again, per the info from the new harris dna group 8 match, three of the children of their william harris/ lucinda rawlins there in gwinnett co, ga married into the family of alexander rutledge/ elizabeth miller also there in gwinnett co, ga.   per the info, which i will cite, the rutledge family was from abbeville co, sc with connections  re their rutledge family also to laurens co, sc.     the info i am going to cite here is from a file on the rutledge family and note that it also, per this info, makes a connection re their rutledge family also to laurens co, sc and, of course, my harris and carter family moved from laurens co, sc by 1830 to dekalb/ gwinnett cos, ga.     again, this melvina harris, who married william rutledge; her sister mahala harris, who married george washington rutledge and their brother, harrison harris, who married martha louisa rutledge, children of alexander rutledge/ elizabeth miller are stated to have been the children of this william h. harris/ lucinda rawlins of gwinnett co, ga, whose descendant is our latest harris dna match.    what the info shows, per these rutledge rootsweb site and others to follow, is that this joseph rutledge of abbeville co, sc, and who also moved to gwinnett co, ga, was the father of alexander rutledge/ elizabeth miller and that joseph rutledge was the uncle of this william rutledge who died in laurens co, sc.   there are significant connections re william rutledge not just there in laurens co, sc, but which also lead back to my william harris, sr/ frances goode and my william harris/ judith hudson also there in lunenburg/ mecklenburg co, va, which, of course, i am also going to point out and talk about.   Entries: 336411    Updated: 2009-01-13 03:29:38 UTC (Tue)    Contact: William I ID: I275871 Name: Alexander W Rutledge Sex: M Birth: 1817 in SC Death: ABT 1885 in Gwinnett Co, GA Father: Joseph Rutledge b: 1770 in SC Mother: Mary Polly Hearn b: ABT 1775 in SC Marriage 1 Elizabeth Miller b: 1820 in SC     RUTLEDGE-L ArchivesArchiver > RUTLEDGE > 1997-03 > 0857494223 From: < [email protected]> Subject: Re: Berry Rutledge, b.c. 1785 or 1788 in GA or SC       ....................3 Alexander W. RutledgeBorn: Abt 1814 in South Carolina Died: Abt 1885 in Gwinnett County, Georgia ........................+Elizabeth MillerBorn: Abt 1820 in South Carolina Died: Abt 1859 in Gwinnett County, Georgia Married: Abt 1838 ...............................4 Joseph Marion Rutledge Born: Abt 1841 in Georgia Died: April 17, 1924 in Gwinnett County, Georgia ...................................+Sarah Jane Nichols Born: June 07, 1844 Died: October 26, 1899 in Gwinnett County, GeorgiaMarried: WFT Est 1872-1895 ...............................4 David S. RutledgeBorn: Abt 1843 in Gwinnett County, Georgia Died: March 09, 1907 in Gwinnett County, Georgia ...................................+Nancy Langley Born: Abt 1844 in Georgia Died: December 23, 1911 in Gwinnett County, Georgia Married: December 24, 1865 in Gwinnett County, Georgia ...............................4 William RutledgeBorn: Abt 1846 in Gwinnett County, GeorgiaDied: WFT Est 1877-1936 ...................................+Melvina HarrisBorn: WFT Est 1842-1862Died: WFT Est 1877-1946Married: WFT Est 1877-1911 ...............................4 George Washington Rutledge Born: Abt 1849 in Gwinnett County, GeorgiaDied: WFT Est 1883-1940 ...................................+Mahala N. HarrisBorn: Abt 1852 in GeorgiaDied: WFT Est 1883-1946Married: WFT Est 1880-1914 ...............................4 Martha Louisa Rutledge Born: Abt 1851 Died: WFT Est 1879-1945 ...................................+Harrison T. Harris Born: WFT Est 1834-1854Died: WFT Est 1879-1940 Married: WFT Est 1879-1913   Photostats of letters from John Alex Rutledge son of John Rutledge b. 1794 , and Josiah Rutledge, brother to John and Kisah Rutledge dated 1869 to 1874 re family members. Originals in possession of Glen P. Rutledge, Kennesaw, Ga. See photostat of letter dated Oct. 22, 1869 from John Alex Rutledge to Alex W. Rutledge re death of Uncle Berry. In 1860 census, Fulton County, Ga., listed as a carpenter. Marriage info from diary of Kinchin Rambo, Primitive Baptist minister, Gwinnett Co., Ga. MISC: Wm. Rutledge, Laurens Co., S.C. in his wills, 1815 and 1816, mentions that he bought two plantations from Wm. Maddox and Aron Crump that were to be sold. Legacies included sisters Fanny, Betsy, Amey, Delila, Polly's children, Turkey Creek Meeting house and Cornelius Cook and his Uncle Joseph Rutledge who were the executors. ( See Will of Wm. Rutledge.) A land grant to Joseph Rutledge in Abbeville Co. 12-7-1818, bordered land owned by Wm. Maddox and Ruth Crump. Another neighbor to Joseph was Wm. Davis. Nancy, daughter of a Joseph Rutledge, Prince Edward Co., Va. married a Wm. Davis in Pr.Edw., Co.,Va., on Jan. 5,1788. Possible connection?    to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8------26910