Ephraim Drake Harris m Margaret Foote is a tested Harris 8 DNA line. Because of the closeness of the Foote marriages, I am going to predict that James Harris m Milly Foote and probably Joshua Harris m Elizabeth Foote are also DNA Harris 8. Milly and Margaret Foote are daughters of William Foote /Elizabeth Barker. Another daughter Elizabeth Foote was also married to a Harris, probably Joshua Harris who lives in the same census area as Ephraim and James, and that Harris named his own son (another) Ephraim Drake Harris b ca 1816. Pat Harris . notes: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> William Foote (d. Bef. August 21, 1834) William Foote died Bef. August 21, 1834 in Iredell Co., NC. He married Elizabeth Barker on May 16, 1785 in Warren Co., NC, daughter of John Barker and Elizabeth Gilliam. Notes for William Foote: WILL William Foote, D. 21 Apr 1829, Prb. 21 Aug 1834. "Of Surry County". Sons: Henry & William share tract I live on, my son John Having had his part of land. Negro property (Fortune's children had after I lent her to my daug. Rebecca Steelman excepted) divide to children namely: ****************************Betsy Harris's part to her son Ephraim D. Harris at her death; Milly Harris's two children to have 1 share; John foot; Peggy Harris, Henry Foot & Caty (Caly?) Calloway's children, but should the 4th share that will come to Caty's children be in personal property the said Caty to have use of it during her life, if money, her to have the interest only. The children of Fortune I leave to the children of my decd daughter Rebecca. Grandson: William Foot, son of John, Negro boy Mose. Execs: Sons Henry & Ephraim. Wit: T. Wright, Charles Steelman, Jurat. Source: Iredell County, North Carolina Will Abstracts 1788-1845, By Schneider, p. 91. Pat Harris In a message dated 8/29/2012 7:26:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, barebear@insightbb.com writes: Source: Harris & Allied Families of Kentucky (Online) Ancestors "Lost & Found: Department Part 2: North Carolina Marriages SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ************* Groom: James Harris Bride: Milly Foot(e) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bond Date: December 9, 1813 Bond # 000144947 County: Surry County Record # 01 096 Bondsman: Ephraim D. Harris *************** Groom: Ephraim D. Harris Bride: Peggy Foot(e) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bond Date: November 17, 1814 Bond # 000144240 County: Surry County Record # 01 096 Bondsman: John Foote ************** Groom: Daniel Adams Bride: Elizabeth Harris Bond Date: april 20, 1796 Bond # 000142881 County: Surry County Record # 01 001 Bondsman: Thomas Cummins; Abram Adams ************** Groom: Archebald (Archibald) Harris Bride: Keturah Mosby Bond Date: September 17, 1808 Bond # 000144935 County: Surry County Record: 01 096 Bondsman: M. D. Kimbrough *************** Any information concerning any of these four couples is appreciated. Please respond through HH so that others may be helped. I suspect that at least one of these couples is a part of Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study, but have not been able to prove it. (Line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia) Ira L. Harris III Member, Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am not real swift on this DNA stuff but I am in group 8. And I probably should have known this!! My ancestor is George Sr of Warren Co KY. Thanks for the answer. Mary June -----Original Message----- From: Ira Harris <barebear@insightbb.com> To: harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 7:28 pm Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris No, this is Group 8 (Captain Thomas Harris) Group 6 is the line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia Ira L. Harris III On Aug 29, 2012, at 5:55 PM, boxerb@aol.com wrote: > > Is this group 6? > > Mary June > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lynda SoRelle <clsorelle@sbcglobal.net> > To: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com>; harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 6:23 pm > Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris > > > Major William Harris left three children when he died, Thomas, William and > Edward. According to the following wills and deeds, Thomas Harris died without > issue. > Alice Harris, widow of Major William Harris, later married George Alves. They > lived in New Kent and Hanover Co., VA where William and Edward Harris, younger > sons of Major William, also lived in close association with George Alves. The > descendants of William and Edward Harris of New Kent/Hanover Co. are Group 8 in > the Harris DNA project. > > > From Adventurers of Purse and Person, 2nd edition 1964, p. 384 > WILL OF MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS > Not knowing what the Lord hath ordained or at what tyme he may take out of > this life, I doe settle my estate of lands as followeth: I give & bequeath to > my sonne Thomas all my lands below the ware and to keep the ware run for his > Bownes till it shall come to ye spring at ye hed & then to follow a bottom on > ye lower side of the clearing of John Rabon, to the hundred roade path, and > then on a straight roade or course to the land of Coll. Petter Ashbrooke, but > in no case to cross pocketts' path; to my younger sonns Wm. & Edward Harris, > I give the rest of my dividend, Wm. to have the plantation where I now live & > Edward ye land next Ashbrooke. But Wm. to extend outwards one hundred yards > beyond ye clearing of John Rabon on the path called pocketts' path & thence > on a straight course to ye redd watter & Edward the Heds, vizdt: to Petter > Ashbrooke's line as allsoe to ye Ashen swamp above, to them & their Heires; > neyther to sell unless the one to ye other & if eyther die without ishew, the > land to come to ye survivor; my two younger sons to live with their mother > till ye age of sixteene, if shee marry; if not, till 19 years of age. My will > is that my wife live on the plantation during her life but not to hinder my > sonne Wm. at the head of ye Ware if he come for himself. I desyre my friends > Mr. Thomas Cocke & Mr. Wm. Randolph to see this my will performed. In witness > of every pte. > hereof, I putt to my hand this 20th day of April, 1678. > Signed Wm. Harris > Signed in ye presence of Rich. Lygon ye mark of X > Proved in Henrico County Court the first day of Feby., 1678/79 by the oath of > Ann Steward, one of the witnesses to the will above written, > and entered amongst the records of the sd. Court per. Wm. Randolph Cl. Cur. > Henrico CountyRecords (Deeds & Wills) 1677-1692, p. 68 > Ann Stuart > > Will of Thomas Harris dated Feb. 10, 1678/9, proved June 2, 1679. > In the name of God, Amen, I, THOMAS HARRIS, being very ill and sicke and very > weake, make this my last Will and Testament, being in sound mind and perfect > memory. First I bequeath my soul to God who gave it, & my body to the earth from > > whence it came. I give and bequeath unto my sister-in-law, Loue Harris, my land > at ye ware, according to the bounds sett in my father's will, to her and her > heirs forever and give her as much power of the afores'd land as I myself had in > > my lifetime. I give and bequeath unto my Cozen, Richard Lygon, all my horses, > mares or folds y't can be found or to be said or proved to be mine to him and > his heirs forever, they not being given by my Grandfather into the hands of the > overseers for the true and honest p'formance of this my last will. I have > hereunto sett my hand and seale In the years of our Lord God, February the 10th, > > Anno 1678-9. Thomas Harris. > Teste: Alice (X) Harris, Mary (X) Lygon, Junr. - : Richard Lygon. > Proved in Henrico County Court the 2nd day of June, 1679, by the oath of Mrs. > Mary Lygon, the younger. > Tste: Wm. Randolph, Cl. Cur. And recorded , per W. Rid p'h. > Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, pg 90-91 - Weisiger > > > William Harris, son of Maj. William Harris, dec’d., for a tract of 250 acres, > now conveyed to me by Hon. William Byrd, Esq., being that tract on south side of > > James River called “The Ware,” given by Maj. Harris to his son Thomas Harris, > Dec’d, and since escheated to His Majesty, sells to said Byrd a tract also on > south side of James River, part of a tract Maj. Harris died seized of on Ware > Run, 225 acres, 1 Oct. 1692. > > /s/ William Harris > Wit: Wm. Soane, George Alves > Rec: 1 Oct. 1692Henrico Co., VA Deed & Will Bk. 1688-1697, p. 347 - Weisiger > > > > Lynda Harris SoRelle > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> > To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" > <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tue, August 28, 2012 11:29:39 PM > Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info > > Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to > > the names > of his children and wife? > > > Have a good day, > Anne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dr. Ephraim Drake Harris was the first husband of my GG Grandfather's (Benjamin Wesley Hunt) 2nd wife (Sarah Ann Hardin). NOTE: I am the daughter, sister, and cousin of yDNA Group 30 Harrises. My association with Ephraim Drake Harris, probably yDNA Group 8, is distant, by marriage and on my mother's side. Timeline: 1816 - Born, probably in Surry Co, NC to Ephraim and Margaret (Foote) Harris bef 1836 - married first wife Mary Moore Clement 1836 - Surry County, NC rec/d land from his father-in-law, Johnson CLEMENT bef 1845 - Daughter Mary Moore Clement Harris. she was raised by her maternal grandparents after her mother died. She married John Taylor and had 10 children with him. 1841 - Had son, Morgan C (think this DoB is off and that he was born a few years earlier) bef 1845 - first wife, Mary Moore Clement died in Missouri bef 1845 - Ephraim moved to Johnson Co, MO with his son, Morgan C. 1845 - married Martha E Smith in Johnson Co, MO btwn 1846-51 - Postmaster of Basin Knob, Johnson Co, MO bef 1850 - second wife, Martha E Smith died (probably without having any children) 1850 - Living with his son by first marriage, Morgan C, in District 16, Cass Co, MO btwn 1850-1853 - Married Sarah Hardin in Missouri or on their way west. Sarah Ann Hardin was born on Jul 22, 1828 in Oldham, KY. She was the daughter of Henry Hardin, Jr. (1801-1859) and Mary (Polly) Phillips (1803-1866). [NOTE: another of their daughters, Irene Francis (1822-1891) married William H Rogers and were the adoptive parents of my GGrandfather James Taylor Rogers (ne Taylor Logan) 1853 - Ephraim immigrated west in the wagon train of Col James Hardin’s (Sarah's brother) 1854 - Daughter Sarah Hennie born in Oregon 1855 - Settled in Mendocino Co, CA 1860 - Son Ephraim Drake born in Mendocino Co on Feb 19th 1860 - Moved to Analy, Sonoma, CA with Sarah, their children Sarah and Ephrain, Jr and Sarah's mother, Mary Hardin 1865 - Ephraim died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co, CA on Nov 21st. He was buried in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery near his 3rd wife (Sarah), her 2nd husband (Benjamin Wesley Hunt), daughter (Sarah Henne), and Benjamin Wesley Hunt’s first wife Elizabeth Yates Sullivan. 1868 - Ephraim's daughter Sarah died on Mar 27th in Sebastopol in Sonoma Co, CA. She was buried in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery near her father. 1882 - Ephraim's son Ephraim Drake Harris, Jr married Sarah A Crommett on Oct 11. They lived in Oakland, CA and had two children: Maude Ethel (1883-1953) and Drake Edwin (d 1967) 1915 - His 3rd wife, Sarah Hardin Harris Hunt died on Aug 8, 1915 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co, CA. She was buried in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, sharing a gravestone with her 2nd husband, Benjamin Wesley Hunt. Her epitaph read: Sarah A Hunt/Born July 22 1828/A member of the M. E. Church South/Died Aug 8, 1915

Is this group 6? Mary June -----Original Message----- From: Lynda SoRelle <clsorelle@sbcglobal.net> To: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com>; harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 6:23 pm Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris Major William Harris left three children when he died, Thomas, William and Edward. According to the following wills and deeds, Thomas Harris died without issue. Alice Harris, widow of Major William Harris, later married George Alves. They lived in New Kent and Hanover Co., VA where William and Edward Harris, younger sons of Major William, also lived in close association with George Alves. The descendants of William and Edward Harris of New Kent/Hanover Co. are Group 8 in the Harris DNA project. >From Adventurers of Purse and Person, 2nd edition 1964, p. 384 WILL OF MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS Not knowing what the Lord hath ordained or at what tyme he may take out of this life, I doe settle my estate of lands as followeth: I give & bequeath to my sonne Thomas all my lands below the ware and to keep the ware run for his Bownes till it shall come to ye spring at ye hed & then to follow a bottom on ye lower side of the clearing of John Rabon, to the hundred roade path, and then on a straight roade or course to the land of Coll. Petter Ashbrooke, but in no case to cross pocketts' path; to my younger sonns Wm. & Edward Harris, I give the rest of my dividend, Wm. to have the plantation where I now live & Edward ye land next Ashbrooke. But Wm. to extend outwards one hundred yards beyond ye clearing of John Rabon on the path called pocketts' path & thence on a straight course to ye redd watter & Edward the Heds, vizdt: to Petter Ashbrooke's line as allsoe to ye Ashen swamp above, to them & their Heires; neyther to sell unless the one to ye other & if eyther die without ishew, the land to come to ye survivor; my two younger sons to live with their mother till ye age of sixteene, if shee marry; if not, till 19 years of age. My will is that my wife live on the plantation during her life but not to hinder my sonne Wm. at the head of ye Ware if he come for himself. I desyre my friends Mr. Thomas Cocke & Mr. Wm. Randolph to see this my will performed. In witness of every pte. hereof, I putt to my hand this 20th day of April, 1678. Signed Wm. Harris Signed in ye presence of Rich. Lygon ye mark of X Proved in Henrico County Court the first day of Feby., 1678/79 by the oath of Ann Steward, one of the witnesses to the will above written, and entered amongst the records of the sd. Court per. Wm. Randolph Cl. Cur. Henrico CountyRecords (Deeds & Wills) 1677-1692, p. 68 Ann Stuart Will of Thomas Harris dated Feb. 10, 1678/9, proved June 2, 1679. In the name of God, Amen, I, THOMAS HARRIS, being very ill and sicke and very weake, make this my last Will and Testament, being in sound mind and perfect memory. First I bequeath my soul to God who gave it, & my body to the earth from whence it came. I give and bequeath unto my sister-in-law, Loue Harris, my land at ye ware, according to the bounds sett in my father's will, to her and her heirs forever and give her as much power of the afores'd land as I myself had in my lifetime. I give and bequeath unto my Cozen, Richard Lygon, all my horses, mares or folds y't can be found or to be said or proved to be mine to him and his heirs forever, they not being given by my Grandfather into the hands of the overseers for the true and honest p'formance of this my last will. I have hereunto sett my hand and seale In the years of our Lord God, February the 10th, Anno 1678-9. Thomas Harris. Teste: Alice (X) Harris, Mary (X) Lygon, Junr. - : Richard Lygon. Proved in Henrico County Court the 2nd day of June, 1679, by the oath of Mrs. Mary Lygon, the younger. Tste: Wm. Randolph, Cl. Cur. And recorded , per W. Rid p'h. Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, pg 90-91 - Weisiger William Harris, son of Maj. William Harris, dec’d., for a tract of 250 acres, now conveyed to me by Hon. William Byrd, Esq., being that tract on south side of James River called “The Ware,” given by Maj. Harris to his son Thomas Harris, Dec’d, and since escheated to His Majesty, sells to said Byrd a tract also on south side of James River, part of a tract Maj. Harris died seized of on Ware Run, 225 acres, 1 Oct. 1692. /s/ William Harris Wit: Wm. Soane, George Alves Rec: 1 Oct. 1692Henrico Co., VA Deed & Will Bk. 1688-1697, p. 347 - Weisiger Lynda Harris SoRelle ________________________________ From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, August 28, 2012 11:29:39 PM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to the names of his children and wife? Have a good day, Anne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No, this is Group 8 (Captain Thomas Harris) Group 6 is the line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia Ira L. Harris III On Aug 29, 2012, at 5:55 PM, boxerb@aol.com wrote: > > Is this group 6? > > Mary June > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lynda SoRelle <clsorelle@sbcglobal.net> > To: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com>; harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 6:23 pm > Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris > > > Major William Harris left three children when he died, Thomas, William and > Edward. According to the following wills and deeds, Thomas Harris died without > issue. > Alice Harris, widow of Major William Harris, later married George Alves. They > lived in New Kent and Hanover Co., VA where William and Edward Harris, younger > sons of Major William, also lived in close association with George Alves. The > descendants of William and Edward Harris of New Kent/Hanover Co. are Group 8 in > the Harris DNA project. > > > From Adventurers of Purse and Person, 2nd edition 1964, p. 384 > WILL OF MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS > Not knowing what the Lord hath ordained or at what tyme he may take out of > this life, I doe settle my estate of lands as followeth: I give & bequeath to > my sonne Thomas all my lands below the ware and to keep the ware run for his > Bownes till it shall come to ye spring at ye hed & then to follow a bottom on > ye lower side of the clearing of John Rabon, to the hundred roade path, and > then on a straight roade or course to the land of Coll. Petter Ashbrooke, but > in no case to cross pocketts' path; to my younger sonns Wm. & Edward Harris, > I give the rest of my dividend, Wm. to have the plantation where I now live & > Edward ye land next Ashbrooke. But Wm. to extend outwards one hundred yards > beyond ye clearing of John Rabon on the path called pocketts' path & thence > on a straight course to ye redd watter & Edward the Heds, vizdt: to Petter > Ashbrooke's line as allsoe to ye Ashen swamp above, to them & their Heires; > neyther to sell unless the one to ye other & if eyther die without ishew, the > land to come to ye survivor; my two younger sons to live with their mother > till ye age of sixteene, if shee marry; if not, till 19 years of age. My will > is that my wife live on the plantation during her life but not to hinder my > sonne Wm. at the head of ye Ware if he come for himself. I desyre my friends > Mr. Thomas Cocke & Mr. Wm. Randolph to see this my will performed. In witness > of every pte. > hereof, I putt to my hand this 20th day of April, 1678. > Signed Wm. Harris > Signed in ye presence of Rich. Lygon ye mark of X > Proved in Henrico County Court the first day of Feby., 1678/79 by the oath of > Ann Steward, one of the witnesses to the will above written, > and entered amongst the records of the sd. Court per. Wm. Randolph Cl. Cur. > Henrico CountyRecords (Deeds & Wills) 1677-1692, p. 68 > Ann Stuart > > Will of Thomas Harris dated Feb. 10, 1678/9, proved June 2, 1679. > In the name of God, Amen, I, THOMAS HARRIS, being very ill and sicke and very > weake, make this my last Will and Testament, being in sound mind and perfect > memory. First I bequeath my soul to God who gave it, & my body to the earth from > > whence it came. I give and bequeath unto my sister-in-law, Loue Harris, my land > at ye ware, according to the bounds sett in my father's will, to her and her > heirs forever and give her as much power of the afores'd land as I myself had in > > my lifetime. I give and bequeath unto my Cozen, Richard Lygon, all my horses, > mares or folds y't can be found or to be said or proved to be mine to him and > his heirs forever, they not being given by my Grandfather into the hands of the > overseers for the true and honest p'formance of this my last will. I have > hereunto sett my hand and seale In the years of our Lord God, February the 10th, > > Anno 1678-9. Thomas Harris. > Teste: Alice (X) Harris, Mary (X) Lygon, Junr. - : Richard Lygon. > Proved in Henrico County Court the 2nd day of June, 1679, by the oath of Mrs. > Mary Lygon, the younger. > Tste: Wm. Randolph, Cl. Cur. And recorded , per W. Rid p'h. > Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, pg 90-91 - Weisiger > > > William Harris, son of Maj. William Harris, dec’d., for a tract of 250 acres, > now conveyed to me by Hon. William Byrd, Esq., being that tract on south side of > > James River called “The Ware,” given by Maj. Harris to his son Thomas Harris, > Dec’d, and since escheated to His Majesty, sells to said Byrd a tract also on > south side of James River, part of a tract Maj. Harris died seized of on Ware > Run, 225 acres, 1 Oct. 1692. > > /s/ William Harris > Wit: Wm. Soane, George Alves > Rec: 1 Oct. 1692Henrico Co., VA Deed & Will Bk. 1688-1697, p. 347 - Weisiger > > > > Lynda Harris SoRelle > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> > To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" > <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tue, August 28, 2012 11:29:39 PM > Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info > > Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to > > the names > of his children and wife? > > > Have a good day, > Anne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Source: Harris & Allied Families of Kentucky (Online) Ancestors "Lost & Found: Department Part 2: North Carolina Marriages SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ************* Groom: James Harris Bride: Milly Foot(e) Bond Date: December 9, 1813 Bond # 000144947 County: Surry County Record # 01 096 Bondsman: Ephraim D. Harris *************** Groom: Ephraim D. Harris Bride: Peggy Foot(e) Bond Date: November 17, 1814 Bond # 000144240 County: Surry County Record # 01 096 Bondsman: John Foote ************** Groom: Daniel Adams Bride: Elizabeth Harris Bond Date: april 20, 1796 Bond # 000142881 County: Surry County Record # 01 001 Bondsman: Thomas Cummins; Abram Adams ************** Groom: Archebald (Archibald) Harris Bride: Keturah Mosby Bond Date: September 17, 1808 Bond # 000144935 County: Surry County Record: 01 096 Bondsman: M. D. Kimbrough *************** Any information concerning any of these four couples is appreciated. Please respond through HH so that others may be helped. I suspect that at least one of these couples is a part of Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study, but have not been able to prove it. (Line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia) Ira L. Harris III Member, Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study

Pat, I could repeat the results of my research on Dr Ephraim Drake Harris (s/o the Ephraim m Peggy Foote), if you think it's relevant to the current discussion. On Aug 29, 2012, at 5:10 PM, PatCLARE@aol.com wrote: > Ephraim Drake Harris m Margaret Foote is a tested Harris 8 DNA line. > Because of the closeness of the Foote marriages, I am going to predict that > James Harris m Milly Foote and probably Joshua Harris m Elizabeth Foote are > also DNA Harris 8. > > > > > > Milly and Margaret Foote are daughters of William Foote /Elizabeth > Barker. > > Another daughter Elizabeth Foote was also married to a Harris, probably > Joshua Harris who lives in the same census area as Ephraim and James, and > that Harris named his own son (another) Ephraim Drake Harris b ca 1816. > > Pat Harris . > > notes: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > William Foote (d. Bef. August 21, 1834) > William Foote died Bef. August 21, 1834 in Iredell Co., NC. He married > Elizabeth Barker on May 16, 1785 in Warren Co., NC, daughter of John Barker > and Elizabeth Gilliam. > > > > Notes for William Foote: > > > WILL > William Foote, D. 21 Apr 1829, Prb. 21 Aug 1834. "Of Surry County". > > Sons: Henry & William share tract I live on, > > my son John Having had his part of land. Negro property (Fortune's children > had after I lent her > > to my daug. Rebecca Steelman excepted) divide to children namely: > > ****************************Betsy Harris's part to her son Ephraim D. > Harris at her death; > > Milly Harris's two children to have 1 share; > > John foot; > > Peggy Harris, > > Henry Foot & > > Caty (Caly?) Calloway's children, but should the 4th share that will come > to Caty's children be in personal property the said Caty to have use of it > during her life, if money, her to have the interest only. > > The children of Fortune I leave to the children of my decd daughter > Rebecca. > > Grandson: William Foot, son of John, Negro boy Mose. > > Execs: Sons Henry & Ephraim. > > Wit: T. Wright, Charles Steelman, Jurat. > > Source: Iredell County, North Carolina Will Abstracts 1788-1845, By > Schneider, p. 91. > > > > > > > Pat Harris > > > > > In a message dated 8/29/2012 7:26:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > barebear@insightbb.com writes: > > Source: Harris & Allied Families of Kentucky (Online) > Ancestors "Lost & Found: Department > Part 2: North Carolina Marriages > SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA > > ************* > Groom: James Harris > Bride: Milly Foot(e) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Bond Date: December 9, 1813 > Bond # 000144947 > County: Surry County > Record # 01 096 > Bondsman: Ephraim D. Harris > *************** > Groom: Ephraim D. Harris > Bride: Peggy Foot(e) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Bond Date: November 17, 1814 > Bond # 000144240 > County: Surry County > Record # 01 096 > Bondsman: John Foote > ************** > Groom: Daniel Adams > Bride: Elizabeth Harris > Bond Date: april 20, 1796 > Bond # 000142881 > County: Surry County > Record # 01 001 > Bondsman: Thomas Cummins; Abram Adams > ************** > Groom: Archebald (Archibald) Harris > Bride: Keturah Mosby > Bond Date: September 17, 1808 > Bond # 000144935 > County: Surry County > Record: 01 096 > Bondsman: M. D. Kimbrough > *************** > > Any information concerning any of these four couples is appreciated. > Please respond through HH so that others may be helped. > I suspect that at least one of these couples is a part of Group 6, Harris > Y-DNA Family Study, but have not been able to prove it. > (Line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia) > > Ira L. Harris III > Member, Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just for info - Albemarle Co. was formed 1744 from Goochland and Louisa Cos. Goochland was formed from Henrico [pronounced Hen-rye-co] in 1728.  Louisa Co. was formed 1742 from Hanover Co. [nearly all records prior to Civil War burned as Richmond was being evacuated by the Confederates.]  Arlene Eakle, compiler of the first edition of The Source, says in one of her lectures on colonial Virginia, If you are researching in Virginia, research ALL the counties. (Tobacco wore out the land, and younger sons may have had to move.  Primogeniture was the law until after the Revolution.) Some Netherland info.  See Virginia Patent Book No 10 for patent of Edmund Jenings, Esqr of York Co.  His patent was for 531 3/4 (Old and New Land) St. Pauls Par in New Kent Co. {part of which became Hanover Co.] 26 Apr 1712.  Adj. Robert Netherland.  Either go to the Library of Virginia website [google for it] and search the Land Records [the index includes the words Northern Neck land grants] for both Jenings and Netherland.  Then find Harrises whom yoy suspect intermarried with these families.  A noted author Lloyd Dewitt Bockstruck stated in a nationwide conference in Richmond some years ago, Fellows married the girls downstream in Virginia.  OR, if your library has at least the first three volumes of Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nell Marion Nugent, search the indexes for not only Harrises but whomever you suspect they married. E.W.Wallace descendant of Majr RobertHarris, surveyor of Louisa Co.VA ________________________________ From: Fran Hill <fhhill@yahoo.com> To: "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 6:58 AM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info Hi Diane,   I saw this post and wondered if you knew the wife and children's names of William Harris, Jr.   Thanks, Fran Hill  ________________________________ From: Diane Holmes <holmes-diane@att.net> To: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com>; harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info   Hi Anne,     I do not know if this is the Capt. William Harris you are looking for, but my William Harris who was born in 1716 was married to Mary Netherland. There is some problem in tracing him back to Capt Thomas Harris. William lived in Albemarle County, Virginia. His children were William Harris Jr., Sarah Harris, Matthew Harris, Benjamin Harris. Let me know if this helps. My home phone number is 305 233-2272. Diane D. Holmes       ________________________________ From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, August 29, 2012 12:29:08 AM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to the names of his children and wife?   Have a good day, Anne >________________________________ > From: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net> >To: Ira Harris <barebear@insightbb.com>; Harris Hunters ><Harris-Hunters@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:10 PM >Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info > >Of course, Ira, you know there is a genforum for Edgecombe Co. NC  >However,--dismay--it has not been updated since 2009.  Does your local library >have the online database called HeritageQuest?.  There are lots of county >histories (out of copyright) which have been digitized.  There is a county >history of Edgecombe Co. on HQ  I don't know how useful it is.  Also, an e-mail >friend of mine (and a distant relative of colonial Granville Co.,NC and >afterwards of Henderson C., KY) Deloris Williams has her name on the genforum >for Edgecombe Co.  She lives in Illinois, but she is an enthusiastic genealogist >and may be able to give you some guidance on your Edgecombe Co. Harrises.  Also, >surprisingly, some common folk appear in the 26 [is that right?] volumes of the >Colonial and State Papers of North Carolina.  The volumes have been digitized by >the Univ. of North Carolina, and I have been surprised by some of the material I >have found there (in some of >the old hard copies which I stumbled on in my [not then remodeled] local LDS >family history center.  According to Helen M. Leary (Mrs North Carolina >genealogy as far as I am concerned) most North Carolinians came from Virginia.  >Even those in western NC may have come the Shenandoah Valley of >Virginia--including the Boones and the Morgans and the Linvilles and even later >some of my Moravian folk.  Access to North Carolina from the Atlantic was >hampered by the barrier islands off the coast of NC.  I think I read that is >called the Graveyard of Ships.  I know that the vacation homes on those islands >get blown away every now and then by hurricanes.  Be sure to use google.books to >prowl.  I am amazed how many of some of the Genealogical  Publ. Co. books >appear, but according to Dick Eastman's recent newsletter [free except the Plus >edition] that may change. > > > >Evelyn   > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Major William Harris left three children when he died, Thomas, William and Edward. According to the following wills and deeds, Thomas Harris died without issue. Alice Harris, widow of Major William Harris, later married George Alves. They lived in New Kent and Hanover Co., VA where William and Edward Harris, younger sons of Major William, also lived in close association with George Alves. The descendants of William and Edward Harris of New Kent/Hanover Co. are Group 8 in the Harris DNA project. From Adventurers of Purse and Person, 2nd edition 1964, p. 384 WILL OF MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS Not knowing what the Lord hath ordained or at what tyme he may take out of this life, I doe settle my estate of lands as followeth: I give & bequeath to my sonne Thomas all my lands below the ware and to keep the ware run for his Bownes till it shall come to ye spring at ye hed & then to follow a bottom on ye lower side of the clearing of John Rabon, to the hundred roade path, and then on a straight roade or course to the land of Coll. Petter Ashbrooke, but in no case to cross pocketts' path; to my younger sonns Wm. & Edward Harris, I give the rest of my dividend, Wm. to have the plantation where I now live & Edward ye land next Ashbrooke. But Wm. to extend outwards one hundred yards beyond ye clearing of John Rabon on the path called pocketts' path & thence on a straight course to ye redd watter & Edward the Heds, vizdt: to Petter Ashbrooke's line as allsoe to ye Ashen swamp above, to them & their Heires; neyther to sell unless the one to ye other & if eyther die without ishew, the land to come to ye survivor; my two younger sons to live with their mother till ye age of sixteene, if shee marry; if not, till 19 years of age. My will is that my wife live on the plantation during her life but not to hinder my sonne Wm. at the head of ye Ware if he come for himself. I desyre my friends Mr. Thomas Cocke & Mr. Wm. Randolph to see this my will performed. In witness of every pte. hereof, I putt to my hand this 20th day of April, 1678. Signed Wm. Harris Signed in ye presence of Rich. Lygon ye mark of X Proved in Henrico County Court the first day of Feby., 1678/79 by the oath of Ann Steward, one of the witnesses to the will above written, and entered amongst the records of the sd. Court per. Wm. Randolph Cl. Cur. Henrico CountyRecords (Deeds & Wills) 1677-1692, p. 68 Ann Stuart Will of Thomas Harris dated Feb. 10, 1678/9, proved June 2, 1679. In the name of God, Amen, I, THOMAS HARRIS, being very ill and sicke and very weake, make this my last Will and Testament, being in sound mind and perfect memory. First I bequeath my soul to God who gave it, & my body to the earth from whence it came. I give and bequeath unto my sister-in-law, Loue Harris, my land at ye ware, according to the bounds sett in my father's will, to her and her heirs forever and give her as much power of the afores'd land as I myself had in my lifetime. I give and bequeath unto my Cozen, Richard Lygon, all my horses, mares or folds y't can be found or to be said or proved to be mine to him and his heirs forever, they not being given by my Grandfather into the hands of the overseers for the true and honest p'formance of this my last will. I have hereunto sett my hand and seale In the years of our Lord God, February the 10th, Anno 1678-9. Thomas Harris. Teste: Alice (X) Harris, Mary (X) Lygon, Junr. - : Richard Lygon. Proved in Henrico County Court the 2nd day of June, 1679, by the oath of Mrs. Mary Lygon, the younger. Tste: Wm. Randolph, Cl. Cur. And recorded , per W. Rid p'h. Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, pg 90-91 - Weisiger William Harris, son of Maj. William Harris, dec’d., for a tract of 250 acres, now conveyed to me by Hon. William Byrd, Esq., being that tract on south side of James River called “The Ware,” given by Maj. Harris to his son Thomas Harris, Dec’d, and since escheated to His Majesty, sells to said Byrd a tract also on south side of James River, part of a tract Maj. Harris died seized of on Ware Run, 225 acres, 1 Oct. 1692. /s/ William Harris Wit: Wm. Soane, George Alves Rec: 1 Oct. 1692Henrico Co., VA Deed & Will Bk. 1688-1697, p. 347 - Weisiger Lynda Harris SoRelle ________________________________ From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, August 28, 2012 11:29:39 PM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to the names of his children and wife? Have a good day, Anne

Hi Diane,   I saw this post and wondered if you knew the wife and children's names of William Harris, Jr.   Thanks, Fran Hill  ________________________________ From: Diane Holmes <holmes-diane@att.net> To: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com>; harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info Hi Anne,     I do not know if this is the Capt. William Harris you are looking for, but my William Harris who was born in 1716 was married to Mary Netherland. There is some problem in tracing him back to Capt Thomas Harris. William lived in Albemarle County, Virginia. His children were William Harris Jr., Sarah Harris, Matthew Harris, Benjamin Harris. Let me know if this helps. My home phone number is 305 233-2272. Diane D. Holmes       ________________________________ From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, August 29, 2012 12:29:08 AM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to the names of his children and wife?   Have a good day, Anne >________________________________ > From: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net> >To: Ira Harris <barebear@insightbb.com>; Harris Hunters ><Harris-Hunters@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:10 PM >Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info > >Of course, Ira, you know there is a genforum for Edgecombe Co. NC  >However,--dismay--it has not been updated since 2009.  Does your local library >have the online database called HeritageQuest?.  There are lots of county >histories (out of copyright) which have been digitized.  There is a county >history of Edgecombe Co. on HQ  I don't know how useful it is.  Also, an e-mail >friend of mine (and a distant relative of colonial Granville Co.,NC and >afterwards of Henderson C., KY) Deloris Williams has her name on the genforum >for Edgecombe Co.  She lives in Illinois, but she is an enthusiastic genealogist >and may be able to give you some guidance on your Edgecombe Co. Harrises.  Also, >surprisingly, some common folk appear in the 26 [is that right?] volumes of the >Colonial and State Papers of North Carolina.  The volumes have been digitized by >the Univ. of North Carolina, and I have been surprised by some of the material I >have found there (in some of >the old hard copies which I stumbled on in my [not then remodeled] local LDS >family history center.  According to Helen M. Leary (Mrs North Carolina >genealogy as far as I am concerned) most North Carolinians came from Virginia.  >Even those in western NC may have come the Shenandoah Valley of >Virginia--including the Boones and the Morgans and the Linvilles and even later >some of my Moravian folk.  Access to North Carolina from the Atlantic was >hampered by the barrier islands off the coast of NC.  I think I read that is >called the Graveyard of Ships.  I know that the vacation homes on those islands >get blown away every now and then by hurricanes.  Be sure to use google.books to >prowl.  I am amazed how many of some of the Genealogical  Publ. Co. books >appear, but according to Dick Eastman's recent newsletter [free except the Plus >edition] that may change. > > > >Evelyn   > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Anne,     I do not know if this is the Capt. William Harris you are looking for, but my William Harris who was born in 1716 was married to Mary Netherland. There is some problem in tracing him back to Capt Thomas Harris. William lived in Albemarle County, Virginia. His children were William Harris Jr., Sarah Harris, Matthew Harris, Benjamin Harris. Let me know if this helps. My home phone number is 305 233-2272. Diane D. Holmes       ________________________________ From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, August 29, 2012 12:29:08 AM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to the names of his children and wife?   Have a good day, Anne >________________________________ > From: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net> >To: Ira Harris <barebear@insightbb.com>; Harris Hunters ><Harris-Hunters@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:10 PM >Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info > >Of course, Ira, you know there is a genforum for Edgecombe Co. NC  >However,--dismay--it has not been updated since 2009.  Does your local library >have the online database called HeritageQuest?.  There are lots of county >histories (out of copyright) which have been digitized.  There is a county >history of Edgecombe Co. on HQ  I don't know how useful it is.  Also, an e-mail >friend of mine (and a distant relative of colonial Granville Co.,NC and >afterwards of Henderson C., KY) Deloris Williams has her name on the genforum >for Edgecombe Co.  She lives in Illinois, but she is an enthusiastic genealogist >and may be able to give you some guidance on your Edgecombe Co. Harrises.  Also, >surprisingly, some common folk appear in the 26 [is that right?] volumes of the >Colonial and State Papers of North Carolina.  The volumes have been digitized by >the Univ. of North Carolina, and I have been surprised by some of the material I >have found there (in some of >the old hard copies which I stumbled on in my [not then remodeled] local LDS >family history center.  According to Helen M. Leary (Mrs North Carolina >genealogy as far as I am concerned) most North Carolinians came from Virginia.  >Even those in western NC may have come the Shenandoah Valley of >Virginia--including the Boones and the Morgans and the Linvilles and even later >some of my Moravian folk.  Access to North Carolina from the Atlantic was >hampered by the barrier islands off the coast of NC.  I think I read that is >called the Graveyard of Ships.  I know that the vacation homes on those islands >get blown away every now and then by hurricanes.  Be sure to use google.books to >prowl.  I am amazed how many of some of the Genealogical  Publ. Co. books >appear, but according to Dick Eastman's recent newsletter [free except the Plus >edition] that may change. > > > >Evelyn   > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to the names of his children and wife?   Have a good day, Anne >________________________________ > From: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net> >To: Ira Harris <barebear@insightbb.com>; Harris Hunters <Harris-Hunters@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:10 PM >Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info > >Of course, Ira, you know there is a genforum for Edgecombe Co. NC  However,--dismay--it has not been updated since 2009.  Does your local library have the online database called HeritageQuest?.  There are lots of county histories (out of copyright) which have been digitized.  There is a county history of Edgecombe Co. on HQ  I don't know how useful it is.  Also, an e-mail friend of mine (and a distant relative of colonial Granville Co.,NC and afterwards of Henderson C., KY) Deloris Williams has her name on the genforum for Edgecombe Co.  She lives in Illinois, but she is an enthusiastic genealogist and may be able to give you some guidance on your Edgecombe Co. Harrises.  Also, surprisingly, some common folk appear in the 26 [is that right?] volumes of the Colonial and State Papers of North Carolina.  The volumes have been digitized by the Univ. of North Carolina, and I have been surprised by some of the material I have found there (in some of >the old hard copies which I stumbled on in my [not then remodeled] local LDS family history center.  According to Helen M. Leary (Mrs North Carolina genealogy as far as I am concerned) most North Carolinians came from Virginia.  Even those in western NC may have come the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia--including the Boones and the Morgans and the Linvilles and even later some of my Moravian folk.  Access to North Carolina from the Atlantic was hampered by the barrier islands off the coast of NC.  I think I read that is called the Graveyard of Ships.  I know that the vacation homes on those islands get blown away every now and then by hurricanes.  Be sure to use google.books to prowl.  I am amazed how many of some of the Genealogical  Publ. Co. books appear, but according to Dick Eastman's recent newsletter [free except the Plus edition] that may change. > > >Evelyn   > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Of course, Ira, you know there is a genforum for Edgecombe Co. NC  However,--dismay--it has not been updated since 2009.  Does your local library have the online database called HeritageQuest?.  There are lots of county histories (out of copyright) which have been digitized.  There is a county history of Edgecombe Co. on HQ  I don't know how useful it is.  Also, an e-mail friend of mine (and a distant relative of colonial Granville Co.,NC and afterwards of Henderson C., KY) Deloris Williams has her name on the genforum for Edgecombe Co.  She lives in Illinois, but she is an enthusiastic genealogist and may be able to give you some guidance on your Edgecombe Co. Harrises.  Also, surprisingly, some common folk appear in the 26 [is that right?] volumes of the Colonial and State Papers of North Carolina.  The volumes have been digitized by the Univ. of North Carolina, and I have been surprised by some of the material I have found there (in some of the old hard copies which I stumbled on in my [not then remodeled] local LDS family history center.  According to Helen M. Leary (Mrs North Carolina genealogy as far as I am concerned) most North Carolinians came from Virginia.  Even those in western NC may have come the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia--including the Boones and the Morgans and the Linvilles and even later some of my Moravian folk.  Access to North Carolina from the Atlantic was hampered by the barrier islands off the coast of NC.  I think I read that is called the Graveyard of Ships.  I know that the vacation homes on those islands get blown away every now and then by hurricanes.  Be sure to use google.books to prowl.  I am amazed how many of some of the Genealogical  Publ. Co. books appear, but according to Dick Eastman's recent newsletter [free except the Plus edition] that may change. Evelyn  

Source: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741 - 1868 (Online) ********************* Franklin County, NC was created in 1778 from Bute County. Louisburg is the county seat. Bute County, NC was created in 1764. It was Discontinued in 1779. (Source: Handy Book for Genealogists, Everton Publishers) ********************* 1. Harrison Harris to Elizabeth Bettes Franklin County, NC Marriage Bond --- February 3, 1789 Bondsman: Wyatt Bettes Witness: G. Hill 2. James Harris to Polley Nichols Franklin County, NC Marriage Bond --- March 15, 1805 Bondsman: Amos Jones 3. Joel Harriss to Sally P. Hines Franklin County, NC Marriage Bond --- March 12, 1817 Bondsman: Joseph C. Harri__ (Possibly Harris or Harrison) Witness: N. Long, Jr. Any information is appreciated. Please respond through HH so that others may be helped. Ira L. Harris III Member, Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study Line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia

Source: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741 - 1868 (Online) ***************** These marriage bonds are found in Edgecombe County, North Carolina Edgecombe County was created in 1741 from Bertie County. Tarboro is the County Seat. (Source --- Handy Book for Genealogists: Vital Record Sources; Edited by George B. Everton Sr. : published by The Everton Publishers) *************** 1. John Lee and Nanny Harris Edgecombe County, NC Marriage Bond --- November 5, 1799 Bond: John Harris Witness: S. Wren 2. Tobias Harris and Tabitha Bradley Edgecombe County, NC Marriage Bond --- February 22, 1825 Bondsman: Christopher Harris Witness: MI Hearn 3. Reuben Harris and Nancy Reasons Edgecombe County, NC Marriage Bond --- December 9, 1829 Bondsman: Samuel Reasons; Kenan Sumrell Witness: MI Hearn 4. Benjamin Weeks and Mary Anderson Harris Edgecombe County, NC Marriage Bond --- November 28, 1766 Bondsman: Moses Feild (Field ?) I am looking for information concerning the above couples. Any information is appreciated. Please respond through HH so that others may be helped. Ira L. Harris III Member Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study Line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia

Dear Fran Hill and Interested Others, I have reread your query.  You believe your John Harris died ca 1795 and that he lived in Cumberland Co.  I did not find his name in my one book of Cumberland Co. church records [Southam Parish] Suggestion:  There is no existing 1790 census for Virginia.  Some clever ladies of Virginia compiled from Virginia personal property tax lists (not land taxes) of 1787 what they labeled the 1787 Census of Virginia. Warning:  These books (three volumes, vol. 3 being the index) are expensive and only certain libraries have these books.  Prowl the websites of university or college libraries near your home--and genealogical libraries also.  Some state libraries may have these volumes. Another warning:  The index listings for Harris surname are numerous.  This list includes Kentucky, which was still claimed by Virginia in 1787. Here is some info. Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florine S. Love, The 1787 Census of Virginia [Springfield, VA:  GBIP, 1987] If you can locate on FamilySearch.org a link to FORMS, request a form with a title like this: Request for Photocopy (if you are near an LDS Family History Center ask whether they have copies of this form.  Request three or four, some being for future use.  You are ordering the index only at this time.  Then you will want certain pages after that, including a photocopy of the tax form which is in the first two volumes.  This form shows you what the marks on the tax lists are for:  how many taxables, certain livestock, etc.  You may find the LDS form is downloadable on familysearch.org, but, if so, I have not seen it. Using this form, and following the instructions for payment [inexpensive]you will request the index pages for the surname Harris, which will be in volume 3.  (This will not conform to the form, so you will have to be specific.  There will be about 2 1/2 or 3 paqes for the surname Harris, and for John, there will be a number of them. You indicate there was a will.  Anyone named in the will?  If children or in-laws are named, post another query and give those names.  Cumberland was formed from Goochand Co. but my books on Goochland Co. not cover years  beyond 1745. Good luck! Evelyn W. Wallace  ________________________________ From: Fran Hill <fhhill@yahoo.com> To: "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com>; "harris-colonialva@rootsweb.com" <harris-colonialva@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:46 AM Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] John Harris Does anyone know the following John Harris?  Thanks, Fran Hill   John Harris, believed to have died abt 1795 Cumberland County, Virginia Married to a Elizabeth Will dated 1794 Children: John Harris Richard Harris - born about 1755 Samuel Harris Thomas Harris Rebecca Harris Betsy Harris Lurita Harris, believed to have married a Harris, born about 1757 if she is the wife of our William Harris Betty Harris, believed to have married a Lasure Mary Harris, believed to have married a Bryant   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Fran, I cannot help you immediately.  I have bought a newish book by Ann K. Blomquist, The Vestry Book of Southam Parish, Cumberland County, Virginia 1745-1792 [Westminster, MD:  Heritage Books, 2006]  The index has multiple entries for one Benjamin Harris.    There is mention of a John Harris, Jr. but the information is insufficient to identify him as your ancestor.  It only mentions him in Processioners returns 1792.  Why don't you see what the familyhistory.org has listed for Cumberland Co.?   Cumberland Co., south of the James River, was formed from Goochland Co, which was formed from Henrico Co. 1728. Suggestion:  Your Harris male was of an age wherein he may have participated in the American Revolution.  Have you accessed the DAR website to learn whether anyone has joined DAR on the patriotism of your Harris?  Some counties, after the Revolution, paid debts owed to older men and widows who donated food, etc. and these are called Virginia Publick Records [a booklet for each county].  Check familysearch wikis for some guidelines for Virginia.  You need to look at the land patents for Virginia which are on the Library of Virginia website.  Google for Library of Virginia, check the L list for Land Patents and choose the one which includes Northern Neck land grants.  The oldest patents will be at the *end of the line*--and there will be a ton of Harrises.  Evelyn W. Wallace ________________________________ From: Fran Hill <fhhill@yahoo.com> To: "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com>; "harris-colonialva@rootsweb.com" <harris-colonialva@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:46 AM Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] John Harris Does anyone know the following John Harris?  Thanks, Fran Hill   John Harris, believed to have died abt 1795 Cumberland County, Virginia Married to a Elizabeth Will dated 1794 Children: John Harris Richard Harris - born about 1755 Samuel Harris Thomas Harris Rebecca Harris Betsy Harris Lurita Harris, believed to have married a Harris, born about 1757 if she is the wife of our William Harris Betty Harris, believed to have married a Lasure Mary Harris, believed to have married a Bryant   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have an e-mail friend--and a distant cousin--of mixed slave and white descent.  She and I exchange e-mails which may be of common interest.  She and I share  a Sneed family of colonial Granvile Co. NC .and later of Person Co., NC. Judging from the land records and tax lists of most colonial families, I would say that a good many persons of black descent have Harris ancestors.  My cousin knows of many resources of which I am ignorant.  I forwarded to my cousin a *gatewayed* message to the Guilford Co. NC rootweb (I long ago declined to reply to *gatewayed* messages as there are missing dates, alliances with other families, etc.).  However, this particular gatewayed message seemed to be full of information about lack of available info about slaves and blacks, and, just on a hunch I forwarded to my cousin whom I thought might help this particular questioner.  Indeed, Cousin Deloris knew of many websites which might help the questioner.  Using some of these databses, she wrote back she had a breakthrough and * has been *preaching to the choir* every since. http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions.aspx I am sharing this information with Harris-Hunters in the hope that you may help others with this information.  (I used to volunteer at a large Family History Center.  Some of my best finds were from 1) prowling the bookshelves and examining the contents of books with I was unfamiliar and 2) overhearing conversations from persons who knew genealogy and who knew the holdings of the Library--which also had a great film collection--some of the films NOT held by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.  (I even learned from a long-term German resarcher that she had already ordered films for a place where some of my mother's German grandmother's people had lived, with their four children, prior to migration ca 1852 through New Orleans.  That part of Silesia (Schliesen) is now Raciborse, Opeln, Poland.  The things you learn by being a *snooper*!!! Now, many of us can just use search engines and find some answers.  But we have to have to know how to phrase a question, and that is not always easy--even with google.com/ E.W.Wallace

Hi, all, Here's the next installment of the descendants of Benjamin & Sarah Dumas Harris of Hanover Co., VA. Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com ============================ HINSHAW, Vol. I, op. cit. - p. 813: DEEP RIVER MONTHLY MEETING, GUILFORD COUNTY, NC HARRIS 1806, 6, 3. Miriam & daughters, Sarah & Lydia received on certificate from New Garden Monthly Meeting, dated 1806, 5, 1. [Miriam Rich Mendenhall, 2nd wife of Obediah Harris Sr. & her younger children with Aaron Mendenhall] 1807, 4, 6. Obediah Jr. & family granted certificate to Piney Grove Monthly Meeting. 1807, 4, 6. Mary & three daughters granted certificate to Piney Grove Monthly Meeting. [Piney Grove Meeting was located in Marlboro Co., SC; it was a meeting first under New Garden, NC Meeting and later was under Deep River MM, both in Guilford Co., N.C.] 1807, 5, 4. Benjamin & family granted certificate to Miamma Monthly Meeting, Ohio. [Miami] 1807, 5, 4. Margaret & three daughters granted certificate to Miamma Monthly Meeting, Ohio. [Benjamin (II) & Margaret Ingle Harris] - p. 1070: PINEY GROVE MONTHLY MEETING MARLBORO CO., SC HARRIS 1807, 6, 20. Obediah & sons, Thomas, David & Jonathan received on certificate from Deep River Monthly Meeting, N.C., dated 1807, 4, 6. ALMOND 1809, 4, 15. Matthew received on request. 1809, 7, 15. Harris received on request of father, Matthew. - p. 813: DEEP RIVER MONTHLY MEETING, GUILFORD COUNTY, NC HARRIS 1809, 3, 6. Elizabeth granted certificate to Piney Grove Monthly Meeting. [Elizabeth, daughter of Obediah Sr./I & Rebecca Johnson Harris] - p. 1067: PINEY GROVE MONTHLY MEETING MARLBORO CO., SC (Minutes p. 21) Matthew Almond Rebeckah Almond Children: Matthew b. 6-[illeg.]-1785 Rebeckah b. 12-18-1784 Judith b. 3-17-1806. Harris b. 1-5-1809 Elisabeth b. 2-25-1811. [Rebecca, daughter of Obediah Sr./I & Rebecca Johnson Harris] (Minutes p. 14) Obadiah Harris b. 8-8-1774. Mary Harris b. 11-3-1773. Children: Thomas b. 9-26-1796. David b. 12-20-1798. [II] Rachel b. 8-14-1801. Betsy b. 11-8-1803. Susannah b. 5-13-1805. Jonathan b. 11-15-1806. John b. 10-16-1808. Obadiah b. 10-21-1810. [IV] [Obediah Jr./II, son of Obediah Sr./I & Rebecca Johnson Harris, with 2nd wife, Mary Moorman; Thomas, David & Rachel were Obediah's children with Maris Mendenhall] =============================== Extracted from: HINSHAW, William Wade: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy:, Vol. V: Ohio; Originally Published, 1946, by W. W. Hinshaw, Anne Arbor, MI, USA; Reprinted, 1973, 1994, by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, USA; ISBN # 0-80630-549-5; LOC #68-31728 - p. 66: MIAMI MONTHLY MEETING, WARREN CO., OHIO HARRIS 1809, 12, 27, Benjamin & wife, Margaret, & children Obidiah, Pleasant, James, Bersheba, John, Benjamin, Rebecca, David & Elvah received on certificate from Deep River Monthly Meeting, N.C., dated 1807, 5, 4. [Benjamin (II) & Margaret Ingle Harris; Benjamin, son of Obediah & Rebecca Johnson Harris, and grandson of Benjamin & Sarah Dumas Harris] =============================== END OF FILE ===============================

Does anyone know the following John Harris?  Thanks, Fran Hill   John Harris, believed to have died abt 1795 Cumberland County, Virginia Married to a Elizabeth Will dated 1794 Children: John Harris Richard Harris - born about 1755 Samuel Harris Thomas Harris Rebecca Harris Betsy Harris Lurita Harris, believed to have married a Harris, born about 1757 if she is the wife of our William Harris Betty Harris, believed to have married a Lasure Mary Harris, believed to have married a Bryant