Henry Harris is my ggggggrandfather. I hope the following information will click with someone else's family history. >Henry Harris b. 16 June, 1742, Orange Co, VA d. 28 Jan 1835, Madison Co, KY Married 26 Feb 1766, Orange Co, VA to Ann Byrd/Bird b. 15 Apr 1740, Orange Co, VA d. 16 Feb 1816, Madison Co, KY xxx Notes for Henry Harris: Notes on Henry Harris, b 16 June 1742, Orange Co, VA; d aft 1 Mar 1833, Madison Co KY. Married to Ann Byrd abt 1760, prob in VA. Gave two Negroes to gr dau Rhoda Dillingham in 1830, at Madison Co KY. Fought in Rev War. Enlisted in Rev War in Orange Co Va in 1776. Lived in Orange Co Va at time of Rev War. Pension #S-16399. Mad co KY pension records of Va. at SLC gen Library, 976.953 M 246. He had served in Rev War for N. Carolina as a private soldier and on 3/1/1833 was placed on pension roll and on 3//4/1831 was 92 yrs old, was living in st of KY, Mad Co. when he applied for a pension on date of June 21, 1832. He was b. in Orange Co Va on 16 June 1742 and enlisted in Co of Orange, Va in 1776. Name of dau is Nancy Harris who md Elisha Estill or Estes. On 1 Apr 1816, he attended estate sale of Wm Harris, deceased, purchased a waistcoat, a pair of shears. Other Harris's at sale were Foster Harris, Overton Harris, and Polly Harris. At estate sale of William Harris, b abt 1768, and brother of Overton Harris, b abt 1769, son of Christopher Harris, born abt 1735, Henry Harris purchased one waistcoat for 62 cents and shears for $1.75. ARE HENRY AND CHRISTOPHER BROTHERS or could they be? Madison Co KY Deeds. 6 Mar 1798. John Snoddy to Henry Harris. Both of Madison Co KY. Pioneer Families, Vol 10 No 3, July, 1966. Submitted to Madison List on line by JoMorgan, not a relative to the Dent/ Harris families. DAR application for membership of Mary Lou Dockenbrode Osborne on 15 May 1985, at Paris KY. submitted as descendant of Henry Harris, b 1742. Bible records for births and marriages. THIS application contradicts the Pioneer Families information. "THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL DENT 1755-1834 Samuel Dent, according to census records, was born circa 1755, although his birthplace and his family ties have not been determined. Many Dent families settled originally in Maryland during the late 1600s and early 1700s. Some of these Dents are said to have emigrated from Yorkshire, England. Records in the Maryland Archives list a Revolutionary War service record of one Samuel Dent, of Capt. Clarkson's Company in the Charles Co., MD militia. Many of the Maryland Dents moved westward into neighboring Virginia. Courthouse records list a Samuel Dent in Henry and Franklin (formed 1786 from portions of Henry and Bedford) Counties, from about 1782, as the name appeared on a petition of inhabitants requesting that the county be divided and again on a land record in 1787. Oaths of Allegiance were recorded for Peter Dent and John Dent in 1777 in Bedford Co., Va. Samuel Dent married MARTHA (PATSY) HARRIS, daughter of Revolutionary War Soldier, HENRY HARRIS and ANNIE BIRD/BYRD of that same area, although the Harrises had lived in pre-revolutionary war days in Orange Co. and possibly in Albermarle Co. Patsy Harris Dent was born 23 May 1770. Samuel Dent sold his 150 acres on Reedy Creek in 1795 to John Dent, and by 1796, both Samuel Dent and Henry Harris were living in Madison Co., KY., and were listed on the annual tax list. In 1817, Samuel and Patsy Dent decided to head west and once again sold land, this time, 188 acres on Drowning Creek in Madison Co., KY. (Book M, page 212) A year later, the Dents were over in Franklin Co., MO. Many of the other settlers of Franklin Co., MO were familiar names from KY. About twelve years later, in 1830, Henry Harris, Samuel's father-in-law, being old and infirm, divided and deeded all his Madison Co., KY property to his children and grandchildren. Samuel Dent died in 1834 in Franklin Co., MO. The inventory of his estate was witnessed by John Goode, William Truesdell and C. B. Hinton. Alexander Chambers was executor of the will. The inventory contained notes on H. Fackler, A. Chambers, Samuel Beatty, Dyson Johnson, William Parks, John Harris, Prior Brauly and L. D. Walls. Securities of the estate were William Truesdell and Sion Pritchett." At estate sale of William Harris, b abt 1768, and brother of Overton Harris, b abt 1769, son of Christopher Harris, born abt 1735, Henry Harris purchased one waistcoat for 62 cents and shears for $1.75. ARE HENRY AND CHRISTOPHER BROTHERS? Death Date from Pedigree Resource File, CD 8, Pin 236851 Subm by John or W. John Slayton, 1416 West Short, Independence, MO 64050-3536 Notes for Ann Byrd: Husband was American Rev. War Soldier. See notes for Henry Harris. Eva Dean Boian Edwards went into the DAR thru the Boians to Henry Harris. Pioneer Families, Vol 10 No 3, July, 1966. Submitted to Madison List on line by JoMorgan, not a relative to the Dent/ Harris families. Death Date from Pedigree Resource File, CD 8, Pin 236852 Subm by John or W. John Slayton, 1416 West Short, Independence, MO 64050-3536 Also birthdate and marr date, verification of places. Orange Co VA marriage records. Children of Henry and Ann B. Harris: 1. Winnifred, dau b. 15 Jan 1767 d. unknown Married to Joshua Dillingham, 1786, Henry Co, VA. Joshua's second wife. His 1st wife was Sarah Graham. 2. Elizabeth Betty, dau b. 16 Aug 1768 d. unknown Married to John Johnson or Jamison abt 1786 3.Martha Patsy, dau b.23 May 1770 d. bef 3 Mar 1842, Franklin Co, MO Married to Samuel Dent abt 1790, prob Virginia 4. Nancy, dau b. 6 May 1772 d. unknown Married to Elisha Estill or Estes 5. Rhoda, dau b. 9 Mar 1774 d. unknown Married Samuel Kelly abt 1792 6. Zebulon, probable son b. abt 1775 d. unknown Married to Elizabeth Dillingham I'll post the notes for the above children in a 2nd email to follow. 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