I am looking for information on ancestors of Louisa Harris, daughter of Graves Harris. She was b. about 1814 in Warren Co., KY and married Caleb MAY in Sumner Co., TN. Caleb and Louisa moved to Johnson Co., MO about 1840. After a while, the Harris, Graves, Overton mix gets pretty confusing for an amateur like me. HELP!!!. Trueman Farris [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: [VAHANOVE] Re: Unidentified subject! > William Harris, Jr., son of Capt. Wm. & Temperance (Overton) Harris, had > several > children and it was they that started using Overton as a middle name. > Actually, > Junior named one of his sons Overton Harris. > > I have Overtons in my Graves & Gibbs lines, too. > > ~Virginia > > > [email protected] wrote: > > << My William Harris from "WS" in Hanover is NOT one of the three or four > William Harris' written up from Hanover, but he disappears from tax > records after 1800 and commencing 1801 his son George Harris starts > paying taxes on his property, whether from an inheritance or sale is not > known. What is known is that William's son George gave the surname > "OVERTON" to several of his children including one daughter Lucy Overton > Harris and also gave following surnames to other of his ichildren: > GRAVES, HUDSON, DICKSON. Have been unable to determine parents of > William or maiden name of George's wife Sarah. George Harris sold this > property in 1806 and removed to Lincoln-Warren County, KY. Some family > members later moved to Lafayette & Johnson Counties, Missouri. William > Harris would have been born about 1730. George about 1755. >> > > ______________________________