Hello Bonnie, May I ask about your Homer Qualls. I have a Homer but must be a different one than have. How do your Qualls fit in with the ones from Jackson County, Illinois ? Thank you, Tonia On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:45:48 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Bonnie <bekaycee@earthlink.net> writes: > Jimmy, > I don't have any additional info on this couple's children; but I > have been looking. > I just posted an email about the Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery > today, where Johnson Harriss and some others are buried. > We went by there on our way home from Colorado. We live in NC. > Husband is a descendant of > Johnson and Anna Garrett Harris > by Martha Nancy Harriss who married Minyard Gilliam, > whose son was Jordan Gilliam married to Nancy Elizabeth Harriss, > whose son Moses Cornealius (Neal) Gilliam married Susan J. Davis > Qualls > whose son "Homer" was my husband's grandfather. > > I will keep my eyes open for Carroll. I know I saw a Mahalia Harris > or Johnson or Gilliam in the last few days. But mostly my searching > has to do with Illinois and not Texas, though I am aware, from > research years ago, that some of the crowd ofGilliam, Johnson, > Harriss, Garretts, etc went to texas and some went to Illinois and > they kept in touch and may have intermarried even with the miles of > separation. > > Bonnie > > -----Original Message----- > >From: jimmy h <jmmrhrrs@peoplescom.net> > >Sent: Nov 30, 2006 4:51 PM > >To: ILPERRY@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [ILPERRY] Children of Edward Garrett Harriss > > > >I'm looking for information on the children of Edward Garrett > Harriss, son of Johnson Harriss. Edward married Polly Morris. Does > anyone know the names of the children of Edward G. Harriss and Polly > Morris? The only child of theirs known by name is their son John > Carroll Harriss (called Carroll) who married Martha A. Gilliam, > daughter of Braddock Harris Gilliam and Mahalia Morris. > > > >In 1890 Edward's brother John Harriss wrote: "Edward G. Harriss was > married to Polly Morriss and several children were born to them. > Then they moved to the state of Louisiana. There he died and his > children scattered into Texas and some are yet living. The wife died > in Texas, they having married in Franklin County, Tennessee." > > > >A Carrol Harris that matches the age of Edward G.'s son is living > with my great great grandparents, Benjamin and Arena Coker Harris, > in 1860 Hopkins County, Texas: > > > >1860 Census HOPKINS, TX Beat 1 White Oak P. O. Page 133A > > > >Benjamin Harris 37 TN > >Arena 27 TN > >Nancy 14 TN > >Sarah 5 TX > >William 1 TX > >Carrol Harris 27 TN > >Mary Coker 50? SC > >Sarah 13 TN > > > >Martha A. Gilliam is listed with her parents in the 1860 Hopkins > County, TX census and listed as Martha Harris in her mother's > household in 1870 Hopkins County, TX census: > > > >1860 U S CENSUS HOPKINS, TX BEAT 1 > >WHITE OAK P. O. PAGE 134B > > > >B Gilliam 57 NC > >Mahala Gilliam 42 TN > >Mary Gilliam 22 TN > >Martha Gilliam 19 TN > >Rhyna Gilliam 17 Miss > >Scyntha Gilliam 14 TN > >James Gilliam 12 TN > >Emaline Gilliam 11 TN > >Susanna Gilliam 9 ILL > >Francis Gilliam 5 ILL > >Nancy Gilliam 2 ARK > > > >1870 U S CENSUS HOPKINS, TX PRECINCT 3 > > > >BLACK OAK P.O. PAGE 114B > > > >Mahalia Gillum 53 TN > > > >Cynthia Gillum 24 TN > > > >James Gillum 22 TN > > > >Emaline Gillum 20 TN > > > >Susannah Gillum 19 ILL > > > >Frances Gillum 15 ILL > > > >Cordelia Gillum 12 ARK > > > >Martha Harris 29 TN > > > >Mahala Harris 4 TX > > > >Delia Harris 3 TX > > > >James Harris 2 TX > > > >My great great grandfather's daughter, Sarah 'Sallie' E. Harris, > married Martha Gilliam's brother James T. Gilliam. Sarah's brother > William Harris married Martha's sister Nancy Cordelia Gilliam. > > > > > >I also believe that the following families in 1850 DeSoto Parish, > Louisiana might be the family of Edward G. Harriss: > > > >1850 De Soto, LA Western District > >Page 172A - 172B > > > >154 149 > >Mary Harris 50 F NC > >Edward 23 M Planter Tenn > >Anderson 21 M Planter School Tenn > >Marion 19 M Student Tenn > >Carroll 17 M Student Tenn > >Angeline 12/13? F School Tenn > >155 150 > >Benjamin Harris 30 M Planter Tenn > >Josephine 6 F Tenn > > > > > >Polly was a common nickname for Mary and this Mary in 1850 DeSoto > is 50 years old. Polly Morris's birth year is given as 1800 on some > databases I have seen. And the Carroll in 1850 DeSoto matches the > age of Edward G. and Polly's son John Carroll Harriss. It is said > that he was born in Feb 1833. > > > >Jimmy Harris > > > >Winnsboro, TX > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILPERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILPERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >