Interestingly & coincedentaly, there is a Michael Reagan about 1699 place unknown. He lives in Stafford VA & died in Fairfax VA in 1773. He has a son Michael Jr b. 1740. Nothing more is known abt this Michael Jr. Michael Sr had a brother William b. bef 1709 who also resided in Stafford & died in Fairfax in 1754. The only known son of this Wm was John b. aft 1736. Makes me wonder if Wm could have had a son named Micheal as well b. 1730s? Unfortunately this is all I know of Wm. You mention that Samuel Reagan was born Russel Co VA. Micheal Reagan Sr also had son Nicholas b. 1736 who died in Washingon Co., VA in 1819. Washington bordered Russell to the south. The draw back to any type of connection is that both your Michael Sr & Jr were born PA, while Michael Sr and brother Wm was in Stafford VA. -----Original Message----- From: Maryellen Horrigan Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:40 AM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Michael Regan Sr. I cannot help directly, BUT, Chester Co PA for an early period I do not remember the specific dates of, was one of the counties that claimed part of the DELMARVA Peninsula. Penn and Baltimore really got into it in Court in Eng. The fight was bitter and the resulting compromise was ignored by both sides. VA was also scrambling for property. The Mason Dixon line that "decided" the issue was never completed across the DELMARVA, as the surveyors got stuck in the swamps. It didn't matter, because landowners just ignored the new line and continued to register claims wherever they felt inclined. Take a poke around Accomack VA, Northhampton VA, and Somerset MD. There is also an oddball group of records on the MD Archives site that lists "MD land claims in DE". It is possible to have kin on this odd finger of land between the Chesapeake and the Atlantic, because the area was so riddled with water. M'ellen P.S. Your protocol is right on. -----Original Message----- From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cynthia Vogel Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:05 PM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Wm Powell Riggin How do I do a Roll Call? I'm fairly new at this, so please go easy on me ! I am related to and am researching this Ragan line: Michael Regan Sr. b. abt. 1730, Chester Co. PA then Michael Regan, Jr. b. abt. 1759, Chester Co., PA Samuel Reagan b. 23 Mar 1789, Russell Co. VA and Sally Godbey b. 12 Aug 1810, Pulaski Co. KY then Galen G. Ragan, b. 27 Dec 1830, Kentucky and Susannah R. Godbey then Rev. John Godby Ragan, b. 22 Oct 1853, Pulaski Co. KY and Nancy Coffey, b. 10 Feb 1857, Lincoln Co. KY then Welby Lloyd Ragan, b. 22 Apr 1895, Lewis Co., KY and Gertrude Hannah Morton, b. 17 May 1899, Greenup Co., KY then Henry Royal Ragan, b. 1 Feb 1932, Twin Valley, Ohio and Elizabeth Ann Boggs, still living, b. Ohio and then me: Cynthia Ragan Vogel I am trying to document as best I can the lineage. Though I have been working on it for some years, this is my first time on-line and reading postings and such. Would appreciate any helpful hints or suggestions of the "protocol" how to do things. Many thanks to all of you -- I think genealogy is an example of "paying it forward". C james garrett <jwgarrett@webtv.net> wrote: This is what I have regarding Wm Powell Riggin of Bute/WarrenCo., NC Sons: William b. abt 1750 Powell b. abt 1752/53 John b. abt 1755 James b. 1756/57 Charles b. abt 1759/60 possibly md to Milly Popplin 1788 in Lincoln Co., NC. Richard b. 1768 Both Powell & Wm Riggan are listed in 1771 Bute Co., NC Tax list Aug 1780 & Oct 1783 Warren Co., NC Court Minutes Charles Riggin (orphan) Powell Riggan Richard Riggan (orphan) Wm Powell Riggin (dec'd) 1790 Warren NC Wm Riggin 1-4-2 (possible s/o Wm Powell) Possible "3 of the 4" sons b. 1774-1790 James Joseph b. 1776 Wm Powell b. 1777 John b. 1780/85 Did your Wm have another son b. bef 1790? The other Wm Riggin of 1790 Warren with HH enmeration 1-1-2 is likely s/o John & Ann Bell Riggin. -----Original Message----- From: Court Conkwright Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 4:02 PM To: Ragan Roots Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Riggin line I am looking for anyone that maybe connected to this Riggin/Riggins family. William Riggin who is believed to be from the family of William Powell Rigan. Note the difference spelling in the last name. >From Wills "William Powell Rigan dated 4 April 1770 Warren Co, N.C. recorded May court 1770. Sons: William Riggin, Powell Riggin, John Rigin, Charles Rigan(land adj. Sauls creek including plantation where Jean Evans now lives), Son Richard Rigan(Riggan). Wife Priscilla Riggan(Rigan). Exrs: George Allin, James Hardwick. Wit: James Hardwick, Alexander Burnham." My William had the following children: 1. James Joseph Riggins born 4 Mar 1776 N.C. died 11 Oct 1846 Cole Co., Mo married to Barzillia Lawless 2. William Powell Riggins born abt 1777 in N.C. died abt 1853 Audrain Co., Mo married to 1st unknown 2nd Polly Wigginton 1828 3rd Martha Pasty Barshear abt 1852 Audreain Co., Mo 3. John Riggin born 1780/1785 in Warren co., N.C. died 18 May 1844 Gasconade, MO. married to Margaret Peggy Farris 2nd Eva Coppenberger abt 1840 Madison Co., Ill 4. Henry Riggin born 26 Sep 1806 Tenn died 4 Aug 1849 Madison Co., Ill married Lucinda Ferguson in Madison Co. Ill bef1831 I am from the line of Henry Riggin. 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I just ran across a 2000 note wherein a Ragan researcher was speculating that the father of a Stephen Ragan was the brother of Spencer Ragan. He then goes on to say that he is looking for an Eli Ragan who disappears from the records of Lexington, Fayette Co about the same time that Stephen disappears in about 1810. Just throwing the note out there. M'ellen

I cannot help directly, BUT, Chester Co PA for an early period I do not remember the specific dates of, was one of the counties that claimed part of the DELMARVA Peninsula. Penn and Baltimore really got into it in Court in Eng. The fight was bitter and the resulting compromise was ignored by both sides. VA was also scrambling for property. The Mason Dixon line that "decided" the issue was never completed across the DELMARVA, as the surveyors got stuck in the swamps. It didn't matter, because landowners just ignored the new line and continued to register claims wherever they felt inclined. Take a poke around Accomack VA, Northhampton VA, and Somerset MD. There is also an oddball group of records on the MD Archives site that lists "MD land claims in DE". It is possible to have kin on this odd finger of land between the Chesapeake and the Atlantic, because the area was so riddled with water. M'ellen P.S. Your protocol is right on. -----Original Message----- From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Cynthia Vogel Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:05 PM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Wm Powell Riggin How do I do a Roll Call? I'm fairly new at this, so please go easy on me ! I am related to and am researching this Ragan line: Michael Regan Sr. b. abt. 1730, Chester Co. PA then Michael Regan, Jr. b. abt. 1759, Chester Co., PA Samuel Reagan b. 23 Mar 1789, Russell Co. VA and Sally Godbey b. 12 Aug 1810, Pulaski Co. KY then Galen G. Ragan, b. 27 Dec 1830, Kentucky and Susannah R. Godbey then Rev. John Godby Ragan, b. 22 Oct 1853, Pulaski Co. KY and Nancy Coffey, b. 10 Feb 1857, Lincoln Co. KY then Welby Lloyd Ragan, b. 22 Apr 1895, Lewis Co., KY and Gertrude Hannah Morton, b. 17 May 1899, Greenup Co., KY then Henry Royal Ragan, b. 1 Feb 1932, Twin Valley, Ohio and Elizabeth Ann Boggs, still living, b. Ohio and then me: Cynthia Ragan Vogel I am trying to document as best I can the lineage. Though I have been working on it for some years, this is my first time on-line and reading postings and such. Would appreciate any helpful hints or suggestions of the "protocol" how to do things. Many thanks to all of you -- I think genealogy is an example of "paying it forward". C james garrett <jwgarrett@webtv.net> wrote: This is what I have regarding Wm Powell Riggin of Bute/WarrenCo., NC Sons: William b. abt 1750 Powell b. abt 1752/53 John b. abt 1755 James b. 1756/57 Charles b. abt 1759/60 possibly md to Milly Popplin 1788 in Lincoln Co., NC. Richard b. 1768 Both Powell & Wm Riggan are listed in 1771 Bute Co., NC Tax list Aug 1780 & Oct 1783 Warren Co., NC Court Minutes Charles Riggin (orphan) Powell Riggan Richard Riggan (orphan) Wm Powell Riggin (dec'd) 1790 Warren NC Wm Riggin 1-4-2 (possible s/o Wm Powell) Possible "3 of the 4" sons b. 1774-1790 James Joseph b. 1776 Wm Powell b. 1777 John b. 1780/85 Did your Wm have another son b. bef 1790? The other Wm Riggin of 1790 Warren with HH enmeration 1-1-2 is likely s/o John & Ann Bell Riggin. -----Original Message----- From: Court Conkwright Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 4:02 PM To: Ragan Roots Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Riggin line I am looking for anyone that maybe connected to this Riggin/Riggins family. William Riggin who is believed to be from the family of William Powell Rigan. Note the difference spelling in the last name. >From Wills "William Powell Rigan dated 4 April 1770 Warren Co, N.C. recorded May court 1770. Sons: William Riggin, Powell Riggin, John Rigin, Charles Rigan(land adj. Sauls creek including plantation where Jean Evans now lives), Son Richard Rigan(Riggan). Wife Priscilla Riggan(Rigan). Exrs: George Allin, James Hardwick. Wit: James Hardwick, Alexander Burnham." My William had the following children: 1. James Joseph Riggins born 4 Mar 1776 N.C. died 11 Oct 1846 Cole Co., Mo married to Barzillia Lawless 2. William Powell Riggins born abt 1777 in N.C. died abt 1853 Audrain Co., Mo married to 1st unknown 2nd Polly Wigginton 1828 3rd Martha Pasty Barshear abt 1852 Audreain Co., Mo 3. John Riggin born 1780/1785 in Warren co., N.C. died 18 May 1844 Gasconade, MO. married to Margaret Peggy Farris 2nd Eva Coppenberger abt 1840 Madison Co., Ill 4. Henry Riggin born 26 Sep 1806 Tenn died 4 Aug 1849 Madison Co., Ill married Lucinda Ferguson in Madison Co. Ill bef1831 I am from the line of Henry Riggin. 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Please don't send me notes regarding how Columbia Co GA did not exist in 1756 for Darby's birth. We know that. However, Columbia was what Darby swore to in his Rev War Pension affidavit. So that's what I wrote. Columbia was not "Officially" created until 1790. Before that it was Richmond Co, which was created in 1777. Richmond Co. was an original county previously organized in 1758 as part of the Parish of Saint Paul. However, the whole area was part of the Creek concession of 1733. In plain English, settlers were allowed into the area early enough for Darby to have been born on the land that became Columbia just about as he was leaving to go to SC. The real issue here is "who's your daddy?" The only R man I know of in GA in this period is a John Regan who is acting as a JP. He is doing stuff like issuing passports through the Creek and Cherokee Nation. I believe he is the John Raggen Esq. who holds a lottery ticket in the 1805 land lottery. However, if John was active in the 1750's and 60's, he would be an old man in the Lottery. Possible, but I need to go check all those 43 unindexed volumes of early GA in my library to really look at John's activities, instead of just tossing vapors at you all. Does anyone have any early ( pre-revolution)R men in GA.? Does anyone know beans about Darby of GA, SC, TN? We'll take guesses at this point...hey, it's a place to start. M'ellen

I have been putting off this guy…who knows why. Each male I think is viable, I put off. This way I get to delay the acknowledging that…” no not this one, he isn’t mine”. If he isn’t ruled out, he can be a hopeful. Okay, there is a lot of blather about a Spartanburg newspaper obit for this Darby guy. The problem with obits is that they are not written by the dead…who were actually there. A 19th century obit that claims the guy came from Good Old County Cork has got fudge written all over it…it grits wrong…go drink some green beer. See below. In 1931, a DAR hopeful wrote to the Nat’l Archives to enquire about a bevy of men who may have been in the Rev War. Thus, in addition to Darby Reagan’s records, we get this person’s ( the 1931 clerk at the archives) opinions thrown in for free along with the details in the Nat’l Archives. In 1834 Monroe Co TN, where William Callaway was clerk and a Joseph Powell was Magistrate, one Darby Reagan applied for his Rev War pension. He was 77 years and 10 months old. His application was approved. The principle witness was John Denton. The approving committee was William James, Mylay Tucker, and Hiraim Lurch/Leech/ Lurah.. ?? A further affidavit was attested to by a John Betz.( Betts?) At one time he fought under Capt Samuel Buckner. (A Buckner Ragan is prominent in early post Rev.GA records). According to his sworn affidavit, Darby was born in 1756 Columbia Co , GA, and enlisted from there in 1780. At no time does he name his wife and children, though they did exist and are indirectly referred to. Darby reenlisted ( including being invalided out with wounds) six times. This took up roughly 2 ½ years. I mention this because of our time line. Darby says he continued to live in Columbia Co GA for four or five years after the end of the Revolution. Well, the war isn’t over if you are still in it. I figure Darby lived in GA until late 1786 or 1787. At that time he headed for Newbury District SC, where he stayed until 1814, when he headed for Spartanburg, SC. He lived In Spartanburg for 17 years. In 1831, for whatever reason, he moved to Monroe Co TN. On March 20 1834, he applied for his Rev War Pension. In April of 1843, he moved to Greenville, SC and applied to have his pension transferred there. When Darby applied to have his pension transferred to TN, he said his kids were all gone away and MOST of them lived in Greenville, SC, so he wanted to be near them. He held, at that time Pension # 26623.from TN. A Simpson Reagan testified to the veracity of Darby’s claim. No relationship was given. A Wm Blasingame okayed the transfer. Darby died in 1851 Spartanburg, SC. He was 95. Alright, I am going blind looking at the actual handwritten census, ink blobs and all, for the whole state. On p. 11 in Beaufort is Ebeneezer 1 1 2 x x and also Anne Riggins. X 1 3 x x . I’m betting this is either Eben living next to his widowed mom, young brother and sisters, or Eben living next to his brother’s widow. The way widows were quick to remarry, I’d vote for mom. They census may have just caught her between hubbys. But these folk are also not our present focus. On p. 66, in the Index, is a fascinating Thomas Hagans with 1 x 2 x x . Could this be a misread by the later typist?I can’t find him in the written record…where is he? http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/census/1790/transcriptions/066.gif We will return to look for this guy…BUT Then in the actual hand written page I find a gem: go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/census/1790/066.gif and see if you all find what I find…where does he go ? I see a William Ragins 1 5 2 2 0… my my my… but he is not on the typed index and not the present focus. We will definitely come back to this guy. On p. 60, is a Jonathan Ragan. He is by himself in Abbeville. He has 1 x 4 x x So we have one guy with four females of some sort. He may daughter out on us. Let’s move on, as he doesn’t fit our present needs. On . 77, we hit the motherlode. This is all Newberry Co SC. We have a Joseph Ragen 1 1 4 x x He is a bit apart, but on the same page with others. Remember this was a period when the names were recorded by shanks mare and a page indicates proximity. A bit further down the page we have 4 R men: John Raygin 1 1 2 x x , Reason Ragan 3 1 7 x x , Daniel Raygin 1 3 2 x x, and our possible focus guy, Darby Raygin 1 3 1 x x . All we can say about this Darby from this census, is that he is where he should be. He has what looks to be a wife and 3 young sons. There are so many R’s in the 1800, that I am going to stick to Darby for now. Every time I do the 1800 I come up with more names that could be R’s. There is no Darby in the 1800 SC. I don’t know why,. Darby would have received his 287 1/2/ acres of GA land ( I have this record) as a RW vet between 1784-7. In the early 1800’s, the later arriving vets got 294 acres and the earlier vets complained. They were given an additional 6 ½ acres. It was a logistical nightmare. I have the record of Jonathan Regan getting his 6 ½ acres. I have no record of Darby getting his additional grant, Though this doesn’t mean he didn’t get it. I feel he was gone from the state. Because the 1800 is handwritten by alphabet, we cannot check to see who was left out. This is as good a time as any to remember that there were 3 copies of every census at the Federal, State, and County level. Some good soul in SC might be able to check if the Newberry copy survived, and see if Darby is listed. In 1810, Darby is still supposed to be in Newberry Co SC. On p. 91 is a Reason Ragan 21102-101 On p. 120, a fair distance, is Cary ? Reagan 00100-10100, and on p. 121 is Joseph Reagan 01001-00101 and also William Reagon 30010-00010. I mention these three because Darby should now be 54 and could have sprinkled sons over the Newberry landscape. In Spartanburg SC on p. 182 are: James Ragins10010-00100 and Darby Ragins 30201-02001. Ahhhhh. I feel James is the son of Darby and I believe Darby is on wife #2, with 3 young boys and 4 teenagers from the first wife , 2 of each sex. This is getting perhaps too long for Rootsweb, so I will end by mentioning:All over the net I am told that a Darby Riggins married Nancy Lawrence/Laurence. In Feb 1814 Spartanburg SC ,I am told, the will of a James Laurence was probated wherein he gifts grandsons John, Darby, and James Alexander Ragans formerly meant for daughter Nancy. Hmmm. This would mean possibly two James’s, not the first time.. This needs checking. In 1820 SC census we have in Newberry, Reason and William. In Spartanburg we have Benj, James, Jesse, and William. No Darby. Where is he? One additional thought, on the Eastern Shore ,DELMARVA Peninsula are two Darby Riggin cousins. One cousin fought as a Rev soldier, one deserted and signed on as a Tory. After the Rev, one left. We cannot prove who was the Tory and who the Rev Vet. We cannot prove who left.Food for thought. Maryellen

That works for me...of course, we are forgetting Jeremiah... -----Original Message----- From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of james garrett Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 8:42 PM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] John, son of Francis Maryellen, Interesting observation. I have wondered about this Wiliam of Surry VA in Bute NC in 1769-1770 who was affiliated with Joseph of Bute NC. William & Josephs relationship were most likely cousins. Joseph, I believe is the s/o Francis Jr-3 while William was s/o John-3. -----Original Message----- From: Maryellen Horrigan Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:05 AM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] John, son of Francis Some years ago, I pursued John, son of Francis and the assumed Jane Gross. I was lucky enough to encounter Linda Ahearn and tap into her conclusions. She is an amazing researcher of this NC bunch of R's. Most of the work below is from a 7 year old correspondence with her. Francis left a written 19 Mar 1727 will. He mentions 10 children. (I have some doubt that this is actually the order of the children, but) ... the last mentioned was son John ( est birth 1705-10) John received various pots and dishes. If his mother remarried, John was to get 1/2 of plantation and 1/2 land rented from Wm Thompson. ( this may be the same Thompson family that intermarries with the Francis Riggan and John Riggan Families in Bute) After Jane's death, John was to get 1/3 of the estate and the other 2/3 was to be divided among sons Francis, Thomas, Richard. The only son not getting real property was Joseph. Joseph got a cup and a gun. Richard got 5 pounds, Francis Jr got the home plantation, Dan'l got a plantation, Thomas got 150 A " now in possession of Joseph", the daughters each got 1 pound 5 shillings. This sounds to me like Joseph is already set up...off and gone...on his own. Geography: In 1730 Francis Jr and Mom Jane sell property in Isle of Wight. Francis is of Isle of Wight, Jane is of Surry. ( Property wa to Francis Sr 1722.) In 1732 Frances and wife Elizabeth sell to a Joseph High, 50 A in Surry Co Va. On the Blackwater. In 1727, in Bertie Co NC appear Joseph, Thomas, and Daniel Regan. In the same year, Joseph and Daniel both die and leave land to sons Joseph and Daniel Jr. These two ( I am not clear if Linda means the sr or jr two) have land in Isle of Wight on Round Hill Swamp. In Surry Co VA in 1766, John Riggan, son of Francis and Jane, leaves a will dated 12 Dec 1766, probated 20Jan 1767. Children mentioned were William, Jesse, Benjamin, and Mary. No mention of wife...assumed dead. William and Benjamin each get 100 A, Mary and Benj divide personal property, Jesse gets a bed and furniture. William and Benj. Continue on the Surry Co tax lists with 100 A each. Jesse does not own, but rents 230 1/4 A from Anthony Digge. And died about 1792. Linda believes William, son of this John of Francis and Jane, in 1769 went to NC and purchased 100 A of land there from Joseph and Mary Riggan, then sold it in 1770 to William Durham and returned to Surry Co VA. I find this an interesting viewpoint, esp of the William in both Surry and NC. We have talked about this before as to whether the Surry Co Wm was just investing in NC. Looks like Ms Ahearn thinks so also. Enjoy, MAryellen ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Maryellen, Interesting observation. I have wondered about this Wiliam of Surry VA in Bute NC in 1769-1770 who was affiliated with Joseph of Bute NC. William & Josephs relationship were most likely cousins. Joseph, I believe is the s/o Francis Jr-3 while William was s/o John-3. -----Original Message----- From: Maryellen Horrigan Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:05 AM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] John, son of Francis Some years ago, I pursued John, son of Francis and the assumed Jane Gross. I was lucky enough to encounter Linda Ahearn and tap into her conclusions. She is an amazing researcher of this NC bunch of R's. Most of the work below is from a 7 year old correspondence with her. Francis left a written 19 Mar 1727 will. He mentions 10 children. (I have some doubt that this is actually the order of the children, but) ... the last mentioned was son John ( est birth 1705-10) John received various pots and dishes. If his mother remarried, John was to get 1/2 of plantation and 1/2 land rented from Wm Thompson. ( this may be the same Thompson family that intermarries with the Francis Riggan and John Riggan Families in Bute) After Jane's death, John was to get 1/3 of the estate and the other 2/3 was to be divided among sons Francis, Thomas, Richard. The only son not getting real property was Joseph. Joseph got a cup and a gun. Richard got 5 pounds, Francis Jr got the home plantation, Dan'l got a plantation, Thomas got 150 A " now in possession of Joseph", the daughters each got 1 pound 5 shillings. This sounds to me like Joseph is already set up...off and gone...on his own. Geography: In 1730 Francis Jr and Mom Jane sell property in Isle of Wight. Francis is of Isle of Wight, Jane is of Surry. ( Property wa to Francis Sr 1722.) In 1732 Frances and wife Elizabeth sell to a Joseph High, 50 A in Surry Co Va. On the Blackwater. In 1727, in Bertie Co NC appear Joseph, Thomas, and Daniel Regan. In the same year, Joseph and Daniel both die and leave land to sons Joseph and Daniel Jr. These two ( I am not clear if Linda means the sr or jr two) have land in Isle of Wight on Round Hill Swamp. In Surry Co VA in 1766, John Riggan, son of Francis and Jane, leaves a will dated 12 Dec 1766, probated 20Jan 1767. Children mentioned were William, Jesse, Benjamin, and Mary. No mention of wife...assumed dead. William and Benjamin each get 100 A, Mary and Benj divide personal property, Jesse gets a bed and furniture. William and Benj. Continue on the Surry Co tax lists with 100 A each. Jesse does not own, but rents 230 1/4 A from Anthony Digge. And died about 1792. Linda believes William, son of this John of Francis and Jane, in 1769 went to NC and purchased 100 A of land there from Joseph and Mary Riggan, then sold it in 1770 to William Durham and returned to Surry Co VA. I find this an interesting viewpoint, esp of the William in both Surry and NC. We have talked about this before as to whether the Surry Co Wm was just investing in NC. Looks like Ms Ahearn thinks so also. Enjoy, MAryellen ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Some years ago, I pursued John, son of Francis and the assumed Jane Gross. I was lucky enough to encounter Linda Ahearn and tap into her conclusions. She is an amazing researcher of this NC bunch of R's. Most of the work below is from a 7 year old correspondence with her. Francis left a written 19 Mar 1727 will. He mentions 10 children. (I have some doubt that this is actually the order of the children, but) ... the last mentioned was son John ( est birth 1705-10) John received various pots and dishes. If his mother remarried, John was to get 1/2 of plantation and 1/2 land rented from Wm Thompson. ( this may be the same Thompson family that intermarries with the Francis Riggan and John Riggan Families in Bute) After Jane's death, John was to get 1/3 of the estate and the other 2/3 was to be divided among sons Francis, Thomas, Richard. The only son not getting real property was Joseph. Joseph got a cup and a gun. Richard got 5 pounds, Francis Jr got the home plantation, Dan'l got a plantation, Thomas got 150 A " now in possession of Joseph", the daughters each got 1 pound 5 shillings. This sounds to me like Joseph is already set up...off and gone...on his own. Geography: In 1730 Francis Jr and Mom Jane sell property in Isle of Wight. Francis is of Isle of Wight, Jane is of Surry. ( Property wa to Francis Sr 1722.) In 1732 Frances and wife Elizabeth sell to a Joseph High, 50 A in Surry Co Va. On the Blackwater. In 1727, in Bertie Co NC appear Joseph, Thomas, and Daniel Regan. In the same year, Joseph and Daniel both die and leave land to sons Joseph and Daniel Jr. These two ( I am not clear if Linda means the sr or jr two) have land in Isle of Wight on Round Hill Swamp. In Surry Co VA in 1766, John Riggan, son of Francis and Jane, leaves a will dated 12 Dec 1766, probated 20Jan 1767. Children mentioned were William, Jesse, Benjamin, and Mary. No mention of wife...assumed dead. William and Benjamin each get 100 A, Mary and Benj divide personal property, Jesse gets a bed and furniture. William and Benj. Continue on the Surry Co tax lists with 100 A each. Jesse does not own, but rents 230 1/4 A from Anthony Digge. And died about 1792. Linda believes William, son of this John of Francis and Jane, in 1769 went to NC and purchased 100 A of land there from Joseph and Mary Riggan, then sold it in 1770 to William Durham and returned to Surry Co VA. I find this an interesting viewpoint, esp of the William in both Surry and NC. We have talked about this before as to whether the Surry Co Wm was just investing in NC. Looks like Ms Ahearn thinks so also. Enjoy, MAryellen

John, please send me a copy at mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com I carry Harrisons out of MD, to NC Thanks, M'ellen -----Original Message----- From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Morrel Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 6:03 PM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] John's reply Daniel Reagan or Ragan Maryellen, Thanks for your suggestion, but the loss of formatting on these messages makes them impossible to read correctly anyway. I have taken responses to the string off list and sent my response directly to James Garrett. John -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Maryellen Horrigan" <mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com> > John, This message beginning below was too long... plese cut it in half and > send in 2 installments marked as 1 and 2.M'ellen > > -----Original Message----- > From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Morrel > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:31 AM > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Daniel Reagan or Ragan to N > > You are right, of course, about Daniel's probable birthplace as being > Augusta County rather than Rockingham County if his birth date is accurate. > I really backed into this family because of the possible link to William > Morrel and have done only a bit of independent research of antecedents on > either the Ragan/Reagan or Harrison side. (Reagan is the spelling Daniel > used to sign his will.) > > I don't have enough information to link either Henry Reagan or Phoebe > Harrison to Jeremiah and Abigail Harrison Ragan at the moment, but here is > the text of a document that may lead somewhere for those of you with more > background. > > Advertisement from the Political Mirror of August 11, 1801, vo. II, no. 18, > Staunton, VA > > Daniel Harrison, William Cavenaugh and Mary Cavenaugh his wife, Jean Smith, > widow and relict of Daniel Smith, deceased, Jeremiah Ragan, and Abigail > Ragan his wife, surviving legatees of Daniel Harrison, deceased, and William > Herring, guardian of Daniel Smith, infant under the age of twenty-one years, > who is devisee of Daniel Smith, deceased, and Daniel Harrison, junior, > Mathew Harrison, Ann Harrison and Jesse Harrison, heirs and legal > representatives of Jesse Harrison, deceased. Take notice that in pursuance > of an order made in the county court of Rockingham, in a suit there > depending in chancery (brought to perpetuate testimony wherein I am > plaintiff and you are defendants) I shall on the last Saturday in September > next, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and five in the afternoon > proceed to take the depositions of John Fairburn, Edward Shanklin, Samuel > Hemphill and Andrew Shanklin, [two words smeared] ,at the house of William > Herring, there being a commission awarde! > d to ta > ke the depositions of said persons by the county court aforesaid, the reason > of taking said depositions being to perpetuate the testimony of said persons > respecting the title to a tract of land which I have in possession, and > which I have understood, you pretend to have some claim to; the said persons > being aged and infirm, I am your most obedient servant, Benj. Harrison > August 6th, 1801. > > Jeremiah Ragan's wife Abigail is said to be the daughter of Daniel Harrison > and Margaret Cravens whose children were Robert, Daniel, Jesse, Jane, > Abigail, Benjamin and Mary. Jane Harrison married Daniel Smith. These > names are taken from on line records. I do not have independent > confirmation. > > Daniel Reagan's Christian County will names his father as Jeremiah and > through many other documents we can locate Jeremiah and Abigail in > Washington County, Tennessee at the end of their lives. This much we can > confirm absolutely. The will names John C. Harrison as a co-executor and > Daniel Harrison is a witness. It is not clear who these two men are. > > Daniel's wife, Elizabeth Harrison is said in some on line records to have > been the daughter of Jeremiah Harrison and his second wife Elizabeth > Patterson. Jeremiah's children by both wives are given as follows: > > By Catherine Adams; > > Mary b. 1741 > Nehemiah v. 1743 > Eleanor v. 1744 > Lydia Donnell b. 1745 > Josiah b. 1746 > Jeremiah b. 1747 > Abigail b. 1748 > Esther or Hester b. 1750 > > By Elizabeth Patterson > > Amos b. 12 Mar 1757 > Jane b. 12 Oct 1758 > Elizabeth b. 1 June 1760 > Isaiah b. 1 Feb 1762 > Bathsheba b. 6 Nov 1765 > Margaret b. 8 July 1766 > Ruth b. 7 June 1768 > Grace b. 30 Sept 1771 > > Jeremiah Harrison is said to have died in Greene County, Tennessee in 1798. > He is said to be the son of Isaiah Harrison and Abigail Smith as is Daniel > Harrison, the father of Abigail who married Jeremiah Ragan. > > I do not have independent confirmation of these lines, but there is a good > deal of documentation from Chalkey and other places that make them seem > plausible. If the information as outlined above is accurate as to Jeremiah > and Abigail Harrison Ragan and their son Daniel and Elizabeth Harrison > Ragan/Reagan, then Abigail and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth would have been > second cousins. > > John > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "james garrett" > > > John, > > > > If your Daniel was born abt 1766 he was likely born in Augusta Co., VA. > > Rockingham Co was formed from Augusta aft 1770. > > Also Augusta Co bordered east of Frederick Co. > > A John Reagan (b. 1711 MD?) left a will in 1767 in Frederick Co. VA. John > is > > allegedly the s/o Timothy Sr of MD. > > John allegedly has a son Charles b. abt 1735 who appears in Dunmore VA in > 1772. > > Dunmore was formed from Frederick in 1772. Charles had a son Henry b. 1762 > who > > md a Phoebe HARRISON (b. 1764 VA), d/o John HARRISON. > > Charles & Henry moved to Blount Co., TN sometime aft 1783 where Charles > died in > > 1815. Henry & wife Phoebe HARRISON moves on to Overton Co., TN bef 1820 > where > > Henry dies in 1829. > > > > I wonder if the Elizabeth HARRISON md to Daniel Reagan is connected to > Phoebe > > HARRISON? > > Didnt Daniel Eagan marry Elizabeth HARRISON in 1788 Green Co., TN? > > And isnt your John (s/o Jeremiah) the grandson of Timothy b. 1714 MD > (brother of > > John b. 1711 MD above)? > > Thus Charles b. 1735 & your Jeremiah b. 1745 related? > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John, regarding the Harrisons, since Phobe Harrison b. 1764 (md to Henry Reagan b. 1762), was a daughter of a John Harrison, the John Harrison b. abt 1740 Augusta VA (s/o Thomas b. 1704) could be a "possible candidate" as the father of Phobe. Thanks for sending the Harrison info. I think both Jerimiah & John (who died abt 1767 in Frederick VA) are cousins, both grandsons of Timothy of A.A., MD. Also in my notes I have: 16 Aug 1748 Fairfax Co., VA Michael Regan awarded 107 acres by George HARRISON. This George HARRISON has to be born by abt 1727 , possibly a 3rd Gen Harrison from Isaiah Sr? This Michael Regan was b. 1699 place unknown (s/o a Wm Reagan b. abt/bef 1678 & died 1741 Prince Wm VA) & died 1773 in Fairfax Co., VA. wife: Rebecca sons: Nicholas b. 1736 Peter b. 1738 Michael b. 1740 Michael Regan first appears in Stafford Co VA in 1728 and is there till aft 1729 then in Prince Wm Co., VA by 1735 & there till aft 1742. Then he appears in Fairfax (formed from PW in 1742) by 1744. Michael has a brother, William b. bef 1709 who died 1754 Fairfax VA.

Maryellen, Thanks for your suggestion, but the loss of formatting on these messages makes them impossible to read correctly anyway. I have taken responses to the string off list and sent my response directly to James Garrett. John -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Maryellen Horrigan" <mellenpatch5@cinci.rr.com> > John, This message beginning below was too long... plese cut it in half and > send in 2 installments marked as 1 and 2.M'ellen > > -----Original Message----- > From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Morrel > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:31 AM > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Daniel Reagan or Ragan > > James, > > You are right, of course, about Daniel's probable birthplace as being > Augusta County rather than Rockingham County if his birth date is accurate. > I really backed into this family because of the possible link to William > Morrel and have done only a bit of independent research of antecedents on > either the Ragan/Reagan or Harrison side. (Reagan is the spelling Daniel > used to sign his will.) > > I don't have enough information to link either Henry Reagan or Phoebe > Harrison to Jeremiah and Abigail Harrison Ragan at the moment, but here is > the text of a document that may lead somewhere for those of you with more > background. > > Advertisement from the Political Mirror of August 11, 1801, vo. II, no. 18, > Staunton, VA > > Daniel Harrison, William Cavenaugh and Mary Cavenaugh his wife, Jean Smith, > widow and relict of Daniel Smith, deceased, Jeremiah Ragan, and Abigail > Ragan his wife, surviving legatees of Daniel Harrison, deceased, and William > Herring, guardian of Daniel Smith, infant under the age of twenty-one years, > who is devisee of Daniel Smith, deceased, and Daniel Harrison, junior, > Mathew Harrison, Ann Harrison and Jesse Harrison, heirs and legal > representatives of Jesse Harrison, deceased. Take notice that in pursuance > of an order made in the county court of Rockingham, in a suit there > depending in chancery (brought to perpetuate testimony wherein I am > plaintiff and you are defendants) I shall on the last Saturday in September > next, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and five in the afternoon > proceed to take the depositions of John Fairburn, Edward Shanklin, Samuel > Hemphill and Andrew Shanklin, [two words smeared] ,at the house of William > Herring, there being a commission awarde! > d to ta > ke the depositions of said persons by the county court aforesaid, the reason > of taking said depositions being to perpetuate the testimony of said persons > respecting the title to a tract of land which I have in possession, and > which I have understood, you pretend to have some claim to; the said persons > being aged and infirm, I am your most obedient servant, Benj. Harrison > August 6th, 1801. > > Jeremiah Ragan's wife Abigail is said to be the daughter of Daniel Harrison > and Margaret Cravens whose children were Robert, Daniel, Jesse, Jane, > Abigail, Benjamin and Mary. Jane Harrison married Daniel Smith. These > names are taken from on line records. I do not have independent > confirmation. > > Daniel Reagan's Christian County will names his father as Jeremiah and > through many other documents we can locate Jeremiah and Abigail in > Washington County, Tennessee at the end of their lives. This much we can > confirm absolutely. The will names John C. Harrison as a co-executor and > Daniel Harrison is a witness. It is not clear who these two men are. > > Daniel's wife, Elizabeth Harrison is said in some on line records to have > been the daughter of Jeremiah Harrison and his second wife Elizabeth > Patterson. Jeremiah's children by both wives are given as follows: > > By Catherine Adams; > > Mary b. 1741 > Nehemiah v. 1743 > Eleanor v. 1744 > Lydia Donnell b. 1745 > Josiah b. 1746 > Jeremiah b. 1747 > Abigail b. 1748 > Esther or Hester b. 1750 > > By Elizabeth Patterson > > Amos b. 12 Mar 1757 > Jane b. 12 Oct 1758 > Elizabeth b. 1 June 1760 > Isaiah b. 1 Feb 1762 > Bathsheba b. 6 Nov 1765 > Margaret b. 8 July 1766 > Ruth b. 7 June 1768 > Grace b. 30 Sept 1771 > > Jeremiah Harrison is said to have died in Greene County, Tennessee in 1798. > He is said to be the son of Isaiah Harrison and Abigail Smith as is Daniel > Harrison, the father of Abigail who married Jeremiah Ragan. > > I do not have independent confirmation of these lines, but there is a good > deal of documentation from Chalkey and other places that make them seem > plausible. If the information as outlined above is accurate as to Jeremiah > and Abigail Harrison Ragan and their son Daniel and Elizabeth Harrison > Ragan/Reagan, then Abigail and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth would have been > second cousins. > > John > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "james garrett" > > > John, > > > > If your Daniel was born abt 1766 he was likely born in Augusta Co., VA. > > Rockingham Co was formed from Augusta aft 1770. > > Also Augusta Co bordered east of Frederick Co. > > A John Reagan (b. 1711 MD?) left a will in 1767 in Frederick Co. VA. John > is > > allegedly the s/o Timothy Sr of MD. > > John allegedly has a son Charles b. abt 1735 who appears in Dunmore VA in > 1772. > > Dunmore was formed from Frederick in 1772. Charles had a son Henry b. 1762 > who > > md a Phoebe HARRISON (b. 1764 VA), d/o John HARRISON. > > Charles & Henry moved to Blount Co., TN sometime aft 1783 where Charles > died in > > 1815. Henry & wife Phoebe HARRISON moves on to Overton Co., TN bef 1820 > where > > Henry dies in 1829. > > > > I wonder if the Elizabeth HARRISON md to Daniel Reagan is connected to > Phoebe > > HARRISON? > > Didnt Daniel Eagan marry Elizabeth HARRISON in 1788 Green Co., TN? > > And isnt your John (s/o Jeremiah) the grandson of Timothy b. 1714 MD > (brother of > > John b. 1711 MD above)? > > Thus Charles b. 1735 & your Jeremiah b. 1745 related? > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

John, This message beginning below was too long... plese cut it in half and send in 2 installments marked as 1 and 2.M'ellen -----Original Message----- From: ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ragan-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Morrel Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:31 AM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Daniel Reagan or Ragan James, You are right, of course, about Daniel's probable birthplace as being Augusta County rather than Rockingham County if his birth date is accurate. I really backed into this family because of the possible link to William Morrel and have done only a bit of independent research of antecedents on either the Ragan/Reagan or Harrison side. (Reagan is the spelling Daniel used to sign his will.) I don't have enough information to link either Henry Reagan or Phoebe Harrison to Jeremiah and Abigail Harrison Ragan at the moment, but here is the text of a document that may lead somewhere for those of you with more background. Advertisement from the Political Mirror of August 11, 1801, vo. II, no. 18, Staunton, VA Daniel Harrison, William Cavenaugh and Mary Cavenaugh his wife, Jean Smith, widow and relict of Daniel Smith, deceased, Jeremiah Ragan, and Abigail Ragan his wife, surviving legatees of Daniel Harrison, deceased, and William Herring, guardian of Daniel Smith, infant under the age of twenty-one years, who is devisee of Daniel Smith, deceased, and Daniel Harrison, junior, Mathew Harrison, Ann Harrison and Jesse Harrison, heirs and legal representatives of Jesse Harrison, deceased. Take notice that in pursuance of an order made in the county court of Rockingham, in a suit there depending in chancery (brought to perpetuate testimony wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendants) I shall on the last Saturday in September next, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and five in the afternoon proceed to take the depositions of John Fairburn, Edward Shanklin, Samuel Hemphill and Andrew Shanklin, [two words smeared] ,at the house of William Herring, there being a commission awarde! d to ta ke the depositions of said persons by the county court aforesaid, the reason of taking said depositions being to perpetuate the testimony of said persons respecting the title to a tract of land which I have in possession, and which I have understood, you pretend to have some claim to; the said persons being aged and infirm, I am your most obedient servant, Benj. Harrison August 6th, 1801. Jeremiah Ragan's wife Abigail is said to be the daughter of Daniel Harrison and Margaret Cravens whose children were Robert, Daniel, Jesse, Jane, Abigail, Benjamin and Mary. Jane Harrison married Daniel Smith. These names are taken from on line records. I do not have independent confirmation. Daniel Reagan's Christian County will names his father as Jeremiah and through many other documents we can locate Jeremiah and Abigail in Washington County, Tennessee at the end of their lives. This much we can confirm absolutely. The will names John C. Harrison as a co-executor and Daniel Harrison is a witness. It is not clear who these two men are. Daniel's wife, Elizabeth Harrison is said in some on line records to have been the daughter of Jeremiah Harrison and his second wife Elizabeth Patterson. Jeremiah's children by both wives are given as follows: By Catherine Adams; Mary b. 1741 Nehemiah v. 1743 Eleanor v. 1744 Lydia Donnell b. 1745 Josiah b. 1746 Jeremiah b. 1747 Abigail b. 1748 Esther or Hester b. 1750 By Elizabeth Patterson Amos b. 12 Mar 1757 Jane b. 12 Oct 1758 Elizabeth b. 1 June 1760 Isaiah b. 1 Feb 1762 Bathsheba b. 6 Nov 1765 Margaret b. 8 July 1766 Ruth b. 7 June 1768 Grace b. 30 Sept 1771 Jeremiah Harrison is said to have died in Greene County, Tennessee in 1798. He is said to be the son of Isaiah Harrison and Abigail Smith as is Daniel Harrison, the father of Abigail who married Jeremiah Ragan. I do not have independent confirmation of these lines, but there is a good deal of documentation from Chalkey and other places that make them seem plausible. If the information as outlined above is accurate as to Jeremiah and Abigail Harrison Ragan and their son Daniel and Elizabeth Harrison Ragan/Reagan, then Abigail and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth would have been second cousins. John -------------- Original message -------------- From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > John, > > If your Daniel was born abt 1766 he was likely born in Augusta Co., VA. > Rockingham Co was formed from Augusta aft 1770. > Also Augusta Co bordered east of Frederick Co. > A John Reagan (b. 1711 MD?) left a will in 1767 in Frederick Co. VA. John is > allegedly the s/o Timothy Sr of MD. > John allegedly has a son Charles b. abt 1735 who appears in Dunmore VA in 1772. > Dunmore was formed from Frederick in 1772. Charles had a son Henry b. 1762 who > md a Phoebe HARRISON (b. 1764 VA), d/o John HARRISON. > Charles & Henry moved to Blount Co., TN sometime aft 1783 where Charles died in > 1815. Henry & wife Phoebe HARRISON moves on to Overton Co., TN bef 1820 where > Henry dies in 1829. > > I wonder if the Elizabeth HARRISON md to Daniel Reagan is connected to Phoebe > HARRISON? > Didnt Daniel Eagan marry Elizabeth HARRISON in 1788 Green Co., TN? > And isnt your John (s/o Jeremiah) the grandson of Timothy b. 1714 MD (brother of > John b. 1711 MD above)? > Thus Charles b. 1735 & your Jeremiah b. 1745 related? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

James, I can only answer some of your questions. Yes, in 1801 Jeremiah Ragan and wife Abigail were in Washington County, Tennessee and their son Daniel and his wife Elizabeth Harrison Ragan were in Christian County, Kentucky. The document I typed lists Daniel Harrison, Mary Cavenaugh, Jean Smith and Abigail Ragan as heirs of Daniel Harrison who is deceased. The deceased Daniel (1701-1770) was the husband of Margaret Cravens. This works. See chart below. Daniel Harrison, Jr., Mathew Harrison, Ann Harrison and Jesse Harrison, heirs of Jesse Harrison, decd. are confusing to me. Clearly they are part of the same family. But if you look at the chart below, there are two Jesse's, one said to have died in 1817 and his son, Jesse, who died in 1826. Family records posted on line give the following children for the senior Jesse: Ann (b. 1758), Daniel (b. 1760), Jesse (b. 1763), Mary (b. 1767) and Benjamin Peachy (b. 1772). This fits the advertisement I sent you from the 1801 Political Mirror to a T with an important exception. Benjamin Harrison, the advertiser, is the brother of "heirs and legal representatives of Jesse Harrison, deceased" except that according to other family records, Jesse Harrison, Sr. died in 1817. I don't know what to make of this. I'm not a Harrison family expert and some of the information I've found on line is contradictory. Here is the line we are talking about from a site that is based on DNA testing of male Harrisons. The advantage of this chart is that the relationships are proved by DNA testing. Other Harrison lines have a very different signature. I'm only copying the part that concerns the people we're talking about. Since this testing is of males, female children in the line are not included, but I've typed them in here in red where I know them. Isaiah Harrison b. 1666 Chester, England, d. 1738 Shenandoah Valley, VA, m1. Elizabeth Wright Isaiah Harrison b. 27 Sept 1689 Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, d. Craven Co., SC Gideon Harrison b. c1715 Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, d. 1761 Augusta Co., VA John Harrison b. 25 Sept 1691 Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, d. May 1771 Augusta Co., VA, m. Phoebe Zebulon Harrison b. 1718 Smithtown, Long Island, NY, d. 1792 Augusta (now Rockingham) Co., VA, m. Margaret Cravens John Harrison b. 1749 Augusta Co., VA, d. c1803, m. Hannah Lincoln (great-aunt of President Lincoln) Zebulon Harrison b. c1755 Augusta Co., VA, m. ___ Young Josiah Harrison b. c1760 Augusta Co., VA, m. Margaret Miller Gideon Harrison b. c1760 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1797 Green Co., GA, m. Mary Brian Robert Harrison b. abt 1788 NC, res. Green Co. GA William D. Harrison b. 22 Sep 1788 Wayne Co., NC, d. Jun 1870 Green Co., GA, m. Susan Kendrick Davis Harrison b. abt 1790 Wayne Co., NC, res. Green Co., GA John Harrison b. 1721 Smithtown, Long Island, NY, killed Oct 1763, never married Reuben Harrison b. 1731 Smithtown, Long Island, NY, d. Apr 1807 Rockingham Co., VA, m1. Lydia Harrison Nathaniel Harrison b. c1760 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1807 Rockingham Co., VA, m. Mary Woodley John Harrison b. 1761 Augusta Co., VA, d. abt. 1815 Rockingham Co., VA, m. Grace Woodley Josiah Harrison b. c1763 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1827 Franklin Co., MO, m. Mary Craven Joseph Harrison b. 1768 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1828 Mason Co., (now West) Virginia, m. Isabel Jeffers Reuben H. Harrison b. 1768 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1846 Jackson Co., (now West) Virginia, m. Mary Higgenbotham David Harrison b. 20 Apr 1775 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1 Mar 1851 Rockingham Co., VA, m. Elizabeth Pickering Samuel Harrison b. 28 Jan 1777 Augusta Co., VA, m. Esther Hooke Reuben Harrison m2. Mary McDonald Abner Harrison d. 1807 Rockingham Co., VA, never married Gideon Harrison b. 25 June 1694 Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, d. 1729 Sussex Co., DE Isaiah Harrison m2. Abigail Smith Daniel Harrison b. 1701 Smithtown, Long Island, NY, d. 10 Jul 1770 Augusta Co., VA, m. Margaret Cravens Robert Harrison b. c1725 Sussex Co., DE, d. abt. May 1761 Augusta Co., VA, never married Daniel Harrison b. 1727 Sussex Co., DE, d. Kentucky, m. Sarah Gideon Harrison b. 1762 Augusta Co., VA, d. Sept 1838 Rutherford Co., TN Joseph Harrison b. c1780 Hawkins Co., TN, d. Johnson Co., MO, m. Nancy Craig Jesse Harrison b. c1780 Hawkins Co., TN Jesse Harrison b. 1729 Sussex Co., DE, d. abt. 1817, m. Sarah Moore Daniel Harrison b. 2 Sep 1760 Augusta Co., VA, d. 16 Mar 1823 Winchester, KY, m. Ann Patton Jesse Harrison b. c1763 Augusta Co., VA, d. Jan 1826 Rockingham Co., VA, m. Sara Curry Andrew Harrison, b. 1771 Rockingham Co., VA, d. 18 Sept 1824 Champaign Co., OH, m. Martha Crockett - Randy Harrison [pbboice AT ida.net] Fielding Smith Harrison b. 30 Jun 1802 KY, d. 11 Aug 1855 Waynesville, DeWitt Co., IL, m. Martha Hash Andrew Thomas Harrison b. 11 May 1833 IL, d. 29 Apr 1875 Clinton, DeWitt Co., IL, m. Frances M. Stevenson Frederick Fielding Harrison, b. 1867 IL Lloyd Fielding Harrison, b. 1893 MO - H-45 Benjamin Peachy Harrison b. abt. 1772 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1824 TN, m. Elizabeth Koontz Robert Harrison b. c1780 VA, d. 1821 Clark Co., KY, m. Isabell Hogg Ann Harrison, b. 1758 d. 1820 Mary Harrison, b. 1767 d. 1793 Jane/Jean Harrison b. abt 1735 mar. Capt Daniel Smith Mary Harrison mar. William Cavenaugh or Cavanaugh Benjamin Harrison (Lt. Col.) b. 1741 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1819 Rockingham Co., VA, m. Mary McClure Thomas Harrison b. 1704 Smithtown, Long Island, NY, d. 1785 Harrisonburg, VA, m1. Jane De La Haye Jeremiah Harrison b. c1740 Augusta Co., VA, d. aft 1801 Woodford Co., KY Robert Harrison b. c1740 Augusta Co., VA, d. Dec 1797 Rockingham Co., VA Thomas Harrison b. c1740 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1800 Rockingham Co., VA, m. Sarah Oliver John Harrison b. c1740 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1806 Harrisonburg, VA, m. Elizabeth Herring Thomas Harrison m2. Sarah Davis Harrison b. 1743 Augusta Co., VA, d. Nov 1817 Christian Co., KY, m. Phoebe Hood Ezekiel Harrison b. 3 Oct 1751 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1834 Sangamon Co., IL, m. Sarah Bryan Jesse Harrison b 24 May 1777 Rockingham Co., VA Reuben Harrison b 12 Jun 1779 Rockingham Co., VA George W. Harrison b 1781 Rockingham Co., VA Ezekiel B. Harrison b 19 Jul 1786 Rockingham Co., VA Thomas Harrison b abt 1788 Rockingham Co., VA Reuben Harrison b. 1754 Augusta Co., VA, d. 15 Aug 1840 Rockingham Co., VA, m. Mary Matthews Jeremiah Harrison b. 1707 Smithtown, Long Island, NY, d. 1777 Rockingham Co., VA, m. Catherine Adams Josiah Harrison b. 1745 Augusta Co., VA, d. abt. 1812 Mecklenburg Co., NC, m. Mary Cravens Jeremiah Harrison b. c1780 Rockingham Co., VA Samuel Harrison b. c1780 Rockingham Co., VA John Cravens Harrison b. abt. 1785 VA, d. 15 Jul 1856 Limestone Co., AL, m. Delilah Dempsey Nehemiah Harrison b. 1746 Augusta Co., VA, d. aft. 1812 Mecklenburg Co., NC Jeremiah Harrison b. c1785 Daniel Harrison b. c1785, m. Esther Hutchinson Robert Harrison b. 1785, d. Mecklenburg Co., NC Josiah Harrison b. c1790, d. Mecklenburg Co., NC Nehemiah Adams Harrison b. 27 Sep 1790, d. 1863 Mecklenburg Co., NC Jeremiah Harrison b. c1747 Augusta Co., VA, d. bef. 1793 Benjamin Harrison b. c1748 Augusta Co., VA Amos Harrison b. c1750 Augusta Co., VA Isaiah Harrison b. 1 Feb 1762 Augusta Co., VA, d. 1 Oct 1848 Greene Co., TN, m. Mary Reagan Samuel Harrison b. 1712 Smithtown, Long Island, NY, d. 1790 Augusta Co., VA, m. Mary -------------- Original message -------------- From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > John, > > Regarding the document you sent dated Aug 1801, is Daniel Smith, Daniel > Harrison, & Jesse Harrison all three dec'd by 1801? > If so where was Jeremiah & son Daniel Regan at this time? Wasnt Jeremiah in TN & > Daniel in KY? Did Daniel Harrison die in VA while daughter Abigail was in TN > with husband Jeremiah Regan? > Also who is the Jesse Harrison who is dec'd? Is he a brother to Daniel dec'd? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Morrel > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:31 AM > To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Daniel Reagan or Ragan > > James, > > You are right, of course, about Daniel's probable birthplace as being Augusta > County rather than Rockingham County if his birth date is accurate. I really > backed into this family because of the possible link to William Morrel and have > done only a bit of independent research of antecedents on either the > Ragan/Reagan or Harrison side. (Reagan is the spelling Daniel used to sign his > will.) > > I don't have enough information to link either Henry Reagan or Phoebe Harrison > to Jeremiah and Abigail Harrison Ragan at the moment, but here is the text of a > document that may lead somewhere for those of you with more background. > > Advertisement from the Political Mirror of August 11, 1801, vo. II, no. 18, > Staunton, VA > > Daniel Harrison, William Cavenaugh and Mary Cavenaugh his wife, Jean Smith, > widow and relict of Daniel Smith, deceased, Jeremiah Ragan, and Abigail Ragan > his wife, surviving legatees of Daniel Harrison, deceased, and William Herring, > guardian of Daniel Smith, infant under the age of twenty-one years, who is > devisee of Daniel Smith, deceased, and Daniel Harrison, junior, Mathew Harrison, > Ann Harrison and Jesse Harrison, heirs and legal representatives of Jesse > Harrison, deceased. Take notice that in pursuance of an order made in the > county court of Rockingham, in a suit there depending in chancery (brought to > perpetuate testimony wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendants) I shall on > the last Saturday in September next, between the hours of ten in the forenoon > and five in the afternoon proceed to take the depositions of John Fairburn, > Edward Shanklin, Samuel Hemphill and Andrew Shanklin, [two words smeared] ,at > the house of William Herring, there being a commission awarde! > d to ta > ke the depositions of said persons by the county court aforesaid, the reason of > taking said depositions being to perpetuate the testimony of said persons > respecting the title to a tract of land which I have in possession, and which I > have understood, you pretend to have some claim to; the said persons being aged > and infirm, I am your most obedient servant, Benj. Harrison August 6th, 1801. > > Jeremiah Ragan's wife Abigail is said to be the daughter of Daniel Harrison and > Margaret Cravens whose children were Robert, Daniel, Jesse, Jane, Abigail, > Benjamin and Mary. Jane Harrison married Daniel Smith. These names are taken > from on line records. I do not have independent confirmation. > > Daniel Reagan's Christian County will names his father as Jeremiah and through > many other documents we can locate Jeremiah and Abigail in Washington County, > Tennessee at the end of their lives. This much we can confirm absolutely. The > will names John C. Harrison as a co-executor and Daniel Harrison is a witness. > It is not clear who these two men are. > > Daniel's wife, Elizabeth Harrison is said in some on line records to have been > the daughter of Jeremiah Harrison and his second wife Elizabeth Patterson. > Jeremiah's children by both wives are given as follows: > > By Catherine Adams; > > Mary b. 1741 > Nehemiah v. 1743 > Eleanor v. 1744 > Lydia Donnell b. 1745 > Josiah b. 1746 > Jeremiah b. 1747 > Abigail b. 1748 > Esther or Hester b. 1750 > > By Elizabeth Patterson > > Amos b. 12 Mar 1757 > Jane b. 12 Oct 1758 > Elizabeth b. 1 June 1760 > Isaiah b. 1 Feb 1762 > Bathsheba b. 6 Nov 1765 > Margaret b. 8 July 1766 > Ruth b. 7 June 1768 > Grace b. 30 Sept 1771 > > Jeremiah Harrison is said to have died in Greene County, Tennessee in 1798. He > is said to be the son of Isaiah Harrison and Abigail Smith as is Daniel > Harrison, the father of Abigail who married Jeremiah Ragan. > > I do not have independent confirmation of these lines, but there is a good deal > of documentation from Chalkey and other places that make them seem plausible. > If the information as outlined above is accurate as to Jeremiah and Abigail > Harrison Ragan and their son Daniel and Elizabeth Harrison Ragan/Reagan, then > Abigail and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth would have been second cousins. > > John > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "james garrett" > > > John, > > > > If your Daniel was born abt 1766 he was likely born in Augusta Co., VA. > > Rockingham Co was formed from Augusta aft 1770. > > Also Augusta Co bordered east of Frederick Co. > > A John Reagan (b. 1711 MD?) left a will in 1767 in Frederick Co. VA. John is > > allegedly the s/o Timothy Sr of MD. > > John allegedly has a son Charles b. abt 1735 who appears in Dunmore VA in > 1772. > > Dunmore was formed from Frederick in 1772. Charles had a son Henry b. 1762 who > > md a Phoebe HARRISON (b. 1764 VA), d/o John HARRISON. > > Charles & Henry moved to Blount Co., TN sometime aft 1783 where Charles died > in > > 1815. Henry & wife Phoebe HARRISON moves on to Overton Co., TN bef 1820 where > > Henry dies in 1829. > > > > I wonder if the Elizabeth HARRISON md to Daniel Reagan is connected to Phoebe > > HARRISON? > > Didnt Daniel Eagan marry Elizabeth HARRISON in 1788 Green Co., TN? > > And isnt your John (s/o Jeremiah) the grandson of Timothy b. 1714 MD (brother > of > > John b. 1711 MD above)? > > Thus Charles b. 1735 & your Jeremiah b. 1745 related? > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

John, Regarding the document you sent dated Aug 1801, is Daniel Smith, Daniel Harrison, & Jesse Harrison all three dec'd by 1801? If so where was Jeremiah & son Daniel Regan at this time? Wasnt Jeremiah in TN & Daniel in KY? Did Daniel Harrison die in VA while daughter Abigail was in TN with husband Jeremiah Regan? Also who is the Jesse Harrison who is dec'd? Is he a brother to Daniel dec'd? -----Original Message----- From: John Morrel Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:31 AM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Daniel Reagan or Ragan James, You are right, of course, about Daniel's probable birthplace as being Augusta County rather than Rockingham County if his birth date is accurate. I really backed into this family because of the possible link to William Morrel and have done only a bit of independent research of antecedents on either the Ragan/Reagan or Harrison side. (Reagan is the spelling Daniel used to sign his will.) I don't have enough information to link either Henry Reagan or Phoebe Harrison to Jeremiah and Abigail Harrison Ragan at the moment, but here is the text of a document that may lead somewhere for those of you with more background. Advertisement from the Political Mirror of August 11, 1801, vo. II, no. 18, Staunton, VA Daniel Harrison, William Cavenaugh and Mary Cavenaugh his wife, Jean Smith, widow and relict of Daniel Smith, deceased, Jeremiah Ragan, and Abigail Ragan his wife, surviving legatees of Daniel Harrison, deceased, and William Herring, guardian of Daniel Smith, infant under the age of twenty-one years, who is devisee of Daniel Smith, deceased, and Daniel Harrison, junior, Mathew Harrison, Ann Harrison and Jesse Harrison, heirs and legal representatives of Jesse Harrison, deceased. Take notice that in pursuance of an order made in the county court of Rockingham, in a suit there depending in chancery (brought to perpetuate testimony wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendants) I shall on the last Saturday in September next, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and five in the afternoon proceed to take the depositions of John Fairburn, Edward Shanklin, Samuel Hemphill and Andrew Shanklin, [two words smeared] ,at the house of William Herring, there being a commission awarde! d to ta ke the depositions of said persons by the county court aforesaid, the reason of taking said depositions being to perpetuate the testimony of said persons respecting the title to a tract of land which I have in possession, and which I have understood, you pretend to have some claim to; the said persons being aged and infirm, I am your most obedient servant, Benj. Harrison August 6th, 1801. Jeremiah Ragan's wife Abigail is said to be the daughter of Daniel Harrison and Margaret Cravens whose children were Robert, Daniel, Jesse, Jane, Abigail, Benjamin and Mary. Jane Harrison married Daniel Smith. These names are taken from on line records. I do not have independent confirmation. Daniel Reagan's Christian County will names his father as Jeremiah and through many other documents we can locate Jeremiah and Abigail in Washington County, Tennessee at the end of their lives. This much we can confirm absolutely. The will names John C. Harrison as a co-executor and Daniel Harrison is a witness. It is not clear who these two men are. Daniel's wife, Elizabeth Harrison is said in some on line records to have been the daughter of Jeremiah Harrison and his second wife Elizabeth Patterson. Jeremiah's children by both wives are given as follows: By Catherine Adams; Mary b. 1741 Nehemiah v. 1743 Eleanor v. 1744 Lydia Donnell b. 1745 Josiah b. 1746 Jeremiah b. 1747 Abigail b. 1748 Esther or Hester b. 1750 By Elizabeth Patterson Amos b. 12 Mar 1757 Jane b. 12 Oct 1758 Elizabeth b. 1 June 1760 Isaiah b. 1 Feb 1762 Bathsheba b. 6 Nov 1765 Margaret b. 8 July 1766 Ruth b. 7 June 1768 Grace b. 30 Sept 1771 Jeremiah Harrison is said to have died in Greene County, Tennessee in 1798. He is said to be the son of Isaiah Harrison and Abigail Smith as is Daniel Harrison, the father of Abigail who married Jeremiah Ragan. I do not have independent confirmation of these lines, but there is a good deal of documentation from Chalkey and other places that make them seem plausible. If the information as outlined above is accurate as to Jeremiah and Abigail Harrison Ragan and their son Daniel and Elizabeth Harrison Ragan/Reagan, then Abigail and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth would have been second cousins. John -------------- Original message -------------- From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > John, > > If your Daniel was born abt 1766 he was likely born in Augusta Co., VA. > Rockingham Co was formed from Augusta aft 1770. > Also Augusta Co bordered east of Frederick Co. > A John Reagan (b. 1711 MD?) left a will in 1767 in Frederick Co. VA. John is > allegedly the s/o Timothy Sr of MD. > John allegedly has a son Charles b. abt 1735 who appears in Dunmore VA in 1772. > Dunmore was formed from Frederick in 1772. Charles had a son Henry b. 1762 who > md a Phoebe HARRISON (b. 1764 VA), d/o John HARRISON. > Charles & Henry moved to Blount Co., TN sometime aft 1783 where Charles died in > 1815. Henry & wife Phoebe HARRISON moves on to Overton Co., TN bef 1820 where > Henry dies in 1829. > > I wonder if the Elizabeth HARRISON md to Daniel Reagan is connected to Phoebe > HARRISON? > Didnt Daniel Eagan marry Elizabeth HARRISON in 1788 Green Co., TN? > And isnt your John (s/o Jeremiah) the grandson of Timothy b. 1714 MD (brother of > John b. 1711 MD above)? > Thus Charles b. 1735 & your Jeremiah b. 1745 related? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

James, You are right, of course, about Daniel's probable birthplace as being Augusta County rather than Rockingham County if his birth date is accurate. I really backed into this family because of the possible link to William Morrel and have done only a bit of independent research of antecedents on either the Ragan/Reagan or Harrison side. (Reagan is the spelling Daniel used to sign his will.) I don't have enough information to link either Henry Reagan or Phoebe Harrison to Jeremiah and Abigail Harrison Ragan at the moment, but here is the text of a document that may lead somewhere for those of you with more background. Advertisement from the Political Mirror of August 11, 1801, vo. II, no. 18, Staunton, VA Daniel Harrison, William Cavenaugh and Mary Cavenaugh his wife, Jean Smith, widow and relict of Daniel Smith, deceased, Jeremiah Ragan, and Abigail Ragan his wife, surviving legatees of Daniel Harrison, deceased, and William Herring, guardian of Daniel Smith, infant under the age of twenty-one years, who is devisee of Daniel Smith, deceased, and Daniel Harrison, junior, Mathew Harrison, Ann Harrison and Jesse Harrison, heirs and legal representatives of Jesse Harrison, deceased. Take notice that in pursuance of an order made in the county court of Rockingham, in a suit there depending in chancery (brought to perpetuate testimony wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendants) I shall on the last Saturday in September next, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and five in the afternoon proceed to take the depositions of John Fairburn, Edward Shanklin, Samuel Hemphill and Andrew Shanklin, [two words smeared] ,at the house of William Herring, there being a commission awarde! d to ta ke the depositions of said persons by the county court aforesaid, the reason of taking said depositions being to perpetuate the testimony of said persons respecting the title to a tract of land which I have in possession, and which I have understood, you pretend to have some claim to; the said persons being aged and infirm, I am your most obedient servant, Benj. Harrison August 6th, 1801. Jeremiah Ragan's wife Abigail is said to be the daughter of Daniel Harrison and Margaret Cravens whose children were Robert, Daniel, Jesse, Jane, Abigail, Benjamin and Mary. Jane Harrison married Daniel Smith. These names are taken from on line records. I do not have independent confirmation. Daniel Reagan's Christian County will names his father as Jeremiah and through many other documents we can locate Jeremiah and Abigail in Washington County, Tennessee at the end of their lives. This much we can confirm absolutely. The will names John C. Harrison as a co-executor and Daniel Harrison is a witness. It is not clear who these two men are. Daniel's wife, Elizabeth Harrison is said in some on line records to have been the daughter of Jeremiah Harrison and his second wife Elizabeth Patterson. Jeremiah's children by both wives are given as follows: By Catherine Adams; Mary b. 1741 Nehemiah v. 1743 Eleanor v. 1744 Lydia Donnell b. 1745 Josiah b. 1746 Jeremiah b. 1747 Abigail b. 1748 Esther or Hester b. 1750 By Elizabeth Patterson Amos b. 12 Mar 1757 Jane b. 12 Oct 1758 Elizabeth b. 1 June 1760 Isaiah b. 1 Feb 1762 Bathsheba b. 6 Nov 1765 Margaret b. 8 July 1766 Ruth b. 7 June 1768 Grace b. 30 Sept 1771 Jeremiah Harrison is said to have died in Greene County, Tennessee in 1798. He is said to be the son of Isaiah Harrison and Abigail Smith as is Daniel Harrison, the father of Abigail who married Jeremiah Ragan. I do not have independent confirmation of these lines, but there is a good deal of documentation from Chalkey and other places that make them seem plausible. If the information as outlined above is accurate as to Jeremiah and Abigail Harrison Ragan and their son Daniel and Elizabeth Harrison Ragan/Reagan, then Abigail and her daughter-in-law Elizabeth would have been second cousins. John -------------- Original message -------------- From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > John, > > If your Daniel was born abt 1766 he was likely born in Augusta Co., VA. > Rockingham Co was formed from Augusta aft 1770. > Also Augusta Co bordered east of Frederick Co. > A John Reagan (b. 1711 MD?) left a will in 1767 in Frederick Co. VA. John is > allegedly the s/o Timothy Sr of MD. > John allegedly has a son Charles b. abt 1735 who appears in Dunmore VA in 1772. > Dunmore was formed from Frederick in 1772. Charles had a son Henry b. 1762 who > md a Phoebe HARRISON (b. 1764 VA), d/o John HARRISON. > Charles & Henry moved to Blount Co., TN sometime aft 1783 where Charles died in > 1815. Henry & wife Phoebe HARRISON moves on to Overton Co., TN bef 1820 where > Henry dies in 1829. > > I wonder if the Elizabeth HARRISON md to Daniel Reagan is connected to Phoebe > HARRISON? > Didnt Daniel Eagan marry Elizabeth HARRISON in 1788 Green Co., TN? > And isnt your John (s/o Jeremiah) the grandson of Timothy b. 1714 MD (brother of > John b. 1711 MD above)? > Thus Charles b. 1735 & your Jeremiah b. 1745 related? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Correction... Daniel "Reagan", NOT "Eagan" & "Daniel" (s/o Jeremiah) grandson of Timothy b. 1714, NOT "John (s/o Jeremiah)" Sorry -----Original Message----- From: james garrett Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:35 PM To: ragan-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Daniel Reagan or Ragan John, If your Daniel was born abt 1766 he was likely born in Augusta Co., VA. Rockingham Co was formed from Augusta aft 1770. Also Augusta Co bordered east of Frederick Co. A John Reagan (b. 1711 MD?) left a will in 1767 in Frederick Co. VA. John is allegedly the s/o Timothy Sr of MD. John allegedly has a son Charles b. abt 1735 who appears in Dunmore VA in 1772. Dunmore was formed from Frederick in 1772. Charles had a son Henry b. 1762 who md a Phoebe HARRISON (b. 1764 VA), d/o John HARRISON. Charles & Henry moved to Blount Co., TN sometime aft 1783 where Charles died in 1815. Henry & wife Phoebe HARRISON moves on to Overton Co., TN bef 1820 where Henry dies in 1829. I wonder if the Elizabeth HARRISON md to Daniel Reagan is connected to Phoebe HARRISON? Didnt Daniel Eagan marry Elizabeth HARRISON in 1788 Green Co., TN? And isnt your John (s/o Jeremiah) the grandson of Timothy b. 1714 MD (brother of John b. 1711 MD above)? Thus Charles b. 1735 & your Jeremiah b. 1745 related? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John, If your Daniel was born abt 1766 he was likely born in Augusta Co., VA. Rockingham Co was formed from Augusta aft 1770. Also Augusta Co bordered east of Frederick Co. A John Reagan (b. 1711 MD?) left a will in 1767 in Frederick Co. VA. John is allegedly the s/o Timothy Sr of MD. John allegedly has a son Charles b. abt 1735 who appears in Dunmore VA in 1772. Dunmore was formed from Frederick in 1772. Charles had a son Henry b. 1762 who md a Phoebe HARRISON (b. 1764 VA), d/o John HARRISON. Charles & Henry moved to Blount Co., TN sometime aft 1783 where Charles died in 1815. Henry & wife Phoebe HARRISON moves on to Overton Co., TN bef 1820 where Henry dies in 1829. I wonder if the Elizabeth HARRISON md to Daniel Reagan is connected to Phoebe HARRISON? Didnt Daniel Eagan marry Elizabeth HARRISON in 1788 Green Co., TN? And isnt your John (s/o Jeremiah) the grandson of Timothy b. 1714 MD (brother of John b. 1711 MD above)? Thus Charles b. 1735 & your Jeremiah b. 1745 related?

James, Jeremiah Reagan or Ragan, Daniel's father, was an early settler of Greene County, Tennessee along with a number of Harrisons. A Jesse Harrison appears on the Greene County tax list for 1798 "for Dan Regan" with 275 acres and 1 white poll. Neither Jesse nor Dan Regan appears in the same company in Greene County (Captain Reese Gullock's) in 1800. So Daniel was probably in Kentucky before 1798. I have not tried to check the date of purchase of the land he says in his will that he bought from Nehemiah Cravens in Christian County. Daniel's will also mentions a tract of land in Washington County, Tennessee "on Cherokee Creek" that he still owned at his death in addition to the Christian County land. Jeremiah never left Tennessee for Kentucky. He died in Washington County, TN in 1831 and is buried in the Old Uriel Methodist Church Cemetery there along with other family members. I think I remember that this cemetery is on land the church bought from him. On line records state that Jeremiah, son of Timothy, married Abigail Harrison on October 1, 1764 in Rockingham County, Virginia. I have not verified the marriage or paternity. Daniel's wife Elizabeth Harrison is a cousin of his mother. John -------------- Original message -------------- From: "james garrett" <jwgarrett@webtv.net> > John, > Do you know where in TN Daniel's father, Jeremiah Reagan was residing when > Daniel wrote his 1804 will? Was he in Jackson Co., TN? When did Danaiel & his > father Jeremiah come to KY/TN area? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Morrel > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:29 PM > To: RAGAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Daniel Reagan or Ragan > > Hi all, > > I'm hoping that someone can help me prove a connection that is supported by the > preponderance of evidence but for which I need documentation. Did Daniel > Reagan/Ragan's widow, Elizabeth Harrison Reagan/Ragan, marry William Morrel > after Daniel's death. > > Daniel Reagan (spelling as on transcription -- born 1766 in Rockingham County, > VA) left a will dated December 12, 1804 in Christian County, Kentucky that was > recorded in the April term of 1805. He names wife, Elizabeth (Harrison), John > C. Harrison and "Jeremiah Reagan, my father, of the state of Tennessee." He > mentions "the tract of land on which I now live, bought of Nehemiah Cravens" and > "my children until they come of age or marry" but does not name them. Witnesses > were John Campbell and Daniel Harrison. > > I believe that Elizabeth Harrison Reagan/Ragan is likely the same as Betsey > Regin for whom I have a marriage bond from Barren County, Kentucky dated 13 June > 1808. The groom was William Morrel. The other bondsman was Jesse Harrisson > (spelling as in the signature on the bond). This marriage was performed by the > Rev. John Mulkey on June 14, 1808. Mulkey was the well-known pastor of the Mill > Creek congregation in what is now Monroe County, KY near the Tennessee border. > > William Morrel was born in Amherst County, Virginia before 1853, moved in > succession to Burke County, NC; Pendleton District, SC, and about 1806 to > Jackson County, Tennessee. His first wife, Nancy Montgomery, seems to have died > in South Carolina before 1800. > > Daniel and Elizabeth Reagan/Ragan are said to have had a son Nehemiah Cravens > Regan born in 1803. I have not seen documentation of this but there is a > Nehemiah Cravens Reagan on the 1820 census for Jackson County. I do not find > any further census records. There is also a record of a Jesse Ragin in Col. > James Raulston's 3rd Regiment of Tennessee Militia, Captain Henry West' Company > at the Battle of New Orleans. This Jesse Ragin died in service. Many or > perhaps all of the men in this company were from Jackson County, Tennessee. > > I will appeciate any help list members can offer on this crowd. > > John Newton Morrel > morcor@comcast.net > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

John, Do you know where in TN Daniel's father, Jeremiah Reagan was residing when Daniel wrote his 1804 will? Was he in Jackson Co., TN? When did Danaiel & his father Jeremiah come to KY/TN area? -----Original Message----- From: John Morrel Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:29 PM To: RAGAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [RAGAN-ROOTS] Daniel Reagan or Ragan Hi all, I'm hoping that someone can help me prove a connection that is supported by the preponderance of evidence but for which I need documentation. Did Daniel Reagan/Ragan's widow, Elizabeth Harrison Reagan/Ragan, marry William Morrel after Daniel's death. Daniel Reagan (spelling as on transcription -- born 1766 in Rockingham County, VA) left a will dated December 12, 1804 in Christian County, Kentucky that was recorded in the April term of 1805. He names wife, Elizabeth (Harrison), John C. Harrison and "Jeremiah Reagan, my father, of the state of Tennessee." He mentions "the tract of land on which I now live, bought of Nehemiah Cravens" and "my children until they come of age or marry" but does not name them. Witnesses were John Campbell and Daniel Harrison. I believe that Elizabeth Harrison Reagan/Ragan is likely the same as Betsey Regin for whom I have a marriage bond from Barren County, Kentucky dated 13 June 1808. The groom was William Morrel. The other bondsman was Jesse Harrisson (spelling as in the signature on the bond). This marriage was performed by the Rev. John Mulkey on June 14, 1808. Mulkey was the well-known pastor of the Mill Creek congregation in what is now Monroe County, KY near the Tennessee border. William Morrel was born in Amherst County, Virginia before 1853, moved in succession to Burke County, NC; Pendleton District, SC, and about 1806 to Jackson County, Tennessee. His first wife, Nancy Montgomery, seems to have died in South Carolina before 1800. Daniel and Elizabeth Reagan/Ragan are said to have had a son Nehemiah Cravens Regan born in 1803. I have not seen documentation of this but there is a Nehemiah Cravens Reagan on the 1820 census for Jackson County. I do not find any further census records. There is also a record of a Jesse Ragin in Col. James Raulston's 3rd Regiment of Tennessee Militia, Captain Henry West' Company at the Battle of New Orleans. This Jesse Ragin died in service. Many or perhaps all of the men in this company were from Jackson County, Tennessee. I will appeciate any help list members can offer on this crowd. John Newton Morrel morcor@comcast.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to RAGAN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all, I'm hoping that someone can help me prove a connection that is supported by the preponderance of evidence but for which I need documentation. Did Daniel Reagan/Ragan's widow, Elizabeth Harrison Reagan/Ragan, marry William Morrel after Daniel's death. Daniel Reagan (spelling as on transcription -- born 1766 in Rockingham County, VA) left a will dated December 12, 1804 in Christian County, Kentucky that was recorded in the April term of 1805. He names wife, Elizabeth (Harrison), John C. Harrison and "Jeremiah Reagan, my father, of the state of Tennessee." He mentions "the tract of land on which I now live, bought of Nehemiah Cravens" and "my children until they come of age or marry" but does not name them. Witnesses were John Campbell and Daniel Harrison. I believe that Elizabeth Harrison Reagan/Ragan is likely the same as Betsey Regin for whom I have a marriage bond from Barren County, Kentucky dated 13 June 1808. The groom was William Morrel. The other bondsman was Jesse Harrisson (spelling as in the signature on the bond). This marriage was performed by the Rev. John Mulkey on June 14, 1808. Mulkey was the well-known pastor of the Mill Creek congregation in what is now Monroe County, KY near the Tennessee border. William Morrel was born in Amherst County, Virginia before 1853, moved in succession to Burke County, NC; Pendleton District, SC, and about 1806 to Jackson County, Tennessee. His first wife, Nancy Montgomery, seems to have died in South Carolina before 1800. Daniel and Elizabeth Reagan/Ragan are said to have had a son Nehemiah Cravens Regan born in 1803. I have not seen documentation of this but there is a Nehemiah Cravens Reagan on the 1820 census for Jackson County. I do not find any further census records. There is also a record of a Jesse Ragin in Col. James Raulston's 3rd Regiment of Tennessee Militia, Captain Henry West' Company at the Battle of New Orleans. This Jesse Ragin died in service. Many or perhaps all of the men in this company were from Jackson County, Tennessee. I will appeciate any help list members can offer on this crowd. John Newton Morrel morcor@comcast.net