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    1. [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Harris Deeds (and probably witnesses) in Louisa Co. VA
    2. EVELYN WALLACE
    3. Thanks for all the communications (mostly by US Postal service) I have received from various persons wishing me good (or better) health.  Next week I start chemotherapy again.  Thank you for your good wishes. In the meantime, in trying to straighten up all my loose papers, I ran across this handwritten list which I have labeled: Harris - Louisa Co. VA Deed Book E & F, 1774-1790 (This time period began just before the American Revolution and came up to the early United States. Louisa Co. was a parent county of Albemarle Co, and was a progeny county of Hanover Co. VA.  Unfortunately, Hanover Co. is one of the unfortunate *burned counties* of war-torn Virginia. I wrote out this list of Harrises, taken from the surname index of this book: Rosalie Edith Davis, Louisa County, Virginia Deed Books E & F 1774-1790 [Manchester, MO, 1983, published by author] Mrs. Davis is no longer handling orders but someone else seems to have taken over that job  Perhaps a google.org search will help you locate the present dealer.  These books on Louisa Co. and one of surviving records of that *burned county* Hanover are paperback, but Mrs. Davis did a very careful job of abstracting the records, which she located in Virginia in what is now the Library of Virginia.  Perhaps your local librarian can help you locate some copies of these paperback books, but also a google.com search may help. As is expected, the Harris grantors, grantees, and witnesses are mostly male.  As noted, this index is for later residents of Louisa Co. From the index of cited book: Harris - 30,50,69 Anna 71,95 Archelus 3,90 Benjamin 68      (after this name I seem to have inserted a note about a land patent; PB 31-p 745)  An abstract will be under Land Records on the Library of Virginia website.  Of course, the colonial Virginia Harrises will be listed at the tail end of all other Harrises, who may have been acquiring land patents as late as 2012!!!  I use my copies of Cavaliers and Pioneers [8 volumes now] almost daily as my Dad had a good many colonial virginia ancestors.) Cornelius 26, 27, 29, 37,78,89,90,100 Edward 68,99 Elizabeth 27,30,52 Frederick 8,12,21,27,28,33,49,55,75,76,78,79,81,96,97 Frederick 63 Harrison 40,115,118 Hermnaretta 60    [you can guess this is Henrietta] Hudson 42 James  60,63,85 Job  51  Jr 52, 53 John 23, 84,100   Children of 118 Katurah   78,89,90 Lucy  23 Mezapina   78 Micajah    8,16,30,56,60,71,95 Moses  52,72 Nathan  33,51,52,53,72 Nathaniel  30,72 Nath  11 Neil  37 Nelson  99, 106 Overton  60  Jr.  31,63 Robert  18,31,37,78,82,97  Jr  85  Sr 74 Samuel  56,60,63  Alias Matthews   69 Thomas 27 William 2,8,15,27,30,43,47,52,60,63,77,79,80,84,85,88,98,116 Zephaniah  69 Harris Creek 15,16,30,33,43,107 E.W.Wallace If I am not too disabled by chemotherapy I MAY be able to answer questions if you have time to wait for answers.

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