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Note: \tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural \f0\fs24 \cf0 SC birth according to 1850 Murray County Census listing of William Harris and birth state of father according to John N. Harris on 1880 GA census \par \par Birth 9 OCT 1779. One son, Matthew, gave his father's birth date as 7 Oct 1776. \par Title: Pension Application for War of 1812 service \par \par At the time of the 1850 census. William was living in the household of his son-in-law, Joseph Rorex and daughter Rossy Ann in Georgia. He is not in the 1860 census. \par \par THE MIFFLINTOWN DOCUMENT \par A copy of this document was sent the author by John Harris9, M.D., of Philadelphia, Jan. 18, 1865. At the conclusion he wrote: \par \'93The foregoing was copied Aug. 10, 1855, by John Harris9 (then resident in Phila) from two separate half sheets of cap paper, in the handwriting of his father, James Harris7, in the possession of Mrs.Thomazin Potter, a granddaughter of James Harris7. John Harris9,the copyist of the foregoing, born Dec. 31st, 1792, was the son of James Harris7, who was the son of John Harris2 who was the son of James Harris1 (by his second wife, Janet McClure), who was the \par son of Edward Harris1 and Flora Douglas. The family of James Harris7. the copyist\'92s father, were Jane5, John9. Eliza Grizzel, James D., William11. Joseph, and Andrew, besides Robert and a female child who died in infancy, Jane, John, and Eliza were born in Mifflintown, the others in or near Bellefonte\'94. \par \par In view of the above statement; therefore, it seems probable that James Harris7 of Bellafonte was the author of the document. \par \par At the time of writing (Dec. 20, 1801) he was about 45 years old. He was also a very careful, cultured man and no doubt put nothing down but what was thoroughly established as correct. \par \par He probably, too, gathered up his facts and penned them at Mifflintown where he was born, where there were older records, and where several older Harrises resided who could aid him in his researches. These persons were his eldest sister Jane5. his mother Jane1 (then in her 78th year), his \par uncle James Harris3. then 82 or 83 years old), and probably his mother's cousin, Mrs. Turbett (nee Dolly Harris1) besides others who could give more or less help. The oldest of all, Thomas Harris1, had died 16 days previously, and his death seems to have suggested and stimulated the effort to get a written record of genealogies before it was entirely too late. \par \par The antecedent probability that this document is perfectly trustworthy has been confirmed by all subsequent investigations (excepting in regard to William Harris2 and his wife), and the writer considers it fortunate that he has had such a record, to guide his resources. \par \par It is hardly necessary to say that the \'93superior\'94 numbers inserted are not original, but added by the author of this book as a guide to identity. The words bracketed are also the author's. The document is without a heading and reads as follows: \par \par \'93Edward1 and Charles1 Harris, being dissenters, were driven from Ayrshire, in Scotland, at the time of the persecution of the Protestants in the reign of Charles II, or of his successor, James. \par \par They settled in County Donegal, near Rapho, Ireland. They were possessed of a valuable estate in Scotland, which was lost on account of their abandoning it. \par \par Edward1 was married to Miss Flora Douglas, of the famous family of that name, who resided near the borders of England. He had sons: Edward2, Robert1 and James1. \par \par Robert1 was married to Dorothy Wiley. They had children: \par John1, William1, James2, Margaret1, Thomas1, Samuel1, Robert2 and Charles2. \par \par James1, son of Edward1, and Flora Douglas, married Mary Simpson by whom he had William2, Ann1 and James3. By a second marriage with Janet McClure, he had a son, John2. \par \par Edward2, son of Edward1, and Flora Douglas, married............ and had children: Robert3, William3 and Mary1. \par \par John1, son of Robert1 and Dorothy Wiley, had Margaret2, Jane1, Robert4, and James4 by his first wife Grizzel Steel, daughter of Margaret Gray; by a second wife, Rebecca McBay, he had William4, Elizabeth1, Thomas2 and John3. \par William1, son of Robert1 and Dorothy Wiley, married Elizabeth Glen, daughter of R. Glen and Jane Scott, by whom he had Robert5 James5, George1, Elizabeth2, William5, John4, Jane 2, Susan1, Margaret3, Sarah1, Dolly1, Thomas3, Isabella......Ireland. \par \par James2, son of R. and D. Wiley, married.........McIlhenny, by whom he had Robert6, Samuel2 and others. The family moved to the Carolinas. ' \par \par Margaret1, sister of James2, married Alexander Poer, to whom she had Jane, Dorothy, William and Samuel.......... \par Pennsylvania. \par \par Thomas1, son of R., and Dorothy Wiley, married Mary McKinney 1, by whom he had Robert7, Mathew1, Margaret4, Margaret5, John6, Catharine1, and Mary2. He died Dec. 4th, 1801............Pennsylvania. \par \par Samuel1, brother of Thomas1, married.......Laird, by whom he had several children in Carolina. \par \par Robert2 his brother, married Fanny Cunningham, by whom he had Robert8, William6, Elizabeth3, Martha1 and Margaret6.........Carolina. \par \par Charles2, his brother, married\'85\'85McIlhenny; had a large family in Carolina. \par \par William2, son of James1, and Mary Simpson, married Catharine Wilson; emigrated from Ireland; settled at Swarata; had James6, John7, William7 who died young, Sarah2, Mary3, and Robert9. \par \par Ann1, sister of William, married David Caldwell1; emigrated to Pennsylvania'; moved to Carolina; had a family of children. After the death of D. Caldwell she married Robert Harris2, son of Robert1 and Dorothy Wiley. \par \par James3, son of James Harris1 and Mary Simpson, never married, and is at this time (Dec. 20, 1801) living -with his sister-in-law, widow of his half brother, John2, at Mifflintown, Mifflin Co., Penn\'92a. \par \par John Harris2, son of James Harris1 and Jane McClure, first married Jane Poer, daughter of Alexander Poer and Margaret Harris1, Mifflin, who died without issue. By his second wife, Jane, Harris1, daughter of John Harris1 and Grizzel Steel (born Feb. 7, 1724) had Jane3, James7, William8, Grizzel1, Margaret7 and Ann2........,...Penn'a. He died Feb. [28], 1794. \par \par Robert Harris3, son of Edward2 the younger and..... .married, and had Margaret8 Jane4, and Margery1. By a second wife, Margaret McIlmunn, he had Robert10, Mary4 and William9. He died in Carolina. \par \par Margaret Harris2, daughter of John1, and Grizzel Steel, married Andrew Bucbanan1, to whom she had Jane, Mary, John, James and Andrew2. They resided near Gilligordon, Donegal, Ireland. \par \par James4, son of John Harris1 and Grizzel Steel, married Elizabeth Harris3, daughter of Robert2 and Fanny Cunningham. By her he had a number of children in Carolina, where he died about 1794. \par \par Robert4, his brother, died without issue. \par \par William4, son of John Harris1 and his second wife Rebecca McBay, married Margaret Wilson, by whom he had John8 and a number of other children. They resided in South Carolina. \par \par Thomas2, brother of William4, married in South Carolina. \par \par John3, his brother, who had lived with his half brother-in-law John2 and- sister Jane1, went to Carolina, married...... by whom he had William10 and other children. After her death he married......by whom he has other children. He now resides near Mayville [or Maryville), Blount Co., Tennessee. His children are \par William10, John Baird, Elizabeth4, Robert Marklin, Mathew Handy, and Joseph Gilliland --1801.\'94 \par \par ,}
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