I indicated I would share some notes [which are rather sparse] on the Harris-Hunters list concerning Robert Harris, Jr., son of Major Robert Harris of colonial Louisa Co., VA and sometimes of Albemarle Co., VA. Picked up by a google.com search Aug 2003. Needs verification. - Capt. Robert Harris (3/8/1741-11/1796) (died Surry Co., NC) married Lucretia Brown(1746- 1802) (children: Bernice Harris, Robert Harris, Elijah Harris, Nancy Harris (Boon), Bezaleel Brown Harris, Lucretia Harris, Mourning Harris (Burch), Lucy Harris (Head), Patsy Harris (Turner), Sarah Harris (Blackwell), Tyree Rodes Harris) ///////////////////////////// Rev 12/2002 ROBERT HARRIS the younger. (b. 1741-?) Son of Maj. Robert Harris of Louisa Co. He was married to Lucretia Brown. Refer to her biography for some transactions between Harris and his father-in-law. (A post about Lucretia [Brown] Harris will follow in a day or so.) Is he the Robert Harris who appears in the tithable list of Capt. Robert Anderson, Trinity Parish, 10 Jun 1767? This was a list taken on South side Southanna River by W. Phillips. His father of the same name was deceased, and probably this is the younger Robert Harris. This is the way the entry appears: Capt. Robt. Anderson: Robert Harris, Jno. Henderson, John Hutchinson [all caps]. [Slaves] Abram, Giles, Charles, Rogers, Jack, David, John, Bob, Hamphier, Bobb, Betty, Betty, Cate, Cate, Febe, Winne, Jenny, Patty, Peter, Judith, Rustley 25 [No. of tithables]-11541/2 [acres of land]. (Rosalie Edith Davis, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA TITHABLES AND CENSUS, 1743-1785 [Manchester, MO: Published by author, 1988], p. 5) Because Robert's father, Maj. Robert Harris, had died testate ca 1765, this deed probably pertains to the younger Harris: Louisa Co. DB E-156-157, 9 Jun 1777: Moses Going of Louisa Co. & Agness his wife to Robert Harris of same; 100 pds. 353 a... Chas. Smiths corner... Francis Smiths corner... Xopher Smiths line. (Rosalie Edith Davis, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS E & F, 1774-1790 [Manchester, MO: Published by author, 1983, p. 18) (Comment: Charles Smith had owned land on N. side of Little River, which he sold to Robt. Garland in Oct 1774. Later he and an Overton male were witnesses to a deed.) Another deed, DB-E-267-268 dated 6 Jul 1778 McCoy to Nuckolls of Trinity Par. refer to corner of Robt Harris in said [John] Walton's line, and the land in question was on north side of Cub Creek. (Davis, p. 31-32) Cub Creek, according to current-day transportation maps is south of Little River and empties into South Anna River. Robert Harris and his wife Lucretia Brown lived in Albemarle Co., VA and are believed to have migrated later to Surry Co., NC. More research is needed. Refer to the biography of Lucretia Brown for documents in Albemarle Co. in which the couple appear. Publick Service in Albemarle Co.? Is he the Robert Harris of Albemarle Co. whose name appears in the Publick Service Claims? Harris, Robt., Albemarle Co., Court Booklet p. 18; Commissioners Bk II, p. 347 (Public Service Claims drawer at VA State Library) A Contemporary Robert Harris and Wife Lucey in North Carolina A Robert Harris, who appears in Rockingham Co., NC deeds in 1787, with wife Lucey, is not the same Robert Harris, as his father, according to the cited deed, was Thompson Harris. Rockingham Co. NC DB C-45 Robert Harris and wife Lucey to Samuel Watt, Jr. for 120 pds. 120 A on Pruets Fork of Hogan's Cr adj Abraham Phillips, being land willed to sd Harris by his father Thompson Harris. Nov 28, 1787. John Watt, Theodrick Stubblefield. (Irene B. Webster, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS 1785-1800 [Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, reprint 1983], p. 31) Submitted by E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.