Lucinda, I have seen this line of William Houston Harris posted as the son of Robert Harris (d. 1806, Surry, NC.) That CANNOT be correct, as Robert's son of the same name had predeceased Robert Sr. before 1806 (when Robert wrote his will and mentioned the heirs of his son, Robert. I think the only child of Robert's child of the same name was Milly Harris, who was named as the granddaughter of Robert Sr.) I think I have information on this William Houston family in census records somewhere, but not quick-at-hand available right now. (But for sure, this William Houston was still in Surry Co., NC in 1850, and had a large family there at that time) I also have a couple of other Harrises in NW NC that I am really curious about: Champion Travis Harris first appeared in Surry Co., NC (don't know his exact location there, but in 1820, he was in Surry Co.) During the 1840's, however, he was in Wilkes Co., and his children attended school there. Then by 1850, he was again in Surry Co. Who are his ancestors? And all his descendants? The other Harris I am wondering about is Charles Harris. Charles Harris appears on no census at all for either Surry or Wilkes Co., NC, yet was the postmaster of the Trap Hill Post Office in 1747. He left, buried in a Wilkes Co., NC cemetery, two children, but then moved on to an unknown location. Who was this Charles, where did he move to, and did he have any children that survived him? All of this is so bewildering, isn't it? Pam pamstone@cfl.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lucinda Goad" <jgoad1@triad.rr.com> To: <NCSURRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 4:54 PM Subject: [NCSurry] Another Surry County Harris Will abstract Surry Will Book 3 page 120 Will of ROBERT HARRIS, 1 Jan 1816, prob May 1816 Wife: Dicy Children: Patsey Childress, John Harris, Sethbabe Harris, Ethel Harris, nancy Harris, and William H Harris. Surry Marriage bond: Willaim H Harris to Elvina Davis 31 Jul 1839, B.T. Wall Bondsman ==== NCSURRY Mailing List ==== Surry Co, North Carolina NCGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/~surryco/ ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx