While going down a LONG list of Harris persons, both male and female, in my genealogy program, I found I had some notes on one Richmond Harris of Mercer Co., KY. I had found listed such a person in a census of Garrard Co., KY, which is adjacent to Mercer Co. Perhaps the recent searcher can use these notes to narrow his search. 2003 Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery in KENTUCKY COURT AND OTHER RECORDS VOL II [Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979], p. 170 states that Richmond Harris of Mercer Co., KY was son of Frederick Harris of Louisa Co., VA. She gives this excerpt from Kentucky records. Ky. Land Office--Va. Surveys, Bk 11, pg. 87--Wm B. Harris and Jas. Overton's Hrs., assee, of Wm. Stewart, assee of David Tanner, assee of Emanual Kelly, assee of Chas. Patterson, 1800 A, part of a 2000 a. entry, part of Treasury Warrant, 10694, located in Mercer Co., on Kentucky River, adjoining Isaac Winston's survey of 1600 acres on East side, bounded by lines of Winston and Ann Poage, Jan. 24, 1789. RICHMOND HARRIS [this writer's caps] assigns one half of land in within plat mentioned to James Overton, Jr., and desires to register grant accordingly. Feb 25, 1789. Signed Richmond Harris. Note: Richmond Harris was the son of Frederick Harris of Louisa Co., VA, see Franklin Co. Deeds. She adds this information: "Overton Harris, Mercer Co., Ky, Bk. 2 pg. 342-343--Appraisement of estate, Apr. 2, 1803. "Louisa Co. VA Deed Bk G, pg. 422--Frederick Harris of Louisa, appts son, Richard Harris, his atty. in fact to convey his Ky. lands, Mar. 4, 1794. "Richmond Harris to John Overton, Fayette Co., KY., Dt. Ct. Bk. B, pg. 98, Sept. 5, 1798--Richmond Harris of Louisa Co., Va., by attorney, Richard Harris, deeds John Overton of Fayette Co., Ky., 250 A. located in Mercer Co., on South side of Ky. River, consideration of $500.00" (Ibid, p. 170) My comment: I suspect that Richmond Harris may be related to the William Harris-Temperance Overton family because of the association with an Overton male, as indicated above. I believe a good deal has been written of the Overton family. Check the Family History Library catalog on the net for the surname Overton. I believe a long list of publications will be listed, and many of these publications have been filmed, I am certain. Hope this helps. By the way, if you have other ancestors in early Kentucky (or possibly as late as 1924) you may want to explore the possibility of acquiring--or trying to find at a genealogical society which has acquired--a CD-ROM #650 Family Tree Maker's Family Archives--Land Records: Kentucky, 1774-1924. These lists incorporate the several volumes of Willard Jillson's collection of land records (grants) for Kentucky. If you have tried to read Jillson's books, you may find the tiny print is an impediment, and the CD-ROM is very searchable. I found a long-missing ancestor on the CD-ROM whom I had earlier failed to find in Jillson's works. The Secretary of State Land Office in Frankfort, KY has been most helpful in the past in answering my queries about some *missing* ancestors. Once, I was even sent a map showing the holdings of a neighbor on the Mississippi, who was the grantor of a deed to my ancestor and his wife!!! (It was Island No. 2, which seems to have washed down the Mississippi River long ago!!!) E.W.Wallace always on the lookout for early Harrises--here and there in VA, NC and KY