HARRISON GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr
I doubt I will ever find a connection to between these Harrisons and William Henry Harrison or Benjamin Harrison, the famous presidents of the United States, but still it is fun imagining that. Harrison is an English name that means "Son of Harry," which is basically the same as what “Henry” and "Harris" mean. My mother’s maiden name is HARRIS, and Marion’s mom’s maiden name is HENRY. Possibly way back in history somewhere there is a connection between each of these family lines.
Here is my HARRISON lineage as far as I can determine:
- Jane HARRISON or LANDY (reported to be the widow of Mark Richardson) b. ca. 1700 VA, d. bef. 1760 Hanover Co., VA; md. 1727 Hanover Co., VA to David HARRIS (brother of John Harris below), b. ca. 1701 Hanover Co., VA, d. aft. 1781 Hanover Co., VA
- Lewis HARRIS (son of David Harris and Jane Harrison), b. 1730 Hanover Co., VA, d. ca. June 1784 Prince Edward Co., VA; md. 1763 Hanover Co., VA to his first cousin, Elizabeth HARRIS (dau. of John Harris and Mary Tinsley), b. ca. 1744 Hanover Co., VA, d. summer 1818 Prince Edward Co., VA
- Gideon HARRIS, b. 30 July 1772 Prince Edward Co., VA, d. 26 Oct. 1860 Marshall Co., TN; md. 25 Dec. 1805 Prince Edward Co., VA to Martha Taylor GILLIAM, b. 3 Feb. 1786 Goochland Co., VA, d. 14 May 1860 Marshall Co., TN (both buried in Harris Family Cemetery in Marshall Co., TN)
- Gideon Lindsey HARRIS, b. 12 Dec. 1813 Wilson Co., TN, d. 11 March 1896 McNairy Co., TN (buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN); md. 22 Nov. 1831 Maury Co., TN to Lucy Elizabeth LEDBETTER, b. 14 Dec. 1814 Chatham Co., NC, d. 11 April 1856 McNairy Co., TN (buried Ledbetter Cemetery, Hardin Co., TN)
- William Ashley HARRIS, b. 19 May 1849 Hardin Co., TN, d. 12 Mar. 1916 McNairy Co., TN; md. 18 Oct. 1868 McNairy Co., TN to Sarah Agatha LITTLEFIELD, b. 28 Oct. 1849 Jonesborough, Tippah Co., MS, d. 7 Feb. 1940 Leapwood, McNairy Co., TN (both buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN)
- James David HARRIS, b. 9 Jan. 1871 McNairy Co., TN, d. 22 Sept. 1938 Marlow, OK (buried in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens Co., OK); md. 28 Oct. 1894 McNairy Co., TN to Docia Bell PYRON, b. 5 Oct. 1872 McNairy Co., TN, d. 1 Sept. 1944 Lyford, Willacy Co., TX (buried in Combes Cemetery, Combes, Cameron Co., TX)
- William Earl HARRIS, b. 8 Aug. 1895 McNairy Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1967 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO; md. 12 Dec. 1915 Parker Co., TX to Orpha Antonia Hazel GARVIN, b. 11 Nov. 1895 Jack Co., TX, d. 21 Dec. 1979 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO (both buried in Dove Creek Cemetery, Dove Creek, Dolores Co., CO)*These are my grandparents.
HARRISON E-MAIL LIST
If you have queries concerning the HARRISON surname, you may post these at the Harrison Family Genealogy List which is a part of the Rootsweb e-mail discussion lists. It offers free queries and discussion on the Harrison surname and variant spellings.
To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected]
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe
Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: [email protected]
Archived postings to the Harrison e-mail list can be found on the WEB at:
https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/
When prompted, type in HARRISON for the name of the list. A second screen will appear where you can choose a year and type in a search word(s). If you type in HARRISON you would probably get all the previous postings to the list. You can also type in a person's name instead or a locality to narrow your search. If you wish to do a search by date, try entering it in quotation marks with the day and then the month as "01 Mar" using single digit dates preceded by a zero and only the first three letters of the month.
ROOTSWEB HARRISON MESSAGE BOARDS
There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the HARRISON surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Harrison Message Boards.
Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any HARRISON name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.
An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the HARRISON family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:
http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/harrison
***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the HARRISON lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.
BOOKS ON THE HARRISON FAMILY
If you are interested in books that deal with the Harrison family, here are some that are still in print:
The Venturers: The Hampton, Harrison, and Earle Families of Virginia, South Carolina, and Texas., by Virginia G. Meynard. Originally published in 1981. Reprinted 1991 by Southern Historical Press. 1,114 pages. Includes index. ISBN #0-89308-241-4. $55.00 + $3.50 postage and handling. (Includes information on more than 4,000 descendants of William Hampton, the immigrant to Virginia in the 17th century, and the allied families of Harrison and Earle through NC, SC, AL, MS, and TX for 15 generations.) Order #FH 14.
Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Harrison and Allied Families., by J. Houston Harrison Originally published in 1935. Reprinted 1983 by Southern Historical Press. 665 pages. Includes index. $45.00 + $3.50 postage and handling. (Includes Harrison and allied families from Old Augusta Co., VA and their descendants.) Order # BI 16. Order from:
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Last updated April 1, 2005.
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