again, the same memucan walker, who became the guardian for sylvanus walker, son of tandy walker/ judith langford of lunenburg co, va, and who also moved to laurens co, sc and whose sons sylvanus walker, jr and memucan walker were involved there with my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers and his brother-in-law, patrick cunningham,  also had a patent in lunenburg co, va with samuel harris.   this was the same samuel harris, who, along with my william harris, sr/ frances goode; my mackerness goode, sr; william harris/ judith hudson; peter hudson, sr, etc,  were all on these early lunenburg co, va tithe lists in cornelius cargill's district.   this was the same samuel harris who, as shown, continued to be very involved with john cargill, sr/ rachel tinsley in the halifax co, va area who, then, also by 1770 had moved to laurens co, sc and whose cargill family, per info i have posted in the past, continued to be very  and significantly involved with my harris and goode family in laurens co, sc.   in fact,  and as shown, the same thomas dendy, who sylvanus walker, jr, and who memucan hunt became his guardian, had the suit with, was the same thomas dendy who samuel harris had also sold land to which was witnessed by john cargill, sr/ rachel tinsley, etc and who witnessed a number of deeds re samuel harris in this halifax co, va area.   lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 239, 1750, samuel harris of lunenburg co, va to john lucas of same for 25 pds, 234 acres bounded by cargill, staunton river. signed: samuel harris. witnesses: cornelius cargill; richard jones; thomas dendy. lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 440, 1759, samuel harris of antrim parish halifax co, va to thomas dendy of cornwall parish lunenburg co, va for 2000 pds nett tobacco 252 acres on the north side of the staunton river, which had been a patent to samuel harris on april 5, 1748. signed: saml harris. witnesses: william harris; john cargill; daniel cargill.   lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 496, 1759, samuel harris of halifax co, va to thomas morris of brunswick co, va  for 170 lbs a certain tract in lunenburg on the north side of the staunton river, being granted to the said samuel harris by 2 patents dated 1748, one of the patents being for 404 acres, the other for 353 acres, being about 757 acres, bounded by col byrd; munford; cargill; stith.  wit:  john cargill; john speed, jr; thomas dendy; john cargill, jr.   lunenburg co, va deed book 5, page 471, 1759, samuel harris of halifax co, va to james flynn of lunenburg co, va for 12 lbs a certain tract of land of 450 acres in lunenburg co, va on the southside of the great bluestone creek bounded by john tomson, byrd, and it was laid off by william sims, surveyor, for about 450 acres.  wit:  john cargill; john speed, jr; john cargill, jr; thomas dendy.     of course, this is/ was also the same samuel harris, who william harris/ judith hudson sold the island/ plantation to, which, again, was also witnessed by john cargill, sr/ rachel tinsley and william hunt, who is indicated to have been also related to memucan hunt and possibly his brother.    per info i have posted in the past, it was my william harris, sr/ frances goode who also sold land to this same william hunt in this same middle fork of the middle bluestone creek area where, again, it is stated that this was where my william harris, sr/ frances goode lived and where they are shown to have consistently bought and sold land.   lunenburg co, va deed book 2, page 57, 1750, william harris of lunenburg to samuel harris of same for 60 pds, grants 1 island/ plantation of 70 acres, having been a patent to william harris april 5, 1748 and bounded by the staunton river and between byrd's and cargill's islands. signed: william harris. witnesses: john cargill, william hunt. judith, wife of william harris, relinquished her right of dower.   lunenburg co, va deed book 4, page 315, 1755, william harris of lunenburg co, va to william hunt of same for 33 pds, 236 acres on both sides of the middle fork of the bluestone creek, bounded by the swamp, miller. signed: william harris. witnesses: adam winders; richard palmer; robert wooding. again, like our harris family and the cargills, this same thomas dendy family, who  intermarried with the cargills, also moved to laurens co, sc and as shown, per these deeds for sylvanus walker, sr and jr in laurens co, sc, the dendy's land, again, like the ca 1770 grants for my william harris, sr/ frances goode and my william harris/ jr/ frances rodgers was also on north's creek of little river.   laurens co, sc deed book A, page 104, 1785, thomas dendy and wife, mary, to robert hall for 50 pds sterling 300 acres on norths creek in fork of broad and saludy rivers bordered on cornelius tinsley.  witnesses:  silvanus walker; john dendy; william bailey.   survey for william harris, sr, pursuant to precept dated 2 feb 1768, 300 acres in berkley co on branch of little river called north's creek bounded by vacant land on all sides. survey certified 26 feb 1768 by order of council 1 sept 1772 by john caldwell, d.s.   section II:  little river, page 165,  survey for william harris, jr, pursuant to precept dated 2 feb 1768, 150 acres in berkley county on branch of little river called north's creek, bounded NE by andrew rodgers; SE by william harris, sr. survery certified 26 feb 1767, john caldwell, district surveyor.     here again is the lunenburg co, va patent re samuel harris and memucan hunt, which i have also talked about previously.   besides the fact that it  bordered on my goode family and john wilborn and that, again, it was this same bluestone creek/ woodpecker creek area where my william harris, sr/ frances goode and william harris/ judith hudson both lived, the patent involved this benjamin hatcher who traces back to the hatcher family also of henrico co, va.   again, since memucan hunt and samuel harris did not pay quit rents, etc on the land it was re-patented to benjamin hatcher.    per info i have  also posted previously, this benjamin hatcher of lunenburg co, va traces also back to henrico co, va to the same hatcher family re an uncle benjamin hatcher, who was the attorney when our edward harris, son of our major william harris/ alice, who remarried george alvis and george alvis, sold land of our major william harris there in henrico co, va.   from wiggins': harris papers: lunenburg co, va: land patents and grants: whereas memucan hunt and samuel harris patented 3,750 acres on the bluestone creek september 6, 1757 and as they, and alexander robertson and his wife, martha, in whom the rights became vested have not cultivated it nor paid quit rents, and as benjamin hatcher has petitioned the court for the land, it is now granted to benjamin hatcher; bounded by a line on mitchell's corner on woodpecker fork on evans line to goode's corner to cargill's road to worsham's line to miller's line and john wilborn's corner to the land of robert southern and back to the beginning of the woodpecker fork.     Pages 110-111 have several notices: "p. 173 George Alvis of New Kent Co., planter, for £18, to Timothy Allen of Henrico Co., planter, tract on south side of James River called 'The Ware,' bounded by Hon. Wm Byrd, Mr. Robert Hancocke, Edward Skerm and Ashen Swamp, which I bought of Edward Harris and Mary his wife, 27 Sept. 1698. 1 Apr 1700 "Wit: Stephen Cocke, Matthew Raysons Signed: George Alvis Recorded 1 May 1700 "Benjamin Hatcher, attorney for Alice Alvis, wife of George, relinquished her dower right."   "p. 174 George Alves of New Kent Co., planter, for £18, to William Hatcher of Neck of Land, Henrico Co., planter, 183 acres on south side of James River, being 1/2 the land I purchased of Edward Harris of New Kent Co. and Mary his wife, known as 'The Ware,' adjoining Richard Womack and Peter Ashbrook and Timothy Allen. 1 April 1700. "Wit: Stephen Cocke, Mathew Rayson Signed: George Alves Recorded 1 May 1700 "Alice Alves, wife of George Alves, appoints Benjamin Hatcher her attorney to release dower right in above lands to William Hatcher and Timothy Allen. "Wit: Thomas (R) Rise, Nicholas (4) Gentry Signed: Alce (A) Alves Recorded 1 May 1700"?   "p. 177 Mary Harris, wife of Edward Harris of New Kent Co., appoints Benjamin Hatcher her attorney to release dower right in land sold by her husband to George Alves. "Wit: Thomas (R) Rise, (missing) Gentery Signed: Mary (M) Harris Recorded 1 May 1700" again,  this lunenburg co, va deed shows that land john wilborn sold to my william harris, sr/ frances goode, which he sold to roger atkinson, was also in this very same area where samuel harris/ memucan hunt had obtained this patent together.   lunenburg co, va deed book 6, page 541, 1761, william harriss of lunenburg co, va, planter, to roger atkinson, merchant, of dinwiddie co, va for 100 pds, 400 acres on both sides of mitchell's fork of the bluestone creek, being part of a larger patent of land to john wilborn on may 19, 1757 and bounded by woodpecker creek.  signed:  william harriss.  no witnesses.    again, per info i have also posted in the past, but will not re-post or go into here, this was john wilborn's son thomas wilborn, who continued to live in this same woodpecker creek area near william harris/ judith hudson and to be involved with these same individuals and families, including mark moore, who witnessed and was an executor of william harris/ judith hudson's 1778 mecklenburg co, va will.   again, mark moore also moved to laurens co, sc with his brother-in-law peter ragsdale.    again, i have also talked about these significant connections re the ragsdales not just there in lunenburg/ mecklenburg co, va with my harris family, but that the ragsdales also, again, like our harris family, also traced back to henrico co, va and this was also peter ragsdale's family still involved with my harris family in paulding co, ga.   to be continued:   belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8-------26910