To Chuck Gibson's recent query about an Elizabeth Harris who married a Tyre Davis. Chuck wrote: Uriah Davis Married Elizabeth Harris November 29, 1812 in Madison County, Kentucky Bond By : John Harris - November 27, 1812 Oath of age for Bride By : John Harris I don't have a complete list of their children but my line is Tyre Davis. Elizabeth Harris was born in N.C. What relation John is, I don't know. My response: As far as can be determined from the abstract which I have of Tryee Harris's Caswell Co., NC will, he had no daughter named Elizabeth. I think your supposition that Elizabeth was born in North Carolina may be a stab in the dark. Tyree Harris, formerly of colonial Louisa Co. and Albemarle Co., VA, but who migrated to Orange Co., NC in the 1760s, had a brother, Christopher Harris (d. ca 1796 in Madison Co., KY) who migrated to Madison Co., KY. As far as I can determine, many of Christopher's older children married in Virginia and not in Madison Co., KY. However, some of his younger children (19 children by two wives) did marry in Madison Co., KY. A flying guess: The Elizabeth Harris to whom you refer may be a daughter of Christopher Harris of Madison Co., and John Harris MAY be her brother. This is just a supposition--one has to form hypothesis in order to test it against the official records. You will have to study the Davis line (gosh, is that as hard as the Harrises?) Here is some info about the will of Tryee Harris of Caswell Co., NC: Will of Tyree Harris In his will, made 1 Sep 1786 and recorded in Caswell Co., NC will book B-162, Tyree named as executors his son Tyree and his son Simpson as well as his son-in-law, Cornelius Dabney.+ His children were Nancy Abercrombie; Frances, wife of Cornelius Dabney; sons Tyree, Simpson, Robert (to receive land in Rockingham Co. on Little Troublesome Cr.) Other daughters were Ede Harris (wife of Duke Williams), Liddy Harris. He named a grandson William Chapman Abercromby. Tyree's first wife is said to have been Elizabeth Chapman. I have no information concerning her maiden name, but there is a Virginia deed in which Tyree's wife Elizabeth relinquishes her dower. The fact that a grandson has the middle name Chapman gives a possible hint that there may be a connection to the Chapman family, but such naming patterns are NOT reliable clues. About Christopher Harris of Madison Co., KY: He had a daughter named Elizabeth (named in his will), but I have no information about a marriage. She was not given a married name in the will of Christopher Harris. Christopher also had a son named Tyree. Suggestion: As I have time (increasingly rare these days with multiple duties), I am slowly going through the deeds of Madison Co., KY which have been filmed or held by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The deed indexes (both grantor and grantee) have been beautifully typed and one can frequently determine family relationships from these deeds. Especially if (at least in Madison Co., Kentucky) there is a commissioner's deed. Such a deed is generally a partition deed in which the heirs of a decedent are selling the property, sometimes to another heir or two. Some of the heirs may even be from out of state (Missouri, for instance), although the deed may not state the residence. (I found out by checking census indexes.) If you are serious about finding out about this couple who married in Madison Co., I suggest you try to borrow films from Salt Lake City of the grantor and grantee deed indexes and search for the surnames of interest to you. If you have not read deed indexes before, you will have train yourself to read them, but once you have done that, you will be able to spot the names for which you search. Happy hunting! E.W.Wallace If you find out that the Elizabeth Harris of Madison Co. to whom you refer is daughter of Christopher Harris, please let me know. All Tyree Harrises are not necessarily linked. I am told by e-mail correspondents that there are living persons bearing that name. Tyree is a favorite name among Harrises, and among their kin, but trying to unravel their lineages would be extremely time-consuming!!! Here is some information about one Tyree Harris, the son of Christopher Harris of Madison Co., KY: Tyree Harris & Sarah Garland, 28 May 1803; Higgason Harris was bondsman; Thomas Garland, father of the bride. Returned 2 Jun 1803. E.W.Wallace