Ira, Are the Tiptons who are listed on the 1880 Tishomingo Co., Mississippi census related to the Tipton family of Blount Co., TN. i.e. Fighting Billy Tipton and Jonathan Tipton of Monroe, TN.? There is a lot of information about those Tipton's and there allied lines. Let me know. Shannon

Source: 1880 Tishomingo County, Mississippi Census Page 84A. District 5, Beat 5 William M. Harries WM48 b.N.C. Farmer Parents born North Carolina Sallie E. WF48 b.Al. K. House Parents born Alabama James T. WM18 b.Ms. Farm Laborer Parents born Alabama Jep D. WM17 b.Ms. Farm Laborer Parents born Alabama William T. WM14 b.Ms. Farm Laborer Parents born Alabama John W. WM13 b.Ms. Farm Laborer Parents born Alabama T. WM03 b.Ms. Parents born Alabama Huck D. WM07 b.Ms. Parents born Alabama Savillie C. WF04 b.Tx. Parents born Alabama Next Door to the above family is the following family John H. Tipton WM48 b.Al. Farmer Parents born Alabama Catherine WF44 b.N.C. K. House Parents born N.C. William A. WM18 b.Ms. Farm Laborer Parents born Al/NC Charley B. WM15 b.Ms. Farm Laborer Parents born Al/NC Mary J. WF14 b.Ms. Parents born Al/NC Fanney S. WF12 b.Ms. Parents born Al/NC Tho. H. WM09 b.Ms. Parents born Al/NC Lucy C. WF08 b.Ms. Parents born Al/NC Allice T. WF05 b.Ms. Parents born Al/NC James J. WM03 b.Ms. Parents born Al/NC ________ WF01 b.Ms. Parents born Al/NC Is the Harries family above, the family of William M. Harris and his wife Elizabeth Tipton? If so, is the Tipton family living next door related to W.M.'s wife. Could Sallie's name be Sallie Elizabeth Tipton? Is there an error reporting on the birthplaces? Who were William M's parents? Any insight is appreciated. Please respond through HH or H-MS so that others may be helped. Ira L. Harris III Evansville, Indiana

Just looking for more information on the Harris families that are shown living in Belfast Maine in the 1880 census. Family structure is shown below. If anyone has information on this family please let me know. Elishia HARRIS Self M Male W 48 ME Farmer NH MA Angeline HARRIS Wife M Female W 46 ME Keeping House ME ME Elishia L. HARRIS Son S Male W 14 ME At Home ME ME Josiah CURTIS SonL M Male W 29 ME Farm Laborer ME ME Vesta A. CURTIS Dau M Female W 21 ME House Keeper ME ME Henry CURTIS GSon S Male W 1M ME ME ME Census Place Ward 4, Belfast, Waldo, Maine Other Harris families in Belfast in 1880 Enoch P. HARRIS Self M Male W 49 ME Laborer On Farm ME ME Myra V. HARRIS Wife M Female W 42 ME Keeping House ME ME Isaac BERRY FatherL W Male W 68 ME Calker ME ME John B. HARRIS Self M Male W 49 ME Master Marriner ME ME Annie HARRIS Wife M Female W 45 ME Keeping House ME ME

EDWIN POE HARRIS, son of Nehemiah Harris and Anna McGUFFEY was born 3 November 1835 in Mahoning County, Ohio. He was first christened Erastus Poe Harris but disliked his first name and insisted on being called Edwin, and by this name he is known. His early days were uneventful so far as recorded, but his love for books and constant desire for reading, was soon noted, and many times he would be found in some shady nook intent over Stephen's travels in Central America, or some other work of history or travel, when the other boys of the company were engaged in their sports. This tendency to study attracted the attention of his uncle, William H. McGuffey, of the readers and spelling book notariety, and resulted in his taking the boy into his family at the University of Virginia, where he (William H. McGuffey) was for so many years Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy, and thus affording the boy superior advantages to that enjoyed by the others of the same family. After proper preparation he entered the University of Virginia, where he remained as a student until he received his degree as a Doctor of Medicine, while he was yet in his twenty-first year. His record as a student was creditable throughtout, and his standing in his classes during both his acedemic and professional course, was amongst the first. It was the intention of his uncle to prepare him for the ministry, but by the time he had finished his collegiate course, it was quite evident he was not suited for a preacher, at least one of the old Scotch Presbyterian style, and as a compromise in the matter, the study of medicine was selected. Directly after graduating, the subject of our sketch went North with the intention and for the purposes of obtaining a little rest and bracing up, which the years of hard study had left him greatly in need of, as well as to see again the family from whom he had so long been seperated, expecting to soon return and go to Micanopy, Florida, for a permanent location in the practice of his profession in connection with a classmate, Nettleton H. Payne, who has since become so famous as a surgeon and geologist. Circumstances, possibly very trivial, prevented his immediately returning South, and while at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, he fell in with some parties going to Leavenworth, Kansas, with supplies for the troops then collecting at that point preparatory to a move on Brigham Young who had at that time declared Utah independant, and had set up a government of his own. >From this time we may date the unsettled and wandering life which has distinguished this one from the other members of the same family. Arriving at Leavenworth, Kansas, the excitement of the surroundings and the romance of a trip over the then almost trackless plains, induced the young Doctor to readily accept the offer of Russel----Majors and Waddell, then the principal Government contractors, of a position as physician to the men of their many trains bound for Fort Bridger (in the Southwestern corner of Wyoming Territory), and ultimately Salt Lake City. It is impossible in this sketch to give the many and stirring experiences of this trip which consumed almost the entire season for crossing the plains, then not accomplished as now. Slow, weary months of draying. through the sand, often suffering for water and menaced by treacherous Sioux, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes, finally brought the trains through to Fort Bridger, where arrangements were made for the Winter. The greater portion of the transportation men were enlisted for nine months service, and our young Doctor was placed in charge as employed surgeon and physician, by the United States. During the month of November, which is the beginning of winter there, the Morman scouts passed from their camps into Echo Canyon around Fort Bridger, by routes well known to them, and intercepted the remainder of the supply trains when they had reached Hanis Fork and the main Green River, and burned a large amount of commissary stores intended for winter rations, and as a result the troops were left with less than half rations. This was a serious matter at that time, as there were no means of relief to depend on but the slow ox or mule train that would have to haul every pound of provision for over 600 miles, and that in mid-winter. Everybody got hungry, and the six ounces of flour a day, which was all the scanty store would allow, only kept the men with good appetites. The oxen that hauled out the summer supplies were killed for beef---such of them as did not die of starvation, and the old mules, when too poor to do more service, were slaughtered by the soldiers to add at least a soup bone. Any Indian's dog that might chance to stray into camp, was speedily dispatched and served up roasted under the name of Morman shoat. Our subject took his chances with the balance, as there was little or no difference between the rations of officers and men. Dr. Harris has often averred that this experience effectually cured him of severe dyspepsia, from which he had suffered for years. It is more probable that the invigorating climate and pure air had more to do with the cure than dog meat or poor mule. In the Spring, the Peace Commissioners sent out by the Government, made terms with Brigham Young, without any fight, much to the disappointment of the soldiers, and all moved on into the Great Salt Lake valley. After the nine months the men were disbanded. Dr. Harris remained in Salt Lake City for several months. The city was full of desperate characters, and one night in a difficulty over a card game, in which our subject was mixed, one of the parties received a pistol ball through his throat. and as the wounded man was connected with the army, and had influence, it was thought best to leave the city without advertising what route had been taken. The man shot recovered, however, after a long time. Dr. Harris accompanied by but one tried friend, started West intending to make California if possible, but after going in that direction some 300 miles they turned south and east, and coming down Laramie Fork, struck the overland route again, south of old Fort Laramie, reaching the Missouri River, at Atchison, Kansas, then a small town. There obtaining passage on a boat, they disposed of their faithful horses and landed at Boonville, Missouri. It seems this wandering had satisfied Dr. Harris, for a while at least. He went directly to the residence of John S. Jones, of Pettis County, MO., with whom he had been associated while on the plains, and by his advice and through his assistance, established himself in Longwood, Missouri, in the practice of Medicine, where he rapidly gained a lucrative practice, and there became acquainted with and married, Carrie Welbourn Wyche, on May 1, 1861. She was a highly educated and accomplished young lady from Yazoo City, Mississippi. Her parents both being dead, she resided with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Jones. The year, 1861, and until February 1862 contained possibly the greatest joy and the deepest sorrows of any in the varied life of the subject of our sketch. The same day of his marriage he started with his young bride to visit the scenes of her childhood and meet the friends of her early youth; returning, they reached Deer Park, the elegant home of her uncle, John S. Jones, on the night of the thirteenth of June, and the next morning he was aroused by messengers carrying the proclamation of Gov. Calib Jackson, calling for 50,000 men to defend the state of Missouri. Kissing his bride goodbye, while still in bed, he mounted his horse and set out for Georgetown, the county town, to see what course was to be taken, expecting confidently to be back at dinner. How little can we see into the future. That fond kiss was the last he was ever to bestow on her who was then to him more than life itself. Reaching Georgetown, everything was excitement and enthusiasm. A company of volunteers was speedily raised, and he was elected one of the officers, little thinking they would so soon be called into service, but before evening a dispatch ordering every available man to Boonville, was received. The company must go and go at once. It was never dreamed but that a few days absence, at furtherest, would be all that would be required. The result of that battle, probably the first field fight of the long and bloody war, on the seventeenth of June 1861, is a matter of history. From Boonville, the scattered and disorganized recruits were driven to Cowskin Prairie, in the extreme southwest corner of the state. The circumstances of war prevented his ever returning, and we will not dwell on the misery which the memory of that hurried parting must always bring up. But the limits allowed in this sketch will not permit us to follow closely the months that followed. After the bloody battle of Wilson's creek, or Springfield, he tried to reach home, but the country was full of enemy. At the battle of Elk Horn, our subject was taken prisoner, and although not belonging to the medical staff of the army he was compelled to do duty as a surgeon for the wounded Confederates, who were left without any medical assistance by their own army, except, perhaps, one or two field surgeons. Dr. Harris, during the battle of Elk Horn, and in fact from the time of the Drywood fight near Fort Scott, was Captain of Company C of the second Missouri Calvalry. He was kept on the battlefield at Elk Horn, assisting in caring for the wounded, until the 18th of April 1862, when he succeeded in making his escape. Joining the Confederate forces, then at Little Rock, Arkansas, he made his way to Corinth, Mississippi, where the Missouri troops had been taken. It was on his arrival there that he learned the sad news that the bride he had left so hurriedly, expecting to be absent from her side but a few hours, had been taken by the hand of death, forever from his sight. She died on February 22, 1862, leaving an infant daughter two weeks old. This was a terrible experience, and for months he was perfectly indifferent whether he lived or died. After passing through the campaigns of that summer in Mississippi, the Missouri troops were sent west of the river, and we find Dr. Harris in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in charge of the Third Division Hospital of the army under General Hindman. In February, 1863, he was sent to Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, as Medical Parvey, or for the Department of North Texas and the Indian Territory, which position he retained until the close of the war. Dr. Harris married for his second wife, Miss Ella May Wolf, January 14, 1864. Miss Wolf was a quarter-blood Cherokee, a daughter of Judge Thomas Wolf, one of the prominent men of the Cherokee Nation, and a son of the hereditary war chief of that tribe. Miss Wolf was a beautiful and accomplished woman, and devotedly attached to her husband. After the close of the war, Dr. Harris removed to the Cherokee Nation and again resumed the practice of medicine. His reputation soon gave him an extensive practice, and his home near Tahlequah was all that could be desired, and it is to this day one of the most beautiful locations in that beautiful country. He, however, unfortunately for himself, got mixed up in the politics of the country and owing to his influence with the then ruling party he was intensely hated by the opposite party. It can be truly said that during the life of Louis Downing, then Chief of the Nation, no white man within its limits wielded the political influence that did the subject of these lines. Upon the death of Col. Downing, however, the opposite party obtained control of the country, and Dr. Harris was forced to leave to escape assassination. While absent in Kansas waiting for an opportunity to return, his wife was suddenly taken ill and passed away before he could reach her side, although he braved all danger, and went immediately on receipt of the news of her illness. She died December 24, 1876, leaving a husband and one child, a daughter, Ida. After the death of his wife, and the excitement of political differences had somewhat died out, he returned to Muscogee and established a new newspaper, the Indian Progress, in connection with Col. E.C. Boudinot, probably the most intelligent and best known of any member of the Cherokee tribe. The enterprise, however, was not a success, and the policy advocated by the paper made it necessary, first, to remove the press to Vinita, and finally, to adandon the paper entirely. Boudinot and Harris advocated a progressive policy for the Indians, and this did not suit the ruling men of the tribes, who prefer to keep things as they are so they may be benefited at the expense of the many. Dr. Harris was about this time, placed in charge of the asylum for the insane and indigent maimed and crippled persons of the Cherokee Nation, which position he held for over a year. His management as medical officer gave perfect satisfaction, but political favorites had to be provided for, and the changes made in the force employed around the institution so disarranged his plans and the work and systems inaugurated, that he resigned his position in disgust and again left the Cherokee Nation, this time going among the Choctaws and Chickasaws, where he had many friends. Locating at McAllister, he opened a drug store, in connection with D.M. Hailey, of that place, and at the same time devoted his leisure to furnishing the Star Vindicator, a weekly newspaper of the place with his ideas on the Indian problem. The paper, like the Indian Progress, did not add to his popularity, and was finally abandoned. It became quite evident that publishing a newspaper in the Indian country and calling things by their right names, or expressing honest convictions, would never succeed until a different state of things existed. Dr. Harris has probably done more than any one man in the entire territory to show the Indians their only hope of existence lay in an abandonment of the title in common by which they hold their lands, and the securement, while it was yet possible, of a title in severalty. He has neever advocated opening up the country all through, though often charged with such opinions; but he has tried in all ways to convince the Indians that a change in their land title must come. These opinions, and his open and somewhat defiant mode of proclaiming them, has been the cause of all his trouble and his great danger in the country. When the coal mines were opened at Savanna, Dr. Harris, in company with D.M. Hailey, the principal owner in the mines, were the first ones to settle at Savanna, when , in the course of three or four years, they succeeded in opening the finest mines in the territory. Here Dr. Harris was placed in charge of all the men employed by the coal company, which company was really a part of the Mo. P.R.U. system, and for four or five years he did all the medical and surgical work of the company. Sometimes as many as 500 men with their families, had to be cared for, and the work required was more than one man could stand. Owing to the presence of gas in large quantities in the mines, and bad ventilation, explosions were frequent, and men were daily hurt and mangled until it sometimes looked like the results of a battle. Dr. Harris' skill as a surgeon was recognized all over the country as with a peer. The constant work was more than his health could stand, and after taking in another surgeon for a few months, he finally quit the mine practice entirely. Dr. Harris took for his third wife, Lou Jannett Perry, August 4, 1884. Mrs. Perry was the widow of the Hon. Eli Perry, one of the solid men of the Choctaw Nation. Mrs. Perry was a Chickasaw, who had received a thorough education in the Eastern States, and who had continued to improve her ample opportunities after she returned to the Nation. She had known the Doctor from the time he first came to the Choctaw Nation, during the war, and in her Dr. Harris has found a most loving and devoted wife, and one who is proud of her husband, and only happy when she is by his side or doing something that may add to his enjoyment. As a thorough housewife, their elegant home is at all times the picture of neatness and order, and the signs of her handiwork, in paintings, embroidery and fancy stitching is seen in all parts of her home. Mrs. Perry, now Mrs. Harris, was also possessed of large properties in farm, ferries and improvements, besides the best blooded herd of cattle probably in the Choctaw Nation, to which Dr. Harris has made liberal additions. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are now living very comfortably at Savanna, Indian Territory, where the Doctor has built a good house and is surrounding it with shrubbery and fountains and other elements of use and ornament, with the expectation of their spending what is left of life. The main cattle ranch is twenty-five miles west, and is claimed to be most advantag- eously located. There will probably be from 1,000 to 1,200 beef steers from four to six years old, matured on the ranch this year, 1887. Raising cattle is the most independant and least laborious mode of obtaining a livelihood. The Doctor at present does but little practice, only attending special cases. He is assistant surgeon for the Sedalia Division of the Mo. P.R.R., and examining surgeon for the pension office, and several insurance corporations. Until four years ago his years had lain but lightly, but since then he has aged quite rapidly, and although usually in fair health, is growing old. He had one child by his first wife: Carrie Harris, born 8 February 1862; and three children by his second wife, two dying in infancy, the other one, Ida Harris, born 24 November, 1864. His present wife has never had any children, but their home is made lively by the prattle of the grandchild and her mother, yet a gay young woman, and the many visitors who always find comfort and a welcome in the hospital home. Probably with the exception of the enemies made in the Cherokee Nation, no white man within the limits of the Indian Territory is more generally known or can count more friends among the Indians than Dr. E. Poe Harris. He lived at Savanna, Indian Territory in 1887. He had two children: 1. Carrie Harris b. 8 Feb 1862 m. ______? WEHRLE 2. Ida Harris b. 24 Nov 1864 m. W.J. CULBERTSON 6 Jan 1886 Rich Boyd

KATHERINE P. HARRIS, daughter of Barnabas C. Harris and Esther Miller was born 9 April 1803 in Washington County, PA. When an infant her parents moved to Trumble, now Mahoning County, Ohio. She married Josiah COTTON 1 January 1828 by whom she had six children. Mrs. Cotton, after the death of her husband, lived with her daughter Mrs. Fritz T. Jeannot in Youngstown, Ohio where she died in Oct 1885 aged eighty-three years. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. 1. Elisha McCurdy Cotton b. 3 Nov 1828 m. Elizabeth RISSER 17 Aug 1852 d. 21 Jne 1865 2. Thissah Jane Cotton b. 3 Mar 1830 m. Craft C. CARROLL 5 Nov 1858 3. Alexander Cotton b. 25 Aug 1832 d. 25 Nov 1862 m. Elizabeth M. PORTER 5 Sept 1862 (no issue) 4. John Harris Cotton b. 27 Nov 1834 d. 12 Oct 1862 5. Hadassa Mary Cotton b. 9 Feb 1839 m. Fritz Tell JEANNOT 13 Nov 1867 6. Josiah Scott Cotton b. 2 Sep 1845 d. 9 Feb 1864 SUSANAH HARRIS, daughter of Barnabas C. Harris and Esther MILLER was born 27 April 1805 in Trumble, now Mahoning County, Ohio. She married Alexander COTTON of Mercer County, Pa., 27 April 1826 in Coitsville, Ohio. They had four children. Mr. and Mrs. Cotton were members of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs Cotton died in 1864 or 1865. 1. Sarah Sabina Cotton b. 17 Feb 1827 d. Sep 1884 m. Alexander W. ROGERS 1 Jan 1849 2. John Tunis Cotton b. 29 Jan 1830 3. Lorena Cotton b. 30 Nov 1832 m. William MARQUIS 4. Josiah Scott Cotton b. 25 Feb 1837 m. Mary KUSTER 14 Sep 1862 Rich Boyd http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale/

BARNABAS C. HARRIS, son of George Harris and Hannah TUNIS was born in Essex County, New Jersey in 1768. He came with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1787, where he married Esther MILLER of Millersburg, PA., January 19, 1796. They had eleven children. Mr. Harris being a man of energy and ambition, and wishing to better his condition in life, left Pennsylvania and removed to the Northern part of the State of Ohio, then a vast wil- derness. He settled in Trumble, now Mahoning County, Ohio in April 1804 where he resided forty-five years. He was a black- smith by trade, but owned a farm which he carried on at the same time. They were Presbyterians in religion. He raised a family of ten children and lived to see them all grow to man and womanhood, marry and settle in life. His wife died July 2, 1838, and he survived her over eleven years. He died December 18, 1849 at the ripe old age of eighty-one years four months and three days. Children: 1. John Harris b. 12 Nov 1796 d. 1797 2. Pamelia Harris b. 21 Feb 1798 m. Andrew MORRISON 21 Mar 1820 3. Esther Harris b. 19 Nov 1799 m. James WILSON 20 Mar 1821 4. Nehemiah Harris b. 20 Jan 1801 d. 30 Oct 1878 m. Anna McGUFFEY 12 May 1824 5. Katherine P. Harris b. 9 Apr 1803 d. Oct 1885 m. Josiah COTTON 1 Jan 1828 6. Susanah Harris b. 27 Apr 1805 d. 1864/65 m. Alexander COTTON 27 Apr 1826 7. George Washington Harris b. 21 Jne 1807 m. Eliza McBRIDE 29 Nov 1832 8. Hannah Tunis Harris b. 15 May 1809 d. 9 Sep 1850 m. William JOHNSON July 1825 d. 21 Jne 1854 9. Barnabas Tunis Harris b. 21 May 1811 d. 9 Sep 1871 m. Rachael MARQUIS Sept 1835 10. Phebe Harris b. 14 Sep 1813 m. Samuel H. McBRIDE 3 Oct 1836 d. 5 Mar 1881 11. Sarah Harris b. 25 Feb 1816 m. William GEALY 11 Jan 1838 Rich Boyd http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale/

AMANDA McCOLLUM, daughter of Mellissa Harris and Daniel McCOLLUM was born in Washington County, PA. She married Milton CLUTTER and had five children. Milton Clutter enlisted in the United States Army and while in the army was taken with smallpox and died in the hospital at Washington, D.C. in 1862. Amanda then married Daniel CONDIT. Mrs. Condit died suddenly of apoplexy in 1878. Milton and Amanda had the following children 1. Sarah Clutter m. J.W. WALTON 2. Caleb Clutter m. ______? SANDERS 3. Martha Clutter m. James R. SLUSHER 4. Isabelle Clutter m. Jacob HOLDEN 5. Franklin Clutter died at 21 unmarried ----------------------------------------------------------- THOMAS HARRIS, son of Abram HARRIS and Esther DENMAN was born 29 Jan 1799 in Greene County, PA. He emigrated to Knox County, Ohio in 1821. He married Jane CLUTTER 10 Jan 1822 of Knox County, Ohio by whom he had eight children. Mr. Harris was one of the early settlers of Knox County, Ohio and one of the heaviest stock dealers in the country. He was compelled to dreive his stock over the mountains, on foot, as there were no facilities for shipping in those early days, but through the fatigue of a pioneer and mountain travel with stock, he gained considerable wealth. He died 8 Feb 1850 and was buried in the Bell Church graveyard at Morgan Township, Knox County, Ohio. Jane died 11 Feb 1879 1. Samuel J. Harris b. 5 Jan 1824 m. Mary E. BEAVER 13 Feb 1851 b. 15 Oct 1832 2. Mary A.E. Harris b. 1 Mar 1826 m. Joseph S. CANNON 24 Jly 1843 d. 27 Aug 1849 3. Rachael A. Harris b. 17 Apr 1828 m. Platt JENNINGS 7 Oct 1845 4. Indie Ann Harris b. 10 Sep 1830 m. Alonzo PROWTY 7 Aug 1850 m. Robert SNYDER 18 Mar 1861 5. John C. Harris b. 28 Dec 1832 d. Apr 1876 m. _______ GRAVES 19 Jne 1852 6. Julia Ann Harris b. 24 Mar 1835 m. William N. TIPPETT 12 Jan 1853 7. Thomas Harris, Jr. b. 24 Jly 1837 d. 1 Sep 1840 8. Phebe Jane Harris b. 24 Jne 1840 d. 5 Jly 1862 m. John L. CROW 16 Aug 1860 d. 1866 9. Elma Harris

I am looking for information about the couple below: Robert Harris married Mary Jones, September 19, 1794, in Granville County, North Carolina. I believe that Mary was the daughter of Vinkler Jones and his wife Elizabeth. Can anyone tell me who the parents of Robert Harris were? Can anyone tell me the names of the children that Rober and Mary may have had? Did Robert and Mary stay in Granville County? Any information is appreicated. Please respond through HH or H-NC so that others may be helped. Ira L. Harris III Evansville, Indiana

Could someone please tell me more about who this Thomas HARRIS was? Who were his parents, birth place and anything else that might help me figure out where my HARRIS connects. Also would like to know more about David HALL. Thanks Jude ............................... 09 Sept 1805 David HALL and Rachel his wife of Bullitt Co., Commonwealth of KY to Richard STRINGER of same. Whereas Richard JOHNSON of the County of Louisa, and Commonwealth of Virginia did on the 17 Nov 1788 convey to the above David HALL a certain tract of land in Bullitt Co. situate on the waters of the Salt River called Mc Cullock's preemption of 1400 acres which had been previously purchased jointly by David HALL, Clifton HALL, William HALL, David PARIS, Edmond STRINGER, and Thomas HARRIS and for the convenience of those concerned the land JOHNSON conveyed was purchased by David HALL by deed of warrantee not he said David HALL wishing to convey to STRINGER his moiety of said land agreeable to their stipulations..convey a tract bounded by the lines of David HALL, Clifton HALL, Asa HALL..containing one hundred and two acres more or less. Signed; David HALL Rachel (X) HALL Recorded 09 Sept 1805 Bullitt County,

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Found the following information while doing some research on another part of my family. Thought it might be helpful to someone... SOURCE: The Record and Genealogy of the (Tilghman-Tillman-Tilman- Tilmon) Family, 1225-1938: compiled from an original mss. by James D. Tillman, Jr., of Meridian, Miss., an old family Bible of Christopher Tilghman, the English emigrant of 1638, family records of descendants of Dr. Richard Tilghman, the English emigrant of 1661, various documents at the Library of Congress, Washington D. C. , DAR records, census reports, wills and information supplied by living descendants of the family. (Stephen Frederick Tillman, Edward Bros. (Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1939) ELIZABETH TILLMAN, daughter of ROGER and MARY (GOODRICH) TILLMAN, was born November 15, 1726 in Brunswick County, Virginia, and died about 1807 in Anson County, North Carolina. She married about 1754 SHERROD SHERWOOD HARRIS, who was born about 1733 in Brunswick County, Virginia, and died 1805 in Anson County, North Carolina. Issue: JOHNATHAN, HUSTON, WILLIAM, NANCY, SIMEON, born 1779, TILLMAN, who married ELIZABETH WILLIAMS: SHERROD, ELIZABETH, MARTHA, JOHN, HANNAH, who married RIDDICK DEAN: MARY, who married MR. WILLIAMS: and ARCHIBALD, who married SUSAN WILLIAMS. SIMEON HARRIS, son of SHERROD and ELIZABETH (TILLMAN) HARRIS, was born 1779 in Granville County, North Carolina, and died about 1839 in Anson County, North Carolina. He married about 1807 MARGARET BAILEY, who was born 1787 and died 1840. Issue: SIMEON SHERROD, born May 7, 1814, Burwell, Leonidas, and Jane. SIMEON SHERROD HARRIS, son of SIMEON and MARGARET (BAILEY) HARRIS, was born May 7, 1814 in Anson County, North Carolina, and died December 29, 1868 in Freestone County, Texas. He married May 26, 1844 his own cousin, SARAH HARRIS, who was born August 21, 1828 in Greene County, Alabama, and died October 28, 1868 in Freestone County, Texas. They first settled in Pickens County, Alabama, and then moved, about 1856, to Ashley County, Arkansas, and finally to Texas. Issue: CHARLES TILLMAN, born January 29, 1846, FRANCES E. born March 10, 1849, who married July 5, 1871 JACOB WOMACK: MARGARET ELIZABETH, born September 6, 1851, who married May 3, 1878 JOHN W. WOMACK: SARAH E. born July 21, 1854 who married April 2, 1878 W. C. HODGES: PENELOPE, born March 16, 1856, SIMEON SHERROD, born September 25, 1858, WILLIAM T. B. born March 28, 1862, and JAMES O. born November 17, 1864. SIMEON SHERROD HARRIS, son of SIMEON and SARAH (HARRIS) HARRIS, was born September 25, 1858 in Ashley County, Arkansas. He married first December 25, 1884 ALICE LOADER, who died January 14, 1886 in Mexia, Texas. Issue: ALLIE LOADER, born December 14, 1885. Mr. HARRIS married secondly October 2, 1888 OLLIE LEE READ, who was born November 4, 1869 in Ellis County, Texas, and is now living in Fort Stockton, Texas. Issue: OLLIE KATE, born March 26, 1890, and FRANCES JUANITA, born August 30, 1893, who married November 25, 1913 ELROY ADAMS, and is now living in Los Angeles, California.

This is to announce that Rootsweb has approved some more regional specific lists for the surname of Harris. If you have Harris ancestors in these states (Indiana, Ohio, Oregon, Nevada, Pennsylvania), you may wish to subscribe: --Glenn Gohr (List Manager for these new lists) INDIANA To subscribe, send an e-mail to: HARRIS-IN-L-request@rootsweb.com Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored). In the body of the message type: subscribe Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: HARRIS-IN-L@rootsweb.com For Digest mode, send subscription to: HARRIS-IN-D-REQUEST@Rootsweb.com OHIO To subscribe, send an e-mail to: HARRIS-OH-L-request@rootsweb.com Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored). In the body of the message type: subscribe For Digest mode, send subscription to: HARRIS-OH-D-REQUEST@Rootsweb.com OREGON To subscribe, send an e-mail to: HARRIS-OR-L-request@rootsweb.com Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored). In the body of the message type: subscribe For Digest mode, send subscription to: HARRIS-OR-D-REQUEST@Rootsweb.com NEVADA To subscribe, send an e-mail to: HARRIS-NV-L-request@rootsweb.com Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored). In the body of the message type: subscribe For Digest mode, send subscription to: HARRIS-NV-D-REQUEST@Rootsweb.com PENNSYLVANIA To subscribe, send an e-mail to: HARRIS-PA-L-request@rootsweb.com Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored). In the body of the message type: subscribe For Digest mode, send subscription to: HARRIS-PA-D-REQUEST@Rootsweb.com

Hi, Harrises, I have a mystery in Wilkes Co., NC during the years of at least 1860-1880. The Columbus FIELDS enumerated in this document was a grandson of Margaret HARRIS Fields [m. Joseph FIELDS. Margaret was the daughter of our William & Sarah {UNK.} HARRIS.] Columbus' parents are unknown, but they were deceased by 1860; he was raised by his great-aunt and uncle, Daniel and Lucy HARRIS FIELDS of Wilkes, probably because Margaret was a widow before 1860 [Lucy was Margaret's sister. John W. Fields, also recorded, was the only son of Daniel & Lucy.] Who are these Harrises, does anyone know??? Anybody out there descended from any of these people? Pam pamstone@digital.net ----- Extracted from National Archives Microfilm Roll T9_0987 1880 Federal Census, Wilkes Co., NC --- Key: Persons listed in households were to be recorded according to residence as of 6/1/1880. Listing consists of Line number, Name of Street if in Cities, House Number if in Cities, Household/Family Number[s], Surname/Given Name, Color [Race], Gender, Age at last birthday, Birth Month if born within the Census Year, Family Position [Relationship to Head of Household], Marital Status, Occupation, Number of Months Unemployed During the Census Year, Physical/Mental Handicaps, Attended School within the Census Year, Cannot read, Cannot write, Place of birth, Father's Place of Birth, Mother's Place of Birth. [Note that, on original census, the notation of "Head" for each household was left blank. For purposes of clarity, I have inserted that position in brackets in the appropriate position in the extraction.] - Gender: M=Male, F=Female Race: W=White, M=Mulatto, B=Black MU=Months Unemployed H=Handicap=[blind, deaf, etc.] AS=Attended school within 1 year CR=Cannot Read; CW=Cannot write b.=Place of Birth --- 1880 Federal Census, Wilkes Co., NC p. 12C (handwritten p. 23) Supervisor's Dist. No. 4, Enum. Dist. No. 204 - Edwards Township Enumerated 18 June 1880 by E. N. Gwyn --- ... - L43 HH #221 Fam. #233 Harris Franklin W M 47 [Head] Married Farmer b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L44 Nelly W F 46 Wife Married Keeping House b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L45 Mahalha Bettie W F 30 Cousin Single [blank] [James Franklin Harris was enumerated September 5, 1860, by Jas. W. Hackett, Asst. Marshal, in the Lower Division of Wilkes Co., NC, p. 68a {handwritten p. 134.} The Post Office cited for the area of their residence was Wilkesboro. Recorded in Household & Family #955, starting on Line 5, James F. Harris was recorded as 26 years of age, Nellie as 23, and their daughter, Nancy as 2 years old. Nellie could not read or write. {Franklin and Nellie's daugther, Nancy, appears in 1880 to be Nancy M., wife of Columbus Fields (below.)} In 1860, James & Nellie's little family was next door to Franklin's apparent parents, James N.? [I.?] Harris, aged 57, and Nancy Harris, aged 52, enumerated in Household & Family #956 with their other children: Lucinda, 31 years of age; Orren, 24; Wyatt, 20; Martha, 17; William, 15; Elijah, 13; and Joseph Harris, 10. Nancy and Wyatt could not read or write. Martha, William, Elijah and Joseph all attended school. James N. and Nancy's household was succeeded by that of their apparent daughter-in-law, a widow. Household & Family #957, beginning on Line 17, was headed by Sarah L. Harris, aged 31; her children were: James, aged 10; Alferd {Alford? Alfred?}, aged 8; Tabitha, 7; Martha, 5, and John Harris, 2. Sarah could not read or write; her oldest three children attended school {Nat. Archives Microfilm Roll #M593_1165.} I have not located James Franklin & Nelly Harris in 1870. James N.? [I.?] & Nancy Harris were living with their family in 1870 in Mulberry Township, Wilkes Co., recorded on August 26th, 1870, Census, p. 338A. In Household & Family #66, starting on Line 14, James N. was 67 years of age, Nancy was 62, Lucinda 41, Martha 27, Elijah 23, Rebecca 21, John W. 12, and Martha M. Harris, 10 years old. All of these family members were born in North Carolina. The last two children were clearly grandchildren; John W. was probably also one, likely Sarah's son. Rebecca was probably Elijah's wife. Whether James N. Harris was somehow related to our Harris line is unknown to me; if they were not related, it is quite a coincidence that James N.'s granddaughter would end up married to Columbus F. Fields.] - L46 HH #222 Fam. #234 Fields Columbus F. W M 28 [Head] Married Farmer b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L47 Nancy M. W F 22 Wife Married Keeping House b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC [HARRIS] L48 Melia E. W F 3 Dau. Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L49 Lula A. W F 2/12 b. April Dau. Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L50 Sarah W F 62 Aunt Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC [Daughter of Daniel Fields & Lucinda "Lucy" Harris] --- 1880 Federal Census, Wilkes Co., NC p. 12D (handwritten p. 24) - L1 [HH #222] Fields Elizabeth W F 53 Aunt Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC [Daughter of Daniel Fields & Lucinda "Lucy" Harris] L2 Wilborn Martin A. W M 18 Hired Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC - L3 HH #223 Fam. #235 Fields John W. W M 51 [Head] Married Farmer b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC [Son of Daniel Fields & Lucinda "Lucy" Harris] L4 Charity W F 51 Wife Married Keeping House b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L5 Shore Nancy E. W F 18 [blank] Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC - ... ======================= [END OF POSTING.]

Thank you for the short biography you gave of your Mitchell-Harris ancestors. It is wonderful to see a good piece of research, so well-written. I have no Harrises in that area of the country, but I can appreciate your work. E.W.Wallace

WILLIAM MITCHELL, son of Nathaniel MITCHELL and Abigail HARRIS was born 14 July 1765 and died 12 August 1848. He married 4 Nov 1789 Phebe SOUTHARD in Morris County, New Jersey. They moved to Allegheny County, PA., in 1801 and then to Knox County, Ohio in 1808. Phebe died 25 Feb 1861. The life and death of William Mitchell comes to us as it was written by his son, Rev. John Mitchell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio: "He died at his residence near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, aged eighty- three years and twenty-eight days. He was born in Morris County, New Jersey; was married to Phebe Southard and moved to Allegheny County, PA., in 1801, and thence to Knox County, Ohio, in October, 1808. He lived in the midst of the Indians in the wilds of Ohio, from the time he first settled there until the War of 1812 was ended. During that time he never forted or moved away. His home was ever the resting place for the weary traveler, white, red or black, and his table furn- ished to feed them. He saw the beautiful Owl Creek valley changed from the wilderness to the beautiful fields, in which he always did his full share of work. He embraced religion in 1815, and joined the Baptist Church, of which he remained a worthy and consistent member until death removed him to the Church Triumphant. His home was a resting place for Christians and Christian ministers of all denominations, and he was always willing to contribute in any way to the furtherance of the Redeemer's Kingdom. His suff- erings were great, which he bore without a murmur, and as his end approached, he said he was ready to depart, and died without a struggle or a groan". 1. Jacob Mitchell b. 21 Sep 1790 d. 6 Mar 1875 m. Lydia BRYANT 22 June 1813 Knox 2. Nathaniel Mitchell b. 6 May 1792 d. 5 Apr 1813 3. Abigail Mitchell b. 5 Apr 1794 d. 1 Sep 1867 m. John H. MEFFORD 2 Feb 1815 d. 14 Dec 1846 4. Mary Mitchell b. 15 Aug 1796 d. 21 Mar 1868 m. Aaron YOUNG 17 Mar 1812 d. 1856 5. Hannah Mitchell b. 8 Oct 1798 m. William MEFFORD 20 Mar 1816 Knox 6. Naomi Mitchell b. 26 Dec 1800 m. 1st James Louis YOUNG 4 Jne 1818 d. 24 Mar 1849 m. 2nd Thomas EVANS 7. Sarah Mitchell b. 7 Jan 1803 d. 20 Jan 1847 m. Cyrus COOPER 8 Mar 1827 8. John Mitchell b. 19 May 1806 d. 23 Nov 1863 m. Ann OGDEN 15 Nov 1827 9. Margaret Mitchell b. 25 Mar 1808 m. Benjamin FARQUHAR 22 Feb 1843 10. William Mitchell, Jr. b. 15 Jly 1811 m. Lucy BROWN 23 May 1833 Knox 11. Silas Mitchell b. 20 Apr 1814 d. 29 Apr 1899 m. Elizabeth YOUNG 15 Sept 1836 Knox More on this family: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~confido/chap2.htm

> Hello > > I'm attempting to research my family history. My great-grandfather was born in Indiana and later moved to Kansas. They lived in the Carmel and Sheridan areas of Indiana in the mid 1800's. His name was John Jasper Harris. His father was Washington Harris. Would anyone have additional information they could share? Thank you > >

Thank you, E.W>, for that detailed response. Have medical emergency here with hubby in hospital; will get back to you later. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com> To: <HARRIS-HUNTERS-D@rootsweb.com> Cc: <drnmc@jps.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 2:55 PM Subject: Indiana Harrises > Nancy wrote as follows: > > Fellow Searchers: Is anyone following the Harris families listed in the 1830 > IN census in Dubois Co? These heads-of-families have ALL departed Dubois by > 1840: Nicholas, James (2) Overton, Frederick, Nelson (misprinted on this > Ancestry form as "Holson"), William. In fact, Nicholas, Overton, and Frederick > have left Indiana altogether, if the census on my screen is correct. I > couldn't determine where the William and the Jamses went, because their names are > too common. > I am trying to determine if this group is connected to the Thomas Harris > who IS in Dubois Co IN in 1840....and 1850 and 1860. Thanks for your insight, > Nancy > > My response: > > I have a few suggestions, and I bet others on this list have other > suggestions. We all have favorite sources to untangle our tangled Harris genealogies. > > First, are you near an LDS center? If so call them up and ask if they have > hundreds of microfiche called AIS = Accelerated Indexing System. This is a > comprehensive (but high error rate) census index for the entire US through the > 1850 census, and the last Searches (each census group is called a Search) are > mortality schedules for the 1850 and 1860 censuses, a source which all of us > should check from time to time. (I found two ancestors in these mortality > schedules.) > > These indexes (on microfiche) are arranged alphabetically by surname and > first name (with lots of duplications of entries). I don't recall the exact > arrangement, but the county and the state are given, the page number, and the > census year. The first search are the earliest censuses with some tax lists > included to make up for the largely missing 1790 census. This is always a good > place to start--if you can locate AIS, that is. > > If you suspect your Harrises were land owners in Dubois Co., IN (you may have > to check the tax lists for the years they were in Indiana), then another good > place to start is with the county deed indexes--grantee and grantors. > > Have you checked probate indexes for your missing Harrises? Did Dubois Co > divide and form another county? > > If the Harrises got their first land in Indiana from the Federal Government, > the Bureau of Land Management website may be a good place to search. > > If they owned land in Indiana and then moved away, what happened to the land > they left behind? Did they sell it? Did the sheriff sell it for non-payment > of taxes? Did they give it away? > > Court records are another good source to locate missing ancestors, especially > if they were landowners. Someone had to serve on the jury. Some got > punished for various crimes--misdemeanors and criminal acts. But lots of ordinary > folks got called to court for trespassing and for debt. Everyone sued everyone > else for debt!!! > > To check what records are generally readily available for a particular > locality, I check with the Family History Library catalog (online at > www.familysearch.org ) Type in the place. Then go down the long list. One of the items I > generally overlook--but my genealogist-librarian-author friend tells me I > must NOT overlook--are genealogies > > One source I have used in the past are county histories, which are frequently > distorted by the descendants who give the information, but once in a while > there is a good clue--such as the parents of your ancestor. About the > grandparents, the person giving the info gives muddled information, I have found. > > You may want to search the Fam Hist Lib catalog for the general records of > Indiana, since your folks were there not too long after the Revolution. > > On the FH website there is a link to a research outline for Indiana. You > might look that over for other ideas of where to look. > > Depending on where you live, you may find that a nearby University or a > community college has some excellent books on Indiana--filed under local history. > Access the online catalogs and see what is available. > > Happy hunting! > > E.W.Wallace > > > > > ______________________________

I'm forwarding this to the list from burika1@msn.com --Glenn Gohr ----- Original Message ----- From: burika1@msn.com To: harris-md-l-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 7:04 PM Hello I'm attempting to research my family history. My great-grandfather was born in Maryland and later moved to Indiana. They lived in the Frederick, MD area in the late 1800's. His name was Charles Harris. His father was Samuel Harris. Would anyone have additional information they could share? Thank you

Nancy wrote as follows: Fellow Searchers: Is anyone following the Harris families listed in the 1830 IN census in Dubois Co? These heads-of-families have ALL departed Dubois by 1840: Nicholas, James (2) Overton, Frederick, Nelson (misprinted on this Ancestry form as "Holson"), William. In fact, Nicholas, Overton, and Frederick have left Indiana altogether, if the census on my screen is correct. I couldn't determine where the William and the Jamses went, because their names are too common. I am trying to determine if this group is connected to the Thomas Harris who IS in Dubois Co IN in 1840....and 1850 and 1860. Thanks for your insight, Nancy My response: I have a few suggestions, and I bet others on this list have other suggestions. We all have favorite sources to untangle our tangled Harris genealogies. First, are you near an LDS center? If so call them up and ask if they have hundreds of microfiche called AIS = Accelerated Indexing System. This is a comprehensive (but high error rate) census index for the entire US through the 1850 census, and the last Searches (each census group is called a Search) are mortality schedules for the 1850 and 1860 censuses, a source which all of us should check from time to time. (I found two ancestors in these mortality schedules.) These indexes (on microfiche) are arranged alphabetically by surname and first name (with lots of duplications of entries). I don't recall the exact arrangement, but the county and the state are given, the page number, and the census year. The first search are the earliest censuses with some tax lists included to make up for the largely missing 1790 census. This is always a good place to start--if you can locate AIS, that is. If you suspect your Harrises were land owners in Dubois Co., IN (you may have to check the tax lists for the years they were in Indiana), then another good place to start is with the county deed indexes--grantee and grantors. Have you checked probate indexes for your missing Harrises? Did Dubois Co divide and form another county? If the Harrises got their first land in Indiana from the Federal Government, the Bureau of Land Management website may be a good place to search. If they owned land in Indiana and then moved away, what happened to the land they left behind? Did they sell it? Did the sheriff sell it for non-payment of taxes? Did they give it away? Court records are another good source to locate missing ancestors, especially if they were landowners. Someone had to serve on the jury. Some got punished for various crimes--misdemeanors and criminal acts. But lots of ordinary folks got called to court for trespassing and for debt. Everyone sued everyone else for debt!!! To check what records are generally readily available for a particular locality, I check with the Family History Library catalog (online at www.familysearch.org ) Type in the place. Then go down the long list. One of the items I generally overlook--but my genealogist-librarian-author friend tells me I must NOT overlook--are genealogies One source I have used in the past are county histories, which are frequently distorted by the descendants who give the information, but once in a while there is a good clue--such as the parents of your ancestor. About the grandparents, the person giving the info gives muddled information, I have found. You may want to search the Fam Hist Lib catalog for the general records of Indiana, since your folks were there not too long after the Revolution. On the FH website there is a link to a research outline for Indiana. You might look that over for other ideas of where to look. Depending on where you live, you may find that a nearby University or a community college has some excellent books on Indiana--filed under local history. Access the online catalogs and see what is available. Happy hunting! E.W.Wallace

Fellow Searchers: Is anyone following the Harris families listed in the 1830 IN census in Dubois Co? These heads-of-families have ALL departed Dubois by 1840: Nicholas, James (2) Overton, Frederick, Nelson (misprinted on this Ancestry form as "Holson"), William. In fact, Nicholas, Overton, and Frederick have left Indiana altogether, if the census on my screen is correct. I couldn't determine where the William and the Jamses went, because their names are too common. I am trying to determine if this group is connected to the Thomas Harris who IS in Dubois Co IN in 1840....and 1850 and 1860. Thanks for your insight, Nancy