These are excerpts from Thomas E. Partlow, WILSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE DEED BOOKS C-M, 1793-1829 [Easley SC: Southern Historical Press, 1984], p. 1 (If you use this information in your own work, please cite the above source--required all of good genealogists. If someone cannot replicate your work, then your work is of little use to anyone else.) Thomas Harris of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to David Wilson of Sumner County, Tennessee 1000 acres on Round Lick Creek. Witnesses: Thomas McGuire and Jacob Null (p. 3 [presumably of DB C]) James Grier, attorney for Samuel Lawrence, to Elias Lawrence of Robertson County for natural live and affection 960 acres on Cedar Creek. Witnesses: Thomas Harris and Samuel Hogg. 22 June 1807 (Pp. 13-14) Elias Lawrence of Robertston County, Tennessee to Matthew Figures 960 acres on Cedar Creek. Witnesses: John Bradley and Thomas Harris. 22 June 1807 (P. 15) Comment: Anyone having knowledge of Samuel Hogg, believed to be the Samuel Hogg formerly of Granville Co., NC, is asked to contact me privately. There was a younger Samuel Hogg who was a physician in Tennesee, but it is the older Samuel Hogg and his wife for whom I seek information. Here is some information about a marriage (probably a second one for Samuel Hogg) which took place in Granville Co., NC. His wife is reportedly [not confirmed] buried in Lebanon, TN: Granville Co. marriage record: Saml. Hogge & Sarah Williams, 14 May 1792; W. Norwood, bm; Saml Worthington, wit. (Elizabeth Hicks Hummell in HICKS HISTORY OF GRANVILLE CO., NC, V. I, MARRIAGE BONDS, 1965, [Oxford, NC: Coble Publishing Co., 16] p. 205.) If you subscribe to other Tennessee or North Carolina lists, please post this info on that list or those lists, but cite the sources. Thanks. E.W.Wallace

When looking around Rootsweb.com I came to the Chickasaw County, Mississippi site. Under their cemetery listings I found the following Harris' who are buried in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. ASBURY CEMETERY, CHICKASAW COUNTY, MS. Mary Jane Harris, b. February 5, 1860, d. September 10, 1877 Wife of J. K. Harris, Daughter of W. L. & N. C. Young HOLLADAY CEMETERY, CHICKASAW COUNTY, MS. Leonorah Isbell, b. 1865, d. 1889, wife of Aaron Harris Lee Nesbitt Harris, b. 1888, d. 1889, son of A. & L. I. Harris Mary Sue Harris, b.August 22, 1890, d. January 2, 1932 Ann Howard Harris, b. August 18, 1910, d. January 11, 1985 Nannie Allen Harris, b. 1886, d. 1937 Thomas Vincent Harris, b. 1871, d. 1955 Lewis H. Harris, b. December 11, 1855, d. June 11, 1929 Rossie Delashment Harris, b. August 15, 1855, d. July 1, 1924 Fannie May Harris, b. October 12, 1895, d. November 7, 1905 John Isbell Harris, b. October 17, 1882, d. October 25, 1905 Susan Isbell Harris, b. August 13, 1832, d. August 17, 1917 Francis Marin Harris, b. June 4, 1831, Chatham Co., NC, d. November 3, 1892 James Aquilla Harris, 1886, aged 9 mos. Bettie Lee Harris, b. 1868, d. 1872 HALSELL CEMETERY, CHICKASAW COUNTY, MS. John V. Harris, b. 1840, d. 1864 Addison Harris, b. 1844, d. 1863 John Headen Harris, b. 1803, d. 1883 Leona May Harris, b. 1812, d. 1889 John Vincent Harris, b. 1844, d. 1898 Ann Harris Johnson, b. 1840, d. 1888 Henry Harris, b. 1876, d. 1891 Ellie H. Harris, b. 1874, d. 1892 Henry H. Harris, b. January 13, 1847, d. March 20, 1907 Corinna Berry Harris, b. November 1, 1853, d. February 29, 1904 Charlie Harris, b. 1904, d. 1922, son of A. J. & Martha Addie Harris, b. 1909, d. 1933, son of A. J. & Mary Etta Tommie Harris, b. 1907, d. 1943, son of A. J. & Mary Etta Jack Harris, b. 1875, d. 1944 Vallie Harris, b. 1888, d. 1951 ROSE HILL CEMETERY, CHICKASAW COUNTY, MS. Amy Harris, b. 1894, d. 1968, Funeral Home marker Jack G. Harris, b. August 16, 1908, d. December 18, 1966 Anna Reisch Harris, b. November 27, 1925, no other date Charles Kenneth Harris, June 25, 1920, no other date Double Stone: Nancy Stansbury Harris, b. March 10, 1905, d. Arpil 6, 1961, wife of Robin Harris Dr. Robin Harris, b. June 13, 1886, d. October 29, 1986 Double Stone: James May Harris, b. October 2, 1842, Chatham Co., NC. d. April 28, 1925 Martha Ann Harris, b. March 19, 1847, d. June 28, 1937 F. M. Harris, b. October 26, 1892, no other date Sarah Jane Harris, b. Setpember 24, 1928, d. February 23, 1973 S. Richard Harris, b. January 13, 1929, d. Feberuary 23, 1973 Does anyone recognize what Harris line(s) these fine people belonged to? Any insight is appreciated. Please respond through HH or H-MS so that others may be helped. Ira L. Harris III Evansville, Indiana

I am so sorry to have to ask that I be unsubscribed to your wonderful email service. Computer problems and none of your attachments are downloading. Thank you so much. bturner@ipinc.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <HARRIS-HUNTERS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <HARRIS-HUNTERS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 3:00 PM Subject: HARRIS-HUNTERS-D Digest V04 #34

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If any of you have tried to access my HARRIS or other family webpages lately, you may have had trouble. I don't know what the problem is - I have had the www listing for ten years or more, and it still works occasionally. This one should work all the time, so in case you've bookmarked the old URL, please change it to: http://home.netcom.com/~symbios/geneal.html Sorry for any confusions. Sandy Wilbur Gresham, OR ===================================== New listings - used history, genealogy and natural history books: http://home.netcom.com/~symbios/genbooks.html

I need some help in identifying this Harris male--Frederick Harris of Louisa Co., VA. Can you help? Are there two Frederick Harrises, or more? FREDERICK HARRIS OF LOUISA CO., VA (d. after 1774) Brother of Benjamin Harris and Robert Harris, presumably his contemporaries in colonial Louisa Co., VA. He apparently lived in Louisa Co. It is unclear whether he is the same Frederick Harris who was a justice of Louisa Co. as late as July 1789, well after the American Revolution. Louisa Co. DB F-446-447, dated 1789, labels Frederick Harris and William Phillips as Justices of Louisa Co. They were granted power to take examination of Barbara Barret, wife of Robert Barret as Mrs. Barret was unable to travel to Louisa Co. court. It is stated in the will of Benjamin Harris, Trinity Parish, Louisa Co., dated 30 July 1765 and recorded 14 Oct 1765, that Benjamin's brothers were Frederick Harris and Robert Harris. The latter two men plus Benjamin's wife Mary were to be executors. Witnesses were James Overton, Charles Nuckolls, and Mary Ratliff. (Louisa Co. Wills Bk 1-72 on SLC film 32,191). 1765 Louisa Co. Will Bk 1-72 "Will of Benjamin Harris of Trinity Parish. Wife Mary. 3 sons: Robert, eldest son Overton & ---. Dau: Nancy. Lands to be divided among my eldest son Overton & son Robert at death of my wife. Excrs: wife Mary Harris & two brothers: Frederick Harris & Robert Harris. Signed: Benjamin Harris. Wit: James Overton, Charles Nuckolls, Mary Ratlif. Dated 30 July 1765. Rcd 14 Oct 1765." (Nancy Chappelear & Kate Binford Hatch, ABSTRACTS OF LOUISA COUNTY WILL BOOKS [Washington : N. Chappelear and K. B. Hatch, 1964] p. 13) (Some correspondents have stated that Benjamin was married to Sarah Dumas. Was she his first wife? The widow named here is Mary.) The relationship of Frederick Harris to Benjamin Harris is implied (not proved) in this excerpt: p. 53 [of Guardian records] Gdn. Bond. Frederick Harriss Gdn to Overton, Robert, Benjamen & Nancy Harriss Orphans of Benja. Harriss Dec'd; 2,000 pds currt. money. Sec. David Anderson & Garrett Minor. 13 Mar 1774 (Rosalie Edith Davis, WHERE HAVE ALL THE CHILDREN GONE? [Manchester, MO: Published by author, 1980], p. 8) Frederick Harris, then, is one of the sons of William Harris of Hanover Co., VA. He apparently died in Louisa Co. and his will is recorded in book Louisa Co. WB 5-20. However, WB 5 reportedly begins in 1801, and it is doubtful Frederick Harris, brother of Major Robert Harris lived that long. More research is needed. (Had the probate extended that long?) Other Records: In 1778, 17 Jan Fredk. Harris, Wm. Pettus, James Overton, Wm. Crenshaw were witnesses (and later proved) to a deed of Cleavears Duke of Louisa Co., St. Martins Par., to George Lumsden. (Louisa Co. DB E-236-237 as abstracted by Rosalie Edith Davis, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS E & F, 1774-1790 [Manchester, MO: Published by author, 1983], p. 27) Your help is solicited. E.W.Wallace

I am pleased to know you have done so much research on your families of Rutherford Co., TN. I cannot criticize any of the searches you have made, but perhaps you have overlooked a resource which MAY further your search for Beverly Harris and his associates. Suggestion: Since your man died in 1849, he MAY (no guarantees in genealogy) appear on the 1850 mortality schedule of Tennessee. I had never used these schedules (I'll tell you more about them later), but a lady helping me with my application for DAR used them, and, lo and behold, she found my newly migrated from-TN-&-KY-to-TX umpteen great-grandmother listed as dying in coastal area of TX. She had died in 1849 soon after migrating--leaving a houseful of orphans (Yes, she was a born Harris with another married name). When I got used to this idea of this new-to-me resource, I searched the mortality schedules myself, and found another ancestor who died in TX, although born in NC. The great thing about these mortality schedules is they give the age of the person, his or her birthplace, the cause of death, the length of the illness, and a few other details, I believe. (I need to refresh my memory and look for some others in these schedules). Where may you find these mortality schedules--at least for 1850 and 1860? If you are near an LDS Family History Center, call them up. Find out their hours of opening and then ask whether they have hundreds of microfiche called AIS = Accelerated Indexing System. At one time, this AIS collection was a part of a start-up packet for new FHCs, but I have been advised this practice has been discontinued. (I am told AIS is on Ancestry.com, but it is not in the format to which I have become accustomed. Besides, unless you have access to Ancestry.com at your FHC, there is probably an additional subscription fee.) There should be a four-page free handout describing the AIS, but you can teach yourself if you have patience. What is AIS? It is a rather comprehensive US census index through the 1850 census, and for some areas of the country, it goes beyond 1850. I do think, however, it has the 1860 mortality schedules. Search 1 is the earliest censuses, with some added tax lists, to make up for missing census years, such as the 1790. Search 2 is the next census, and so on. The mortality schedules are the last searches, if I remember correctly. (There is a high error rate in AIS--duplications, omissions, misspellings, etc., but still it is a useful tool. Lots of professionals use this tool when beginning work for a new client.) Incidentally, it may be well to check out the Harrises in the early AIS Searches to see who [is it whom?] you can spot--and their neighbors. An example: I was trying to verify a linkage between two families named Bedford and Coleman in Missouri. This is not my line, so I had no feel for the migration pattern. However, I first determined when was a likely time for these families to have migrated from KY, and then I checked AIS for that census year. I found some likely candidates, and when I found two of the above named families in the same county in Missouri, I zeroed in on them. I think I may have some clues as to how and WHere to proceed now. I have to see if I can find a marriage record in that county which may confirm that I have the right folks. (Golly, this hobby keeps us searching for new ways to find these folks--in the right place, at the right time. The internet helps, but some of the family history material is cluttered up with secondary and tertiary material and mulltiple distortions, that I find myself getting impatient!) I hope you locate Beverly Harris. As many Harrises as I have researched in the South, including KY, I have not stumbled on that given name! E.W.Wallace

I cut and pasted this from another rootsweb list. I did not check Harrises, but I checked some other surnames, and I find most of the vital records are deaths and they are of the 20th century. This will not help you with 19th century folks, more is the pity!! Subject: [KYGEN] Kentucky Vital Records Project Resent-Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:37:19 -0700 Resent-From: KYGEN-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 09:13:10 -0500 From: Sherri Hall <ldrbelties@earthlink.net> Reply-To: KYGEN-L@rootsweb.com To: KYGEN-L@rootsweb.com (http:// <http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kvrp/> www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kvrp/) The KYGenWeb Project is very proud to announce the latest addition to our "Special Collections" of research references for those with Kentucky roots, the Kentucky Vital Records Project. (http:// <http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kvrp> www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kvrp) What began as a "dream" of 3 of us involved with the KYGenWeb Project and the KYGenWeb Archives, a centralized collection of Kentucky birth, marriage and death records, is now available in the first stages for Kentucky researchers. Currently, the browsable index lists all of the deaths in the KY Death Index (1911-1999). We are in the process of adding digital images and transcriptions of actual death certificates. These digital images and transcriptions will be linked to the browsable index as they are added to the collection. Records for this project will be a combination of researcher-contributed records and a coordinated extraction program so we can get them up as quickly as possible. We will begin adding birth records about 15 April 2004 and marriage records about 1 June 2004. As these records are added, they will also be linked to the index. (NOTE: Birth records will only be added for persons born before the year 1854, unless proof of death is provided. We want to ensure that the privacy and safety of living individuals is not compromised.) The browsable index will be a great help to KY researchers by itself, as you'll be able to search for those "creative" spellings that all of us have been blessed (or cursed) with. Tens of thousands of corrections have already been made to the original index. Corrections from site visitors are encouraged. As corrected or additional information is received on any of the records, it will be incorporated into the index for the benefit of future site visitors. In addition to the browsable index, be sure to check out the site search engine, as it will pick up additional information in the transcriptions (most importantly, parents' and spouse's names, if given). We invite everyone to stop in and check out this newest addition. Our hope is that you'll find some "treasures" here and that you'll then share your collections so that others can find theirs too. Feel free to forward this message to other mail lists. Cut & pasted by E.W.Wallace

Gregg Bonner wrote with the subject listed above: Hi Listers, I am hoping that someone will have some knowledge of the descendants of the Robert HARRIS who married Leminder (variously seen as Lemander, Lemender, etc.), whose last name is said to be SMITH. This Robert HARRIS left a will dated 01 JUN 1785; probated August court, 1786 (Granville County, North Carolina). Robert was born Bet. 1710 & 1720, and from WorldConnect, it appears that most make his father either Richard HARRIS or Robert HARRIS. Later (given) names that are associated with this family are Sherwood, Richard, Robert/Robin, Thomas, Claiborne, Tyre/Tyree, Jemima, and Christopher. This family ended up in Granville and Bertie Counties, North Carolina, but I suspect came from the HARRIS family that was in New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, and/or Henrico and Charles City Counties, Virginia. I am trying to find the parents of my Beverly HARRIS, born abt. 1763, in North Carolina, died 12 JAN 1849 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. It is naming frequency that leads me from my Beverly HARRIS to Robert HARRIS and Leminder SMITH(?). The associated inter-name is primarily OGILVIE, but also KIMBROUGH, and SIMPSON. I think this family may be related to (or else confused with) the family of Robert HARRIS who married Mourning GLENN. If anyone can help link my Beverly HARRIS to the family of Robert HARRIS & Leminder SMITH or the family of Robert HARRIS & Mourning GLENN, or any other family, for that matter - I would be eternally grateful. And of course, I am willing to provide whatever additional information I may have on the families. Cheers, Gregg Dear Gregg, I suspect you had better study Beverly Harris [an unusual name in the Harrises I have studied] somewhat morein depth and learn 1) who were his associates and 2) if he lived in the South, on what watercourse he owned land (if he owned land). Generally persons married within the neighborhood, and they frequently migrated to other colonies or states with their neighbors (who probably were their in-laws). In some instances, tax lists where they exist may provide answers for you concerning Beverly Harris. As for the early Harrises (Robert & Leminder) in Granville Co., NC, I believe others on the Harris-Hunters list (search for the archives) have decided they came from Surry Co., VA. to Granville Co. A good many persons along the Tar River area came from Surry Co. and Isle of Wight Co., VA. As for Robert Harris (with wife Mourning Glen), his known sons are mentioned in his will and or in land records. His four sons were Robert, Jr. (III), William, Tyre(e), and Christopher, as named in will made in Albemarle Co., VA. He had a son-in-law named James Harris, which confuses the genealogy. Refer to deeds cited below. It seems he had another son-in-law Joel Crawford, as a deed of gift appears in Amherst Co. DB B-51, dated 20 May 1765, in which Robert Harris of Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle Co., gives to his son-in-law Joel Crawford two slaves: Lewis, a boy, and Juliany, a girl. Robert's (abstracted) will (W.B. 3-165) in Louisa Co. reads as follows: 18 June 1765. I August 1765. Son Christopher to have 40 acres of land in Albemarle County, known as "Bears Cornfield." After decease of wife, son William to have all land I now hold in Albemarle County. Sons, Robert, Tyre and William Harris to have slaves. Wife Mowrning (Mourning) to have use of all lands during her life. Son William [who was underage] to be under direction of son-in-law John Rodes. Exrs: sons-in-law John Rodes and William Shelton. Wit: Daniel Maupin, John Mullins, Jr, William Maupin and Connerly Mullins. ( J. Estelle Stewart King, ABSTRACTS of WILLS, INVENTORIES, AND ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA, 1748-1800, p. 16.) The surname Kimbrough is found abundantly in Caswell Co., NC, but it is also found in Hanover Co., VA 1733-1735. Hanover Co., of course, is a burned county. Therefore, searching Hanover Co. is very difficult for colonial era. Rutherford Co. was formed from Davidson Co.; therefore, you may have to study records of the parent county to get a handle on your particular Harris family, and then move backwards in time. That's why most of the time genealogists are urged to use censuses and then, failing to have adequate censuses, using tax lists. Land records (deeds and grants) and court records are also helpful. Good luck! E.W.Wallace .

To the clerk of the honorable Hardin circuit court. You are here by authorized to issue a license for a marriage intended between my daughter Sally Harris and Mr. George Nelson. Given under my hand this 28th of July 1832 William Harris witness David Harris Jno. D. Hoback [sic] The name David Harris is also on the marriage bond for Sally Harris. Hope this info helps someone working on this family. I am seeking any info on these Harris men. James Harris died 1803ca in Jefferson, Grayson, or Hardin Co., Ky or nearby. Stephen Harris listed in 1790 tax list of Nelson Co., KY. May have migrated to Illinois? Mahu Harris and John Mayhew Harris listed in same area of Hardin., Grayson., Jefferson., and Nelson Co.,KY. If anyone has any info on Corn Island abt 1780 these Harris names and others should show up as they came in with George Rodgers Clark. Other names connected in this Harris family and time are Samuel Harris and Ruth Harris. Year of Death for James Harris is listed anywhere from 1803 to 1815. Can anyone pin this date down and the location of his burial? Could it possibly be the Beaver Dam Baptist Church, Grayson Co., KY.? Thanks Mike _________________________________________________________________ Find and compare great deals on Broadband access at the MSN High-Speed Marketplace. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/

Has any one found any more info on David Harris that married Dorothy Hounslow. He was SUPPOSSED to have been born in England Kent County in 1730. in1760 marries Dorothy Hounslow and came to America settled on James River in Hanover, VA what is now part of Richmond Va.

I'm sure many of you have read these lists before, but this will jog your memory. Remember, this date precedes the American Revolution. This set of volumes, full of interesting letters and records pertaining to our colonial folk, are available on microfiche (however, there are 270 of them, I finally learned) from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Each fiche costs 15 cents apiece. Some large university libraries have these sets of books. There is an index in a separate volume, if I remember correctly. Source: William L. Saunders, THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1769 to 1771, Vol. 8 [Raleigh: 1890], p. 72 [From Orange County Court Records.] North Carolina } Hillsboro District } Ss. At a Superior Court of Justice begun and held for the district aforesaid at the Court house in Hillsboro on the 22nd day of September in the year of Our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and sixty nine, 1769. Present The Honorable Maurice Moore Esq. Associate Justice. The Sheriff of Granville County returns his list of Jurors, viz. James Yancey, Charles Rust Eaton, Reuben Searcy, Solomon Alston, Sherrard Harris, David Mitchell, Jesse Saunders, Cuthbird Hutson, Samuel Sneed, William Potter, John Young, Robert Lanier. The Sheriff of Orange County returned the following list of Jurors, viz. John Hogan, John Payne, John Gray, Enoch Bradley, John Patterson, Nathaniel Hart, John Nunn, Washam Glenn, Charles Matthews, Tignal Jones, Nathanial Jones, Wm. Rhodes, Richard Berry, William Nunn, Jun., Ebener Starns, John McDonald, John Lowe, Gabriel Davie, William Stroude, Jun., Joseph Gold, Archibald Boling, Robert Lytle, George Foote, Samuel Parkes, Benjamin Black, Chas. Powell, John Powell, Jessie Oldham, William Pauly, Thomas Connelly, James Craig, William Lassiter, John Hunter, Joseph King, Thomas Hart & James Minnis. On motion being made by John Noe, son of Peter Noe, (Miller) that he might be naturalized & proving to the Court that he had taken the sacrament of the Lord's Supper & other requisites by Act of Parliament specified, he accordingly was naturalized by taking the oaths, and making & subscribing the declaration by Law appointed. Comment: Some of these men were involved in the Transylvania Company, later known as Henderson & Co., headed by Col. Richard Henderson of Granville Co., NC. Submitted by E. W. Wallace descendant of Samuel Sneed and of Jesse Oldham

Looking for information on Harris' from the MossPoint-Pascagoula-Hinds County, MS area--Benjamin L., Benjamin G., Benjamin, Cora, Jessie, Emma, Mary (Marie), or anyone of that family....thank you....Dave

Dear Group, I would like to thank you all for the replies to my query. Now I have a start toward researching Samuel and Martha's Family. Thanks, Lois

Found this info. on the web regarding Bucknell University, Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA: http://www.bucknell.edu/ http://www.bucknell.edu/WomensResourceCenter/history/1886to1895/1886to1895.htm 1889--Seeking to increase enrollment, President Harris "rearranges the Institute curricula so that girls graduating from that school had really completed the work of the freshmen year in the College. Without knowing it, in effect, they already were college women when they received their Institute diplomas. Naturally many of them wanted to go right on with college work. This simple and happy arrangement thus made it very easy for a girl to slip from the Institute into the College ranks. Also, it called little attention to the transformation that was taking place, and so stirred up slight opposition among the hardshelled conservatives." 1894--Mary Belle Harris, daughter of University President John Harris, graduates from Bucknell. As a student, Mary is active in tennis, an original member of the women's basketball team, and a charter member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She later goes on to receive a Ph.D. and has a successful career as an administrator for women's prisons. Anyone know anything about the ancestry of President John Harris and his daughter, Mary Belle Harris? --Glenn Gohr

Hello, I'm new on this Harris page and looking for any informatiion on the family of Samuel Harris who married Martha Helton of Patrick Co., VA. Thanks .............. Lois

X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:35:44 -0600 From: HAROLD D ANDREWS <> Sarah asked: Does anyone know how far back City Directories go. I am looking for descendents of my grandmother's sister. I know they were in Moss Point, MS probably in the early 1900's and I have some of the daughters' married names. Does the City Directory go back that far? Thanks. Sarah Harris Andrews Response: City directories have a long history, amazingly enough. Boston, MA has one listed on the Family History Library Catalog on www.familysearch.org which has a date of 1791. Louisville, KY also has an old city directory, plus more up-to-date ones. For smaller places outside good-size cities or counties, you may have to contact the appropriate State Library, say in Mississippi. Some large city libraries, such as the Los Angeles [City] Public Library has a large collection of hard-copy directories [books] and also microfiche. Some universities pride themselves on having collections of directories on microfiche or film, but in the case of Mississippi, I would try to contact the Archives or Library in Jackson, MS. City directories are great people-finders--if you can find a directory of the right time and the right place. If you cannot find your people on a census [especially on-line censuses], try to find a city directory or a county directory. Some directories were published every two years or so, and they generally listed each employed person, his residence, and his occupation. If a widow, however, were of a prominent family, she, even though unemployed, may be listed. Always look through the directory--sometimes there are maps and a reverse directory. A reverse directory lists the address of the residence, and then may list other persons who live at that residence--such as a widowed mother living with her son in his/their home. And you always want to look for your ancesto r's employer who probably is listed in the ads or in the business section. English county directories are a delight!!! E.W.Wallace who has found lots of genealogical goodies in some city directories

This is my new e-mail address, spelled kind of phonetically in hopes that I can avoid spam, at least for a little while: jwharrisjr at bellsouth dot net J. Wren Harris, Jr. Albany, GA

Does anyone know how far back City Directories go. I am looking for descendents of my grandmother's sister. I know they were in Moss Point, MS probably in the early 1900's and I have some of the daughters' married names. Does the City Directory go back that far? Thanks. Sarah Harris Andrews

This message was sent to me in response to the Will of William Gillam that I posted. It gives some Harris information, so I am passing it along. Ira ---------- Forward message ---------- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 20:27:01 EST From: NContreras@aol.com To: barebear@evansville.net Subject: Re: [HH] Will of William Gillam, Granville County, N.C., 1778 You might look for Cornelius Gilliam who married the widow of Micajah (spelling off) Belieu (Ballou, Ballow). She was Sarah Israel before marrying Micajah. Cornelius was a colorful character in North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri and Oregon. He died during a small Indian outbreak. The same one that hit the Whitman Mission in Oregon. He pulled a loaded rifle out of the wagon and shot himself accidently. His father could have been General Gilliam. Reason Davis married Cornelius's stepdaughter, Sarah Jane Davis. Their daughter, Rebecca Jane "Jenny" Davis, married the son of Isaac Harris (b. Hardin Co., KY). His name was William P. (Penn?) Harris.