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     Jane Lucy Harris was born on 18 September 1763 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.^2,5,8 She married Richard Gentry, son of David Gentry Sr. and Mary Estes, on 5 April 1784
; For more information on the descendants of Richard and Jane (Harris), see Miller [1907:337-9].^1,9,5,10,2
Jane Lucy Harris died on 17 September 1821 at Boonesborough, Madison Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 57.^2,5
Jane Lucy Harris was buried after 17 September 1821 at Gentry Family Cemetery, Madison Co., Kentucky, USA;
from Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     18 Sep 1763, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
     DEATH     17 Sep 1821 (aged 57), Boonesborough, Madison County, Kentucky, USA
     Family Members
     Parents
      Christopher Overton Harris 1725–1794
      Agnes McCord Harris 1740–1815
     Spouses
      Richard Estes Gentry 1763–1843 (m. 1784)
      Richard Gentry 1763–1843
     Siblings
      John Harris 1765–1810
      Overton Harris 1782–1827
     Half Siblings
      Sarah Harris Martin 1742–1796
      Dabney Harris 1745–1810
      Robert Harris 1749–1833
      Mourning Harris Jones 1754–1814
      Christopher Harris 1755–1841
      Mary Harris Jones 1757–1812
     Children
      Reuben Estes Gentry 1785–1839
      David Gentry 1787–1836
      Richard Gentry 1788–1837
      Christy Gentry 1790–1866
      Joseph McCord Gentry 1795–1795
      Nancy Harris Gentry Bush 1795–1863
      Joshua Gentry 1797–1864
      Rhodes R. Gentry 1804–1854
      Jane Harris Gentry Blythe 1806–1872
     BURIAL     Gentry Family Cemetery, Madison County, Kentucky, USA
     Created by: Frank Husung
     Added: 19 Sep 2012
     Find A Grave Memorial 97431081.²
      ;
Per Gentry [1909:60-61]:
EXCURSUS—HARRIS.
"The ancestors of Jane Harris, wife of Richard Gentry of
Madison Co., Ky.:
     "Robert Harris, the immigrant, came from England to Virginia about 1650. In 1660 he married Mrs. Mary Rice, formerly Miss Mary Claiborne, a daughter of William Claiborne, first Colonial Secretary of the Virginia Colony. Their son, William Harris, married Temperance Overton, daughter of William Overton of Glen Cairn in Hanover Co., Va. William Harris was a large land owner in Virginia from 1713 to 1725, as shown by the old land office records, and his father-in-law,
William Overton, also had large land grants, received from head rights for transporting immigrants to Virginia. William Overton was a son of Col. Robert Overton of England, born in 1609. Distinguished himself in battle of " Marston Moor " ; governor of Hull in 1647 ; accompanied Cromwell to Scotland in 1650, and commanded a brigade at battle of Dunbar ; governor of Edinburg; scholar and soldier; intimate friend of Milton, who celebrated his exploits in the " Defensio Secunda." See Dictionary of National Biography.
     Maj. Robert Harris, a son of William Harris and Temperance Overton Harris, was born in Hanover Co., Va., and lived there until 1742, when he was appointed by the King as surveyor of the new county of Louisa, which was cut off from Hanover Co. in 1742. He resigned his office as a member of the House of Burgesses from Hanover, and settled in Louisa Co. He afterwards moved to Albemarle Co., Va., where he owned a large estate at his death in 1765. He was a vestryman of Fredricksville Parish for a number of years before his death. His will is of record in Albemarle Co., Va., in Will Book No. 2, page 185, and was recorded Nov. 8, 1765. His will was witnessed by Daniel Maupin, John Maupin, John Maupin. Jr., William Maupin and Connerly Mullins. His son. Tyre Harris, succeeded him as vestryman of Fredricksville Parish."¹¹

Jane Lucy Harris and Richard Gentry lived at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA.⁸ Jane Lucy Harris is mentioned in the Research Issues of Nicholas Gentry II and Mary Jane Brooks;
See attached from Grubbs pp. 524-5.⁵
In Christopher Overton Harris Sr.'s will dated 20 February 1794 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA, Jane Lucy Harris was named as an heir; Text of will from Miller [1907:277-8]:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I Christopher Harris being through the abundant mercy and goodness of God, tho weak in body, yet of perfect understanding and memory, do constitute this my last will and testament, and desire it should be received as such.
     "Imprimis: That I will and desire that my first children, viz: Dabney Harris, Sarah Martin, Robert Harris, Mourning Jones, Christopher Harris and Mary Jones should have the follow negroes, (excepting thirty pounds out of my son, Dabney's legacy, which is to be paid by the executors of this part of my will for the use and benefit of my wife and other children) viz: Ritter and her children, pomp, Moses, Alice, George, Betty, Lucy and Deephy, the above negroes, to be divided agreeable to Cornelius Dabney, Sr.
     "I will and I do appoint Foster Jones and Christopher Harris as executors of the above part of this will, and as to the balance of my estate, I direct that just my debts shall be paid out of what money I have by, or is owing to me.
     "The house where I live I direct shall be furnished, which, together with the tract of land whereon I live I leave to my dear and loving wife during her life and at her death to my son Overton Harris.
     "As to the balance of my negroes, David, Cato, Fanny , Stephen and Eady, together with my house hold furniture, stock of every kind and plantation utensils I desire that my wife may have the whole benefit of them during her life or widow-hood, and if she should marry the whole to be sold, and equally divided amongst her and her children. As to my lands on Muddy Creek, I will and bequeath them as follows: The Drowning Creek tract of land I will and bequeath to my son, John Harris. The Sycamore Spring tract to my son, Benjamin Harris. The tract on which my son William has built to my son, William Harris, and the tract called the Holly Tract to my son, Barnabas Harris. And my lands in Albemarle County, together with the stock that is thereon, I direct shall be sold and that my sons James and Samuel Harris, shall receive of the money as much as Colonel John Miller and Robert Rodes shall judge the land to be worth that I willed to my other sons, viz: to be made equal to them.
     "As to my three daughters, viz: Jane Gentry, Margaret Harris and Isabel Harris, my will and desire is that jean Gentry should receive ten pounds, and Margaret and Isabel Harris to have fifty pounds apiece out of the balance of what my Albemarle land, and the profits arising from that place, and if that should not be sufficient that it shall be made up to them out of any personal estate that my wife and executors after mentioned shall think best.
     "As to my lands on Licking waters my will is that if they are obtained it should be equally divided amounts my last set of children.
     "And I do appoint my dear and loving wife, with John Sappington and John Harris to execute that part of my will that respects my wife and her children.
     "As witness my hand and seal this twentieth day of February, on thousand and seven hundred and ninety four.
     "Christopher Harris. (Seal)
     "Witness: Hartly Sappington, Richard Sappington, Joseph Wells."¹²
Jane Lucy Harris and Richard Gentry were mentioned in a land transaction on 2 December 1809 at Bourbon Co., Kentucky, USA,
Memo: per Miller [1907:263-4]: "Dec. 2, 1809. Richard Gentry and wife Jane (nee Harris), Christopher Harris, John Harris, Thomas Burgin, guardian of Polly Harris, infant (child) of Benjamin Harris deceased, William Harris, Margaret Harris, John Beenett and wife Isabella (nee Harris), Samuel Harris, Barnabas Harris and Overton Harris, heirs and devises of Christopher Harris deceased, conveyed to Samuel McMullns and James Guthrie, 600 out of 1200 acres on Hinkston's Fork of Licking in Bourbon County, Ky."¹³

     Richard Gentry was born on 26 September 1763 at Louisa Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He was born on 26 September 1763 at Louisa Co., Virginia, USA;
Per Gentry [1909:37]: b. Sept. 6, 1763.^4,2,3 He married Jane Lucy Harris, daughter of Christopher Overton Harris Sr. and Agnes McCord, on 5 April 1784
; For more information on the descendants of Richard and Jane (Harris), see Miller [1907:337-9].^5,6,2,1,7 Richard Gentry married Nancy Guthrie, daughter of Nathaniel Guthrie, on 12 October 1821
; His 2nd wife.^8,2
Richard Gentry died on 12 February 1843 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 79.^4,2
Richard Gentry died on 12 February 1843 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA, at age 79.¹
Richard Gentry was buried after 12 February 1843 at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis Co., Missouri, USA;
Find A Grave Memorial #1:
     BIRTH     26 Sep 1763, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
     DEATH     12 Feb 1843 (aged 79), Madison County, Kentucky, USA
     Private, Virginia, U.S.A. during the Revolutionary War. Present at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
     This veteran has two burial places--it seems he was exhumed and buried in the Jefferson National Cemetery in St. Louis, becoming the only Revolutionary War veteran buried there. The son of David Gentry (son of Nicholas, son of Nicholas) and Mary Estes (dau of Richard Estes and Mary Yancey/Yancy). He was a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting from Albemarle Cty., Virginia, and serving first for two months as a private under Capt. William Dalton, at the age of 17. He was present at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Married (1) Jane Harris (in 1784)(dau of Christopher Harris and Agnes McCord); (2) Nancy Guthrie (in 1821)(dau of Nathaniel Guthrie and Nancy Jane Johns); had 19 children (seven with second wife), 16 of whom were sons. He was 'wealthy in lands and slaves' after the 1786 move from Virginia to Kentucky via the Cumberland Gap. His wife is said to have ridden the trip on horseback carrying her son Reuben in her arms. They settled at Boone's Fort, then established a plantation in Madison County. He boiled down salt water to salt and became wealthy in Kentucky, where salt was like money. Died on his estate in Madison County. (Some records give his name as William Richard.) This information was added from his son Rhodes's memorial page.
     Family Members
     Parents
      David Gentry 1724–1812
     Spouses
      Jane Lucy Harris Gentry 1763–1821 (m. 1784)
      Nancy Gutherie Gentry 1799–1881 (m. 1821)
     Siblings
      David Gentry 1761–1812
      Oney Gentry Cain 1762–1823
      Winifred A Gentry Martin 1769–1852
     Children
      Reuben Estes Gentry 1785–1839
      David Gentry 1787–1836
      Richard Gentry 1788–1837
      Christy Gentry 1790–1866
      Joseph McCord Gentry 1795–1795
      Nancy Harris Gentry Bush 1795–1863
      Joshua Gentry 1797–1864
      Rhodes R. Gentry 1804–1854
      Jane Harris Gentry Blythe 1806–1872
      Robert R Gentry 1824–1887
      Valentine White Gentry 1827–1897
      Tyre Martin Gentry 1830–1844
     BURIAL     Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
     Maintained by: Sandy Morrey
     Added: 5 Jan 2001
     Find A Grave Memorial 19384

Find A Grave Memorial #2:
     BIRTH     26 Sep 1763, Louisa County, Virginia, USA
     DEATH     12 Feb 1843 (aged 79), Madison County, Kentucky, USA
     This veteran has two burial places--it seems he was exhumed and buried in the Jefferson National Cemetery in St. Louis, becoming the only Revolutionary War veteran buried there. The son of David Gentry (son of Nicholas, son of Nicholas) and Mary Estes (dau of Richard Estes and Mary Yancey/Yancy). He was a Revolutionary soldier, enlisting from Albemarle Cty., Virginia, and serving first for two months as a private under Capt. William Dalton, at the age of 17. He was present at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Married (1) Jane Harris (in 1784)(dau of Christopher Harris and Agnes McCord); (2) Nancy Guthrie (in 1821)(dau of Nathaniel Guthrie and Nancy Jane Johns); had 19 children (seven with second wife), 16 of whom were sons. He was 'wealthy in lands and slaves' after the 1786 move from Virginia to Kentucky via the Cumberland Gap. His wife is said to have ridden the trip on horseback carrying her son Reuben in her arms. They settled at Boone's Fort, then established a plantation in Madison County. He boiled down salt water to salt and became wealthy in Kentucky, where salt was like money. Died on his estate in Madison County. (Some records give his name as William Richard.)(A 1929 cemetery listing for him said that he was born in Albemarle County, Virginia. Other sources have him born in Louisa County.)
     Family Members
     Spouses
      Nancy Gutherie Gentry 1799–1881 (m. 1821)
      Jane Lucy Harris Gentry 1763–1821
     Children
      Squire Charles W. Gentry 1826–1903
     CENOTAPH     Gentry Family Cemetery, Madison County, Kentucky, USA
     Created by: BetsPix
     Added: 17 Oct 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial 43212812.^1,9
     Richard Gentry began military service at Revolutionary War, Virginia, USA, from Fiond A Grave memorial: "Private, Virginia, U.S.A. during the Revolutionary War. Present at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown."¹

Richard Gentry and Jane Lucy Harris lived at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA.⁴ Richard Gentry witnessed the Research Issues of Nicholas Gentry II and Mary Jane Brooks;
See attached from Grubbs pp. 524-5.²

Richard Gentry began military service between 1780 and 1782 at Revolutionary War, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA,
Per Grubbs p. 524:
"Richard4 Gentry was a Revolutionary Soldier. He enlisted from Albermarle Co., Va., in the fall of 1780, at the age of 17, and served as a private for two months under Captain William Dalton. In May, 1781, he again enlisted and served under Captains John Miller, Benjamin Harris, and Woodford, under Colonels Richardson and Boyer, until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis."

Per Gentry [1909:50-51]:
     "He was a Revolutionary soldier, and enlisted from Albemarle Co., Va. He served first for two months as a private under Capt. William Dalton, in the fall
of 1780, at the age of 17. He probably served as a substitute for Bezaleel Brown. In May, 1781, he enlisted and served under Captains John Miller, Benjamin Harris and Woodford, under Colonels Richardson and Boyer, until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, when he was discharged at Fredericksburg
after serving six months. He made application for a pension Aug. 13, 1832, which was granted.
     After returning from the war, he spent a year on his father's farm, and on April 5, 1784, he married Jane Harris, a daughter of Christopher Harris and a granddaughter of Major Robert Harris of Albemarle Co., Va. She was born Sept. 18, 1763, and died Sept. 17, 1821, He rented some land from Bezaleel Brown, broke it up and put in a crop of tobacco. He had a hard struggle with the weeds and tobacco worms, until his friend, Bezaleel Brown, discovered his trials, and put his gang of negroes into young Dick's tobacco patch for a day, and cleaned it up in good shape for him. He raised a fine crop of tobacco, and by the help of Mr. Brown in marketing it, he made enough money to outfit and join a party of emigrants for Kentucky, the next spring. They made the journey to Kentucky by way of Cumberland Gap and the Wilderness Route ; his young wife Jane rode on horseback and carried her baby, Reuben, in her lap; he walked and led or drove another horse, packed with all their worldly effects except his faithful hound and his rifle, which he carried on his shoulder. The trip was made without special incident, danger or hardship. On reaching Kentucky, they stopped for about a year at Boone's Fort in Clark Co., Ky. In 1787 he secured 300 acres of land in Madison County, Kentucky, in the midst of a rich canebrake and built his cabin. His second son, David, was born in Clark Co., at Boone's Fort, and his third son, Richard, who afterwards became Major General Richard Gentry of Missouri, was the first child born in the new cabin home in the canebrake. He got his start making salt and trading with the emigrants.
     There was no money in the country, and salt was scarce and in great demand, and took the place of a circulating medium; it became a measure of value as tobacco did in Virginia. Realizing the value of salt, he provided himself with two brass kettles, and with his two horses and his rifle he traveled west to Logans Fort and Harrods Station, and thence via Bullitts trace to Bullitts Salt Lick, a total distance through an Indian country of 75 miles. He made salt by evaporating the salt water, and when he had made about six bushels of salt, a load for his two horses, he would return to his home and trade with the emigrants. A peck of salt was the price of a yearling calf, and it was in such demand that he soon had fifteen to twenty head of cattle, and he repeated his trips to the Salt Lick.
     In a few years he had acquired a large number of cattle, which he fattened on the cane and wild peavine. His mark was a crop and underbit in each ear, and was known in Kentucky and Missouri for many years as the old Gentry mark. A government fort was established in a few years near where Cincinnati now is, and a government agent bought of him a large number of his cattle for beef for the soldiers, paying him the first money he had found since he came to Kentucky. He left his wife and babies at the settlement at Boone's Fort, and went back to Virginia and brought out to Kentucky his father's family, consisting of his father David, his brother David, and sisters Winnie and Onie, and three negroes, Isaac, Pompey and Patsie. He continued to prosper, bought more land and more negroes, and in 1804 he built the large two-story brick residence which is still standing on his old estate. It was the third brick house built in Madison Co., Ky.
     In the early days in Kentucky he made portholes in his cabin to shoot through, in case of an Indian attack, and his wife was taught to use the rifle. There were no mills in those days; hand mills were used to grind the corn for bread, and hominy was made in a mortar. The baby's cradle was made by cutting down a buckeye tree and cutting it out like a sugar trough. General Richard Gentry, his third son, loved to boast in his political campaigns in Missouri, " that he was born in a canebrake, rocked in a sugar trough, and raised in good democratic style."
     Richard Gentry often spoke of his early American ancestor and his brother as the two old " British Red Coats." Richard Gentry was proud of the fact that he had been a soldier of the Revolution—an American patriot. He religiously celebrated the Fourth of July as a holiday for all his family as well as his slaves. The drum and the fife were played by his negroes, while he waved the flag as a formal part of the annual ceremony, in which all had to take part. He loved to relate that he was one of the guards that marched off the British prisoners after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and to tell how his heart swelled with pride while the ragged, barefooted Colonial* troops marched off, as their prisoners, the splendidly uniformed British Regulars.
     He was for many years a member of the Baptist Church, but left it with most of his family in 1833, to join the new church of Alexander Campbell. He continued to prosper until he owned over 1000 acres of fine blue grass land and a great many slaves. He traded largely in mules, cattle and hogs, which he collected and sent to market on foot, driven by some of his sons, either to Cincinnati, Louisville, Richmond, Va., or Charleston, S. C. He was the father of 19 children, 16 sons and 3 daughters, and all but one lived to be grown and married ; 12 by his first wife, Jane Harris, and 7 by his second wife, Nancy Guthrie, whom he married when he was 58 years old. She was a daughter of Nathaniel Guthrie, who came to Kentucky from Amherst Co., Va., in 1805, where she was born April 12, 1799, and married Richard Gentry Oct. 12, 1821. He died Feb. 12, 1843, and she married March 25, 1854, Michael Farris, who died April i, 1857.
She applied for a pension March 23, 1858, as the former widow of Richard Gentry, which was allowed. She died at Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 16, 1881.
     He was buried on his estate, in what was known as the old Gentry graveyard. Green Kerley, a warm friend of the family, had charge of the burial ; a brick vault was made in the grave, and large flat rocks covered the coffin. Mr. Kerley's wife was Sallie Hawkins, a sister of Ann Hawkins Gentry, the wife of
General Richard Gentry.
     Richard Gentry- had light hair and blue eyes, and was of a florid complexion ; he was over six feet in height, and weighed about 220 pounds. He was a great hunter, and most all of his sons loved the hounds and the chase. Eight of his sons settled in Missouri before it was a state, and reared large and influential families—Reuben in Pettis, David, Richard and James in Boone, Rev. Christy and Rodes in Ralls; Joshua in Marion, and William James in Ray County."^2,10
Richard Gentry and Jane Lucy Harris were mentioned in a land transaction on 2 December 1809 at Bourbon Co., Kentucky, USA,
Memo: per Miller [1907:263-4]: "Dec. 2, 1809. Richard Gentry and wife Jane (nee Harris), Christopher Harris, John Harris, Thomas Burgin, guardian of Polly Harris, infant (child) of Benjamin Harris deceased, William Harris, Margaret Harris, John Beenett and wife Isabella (nee Harris), Samuel Harris, Barnabas Harris and Overton Harris, heirs and devises of Christopher Harris deceased, conveyed to Samuel McMullns and James Guthrie, 600 out of 1200 acres on Hinkston's Fork of Licking in Bourbon County, Ky."¹¹

     William Harris was born at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.³ He married Ann Oldham, daughter of Jesse Oldham Sr. and Elizabeth Simpson, on 4 February 1790 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
; For more information on the descendants of William and Ann (Oldham) Harris see Miller [1907:334-5].^1,4
     William Harris began military service circa 1777 at Revolutionary War, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA, Per Miller [1907:334]: "He was a private in teh Virginia State Militia in the Revolutionary War."³
In Christopher Overton Harris Sr.'s will dated 20 February 1794 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA, William Harris was named as an heir; Text of will from Miller [1907:277-8]:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I Christopher Harris being through the abundant mercy and goodness of God, tho weak in body, yet of perfect understanding and memory, do constitute this my last will and testament, and desire it should be received as such.
     "Imprimis: That I will and desire that my first children, viz: Dabney Harris, Sarah Martin, Robert Harris, Mourning Jones, Christopher Harris and Mary Jones should have the follow negroes, (excepting thirty pounds out of my son, Dabney's legacy, which is to be paid by the executors of this part of my will for the use and benefit of my wife and other children) viz: Ritter and her children, pomp, Moses, Alice, George, Betty, Lucy and Deephy, the above negroes, to be divided agreeable to Cornelius Dabney, Sr.
     "I will and I do appoint Foster Jones and Christopher Harris as executors of the above part of this will, and as to the balance of my estate, I direct that just my debts shall be paid out of what money I have by, or is owing to me.
     "The house where I live I direct shall be furnished, which, together with the tract of land whereon I live I leave to my dear and loving wife during her life and at her death to my son Overton Harris.
     "As to the balance of my negroes, David, Cato, Fanny , Stephen and Eady, together with my house hold furniture, stock of every kind and plantation utensils I desire that my wife may have the whole benefit of them during her life or widow-hood, and if she should marry the whole to be sold, and equally divided amongst her and her children. As to my lands on Muddy Creek, I will and bequeath them as follows: The Drowning Creek tract of land I will and bequeath to my son, John Harris. The Sycamore Spring tract to my son, Benjamin Harris. The tract on which my son William has built to my son, William Harris, and the tract called the Holly Tract to my son, Barnabas Harris. And my lands in Albemarle County, together with the stock that is thereon, I direct shall be sold and that my sons James and Samuel Harris, shall receive of the money as much as Colonel John Miller and Robert Rodes shall judge the land to be worth that I willed to my other sons, viz: to be made equal to them.
     "As to my three daughters, viz: Jane Gentry, Margaret Harris and Isabel Harris, my will and desire is that jean Gentry should receive ten pounds, and Margaret and Isabel Harris to have fifty pounds apiece out of the balance of what my Albemarle land, and the profits arising from that place, and if that should not be sufficient that it shall be made up to them out of any personal estate that my wife and executors after mentioned shall think best.
     "As to my lands on Licking waters my will is that if they are obtained it should be equally divided amounts my last set of children.
     "And I do appoint my dear and loving wife, with John Sappington and John Harris to execute that part of my will that respects my wife and her children.
     "As witness my hand and seal this twentieth day of February, on thousand and seven hundred and ninety four.
     "Christopher Harris. (Seal)
     "Witness: Hartly Sappington, Richard Sappington, Joseph Wells."⁵ He was was mentioned in a land transaction by Barnabas Harris on 1 February 1808 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA, per Miller [1907:263]: "Feb. 1, 1808, Barnabas Harris and wife Elizabeth (nee Oldham) conveyed to Evan Watson, 135 acres of land on Muddy Creek, deed not acknowledged by the wife till March 21, 1809. The first date they also conveyed to John Harris, 50 acres on Muddy Creek, adjoining Evan Watson, John Harris and William Harris."⁶ William Harris and Jane Lucy Harris were was mentioned in a land transaction by Richard Gentry on 2 December 1809 at Bourbon Co., Kentucky, USA, per Miller [1907:263-4]: "Dec. 2, 1809. Richard Gentry and wife Jane (nee Harris), Christopher Harris, John Harris, Thomas Burgin, guardian of Polly Harris, infant (child) of Benjamin Harris deceased, William Harris, Margaret Harris, John Beenett and wife Isabella (nee Harris), Samuel Harris, Barnabas Harris and Overton Harris, heirs and devises of Christopher Harris deceased, conveyed to Samuel McMullns and James Guthrie, 600 out of 1200 acres on Hinkston's Fork of Licking in Bourbon County, Ky."⁷
William Harris and Ann Oldham were mentioned in a land transaction on 5 September 1816 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
Memo: per Miller [1907:264]: "Sept. 5, 1816. William Harris and wife Anna (nee Oldham) conveyed to John Speed Smith 42 acres on Muddy Creek."⁸

     Ann Oldham married William Harris, son of Christopher Overton Harris Sr. and Agnes McCord, on 4 February 1790 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
; For more information on the descendants of William and Ann (Oldham) Harris see Miller [1907:334-5].^1,3
     Ann Oldham and William Harris were mentioned in a land transaction on 5 September 1816 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
Memo: per Miller [1907:264]: "Sept. 5, 1816. William Harris and wife Anna (nee Oldham) conveyed to John Speed Smith 42 acres on Muddy Creek."⁴

      ; per White [1916:456]: "...of Westport, Mo."¹

     Isabella Harris married John Bennett on 2 October 1794 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
; For more information on the descendants of John and Isabel (Harris), see Miller [1907:341].^1,2
     Isabella Harris was also known as Isabel Harris.³
In Christopher Overton Harris Sr.'s will dated 20 February 1794 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA, Isabella Harris was named as an heir; Text of will from Miller [1907:277-8]:
     "In the name of God, Amen. I Christopher Harris being through the abundant mercy and goodness of God, tho weak in body, yet of perfect understanding and memory, do constitute this my last will and testament, and desire it should be received as such.
     "Imprimis: That I will and desire that my first children, viz: Dabney Harris, Sarah Martin, Robert Harris, Mourning Jones, Christopher Harris and Mary Jones should have the follow negroes, (excepting thirty pounds out of my son, Dabney's legacy, which is to be paid by the executors of this part of my will for the use and benefit of my wife and other children) viz: Ritter and her children, pomp, Moses, Alice, George, Betty, Lucy and Deephy, the above negroes, to be divided agreeable to Cornelius Dabney, Sr.
     "I will and I do appoint Foster Jones and Christopher Harris as executors of the above part of this will, and as to the balance of my estate, I direct that just my debts shall be paid out of what money I have by, or is owing to me.
     "The house where I live I direct shall be furnished, which, together with the tract of land whereon I live I leave to my dear and loving wife during her life and at her death to my son Overton Harris.
     "As to the balance of my negroes, David, Cato, Fanny , Stephen and Eady, together with my house hold furniture, stock of every kind and plantation utensils I desire that my wife may have the whole benefit of them during her life or widow-hood, and if she should marry the whole to be sold, and equally divided amongst her and her children. As to my lands on Muddy Creek, I will and bequeath them as follows: The Drowning Creek tract of land I will and bequeath to my son, John Harris. The Sycamore Spring tract to my son, Benjamin Harris. The tract on which my son William has built to my son, William Harris, and the tract called the Holly Tract to my son, Barnabas Harris. And my lands in Albemarle County, together with the stock that is thereon, I direct shall be sold and that my sons James and Samuel Harris, shall receive of the money as much as Colonel John Miller and Robert Rodes shall judge the land to be worth that I willed to my other sons, viz: to be made equal to them.
     "As to my three daughters, viz: Jane Gentry, Margaret Harris and Isabel Harris, my will and desire is that jean Gentry should receive ten pounds, and Margaret and Isabel Harris to have fifty pounds apiece out of the balance of what my Albemarle land, and the profits arising from that place, and if that should not be sufficient that it shall be made up to them out of any personal estate that my wife and executors after mentioned shall think best.
     "As to my lands on Licking waters my will is that if they are obtained it should be equally divided amounts my last set of children.
     "And I do appoint my dear and loving wife, with John Sappington and John Harris to execute that part of my will that respects my wife and her children.
     "As witness my hand and seal this twentieth day of February, on thousand and seven hundred and ninety four.
     "Christopher Harris. (Seal)
     "Witness: Hartly Sappington, Richard Sappington, Joseph Wells."⁴ She and Jane Lucy Harris were was mentioned in a land transaction by Richard Gentry on 2 December 1809 at Bourbon Co., Kentucky, USA, per Miller [1907:263-4]: "Dec. 2, 1809. Richard Gentry and wife Jane (nee Harris), Christopher Harris, John Harris, Thomas Burgin, guardian of Polly Harris, infant (child) of Benjamin Harris deceased, William Harris, Margaret Harris, John Beenett and wife Isabella (nee Harris), Samuel Harris, Barnabas Harris and Overton Harris, heirs and devises of Christopher Harris deceased, conveyed to Samuel McMullns and James Guthrie, 600 out of 1200 acres on Hinkston's Fork of Licking in Bourbon County, Ky."⁵

     John Bennett married Isabella Harris, daughter of Christopher Overton Harris Sr. and Agnes McCord, on 2 October 1794 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
; For more information on the descendants of John and Isabel (Harris), see Miller [1907:341].^1,2
     John Bennett is mentioned in the probate of the estate of Margaret Harris; per Miller [1907:279]: "It appears from the Court records that Samuel Harris entered as one of the sureties on the bond of his brother, Overton, and brother-in-law, John Bennett as executors of the will of his sister, Margaret Harris, who died testate and unmarried in the year 1814." John Bennett and Jane Lucy Harris were was mentioned in a land transaction by Richard Gentry on 2 December 1809 at Bourbon Co., Kentucky, USA, per Miller [1907:263-4]: "Dec. 2, 1809. Richard Gentry and wife Jane (nee Harris), Christopher Harris, John Harris, Thomas Burgin, guardian of Polly Harris, infant (child) of Benjamin Harris deceased, William Harris, Margaret Harris, John Beenett and wife Isabella (nee Harris), Samuel Harris, Barnabas Harris and Overton Harris, heirs and devises of Christopher Harris deceased, conveyed to Samuel McMullns and James Guthrie, 600 out of 1200 acres on Hinkston's Fork of Licking in Bourbon County, Ky."³

     Rachel Brown was born on 18 September 1783;
NB: Find A Grave and the cemetery listing give her years of birth as 1780. A scanned document attached to her Find A Grave memorial gives her date of birth as 18 Sept 1783.^1,2,3 She married (?) Branham before 1798
; Her 1st husband, their son John was born 13 April 1798.² Rachel Brown married Tyree Rodes Harris, son of Capt. Robert Harris Jr. and Lucretia Brown, in 1806
; His 2nd wife, Her 2nd husband?^1,2
Rachel Brown died in 1855.¹
Rachel Brown was buried ;
From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     1780
     DEATH     unknown
     Family Members
     Parents
      Arabia Jackson Brown 1755–1844
      Elizabeth Dooley Brown 1756–1849
     Spouse
      Tyree Rhodes Harris 1765–1841
     Siblings
      Ruth Brown Hutcherson 1784–1879
      Arabia Jackson Brown 1785–1854
      Louvina Brown Jennings 1799–1881
     Children
      John Branham 1798–1887
      Josephine C. Harris Denton 1818–1875
     BURIAL     Tyree Rhodes Harris Cemetery, Buckeye, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA
     Created by: Joseph Anthony
     Added: 9 Feb 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial 142388489.
     She witnessed the beginning of military service of Capt. Robert Harris Jr. circa 1777;
DAR Application #103238:
Ancestry.com - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
     Name:     Tyre Rodes Harris
     Gender:     Male
     Age:     75
     Birth Date:     1765
     First Marriage Date:     1806
     Death Date:     1840
     Father:     Robert Harris
     Mother:     Lucretia Brown
     Spouse:     Rachel Brown
     Child:     Russell A Harris
     Source Citation: Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 104 : 1913
     Source Information
Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.⁴

     Christopher Harris was a mentioned with William Claiborne Harris and Temperance Overton; Harris Family descendancy seen on Robin's Witman & Boone Ofrenda family tree on Ancestry.com. This document cites no sources.²

     Overton Harris married Anne Nelson.¹

     Overton Harris was a mentioned with William Claiborne Harris and Temperance Overton; Harris Family descendancy seen on Robin's Witman & Boone Ofrenda family tree on Ancestry.com. This document cites no sources.²

     Polly Harris married Thomas Richardsons on 15 December 1816
; For more information on the descendants of Thomas and Polly (Harris) Richardson, see Miller [1907:333-4].³
     Polly Harris was mentioned regarding the death of Capt. Benjamin Harris before 2 December 1809 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA; per Miller [1907:263-4]: "Dec. 2, 1809...Polly Harris, infant (child) of Benjamin Harris deceased..."⁴ Polly Harris and Jane Lucy Harris were was mentioned in a land transaction by Richard Gentry on 2 December 1809 at Bourbon Co., Kentucky, USA, per Miller [1907:263-4]: "Dec. 2, 1809. Richard Gentry and wife Jane (nee Harris), Christopher Harris, John Harris, Thomas Burgin, guardian of Polly Harris, infant (child) of Benjamin Harris deceased, William Harris, Margaret Harris, John Beenett and wife Isabella (nee Harris), Samuel Harris, Barnabas Harris and Overton Harris, heirs and devises of Christopher Harris deceased, conveyed to Samuel McMullns and James Guthrie, 600 out of 1200 acres on Hinkston's Fork of Licking in Bourbon County, Ky."⁴

     Nancy Harris married Henry Pasley.¹

     Zachariah Howell was born circa 1854 at Warren Co., Missouri, USA; Aged 6 in 1860 census.¹
     Zachariah Howell was listed as a resident in William Newton Howell's household in the census report on 9 June 1860 at Elkhorn Township, Warren Co., Missouri, USA;
p. 13-B, lijnes 25-34, dwelling 64, family 64
     25 HOWELL, William 40 [1820] FArmer $4000 $2000 MO
     26 " , Minerva 39 [1821] F VA
     27 " , John 16 [1844] M MO Attended School
     28 " , Warren 15 [1845] M MO Attended School
     29 " , James 12 [1848] M MO Attended School
     30 " , Martha Ann 10 [1850] F MO Attended School
     31 " , Silas 8 [1852] M MO Attended School
     32 " , Zachariah 6 [1854] M MO Attended School
     33 " , Newton 4 [1856] M MO
     34 " , Pollie 1 [1859] F MO.²

Zachariah Howell was listed as a resident in Minerva Stewart's household in the census report on 22 July 1870 at Washington Township, Stanislaus Co., California, USA;
p. 87-B, lines 2-8, dwelling 94, family 70
     2 HOWELL, Minerva 50 [1830] F W Keeping House $2500 $2500 VA
     3 " , James W. 22 [1848] M W Farmer MO
     4 " , Martha A. 20 [1850] F W MO
     5 " , Zachariah 17 [1853] M W Farm Laborer $100 MO
     6 " , Newton 13 [1857] M W MO Attended School
     7 " , Polly 10 [1860] F W MO Attended School
     8 " , Davis P. 9 [1861] M W MO Attended School.³

     Thomas Harris married Susan Dabney, daughter of John Dabney and Anna Harris.¹

     Susan Dabney married Thomas Harris, son of James Harris and Mary Harris.¹

     Joel Harris Sr. married Anna (?)
; For the children and grandchildren of Joel and Anna (LNU) Harris, see Miller [1907:269].^3,1
Joel Harris Sr. died in 1826 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.^2,1
      ;      Per Miller [1907:268]: "On Dec. 6, 1798, said Joel Harris of Albemarle county, Va., executed a power of attorney to John Harris, Daniel Maupin and James Berry, of Madison County, Ky., creating them his attorney in fact, etc."²
Joel Harris Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 26 June 1799 at Salt Spring Fork, Kentucky, USA,
Memo:      Per Miller [1907:268]: "He patented and owned 1000 acres of land on the waters of Cow Creek and Indian Crreek, emptying into Salt Spring Fork of Licking, Ky., granted to him June 26, 1799..."² He was      Per Miller [1907:268]: "...appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1801..." in 1801 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.^2,1
Joel Harris Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 17 November 1807 at Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
Memo:      Per Miller [1907:268]: "Nov. 17, 1807... and on the same date he made the following conveyances: 200 acres to Joseph Holdman in Madison County, and 200 acres to Richard Johnson in the forks of Tates Creek in Madison County, Ky., and 200 acres to John Denham adjoining above."² He was Commisioner of the Revenue in 1811 at Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He was county commission of revenue between 1811 and 1826 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.²
Joel Harris Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 10 April 1817 at Muddy Creek, Madison Co., Kentucky, USA,
Memo:      Per Miller [1907:268]: "April 10, 1817, Daniel Maupin attorney in fact for Joil Harris of Albemarle, conveyed to Samuel Robinson 288 1/2 acres on Muddy Creek, in Madison County, Ky."²

     Nathan Harris was born on 7 June 1771 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.³ He married Ann Allen Anderson, daughter of Richard Anderson and Frances Scruggs, before 1807 at Virginia, USA,
; According to their Find A Grave memorials, their oldest child listed, Clement, was born in 1807.⁴
Nathan Harris died on 20 November 1852 at age 81.³
Nathan Harris was buried after 20 November 1852 at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington City, Virginia, USA;
from Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     7 Jun 1771, Virginia, USA
     DEATH     20 Nov 1852 (aged 81), USA
     Family Members
     Parents
      James Harris 1722–1792
      Mary Harris Harris 1730–1819
     Spouse
      Ann Allen Anderson Harris 1791–1852
     Children
      Clement Rush Harris 1807–1871
      Elizabeth C. Harris Hutchings 1812–1879
      John Thomas Harris 1823–1899
     BURIAL     Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA
     Created by: Kelly Harris
     Added: 28 Feb 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial 66294321.³

     James Harris married Mary McCullock, daughter of John McCullock and Mary (?).¹

     James Harris was      Per Miller [1907:269]: "He was appointed a Justice of the Peace of Albemarle County in 1807." in 1807 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Lucy Harris married Higgason Grubbs, son of William Grubbs and Susanna Hearne,
; Spraker [1922:533] says he was Higgason Brubbs.^1,2,3

     Higgason Grubbs married Lucy Harris, daughter of James Harris and Mary Harris,
; Spraker [1922:533] says he was Higgason Brubbs.^3,4,5
Higgason Grubbs died on 30 June 1830.²
      ; per Miller [1907:287]: "...an old Madison County pioneer, an done of the early holders of the Fort of Boonsborough."⁶ Higgason Grubbs was also known as Thomas Grubbs.³

;      Per Miller [1907:269]: "...in 1758, was in actual service against the Indians on the Virginia frontier."³

     Margaret (?) married Amer Via.¹

     Cornelius Maupin married Mourning Harris, daughter of James Harris and Mary Harris.^3,1

     Cornelius Maupin was also known as Cornelius Maupin.³

     Sarah Harris married James Harrison, son of Richard Harrison and Mary Clarkson.^1,2