Hi Pam, I was just curious, as David Blackwell and William Easley were the securities on the admins. bond for my John Stewart SR`s estate in Surry CO NC. Abraham Hawks was the admins. I know David Blackwell had married a Harris and was wondering if your line was the same Harris line. Thanks, Teresa Stuart de Rios --- Pam Stone <pamstone@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Teresa & everyone, > > Robert Harris (d. 1809, Surry Co., NC) moved to > Surry Co. > straight from Albemarle Co., VA. He was the son of > Robert & > Mourning Glenn Harris of Louisa & Albemarle Cos., > VA, > the grandson of Capt. William & Temperance Overton > Harris of New Kent Co., VA, and the great-grandson > of > Robert Harris of Ware Creek. > > So, technically, as my 1713 William Harris appears > to have been > a grandson of Robert Harris of Ware Creek (likely > through > a younger son?), my William and the Robert Harris > that came > to Surry, NC (and Robert's brother, Christopher's > son, > Dabney Harris, too) were of the same root family > (though I > doubt they were aware of that.) > > They didn ot come to Surry Co. together. My William > came to > Surry, NC straight from Culpeper Co., VA. > > Robert Harris of Albemarle Co., VA & Surry Co., NC, > (whose > daughter married David Blackwell,) was > better-educated and a > much more wealthy man than my William. (Dabney > Harris was in > Louisa Co., VA, and also in Augusta Co. in that > state---he was > also illiterate, as eldest sons often were in the > pioneering days.) > > This area of North Carolina was still very much a > wilderness > when William Harris, and his friends, Thomas > Walsh/Welsh/Welch > and Thomas Grimsley moved from Culpeper, VA to > Wilkes Co. > (I have another ancestress who was killed in Wilkes > Co. in 1794 > in an Indian attack!) > > :-) > > Pam > pamstone@cfl.rr.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "teresa stuart" <lilliebelle3@yahoo.com> > To: "Pam Stone" <pamstone@cfl.rr.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 10:52 AM > Subject: Re: [NCSurry] Names of waterways---and our > William HARRIS (b. 1752) > & his missing kids... > > > Pam, > Was your Harris family of VA to Surry CO NC assoc. > or > allied with David Blackwell in VA and Surry NC. > David > Blackwell came with his father in law who was a > Harris > from VA to Surry NC. > Teresa Sturt de Rios > > --- Pam Stone <pamstone@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > > > E. W., > > > > Great advice for all researchers to follow! > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com