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About West Harris
West Harris
- BIRTH 13 Aug 1715 Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
- DEATH 14 May 1795 (aged 79) Montgomery County, North Carolina, USA
- BURIAL Old English Cemetery Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA PLOT Bruner
- MEMORIAL ID 18374698
A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor #: A051995
- Service Source: PRUITT, ABSTRACTS OF LAND ENTRIES, MONTGOMERY CO NC 1778-1795, P 24, #352
- Service Description: 1) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND ENTRY, MONTGOMERY CO, 1780
- Comments (Overview) 1) EL - PATRIOT'S SON ROWLAND MARRIED SARAH DANIELS, NOT X KIMBALL. 6/2007 [SIC - DISPUTED!] 2) FAMPCL- NO ACCEPTABLE PROOF THAT THIS MAN HAD A DAU NAMED 'MARY,' OR THAT 3) 'MARY' WAS MARRIED TO RICHARD PARKER; DATACF, 8/2018. [SIC - DISPUTED]
Family
West Harris, born 04 August 1715 in Isle of Wight, VA; died 14 May 1795 in Montgomery, NC/ Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina; married Mary Turner February 1739/40 in Brunswick Co., VA/Isle of Wight; born 15 February 1722/23 in Isle of Wight, VA; died 1766 in Montgomery Co., NC.
The first West Harris married Mary Turner and to them were born the following children:
- Isham, born about 1741;
- Elizabeth;
- Turner; b. 1745
- Ethelred; (or Dred)
- Priscilla, who married Roger Williams;
- Pattie, who married Buckner Kimball;
- Roland, born 1754, said to have married a Kimball;
- West, born 1756;
- Arthur, born July 7th, 1758, died Dec. 23rd, 1833;
- Mary, born 1760, married Richard Parker;
- Patience, who married William Girardeau.
Comments
- his mother was Mary Turner, daughter of John Turner & Mary Tomlin
- his wife was Mary Turner, daughter of Joseph Turner & Burchett Lundy
Military Service 1775-1783 American Revolutionary War
Origins
Edward Harris made his will in Isle of Wight Co., Va. on April 27, 1733, and it was probated March 25, 1734. He stated he was from Upper Parish in Isle of Wight. He left to son Edward “ land adjoining John Johnson and John Turner; being land which was granted to my father, Thomas Harris;” son Jacob, land on the Flatt Swamp of the Meherrin River; sons Nathan and West Harris, the land granted me on the north side of Warwick Branch; son Daniel, daughter Martha Williamson: son James; wife Mary. Executor, son Nathan Harris. (Isle of Wight, Will Book 3, p. 391.)
References
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18374698/west-harris
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmljr&id=...
- Updated from WikiTree by SmartCopy: Oct 24 2014, 6:24:36 UTC
- Harris, G. Dowse. (1914). Harris genealogy. Columbus, Miss.: Keith printing co. Page 44. Hathitrust
- “From Essex England to the Sunny Southern USA.” by: Robert E. Harris. CHAPTER 2 DESCENDANTS OF d121 EDWARD HARRIS; born 1663 and died 1734; AND HIS WIFE, MART TURNER, WHO WERE CITIZENS OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Pages 20-132 < link > d121 WEST HARRIS; b. August 13, 1715; d. May 14, 1795.
- [1] 13 Boddie, p. 26-27.
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harris-3318
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West Harris's Timeline
| 1715 |
August 13, 1715
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Isle of Wight County, Province of Virginia
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| 1734 |
March 25, 1734
Age 18
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Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
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| 1740 |
1740
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Granville, North Carolina, USA
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| 1741 |
October 26, 1741
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Isle of Wight County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1742 |
1742
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Brunswick County, Virginia
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| 1743 |
March 7, 1743
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Granville, Monongalia, West VA
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| 1749 |
January 12, 1749
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Monogalia, Granville, West Virginia
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| 1752 |
1752
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Warren County, North Carolina, United States
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| 1754 |
June 28, 1754
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Granville County, North Carolina, Colonial America
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