Dear roots-webbers, I would welcome additions to, corrections of and comments about this biographical sketch. For example, one of the neighbors on Little Troublesome Creek was one John Harris. I cannot establish his identity. As far as can be established, Tyree, Sr. had no son nor brother named John Harris. His nephew, John Harris, son of Christopher Harris of Madison Co., KY seems to have commuted back and forth between Madison Co., KY and Albemarle Co., VA, as reflected in powers of attorney recorded in Madison Co., KY deed books. This is an abstract of the will of the father of Tyree Harris of Rockingham Co., NC: In his will, made 1 Sep 1786 and recorded in Caswell Co., NC will book B-162, Jan 1787 Tyree Harris [the elder] named as executors his son Tyree and his son Simpson as well as his son-in-law, Cornelius Dabney. His children were Nancy Abercrombie; Frances, wife of Cornelius Dabney; sons Tyree, Simpson, Robert (to receive land in Rockingham Co. on Little Troublesome Cr*.) Other daughters were Ede Harris (wife of Duke Williams), Liddy Harris. He named a grandson William Chapman Abercromby. To subscribers: If you have some good information on any person mentioned in this sketch, please share with one of the rootsweb lists--Harris Hunters, Caswell Co., Rockingham Co., NC, Madison Co., KY. We would love to have your citations. So much material on the internet is unreliable because we do not know the sources of information! E.W.Wallace (descendant of Tyree Harris Sr.'s brother Christopher Harris of Madison co., KY, formerly of Albemarle co., VA and of Louisa Co., VA. They both were sons of Major Robert Harris and of his wife Mourning of Louisa Co, VA.) TYREE HARRIS, JR. Son of the elder Tyree Harris (d. ca 1786/7 in Caswell Co., NC) and Harris's second wife, Mary Ann Simpson. The younger Tyree was of age to witness several deeds in Caswell Co. in Mar 1785. Thus, it is believed he was at least 21 years of age and was of age to be his father's executor. His last known deed transaction in Caswell Co. was ca. 1806. A descendant (Donna Anne Buchanan Dabbs, e-mail address unknown) states Tyree Jr. d. c. 1801 in Davidson Co., TN, but based on these documents, he was born much earlier, although it is conceivable Dabbs is speaking of another Tyree Harris, which name is NOT as uncommon as one might think.) In 1785, in Caswell Co., Tyree Harris m. Susannah Swift, 18 Apr. Bondsman was Jesse Oldham. (Comment: Jesse Oldham the elder was married in the 1760s to the aunt of Tyree Harris, Jr. whose mother was a Simpson, as was Jesse's wife. Tyree's mother is believed to have been the former Mary Ann Simpson. Jesse Oldham's wife was the former Elizabeth Simpson. Both these ladies were daughters of Richard Simpson, Sr. of Caswell Co., formerly of Fairfax Co., VA. The bondsman may be the younger instead of the older Jesse Oldham, and thus a cousin and not the uncle of Tyree Harris, Jr.) In 1785, in Caswell Co., NC Tyre[e] Harris, Jun. witnessed a deed of Richard Simpson, Sr. to David Burton, who was the husband of Richard's daughter Susannah Simpson, as specified in the deed. (Caswell DB C-49, 22 Mar 1785.) (Richard Simpson, Sr. was Tyree, Jun.'s maternal grandrfather.) By 1787, Tyree's father, Tyree Harris, Sr. was deceased. DB F-173-4 William Swift of CC to Anthony Swift of same, for 50 pds. land on Haw R adj George Sims, Roger Atkinson, crossing Stoney Cr., Nathaniel Reed, Moses Oldham,. 6 Apr 1789. Wit: Tyree Harris, Wm. Swift. (Deeds from Katherine Kerr Kendall, CASWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DEEDS BOOKS 1777-1817 [Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1989]) Tyree Harris the younger apparently was at times in Rockingham Co., NC, where apparently his father had held land. His lines, or those of his now deceased father, are mentioned in a land grant in Rockingham Co., NC in spring 1788: DB B-96 State of NC to Andrew & David Scott 37 A on Little Troublesom Cr adj John Harris, Andrew Scott decd, Tyre Hairiss. Apr 15, 1788. (Irene B. Webster, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS 1785-1800 [Madison, NC: Published by author, 1973], p. 20) This deed was executed in Rockingham Co., NC by the executors of the elder Tyree Harris: DB B-249 Tyre Harris, Cornelus Dabney & Simpson Harris of Caswell Co., Exrs of Tyre Harris decd, to Martin Wisenor for 420 pds 612 A on N fork of Haw R adj Joseph Pinson. Jan 3, 1788. R. Simpson, Robt Harris, David Burton. (Webster, p. 28) (Simpson Harris and Robert Harris were other childrem of Tyree Harris the elder. R. Simpson was the father-in-law of the deceased Tyree Harris, and David Burton was another son-in-law of the elder Richard Simpson. Cornelius Dabney was married to Frances Harris, a sister of the Harris brothers. We do not know the identity of John Harris who was one of the neighbors on Little Troublesome Creek. Research of the brother of the elder Tyree Harris, Christopher Harris of Albemarle Co., VA and later of Madison Co., KY, reveals that one of his elder sons--Dabney Harris--had migrated to this area of North Carolina. Rockingham Co. NC DB D-196 dated Aug 27, 1795 records Simpson Harris's conveyance to Robert and Andrew Wray for $1,500 - 560 A on Little Troublesome Cr.. Witnesses were Alex. Joyce, Duke Williams, William Conner. This deed is abstracted in Webster, p. 66.) *Aforementioned Donna Dabbs states he had a son: Robert Swift Harris b. 23 Feb 1795 in Caswell Co., NC and died 18 July 1863 in Giles Co., TN. He married Mary Park Williamson b. 21 Feb 1796. They had a son Robert Simpson Harris [Sr.] b. 28 Aug 1827, Giles Co., TN, who died 14 Feb 1913 in Giles Co., TN. (This info by Donna Anne Buchanan Dabbs was found in April 2002 on _<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~wilfam/harris.html_ (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~wilfam/harris.html) >, which URL is no longer in existence, it seems, Apr 2005.) Interestingly, there was a Tyre Harris who married in Granville Co. to Betsey Hawkins, bond dated 21 Jan 1796. He probably is not the same person, but this event needs further exploration.