Hi, everyone, I apparently didn't get the original posting that prompted this response. Capt. Robert Harris (the son of Robert Harris and Mourning Glenn of Louisa & Albemarle Cos., VA), and the husband of Lucretia Brown Harris, did NOT die in 1796! [Where do people keep getting that year of death for Robert Harris who died in Surry Co., NC? It is not correct, and people should please stop posting it as though it is proven. The actual documents show that this information is not correct at all---this particular Robert Harris did not die until 1809 in Surry Co., NC. Please, everyone who has notations on this man, correct your notes for him.] This Robert Harris and his family had moved, along with his parents, from Louisa Co. to Albemarle Co., VA, near the end of his parents' lives. Robert Harris Sr., and his wife, Mourning Glenn, died there, and their wills are recorded there. I do have documentation for this family in Louisa Co., and other earlier families, but I only will post a couple of vital ones in Albemarle, and a portion of what is relevant in North Carolina. And, by the way, Benjamin Brown Sr. had a large number of children before he started "going for the B's"; only his younger children's names all started with the letter "B". Lucy Brown Harris died sometime before1806, and Robert died there in 1809. An additional document that I am including here is the will of Cornelius Dabney [second father-in-law of this Robert Harris' brother, Christopher Harris, whose second wife was apparently Cornelius' daughter. {Cornelius Dabney's daughter, the second wife of Christopher Harris, was the mother of a number of his children that are named in his 1794 Madison Co., KY will...}] Robert Harris [Sr.] of Surry Co., NC, wrote his will in 1806 and died in 1809 in Surry Co., NC. His land was on the Ararat River in Surry Co. [DNA proves that this Harris line matches to the family of my own William Harris, who died in 1848 in Wilkes Co., NC at the age of 96 {having removed from Culpeper, VA, to Surry, NC, then Wilkes, NC.} How they possibly are related is, as yet, undiscovered. My William Harris was illiterate, and this Robert Harris was quite wealthy, and his family had always been literate, as far as I can tell. It is a mystery.] Here is the brief but clear documentation for the lines of the couple of Robert Harrises of this line as I have found it. As E. W. states, if you use any of this information, please cite the sources in the correct way (the researchers spent many hours in their work, and they deserve the tribute to them, and acknowledgement of the copyrights thereof. We would certainly all be lost without their work, so please be respectful in this regard, and always post all sources.) Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com ============================= Records Compiled by:Pamela Howerton Stone Ross pamstone@cfl.rr.com362 North Brevard Avenue Cocoa Beach, FL 32931-2936 ============================= Extracted from:KING, J. Estelle Stewart: Abstracts of Wills,Inventories, and Administration Accounts ofAlbemarle County, Virginia (1748-1800) AmherstCounty, Virginia (1761-1800); Published, 1940, by Author, Beverly Hills, CA.(No Copyright noted.)- *Will Book A begins p. 1 and ends p. 4. *Will Book B (Book 2) begins p. 5 and ends p. 30. *Will Book 3 begins p. 31 and ends p. 44. *Will Book 4 begins p. 45 and ends p. 47. - (NOTE: Alternative surname spellings added by me [Pam Stone] to help identify possible family units that may have used [or been called in various documents] surnames different from those in the text of these documents. No other spelling has been changed or added to the original abstracts. ---P.S.) p. 16: Will dtd.18 June 1765; Recorded 8 August 1765 Albemarle Co., VA, Book 2, p. 185: Will of Robert HARRIS. Son Christopher HARRIS to have 40 acres of and in Albemarle County, known as "Bear's Cornfield." After decease of wife, son William HARRIS to have all land I now hold in Albemarle County. Sons: Robert HARRIS, Tyre HARRIS and William HARRIS to have slaves. Wife Mowrnning (Mourning) HARRIS to have use of all lands during her life. Son William to be under direction of son-in-law John RODES. Exrs.: John RODES and William SHELTON. Wits.: Daniel MAUPIN, John MULLINS, Jr., William MAUPIN, and Connerly MULLINS - p. 23:8 May 1775; Recorded March Court 1776. Albemarle Co., VA, Book 2, p. 338: Will of Mourning HARRIS. Mentions will made by late husband, Robert HARRIS. Daughter-in-law Elizabeth HARRIS and "the rest of my children" (not named.) Exrs.: John RODES and William SHELTON. Wits.: James WOODSON, John GILLUM (GILLIAM), William TOMERLIN =================================== Extracted from: HOPKINS, William Lindsay: Some Wills From the Burned Counties of Virginia and Other Wills Not Listed in Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800; Copyright, 1995, by W. L. Hopkins; Published, 1995, by Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA, USA --- p. 92 Will Dtd. 26 Oct 1764; Prob. 7 Feb 1765 Will of Cornelius DABNEY of Hanover Co. Wife Sarah DABNEY. Sons William DABNEY, John DABNEY and Cornelius DABNEY dec'd. Son-in-law C. HARRIS. Daughters Mary Elizabeth MAUPIN, Fanny MAUPIN and Anna THOMPSON. Exors.: John DABNEY and Henry TERRELL. (DABNEY, William H.: Sketch of the Dabneys of VA, 1888) ======================================== Extracted from: ABSHER, Mrs. W. O. [Ruby T.]: Surry County, North Carolina Records of Deeds; Copyright, 1981,by R. T. Absher; Published, 1975?, by R. T. Absher, North Wilkesboro, NC - Deed Books A & B = 1770-1783 Deed Book C = 1777-1788 - p. 20: Surry Co., NC Deed Book A, pp. 263-264 Deed dtd. 1 Apr 1778 Between Robert LANIER and Robert HARRIS, of Albemarle Co., Va., for 400 pounds Virginia money, 200 acres on the East side of the Tarrarat [Ararat] River...being part of a tract LANIER bought of Martin ARMSTRONG...line of Granville grant to John STUART...Signed: Robert Lanier Wits.: John HARRIS, Benjamin PETTIT, John LYNCH ========================================== Transcription Courtesy of Glenn Harris No. Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina Will dtd. 10 July 1806; Probated November Term, 1809 Surry County Deed Book 3, Page 93 State of North Carolina Surry County Will of Robert Harris of the said county and state... Item- To Elijah Harris, my son, the land where Robert lived (originally bought from Robert Lanier.) Item- Whereas my sons, Tyree, Bezebel Brown, Bernice and daughter Lucretia have received 100 pounds of Virginia money out of my estate, and the rest of my children have not, namely Mourning Burch, Nancy Boon, the heirs of son Robert, Lucy Head, the heirs of Patsey Turner, to receive 100 pounds of Virginia money, except the heirs of Sarah Blackwell to receive 50 pounds. Item- To grand daughter Milly Harris, one horse and saddle, bed and furniture. Item-The rest of the estate to be divided equally between the above children except for Elijah who is to take no share but the land gave him. Executors- sons Bezebel Harris and Elijah Harris. Signed: Robert Harris Wits.: Joseph Forkner Jesse McKinney Elijah Davis ================================= Extracted from: LINN, Jo White: Surry Co., North Carolina, Will Abstracts, Vols. 1-3, 1771 - 1827; Indexed by Edith Montcalm Clark; Copyright,1974, by Jo White Linn; Published by Mrs. Stahle Linn, Jr., Salisbury, NC, USA p. 60: 10 July 1787; Recorded August Court 1787. Book 2, p. 77A. Will of Ratliff BOON (BOONE). Wife, Ruth, to have negroes, Ballar, Judge and Hannah. Daughter Rachel GIRLY (GURLEY, GURLY) to have $1.00. Son Joseph BOON gets negro man, Trial. Son Thomas gets negro man, Crombel. Dau. Charity CLICK gets negro boy Abraham. Son Ratliff BOON gets negro fellow Ned. Daughter Hester BOON gets negro girl Folline. Son James BOON gets negro fellow, Epin. Dau. Mary BOON gets negro girl Hager. Son Daniel BOON gets negro girl Vilate. Exr.: Son Ratliff BOON. Wits.: Robert HARRIS, Richard HAZELWOOD. Proved by Richard HAZELWOOD. [Note: Son Ratliff Jr. married Nancy Harris, daughter of Robert & Lucretia Brown Harris. Ratliff & Nancy moved to that part of District 96, South Carolina that later became Pendleton Co.--PHSR] p. 103: 7 Feb 1807 Vol. 3, p. 80. Will of William FORKNER. Wife Susanna to have 960 acre homeplace and adjacent lands during her widowhood, then to go to son Samuel who gets 400 acres with the dwelling house. Residue to Micajah and William "my other two youngest sons." Sons James and Martin to divide another 237 acre tract. Son Lewis to have the land in Stokes County. Sons Isaac and Pleasant have received their part. Daughter Vilate (Violet) JACKSON to have $220.00. Amer JACKSON to have Deskin HANEY's bonds. Daughter Mary [Carrie] HARRIS. Daughter Lucy to have negroes Anthony and Nicey. Exrs: Jesse FRANKLIN, Elijah HARRIS, John MARTIN. Wit: John SPARGER, Lewis P. CLARK, John FORKNER. (NOTE: Court Records of Augusta Co., VA, indicate that early Surry Co. residents William Terrell LEWIS and William FORKNER were from that VA location, and that William FORKNER [Sr.] had lived at Fort Lewis in Augusta, and removed to NC by May of 1767 [Augusta Co., VA, Court Order Book C, p. 344.] ) ====================================== [END OF POSTING] ====================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hdanw@aol.com>To: NCSURRY-L@rootsweb.com; <HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:19 PMSubject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Robert Harris & Lucretia Brown - Probably previously of Louisa Co., VADear ResearchersI have this *orphan* in my notes. Can anyone give me the source [say, abook or a film] of this *pick-up* on the internet?Have you got anything to add? Robert Harris is believed to be the son ofMajor Robert Harris of Louisa Co., VA and sometimes of Albemarle Co., VA.Lucretia is believed to be the daughter of Benjamin Brown, who named a good manyof sons with Biblical names beginning with B. [easy to distinguish them fromother Brown males].E-mail excerpt [unidentified by me] is below.E.W.WallacePicked up by a google.com search Aug 2003. Needs verification.- Capt. Robert Harris (3/8/1741-11/1796) (died Surry Co., NC) marriedLucretia Brown(1746- 1802) (children: Bernice Harris, Robert Harris, Elijah Harris,Nancy Harris (Boon), Bezaleel Brown Harris, Lucretia Harris, Mourning Harris(Burch), Lucy Harris (Head), Patsy Harris (Turner), Sarah Harris(Blackwell), Tyree Rodes Harris)************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.-------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message