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Note: \tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural \f0\fs24 \cf0 ID: I2248 \par Name: John HARRIS \par Sex: M \par Birth: WFT Est. 1710-1799 in Probably S.C. \par Death: 1801 in Blount Co. TN \par Note: Soldier in Rev. War. Lived in S.C. Received Land Grant. Moved to Blount County, TN. May have been in Greene Co. and Sevier Co. before moving to Blount. (Info of Peggy Oliver. Need to confirm.) \par \par Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown \par Married: WFT Est. 1732-1797 \par Children \par John Nicholas (I) HARRIS b: Private \par Samuel HARRIS b: Private \par James HARRIS b: Private \par \par Note: Soldier in Rev. War. Lived in S.C. Received Land Grant. Moved to Blount County, TN. May have been in Greene Co. and Sevier Co. before moving to Blount. (Info of Peggy Oliver. Need to confirm.) \par \par This is a copy from book by Robert Stewart: \par \par "William, son of James and Mary Simpson married Catharine Wilson; emigrated from Ireland; settled at Swatara; had James, John, William who died young, Sarah, Mary and Robert. \par \par "Ann, sister of William, married David Caldwell; emigrated to Pennsylvania; moved to Carolina; had a family of of children. After the death of D. Caldwell she married Robert Harris, son of Robert and Dorothy Wiley. \par \par "James, son of James Harris and Mary Simpson, never married, and is at this time (Dec 20, 1801) living with his sister-in-law, widow of his half brother, John, at Mifflintown, Mifflin Co., Penn'a. \par \par "John Harris, son of James Harris and Jane McClure, first married Jane Poer, daughter of Alexander Poer and Margaret Harris, Mifflin, who died without issue. By his second wife, Jane Harris, daughter of John Harris and Grizzell Steel (born Feb. 7, 1724) had Jane, James, William, Grizzell, Margaret and Ann....Penn'a. He died Feb. (28), 1794. \par \par "Robert Harris, son of Edward the younger and .... married and had Margaret, Jane, and Margery....by a second wife, Margaret McIllmunn, he had Robert, Mary and William. He died in Carolina. \par \par "Margaret Harris, daughter of John, and Grizzell steel, married Andrew Bucbanan, to whom she had Jane, Mary, John, James and Andrew. They resided near Gilligordon, Donegal, Ireland. \par \par James, son of John Harris and Grizzell Steel, married Elizabeth Harris, daughter of Robert and Fanny Cunningham. By her he had a number of children in Carolina, where he died about 1794. \par \par Robert, his brother, died without issue. \par \par William, son of John Harris and his second wife Rebecca McBay, married Margaret Wilson, by whom he had John and a number of other children. They resided in South Carolina. \par \par "Thomas, brother of William, married in South Carolina. \par \par "John, his brother, who had lived with his half brother-in-law John and sister Jane, went to Carolina, married.... by whom he had William 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 William, John Baird, Elizabeth, Robert Marklin, Mathew Handy, and Joseph Gilliland--------1801." \par \par Final posting of the Mifflintown Document. \par \par Name: John HARRIS \par Sex: M \par Birth: ABT. 1697 in Donegal Co., Ireland \par Death: WFT Est. 1747-1789 \par Note: \par Listed in "Mecklenburg Signers" by Ray as a son of Robert Harris. \par \par In NCHARRIS.AOL, a file downloaded fron AOL, HARRIS ANCESTRY, assembled by John Harris, it is shown that John Harris entered land in Georgia in 1737. His wives are also listed. It also states that John and 4 of his 5 brothers (James, Samuel, Robert, Charles) left Pennsylvania about 1750 to settle in Mecklenburg Co., NC. \par \par Father: Robert HARRIS b: ABT. 1660 in Donegal Co., Ireland \par Mother: Dorothy WYLEY b: ABT. 1673 in Donegal Co., Ireland \par \par Marriage 1 Grizzel STEELE b: ABT. 1725 \par Married: ABT. 1714 \par Children \par James HARRIS b: 1714 \par Margaret HARRIS b: ABT. 1720 \par Jane HARRIS b: 1724 \par Robert HARRIS b: ABT. 1725 \par \par Marriage 2 Rebecca MCBAY b: ABT. 1700 \par Married: ABT. 1715 \par Children \par Elizabeth HARRIS b: ABT. 1735 \par Thomas HARRIS b: ABT. 1740 \par John HARRIS b: ABT. 1742 \par William HARRIS b: ABT. 1745 \par \par Welcome to the Blount County, Tennessee USGenWeb/TNGenWeb site. Blount County, located in Eastern Tennessee, was formed in 1795, a year before Tennessee became a state. It was formed from part of Knox County which in turn was formed in 1791 from parts of Greene & Hawkins Counties. In 1870, part of Blount County was used to help form Loudon County. Blount County has the following neighbor counties, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Sevier, and Swain, NC. To the right is a picture of the county courthouse in the county seat of Maryville. For further information about the courthouse and records available, please visit their page on the Blount County Government website. \par \par THE MIFFLINTOWN DOCUMENT \par \par A copy of this document was sent the author by John \par Harris9, M.D., of Philadelphia, Jan. 18, 1865. At the conclusion he wrote: \par \par \'93The foregoing was copied Aug. 10, 1855, by John Harris9 (then \par resident in Phila) from two separate half sheets of cap paper, in the \par handwriting of his father, James Harris7, in the possession of Mrs. \par Thomazin Potter, a granddaughter of James Harris7. John Harris9, \par the copyist of the foregoing, born Dec. 31st, 1792, was the son of \par James Harris7, who was the son of John Harris2 who was the son of \par James Harris1 (by his second wife, Janet McClure), who was the \par son of Edward Harris1 and Flora Douglas. The family of \par James Harris7. the copyist\'92s father, were Jane5, John9. Eliza Grizzel, \par James D., William11. Joseph, and Andrew, besides Robert and a \par female child who died in infancy, Jane, John, and Eliza were born \par in Mifflintown, the others in or near Bellefonte\'94. \par \par In view of the above statement; therefore, it seems probable \par that James Harris7 of Bellafonte was the author of the document. \par At the time of writing (Dec. 20, 1801) he was about 45 years old. \par He was also a very careful, cultured man and no doubt put nothing \par 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, \par \par where there were older records, and where several older Harrises resided who could aid him in his \par \par researches. These persons were his eldest sister Jane5. his mother Jane1 (then in her 78th year), his \par \par uncle James Harris3. then 82 or 83 years old), and probably his mother's cousin, Mrs. Turbett (nee \par \par Dolly Harris1) besides others who could give more or less help. The oldest of all, Thomas Harris1, \par \par had died 16 days previously, and his death seems to have suggested and stimulated the effort to get \par \par a written record of genealogies before it was entirely too late. \par \par that he has had such a record, to guide his resources. \par \par The document is without a heading and reads as follows:\'97 \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 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 "Lived with his half brother in law, John (John Harris, Esquire) and (half) sister Jane, went to Carolina, married...by whom he had William and other children. After her death he married... by whom he has other children. He now resides near Mayville (or Maryville), Blount County, TN. His children are William, John Baird, Elizabeth, Robert Marklin, Matthew Handy and Joseph Gilliland----1801" Mifflintown Document \par \par am looking for Harrises that lived in Blount County, Tennessee between 1750 and 1850. I am trying to go back from my ggggrandfather John Nicholas Harris who was born in 1810 in Tennessee. He married Nancy Garner and moved to North Georgia. They had children named Mary S., Robert, Rossie Ann, M. Sophronia, Samuel Henry, and Martha Elizabeth, William Garner, Dolly Jane, John Rufus. \par John Nicholas Harris' father was William Harris born 10-9-1779 or 10-7-1776 and died 10-27-1858. He was married to Jane Tribbett (daughter of Jonathan). I was given information that his father was named John who died in Blount County about 1804. \par \par In the Harris forum posting "Old Harris History Found", by Dorothy Boyle it mentions Scotch-Irish Harrises that emigrated from County Donegal, Ireland and came first to Pennsylvannia- descendants of Robert Harris and Dorothy Wylie. There were 7 sons that settled in Lancaster. One stayed there (Thomas died at age 106), another moved to Maryland (William) and the other five -John, James, Robert, Charles, and Samuel-migrated down to North Carolina in Mecklenburg now Cabarrus County. John (born abt 1690) later moved to Blount County, TN with 8 children by 2 wives. By Rebecca McBay he had Elizabeth, Thomas, John and William. By Grizzel Steele he had James, Margaret, Jane, Robert. I am looking into John born about 1742 (in 1801 he was still living in Maysville or Maryville in Blount County. His wife's name unknown, (born about 1745) with children named William, John Baird, Matthew Handy, Robert Marklin, Joseph Gilliand, Jean, and Elizabeth. (I am especially interested in the child William (no birthdate.) \par \par Any information or leads would really be appreciated. You can mail me directly at tmitchel@@@@@@@@alltel.net \par Terese Mitchell \par \par Old Harris History found! \par Posted by: Dorothy Boyle Date: January 28, 1998 at 23:00:10 \par of 21508 \par \par I found this in towards the last of the Harris surname in the McCubbins Collection microfilm #019,860, Family History Center. There are two other half pages which I will enter below this one. \par By I. L. Harris of Havabana, Cuba Jan 12, 1930 \par Hearst's Atlanta \par William de Heriz from France circa 1150 (descendant of the House of Vendosine) \par Higel de Heriz living 1214 Thomas de Heriz \par Henry de Heriz keeper of Royal Forests under Alexander II living 1249 \par Sir William de Heriz swore fealty to Edward I. of England 1296; \par Robert de Heriz of Nithsdale living 1325; \par Sir John Herries created Baron Terregles by David Bruce 1364; \par Sir John Herries keeper Stirling Castle 1369-1370 hostage for Earl of Douglass 1403-1407 David Bruce granted Barony 1397. \par Herbert Herries one of the hostages for James I. one of the negotiators of the marriage of the daughter of James I. to Dauphin of France, married Margaret (daughter of Earl of Douglas). Had a brother? Robert herries. \par John Herries 4th Lord of Ferregles 1453. Had brothers: Herbert, William & Robert. \par Sir David Herries 5th Lord Ferregles married Margaret Crichton (daughter of Sir Robert Crichton or Sir Herbert Maxwell of Caerlaverock 1440 \par Sir Herbert herries 6th Lord Ferregles & 1st Lord Herries 1489, married 1st Marion Carlyle 2d Mariot Cuningham \par Andrew herries 2d Lord Herries. had brothers (M)?ungo, John, & Roger of Maindenpape(died 1536 the tutor of William 3d Lord 1517) \par \par Posted by: Dorothy Boyle Date: January 28, 1998 at 23:27:47 \par In Reply to: Old Harris History found! by Dorothy Boyle of 21508 \par \par This is the second page of I.L. Harris dated Jan. 12, 1930 \par That portion of the Harris family that settle in the Southern colonies had its origin in Wales. From there they went to France and became allied to the great family of Vendosine, prior to the Norman Conquest. \par Members of the family returned to Great Britain, and became prominent after the Conquest: and from the armorial bearing of the various brances, particularly the three Herrious, we are assured of a common origin for the Wiltshire and Ayrshire Harrises. Of the Wiltshire Harrieses were the Earls of Malmsbury. From here came the Harrises of Virginia and Maryland. From the Yorkshire branch came the settlers who founded Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. \par A third branch went to Scotland before the reign of Alexander II. about 1150, and became leaders in teh struggles that terminated in the struggles with the winning of independence under Robert Bruce. The fifth in line of succession was created Baron Terrigles, and the sixth Baron was created Lord Harries--a title still existing in the nobility of Great Britain. They lives in Ayrshire, where the third Baron Terrigles married a daughter of Archibald, fifth Earl of Angus--celebrated in Scott's "Marmion". She was a sister of Janet, who married his brother, the second Lord Harries, and from this couple Roger and Miss Douglas, are descended the Scotch-Irish Harrises of the U.S. Edward Harris, born about 1620, was the ruling elder of Glenmarguin, near Raphoe, county donegal, Ireland, and married also into the Douglas family in the person of Flora Douglas. They left three sons, Edward, Robert and James. This was the third intermarriage between the Harrises and Douglases--the first about 1410, the second about 1520, and the third about 1650. \par COME TO U.S. One branch of family to Pennsylvania. Edward had two sons and a daughter. Robert had seven sons and a daughter; James had four sons. All immigrated to Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, early in the eighteenth century. Robert, whose wife was Dorothy Wylie died in sight of land, and was buried in Philadelphia, Pa. His seven sons settled in Lancaster, and bought land from Thomas Penn in 1737 and subsequently. Thomas had married Mary McKinney and remained in Pennsylvania. He was a captain in a militia company in 1748, died in 1801. aged 106. William had married Elizabeth Glen and moved to Creil(?) County Maryland, with family of 14 children. \par The other five sons of Robert--John, James, Robert, Charles and Samuel--about 1750 to 1755, moved to Mecklenburg county, North Carolina (now Cabarrus County) and settled on Rocky River. John later moved to Blount County, Tenn., with eight children. His brothers remained in Mecklenburg and reared large families. From them are descended the Harrieses known throughout the South as the Scotch-Irish Harrises of Mecklenburg, and who scattered throughout the land, pioneering as each generation pushed out into the wilderness, looking for new fields to develop.}
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