Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to the names of his children and wife?   Have a good day, Anne >________________________________ > From: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net> >To: Ira Harris <barebear@insightbb.com>; Harris Hunters <Harris-Hunters@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:10 PM >Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info > >Of course, Ira, you know there is a genforum for Edgecombe Co. NC  However,--dismay--it has not been updated since 2009.  Does your local library have the online database called HeritageQuest?.  There are lots of county histories (out of copyright) which have been digitized.  There is a county history of Edgecombe Co. on HQ  I don't know how useful it is.  Also, an e-mail friend of mine (and a distant relative of colonial Granville Co.,NC and afterwards of Henderson C., KY) Deloris Williams has her name on the genforum for Edgecombe Co.  She lives in Illinois, but she is an enthusiastic genealogist and may be able to give you some guidance on your Edgecombe Co. Harrises.  Also, surprisingly, some common folk appear in the 26 [is that right?] volumes of the Colonial and State Papers of North Carolina.  The volumes have been digitized by the Univ. of North Carolina, and I have been surprised by some of the material I have found there (in some of >the old hard copies which I stumbled on in my [not then remodeled] local LDS family history center.  According to Helen M. Leary (Mrs North Carolina genealogy as far as I am concerned) most North Carolinians came from Virginia.  Even those in western NC may have come the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia--including the Boones and the Morgans and the Linvilles and even later some of my Moravian folk.  Access to North Carolina from the Atlantic was hampered by the barrier islands off the coast of NC.  I think I read that is called the Graveyard of Ships.  I know that the vacation homes on those islands get blown away every now and then by hurricanes.  Be sure to use google.books to prowl.  I am amazed how many of some of the Genealogical  Publ. Co. books appear, but according to Dick Eastman's recent newsletter [free except the Plus edition] that may change. > > >Evelyn   > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

Hi Anne,     I do not know if this is the Capt. William Harris you are looking for, but my William Harris who was born in 1716 was married to Mary Netherland. There is some problem in tracing him back to Capt Thomas Harris. William lived in Albemarle County, Virginia. His children were William Harris Jr., Sarah Harris, Matthew Harris, Benjamin Harris. Let me know if this helps. My home phone number is 305 233-2272. Diane D. Holmes       ________________________________ From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, August 29, 2012 12:29:08 AM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as to the names of his children and wife?   Have a good day, Anne >________________________________ > From: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net> >To: Ira Harris <barebear@insightbb.com>; Harris Hunters ><Harris-Hunters@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 7:10 PM >Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info > >Of course, Ira, you know there is a genforum for Edgecombe Co. NC  >However,--dismay--it has not been updated since 2009.  Does your local library >have the online database called HeritageQuest?.  There are lots of county >histories (out of copyright) which have been digitized.  There is a county >history of Edgecombe Co. on HQ  I don't know how useful it is.  Also, an e-mail >friend of mine (and a distant relative of colonial Granville Co.,NC and >afterwards of Henderson C., KY) Deloris Williams has her name on the genforum >for Edgecombe Co.  She lives in Illinois, but she is an enthusiastic genealogist >and may be able to give you some guidance on your Edgecombe Co. Harrises.  Also, >surprisingly, some common folk appear in the 26 [is that right?] volumes of the >Colonial and State Papers of North Carolina.  The volumes have been digitized by >the Univ. of North Carolina, and I have been surprised by some of the material I >have found there (in some of >the old hard copies which I stumbled on in my [not then remodeled] local LDS >family history center.  According to Helen M. Leary (Mrs North Carolina >genealogy as far as I am concerned) most North Carolinians came from Virginia.  >Even those in western NC may have come the Shenandoah Valley of >Virginia--including the Boones and the Morgans and the Linvilles and even later >some of my Moravian folk.  Access to North Carolina from the Atlantic was >hampered by the barrier islands off the coast of NC.  I think I read that is >called the Graveyard of Ships.  I know that the vacation homes on those islands >get blown away every now and then by hurricanes.  Be sure to use google.books to >prowl.  I am amazed how many of some of the Genealogical  Publ. Co. books >appear, but according to Dick Eastman's recent newsletter [free except the Plus >edition] that may change. > > > >Evelyn   > >------------------------------- >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 > > > ------------------------------- 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