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About Captain Walton Harris
A Patriot of the American Revolution for GEORGIA. DAR Ancestor # A051981
Walton Harris was about 21 years old when he married Rebecca Lanier. She was about 16.
He moved from Brunswick County, Virginia to the celebrated fisheries on the Yadkin in North
Carolina; thence he moved to Wilkes County, Georgia, and settled in that part of the county that
was afterward cut off to form a part of Greene County. He lived near the Skull Shoals on the
Oconee River in Greene County, GA.
He was a captain under General Nathaniel Greene. Captain Harris was made a prisoner at the
battle of Augusta. After the war Walton Harris drew lands in Georgia for his services. He was
granted 400 acres of land in Wilkes County in 1785. He became a member of the General Assembly
of Georgia in 1783. At one time in the Georgia legislature (1803), four of the sons of Walton Harris
were serving as representatives of the counties in which they lived.
(Harris Genealogy, pp. 56-7, by Gideon Dowse Harris.)
Rebecca Lanier b. 16 December 1744, Brunswick Co., Va. d. Julu 4, 1818, Greene Co.., Ga. M. 1760 Walton Harris b. 1739 VA d. 20 July 1809 Greene Co., GA. This information comes from a book titled Lanier by Louise Ingersoll, p. 239. From The Family of Early by R. H. Early, p.227: Walton and Rebecca Lanier Harris removed with their children from Brunswick to the celebrated fishery at the narrows of the Yadkin River in NC and from thence to Wilkes Co., GA; thence near to the Schull shoals on the Oconee river in Greene Co., GA. Theri eldest son, Buckner, was born in 176l; at an early age he was engaged in firhgtin tories and Indians in the Revolutionary War. Walton Harris and sons, Buckner and Sampson, wer of the Continental trookp under Generals Greene and Elijah Clarke in the campaign around Augusta, GA, when the fort was held by Cp;/ Brown, a Brithsh officer. The will of Walton Harris written and recorded in Greene Co., GA mentions his dau. Betsy and six sons: Buckner, Augustine, Walton Jeptha, Edwin and Sampson (deceased); appoints Peter Early, Geo. Stovall, Ro. Royston, his sons, Augustine and Walton, executors, his wife, Rebecca executrix; witnesses Joel Colley, Nimrod Dickens, Anna A. Early and Sarah Royston.
"The Harris family trace their ancestry to Henry Harris, a Baptist minister who emigrated from Glamorgan, Wales, in 1691, and obtained a grant of crown lands ten miles square, on the south bank of the James River, some miles below the great falls, now Richmond, Virginia. Walton Harris, the great-grandson of Henry Harris, and the grandfather of Mrs. Hansell, resided in Greene county, Georgia, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, was captured and made a prisoner of war at the siege of Augusta, Georgia. The State of Georgia granted Walton Harris a land bounty as a Revolu- tionary soldier."
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"The Harris family trace their ancestry to Henry Harris, a Baptist minister who emigrated from Glamorgan, Wales, in 1691, and obtained a grant of crown lands ten miles square, on the south bank of the James River, some miles below the great falls, now Richmond, Virginia. Walton Harris, the great-grandson of Henry Harris, and the grandfather of Mrs. Hansell, resided in Greene county, Georgia, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, was captured and made a prisoner of war at the siege of Augusta, Georgia. The State of Georgia granted Walton Harris a land bounty as a Revolu- tionary soldier."
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Captain Walton Harris's Timeline
| 1739 |
February 6, 1739
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Brunswick County, Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1752 |
1752
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Virginia, USA
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| 1761 |
1761
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Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1763 |
April 11, 1763
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Brunswick County, Virginia, United States
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| 1765 |
1765
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Granville County, North Carolina
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| 1767 |
January 30, 1767
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Brunswick Co., VA
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| 1769 |
1769
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Brunswick County, Virginia, United States
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| 1771 |
April 5, 1771
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Amelia County, Virginia
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1771
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Brunswick County, Virginia, United States
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