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Note: DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM HARRISON William Harrison was born Abt 1700 in Virginia, and died in Craven Co.,N.C.
William Harrison lived in Craven County, N.C. He was born in Virginia
around 1700. In 1744, William Harrison received a land grant on the north
side of the Trent River in Craven County, North Carolina. In 1746,
William Harrison bought land on the north side of Trent River. In 1764,
William Harrison sold 100 acres on the north side of Trent River for
10 Pounds. In 1771, William Harrison bought 200 acres on the north side
of Trent River, on the South side of Little Chinquapin Branch. James,
son of William, lived on Chinquapin Creek in South Carolina. The Waterway
Map of Edgefield District, South Carolina, dated 1773, shows an extension of
the North Ford of the Edisto River to be called "Chinquapin Creek." This
is precisely where James Harrison received his first land grant in 1773.
The area that William lived in, in Craven County, NC, became Jones Co.,
NC in 1779.
James Harrison, son of William Harrison, was born in Virginia about 1725.
His father, apparently, moved to Craven County, N.C.,about 1744. On
May 10, 1773, James received his first land grant in South Carolina, on the
Chinquapin Creek, of 150 acres. When James first occupied the land in 1773, he was the first settler in the immediate area. The land was
surrounded by unoccupied land. It appears certain, therefore, that James
Harrison named the waterway on which he lived in South Carolina
"Chinquapin Creek," after the waterway he lived on in Craven County, NC
The location of James Harrison's' Plantation in Edgefield Co.,S.C. is
between the present day villages of Monetta & Batesville in Saluda
County. His place of residence became part of Saluda County in 1895. James married Ann _____.
He died in 1806 in Edgefield County, 96th District SC, on February 19,
1806. James was a revolutionary War Vet. as was his son, William. In
several abstracts of James' will, it list a daughter Mary and a son,
Jeremiah. Linda Weldon has a copy of the original Will and the name
is Mary Jamimy not Jeremiah.
William Harrison, son of James Harrison, was born around 1758. He moved
to South Carolina before 1789 and lived in Edgefield, the 96th District.
He was the son of James Harrison who died in Edgefield in 1806. William moved to Georgia (several children list Georgia as their birthplace)
then to Alabama around 1810. he lived near where the Harrison Cemetery
is now located in Coffee County, Alabama.
He married Martha______. Martha was living with a daughter, Sarah, in 1850
Census of Coffee County, Alabama. She was listed as 100 years old. Her
birth place is also unknown. Martha died May 18, 1899 in Coffee County, and is buried in the Moore Cemetery in Coffee County. William was buried
along the Pea River around Kinston in Coffee County. His grave was washed
away in a flood. William was a scout at the Battle of Eutaw Springs in
South Carolina in the Revolutionary War, in Captain Watson's South
Carolina Volunteers, December 15, 1781-Jun 15, 1782. He also served in
the 4th Regiment under command of General Perkins. He filed for a pension
in 1832 and gave his age as 74 years old. He was living in Geneva in 1832. On February 4, 1854, in Coffee County. Martha filed for William's
Revolutionary War Pension. In 1830 William was living in Dale County,
Alabama (the part of the county which later became Coffee County) near
where Harrison Cemetery is located outside of Kinston. He was 70-80
years of age at the time. His sons: William Grancer, Thomas and John, were all living near Harrison Cemetery. James was living in the same area
in 1821, but not listed in the 1830 Census records. Harmon was living
in the area at Kinston that was then Covington County, but now is in
Coffee County. Some of William's children list South Carolina as the place
of birth and others say, Georgia. Since they lived in Sout
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