GOD BLESS AMERICA! Hello! researching these families...and hoping to make contact with any descendants of these allied families...thanks for your time & assistance!! ======================================================================== ============ 1850 census / Colleton County, South Carolina: P. Harris female age 85 mother Wm. Harris male 44 actually head of household Celia female 38 Celia Roberts, daughter of Temperance) Sarah A. female 20 daughter Tabitha female 18 daughter Maria female 16 daughter John male 12 son Celia female 10 daughter Mary C. female 4 daughter Irvin O'Bryan male 2 is O'Bryan his surname or middle name? Samuel Jamerson? 16 laborer/farm hand 1850 census / Columbia County, Florida: William J. Roberts male 34 born SC Delila female 26 born SC Francis male 6 born GA Violetta female 4 born GA Elizabeth female 3 born FL John male 5 months born FL Josiah Han??? male 16 born SC (cannot make out this 2nd name/middle or surname?) William Harris male 21born SC Temperance Roberts female 60 born SC (rumored to be Cherokee Indian) Note: William J. Roberts is son of James I. Roberts & Temperance Davis Note: James Roberts, age 62, born SC, is in the household of Isaih? Clinton & his wife, Elizabeth, age 40, born GA, on the 1850 census for Columbia Co, FL Note: William's wife, Delila, is Delila Harris (as told by other researchers) & is related to William Harris, born 1805 & married to Celia Roberts - sister, niece, or possibly daughter by his first marriage?? Or is she Celia Roberts Harris' daughter?? Note: William Harris, age 21, most likely is the brother of Delila Harris Roberts.and probably the son of William Harris, born 1805?, by his marriage before Celia Roberts.or indeed the oldest son of William & Celia Roberts Harris. 1870 census Polk County, Florida (image is very hard to read): Family 35 Harris, William 65 male farmer SC (?Celia?) 58 female SC (Celia Roberts Harris) Tabitha 30? female SC (Tabitha Harris Douglass) (??Douglass??) 27 male SC (who is this man??) Maria 25 female SC (never married??) Mary 20 female SC (married Richard T. Caddin) Ervine 18 male SC (Irvin O'Bryan Harris) Jane 15 female FL (Jane Deacles-who is she??) Family 36 Harris, John 32 male SC (son of William & Celia) Margaret 17 female SC Note: the son, age 10-15, on the 1840 census, Beaufort Co. for W. Harris household, is not living with the above family for the 1850 census.at the age of 20-25, he is probably "out on his own".and I suspect that this absent son is William H. Harris, who married Elizabeth "Betsy" Caroline Langdale, daughter of John C. Langdale & Jane Guthrie.I also suspect that this is the William Harris that is on the 1850 census for Columbia County, Florida, with the family of William J. Roberts. Note: Celia, wife of William Harris, is Celia Roberts, daughter of James I. Roberts & Temperance Davis. Note: Sarah A., daughter of William & Celia Roberts Harris, married John W. Costine. Note: Tabitha, daughter of William & Celia Roberts Harris, married Cader Douglas/Douglass. Note: Maria, daughter of William & Celia Roberts Harris, is said to have never married.I suspect she did & am trying to find her on a census or other record with her husband or with her married name. Note: John, son of William & Celia Roberts Harris, married Margaret E. Hancock. Note: Celia, daughter of William & Celia Roberts Harris, married Benjamin Tyre. Note: Mary C., daughter of William & Celia Roberts Harris, married Richard T. Caddin. Note: Irvin O'Bryan Harris? married Susan Jane Glover. Note: Samuel Jamerson? - have not found what happened to him.do not know if he is significant or not.but, I have found a reference to "Samuel Jamerson" in message to "Harris - List" at Rootsweb 1880 census / Polk County, Florida: Census Place: Precinct 7, Polk, Florida Source: FHL Film 1254131 National Archives Film T9-0131 Page 9A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Franklin HARRIS Self M M W 29 SC Occ: Farmer Fa: SC Mo: SC Salome HARRIS Wife F M W 25 GA Occ: Keeping House Fa: GA Mo: GA Willet F. HARRIS Son M S W 7 FL Fa: SC Mo: GA Jesse I. HARRIS Son M S W 5 FL Fa: SC Mo: GA Emly A. HARRIS Dau F S W 2 FL Fa: SC Mo: GA William A. HARRIS Son M S W 1 FL Fa: SC Mo: GA Note: this is Franklin B. Harris, son of William & Celia Roberts Harris, & wife Salome Jane Kirkland.Willet F. Harris married Sarah Civility Sloan. 1880 census / Sumter County, Florida: Census Place: Bay Lake, Sumter, Florida Source: FHL Film 1254132 National Archives Film T9-0132 Page 262C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace John W HARRIS Self M M W 25 SC Occ: Laborer Fa: SC Mo: SC Nancy HARRIS Wife F M W 25 GA Occ: Keeping House Fa: AL Mo: GA Note: this is my great grandfather, John William Harris, & great grandmother, Nancy C. Watson.Nancy C. Watson is daughter of William Jordan Watson & Susan Wilson.Celia Harris Tyer/Tyre is a neighbor. BGH/13Jan2004