I noted this last query concerning one Dabney Harris. Glen Harris has some information on him, but I don't know whether Glen has formed any definite opinion whether the Dabney Harris in Pulaski Co., KY is the same one as in Surry Co., NC at an earlier time. One of my my reliable sources for southern lineage are land records--deeds, patents, and land grants. Were Dabney Harris my ancestor (he is my ancestor's half-brother, but about 18 persons were my ancestor's half-siblings, a mighty project), I would try to get hold of as many films of land records, court records, whatever, to try to verify whether he is the same person but migrating from NC to Kentucky, where he had many relatives--particularly in Madison Co., KY, where his father Christopher died testate. Here are my notes, many taken from the e-mails of geharris: Preparer: E. W. Wallace Dec 1995 DABNEY HARRIS. Little is known of Dabney Harris. His birthdate, of 15 Dec 1745, apparently unconfirmed, is taken from DAR application 598925. Those of his siblings and most of the marriages are given, indicating the DAR applicant MAY have used a Bible record. In Nov 1774 he was witness in Albemarle Co., VA to a will of one William Blackwell, written 23 Nov 1774, proved Mar court 1775. Other witnesses were Philip Thurmon and James Gardner. (J. Estelle Stewart King, ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, INVENTORIES AND ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VA 1748-1800 [Beverly Hills, CA, 1940], p. 22) Dabney apparently moved to Surry Co., NC.(1) His name appears in Madison Co., KY Grant Deed Index. Dabney Harris, grantor; Christopher Harris, grantee; C-381, 9 Mar 1795; recorded 5 May 1795; power of attorney. "Know all men by these presents that I Dabney Harris of Surry County, North Carolina for sundry [reasons?] etc do constitute and appoint my son and Friend Christopher Harris of the said county & state my true & lawfull attorney to act demand sue for recover & ... of Christopher Harris & Foster Jones of Madison County & in the State of Kentucke Exrs to the Estate of my Deceased Father all such Legacys as may be due to me on that behalf? hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my said Attorney may do in and touching Premises in as full and Ample manner as though I were personally present in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this ninth (?] day of March one Thousand seven hundred and ninety four. /s/ Dabney Harris Teste Reuben Canterbury, John Canterbury, J. P. ----" A Dabney Harris is listed in the 1820 census of Kentucky as being in Pulaski Co., but we have no idea whether he is the son of Christopher. A Christopher Harris is also listed in Pulaski Co.; possibly he is the son of Dabney Harris. More research is needed. (Tax lists of Kentucky, which generally give the watercourse on which the land is located, may be helpful. ) (1) On Family Tree Maker CD ROM CENSUS INDEX: COLONIAL AMERICA 1607-1789, he is listed in ... North Carolina, Hardin's District. An e-mail from [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) dated 7/2/03 gives this information: "Surry Co. NC abstracts: Deed books D, E and F (1779-1797 6 Aug 1793 Dabney Harris to John Personate, for 75 pounds, 95 acres adjacent Jesse Franklin and Mark Kenned(a)y. Wits (X) James Franklin, Thomas Ross, William Snow. Signed Dabney Harris (this land was most likely on Butler creek)" Dabney Harris is on 1782 Surry Co. tax list; Capt. Humphries District: Dabney has one horse, 2 cows and 100 acres (no location given) An earlier indication of Dabney's linkage to Albemarle Co. was also sent by geharris, date not noted: Albemarle Co., VA Will Book 2, pg 322. Will of William Blackwell. Wife Sarah to have estate during her life, and at her decease it is to be divided among all my children (not named). Exrs: Wife, son Armistead Blackwell and William Blackwell. Wit: Dabney Harris, Philip Thurmon(d) and James Gardner. (This is similar to the abstract cited previously.) geharris also sent some excerpts from Wilkes Co. NC courty court minutes, Vol I & II, 1778-1788 listing Dabney Harris, among many others to serve on road juries in Apr 1785 and again Jan 1787. A place mentioned in these road orders: Mitchel's River. ////////////// From an e-mail Mar 2003: There was a Dabney Harris living in Wilkes County NC in the 1780's. Comment: According to the Family History Library catalog: Pulaski Co. KY was formed 1798, created from Lincoln and Green counties. A disaster in 1871 destroyed most records. My suggestion: State records may exist for Pulaski Co., such as land grants, if any, and surviving tax records, copies of which I believe were sent to the State (well, commonwealth). Sometimes I have had good luck with OLD county histories of so-called burned counties. Furthermore, I just learned at the FGS conference (I wasn't listening as hard as I should have) that on some of our Confederate ancestors, the National Archives has lots of records, as the US government wanted to know which Confederates owned money. (Wish I had listened better. Some of you who are smart with google.com might find some answers for all of us.) Of course, by 1861 and later, Dabney Harris would have been an OLD man, had he lived. EWW