"Edward Travis left will in which he refers to negroes to remain in possession of John G. Harris, the Executor named, until after the youngest child arrives at age of 18 years, then to be liberated. Daughter Martha M. Harris, wife of Isham G. Harris, certain slaves.... Appoints Isham H. Harris of Paris, Tennl. executor.... Note -- Isham Greene Harris was born at Tullahoma, Tennessee on February 10, 1816. He moved to Paris in 1838, studied law, and began practice in 1841. He was a member of the legislature in 1847, a candidate for presidential elector in1848 and a member of Copngress from 1849 to 1853. He opened a law office in Memphis in 1853 and was chosen presidential elector in 1856. He was elected Governor of Tennessee in 1857, 1859, and 1861. After the election of President Abraham Lincoln he became a strong advocate of secession and in 1861 issued the proclamation declaring Tennessee out of the American Union. At the close of the war he went to Me! xico, but returned to Memphis in 1867. In 1876 he was elected United States Senator and continued in office until his death in Washington, D.C., July 18978" From: Henry County "Old Time Stuff," Will Abstracts, p. 33.