again, three of the children of our latest harris dna group 8 match's ancestor william harris/ lucinda rawlins married 3 of the children of alexander rutledge/ elizabeth miller there in gwinnett co, ga.   again, per the info re the rutledge family, alexander rutledge was the son of joseph rutledge who had moved there from abbeville co, sc and this was joseph rutledge's nephew william rutledge whose land in laurens/ abbeville co, sc was adjacent larkin gaines who also witnessed william rutledge's laurens co, sc will.   i have the  book laurens co, sc wills 1784-1840 by colleen elliott and larkin gaines and archibald harriss were purchasers at elizabeth walker's estate sale in 1821.   again, my archibald harris married my elizabeth carter, daughter of my robert carter, jr ca 1827 in laurens co, sc.    since my robert carter, jr was involved with the estate of his newphew robert carter, son of his older brother, zimry carter, in 1828/ 1829 there in laurens co, sc, they did not move to gwinnett co, ga until just before 1830.   again, per the 1830 gwinnett co, ga census, my arch harris/ elizabeth carter was enumerated in close proximity to our robert carter, jr.   on the one hand, and since the info indicates that my archibald harris was born, ca 1808, and would have been only age 13 or 14 in 1821, this seems to have been young to have purchased from someone's estate sale.   on the other hand, how old does one have to be to purchase from someone's estate sale?   as far as i know, my archibald harris/ elizabeth carter was the only archibald harris i know who would have been and who had connections to laurens co, sc in 1821.   per this rootsweb site, elizabeth walker, who died in 1839 in laurens co, sc, was a simmons, wife of elijah walker, and they were married in henry co, va.    again, i do not know of any connections re our harris family to henry co, va but there was also walker family defnitely involved with my harris family from lunenburg co, va on into laurens co, sc.     SIMMONS-L Archives Archiver > SIMMONS > 2000-01 > 0947176630 From: "Charles and Jimmie" < [email protected]> Subject: [SIMMONS] Elizabeth Simmons Walker, Henry County, VA Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:37:10 -0600 Hello Simmons Researchers, Is there anyone on the list researching Simmons in Henry County, VA? I'm looking for the parents of Elizabeth Simmons Walker. Her marriage in Henry County is as follows: >From Henry Co., Virginia Marraige Bonds: Elijah Walker married Elizabeth Simmons, 21 November 1786 Joseph Anthony, Minister Elijah and Elizabeth Simmons were in Laurens County, SC, by 1800. John Simmons, also, lived in Laurens County. I don't know the relationship, if any. >From Elijah's and Elizabeth's estate papers, Laurens County: eleven children to wit: 1. John Walker, 2. Agatha Ford, wife of Daniel Ford, residing in Georgia 3. Nancy the wife of Sam'l Fifer 4. Sally the wife of Harris Mitchell, residing in the state of Alabama 5. Elijah Walker, residing in Georgia, 6. Elizabeth the wife of William South (This is Wm. South, Jr.) 7. Elisha Walker 8. Alphey Walker 9. Polly the wife of Robert Freeman 10. William Walker 11. Charles Walker Jimmie   who was the harris mitchell above?  was he related somehow to our harris family?   here, to follow, are the purchasers of the estate sale of elizabeth walker there in 1821 in laurens co, sc:   laurens co, sc 1821, estate sale of elizabeth walker, decd.  Purchasers:  phillip wait; archibald harriss; samuel phifer; robert freeman; aaron clore; james simmons; thomas hinson; james gaines; william south; david p. posey; william south, sr; reuben powell; allen hedley; harrison daniel; ezekiel powell; james parker; burket davenport; george washington; adam c. jones; ezekiel south; col wm ware; larkin gaines; james powell; isaac waldrop; daniel south; charles smith; moses myers; daniel hazel; elijah smith; jacob niswanger; mrs elizabeth myers; andrew hunter. john walker, admin.     to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8-------26910