Posted on: Harrison Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Harrison/870 Surname: Harrison ------------------------- DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM HARRISON William Harrison was born Abt 1700 in Virginia, and died in Craven Co.,N.C. William Harrison lived in Craven County, N.C. He was born in Virginia around 1700. In 1744, William Harrison received a land grant on the north side of the Trent River in Craven County, North Carolina. In 1746, William Harrison bought land on the north side of Trent River. In 1764, William Harrison sold 100 acres on the north side of Trent River for 10 Pounds. In 1771, William Harrison bought 200 acres on the north side of Trent River, on the South side of Little Chinquapin Branch. James, son of William, lived on Chinquapin Creek in South Carolina. The Waterway Map of Edgefield District, South Carolina, dated 1773, shows an extension of the North Ford of the Edisto River to be called "Chinquapin Creek." This is precisely where James Harrison received his first land grant in 1773. The area that William lived in, in Craven County, NC, became Jones Co., NC in 1779. James Harrison, son of William Harrison, was born in Virginia about 1725. His father, apparently, moved to Craven County, N.C.,about 1744. On May 10, 1773, James received his first land grant in South Carolina, on the Chinquapin Creek, of 150 acres. When James first occupied the land in 1773, he was the first settler in the immediate area. The land was surrounded by unoccupied land. It appears certain, therefore, that James Harrison named the waterway on which he lived in South Carolina "Chinquapin Creek," after the waterway he lived on in Craven County, NC The location of James Harrison's' Plantation in Edgefield Co.,S.C. is between the present day villages of Monetta & Batesville in Saluda County. His place of residence became part of Saluda County in 1895. James married Ann _____. He died in 1806 in Edgefield County, 96th District SC, on February 19, 1806. James was a revolutionary War Vet. as was his son, William. In several abstracts of James' will, it list a daughter Mary and a son, Jeremiah. Linda Weldon has a copy of the original Will and the name is Mary Jamimy not Jeremiah.