Back in December of 2004 Ira Harris posted in three parts on Harris- Hunters a list of men named Claiborne Harris. Ira invited others to submit additional information on these men. I would like to add another Claiborne Harris to the list, and also suggest a revision to the following entry from Part II: 1. Claiborne Harris, born Bef. 1793; died Aft. 1814 Wife, Elizabeth Blanks. s/o Sherrod Harris. gr s/o William & Mary ( ) Harris Based on my own research, that of Sandy Hart, Leon Harris, Bev Harris and Elaine Campbell, I believe that there was another man named Claiborne Harris living in Patrick Co. at the same time, and one of his descendants has recently tested into the Harris DNA Group 30. The second Claiborne Harris was the son of Elijah and Nancy (Lee) Harris, who married in Halifax Co, VA 27 jan 1794. Patrick Co., VA records show that this Elijah Harris was the son of William and Elizabeth (LNU) Harris, who moved to the Russells Creek area of Patrick Co. about 1803, with another son, Barnard Harris. Elijah and Nancy followed about 1806. I descend from Elijah and Nancy’s daughter, Martha/Patsy Harris, who married Allen Morefield in Patrick Co. in 1825. Allen Morefield’s sister, Nancy, married Joseph Harris 1824 in Patrick Co.; two descendants of Joseph and Nancy (Morefield) Harris have also tested into Harris DNA Group 30. In order to avoid confusion later, I should note that there were three Elijah Harrises in Patrick Co. during this time period, one of whom had a son named Claiborne and one of whom had a brother named Claiborne: Elijah, s/o William Harris of Russells Creek Elijah, s/o Sherod Little Dan River Elijah, s/o Samuel Harris of Smith River (DNA Group 10) Elijah, s/o Samuel and Martha (Hylton/Helton) Harris married Lavinia Terry in Patrick Co. 3 oct 1816. Samuel died about 1828, leaving a son, Samuel. Claiborne Harris, s/o Sherod, bonded his sister Charlotte’s 1805 Patrick Co. marriage to Edward Parmer (Palmer). That, and his appearance on the 1807 Patrick Co. Personal Property Tax List (PPTL), indicate that he was born before 1790 and probably before 1783. Claiborne Harris, s/o Elijah and Nancy (Lee) Harris, was age 52 in 1850, an age that is consistent with other census records. In 1820 there were two entries for Claiborne Harriss on the Patrick Co. PPTL, which I first took to be an enumerator error. There was only one Claiborne Harriss on the 1820 Patrick Co, VA census, but his age was not consistent with the age of Claiborne Harris who had bonded an 1805 marriage and appeared on the PPTL as early as 1807: 1820 Patrick Co. VA census p. 115 1 male age 16-26 1 female age 16-26 The next household was Elijah Harriss, over age 45. Of the two entries for Claiborne Harriss on the 1820 Patrick Co, PPTL, one was enumerated on 7 february, the same date as Elijah Harriss and the other was enumerated on 3 april, the same date as Sarah Harriss. About 1827 or 1828, Elijah Harris’s brother, Barnard, died in Patrick County. At about the same time, Elijah and Nancy Harris sold their land on Russells Creek. By 1830, Elijah Harris of Russells Creek, Patrick Co., VA was living in Wilson County, TN, and Claib Harris was in neighboring Rutherford Co, TN, age 30-40. (There was also an Eli Harris in Wilson Co., TN.) In 1830 there was a Claiborn Harris enumerated in Patrick Co. age 40-50, which, of course, does not match the Claiborne Harriss who was there in 1820. A Claiborn(e) Harriss also appeared on the Patrick Co. PPTL in 1830, 1831 and 1832 (I have transcribed the Patrick Co, VA PPTL only through 1835). I found no Claiborne Harris on the Patrick Co. PPTL 1822-1829. It is known that Claiborne’s younger sister, Martha/Patsy, married Thomas Beasley in Surry County, NC in 1821 (that this was Sherod’s daughter is proved by Martha/Patsy’s KY death record, which names her parents as Sherad and Sarah Harris). Further, Sherod Harris had lived on Harris Creek of the Little Dan River, not far from the Surry Co, NC border. Perhaps Claiborne lived in Surry Co. 1821-1829. In 1840 Claiborne Harris had moved from Rutherford Co, TN to Wilson Co, TN. In 1841 Elijah Harris left his will in Wilson Co. (Elaine Campbell found this will in loose documents in the court house), naming his wife Nancy and his son Claiborne and referring to other children, but he did not name them. In 1850 Claiborne Harris age 52, born VA was living in Wilson Co. TN with wife Mary and children Parthena, James, Martha, Nancy, and Mary. Claiborne Harris married Mary Summers 1835 in Rutherford Co, TN, but the 1830 Rutherford Co. household of Claiborne Harris included a male under age 5, a male age 5-10, a male age 30-40, a female age 10-15 and a female age 30-40. Thus, Claiborne Harris, s/o Elijah, had been married at least by 1820. It has been assumed that the Claiborne Harris who married Elizabeth Blanks in Patrick Co. in 1819 was the son of Sherod Harris. However, when that assumption was made, it was not known that there was another Claiborne Harris living in Patrick Co. in 1819. Given the fact that he was old enough to bond his sister’s marriage in 1805, Sherod’s son Claiborne would have been in his mid to late 30s by 1819. That certainly does not rule out the possibility that it was Sherod’s son who married Elizabeth Blanks, but as far as I know, it is not proved, either. We have several signatures of the Elijah Harris who married Nancy Lee in Halifax Co, VA in 1794: his own marriage record, the marriage record of his daughter Martha to Allen Morefield 1825 Patrick Co., an 1822 petition that he and son Barnard signed in Patrick Co. and his 1841 Wilson Co, TN will. Thompson Blanks of Rockingham Co, NC married Polly Harris in 1822 in Patrick Co., bonded by Elijah Harris. The signature of Elijah Harris on that bond does not match the other signatures just cited. The assumption has been that the Elijah who bonded that marriage was Sherod’s son, Elijah. And it may have been. However, as noted above, there were 3 Elijah Harrises in Patrick Co. in 1822. It should also be noted that although there were two Elijah Harrisses enumerated on the Patrick Co. PPTL 1817-1819, there were never 3 enumerated in any given year, and there was only one 1807-1816 and 1820-1827, and 1831. Since Elijah Harris of Russells Creek was in Wilson Co. by 1830 and Elijah Harris of Smith River had died before 1828, the Elijah Harris enumerated in 1831 on the same date as Claiborne Harris and was very likely the son of Sherod. Since Sherod’s 1814 will named his son Elijah as one of his younger children, it is possible that he did not become head of household until 1831, but given that Sherod’s son Claiborne does not appear to have been in Patrick Co. between 1821 and 1829, it is also possible that Elijah was also living elsewhere. In light of this data, I believe that we have to at least consider the possibility that the Claiborne Harris who married Elizabeth Blanks in 1819 Patrick Co, VA may have been Elijah and Nancy (Lee)’s son and not Sherod’s son. Elaine Campbell has found several documents in Wilson Co, TN that show Elijah and Claiborne Harris interacting there with members of a Blanks family. Further research is clearly needed. Surry Co, NC would probably be a good place to start that research, given that Sherod’s daughter, Martha/Patsy, married there and Sherod lived fairly close to Surry Co. As stated above, William, Elijah, and Barnard Harris came to Russells Creek, Patrick Co. in the very early 1800s from Halifax Co., VA, where they had lived on or in the vicinity of Difficult Creek. The deed of this William’s first purchase in Halifax Co. in 1778 refers to him as “William Harris of Amelia Co.” There was a William Harris in the Sandy Creek/Stocks Creek area of Amelia Co. (between Flatt Creek and the Appomattox River--not close to Deep Creek) in the years leading up to the appearance of this William Harris in the Northern District of Halifax Co. He was closely associated with the Hendricks and Vasser family in Amelia Co. In Halifax Co. he was closely associated with the Vasser and the Prindle/Pringle families, as well as a John Harris, James Harris and the Claiborne Harris who married Sally Hudson 1789 Charlotte Co. There was also a William Harris in the South District of Halifax Co., in the vicinity of Polecat Creek, Tobey Creek and Mirey Creek. I have seen no evidence that these two Harris families associated with one another. Some of the Hendricks of Amelia Co./Sandy Creek area moved to the Polecat Creek area of Halifax Co. I would appreciate any information or suggestions for research paths for this William Harris of Amelia Co. Pat Seaver (5th great-granddaughter of William Harris of Amelia/Halifax/Patrick)