Ira: I note in the last paragraph of your e-mail of 22 July to Belva that you had family that went into the Mississippi Territory about 1818. This sounds very much like t he Harris (Williams) family that I am tracking that left the Anson Co., NC area in 1817, spent a year in Tennessee, and finally settled in 1819 in what became Greene Co., AL and which later partly became Hale Co., AL in 1867. One of the leaders of this group was John Harris, son of Sherwood Harris and Hannah Page. In the beginning of your e-mail to Belva you comment on listing children might help sort out the families we are pursuing. According to The Douglas Register of Dover Parish, Goochland Co., VA, p. 6, Sherwood (Sherrod) Harris and Hannah Page were married on 16 Dec. 1761. The children of Sherwood Harris from two and possibly three wives were as follows along with their spouse(s). Franky (female) b. abt Jan 1763 m. Shadriot Eason John b. 3 Apr 1765 m. Nancy Williams Hannah b abt 19 Jan 1768 m. Alsey Dean Mary b. 1 Mar 1771 m. Dudley Williams Archabald b. 3 Feb 1774 m. Susannah Williams Jonathan b. 13 Apr 1778 m. Elizabeth Williams Hudson b. abt 1786 m. Sally Trammel William b. abt 1788 m. Drucilla Unknown . Nancy b. 25 Jun 1789 m. Joseph Birmingham Simeon b. 4 May 1793 m. 1 Elizabeth Bennett, 2 Margaret Bailey, 3 Elizabeth Hicks Tilman P. b. 19 Jan 1795 m, Tiletha Unknown Sherrod W. b. 25 Jul 1797 m. Winnie Walls White Elizabeth b. Jun 1799 m. Mills Stephenson Martha b. 15 Apr 1803 m. Robert Stringfellow The will of Sherwood Harris, dated 23 Aug 1805 and probated in the October 1805 Court Anson Co., NC as written in Harry-Harris-Williams Kith and Kin compiled by Imogene McCreight Fitzgerald gives to the first five children, Franky, John, Hannah, Mary and Archabald the sum of one dollar and no more. Jonathan, #6 child gets 25 acres of land adjoining him from my two hundred thirty eight acres in Richmond Co. on Mountain Creek. Hudson, #7 child and William #8 child get the remainder of the tract which is two hundred and thirteen acres to be equally divided among them. Nancy, #9, and Tilman, #11, get one hundred dollars each, Sherrod, #12, gets one hundred acres of land lying on the Camp B ranch of Savana Creek, Anson County an d my wife Elizabeth is to live on it during her widowhood. Daughter Elizabeth, #13, gets sixty five dollars. Also I lend my wife Elizabeth Harris all my household furniture, plantation tools and all my stock of all kind during her natural life or widowhood and at her death or marriage then it is my will and desire that it shall be equally divided among my six youngest children, Nancy Harris, Simeon Harris, Tilman Harris, Sherrod Harris, Elizabeth Harris, and Martha Harris. He also names his two sons John Harris and Archabald Harris to be his executors. Mary Elizabeth Jones has been identified as the wife Elizabeth of the will and is most likely the mother of the "six youngest children" mentioned in the will. Hudson and William are treated similarly in the will and are born after an eight year gap from the 6th child, Jonathan, which might mean a different mother. This has been suggested by others but has not been proved. If this family seems of interest to anyone I have several more generations which I can list. Ken Schwarzburg

Ken, thank you for the information. Do you have any information on the descendants John Harris b 1765 and Nancy Williams? Did they have a son named William B. Harris, who would have been born in North Carolina in 1809? Thank you for your time. Mitch Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Schwarzburg" <[email protected]> To: "Ira L. Harris III" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:04 PM Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Sherwood Harris family > Ira: I note in the last paragraph of your e-mail of 22 July to Belva > that you had family that went into the Mississippi Territory about 1818. > This sounds very much like t he Harris (Williams) family that I am > tracking that left the Anson Co., NC area in 1817, spent a year in > Tennessee, and finally settled in 1819 in what > became Greene Co., AL and which later partly became Hale Co., AL in 1867. > One of the leaders of this group was John Harris, son of Sherwood Harris > and Hannah Page. In the beginning of your e-mail to Belva you comment on > listing children might help sort out the families we are pursuing. > According to The Douglas Register of Dover Parish, Goochland Co., VA, > p. 6, Sherwood (Sherrod) Harris and Hannah Page were married on 16 Dec. > 1761. The children of Sherwood Harris from two and possibly three wives > were as follows along with their spouse(s). > > Franky (female) b. abt Jan 1763 m. Shadriot Eason > John b. 3 Apr 1765 m. Nancy Williams > Hannah b abt 19 Jan 1768 m. Alsey Dean > Mary b. 1 Mar 1771 m. Dudley Williams > Archabald b. 3 Feb 1774 m. Susannah Williams > Jonathan b. 13 Apr 1778 m. Elizabeth Williams > Hudson b. abt 1786 m. Sally Trammel > William b. abt 1788 m. Drucilla Unknown > . > Nancy b. 25 Jun 1789 m. Joseph Birmingham > Simeon b. 4 May 1793 m. 1 Elizabeth Bennett, 2 > Margaret Bailey, 3 Elizabeth Hicks > Tilman P. b. 19 Jan 1795 m, Tiletha Unknown > Sherrod W. b. 25 Jul 1797 m. Winnie Walls White > Elizabeth b. Jun 1799 m. Mills Stephenson > Martha b. 15 Apr 1803 m. Robert Stringfellow > > The will of Sherwood Harris, dated 23 Aug 1805 and probated in the > October 1805 Court Anson Co., NC as written in Harry-Harris-Williams Kith > and Kin compiled by Imogene McCreight Fitzgerald gives to the first five > children, Franky, John, Hannah, Mary and Archabald the sum of one dollar > and no more. Jonathan, #6 child gets 25 acres of land adjoining him from > my two hundred thirty eight acres in Richmond Co. on Mountain Creek. > Hudson, #7 child and William #8 child get the remainder of the tract which > is two hundred and thirteen acres to be equally divided among them. > Nancy, #9, and Tilman, #11, get one hundred dollars each, Sherrod, #12, > gets one hundred acres of land lying on the Camp B ranch of Savana Creek, > Anson County an d my wife Elizabeth is to live on it during her widowhood. > Daughter Elizabeth, #13, gets sixty five dollars. Also I lend my wife > Elizabeth Harris all my household furniture, plantation tools and all my > stock of all kind during her natural lif! > e or widowhood and at her death or marriage then it is my will and desire > that it shall be equally divided among my six youngest children, Nancy > Harris, Simeon Harris, Tilman Harris, Sherrod Harris, Elizabeth Harris, > and Martha Harris. He also names his two sons John Harris and Archabald > Harris to be his executors. > Mary Elizabeth Jones has been identified as the wife Elizabeth of the > will and is most likely the mother of the "six youngest children" > mentioned in the will. Hudson and William are treated similarly in the > will and are born after an eight year gap from the 6th child, Jonathan, > which might mean a different mother. This has been suggested by others > but has not been proved. > If this family seems of interest to anyone I have several more > generations which I can list. > > Ken Schwarzburg > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message