Noticed with interest Ira L. Harris III's recent postings re: Harrises in Bedford County Tn in 1861 and 1863. My great grandfather Benjamin W. Harris left Cherokee County NC in 1863, settling in Bedford County, TN that same year. He lived the remainder of his life there (d) 30 June, 1905. His residence was about a mile from Wartrace, going toward Fairfield. I feel that there must have been HARRIS' and other relatives living there who influenced him, his wife Susan Elizabeth FORRESTER and their young family to make this move but so far I have not found proof. Benjamin W. Harris' father was William (Henry?) Harris, his mother Mary (Burton?). The federal census record of 1850 shows that Benjamin and all his siblings, except the last one, were born in Iredell County NC and that his father William was born in Campbell County, VA ca 1798. I would like to hear from anyone who has any information about this family. Burton Harris >From: "Ira L. Harris III" <barebear@evansville.net> >Reply-To: barebear@evansville.net >To: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [HH] Will Abstract: John T. Harris, Bedford County, Tennessee, >1863 >Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 20:33:47 -0500 (CDT) > >Source: Bedford County, Tennessee Wills > & Vital Records from Newspapers > Compiled by Helen C. & Timothy R. Marsh > Indexed by Timothy J. Edwards > Southern Historical Press, Inc. > Greenville, South Carolina, 1996 > >Page 175 --- JOHN T. HARRIS, 25 September 1863 >Son Lewis H. Harris gets the tract I now live on. Daughter Martha A. >Harris and her two children is to get the mansion house, if she >remains single. Daughter-in-law Elizabeth C. Harris to get the place >where she now lives for four years. Executor: Friend James P. >Taylor. Witnesses: William Taylor and Thomas Tarpley. Probated >November 1868. > > >Please route any comments concerning these Harris' through HH or H-Tn >so that others may be helped. > >Ira L. Harris III >Evv., In. > > >==== HARRIS-HUNTERS Mailing List ==== >HH Archives: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >HH Site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~confido/hindex2.htm >HH Data Base: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=harrishunters > _________________________________________________________________ See when your friends are online with MSN Messenger 6.0. Download it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com