On Nov 18, 2008, at 2:10 PM, belva cauthen wrote: > (my note----the following deed seems to indicate that this william > harris', who was also involved with the rickmans, etc, that his > wife was named jane----not elizabeth. so, was this a different > william harris from the william harris, wife, elizabeth, and/ or > who was this jane harris?) > > 1783 Nov 5 - Halifax Co., Va. - pg 395- A deed from Oliver Pringle > of Halifax to Josiah Strange of Lunnenburg County for 70 pounds > 200 acres in Halifax bounded by Morriss Cammill, Robert Rickman, > John Rickman, Elizabeth Stokes, John Harris, Nathaniel Francis, > Nathaniel Vassar, and William Harris. Witnesses: John Stanley, > William Harris, > and Jane Harris. Recorded Feb. 19, 1784. I don't know who Jane Harris was, but William Harris was still married to Elizabeth when he sold his Halifax Co. property in 1798 prior to moving to Patrick Co, VA (via Stokes Co, NC). There were two men named William Harris in Halifax Co. during the same period. The Personal Property Tax Lists show that one lived in the North District, and the other lived in the South District. All of the names listed in the deed cited above can be shown by various Halifax Co. records to have lived in the North District in the vicinity of Difficult Creek. The William Harris who lived in the South District had property in the vicinity of Tobey Cr, Mirey Cr. and the Medway River; I've seen no record that ever showed him in association with any of the names mentioned in this deed. William Harris (Halifax Co-North District) did have a granddaughter named Jane, but she was born @1787. Perhaps she was named for the Jane Harris who witnessed this deed. Pat Seaver Harris DNA Group 30 by paper trail