Hi, Harrises, I have a mystery in Wilkes Co., NC during the years of at least 1860-1880. The Columbus FIELDS enumerated in this document was a grandson of Margaret HARRIS Fields [m. Joseph FIELDS. Margaret was the daughter of our William & Sarah {UNK.} HARRIS.] Columbus' parents are unknown, but they were deceased by 1860; he was raised by his great-aunt and uncle, Daniel and Lucy HARRIS FIELDS of Wilkes, probably because Margaret was a widow before 1860 [Lucy was Margaret's sister. John W. Fields, also recorded, was the only son of Daniel & Lucy.] Who are these Harrises, does anyone know??? Anybody out there descended from any of these people? Pam pamstone@digital.net ----- Extracted from National Archives Microfilm Roll T9_0987 1880 Federal Census, Wilkes Co., NC --- Key: Persons listed in households were to be recorded according to residence as of 6/1/1880. Listing consists of Line number, Name of Street if in Cities, House Number if in Cities, Household/Family Number[s], Surname/Given Name, Color [Race], Gender, Age at last birthday, Birth Month if born within the Census Year, Family Position [Relationship to Head of Household], Marital Status, Occupation, Number of Months Unemployed During the Census Year, Physical/Mental Handicaps, Attended School within the Census Year, Cannot read, Cannot write, Place of birth, Father's Place of Birth, Mother's Place of Birth. [Note that, on original census, the notation of "Head" for each household was left blank. For purposes of clarity, I have inserted that position in brackets in the appropriate position in the extraction.] - Gender: M=Male, F=Female Race: W=White, M=Mulatto, B=Black MU=Months Unemployed H=Handicap=[blind, deaf, etc.] AS=Attended school within 1 year CR=Cannot Read; CW=Cannot write b.=Place of Birth --- 1880 Federal Census, Wilkes Co., NC p. 12C (handwritten p. 23) Supervisor's Dist. No. 4, Enum. Dist. No. 204 - Edwards Township Enumerated 18 June 1880 by E. N. Gwyn --- ... - L43 HH #221 Fam. #233 Harris Franklin W M 47 [Head] Married Farmer b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L44 Nelly W F 46 Wife Married Keeping House b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L45 Mahalha Bettie W F 30 Cousin Single [blank] [James Franklin Harris was enumerated September 5, 1860, by Jas. W. Hackett, Asst. Marshal, in the Lower Division of Wilkes Co., NC, p. 68a {handwritten p. 134.} The Post Office cited for the area of their residence was Wilkesboro. Recorded in Household & Family #955, starting on Line 5, James F. Harris was recorded as 26 years of age, Nellie as 23, and their daughter, Nancy as 2 years old. Nellie could not read or write. {Franklin and Nellie's daugther, Nancy, appears in 1880 to be Nancy M., wife of Columbus Fields (below.)} In 1860, James & Nellie's little family was next door to Franklin's apparent parents, James N.? [I.?] Harris, aged 57, and Nancy Harris, aged 52, enumerated in Household & Family #956 with their other children: Lucinda, 31 years of age; Orren, 24; Wyatt, 20; Martha, 17; William, 15; Elijah, 13; and Joseph Harris, 10. Nancy and Wyatt could not read or write. Martha, William, Elijah and Joseph all attended school. James N. and Nancy's household was succeeded by that of their apparent daughter-in-law, a widow. Household & Family #957, beginning on Line 17, was headed by Sarah L. Harris, aged 31; her children were: James, aged 10; Alferd {Alford? Alfred?}, aged 8; Tabitha, 7; Martha, 5, and John Harris, 2. Sarah could not read or write; her oldest three children attended school {Nat. Archives Microfilm Roll #M593_1165.} I have not located James Franklin & Nelly Harris in 1870. James N.? [I.?] & Nancy Harris were living with their family in 1870 in Mulberry Township, Wilkes Co., recorded on August 26th, 1870, Census, p. 338A. In Household & Family #66, starting on Line 14, James N. was 67 years of age, Nancy was 62, Lucinda 41, Martha 27, Elijah 23, Rebecca 21, John W. 12, and Martha M. Harris, 10 years old. All of these family members were born in North Carolina. The last two children were clearly grandchildren; John W. was probably also one, likely Sarah's son. Rebecca was probably Elijah's wife. Whether James N. Harris was somehow related to our Harris line is unknown to me; if they were not related, it is quite a coincidence that James N.'s granddaughter would end up married to Columbus F. Fields.] - L46 HH #222 Fam. #234 Fields Columbus F. W M 28 [Head] Married Farmer b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L47 Nancy M. W F 22 Wife Married Keeping House b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC [HARRIS] L48 Melia E. W F 3 Dau. Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L49 Lula A. W F 2/12 b. April Dau. Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L50 Sarah W F 62 Aunt Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC [Daughter of Daniel Fields & Lucinda "Lucy" Harris] --- 1880 Federal Census, Wilkes Co., NC p. 12D (handwritten p. 24) - L1 [HH #222] Fields Elizabeth W F 53 Aunt Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC [Daughter of Daniel Fields & Lucinda "Lucy" Harris] L2 Wilborn Martin A. W M 18 Hired Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC - L3 HH #223 Fam. #235 Fields John W. W M 51 [Head] Married Farmer b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC [Son of Daniel Fields & Lucinda "Lucy" Harris] L4 Charity W F 51 Wife Married Keeping House b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC L5 Shore Nancy E. W F 18 [blank] Single [blank] b. NC Father b. NC Mother b. NC - ... ======================= [END OF POSTING.]