Preparer:  Evelyn W. Wallace, Dec 1995  Added to Nov 2007        DABNEY HARRIS.  WIR2020  Little is known of Dabney Harris.  His birthdate, of 15 Dec 1745, apparently unconfirmed, is taken from DAR application 598925.  Those of his siblings and most of the marriages are given, indicating the applicant MAY have used a Bible record.  This is an old DAR number and was submitted when genealogical standards were not as strict as they have become in the last decades.  Nonetheless, when there were not so many generations to document, the information may be more or less accurate      In Nov 1774 Dabney was witness in Albemarle Co., VA to a will of one William Blackwell, written 23 Nov 1774, proved Mar court 1775.  Other witnesses were Philip Thurmon and James Gardner.       (J. Estelle Stewart King, ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, INVENTORIES AND ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA 1748-1800 [Beverly Hills, CA, 1940], p. 22)      Dabney apparently moved to Surry Co., NC.(1) He is found on the 1782 Surry Co. tax list Surry Co. NC was formed 1770 from Rowan Co., wich was a huge county at its beginning. (Clarence E. Ratcliff, North Carolina Taxpayers 1679-1790 [Baltimore  Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987], V. 2 (Other Harris males on the tax list of that county in 1782 were:  James, John, Mary, Nathaniel, Robert.  Whether they are related to Dabney Harris is unknown.)  His name appears in Madison Co., KY Grant Deed Index.  Dabney Harris, grantor; Christopher Harris, grantee; C-381, 9 Mar 1795; recorded 5 May 1795; power of attorney.  His father Chrsitopher Harris was deceased, and Christopher Harris in this document is a younger Christopher Harris, as stated, the son of Dabney Harris.      "Know all men by these presents that I Dabney Harris of Surry County, North Carolina for sundry [reasons?] etc do constitute and appoint my son and Friend Christopher Harris of the said county & state my true & lawfull attorney to act demand sue for recover & ... of Christopher Harris & Foster Jones of Madison County & in the State of Kentucke  Exrs to the Estate of my Deceased Father all such Legacys as may be due to me on that behalf? hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my said Attorney may do in and touching Premises in as full and Ample manner as though I were personally present in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this ninth (?] day of March one Thousand seven hundred and ninety four.  /s/ Dabney Harris  Teste Reuben Canterbury, John Canterbury, J. P. ----"      A Dabney Harris is listed in the 1820 census of Kentucky as being in Pulaski Co., but we have no idea whether he is the son of Christopher.  A Christopher Harris is also listed in Pulaski Co.; possibly he is the son of Dabney Harris.  More research is needed.  It is known that Wayne Co., KY was formed from Pulaski Co. in 1800.  Pulaski Co. was formed 1798 from Green and Lincoln Cos.  Records may be found in any or all of these counties. Some Background Info (1)  On Family Tree Maker CD ROM CENSUS INDEX:  COLONIAL AMERICA 1607-1789, he is listed in ... North Carolina, Hardin's District. An e-mail from geharris@juno.com dated 7/2/03 gives this information: "Surry Co. NC abstracts:  Deed books D, E and F (1779-1797 6 Aug 1793 Dabney Harris to John Personate, for 75 pounds, 95 acres adjacent Jesse Franklin and Mark Kenned(a)y.  Wits (X) James Franklin, Thomas Ross, William Snow. Signed Dabney Harris (this land was most likely on Butler creek)" Dabney Harris is on 1782 Surry Co. tax list; Capt. Humphries District:  Dabney has one horse, 2 cows and 100 acres (no location given) An earlier indication of Dabney's linkage to Albemarle Co. was also sent by geharris, date not noted: Albemarle Co., VA Will Book 2, pg 322.  Will of William Blackwell. Wife Sarah to have estate during her life, and at her decease it is to be divided among all my children (not named).  Exrs:  Wife, son Armistead Blackwell and William Blackwell.  Wit:  Dabney Harris, Philip Thurmon(d) and James Gardner. geharris also sent some excerpts from Wilkes Co. NC county court minutes, Vol I & II, 1778-1788 listing Dabney Harris, among many others to serve on road juries in Apr 1785 and again Jan 1787.  A place mentioned in these road orders:  Mitchel's River. (Thanks to those who contributed to this history.)  E.W.Wallace T