Vernor, I agree with most of the information posted about Claiborn T Harris; I only saw a few details that I believe are not accurate. Elijah Harris was the son of Elijah; this information was stated on his marriage record. It was one of the few marriage records that has a statement of relationship on it. (None of mine were so lucky.) Claiborn apparently accompanied his son to obtain his marriage license, requesting that a license be given to his son. He may have had a previous marriage since there was a license for Elijah to marry a woman named Neaty Wheatly 11/17/1833. I don't know whether she died or they divorced. It was pretty hard to obtain a divorce so chances were that she was deceased. As for the rest of the children, its my assumption that they included George, John, Mariah, Elizabeth, Sarah and Lucinda. (All of them except Malinda.) One of my rainy day projects has been to go through the entire Jefferson County Marriage record (earliest records through about 1900) and try and identify which Harris adult / child went with each Harris parent. Some of them are easy and some not so easy. Some just showed up for marriage and then disappeared. In those cases, mainly I find out where the Justice of the Peace or the Minister of the Gospel who performed the ceremony lived and then find out which Harris family lived in the same area. Most of the time this works but it doesn't necessarily account for the blended families (orphaned children) of relatives and so on. Needless to say, I'm still working on the project -- won't finish for another 25 years. Fortunately, Claiborn's 1850 census record has most of his children living around him -- strong indication of relationship but not proof. One of the things that I can't obtain are South Carolina records. So, if there were records from Pendleton District. SC., I can't see them because South Carolina apparently doesn't allow microfilm to be loaned to individual Family History Centers. (I'm not sure why?) Kris >From: "harris220" <harris220@charter.net> >To: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [HH] Re: Miscellaneous Claiborn Harris, Bibb County, AL >Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:43:01 -0700 Kris, Can you provide any additional information on the CT Harris that you mention below such as wife and children? Do you have any record of this CT Harris having a child named Elijah? Vernor >The Justice of the Peace who married them was Benjamin F. >Harris; his residence can be proven through land and census records. He >lived closer to Shelby County than where Claiborn lived. Actually, I >haven't figured out where CT Harris lived but I don't think it was >anywhere close. Just let me know if you want copies of these records. > > >Kris > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ira L. Harris III [mailto:barebear@insightbb.com] >Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:07 PM >To: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [HH] Re: Miscellaneous Claiborn Harris, Bibb County, AL > >Kristina & Others, > >These two Claiborn Harris' are part of my family. This is what I have >been able to find concerning them. > >Claiborn Thompson Harris Jr. b. 1765, Granville Co., N.C. > m. Sept. 27, 1782, Granville Co., N.C. > m. Mary L. Champion > d/o Charles Champion & Ann Carroll > d. 1826, Blount Co., Alabama > Children >Claiborn Thompson Harris III. > >I suspect there were other children, but have not been able to research >possible siblings to C T III. >Mary L. (Champion) Harris died aft. 1834 in Blount County, Alabama >(according to two of my cousins) > >Claiborn Thompson Harris III b. 1786, Warren (formerly Granville) Co., >N.C. > m. Bet. 1808-1809, Pendleton >District, S. C. > m. Mary Lucinda Gillison > d/o James Gillison > d. Abt. 1862, Pontotoc >County, Mississippi > Children >George B., b. 1808, Pendleton Dist., S.C., d. Aft. 1860, Mississippi >Sarah , b. 1809, Pendleton Dist., S.C., d. Abt. 1870, Chickasaw >Co., Ms., married Nicholas Jacks >Jane Gillison, b.1811, Pendleton Dist., S.C., d.1906, Chickasaw Co., >Ms., married William Mathis Jr. >Elizabeth, b. 1813, Pendleton Dist.,S.C., d. ? , married George W. >Cooper >Elijah, b. 1815, Pendleton Dist., S.C., d. ? Texas, married Sarah Doss >& Elizabeth M. _______ >Mariah, b. 1817, Pendleton Dist., S.C., d. ?, married Andrew M. >Youngblood >Malinda, b. 1819, Pendleton Dist., S.C., d. Shelby County, Al., married >Charles Kelly >Lucinda, b. 1820, Pendleton Dist., S.C., d. Aft. 1880, Hunt Co., Tx., >married Isaac Shepherd >John , b. 1824, Jefferson Co., Al., d.? , married Lyviella ______ & >Cindy _________ > >If you can add any information to the above infromation, please contact >me. Here in Indiana it is very hard to get information concerning >Alabama counties. > >I have wondered if Champion Travis Harris, married to Nancy Mock, of >North Carolina is part of this family. > >Any help and insight is appreciated. I am quite willing to share >information. >Ira L. 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