Dear Harris-Hunters, If you have information to add (or delete) from this biography of Frederick Harris, please share with all of us. E.W.Wallace      FREDERICK HARRIS OF LOUISA CO., VA   (Apparently died after Aug 1774 and well before 1784)    Brother of Benjamin Harris and Robert Harris, presumably his contemporaries in colonial Louisa Co., VA.  He apparently lived in Louisa Co. (see note)        It is stated in the will of Benjamin Harris, Trinity Parish, Louisa Co., dated 30 July 1765 and recorded 14 Oct 1765, that his brothers were Frederick Harris and Robert Harris.  The latter two men plus Benjamin's wife Mary were to be executors.  Witnesses were James Overton, Charles Nuckolls, and Mary Ratliff.   (Louisa Co. Wills Bk 1-72 on FHL film 32,191). 1785     Louisa Co. Will Bk 1-72 "Will of Benjamin Harris of Trinity Parish.  Wife Mary. 3 sons:  Robert, eldest son Overton & ---.  Dau:  Nancy.  Lands to be divided among my eldest son Overton & son Robert at death of my wife.  Excrs:  wife Mary Harris & two brothers:  Frederick Harris & Robert Harris.  Signed:  Benjamin Harris.  Wit:  James Overton, Charles Nuckolls, Mary Ratlif.  Dated 30 July 1765.  Rcd 14 Oct 1765." (Nancy Chappelear & Kate Binford Hatch, ABSTRACTS OF LOUISA COUNTY WILL BOOKS , p. 13) The name of the child omitted in the above abstract apparently is Benjamin, as indicated in the guardian bond, Louisa Co. 13 Mar 1774. The relationship of Frederick to Benjamin Harris is implied (not proved) in this excerpt: p. 53 [of Guardian records]  Gdn. Bond.  Frederick Harriss Gdn to Overton, Robert, Benjamen & Nancy Harriss Orphans of Benja. Harriss Dec'd; 2,000 pds currt. money.  Sec.  David Anderson & Garrett Minor.  13 Mar 1774 (Rosalie Edith Davis, WHERE HAVE ALL THE CHILDREN GONE?.... [Manchester, MO:  Published by author, 1980], p. 8)      Frederick, then, apparently is one of the sons of William Harris and Temperance Overton of colonial Hanover Co., VA.  He apparently died in Louisa Co. and his will is recorded in book Louisa Co. WB 5-20.   However, WB 5 reportedly begins in 1801, and it is doubtful Frederick Harris, brother of Major Robert Harris lived that long.  More research is needed.  (Had the probate extended that long?  Possibly because the children were minors.) A Different Frederick Harris?      Little is known of one Frederick Harris  of Louisa Co., VA, who owned land in Kentucky.  According to abstractor Mrs. Ardery, citation below, he had at least two sons:  Richard and Richmond.  Frederick and his sons were associated with members of the Overton family, implying that there may have been a relationship with the family of William Harris (qv) and his wife Temperance Overton, but the relationship, if any, is unknown.  The transactions of these three men, Frederick, Richmond and Richard are combined here.      An early Kentucky land record signed by Richmond Harris:      "Ky. Land Office - VA Surveys, Bk. 11, pg. 87 - Wm. B. Harris and Jas. Overton's Hrs., assee [assignee] of Wm. Steward, assee, of David Tanner, assee of Emanuel Kelly, assee of Chas. Patterson, 1800 A. part of a 2000 A. entry, part of Treasury Warrant 10694, located in Mercer Co. on Kentucky River, adjoining Isaac Winston and Ann Poage, 24 Jan 1789.  Richmond Harris assigns one-half of land in within plat mentioned to James Overton, Jr., and desires to register grant accordingly.  25 Feb 1789.  /s/ Richmond Harris."       The author adds:  "Richmond Harris was the son of Frederick Harris of Louisa Co., VA; see Franklin Co. [KY] deeds." The deeds are not included in Vol. II.   It appears from court minutes concerning guardianship of Frederick Harris's children that Richmond Harris may NOT be the son of this earlier Frederick Harris of pre-Revolutionary Louisa Co.  If he is, then he must have been of age when the elder Frederick died after 1774 and thus does not appear in the guardian accounts given in this bio and that of Frederick's widow.      From Louisa Co. DB G-422 Frederick Harris of Louisa appts son Richard Harris, his atty. in fact to convey his KY lands, 4 Mar 1794. It is doubtful Frederick Harris in this DB G of 1794 is the same as the earlier Frederick Harris, unless the power of attorney dtd 1794 was not recorded at the time of execution which may have occurred earlier.      Frederick, then, had a son Richard, who was appointed attorney by not only his father but also by Richmond Harris.   There were many other Harris males in Louisa Co., identities unknown.  However, one suspects that they were interrelated.  Other references to residents of Louisa Co. are found in these deeds or other records.     Ct. Bk B, p. 98, 5 Sep 1798 [county not stated by author, but presumably Louisa Co.]:  "Richmond Harris to John Overton of Fayette Co., KY, 250 A. located in Mercer Co. on South side of K[entuck]y River, consideration of $500.000.         (Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, "Harris Notes," KENTUCKY COURT AND OTHER RECORDS [Baltimore:  GPC, 1979], P. 170) Was His Wife A Terrell? From Louisa Co. deeds in the late 1740s on, we learn that a Richmond Terrell was a neighbor of the Harrises, at least a neighbor of Frederick Harris.  From time to time Terrell witnessed their deeds, and they reciprocated.   However, there seem to have been a father and a son of the same name.  Louisa Co. DB C1/2-49, 13 Nov 1764, shows Richmond Terrell of New Kent Co., Blissland Par. "for love and affection" deeding to his son Richmond "all the lands I possess in Louisa Co. and Hanover Co." together with eight named slaves. Among the witnesses was Frederick Harris. Later, there are references to Richmond Terrell, dec'd, so that we assume that the father had died, but the younger Richmond Terrell continued to appear in the deeds from time to time.   Frederick Harris, along with Garrett Minor and Z. Lewis, were executors of of one Richmond Terrill, deceased, of St. Martin's Par., Louisa Co.  Whether this refers to the older Terrill or his son is not known.  (DB D1/2, dated 23 Dec 1771).  Because Frederick Harris, probably the elder one, was an executor, the deduction is made that there was a close familial relationship to the Terrells.  A Younger Frederick Harris of Louisa Co.? A marriage recorded in Louisa Co., VA indicates that a Frederick Harris had a daughter Jemima Harris.  The relationship of the bride and groom to each other is unknown, and the sureties' relationships to either bride or groom is also unknown. 15 October 1789  Overton Harris and Jemima Harris, daughter of Frederick Harris.  Sur.  Robert Harris, Jr. and Ann O. Harris  p. 46 (Kathleen Booth Williams, MARRIAGES OF LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA [1959], p 50) Question:  Is this Overton Harris the son of the deceased Benjamin Harris, brother of Robert Harris and of Frederick Harris?  If so, he would be marrying his own first cousin, a not unusual event in colonial days.