HARRISON GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


I learned about my wife’s HARRISON connection through her connection with the CALLICO/CALLICOTT family. 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. Marion’s mom’s maiden name is HENRY, and my mother’s maiden name is HARRIS. Possibly way back in history somewhere there is a connection between each of these family lines.

Here is my wife’s HARRISON lineage as far as can be proven:

  1. Agatha (HARRISON?), b. ca. 1715 VA d. aft. 1778 Prince Edward Co., VA; md. ca. 1740 Prince Edward Co., VA to James CALLICOTT, b. ca. 1715 Essex Co., VA, d. Sept. 1778 Prince Edward Co., VA
  2. Beverly CALLICOTT, b. ca. 1750 Prince Edward Co., VA, d. July 1824 Randolph Co., NC; md. ca. 1770 Prince Edward Co., VA to Priscilla _______, b. ca. 1750 VA, d. bef. 1824 Randolph Co., NC
  3. James CALLICO, b. ca. 1785 Prince Edward Co., VA, d. ca. 1820 White Co., TN; md. ca. 1804 Hawkins Co., TN to Elizabeth VAUGHAN, b. ca. 1790 Russell Co., VA, d. ca. 1859 Madison Co., AR
  4. John Calvin CALLICO, Sr., b. 1817 Warren Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1894 at Wesley, Madison Co., AR; md. ca. 1840 to Elizabeth MEANS, b. 12 Feb. 1821 TN, d. 22 Dec. 1902 Madison Co., AR
  5. John Calvin CALLICO, Jr., b. May 1847 Madison Co., AR, d. 22 Feb. 1927 Madison Co., AR; md. May 1870 Madison Co., AR to Sarah Frances "Fannie" JOHNSON, b. 22 Feb. 1854 Madison Co., AR, d. 1920 Madison Co., AR (both buried in Wesley Cemetery, Madison Co., AR)
  6. Franklin Montgomery CALLICO, b. 9 July 1877 Drake's Creek, AR, d. 15 Nov. 1969 Ely, White Pine Co., NV; md. 1900 Madison Co., AR to Kima Nevada ROBERTS, b. 1882 Japton, Madison Co., AR, d. 23 Dec. 1944 San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA (buried at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA)
  7. Bonnie Ruth CALLICO, b. 5 Aug. 1905 Drake's Creek, Madison Co., AR, d. 1 Dec. 1968 San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA; md. 22 Aug. 1928 to Robert Archie HENRY, Jr., b. 26 Aug. 1902 Sickles, Caddo Co., OK, d. 10 June 1944 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA (both buried at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA) *These are my wife’s grandparents.


Also of interest is the HARRISON connection in Glenn’s family. Go to Glenn Gohr's Harrison Genealogy Page


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.

Query 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:


      Southern Historical Press, Inc.
      P.O. Box 1267
      Greenville, SC 29602-1267
      864-233-2346 FAX: 864-233-2349 VISA/MC Orders Only: 1-800-233-0152


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Last updated April 1, 2005.


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