Need any help I can get on my Harrison Line. Do any of these names look familiar? Descendants of Nathaniel Harrison 1 Nathaniel Harrison b: 1715 in Charles City, VA .. +Rachel Harrison m: ABT 1733 ....... 2 Joseph Harrison b: October 8, 1735 in Charles City County, VA d: August 27, 1811 in Leicester, NC, Buncombe Co ........... +Margaret Hill b: August 15, 1770 in York County, SC m: January 16, 1787 in Rutherford, NC, Rutherford Co d: October 2, 1842 in Buncombe County, NC

Steven, All the names are very family but can you give me a rundown of where your William Harrison and his descendants are from? April In a message dated 10/15/1999 6:51:18 AM, DavidBotts@aol.com writes: >This is Stephen from the Harrison side based on what we have so far in >the >Database of One Million Claimed Relations: >

This came across as "file not found." AOL reports the problem is with them or with the file itself.

Hi All....In John Alcock's book "Five Generations of Burr Harrison" it seems he missed a child of WILLIAM BUTLER HARRISON born 11 Feb, 1759 Stafford Co. VA and married PENELOPE RUSSELL March 8, 1783. William died in Loudoun County VA 8Mar 1835. Alcock mentions children Harriot, Thomas Grayson, Juliet, William B. Jr. and Sarah Ann Amelia, Benjamin and Alfred. But not my ggg grandfather RUSSELL BUTLER HARRISON who married MARY ELIZA WAGENER (another Burr Harrison descendent) and lived in Fauquier Co and Loudoun Co. On the 1820 census they were in Loudoun Co but both were dead by 1841 and most likely 1837 by deed records. Proof of RUSSELL BUTLER HARRISON's relationship to WILLIAM BUTLER HARRISON lies in William's will dated 1835 Will book W page 54 for Loudoun County, VA. This oversight held me back for awhile and may be holding others back. I would love to hear from anyone about this family. Children of RUSSELL BUTLER HARRISON and MARY ELIZA (WAGENER) HARRISON were..... . 1. WILLIAM B. HARRISON born Aug 10, 1816 Fauquier County VA married HANNAH E. HAYES born ca 1818 (she is a descendent of the Virginia EWELL family. 2. MARY F. E. HARRISON married WILLIAM F. PURCELL 3. JULIA A. HARRISON married THOMAS J. MURRAY 4. MARGARET HARRISON married BERTRAND HAYES (Hannah's (1) brother,) Hope this helps someone. Look forward to hearing from you..... Marianne Lefever Harden meme2@sprintmail.com

Hi All, This list is reserved for discussions about HARRISON genealogy ONLY. Please be courteous in all messages to the List and its participants. FLAMES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Flamers will be banned from participation on this List. We are all here to help each other so let's PLEASE resume our friendly helpful atmosphere and keep the topics relevant to the HARRISON surname. You should post your "Roll Call" items on our Bulletin Board at Rootsweb: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Harrison If you have NEVER posted your Harrison Family to our list, then please DO post your Harrison family to our List. Your family may help us in our research. But ONCE is enough unless you have found new info or notice a possible connection. Remember that there are more than 500 researchers subscribed to this List with hard drives getting full. Let's not make it full of redundant info. All messages posted to this List are archived at: June 1996 through March 1999 http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/HarrList/maillist.html April 1999 to present: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/HARRISON-L Browse at your leisure and contact the submittors of the articles of interest. We are trying to determine an easy to manage method to create and maintain a listing of HARRISON researchers with some specifics that we can put on our website. Hopefully a solution will be forth coming for the next Millenium. If you have suggestions, please send privately to me rbonner@imail.ouhsc.edu. Thank you for your support! becky Becky Bass Bonner Email: rbonner@imail.ouhsc.edu old:rbonner@rex.ouhsc.edu Home of the *HARRISON* Repository http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/harintro.htm My Family WWW: http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/index.htm Data Managed by me and my mom Josephine Lindsay Bass (jbass@digital.net)

Hi! Call me stupid/naive but when the first "Tell Me Your Names" request came in I never assumed the person asking was going do my research. Personally I never seem to have enough time to finish all the research I would like to do on my family, While I am researching I am always on the look out for not only my direct line but for others as well. I often run across bits and pieces of "interesting" info for others from names and places that have stuck in my mind from researching and reading the things posted by people with the same surname(s) or geographical background as my own such as this Harrison list. Now I'm not sure actually what was asked for a roll call or personal family histories..........I guess I don't really know the difference? But I do know this.......Some one will answer my question calling me stupid and that I should keep my amateurish boring questions at home and off this site!.............BUT someone will understand having not known once themselves and nicely answer my question, from above and I will have what I wanted my AWNSER. I thought what was wanted was to have more knowledge of the different people, places, things Harrison being researched by list members so that they would have things tucked away in their mind that they might later run across for someone while doing their own research. What ever the question was or was not that started everyone posting their personal Harrison histories........I thought it was great reading about everyone's different Harrison lines personal or other wise for 2 reasons: the first so that maybe I can help someone else in my searches and second because it was exciting thinking that just maybe the next post I read could be the missing family in which I have been seeking! Thank you! to everyone who replied by sending in your HARRISONS I enjoyed the reading. Jennifer Ann Bessire Harvey

Hello - I'm new to the list. Looking for any family ties from HARRISON to MCEWEN in the Tennessee or Mississippi areas. The timeframes would be early to late 1800's, most probably around Franklin Co.,TN and Panola or Lafayette Co. in MS. Can anybody help?? Thanks, Bill

I don't know why everyone is getting so upset over an obvious misunderstanding. We have a roll call going on now for whatever reason and there's nothing wrong with that. If you don't want to read messages RE something just delete them. There was a roll call on another list recently and I got quite a few leads from it. Karen BC Canada

I thought it was 'roll call' too. Definitely didn't mean for you to do work for me.(Unless there was an obvious connection) Karen BC Canada > In a message dated 10/16/99 10:56:59 AM Central Daylight Time, TooFem@aol.com > writes: > > << I appreciate all the faith some of you have put in me, asking that I > research > your Harrison branches. As much as I would like to, I don't have the time > to > answer all of your requests. >> > > Guess I misunderstood earlier messages - I thought this was a "roll call" and > not a request for you to do the research for anyone else. > > --part1_0.cefeb839.253a111b_boundary-- > > ______________________________

Little to add, but I have paid a bit of attention to Grigsbys because of a friend and colleague with whom in interned in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1945-46. Dr. Grogsby was from Oklahoma and attended Medical School there. A real nice guy but we lost touch when I wnet in the Army and I think he went into teh Navy. I think I recall some Grigsbys in Abbevville, and perhaps Edgefield SC. sjortly after the Revolution and I think they were connected to Harrisons there. I never pursued this because I did not see any likely conenction. Since they were from Staford Co. VA and so were the Burr Harrison line. So a good bet that Phoebe Harrison was from there. On the other hand Phoebe was a name used in the Long Grey Trail famly and Rockbridge was closeby, so ??? CWJ TooFem@aol.com wrote: > Researchers: > MARILYN PARKER > 3431 SLY PARK RD > POLLOCK PINES CA 95726 > > ALBERTA LEE CARTER > P. O. BOX 7294 > SANTA ROSA, CA 95407-0294 > > William GRIGSBY > Born: 1725 Of, Stafford, Virginia > Died: 1804 > Son of William W. & Margaret Ursley Or Ursley V. MANN GRIGSBY > Married: 1748 Sarah OWENS St Pauls Parish, Stafford, Virginia > Born: 1725 Of, Stafford, Virginia > Married: 1748 St Pauls Parish, Stafford, Virginia - > Children of William & Sarah OWENS GRIGSBY > 1. Benjamin GRIGSBY > Born: 1751 Stafford, , Virginia > > 2. Horatio GRIGSBY > Born: 1750 Stafford, , Virginia > Died: 1794 Ft. Meigs, , Ohio > Buried: Ft. Meigs, , Ohio > Married: Susannah OWENS > Born: 1760 Maryland > > 3. Aaron GRIGSBY > Born: 7 Dec 1757 Stafford, VA > Died: 20 Jan 1836 Lynnville, Giles, TN > Buried: Giles, , Tennessee > Married: Bef 1781 Phoebe HARRISON VA > Born: 1756 Va> > Died: 1839 Lynnville, Giles, TN > Buried: Giles, , Tennessee > Children > a. William J. GRIGSBY > Born: < 1796 <Wythe, Rockbridge, Va> > > b. Amos GRIGSBY > Born: 1783 Stafford, , VA > Died: 3 Sep 1866 Giles, TN > Married: Sarah Unknown > > c. George GRIGSBY > Born: 1781 Stafford, VA > Died: Aft 1850 Polk, MO > Married: 27 Jun 1837 Rebecca JAMES Blount, TN > > d. Nancy Jane GRIGSBY > Born: 1792 Rockbridge, VA > Died: 26 Apr 1855 > Married: John BROWNLOW > > e. Samuel Harrison GRIGSBY > Born: 18 Sep 1794 Wythe, Rockbridge, VA > Died: 28 Mar 1873 Yountville, Napa, CA > Buried: Yountville Cem, Napa County, California > Married: 4 Dec 1814 Mary "Polly" LINDSEY Roane, TN > ------------------------------------------------ > Researcher: rkcrosby@worldnet.att.net > Aaron Grigsby > Son of William Grigsby & Sarah Owens > Married: BEF 1781 Phoebe Harrison VA > Children: > William J. Grigsby > Amos Grigsby > George Grigsby > Nancy Jane Grigsby > Samuel Harrison Grigsby > ------------------------------------------------ > MARRIAGES > > Grigsby, Aaron married Lincoln, Sarah on 06 Aug 1826 in Spencer County, IN > Grigsby, Aaron married Miller, Margaret on 12 Sep 1830 in Spencer County, IN > > Chapman, Levina married Grigsby, Aaron on 25 Aug 1813 in Ohio County, KY > > Grigsby, Aaron married Moffitt, Mary on 28 Nov 1785 in Fairfax County, VA > Grigsby, Aaron married Moffett, Milly on 28 Nov 1785 in Fauquier County, VA > > EARLY FAUQUIER COUNTY VA MARRIAGE BONDS > John Wake Mary Grigsby 24 Aug 1767 > Thomas Nelson Rachel Grigsby 24 Oct 1768 > William Grigsby Elizabeth Bullitt 8 Feb 1771 > Joseph Obannon Elizabeth Grigsby 2 Sep 1782 > Taliaferro Grigsby Elizabeth Keith 15 Feb 1785 > Aaron Grigsby Milly Moffett 28 Nov 1785 > Samuel Grigsby Franky Cornwell 4 Sep 1786 > Benjamin Grigsby Elizabeth Duncan 23 Dec 1786 > > Chandler Fowke Mary Harrison 19 Dec 1759 > William Harrison Jane Hume 3 Feb 1767 > James Gillison Ann Harrison 17 May 1768 > John Cannon Sarah Harrison Brazier 30 Sep 1782 > Phillip Mallory Jane Harrison 24 Nov 1783 > William Mallory Lucy Harrison 12 Jan 1785 > ------------------------------------------- > Court papers in the Circuit Court for the City of Fredericksburg VA > STYLE : Briggs vs Admrs of Grigsby > PLAINTIFF(s) : David Briggs > DEFENDANT(s) : Joseph Obannon; Elizabeth Obannon; Elizabeth Grigsby (admrx. > of William Grigsby dec'd) > DEPONENT(s) : John Taliaferro; John Beythieva Grigsby; Peter Taite; James > Routt > PLACES MENTIONED : Spotsylvania; Stafford; Fauquier; Prince William; > Frederick; SC (Greenville); King George > REMARK(s) : Construction - Isaac Judd, joiner - c1752 > Deed with plat - Isaac Judd to Thomas Hay - Prince William - 1752 > Grant ref. - 2000 ac. to John Savage - 1730 > Marriage ref. - Joseph Obannon -mr- Elizabeth Grigsby, wid. of W. Grigsby > Plat - land sold to William Grigsby by Thomas Hay - Fauquier > CITATION : Briggs vs Admrs of Grigsby / 1805 / CR-DC-L / 568-99 > --------------------------------------------- > Rockbridge County, VA Will Book 1 p. 456 > Will of John Grigsby > In the name of God Amen I John GRIGSBY of Rockbridge County being at this time > in a low state of healt but have the due exercise of reason... > To wife Elizabeth > Eldest son James Grigsby 5 schillings over what he has received. > Son John Grigsby > Son Charles Grigsby > Son William > Daughter Sarah WELCH > Daughter Jane PAXTON > Daughter Rachel MCNUT > Younger sons and daughters. > Martha Elizabeth and Franky (daughters) shall have at age of marriage equal > to their sisters Jane Parton (Paxton?) and Rachel McNutt and my sons Joseph > Elisha and Reuben to have the plantation whereon I now live and at the death > of my wife, remainder divided equally among my sons and daughters viz. , > Joseph, Jane, Rachel, Martha, Elisha, Elizabeth, Franky, and Reuben. > Signed John (his mark) Grigsby May 11, 1792. > Witnesses: John PAXTON, Robt. Snodgrass, Wm. (his mark) Arnold, David Willock. > Proved 6-3-1794 > ------------------------------------- > BIOGRAPHY, Rockbridge County, VA- "G" > GRIGSBY - The Grigsby family appeared in this county at the close of the > Revolution, having come from the other side of the Blue Ridge and being of > English derivation. The members of the connection were well-to-do, able, and > influential, and owned several large farms, each with its distinctive name. > As in several other instances, the name is now entirely gone. Benjamin > Grigsby, son of James, was graduated from Liberty Hall Academy in 1789, and > was licensed as a Presbyterian divine in 1792. He died at Norfolk in 1810 at > the early age of forty. His only son was Hugh Blair Grigsby, who achieved > more than a statewide reputation as scholar, educator, and historian. > Source: A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia > by Oren F. Morton, published in 1920. > Transcribed and submitted by: "Marilyn B. Headley" , 1997 > ------------------------------------------- > BIOGRAPHY, Rockbridge County, VA- "Mc" > MCNUTT-- Alexander McNutt was granted lands in Nova Scotia after the > expulsion of the Arcadians, visited England on a colonization errand, and > returned with over 200 settlers and some supplies. He was complained of for > parceling out land without due authority. On the advent of the Revolution he > joined the American "rebels" and although the lands appear to have been > confiscated, he attempted to convey > 1000,000 acres to Liberty Hall Academy. In his later years he became a > religious enthusiast. He died in 1811, and was buried at Falling Springs. > His gold-mounted sword was long preserved in the family. While a lieutenant > in the French and Indian war, he kept a diary, but unfortunately for the > interests of Rockbridge he gave it to Governor Fauquier. > > John, a brother to Alexander, married Catherine Anderson. A daughter married > John McCorkle, who lost his life at Cowpens. A son, Alexander, was the > father of Alexander G. McNutt and grandfather to two generals of the > Confederate army' Albert G. Jenkins and Frank paxton. > > Alexander G. McNutt, son of Alexander and Rachael (Grigsby) McNutt, was born > on North River one mile below Buena Vista. He was educated at Washington > College, and at the age of twenty-one was settled as a lawyer at Jackson, > Mississippi. Isaac McNutt, his uncle, had already migrated in this > direction. The young man was well read and an easy writer. He was a fine > stump speaker, but was pitted against Sergeant S. Prentiss, whose oratory was > on a par with that of Patrick Henry or Daniel Webster. After 1838 McNutt > declined to meet his antagonist on the platform. McNutt's intemperance and > slovenly attire were made a target by Prentiss, but the future governor had > the moral courage and strength of character to reform and his law practice > became very renumerative. > In 1829 he was Speaker of the House of Representatives for Mississippi, and > as a Democrat was elected governor, his term covering the period 1838-42. > McNutt died in 1848, in the midst of a presidential campaign. > He was unmarried, and the four brothers who followed him to the Gulf country > also died without issue. > A pioneer McNutt was Robert, who died on a voyage to Ireland, and his wife, > whose maiden name was Rosanna Dunn, married Patrick McFarland. Still another > was George, who came here with his brother William as advance agents for some > kinspeople. Tradition has it that both brothers were in the battle of King's > Mountain. William went to the Northwest, and George, who was three times > married and had a numerous family, settled near Knoxville, Tennessee. > Source: A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia by Oren F. Morton, published > in 1920. > Transcribed and submitted by: "Marilyn B. Headley" , 1997 > > THE McNUTT FAMILY OF ROCKBRIDGE-Jno. McNutt, one of the first settlers > of the county, married Catharine Anderson, in England, )a relative of Judge > F. T. Anderson) came to America and settled on the farm now owned by Joseph > Falls, on North river. They raised seven sons: Alex, Robert, John, Isaac, > Benjamin, William and Joseph; and two daughters, Margaret and Rebecca. > Robert died of wounds at the battle of Cowpens; John married Mary Lard; Isaac > went to Red River, Louisiana; Benjamin moved to Tennessee, married and left a > family; William married Betty Grigsby and lived in the county; Rebecca > married twice, first John McCorkle, who > died of wound at Cowpens, and afterwards Arthur Glasgow; Alexander McMutt > married Rachel Grigsby, a daughter of John Grigsby; whose grave is the oldest > in Falling Spring graveyard. By this marriage there were thirteen children, > one of whom, Gallatin McNutt, was governor of Mississippi. One of the > daughters, Elizabeth, married John Hamilton of Rockbridge. They raised two > sons and five daughter, one of whom married Rev. Mr. Osborne, and was Mrs. > Cress' mother. The descendants of Jno. McNutt are settled in the Southern > and Western States, and many of them have occupied positions of usefulness > and honor in the civil and > military history of the south. > Source: Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia (NY, Richmond, > and > Toledo: H. H. Hardesty and Company Publishers, 1884). > Transcribed and submitted by: "Marilyn B. Headley" , 1997 > --------------------------------------- > King George Co., VA Marriages > 1770 > June John GRIGSBY and Elizabeth ROBINSON > 1771 > Aug. Henry GRIGSBY and Lucy LANG > ------------------------------------------- > Fauquier County, Virginia - Soldiers in the Revolution > Grigsby, William > Grigsby, Taliaferro > Harrison, Burr > Harrison, Benjamin > -------------------------------------------- > Master List of Quantico Cemeteries, Prince William Co., VA > HEARTS DELIGHT CEMETERY > Grigsby, Richard (9/18/80) > HARRISON CEMETERY (5) > Harrison, Thomas > Tolsen, John N. > Unknown - 3 > ---------------------------------------- > KNOX COUNTY, TN - MARRIAGES > GRIGGSBY, Margaret marr. JOHNSON, John on 06-MAY-1869 > GRIGGSBY, Richard marr. CAMPBELL, Mary Elizabeth on 24-APR-1884 > GRIGGSBY, Sally marr. GASS, Alexander on 12-OCT-1881 > GRIGSBY, Alonzo marr. CHANDLER, Quixanna on 22-MAR-1894 > GRIGSBY, Anderson marr. RUSSELL, Hattie E on 26-JUL-1899 > GRIGSBY, Eliza marr. HUMPHRIES, George on 25-SEP-1890 > GRIGSBY, Ellen F marr. BORING, Joseph A on 24-SEP-1872 > GRIGSBY, Henry marr. NELSON, Eliza on 04-JUN-1867 > GRIGSBY, John marr. CAMPBELL, Emma on 17-FEB-1886 > GRIGSBY, Josylin marr. NOEL, Henry T on 16-MAY-1898 > GRIGSBY, Mamie S marr. BOMAR, Walter C on 06-APR-1893 > GRIGSBY, Morris A marr. MOTTO, Mollie on 19-JAN-1892 > GRIGSBY, Rachel marr. GILBERT, Thomas on 26-MAR-1868 > GRIGSBY, Rachel marr. MONROE, Hense on 09-JAN-1884 > GRIGSBY, Rebecca marr. DEFRIES, Mark on 07-APR-1849 > GRIGSBY, Susan E marr. PRIVETTE, Isaac B on 09-APR-1877 > GRIGSBY, Walter marr. BRIDGETT, Lillie on 27-MAR-1895 > GRIGSBY, Wm marr. MORRIS, Sallie on 15-APR-1869 > ----------------------------------------------- > GIBSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGES > GRIGSBY, Sarah marr. MCBRYDE, Wm M on 16-NOV-1847 > GRIGSBY, Wm T marr. BRIGHT, Emma on 31-MAY-1854 > ----------------------------------------------- > BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGES > GRIGSBY, Aaron marr. MACLIN, Eliza M on 26-SEP-1832 > GRIGSBY, Caroline marr. CARTER, Chesley P on 22-FEB-1838 > GRIGSBY, George marr. WHITTENBARGER, Nancy L on 05-JAN-1837 > GRIGSBY, Mary marr. MCKINZIE, John L on 17-OCT-1821 > GRIGSBY, Samuel marr. WYLY, Dorcas on 09-JUL-1818 > HARRISON, James marr RODDY, Malinda on 14-SEP-1826 > HARRISON, John marr. DILLS, Mary on 29-SEP-1839 > HARRISON, Michael marr. GRANT, Sarah on 01-OCT-1845 > ----------------------------------------------- > Census > > Year Surname Given Name County State Page Township > 1860 GRIGSBY AARON Washington AR 542 Mars Hill > > 1860 GRIGSBY AARON Napa CA 108 Napa > > 1840 GRIGSBY AARON Stephenson IL 231 Waddams > > 1860 GRIGSBY AARON Jefferson KS 003 Grasshopper > 1870 GRIGSBY AARON Davis KS 491 Junction > > 1810 GRIGSBY AARON Muhlenberg KY 399 00100-00000 > > 1870 GRIGSBY AARON Claiborne LA 035 Horner > > 1860 GRIGSBY AARON W. Mississippi MO 518 Tywappity > 1870 GRIGSBY AARON L. Mississippi MO 354 Lyrrappity > > 1820 GRIGSBY AARON Giles TN 18 400001-10101 > 1820 GRIGSBY AMOS Giles TN 16 210010-10010 > 1820 GRIGSBY SAMUEL Giles TN 17 100100-20100 > > 1830 GRIGSBY AMOS Giles TN 150 No Township > 1830 GRIGSBY S.H. Giles TN 149 No Township > 1830 GRIGSBY WILLIAM Giles TN 190 No Township > > 1840 GRIGSBY AARON Giles TN 155 Age 85 > 1840 GRIGSBY AMOS Giles TN 119 No Township > 1840 GRIGSBY WILLIAM Giles TN 138 No Township > 1840 HARRISON J. Giles TN 116 No Township > > 1830 GRIGSBY WILLIAM A. Blount TN 276 o Township > 1840 GRIGSBY AARON Blount TN 076 No Township > > 1850 GRIGSBY AARON Marion TN 397 5th District > > 1820 GRIGSBY AARON Fauquier VA 059 No Township > 1830 GRIGSBY AARON Fauquier VA 484 No Township > ---------------------------------------- > Land & Deed Records > > Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 > DEEDS > DEED BOOK E 1751-1761 > page 204 > March 2, 1757. Aaron Grigsby of King Geo. Co., planter, and Margaret, his > wife; John Proctor of Spts. Co., planter, and Sarah, his wife, to John > Mitchell of Fredksbg., Mercht. £35 curr. 150 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., > devised by the last will and testament of George Proctor, Decd., to his > daughter, Margaret, now the wife of Aaron Grigsby, and to John Proctor, son > and heir at law of the sd. George, the testator. M. Battaley, Jno. > Sutherland, Hugh Lenox. May 3, 1757. > ----------------------------------------------- > American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) > Surname GRIGSBY > Given Name Aaron > Birth Date 1756? > Birth Place Tennessee, > Biographical Info Rev.War > Reference Census of pensioners for Rev. military serivces. Washington, > DC. 1841. (195p.):155 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Military > > Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 1. > Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769—1923: Volume 1 > A CENSUS OF PENSIONERS FOR REVOLUTIONARY OR MILITARY SERVICES; WITH THEIR > NAMES, AGES, AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE, AS RETURNED BY THE MARSHALS OF THE > SEVERAL JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, UNDER THE ACT FOR TAKING THE SIXTH CENSUS. > Published by authority of an Act of Congress, under the direction of the > Secretary of State. Washington: Printed by Blair & Rives, 1841. Below is the > list of those living in Tennessee, June 1, 1840. > Aaron Grigsby 85 > ----------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------- >

Does anyone have any knowledge of the Thomas Harrison from Franklin Co TN, mentioned in the TN pensions message of the last digest? If anyone has any info on ANY Harrisons from Franklin Co TN ..I'd certainly appreciate it!! Regards, Kathy Harrison

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Don't forget to add www.familytreemaker.com's membership-site, genealogylibrary.com, in your resources list... RE> ...most of the information I post here..... you can do it yourself! The sources I use most often are: www.ancestry.com www.familysearch.com www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.html www.familytreemaker.com Also, y'all of the Rockingham County lines can also give a holler when you want what we have in The Database of One Million Claimed Relations since I'm a cousin by marriage. Dave Botts San Antonio, Texas "Where a President's son was paroled by the Mexicans. A cousin to many of you that son was." ...HARRISON, BENJAMIN (1806-1840). Benjamin Harrison, son of President William Henry Harrison and the uncle of President Benjamin Harrison, was born at North Bend, Ohio, on September 8, 1806. He graduated in medicine, but he was more adventurer than physician. As a young man he was threatened with alcoholism and made a trip to the far Northwest with a French fur trader named Charles Larpenteur in the hope of overcoming the habit. He came to Texas about 1834 and married Mary Raney a short time later. He had previously been married to Louisa Bonner. In Texas Harrison became a man of mystery and controversy. In April 1836 he was captured by Mexican general Jos� de Urrea, who sent him as an emissary of good will to the Texas colonists...

Marriages Denton, Mary married Hargrove, Howell on 07 Dec 1785 in Surry County, NC Howell, David married Thompson, Mary Jul 26 1786 in Surry County, NC Clarke, Robert married Howell, Alsa Oct 30 1786 in Surry County, NC Busey, Mary married Howell, John Aug 22 1792 in Surry County, NC Creson, Jane married Howell, Joseph Jan 10 1802 in Surry County, NC Harrison, James married Howell, Ruth on 23 Jul 1813 in Surry County, NC Harrison, Nathaniel married Stewart, Jemimah May 22 1797 in Surry County, NC Harrison, William married Herrin, Susanah Jun 28 1803 in Surry County, NC Desern, Elijah married Harrison, Sarah Mar 23 1814 in Surry County, NC Forrester, Delpha married Harrison, William Sep 25 1821 in Surry County, NC Brickell, J. Bryan married Harrison, Frankey Jan 29 1823 in Surry County, NC - ---------------------------------- Year Surname Given Name County State Page Township 1771 HARRISON BESSIAH Surry NC Early Tax List 1771 HARRISON JOHN Surry NC Early Tax List 1771 HARRISON ELIJAH Surry NC Early Tax List 1771 HARRISON WILLIAM Surry NC Early Tax List 1772 HARRISON ESSIJAH Surry NC 1772 HARRISON WILLIAM Surry NC 1790 HARRISON WILLIAM Surry NC 520 No Township 1800 HARRISON DELANY SEN. Surry NC 658 00101-00101-00 1800 HARRISON WILLIAM Surry NC 659 00101-00001-00 1810 HARRISON JAMES Surry NC 171 No Township 1810 HARRISON WILLIAM Surry NC 169 No Township 1814 HARRISON JAMES Surry NC First Reg 1820 HARRISON JOSEPH Surry NC 732 No Township 1820 HARRISON WILLIAM Surry NC 732 No Township 1830 HARRISON MARSHAL Surry NC 125 No Township 1830 HARRISON MERRIMAN Surry NC 125 No Township 1830 HARRISON SUSANNAH Surry NC 107 No Township 1830 HARRISON JOSEPH Surry NC 107 No Township 1790 HOWELL DAVID Surry NC 514 No Township 1790 HAWELL JAMES Surry NC 514 No Township 1790 HAWELL DAVID Surry NC 514 No Township 1810 HALL HARISON Surry NC 187 No Township 1840 SEMMONS ALEXANDER Rockingham NC 140 Age 81 1870 SIMMONS ALEXANDER Brunswick NC 009 Lockwoods 1870 SIMMONS ALEXANDER Tyrrell NC 442 Alligator 1870 SIMMONS ALEXANDER Jones NC 584 Trenton 1850 SIMMONS ALEXANDER Stanly NC 001 Centre Dist 1860 SIMMONS JOHN A. Surry NC 569 Mount Airy 1870 SIMONS JOHN A. Pitt NC 140 Greenville 1850 SIMMONS JOHN Surry NC 293 North Division 1860 SIMMONS JOHN Surry NC 398 Judesville - -------------------------------- There are many SIMMONS listed in Surry County, NC........ too many to list. I can find NO reference to James & Ruth Howell Harrison's marriage ANYWHERE in anyone's research......... you have a tough row to hoe! MKHarrison

--part1_0.58211e98.253a37e4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK - I am COMPLETELY lost here. An earlier message from Emma Kay Harrison gave me the impression she was asking for a roll call. And after that everyone started posting a complete lineage of the Harrison family they are researching. Then Emma Kay sends out a message that she can't do everyone else's research for them - so I have asked the question - was the first message a roll call as I thought - or did everyone else take that message to be an offer to do personal research for which Emma Kay came back and said she did not have the time to do. NOW I am getting flammed for asking a question? Is something wrong with this picture here (and apparently this mailing list?) --part1_0.58211e98.253a37e4_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <reeebie@midwest.net> Received: from rly-yb02.mx.aol.com (rly-yb02.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.2]) by air-yb02.mail.aol.com (v62.10) with ESMTP; Sat, 16 Oct 1999 16:06:29 -0400 Received: from cdale3.midwest.net (cdale3.midwest.net [208.235.1.20]) by rly-yb02.mx.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Sat, 16 Oct 1999 16:06:16 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer (duquoin48.midwest.net [208.235.4.186]) by cdale3.midwest.net (8.9.0/8.9.1) with SMTP id PAA17514 for <Sille1937@aol.com>; Sat, 16 Oct 1999 15:06:12 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <005001bf1811$8c2c7e20$ba04ebd0@oemcomputer> From: "Reba Gale" <reeebie@midwest.net> To: <Sille1937@aol.com> Subject: Re: About my research......... Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 15:03:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 I don't have time to do others research either. but u are a brat! -----Original Message----- From: Sille1937@aol.com <Sille1937@aol.com> To: HARRISON-L@rootsweb.com <HARRISON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, October 16, 1999 12:40 PM Subject: Fwd: About my research......... > >--part1_0.cefeb839.253a111b_boundary >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >--part1_0.cefeb839.253a111b_boundary >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Disposition: inline > >Return-path: Sille1937@aol.com >From: Sille1937@aol.com >Full-name: Sille1937 >Message-ID: <0.6041f635.253a101f@aol.com> >Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 13:30:07 EDT >Subject: Re: About my research......... >To: TooFem@aol.com >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 41 > >In a message dated 10/16/99 10:56:59 AM Central Daylight Time, TooFem@aol.com >writes: > ><< I appreciate all the faith some of you have put in me, asking that I >research > your Harrison branches. As much as I would like to, I don't have the time >to > answer all of your requests. >> > >Guess I misunderstood earlier messages - I thought this was a "roll call" and >not a request for you to do the research for anyone else. > >--part1_0.cefeb839.253a111b_boundary-- > > --part1_0.58211e98.253a37e4_boundary--

--part1_0.b185d542.253a3194_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit EXCUSE ME??? I was asking a question - were you asking for a roll call - or were you offering to do research for others? That's the question I was asking!! --part1_0.b185d542.253a3194_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: TooFem@aol.com From: TooFem@aol.com Full-name: TooFem Message-ID: <0.b1866d15.253a30ba@aol.com> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 15:49:14 EDT Subject: About my research......... To: Sille1937@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 41 Sille1937, Just as you wrote me a personal message.......... others have. I am not quite sure why you would take the time to 'put me in my place'; however, you attempted and I hope you feel bigger and stronger for it. Perhaps in the future, you will get the whole story before making banal, irrelevant, and irreverent assumptions. MKHarrison "In a case of dissention, never dare to judge until you've heard the other side." Euripides "If you judge someone, you have no time to love them." -Mother Teresa --part1_0.b185d542.253a3194_boundary--

Hello List, Made it back from a research trip to the East Coast. Picked up some good information on my Ancestor, David DRENNAN's brother in-law, Capt. later Major John HARRISON of the SC Rangers in His Majesty's Army at Charleston, SC during the American Revolution. In an 1783 Memorial presented to Parliament he states that he was a Native of Virginia, a resident planter, before the Rebellion, of St. Mark's Parish, Camden District, SC, joined His Majesty's Troops in January 1779 at Savannah, Georgia, presently a resident of St. Augustine [British East Florida], but at the time of this Memorial, he and his family were in England, planning on going to the Bahamas once he received his just compensation from the British Crown for property, real and personal, lost to the rebels, before traveling to his plantation being prepared by his brother in-law, David DRENNAN and the slaves sent along for that work. He also states that his father (not named) was living in SC and was about 70 years of age, had given him some rich Indigo land on Lynches Creek in Camden Dist., SC and about 2 miles from another tract he owned. He had statements of his Loyalty to the King from Lord Cornwallis, Lord Rawdon, Major General Leslie and Colonel John Hamilton. However, he had taken up arms with the Americans for a time, but did not take their Oath of Allegiance. I am sending a full transcript of this Memorial to Rebecca Bonner for posting. There will also be a few transcripts of Deeds in Anderson Co., SC Pendleton District. Glad to be back. Houston Tracy, Jr.

--part1_0.cefeb839.253a111b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_0.cefeb839.253a111b_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Sille1937@aol.com From: Sille1937@aol.com Full-name: Sille1937 Message-ID: <0.6041f635.253a101f@aol.com> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 13:30:07 EDT Subject: Re: About my research......... To: TooFem@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 41 In a message dated 10/16/99 10:56:59 AM Central Daylight Time, TooFem@aol.com writes: << I appreciate all the faith some of you have put in me, asking that I research your Harrison branches. As much as I would like to, I don't have the time to answer all of your requests. >> Guess I misunderstood earlier messages - I thought this was a "roll call" and not a request for you to do the research for anyone else. --part1_0.cefeb839.253a111b_boundary--

My HARRISON's hail from County Wexford, IRL, where they lived on a small farm in a hamlet called Hardyglass, about 20 miles South Southwest of Wexford City near Lake Tacumshin. There, Bengeman HARRISON, b. 1775 at Hardyglass, married Hannagh DUFFIELD b. 1793, and they had 6 children as follows: Benjamine J. Harrison, m. Feb. 4, 1857 to Frances O'Connor, George Harrison [little known of George], William Harrison, who married Elizabeth Beggsbey; Susan Harrison, b. at Hardyglass in 1818, Married Edward E. O'Connor, and died May 13 and is buried in Ballybrennan Cemetery in County Mayo, Hannah Francis Harrison, b. 1820 in Hardyglass, Married John T. O'connor Feb. 4, 1856, and died May 7, 1902 and is buried at Ballybrennan, and my Great Grandfather, Samuel Aaron Harrison, b. July 25, 1823. Samual Aaron Harrison attended a "church school" near Lake Tacumshin where he studied seamanship and navigation, and later he sailed on merchant vessel's from 1844 to 1854 on the route from Liverpool to Baltimore, MD. On April 28, 1854, he and Elizabeth Ruth TACKABERRY and two of Elizabeth's sisters boarded the Ship GLENLYON in New Ross, County Wexford to sail for Canada, later arriving in Montreal in June, 1854. Of note, Elizabeth's parents were Edward Tackaberry and Martha DUFFIELD [Hannagh Duffield's sister, who had married Bengeman Harrison] of County Wexford, thus Samual and Elizabeth were "kissing cousins". Upon arrival in Montreal, not sure what they did for work, but on Christmas Day, 1854, Samuel and Elizabeth were married at the farm home of one of Elizabeth's sisters near the border of Ontario and Vermont. Samuel and Elizabeth settled for a time in Coatticook, Quebec, Canada, where Hannah Elizabeth Harrison was born in 1856, then Martha Jane in 1858. They then moved to Smith Falls, Ontario where they operated a Country Store, and where Susan Marie Harrison was born in 1860. Samuel Aaron Jr. was born in Smith Falls January 30, 1861, and George W. Harrison was born in 1863. In 1864, Samuel and Elizabeth emigrated to the USA, settling in Wisconsin on a farm between Poy Sippi and Lake Poygan in Waushara County, where two further sons were born---Benjamin Edward Tackaberry Harrison b. 1866 and Cadwallader Joseph Edmund Harrison b. Dec. 22, 1867 who was my Grandfather. Romance blossomed in the USA, where Martha Jane married Marion Eugene Bowen on March 21, 1887 in Poy Sippi; Susan Marie married William Carpenter [date unknown]; Samuel Aaron Jr. married Josephine Elida Thomas on Nov. 26, 1903 in Auroraville, WI, Benjamin E. T. Harrison married May Elizabeth Jones, and my Grandfather, Cadwallader, married my Matie J. King, who died in childbirth a few years later. He then married my Grandmother, Jennie Mae McGREGOR in Poy Sippi, WI on April 3, 1902. Their first daughter, Ruth Margaret HARRISON was my mother, b. July 7, 1903. Interested in hearing from any and all HARRISONs regarding any possible linkages or relationships to "me and mine". With all good wishes, /S/ Jim Carey Washington, DC

I appreciate all the faith some of you have put in me, asking that I research your Harrison branches. As much as I would like to, I don't have the time to answer all of your requests. When I scan through all the email that the Harrison mailing list brings - I look for certain criteria to choose what I will take on. It may be a common given name, a common state or something not so tangible. For most of the information I post here..... you can do it yourself! The sources I use most often are: www.ancestry.com www.familysearch.com www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.html www.familytreemaker.com Because I work on these pages daily, I have learned the short cuts and nuances of the individual systems...... and you will also, with time! Ancestry.Com has a membership fee; however, there are many resources on their pages which are free. Also, they offer new databases for free searches in limited amounts of time. This, by far, is my online genealogy Bible. For those of you who have received info from me. I ask that you copy the material and either email or snail mail it on to the researchers I give credit to on the page. Not only will you continue the random act of kindness, but you will also meet someone who is researching the same family as you. I have been asked why I include the less obvious in my searches. i.e. All the Harrison's in a given county for a certain year. Our ancestors normally traveled in groups. It may not have been with other Harrison family members..... it may have been the wife's familial name. So, I think it is important to leave no rock unturned. Look up all the sibling's spouses of your earliest known ancestor. Groups moved together through time.......... some of my Harrison people traveled with the same families from Buncombe County, NC to GA.... and I am sure they most likely started their journeys together in VA. I am starting to believe there were only 3 degrees of separation back then! My significant other and I have posted our genealogy here: http://hometown.aol.com/toofem/myhomepage/heritage.html Of course, you will find Harrisons! Please visit and see if you can make a connection. MK (Martha Kathryn) Harrison "I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next door to each other in separate cages for several months before I used one as a heart donor. "When we put him to sleep in his cage in preparation for the operation, he chattered and cried incessantly. We attached no significance to this, but it must have made a great impression on his companion, for when we removed the body to the operation room, the other chimp wept bitterly and was inconsolable for days. "The incident made a deep impression on me. I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures." - Dr. Christiaan Barnard