A Richmond Harris' daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Reynolds from NC and of Madison Co(adjoining Garrard Co) on Nov 2 1805. Richmond Harris was md to Polly Dooley. ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <KYGARRAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:59 PM Subject: [KYGARRAR] Thomas Harris > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: cmsmith132 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.garrard/3885/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > My great-grandmother was Kate (Catherine) Harris, who married Thomas > Jefferson Moore in 1872. I have a copy of the marriage consent signed by > her father, Thomas Harris. I believe he only signed his name, and did not > write out the whole consent. > I believe this family came from Garrard County, as there is a marriage for > a Thomas Harris and a Sallie Duncan in Garrard County in 1849 and the 1850 > Garrard County Census lists Thomas and Sallie Harris and son Henry as > living next door to Isaac and Elizabeth Duncan. Other Garrard County > records list at least two Duncan men marrying Harris women. I firmly > believe there is a connnection there, but what is it? Other information > given by a family member indicates that Kate had not only a brother Henry, > but one named William, but I have no information on either of them. > > A search of the 1860 and 1870 census records give no evidence of this > family in Garrard County, and I truly can't find them in either census > nationwide. Thomas and Sallie appear in the 1880 census of Garrard with > children with at least two other children, Richmond Harris and Phoebe > Harris. Then they disappear again, although there is a Thomas Harris > in the 1910 census in Louisiana with daughter-in-law Viola Harris and her > children. Richmond Harris married Viola Anderson and they lived in > Louisiana. Viola is a name given to a daughter of Kate Harris Moore and > Thomas Jefferson Moore. > > Kate and Thomas Moore's son George, my grandfather, was always supposed to > have been born in Kentucky according to census records. But in the 1920 > census he lists himself as being born in Louisiana in 1883. > > If anyone can help me tie all this together, I would appreciate it. > > Thanks in advance, > > Christine > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYGARRAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >