ware,' adjoining Richard Womack and Peter Ashbrook and Timothy Allen. 1 April 1700. "Wit: Stephen Cocke, Mathew Rayson Signed: George Alves Recorded 1 May 1700 "Alice Alves, wife of George Alves, appoints Benjamin Hatcher her attorney to release dower right in above lands to William Hatcher and Timothy Allen. "Wit: Thomas (R) Rise, Nicholas (4) Gentry Signed: Alce (A) Alves Recorded 1 May 1700"?   "p. 177 Mary Harris, wife of Edward Harris of New Kent Co., appoints Benjamin Hatcher her attorney to release dower right in land sold by her husband to George Alves. "Wit: Thomas (R) Rise, (missing) Gentery Signed: Mary (M) Harris Recorded 1 May 1700" again,  this lunenburg co, va deed shows that land john wilborn sold to my william harris, sr/ frances goode, which he sold to roger atkinson, was also in this very same area where samuel harris/ memucan hunt had obtained this patent together.   lunenburg co, va deed book 6, page 541, 1761, william harriss of lunenburg co, va, planter, to roger atkinson, merchant, of dinwiddie co, va for 100 pds, 400 acres on both sides of mitchell's fork of the bluestone creek, being part of a larger patent of land to john wilborn on may 19, 1757 and bounded by woodpecker creek.  signed:  william harriss.  no witnesses.    again, per info i have also posted in the past, but will not re-post or go into here, this was john wilborn's son thomas wilborn, who continued to live in this same woodpecker creek area near william harris/ judith hudson and to be involved with these same individuals and families, including mark moore, who witnessed and was an executor of william harris/ judith hudson's 1778 mecklenburg co, va will.   again, mark moore also moved to laurens co, sc with his brother-in-law peter ragsdale.    again, i have also talked about these significant connections re the ragsdales not just there in lunenburg/ mecklenburg co, va with my harris family, but that the ragsdales also, again, like our harris family, also traced back to henrico co, va and this was also peter ragsdale's family still involved with my harris family in paulding co, ga.   to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8-------26910

again, sylvanus walker/ sarah blagrave or cargill, who moved to laurens co, sc and whose sons sylvanus walker, jr was an appraiser of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers 1800 laurens co, sc estate sale and whose son memucan walker witnessed our patrick cunningham/ ann harris' 1796 laurens co, sc will, was the son of tandy walker/ judith langford, who both died ca 1750 in lunenburg co, va.   sylvanus walker, who was called sylvanus walker, jr there in lunenburg co, va because his uncle sylvanus walker had also moved to lunenburg co, va, chose memucan hunt as his guardian per the following info.   also as shown, there was some suit involving thomas dendy.    first of all, samuel harris and memucan hunt also had a grant there together in lunenburg co, va in this very same bluestone/ woodpecker creek area where both my william harris, sr/ frances goode and william harris/ judith hudson are shown and stated to have lived.   in fact, the grant says that it was not only on the corner of my goode family but that it also was on the corner of john wilborn.   again, both my william harris, sr/ frances goode and william harris/ judith hudson were involved with the will and estate of john wilborn from 1757-1762 there in lunenburg co, va.   first, here is the info showing that sylvanus walker, son of tandy walker/ judith langford, chose memucan hunt as his guardian and that there was some suit involving thomas dendy.     1754, Feb Court. Silvanus Walker orphan of Tandy Walker, dec'd, came into court and (being of lawful age for that purpose) made choice of Memucan Hunt to be his guardian who is accordingly appointed (he giving security) whereupon he together with Thomas Anderson his security, entered into & acknowledge their bond and that purpose. Lunenburg Co VA Court Order Book 1/2B, 1753-54: 530. 1756, August Court. Memucan Hunt, guardian of Silvanus Walker, orphan of Tandy Walker, dec'd, exhibited and made oath to an account of the said orphan's estate which passed the court and the same is ordered to be recorded. Lunenburg Co VA Court Order Booke 4, 1755-57:170 1759, Aug Court. Silvanus Walker, junior by Memucan Hunt, his guardian and next friend, Pltf vs Thomas Dendy, Deft. Lunenburg Co VA Court Order book 6:23   to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8-------26910

for some reason the info i posted recently on these connections re the walker family and my harris family also from lunenburg co va on into laurens co, sc and which i also wanted to continue to talk about, did not show up for me as having been posted.   actually, now, as i have just discovered, it is being posted to me.   i inadvertently found that it had been posted on harris hunters but, again, i had received no emails saying  that it was posted.   i don't understand the lag but am glad to finally get the emails saying that it is being posted.   per the info and like our harris family, the info on these rootsweb sites shows that the walker family also traced back to new kent/ hanover  also to henrico co, va.   of course, we would know a lot more about our harris families, as well as  these connections with them, if so many of these va records had not been destroyed.   here, though, is info from this rootsweb site, stating that sylvanus walker/ ann tandy of new kent co, va was the son of this william walker/ elizabeth warren of henrico co, va.   i cannot confirm this info myself and my present interest is in these connections re the walkers with my harris family and/ or other of these same individuals and families again both there in lunenburg co, va and on into laurens co, sc and which i am also going to continue to talk about.   : "Nancy Jankowski" < [email protected]> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Lankford-Warren Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 07:02:11 -0700 Can anyone help me find the maiden name of Frances Warren's wife Elizabeth? Frances was born about 1630, I believe in England, died about 1690 in Va. He had a daughter named Elizabeth ,died Jun. 3 1728, who married Wm. Walker. Wm Walker was born 1640 and died Aug 1723 in Henrico Co., Va . They had the following children Sylvanus, Wm. Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Tabitha, Cecillia, Henry, Joel, Elizabeth. Also looking for the family of Judith Langford who died Feb 1751/52 in Lunenburg Co., Va. She was married to Tandy Walker from New Kent, Va. They had the following children. Wm., Tandy, Ann, Lankford, Joel, Elizabeth, Sylvanus. Thanks for any help. Nancy    to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8---------26910

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Fluvanna County Marriages 1781-1849, John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., Iberian Publish. Co. 1984 "Fluvanna County was established in 1777, during the Revolutionary War, out of a 185 square mile portion of Albemarle County. The Latin term for the county's name means 'Anne's River', in honor of Queen Anne of England. This was the term given by early cartographers to the upper reaches of the James River. By the end of the Revolution, the community of Point of Fork was an important state arsenal for western garrisons. Here also Baron von Steuben trained recruits for Greene's army in the South. At Bremo in Fluvanna County is the home of John Hartwell Cocke, built after plans made by Thomas Jefferson. Cocke was a prominent figure for his time and was associated in the founding of the University of Virginia." Harris Grooms: page 26 Henry & Elizabeth Brown 30 Sep 1809; min-William Baskett - 7 May 1810 James & Nancy Porter 23 Jun 1829; min-George Jones - 11 Aug 1829 John & Delila Shores 9 Mar 1799; min-George Anderson (Bapt) - 2 May 1799 John & Judith Currier 12 Aug 1813; min-John Goodman Harris Brides: Ann & Edward Humphrey 22 Feb 1810; min-William Baskett- 7 May 1810 Elener & John Humphrey 13 Mar 1813; min-William Baskett Elizabeth & Powhatan D. Statham 13 Jul 1825; min-Walker Timberlake (Meth) 17 Feb 1826 Margaret & William Humphrey 11 Dec 1810; min-William Baskett Salley & William Thomson 25 Sep 1825; min-John Goodman ALVIS David & Elizabeth Degourie 17 Jun 1807; min-Leonard Page 10 Feb 1808 James H. & Maria Ryals 13 Mar 1838; min-P Howard ALVICE Harris & Morning Thacker 28 May 1801; min-William Baskett 11 Aug 1801 HUMPHREY'S Allen M. & Elizabeth R. Allen 1 Sep 1836; min-George Jones Bartlett & Nancy Black 20 Feb 1803; min-George Anderson (Bapt) 22 Aug 1803 Chapman & Lucy Humphrey 15 Aug 1817; min-Jesse Butler (Meth) 5 Sep 1817 David & Sarah Denton 14 Feb 1837; min-Poindexter P. Smith-12 Jan 1839 Edward & Ann Harris 22 Feb 1810; min-William Baskett-7 May 1810 Edwin & Mary Norman 16 Aug 1843; min-P Howard-29 May 1844 Fountain & Polley Roberson 1 Mar 1833; min-George Jones-6 Jul 1833 Granvill & Ann O Filen 29 Jul 1831; min-George Jones-8 Jul 1833 Howel G. & Ann Farrish 8 Mar 1827; min-George Jones Jesse & Frances Denton 26 Dec 1809; min-William Baskett-7 May 1810 John & Elener Harris 13 Mar 1813; min-William Baskett John H. & Gery Humphrey 24 Jun 1835; min-George Jones Lewis & Delphia Humphrey 30 Oct 1800; min-William Baskett - 31 Jan 1801 Meredith & Celia Humphrey 19 Jun 1810; min-John Goodman Meriwether A. & Mary A. Winn 19 Oct 1830; min George Jones Royal W. & Mary Jane Harlow wr Sep 1827; min-George Jones William & Sarah Byler 9 Mar 1797; min-William Baskett - 21 Jun 1797 William & Harriet Herndon 9 Apr 1840; min-Jesse Powers (Meth) William & Margaret Harris 11 Dec 1810; min-William Baskett William & Martha Thacker 15 May 1815; min-John Goodman William M. (Jr) & Mary Parrish 23 May 1844; min-P Howard-29 May 1844 ____________________________________________________________ Click to learn how to make millions with online affiliate programs. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m6B6ZKdMlRRU4dzVmTmkueuwHc9P5mCvdrPxrP4GmvnFQvU/

In a message dated 9/1/2008 12:04:21 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cramsey/madco_a.html_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cramsey/madco_a.html) Thanks, Mary Alice, I had not discovered this URL, and I am thankful you brought it to my attention. Burgin is NOT a surname I am familiar with. I know a Burgin married into the Harris family. However, under the list of marriages for Burgins, Nancy Burgin is married to Benjamin Hams. Wrong!!! The surname is Harris. I understand the difficulty of reading old handwriting. However, as I read old Madison Co., deeds, I knew somehow the Tevis family was related, to some degree, with the extended Harris family. As stated Nancy Burgin married Benjamin Harris, but after Benjamin's death, she married Nathaniel Tevis. Here is what I copied from the URL you cited: Burgin, Nancy Hams, Benjamin [Book] 03 Jun 14 1792 Here is some information from notes I have made about Nancy Burgin. Appar ently she had three marriages. No wonder we cannot find our females--name changes!!!! It is helpful to read court records, deeds, guardianship papers when we can find them, etc. Censuses are NOT enough, as we old-timers know. Rev 12/03 NANCY BURGIN. WIR02115 Daughter of Dennis Burgin. She married Benjamin Harris, son of the elder Christopher Harris 12 June 1792, Higgarson [Higgason] Harris, being the bondsman. (Bill & Kathy Vockery, MADISON COUNTY KENTUCKY MARRIAGES, Vol. I [Richmond, KY: Privately published, 1993], p. 37) Benjamin apparently did not live too long after the marriage, dying before Oct 1795. By 1797, Nancy Harris had remarried to Nathaniel Tivis/Tevis. This marriage appears in Vockery & Vockery, MARRIAGES OF MADISON CO., KY: Nathaniel Tevis & Nancy Harris (Burgin scratched out), 15 Aug 1797; Thomas Burgin, bondsman; Dennis Burgin, father of bride (consent). The following court record verifies that Nancy is the widow of Benjamin Harris: 3 Oct 1797: A relinquishment of dower between Nancy Tivis [sic], widow and relict of Benjamin Harris, deceased to Evans Watson was ordered recorded. (Jackie Couture, MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY COURT ORDER BOOK B, 1791-1801 [Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000], p. 196). Apparently, Nancy Burgin Harris Tevis was again widowed shortly after the above marriage, unless there was another Nathaniel Tevis in Madison Co. There is another court record: 2 Oct 1798: The last will and testament of Nathaniel Tivis, deceased was proved by John Sappington, Robert Raburn and Edward Davis and ordered recorded. On the motion of Robert Tivis and John Wheeler the executors therein named a certificate is granted them for obtaining probate, whereupon they entered into bond with James Hendricks as security. It is ordered that John Strawhorn, Thomas Clay, Hartley and John Sappington or any three inventory and appraise the estate and make report. (Ibid., p. 224-225) On 25 Oct 1808, it seems Nancy (Burgin) (Harris) Tevis again married: William Raburn and Nancy Tevis, 25 Oct 1808; Thomas Tevis, bondsman. (Vockery & Vockery, V. I, p. 67) Nancy seems to have at least one child, Polly, by Benjamin Harris. Madison Co. DB G-346, 2 Dec 1809, Harris heirs to McMillen, Thomas Burgan [sic] guardian to Polly Harris, infant of Benjamin Harris, decd. A full transcript of the deed is found in the biography of Jane Gentry, who was the sister of Benjamin Harris. (FHL film 0183287) Apparently, Nancy was related to some degree to an early settler of Madison Co.--one Isaac Burgin, possibly an uncle to Nancy. Isaac's will appears in Madison Co. Will Bk A-56. Following is an abstract in which Dennis Burgin, father of Nancy is executor. A-56 Isaac Burgin, farmer. Dau. Nancy, wife Mary. Dennis Burgin, exor. Property to be divided among all my children (not named). Liaven Gray, Chas Burgin, witss. Prob. Mar. 1794. (FHL film 162,017, p. 26 of a page labeled "The Nebraska and Midwest", with an article entitled "Kentucky Wills--Madison County." Possibly this is from Kentucky Register, a quarterly published by the Kentucky Historical Society.) .... These Burgins are on the 1789 tax list of Madison Co. KY: Charles 1 WM; 3 horses Dennis 3 WM; 9 horses Isaac 1 WM; 9 horses Jacob 1 WM; 6 horses These Burgin males were purchasers at the estate sale of Benjamin Harris, deceased, 19 Nov 1795 (but recorded 5 Dec 1797): Charles Burgin, Dennis Burgin, Thomas Burgin. **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

here are also the laurens co, sc deeds re memucan walker, who, again, was the son of sylvanus walker, son of tandy walker/ judith langford of lunenburg co, va and, again, i am going to come back later and also talk more about these connections.     laurens co, sc deed book C, page 207, 1790, sarah clary and cornelius cargill to patrick cunningham for 77pds sterling one negro woman hannah about 25 and child lewis about 16 months.  witnesses:  memucan walker; richard duty.  affidavit by hardy conant that a certain samuel clary had sold said negro woman and child to cornelius cargill about 6 weeks ago.  jonathan downs, j.p.    laurens co, sc deed book C, page 351, 1791, cornelius cargill, son and heir of cornelius cargill, decd, to james clardy for 25 pds, 100 acres part of 200 acre grant bordered on thomas jones, richard carroll,  ------ crenshaw, sam boyd.  witnesses:  memucan walker; john martin. joshua saxon, j.p.   laurens co, sc deed book C, page 363, 1791, william craig to his stepson, james edwards, deed of gift 25 acres on cain creek, part of 150 acre grant to mary edwards. witnesses:  patrick cunningham, memucan walker, john cunningham. angus campbell, j.p. laurens co, sc deed book F, page 96, 1796, patrick cunningham and wife, ann, to james kinman for 100 pds sterling, 300 acres on the south side of the little river.  witnesses:  memucan walker, john cunningham, thomas meares.  george anderson, j.p. john hunter, j.l.c   laurens co, sc deed book F, page 140, 1796, patrick cunningham and wife, ann, to john pinson for $25, 32 acres on the east side of the road from the laurens court house to swancey's ferry, part of 300 acre grant to richard carter, conveyed to his oldest son and heir, john carter.  witnesses:  memucan walker, howard pinson, john cunningham.  george anderson, j.p.   laurens co, sc deed book F, page 213, 1796, andrew rodgers, jr to patrick cunningham for $ 30, 60 acres on beaverdam creek of little river, bordered on chesnut, samuel caldwell, david craddock, robert paisley, patrick cunningham.  witnesses:  john cunningham, memucan walker, thomas meares. zech bailey, j.p,   letty rodgers, wife of andrew rodgers, jr, relinquished her dower rights.  thomas wadsworth, j.l.c.   laurens co, sc deed book F, page 409, 1798, silvanus walker and horatio walker to samuel powell for $428, a negro man.  witnesses: memucan walker, george watts, john davis. zech bailey, j.p.     laurens co, sc will book A-1, page 153, will of patrick cunningham. 10/ 22/ 1796. legatees:  wife, ann; 3 sons:  john; william; and robert cunningham; robert to be schooled; lands on saluda and reedy river. executors:  john and william cunningham.  witnesses:  lewis graves; memucan walker; sarah clary.      to be continued:     belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8--------26910

here are the laurens co, sc deeds/ records for silvanus walker, sr and jr:   laurens co, sc deed book A, page 104, 1785, thomas dendy and wife, mary, to robert hall for 50 pds sterling 300 acres on norths creek in fork of broad and saludy rivers bordered on cornelius tinsley.  witnesses:  silvanus walker; john dendy; william bailey.   laurens deed book B, page 59, 1786, elizabeth coker, daughter and heir of joseph coker, decd, and nelly coker, widow of joseph coker, to john norris and john burns for 100 pds, 200 acre original grant to manoah tinsley bordered on robert hall, charles dendy, decd, williamson.  witnesses:  samuel saxon; silvanus walker; john a. cargill.   lunenburg co, va deed book B, page 65, 1786, thomas cargill and wife, elizabeth, to william hall for 75 pds currency of va, 180 acres on the little river, part of a 200 acre grant to john cargill, decd, bordered on william dendy; samuel powell; silvanus walker; thomas dendy.  witnesses:  william dendy; john clardy; john powell.    laurens co, sc deed book B, page 96, 1786, george anderson and wife, mary/ molly, to mariah goodman for 100 pds, 140 acres on both sides of norths creek bordered by james burnside, robert young, james cook, john milam, silvanus walker.  witnesses:  samuel wharton, charles sullivant.   laurens co, sc deed book B, page 150, 1786, silvanus and sarah walker and james burnside of one part and frances lester and thomas wilkes of another part for 125 pds sterling, 110 acres on norths creek, grant to george anderson and authur spence, bordered on john milam, ----- hardy, thomas gafford, james burnside, mariah goodman.  witnesses:  samuel saxon, john williams, junr.    laurens co, sc deed book B, page 241, 1787, william dendy and wife, clary, to thomas dendy for 10 pds, 278 acres on little river, bordered on widow tinsley, john cargill, james young, thomas cargill, thomas dendy.  witnesses:  silvanus walker; silvanus walker, jr.   laurens co, sc deed book B, page 353, 1788, charles smith, george anderson, silvanus walker, esquires, are bound unto lewis saxon, guardian of lydall allen for the sum of 222 pds.  witnesses:  john hunter; robert ross; david anderson; mansill crisp.   laurens co, sc deed book B, page 375, 1788, mary williams to james atwood williams indian man named thom; negro woman named flora and 3 others. witnesses:  silvanus walker; william caldwell; affidavit by silvanus walker.  mary williams now mary griffin.  angus campbell, j.p.   laurens co, sc deed book C, page 37, 1788, william and clary dendy to mansfield walker for 100 pds, 100 acres on both sides of little river, part of grant to said william dendy and to john mc kenzie last conveyed to tobias myers then to william dendy bordered on william hall, samuel powell, bailey, mackerness goode. silvanus walker, j.p.    laurens co, sc deed book C, page 165, 1789, cornelius cargill, son and heir of cornelius cargill, decd, and samuel clary and wife, sarah, widow of cornelius cargill, decd, to silvanus walker, sr for 100 pds, 420 acres on the south side of the beaverdam creek of little river, part of two grants to said cornelius cargill, decd.  witnesses:  samuel wharton; silvanus walker, jr. george anderson, j.p.    laurens co, sc deed book C, pages 192 and 193-----have already cited re our mackerness goode, jr and samuel goode to richard shackleford.  silvanus walker, j.p.   laurens co, sc deed book C, page 351, 1791, cornelius cargill, son and heir of cornelius cargill, decd, to james clardy for 25 pds, 100 acres part of 200 acre grant, bordered on thomas jones, richard carroll,----- crenshaw, samuel boyd.  witnesses: memucan walker, john martin, joshua saxon, j.p.    laurens co, sc deed book D, page 184, 1792, richard shackleford and wife, mary ann, to john davis/ dacus (?) for 10 shillings, 259 and 1/2 acres, part of 500 acre grant to mackerness goode 5/ 19/ 1767 on north side of beaverdam creek of little river bordered on richard shackleford, joseph and david cox, silvanus walker.  witnesses:  samuel duckett, joseph cox, sally shackleford. charles saxon, j.p.    laurens co, sc deed book D, page 481, 1793, samuel wharton and wife, maudline, to daniel osborne for 25 pds sterling, 150 acres part of 200 acre grant on beaverdam creek of little river 3/ 5/ 1771.  witnesses:  joel burgess, sr; william towle, joel burgess, jr, joseph downs, j.p.  also deposition by sylvanus walker that he purchased of langston drew in 1793 all the lands of william drew, decd, including the above 200 acres in the right of captain samuel wharton and now authorizes the said sylvanus walker to make title to daniel osborne.  witnesses:  edmond guinage (?), joel burgess, sr and joel burgess, jr.  joseph downs, j.p.    laurens co, sc deed book E, page 414, 1795, silvanus walker, sr to james clardy for 5 pds, 30 acres on little river, part of 400 acre grant to cornelius cargill, decd, conveyed by his son, cornelius cargill, jr, bordered in john cargill, decd, indigo branch.  witnesses:  tandy walker, silvanus walker, jr. john davis, j.p.   laurens co, sc deed book F, page 15, 1792, langston drew, son and heir of william drew, decd, and wife, nancy, to jeremiah glenn for 50 pds, 102 acres on beaverdam creek of little river, part of two grants:  1) to william drew, decd; 2) to david craddock to said william drew, bordered by witnesses of daniel osborne and samuel powell, bordered on andrew rodgers.  witnesses:  silvanus walker, senr; john rodgers; tyree glenn.  charles saxon, j.p.     laurens co, sc deed book F, page 378, 1797, charles goodwin, atty at law, to john dendy for $100, 150 acres original grant to john mc nees 10/ 12/ 1771 on branch of little river, bordered on james martin, david craddock.  witnesses:  silvanus walker, jr; r. gantt.  william mitchell, judge laurens co.     laurens co, sc deed book H, page 27, 1804, samuel burton of va to moses madden, power of atty in sc.  witnesses:  silvanus walker, jr; e.s. roland. zech bailey, j.p.    laurens co, sc deed book H, page 159, 1806, silvanus walker, sr to john cunningham, merchant of charleston, for $2,100, 700 acres on little river.  witnesses:  john ham; martin vaughan. william mitchell, j. q., dower renunciation of wife, sarah walker.   laurens co, sc deed book J, page 30, 1808, silvanus walker, jr to patrick porcher shed for $1, 349, 287 acres on raborns creek bordered at resurvey on william dunlap in 1799, john davenport, john richey, ebenezer starnes, james mc ginn, john forgy, luke dempsey.  witnesses:  charles madden; martha shedd.  david anderson, j. q. dower renunciation of wife, sarah walker, by robert creswell, q.m.    laurens co, sc deed book J, page 64, 1808, john clark, sheriff, to james holley and charles harriss for $53, 150 acres former property of silvanus walker on raburn creek, bordered on jonathan downs, lydall allen, robert creswell, sold at writ of fi fa at suit of exix and exor of thomas burton, decd.  witnesses:  william irby, john mcharg.  john garlington, c.c.     laurens co, sc deed book J, page 78, 1809, james holley and daniel mc kie of spartanburg dist, sc for $2600, 2 tracts: 1) 81 and 1/2 acres on little river, part of grant to silvanus walker bordered on william milwee, edward winn, james roberts, william dendy; 2) 100 acres, adjacent, original grant to john cargill, decd, bordered on james young, william milam.  witnesses:  james saxon, david johnson. james saxon, j.q.   laurens co, sc will book A-1, page 234, application of john mc laughlin to administer the estate of william harris, decd, 4/ 26/ 1800.  appraisal of same 4/ 28/ 1800 by silvanus walker, jr; john middleton; and john wait.   laurens co, sc will book A-1, page 239, sale of estate of william harris, decd, 5/ 23/ 1800.  purchasers:  silvanus walker, jr; john middleton; john walker; mrs harris; charles; william; john; and thomas harris; luke dempsey; john mc laughlin; james vance; thomas cargill.   laurens co, sc will book C-1, page 31, 1803, james sullivant, decd, ad of estate to john boyd, security:  silvanus walker, jr; john middleton.     laurens co, sc will book C-1, page 97, 1804, cornelius dendy, decd, ad granted to william dendy; security:  silvanus walker, jr; robert word.    to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8-------26910

i have talked previously on harris hunters about the significant connections john cargill, sr/ rachel tinsley and the cargills had with my harris and goode family there in this lunenburg/ halifax cos, va as well as on into laurens co, sc.   now, i also want to talk about the significant connections re the walker family, again, both there in this lunenburg co, va area and on into laurens co, sc re my harris family, etc.   i have been trying to get this all together and to talk about all of this on harris hunters for some time now but it is all very involved and entails such a lot both in terms of things i have talked about in the past and still want to talk about that i am having a difficult time in totally organizing and getting it together to talk about.   so, i am going to go ahead and start putting this info on harris hunters and talk about things and apologize that i do not have all of this as organized and "all-together" as i would like.   one of the appraisers of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers 1800 laurens co, sc estate sale was sylvanus walker, jr.   he was the son of silvanus walker, sr of laurens co, sc,  who had been called sylvanus walker, jr in lunenburg co, va, but he was the son of tandy walker/ judith said to have been a langford, who both died 1750/ 1752 in lunenburg co, va.   tandy walker's brother sylvanus walker had also moved to lunenburg co, va and he was called sylvanus walker, sr there. he died, per the info, in 1785 in mecklenburg co, va.   the only one of tandy walker/ judith langford's children old enough to ask for his own guardian was their son sylvanus walker, who, again, was called sylvanus walker, jr and who asked that memucan hunt be his guardian.     then, this sylvanus walker, son of tandy walker/ judith langford, named his son memucan walker after his guardian memucan hunt.    memucan walker moved with his father sylvanus walker, jr in lunenburg co, va, who became sylvanus walker, sr in laurens co, sc and his brother sylvanus walker, jr, also to laurens  co, sc.    besides the fact that sylvanus walker, jr was one of the appraisers of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers 1800 laurens co, sc estate, these  laurens co, sc deeds and records, which i will cite, show that  memucan walker witnessed a number of laurens co, sc deeds re our patrick and ann harris cunningham and, in fact, memucan walker witnessed patrick cunningham's 1796 laurens co, sc will.   again, ann harris cunningham b ca 1747 in va, which would have been in lunenburg co, va, wife of patrick cunningham, is definitely indicated to have been the sister of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers born ca 1746/ 1748, children of my william harris, sr/ frances goode, who were in lunenburg co, va by 1746.   again, these connections re the walkers and these same families, which, of course, included my/ our harris family, is a lot more involved period and i consider these connections to be very relevant and significant, which, again, is why i would like to post and talk about them on harris hunters.   in looking at the info on the walkers, there seems to be some confusion as to who sylvanus walker, son of tandy walker/ judith langford married.     some of the info says that he married sarah blagrave, who was the sister of anna blagrave who married jeremiah glenn.   again, it was jeremiah glenn/ anna blagrave; micajah smithson; and john marable,  who witnesses the 1765 mecklenburg co, va deed wherein my william harris, sr/ frances goode sold land on the middle fork of the bluestone creek to james hall.   again, james hall also moved to and died in edgefield co, sc and he was involved there with the same burt family, who also were involved there in edgefield co, sc with my same goode family and, again, matthew burt had also moved there from lunenburg co, va.    again, this was james hall's  son-in-law richard winn, who was involved with the ca 1796 mecklenburg co, va estate of judith hudson harris and, again, these connections re james hall and his uncle stephen evans, sr with my harris and goode family in lunenburg co, va  are also a lot more involved.   jeremiah glenn/ anna blagrave also moved to laurens co, sc and their son william glenn was involved there with my charles harris/ jane cannon per laurens co, sc deeds i have also posted in the past.   other of the info also says that sylvanus walker, son of tandy walker/ judith, married sarah hogan cargill.     i know that sylvanus walker, sr's wife's name in laurens co, sc was sarah but i do not know whether she was a cargill or a blagrave but what i do know is that, again, these were the same cargill and walker families significantly involved with my harris and goode families, etc, not just there in lunenburg co, va, but also on into laurens co, sc and these connections are a lot more involved and entail a lot more which i am also going to talk about.   first i am going to cite these laurens co, sc deeds and, then, come back and talk about or elaborate on these connections.   to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8--------26910  

There are at least two Group 8 families that consistently use the name Overton as a middle name; George Overton Harris George Harris Sr b ca 1758 of Hanover d May 1824 in Warren Co KY. Married to Sarah Hudson ca 1772. Children: Graves Harris b 1773 m Elizabeth Wheeler (of Mark) 15 Oct 1799 Louisa co VA William Hudson Harris b ca 1775 m Catharine Anderson 5 Oct 1805 Warren Co KY Elizabeth Dickson Harris b 1783 d 30 Nov 1838 m Major Holland Frances Harris b 1784 d bef 22 Jan 1842 Warren Co KY m Hezekiah Holland Sarah (Salley) Harris b 1790 d 10 Nov 1855 Warren Co KY m Charles Epperson George Overton Harris Jr b 1790 d 10 Nov 1855 Warren Co. m Elizabeth Holland Married: Elizabeth Holland 5 Apr 1813 Warren Co Mary Graves Harris b 1793 m James Thomas Lucy Overton Harris b 1799 d aft 1850 LaFayette Co MO Lucy m 1st Allen Johnson 26 Nov 1817 Warren Co. 2nd Richard R. Merritt 20 Oct 1825 Warren Co and from another Harris Group 8 John Harris m Jane Hambleton Son Solomon Harris b ca 1779 m Betty Hogan has a son Stephen Overton Harris b 1818 m Diana Smith Solomon also names another son William Overton Harris m Barbara LNU Pat In a message dated 8/31/2008 11:12:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Dear Ms. Wallace, As I have mentioned before, "Overton" was also a frequent given name in my Harris family of Georgia (descendants of John Harris died 1826 and his wife Mary Fielder). It is the most common given name in that family. The second most common given name (considering most of the descendants were through daughters) was "Harris". As many will know (including yourself), this fact does not automatically guarantee an Overton connection. Even so, I, too, would be interested to see the Overton data you have (to supplement my own). Whether or not all or any of these various Harris families were genetically related to the Overtons of England, one thing at least is clear--they were all of them proud of the name, and wished to claim a relationship to them! Thanks again for all your selfless, dedicated work on behalf of us all. T.J. White ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)