pat, you and mitch posted on here quite some time ago that we had a new harris group 8 dna match re this stephen harris, who married mary gillison (?) in 1787 in edgefield co, sc.     i have never received from harris family tree dna that my brother david harris is a match with this stephen harris per our harris dna group 8.   is there proof that the ancestor of this william harris, who you have said was this stephen harris/ mary gillison (?), did marry some mary in edgefield co, sc?   you posted that this william harris, who was their ancestor, was the son of harrison harris/ elizabeth betts, son of stephen harris/ mary/ polly gillison of granville co, nc, son of claiborne harris/ judith.   you included the info that my arch harris/ elizabeth carter was part of this gwinnett co, ga harris line you posted.   first of all, ira says that this claiborne harris/ judith of granville co, nc was his ancestor and ira matches with those in harris dna group 6.     again, i also told you that there were two archibald harrises in gwinnett co, ga in 1830.    the archibald harris/ mary thompson, page 348, there in 1830 in gwinnett co, ga, and per the info by maud calloway hayes, is said to have been a son of benjamin harris/ karen gillson, son of claiborne harris/ judith of granville co, nc.     according to what ira posted earlier, both stephen harris' wife  mary gillison and benjamin harris' wife karen gillison were the daughters of this archibald gillison, who died in abbeville co, sc.   From: "Ira L. Harris III" < [email protected]> Subject: [HARRIS-SC] Will of Archibald Gillison, Pendleton Dist., S.C., 1792 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:33:38 -0500 (CDT) Source: Pendleton District, South Carolina Deeds, 1790-1806 Compiled by Betty Willie Conveyance Book B, pages 63-64 I, Archibald Gillison, of Abbeville Co., S. C. being low and weak in body, but of sound mind, make this my last will and testament... to beloved wife, Jean Gillison, my whole estate, both real and personal, during her widowhood.... in case of her remarriage or decease, my four childrn, Elizabeth Price, Mary Harris, James Gillison, and Karenhappoch Harris to receive 20 shillings to be raised from sale of something that can be spared from the plantation... to daughter, Ann Gillison, at wife's decease or remariage, tract of land I now live on, of 125 acres, all househould furniture, cattle, etc... John Gillison, son of my daughter, Ann Gillison, remainder of estate, sufficient for his schooling... I appoint three friends, James Nash, Stephen Harris, and Larkin Nash, executors. Date: 3 January 1792 Wit: George Nash, James Thornhill, Valentine Nash. Rec:September 2(?),1792. >From what I have been able to figure out, Mary (Gillison)Harris was the wife of Stephen Harris. Karenhappoch (Gillison) Harris was the wife of Benjamin Harris. Benjamin and Stephen were the sons of Claiborne "Ned" Harris and his wife, Judith ___________. This is part of the line that descends through Robert Harris of Ware Creek, and York County, Virginia. Robert's son, Thomas, was the father of Claiborne "Ned". Any insight or additional information concerning these Harris' or Gillison's is appreciated. Please respond through HH or H-SC so that others may be helped. Ira L. Harris III Evansville, Indiana again, my archibald harris/ elizabeth carter was page 342 in 1830 in gwinnett co, ga.    my arch harris elizabeth carter, son of my charles harris/ jane cannon, was living near  his father-in-law,my robert carter, jr in 1830 in gwinnett co, ga.   my robert carter carter, jr, son of my robert carter, sr of laurens co, sc, stated, per a oath given for a polling registration in 1867 in paulding co, ga, that he was born in 1780 in laurens co, sc.   again, my arch harris/ elizabeth carter; my robert carter, jr/ 2nd wife, sarah mc daniel; my charles harris/ jane cannon were all on the 1834 ga state census for cobb co, ga.   as i recently also posted, this redden/ redding blocker, who was enumerated adjacent my arch/ harris/ elizabeth carter, on this 1834 state census for cobb co, ga,  was the son of michael blocker/ rosannah griffin of edgefield co, sc.   rosannah griffin blocker's father william griffin family is indicated to have traced back to this richard griffin/ mary green of halifax co, va and who was related to this anthony griffin, who was not only a legatee of peter hudson, sr, but also on this 1750 dodson survey for this land on wynn creek for william harris, sr, and william harris, jr, which became a patent in 1758 to my william harris, sr/ frances goode.   to return to edgefield co, sc, again, per the info i recently posted, michael blocker and daniel mc kie, jr were also purchasers at ellis palmer's 1800 edgefield co, sc estate sale.   ellis palmer was the brother-in-law of my simcock cannon/ jane rudd, grandparents of my jane cannon harris.    again, per laurens co, sc deeds i have posted, my charles harris/ jane cannon owned land on raborn creek in laurens co, sc adjacent lydall allen, which had involved a suit with thomas burton, who was the son of james burton, sr of lunenburg co, va and who was also a legatee of peter hudson, sr   this same land in laurens co, sc that had belonged to my charles harris/ jane cannon later belonged to lydall allen and, again, this same land re lydall allen involved a suit with daniel mc kie, sr, who was the father or definitely related to this daniel mc kie, jr in edgefield co, sc, who was also a purchaser of ellis palmer's estate sale.   daniel mc kie, sr was the son of michael mc kie, who had moved from lunenburg co, va to newberry co, sc.   again, is their proof or any info that this stephen harris re the new harris dna group 8 match did marry a mary in edgefield co, sc?   if so, it would seem to me that we need to be also looking in edgefield co, sc for this stephen harris/ mary's harris family.     belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8--------26910         Stephen Harris m potentially Mary Gillison 1787 in > Edgefield  SC is said to > have had another son besides Harrison J. Harris, and that > was  Archibald Harris >  b ca 1805 m to Elizabeth Carter.