March 14-27, 1990 "An Affair of Honor: The Harris-Yellowly Duel" Dueling used to be a popular way to settle disputes. One duel changed the fate of two Pitt County men forever. On October 1, 1847, Henry Ferdinand Harris (b. 1814) dueled against the county legislator and lawyer Edward C. Yellowly. Yellowly apparently made some rather inappropriate comments about Harris after his 1846 election win. A higher official ordered the men to keep peace for one year. They did. However, they met at the Great Dismal Swamp Canal on October 1, 1847. Harris was killed, and Yellowly participated in another duel years later.  Paula Baker Researching Cole, Wilkerson, Norman, and White in Georgia, South Carolina, and Louisiana and Baker, Tyson, Manning, and Stocks in North Carolina "We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way." Thomas Mann ________________________________ From: Roger E. Kammerer <kammerer@hotmail.com> To: PCFR PCFR <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:39:25 PM Subject: [NC-PCFR] Fernando Harris My name is Richard Leya and my great great grandfather was Ferdinand Harris. Some number of years ago(about 6-8) I located his grave in a family cemetery located west of Winterville about two miles. Some refer to it as the Shivers family cemetery and I have also heard it refered to as the Harris cemetery. Between the time I first visited the grave and my return last summer someone has placed an additional stone marker indicating that he was a member of the 67NC infantry co I. I already knew this to be a fact but I would like to know who initiated placing the new headstone. It would appear that the stone is a federal stone such as would be installed by the UDC. I assume that there is a possibility that I may have a distant relative that I have never met that may have done this and I would like the opportunity to talk to them and find out if they have any information on Ferdinand that I don’t already know which is just a little that my grandmother told me when I was a child. Any assistance you could give me on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Greatfully, Richard Leya, H L Hundley camp 143, South Carolina Division SCV. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009 Pitt County Family Researchers  website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ Message archives address: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=nc-pcfr ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message