Dear Harris-Hunters, Those of you descended from Harrises of Virginia [which included Kentucky until 1792] who MAY have been in the American Revolution as service men or widows of service men, may want to try to access the images of the Rev War pension claims which are available in the online database called HeritageQuest. As I have probably written previously, HeritageQuest is available by subscription by a good many Public Libraries. If your library does not have HQ, then pester your local librarian to help you find a nearby county where you may purchase a *non-resident* membership, perhaps for a small fee, for at least a year. In most cases, you can access HQ at a remote computer. Which you cannot do when your local library subscribes to Ancestry.com. I accessed HQ at my home computer and checked Revolutionary War pension claims. I used search terms Harris and Virginia, and a list appeared of 68 claims, some for females, for the Harris surname. One claimant, who was awarded a pension, was one Overton Harris. Those of you connected with colonial Virginia Harrises must know that Overton is a frequent given name for a LOT of male Harrises. (This one was not my ancestor of the same name, who died testate 1827 in Madison Co., KY.) This Overton Harris in one of the first identifying remarks lived in Todd Co., Kentucky. I did not read all of the pension record. The widow's pensions, I have found in the past, are frequently full of genealogical information, but even rejected Pension claims, have useful information. (I have asked Footnote.com to please include the images of Rejected pension claims, and the response was they would take this request under consideration.) Even if you don't find your colonial Virginia ancestor, check any surnames which run in your family, and also check the surnames of the in-laws!!! Frequently neighbors fought together--or at least assembled together! I found the surname of a Kentucky [formerly from Fauquier Co., VA] collateral in an old book [almost a pamphlet which was crumbling away on shelves at my favorite genealogical library]. I read it--because I am curious and because I have had luck with *strange* books and films--and there was an affidavit by my ancestor in this pension claim. The pension was for his brother-in-law. My ancestor said the two men were messmates under Col. Benjamin Harrison!!! (Not everything in a pension claim should be taken as the literal truth!!!) E.W.Wallace **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)