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, 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