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Isaac Harris

Also Known As: "Issac Harris", "MD"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Meherrin Parrish, Brunswick, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: September 27, 1777 (47-48)
McMechen, Marshall County, West Virginia
Place of Burial: Mount Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of John Harris and Rebecca Harris
Husband of Elizabeth Icy Harris and Mary Polly Harris
Father of William Isaac Harris; Wooten Harris; Isaac Harris; Thomas Harris; Reuben Ransom Isaac Harris and 13 others

Managed by: Barbara Jane Selletti
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About Isaac Harris

"He was killed in a Revolutionary War battle, refered to as Foreman's Defeat, in Sept 27, 1777 in VA. This battle took place on the Ohio river, at a place named McMechen Narrows."



Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40969693/isaac-harris

Isaac Harris, of Brunswick County, Virginia, was the father of six sons and two daughters that have been identified to date. He was killed in the American Revolution, and two of his sons were also Revolutionary War soldiers. After the war, the sons lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina. John and William died there, and many of the descendants of William's son, Harbert, remained in the area, as well as some of John's descendants.

Benjamin, Reuben, and Zachariah settled in Greenville County, South Carolina. From there Zachariah moved to Franklin County, Georgia. Later, Wooten, Benjamin, Reuben, and Zachariah moved to Tennessee. Wooten lived in Hickman County, Tennessee. Zachariah also lived there at first, but soon moved to Humphreys County. Reuben lived in Jackson County, and Benjamin lived in White County, where he died. Both Wooten and Zachariah moved to Illinois before 1830, and Reuben, Benjamin's widow, Rutha, with her son, Silas Harris, were there before 1840.

Isaac was killed in a Revolutionary War battle, refered to as Foreman's Defeat, on Sept 27, 1777 in VA. This battle took place on the Ohio river, at a place named McMechen Narrows.

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GEDCOM Note

Isaac HARRIS b 1729 in VA. He was killed in a Revolutionary War battle, refered to as Foreman's Defeat, in Sept 27, 1777 in VA. This battle took place on the Ohio river, at a place named McMechen Narrows.



Revolutionary Soldier West Virginia was not a state until the Civil War.


Isaac HARRIS was Born 1729 in Virginia.

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Isaac Harris's Timeline

1729
1729
Meherrin Parrish, Brunswick, Virginia, Colonial America
1754
1754
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA
1754
Brunswick, Brunswick, Virginia, Colonial America
1757
1757
Brunswick, VA, Colonial America
1759
March 1759
Meherrin Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, Colonial America
1761
1761
Brunswick Co. Virginia, Colonial America
1762
1762
Southampton, Virginia, Colonial America
1763
1763
Virgina, Colonial America