Dear Pat and other interested Harris-Hunters of the Southern states: As I study records of old (colonial) Granville co. NC, I keep tripping over the name Leminder Harris (female).  If any Harris-Hunters have books of old Granville Co. NC compiled years ago by Zae Hargett Gwynn (now in reprint, I believe), they will note that name associated with males Harrises. Leminder was a female. Here is a later Harris record (marriage) of post-Revolutionary Granville Co. David Harris to Lemender Harris. Bond dated;  Dec 28, 1783. Signed by David his x mark Harris and John Hawkins.  Wit:  Bennet Sercy.  (Thomas McAdory Owen, HIstory and Genealogies of Old Granville County, North Carolina, 1746-1800 [Greenvile, SC:  Southern Historical Press 1993]p. 80) However, there was an earlier Leminder Harris in the same county (pre-Revolution). I will not cite the whole will of George Jordan Sr. of Granville Co. Will dat. March 30, 1751 which was witnessed by:  Robt. Harris, Leminder (sic) Harris, Mary Harris.  The estate was inventoried and ret. to Feby Ct, 1762.  [Owen, op cit, p. 53] If some colonial Harrises are missing in Virginia, look for them in North Carolina.  According to Helen Leary, author, lecturer, editor (I think of of her as Mrs. North Carolina genealogy) many settlers of North Carolina came from Virginia, as approaching North Carolina by the Atlantic Ocean is quite dangerous because of the barrier islands. For those willing to search North Carolina for missing Virginians, you may begin your search by using the digitized State and Colonial Records of North Carolina (many print volumes)as digitized and FREE by the Univ. of North Carolina.  Also there is a good Granville Co. genforum. Many colonial familes of James River area and south of the James, as their families got larger--and there were sons to be provided for--migrated to North Carolina.  Primogeniture was the law in Virginia, and also one was supposed to be a member of the Anglican church.  North Carolina had no such restrictions.  (in fact, my family who migrated there in the 1750s, seems to have constructed a race track prior to finishing a church.) E.W.Wallace  ________________________________ From: "PatCLARE@aol.com" <PatCLARE@aol.com> To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2012 8:11 AM Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Robert Harris/Lemander Smith We currently have two men in the Harris DNA project in this line who match  each other (cousins) but not any other Harris Group.  Robert Harris/Lemander Smith line 1) Robert b. 1710 m. Lemender Smith 2) Christopher b. 1730 m. Katherine _____, d. 1804 Elbert, GA 3) William C. (William Chistopher) b. 1777 VA, d. 1846 Madison, MO, m.  Ruth Wilson d. 1814 Webster, GA, m. Frances Neal d. ca 1850 Madison, MO.  Substitute for John F. Wilson Ft. Winchester, KY War 1812, was in Madison, MO by  1818 4) William Ira b. 1823 Madison, MO, d. 1907 Washington, IL m. Eliza  Johnson d. ca 1895 5) George Washington b. 1861 Washington, IL, d. 1960 Barton, MO, m.  Lidia Meffert, d. 1957 Barton, MO 6) Homer b. 1892 Washington, IL, d. 1971 Barton, MO, m. Effie Hunter d.  1972 Barton, MO 7) Dalton b. 1922 Barton, MO, d. 2007 Barton, MO, m. Mary Jo  Frow 7)Dwain b. 1923 Barton, MO, d. 1999 Barton, MO, m. Ruth Deragowski 8) DNA donor 1  is son of Dalton and DNA donor 2  is son of Dwain  (YDNA donors) It would be good to get another descendant of Robert Harris/Lemander Smith  to test to confirm this line. Even a female from this line could do the Family Finder and contribute  needed information. Pat Harris ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message