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