First Generation 
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1. John HARRISON. Born about 1470 in St. Andrews, Cambridgeshire, England. John died in St. Andrews, Cambridgeshire, England about 1538; he was 68.

Per Worth Ray in TN Cousins: 

Originally from the Bishopric of Durham (now County Durham) in the northern part of England. By the 15th or 16th centuries there were Harrisons settled all over England, especially to the south. It is not unlikely that John Harrison who made his will there in 1538 while a descendant of the original Harrisons of Durham, was closely related to the Standish and Lancaster Harrisons who had earlier drifted south. 

" I believe this John at St. Andrews Cambridge was the common ancestor of Antony of Over and Richard Peter, son of John and died in 1593, was their father. Richard became the father of Benjamin, Clerk of Council in VA, 1630, and Antony of Over was the father of Antony, who, according to Nugent, came to VA in 1630, and is the direct ancestor of the Long, Nash, Halbert and Simonton line. Antony II was the father of Richard Harrison who received a land patent in VA July 6, 1664 (Nugent). He, in turn was the father of Andrew who married Eleanor_________, and left a will in Essex co. VA, 1718." [Tennessee Cousins: A history of Tennessee People by Worth S. Ray, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore 1984.] [this reference has a number of errors - be sure to check sources]

Children:
	2	i.	Peter (-1593)
	3	ii.	Hugh (~1524-)
		iii.	George [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born about 1528.

Second Generation 
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Family of John HARRISON (1)

2. Peter HARRISON. Born in Cambridge, England. Peter died in 1593.

Children:
	4	i.	William (~1551-1620)
		ii.	Peter [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born about 1555 in Of Swavsey, England. Born in Of Swavsey<England. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Peter married Margaret ??? [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		iii.	North. Born about 1559 in Over, Cambridge, England.
	5	iv.	Anthony (-~1660)

3. Hugh HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born about 1524 in Of London. Born in Of London. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Child:
		i.	Peter [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

Third Generation 
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Family of Peter HARRISON (2)

4. William HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born about 1551 in Swavesay, Cambridge, England. William died on April 1, 1620; he was 69. William died about 1620; he was 69. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Child:
		i.	John.

5. Anthony HARRISON. Born in Cambridge, England. Anthony died about 1660 in Virginia.

http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/harrison/d0081/g0000003.html#I987
Anthony came to Virginia by 1650 accompanied or induced to come through the efforts of Samuel BONNAM. 

George was listed as a child of Anthony (ID# 987) by Tenn Cousins but other references indicated George (ID# 1015) is a child of John Harrison. We are currently using Otey's conclusions on this family. More research is necessary to determine actual ancestry. See further records on ID# 6346. 

Anthony + (Jr) who migrated with his father to Virginia along with cousin Benjamin (alegedly the ancestor of Ben the Signer). [S9] [S461]

Children:
	6	i.	Anthony (~1605->1680)
	7	ii.	Peter
		iii.	Richard [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born about 1618 in Over, Cambridgeshire, England. Born about 1618 in Over, Cambridge, England. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Richard died in New Kent County, Virginia after 1680; he was 62. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Fourth Generation 
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Family of Anthony HARRISON (5)

6. Anthony HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born about 1605 in Over, Cambridge, England. Born in Over, England. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Anthony died in New Kent County, Virginia after 1680; he was 75. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Children:
	8	i.	James (-~1718)
	9	ii.	George (-1713)
	10	iii.	Andrew (~1644-1686)
	11	iv.	Richard (1628-)

7. Peter HARRISON.

Peter married Margaret ???.

They had the following children:
		i.	John.
			John married Eliza WHEELER.
		ii.	Peter.
		iii.	Ellen.
			Ellen married David LINDSAY.

Fifth Generation 
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Family of Anthony HARRISON (6)

8. James HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] James died about 1718 in Virginia? [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

about 1718 James first married Elizabeth MOTT.

They had one child:
		i.	Jael.
			Jael married William WILLIAMS.

about 1718 James second married Elizabeth MOTT [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

9. George HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] George died in 1713. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Children:
		i.	Samuel.
		ii.	Thomas.
		iii.	George.
			George married Anne RUST.
		iv.	John.
		v.	William.
		vi.	Peter.
		vii.	Willoughby.
	12	viii.	James (~1636-)

10. Andrew HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born about 1644 in Virginia. Andrew died in 1686; he was 42. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Andrew married Mrs. Thomasin RAINE [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had the following children:
		i.	Andrew.
		ii.	John.
		iii.	Thomas.
		iv.	Robert [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born on October 23, 1674. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
		v.	William [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born on May 14, 1677. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
		vi.	Anne [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born on 25 JAN 1677/78. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

11. Richard HARRISON. Born in 1628 in Virginia.

Child:
	13	i.	Andrew (1648-1718)

Sixth Generation 
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Family of George HARRISON (9)

12. James HARRISON. Born about 1636.

In 1664 when James was 28, he married Elizabeth MOTT.

They had one child:
		i.	Jael.
			Jael married William WILLIAMS.

Family of Richard HARRISON (11)

13. Andrew HARRISON. Born in 1648. Andrew died in 1718; he was 70.

A Chronological Listing of Events In the Lives of Andrew Harrison, Sr. of Essex County, Virginia, Andrew Harrison, Jr. of Essex and Orange Counties, Virginia, Lawrence Harrison, Sr. of Virginia and Pennsylvania
Compiled From Secondary Sources Covering the time period of 1640 through 1772 by Daniel Robert Harrison, Milford, Ohio, November, 1998

1640
Just how early Andrew1 Harrison first appeared in the Rappahannock Valley, has not been discovered. However, he must have been born as early as the year 1640. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 312]

1650-60
Andrew1 Harrison was probably born between 1650-60, as in 1710 his sons William2 and Andrew2 were of age to hold land he deeded them and his daughter Elizabeth2 had married a Munday (Essex D. & W. 13, p. 365). ... We have no knowledge of Eleanor Harrison's maiden name nor date of death. [Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 4 volumes (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981), 2: 527.]

ca. 1667
Andrew2 Harrison, Jr. was born circa 1667. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 317]

1684
In 1684 (Old Rappahannock O. B. 1683-86, p. 18) Andrew1 Harrison makes his first appearance in the county as a headright for Cadwallader Jones. [Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 4 volumes (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981), 2: 527.]
 Apr, 1684
In April, 1684, the Rappahannock Court recognized a headright claim by Jones (Cadwallader Jones) for the transportation of 24 men from England. Included in the list were Andrew1 Harrison and John Battaile. While this 1684 claim is the first record of either man in Virginia, it should be noted that both were freemen, with no headright restrictions or limitations. A lawsuit some years later revealed that Andrew1 Harrison had leased land in Virginia in 1683, and other records show that he served as a juryman shortly after this claim on him as a headright. [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997]
After coming to the Rappahannock Valley, he (Andrew1) had settled on Golden Vale Creek in an area that, by the time of his death, became St. Mary's Parrish of Essex County. It subsequently became part of Caroline County, and today lies with Fort A.P. Hill.

Golden Vale Creek was named by the earliest settlers, and still carries the name today. It flows into the southern side of the Rappahannock River about two miles below Port Royal.

[Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997] As noted previously, neither Torrence nor JEH (James Edward Harrison) identified the family name of the wife of Andrew1 but identify her as Eleanor; Ray (Worth Ray) maintains she was Eleanor Elliot/Ellit; Hutton gives her name as Eleanor Ellitt, and Meynard identifies her as Elinor Long, without any comment as to the source of her information. All concur that Andrew1 and Eleanor Harrison had two sons, Lawrence2 and Andrew2, and two daughters, Elizabeth2 and Margaret2. [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997] The maiden name of Andrew1 Harrison's widow is . It has been noted by other descendants in this family that the name Eleanor does not appear in later generations. Eleanor was the last wife to Andrew1 Harrison. For some years, it has seemed doubtful that she was the mother of his children. Compiler believes the mother of the children was Andrew1 Harrison's first wife, Elizabeth (Palmer). [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 27.]

1686
In 1686, Andrew1 Harrison purchased from the junior John Prosser 130 acres of land on Golden Vale Creek, adjacent to John Haslewood. Consideration for the deed was 3,000 pounds of "good sound Arenoco Tobb. in Caske," and cancellation of a debt for an additional 20,000 pounds of tobacco. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 26.]

1699
Andrew1 served as constable for Essex County for a number of years, beginning in 1699. [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997]

1704
In 1704, Andrew1 Harrison, Richard Long, and Samuel Elliot (possibly the father or brother of Eleanor?) received a land grant of 813 acres in the Golden Vale for the purpose of bringing headrights from England. Nothing is known specifically as to their success in this venture, but subsequently they received patents for nearly 2,000 acres. [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997]
 
1704
In the 1704 Quit Rent Roll for Essex he (Andrew1 Harrison, Sr.) owned 300 acres. [Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 4 volumes (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981), 2: 527.]

before 1708
The connection between Andrew1and John Battaile as headrights to Cadwallader Jones has been established. Joseph Battaile, Under-Sheriff for the south side of the Rappahannock, had married first Catherine Taliaferro, who had been a ward of Cadwallader Jones following her father's death. Following her death, Battaile married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Lawrence Smith. [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997]
 
1708
In 1708, Andrew1 Harrison was appointed guardian for Elizabeth, daughter of John Battaile, deceased. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 27.]

1708
After John Battaile died, his daughter Elizabeth became the ward of Andrew1 Harrison in 1708; two years later, she married

1710
Andrew2 Harrison. At that time Andrew1 conveyed to Andrew2 a deed for 130 acres that constituted Andrew's1 "home place", retaining a life right for himself and his wife. [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997]

Aug 10, 1708
According to published records, Andrew2 Harrison, Jr., first acted as guardian for Elizabeth Battaile. The date of the guardian bond was August 10, 1708. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 306]

Essex Order Book, 1708-14, ... on page 47, August 10, 1708, we can read that "Elizabeth Battaile chose Andrew1 Harrison as her guardian." [Genealogies of Virginia Families, From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981), 1: 40-41.]

Jan 2, 1710
A deed, made January 2, 1710, by Andrew2 Harrison and his wife Elizabeth Battaile, shows that she is the Elizabeth Battaile for whom he was guardian, and who later became his wife. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 307; State of Virginia, County of Richmond, Deed Book No. 5, page 278]

1710
By 1710, Elizabeth (Battaile) had married her former guardian's son, Andrew1 Harrison the younger, of Essex County. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 27.]

In 1710, the senior Andrew1 Harrison of Essex conveyed to his son, Andrew2 Harrison, 130 acres of land "whereon I now live which I purchased of John Prosser." Andrew1 Harrison, Sr. reserved to himself, and his wife, a life estate in use of the land, perhaps meaning pasture and wooded area, the plantation, the housing on the property, and an orchard next to the dwelling house. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 27.]

Oct 9, 1710
On October 9, 1710, Andrew1 Harrison, Senior, of Essex County, conveyed to his son Andrew2 Harrison, land whereon the said Andrew1 Harrison, Senior, lived, containing 130 acres in Essex County, purchased of John Prosser, on the south side of the Rappahannock River, in the freshes thereof; the said Andrew1 Harrison, Senior, & Elinor, his wife, to live on the said land during their lives.

On October 9, 1710, Andrew1 Harrison, Senior, conveyed to his son, Andrew2 Harrison, Junior, 200 acres, part of 400 acres proportionable part of a patent granted to the said Andrew1 Harrison, Senior, Richard Long & Samuel Elliot; being forest and on the south side of Rappahannock River, bounded by land of my son William2 Harrison, John Buckner, Richard Buckner, Larkin Chew & Richard Long. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 316; Essex County, Virginia Records, Deed Book No. 13 (1707-1711): 365]
 May 7 & 8,  Essex County, Virginia, Wills and Deeds, 1711-1714, p. 45.

1712
Lease and Release. 7 and 8 May 1712. Richard Long of St. Marys Par. Essex Co., sells Thomas and John Powell of same Par. and Co., 316 acres, Long's part of 1149 acres in Essex Co., granted to said Long, Andrew1 Harrison Sen'r and Samuel Elliot. Signed Richard Long, his mark. Wit: Geo Loyde, A Somervell, Salvatore Muscoe. Rec. 8 May 1712. [Beverley Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988) 2: 10.]

Jan 11, 1713/14
Essex County, Virginia, Wills and Deeds, 1711-1714, p. 179. Lease and Release. 11 Jan'ry 1713/14 [only one date shown] Nathaniel Vickers, planter, of St. Marys Par. sells Andrew2 Harrison the younger, planter of same Par., 100 acres, bounded: beginning at the mouth of John Catlett Junr Spring branch x to Edward Evans line x over the top of a hill where Robert Waite did design to build his house x to land w'ch Thomas Hilliard lives on x to Golden Vale Run x x. Signed Nathaiel N Vickers sign. Wit: Robert Jones, Robert Parker. Rec. 11 Feb. 1713/14. [Beverley Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988) 2: 25.]

Feb 8 & 9, 1713/14
Essex County, Virginia, Wills and Deeds, 1711-1714, p. 180. Lease and Release. 8 and 9 Feb. 1713/14. Andrew2 Harrison, Junr., of St. Marys Par., sells Nathaniel Vickers of same Par., 100 acres being part of a patent granted John Prosser, dec'd., on Golden Vale Creek, adj. the land of Richard Long, etc. Signed Andrew2 Harrison. Wit: Robert Jones, Robert Parker. Rec. 11 Feb. 1713/14. Elizabeth harrison, wife of Andrew2 harrison, by John Battaile her attorney, relinq. he dower rights. Signed Elizabeth x Harrison. Wit: jno Row, Michael Lawless. Rec. 11 Feb. 1713/14. [Beverley Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988) 2: 25.]

Jun 9 & 10, 1713
Essex County, Virginia, Wills and Deeds, 1711-1714, p. 125. Lease and Release. 9 and 10 June 1713. Nathaniel Vickers, planter, of St. Marys Par., Essex Co., sells Andrew2 Harrison the younger, planter, of the same Par. and Co., 100 acres in St. Marys Par., adj. land of Richard Long where he now lives, Edward Evans corn field, etc. Signed Nathaniel Vickers. Wit: Richard x Long, Edward x Evans, Augt Smith. Rec. 11 June 1713. [Beverley Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988) 2: 20.]

Essex County, Virginia, Wills and Deeds, 1711-1714, p. 127. Lease and Release. 9 and 10 June 1713. Andrew2 Harrison the younger, planter, of St. Marys Par., Essex Co., sells Nath'll Vickers of same Par., 200 acres, adj. land of Mr. Buckner and that of Richard Long. Signed Andrew2 Harrison. Wit: Richard x Long, Edward x Evans, Augt Smith. Rec. 11 June 1713. [Beverley Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988) 2: 20.]

Feb 11, 1714
"... and later (Essex W. & D. 14, 1711-16, p. 181) this same Elizabeth, now Elizabeth Harrison, wife of "Andrew2 the younger," appoints Mr. John Battaile her Att'y, Feb. 11th, 1714." This John Battaile was her brother. [Genealogies of Virginia Families, From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981),
1: 41.]

1714
In 1714, Andrew2 Harrison, Jr. became a Constable for Essex County. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 51.]
1718
Whatever his origins, Andrew1 Harrison died in Essex County in 1718. [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997]

1718
An Andrew1 Harison's will, made April 28, 1718, was proved in Essex County, VA, on November 18, 1718 by one witness, proved again on December 16, 1718 by two other witnesses, and finally on March 17 by Andrew's widow, Eleanor. [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997]

1718
King and Queen County: Records Concerning 18th Century Persons. Will of Andrew1 Harrison. 1718. Essex county, Virginia. W. B. 3. p. 84. Dated 28 April 1718. Pro. 18 Nov. 1718. Being grown very aged and at this time very sick and week. Wife Eleanor ex'trx. Son Andrew2 and son-in-law Gabriel Long my trustees and overseers. Have already settled three of my children viz William2, Andrew2 and Elizabeth2 on lands on which they now live, viz. son William2 270 acres, son Andrew2 200 acres and dau.l Elizabeth2 200 acres. Have put in the hands of Wm. Stanard L 65, 12, 06 to buy negroes for the use of my wife during her lifetime and at her decease to dau. Margaret2 Long's three youngest sons, viz. Gabriel3, Richard3 and William3 as soon as they shall attain to the age of 21 yrs. Certain personality after wife's death to my four children, William2, Andrew2, Elizabeth2 and Margaret2. Wit: John Ellits, Wm Davison and Mary x Davison. [Beverley Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1988) 2: 326.]

June 2, 1719
The inventory of his (Andrew1) estate made on June 2, 1719, was valued at L113, 10s, and 10p, and covered bedding, household furniture and equipment, farm equipment, cattle, one white servant (indentured?) and two negroes (slaves?). [Abner Harrison, Andrew Harrison and other early Harrisons, Harrison Genealogy Repository, online, data downloaded 18 August 1997]

Apr 6, 1725
April 6, 1725, Harry Beverley, of Spottsylvania County, sold to Andrew2 Harrison, of Essex County, for 4600 pounds of tobacco, 600 acres in Spottsylvania County, being a part of a patent granted to sd Beverley. Recorded June 1, 1726. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 316; Spottsylvania, Virginia County Records, 1721-1800, Vo. 1, p. 94, Will Book A, 1722-48]

1725
In 1725, Harry Beverley sold 600 acres of land on Pamunkey River to Andrew2 Harrison of Essex County. The tract was near Spotswood's Germanna patent, in an area that generated interest in mineral wealth. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 51.]

1727
Andrew2 Harrison's home was in St. Mary's Parish in the upper part of Essex County, and there he died in the year 1718. The section of Essex County in which Andrew2 Harrison lived and died, became in 1727, a part of the newly-erected County of Caroline. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 313]

1727
In 1727, a colorful comment that tells us something about the man, and about the time in which he lived, was entered in Essex County Order Book 7, "Andrew2 Harrison being arrested at the suit of James Gillison in debt and he having rescued himself by a superior force out of the sheriff's custody, order is granted to the said plaintiff against the daid defendant for what shall appear due at next Court unless the defendant then appear and answer the said suit." [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 51-52.]

Dec 31, 1728
December 31, 1728, Andrew2 Harrison, of Spottsylvania County, Virginia, to Richard Fitz William, Esq., in trust for himself, the Honble Wm. Gooch, His Majesties Lieut. Governor, Captain Vincent Pearse, Dr. Geo. Nicholas & Charles Chiswill, L70 currency; 600 acres in Spottsylvania County and sd land purchased by sd Harrison, of Harry Beverley, the sd land having been granted by patent to the sd Beverley. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 316; Spottsylvania, Virginia County Records, 1721-1800, Vo. 1, pp. 2-3, Will Book A 1722-48, p. 104]

1728
In 1728, Andrew2 Harrison, describing the property as "where I now live," sold the 600 acres that he had bought from Harry Beverley to Richard fitzWilliams, Esquire, as Trustee for a group headed by His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable William Gooch, Shortly before he sold the Pamunkey land, Andrew Harrison obtained a thousand acre patent in St. George's Parish of Spotsylvania County, on branches of Wysell, also called Terry's Run, about twelve miles from Germanna. The patent was adjacent to land of the Knight of the Golden Horseshoe, Capt. Jeremiah Clouder, and land of Thomas Chew, and was centered on the present village of Tatum, in southeast Orange County, close to the Spotsylvania County line. For Spotsylvania and Orange County planters, Fredericksburg on Rappahannock River was the major tobacco market. Fredericksburg road ran along the east line of Andrew Harrison's plantation. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]

Aug 5, 1729
Capt. Thomas Chew & his officers, Andrew2 Harrison & Thomas Waren, took ye oath August 5, 1729. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 316; Colonial Militia of Spottsylvania County, Virginia, Order Book, 1724-1730: 514]

1729
In 1729, Andrew2 Harrison became an officer of Spotsylvania County militia, under Capt. William Johnson. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]

1736 – 1747
In 1736, Thomas Chew and his wife, Martha (Taylor), sold 200 acres of land on the east side of Wysell Run to Andrew2 Harrison. Five years later that tract was conveyed to Battaile3 Harrison. By 1747, Andrew2 Harrison had assembled a plantation of 1,800 acres, plus the adjoining 200 acres held by his son. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]

Jan 11, 1750-51
On January 11th, 1750-51, the last will of Sarah Battaile was "presented to the court by ffrancis Thornton, gen., one of its Exc'rs, and further proved by the oath of Nicho. Battaile." ... At this same court "it is ordered that ... appraise her estate ... in Orange County, Geo. Taylor, Erasmus Taylor, Ruben Daniel & Andrew2 Harrison...." [Genealogies of Virginia Families, From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 5 volumes (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981) 1:44.]

Nov 28, 1751
On November 28, 1751, Andrew2 Harrison, Jr., of St. Thomas' Parish, Orange County, Virginia, planter, conveyed to his son, Lawrence3 Harrison, of the same County and Parish, planter, as a gift, 157 acres, being the land the said Lawrence3 Harrison now lives on, in the aforesaid Parish and County. The deed in connection with this conveyance is recorded in Deed Book 12, page 50, Orange County Records. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 320]

As political jurisdictions evolved, Terry's Run fell within St. Thomas' Parish of Orange County. In 1751, Andrew2 Harrison, planter, wrote five deeds that are now recorded in series in Orange County Deed Book 12. Three of those deeds conveyed land to his sons, Lawrence3, Charles3, and John3. The other grantees in 1751, Samuel Kercheval and Richard Cousins, were also conveyed land within Andrew2 Harrison's plantation. It is the compiler's thought that Elizabeth3, wife of Richard Cousins, and Margaret3, wife of Samuel Kercheval, were daughters of Andrew2 Harrison. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]
 
Fall 1752
Andrew2 Harrison died in the fall of the year 1752. At Orange County Court, November 22, 1753, on motion of William Johnson, certificate was granted him for obtaining letters of administration on the estate of Andrew2 Harrison, deceased, Elizabeth, widow of the said Andrew2 Harrison, and Battaile3 Harrison, the heir-at-law, having refused. William Johnson's bond was placed at two hundred pounds currency. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 317; Orange County, Virginia Records, Order Book, 1747-1754: 509]

Feb 22, 1753
The last record found for Andrew2 Harrison, during his lifetime, appears in Orange County Order Book 5, dated 22 February 1753, "Andrew2 Harrison is discharged from being overseer of the road down to the Spotsylvania County line." [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]

Jul 13, 1753
Because most Virginian burial markers from 18th century have disappeared, it is a little unusual to learn a date of death from that time. Virginia Genealogist, Volume 4 Number 1, published an item from the Journal of John Mercer, dated 13 July 1753, "Andrew2 Harrison, overseer, died." Andrew2 Harrison had served Orange County as overseer of a road, probably Fredericksburg road along the east line of his plantation. He may have been overseer of John Mercer's Orange County interest. John Mercer, of Stafford and Prince William Counties, had lived for a time in Caroline. Whatever the reason, John Mercer's acknowledgment of Andrew2 Harrison's death is not without meaning. The two men had known each other from before 1736. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 53.]

Nov 22, 1753
On 22 November 1753, William Johnson was granted letters of administration in the estate of Andrew2 Harrison, deceased. At that time, Andrew2 Harrison's plantation amounted to 1,300 acres. His personal estate was appraised at 27 pounds 15 shillings. His inventory included household goods and furnishings, cattle and farming implements, but it listed neither weapons nor slaves. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52-53.]

Nov 30, 1753
Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Andrew2 Harrison, deceased, made November 30, 1753. Returned & Recorded, March 1, 1754. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 317; Orange County Records, Will Book 2, p. 191]

1754
In 1754, Lawrence3 Harrison became a Constable for Orange (County). Later in that year Lawrence3 Harrison, joined by his wife, "Catherine", sold his Orange County land to William McWilliams, the younger, of Fredericksburg, who had married Rachel, daughter of Lawrence Battaile. Rachel McWilliams was a first cousin to Lawrence3 Harrison. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58.]

Jul 24, 1754
On July 24, 1754, Lawrence3 Harrison and his wife Catherine, of Orange County, Virginia, conveyed for currency, to William McWilliams, the younger, of Fredericksburg, merchant, 157 acres of land in Orange County, on the south side of Wysel Run, which is a part of a patent granted to Andrew2 Harrison, September 28, 1728, and by the said Andrew2 Harrison conveyed by deed, November 28, 1751, to his sone, the said Lawrence3 Harrison. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 322; Orange County Records, Deed Book 12, p. 243.]

1757
By 1757 Lawrence3 Harrison had lived long enough in Frederick County, Virginia, to become overseer of a road from Worthington's marsh to Thomas Lindsay's. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58.]

1758
In 1758, Lawrence3 Harrison purchased land in Frederick County from Jacob Hite, son of Jost Hite, who had led the first German settlers into Shenandoah valley. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58.]

Jun 5, 1758
After the sale of the (157 acres on July 24, 1754) property, in Orange County, Virginia, Lawrence3 Harrison and his wife Catherine removed to Winchester, Virginia, where they purchased 346 acres of land from Jacob Heit, of the County of Frederick, Colony of Virginia. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 322; Winchester, Virginia, Deed Book No. 4: 409.]

Aug 2, 1762
In the year 1762, Lawrence3 Harrison and his wife Catherine sold the (346 acres in Winchester, Virginia) property to Moses Tullis. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 323]

1763-1767
In 1762, Lawrence3 Harrison sold the Frederick County property he had bought from Jacob Hite. After the sale there is a gap in what is known of Lawrence3 Harrison.

In 1763, Pontiac's War disrupted frontier settlement. In Britain, the government issued a proclamation that forbade settlement west of the mountain, and that policy stirred resentment among the frontier Virginians. Pontiac's War came to an end in 1765. Thereafter, with not much regard for the Royal prohibition, Virginian settler crossed the mountains.

Lyman Draper obtained statements [Wisonsin Historical Society, Draper mss. 3S 53 and 5S 1] that are useful to this study. Samuel Murphy was reared in the home of William Crawford's half-brother, John Stephenson. Samuel Murphy remembered that John Stephenson, William Crawford, and the brothers Lawrence3 Harrison and Charles3 Harrison, crossed the mountains at the same time. William Crawford later deposed that he made homestead improvements on Youghiogheny in 1765, and that he brought his family there in the spring of the following year. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58.]

1767
Lawrence3 Harrison, in right of George Washington, located 267 acres in Augusta County, Virginia, embracing Fort Necessity, in 1767. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 323; Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Company, 1882), 831]

Mar 30, 1767
...regarding the Monongahela, Youghiougheny, and Redstone valleys in territory disputed between Virginia and Pennsylvania: ... This commission visited Redstone, March 22, 1767, and had a meeting with the settlers on the 24th, and again on the 30th. On this date, a meeting with 30 or 40 representative settlers was held at Gist's plantation....

Among the names of those who met with this commission, were Lawrence3 and Richard Harrison. "many severe things were said of Mr. Crogan, and one Lawrence Harrison, who treated theLaw of our Government with too much respect." [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 310-311; Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Company, 1882),
61.]

Mar 1768
In March 1768, a delegation representing the colonial government of Pennsylvania met with Youghiogheny settlers at Christopher Gist's home. The delegation meant to persuade the settlers to abandon their lands, because their settlement was llegal. Lawrence3 Harrison, typical of the Virginian settlers, resisted Pennsylvania's claim to sovereignty. Lawrence3 Harrison lived on a tomahawk claim. He did not ntend to give up his home. The Indian trader George Croghan noted in his journal that during the 1768 meeting at Gist's, Lawrence3 Harrison "treated the law and our government with oo much disrespect." [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the amily of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA n 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58-59.]

Jun 2, 1769
...William Jacobs ... owned land at the mouth of the Redstone Creek. In 1769, he sold his property to Lawrence3 Harrison and Prior Theobald. William Jacobs applied for a survey on April 24, 1769. Having sold the tract to Lawrence3 Harrison and Prior Theobald, he executed a deed to them dated June 2, 1769. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 324; Ellis's History of Fayette County, Pa., pp. 614-615.]

Jun 13, 1769
At Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the Land Grants Office, there is a record of a Patent, June 13, 1769, for 300 acres granted to Lawrence3 Harrison, adjoining the lands of Colonel William Crawford. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 324]

Jul 10, 1769
Lawrence3 Harrison transferred his right to Theobald, July 10, 1769 (the land he bought from William Jacobs, deed dated June 2, 1769). [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 324; Ellis's History of Fayette County, Pa., pp. 614-615.] Both Lawrence3 Harrison and Charles3 Harrison lived near Stewart's Crossings in the frontier country that Pennsylvania first placed under the jurisdiction of Cumberland County, then Bedford County, later Westmoreland County, and finally Fayette County. Virginia considered Stewart's Crossings to be within Augusta County, later West Augusta District, and finally Yohogania County.

Pennsylvania land patents were obtained by Lawrence3 Harrison, and by his sons, William4, Benjamin4, Lawrence4, and Battle4. The senior Lawrence3 Harrison's home, Mount Pleasant, was located on both sides of Braddock's Road, in its approach to Youghiogheny river at Steart's Crossings. The land surveyed as Mount Pleasant is now within the west bank development of the City of Connellsville in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 59.]

1770
In 1770, Lawrence3 Harrison appears in Bedford County, Pennsylvania records, as is evidenced by a bond signed by Alexander Moreland, of Hamilton Bann Township, York County, Pennsylvania, who was bound to pay fifteen pounds currency to Lawrence Harrison. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 325]

Jul 16, 1771
Lawrence3 Harrison was township Supervisor of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1771. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 325; Israel Daniel Rupp, History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, and Bedford Counties (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: G. Hills, 1846), 490.]

1771
Lawrence3 Harrison became the first Supervisor for Tyrone Township, in the newly created Pennsylvania County called Bedford. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 59.]

1771-1772
A money dispute in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, is useful to this study. In 1771, Jacob Hite of Virginia brought suit against William Crawford and Lawrence3 Harrison. In 1772, Jacob Hite pursued his claim against Crawford and the executors of Harrison's estate. Jacob Hite thought of Lawrence3 Harrison's widow as Katharina. Papers recorded in later years in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, support Jacob Hite's idea. Although she sometimes appeared in the record as Catherine, Lawrence3 Harrison's widow called herself Katherina. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 59.]

Jan 14, 1772
Lawrence Harrison died before 14 January 1772. On that date, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, court granted letters of administration to Catherine Harrison and William Harrison, widow and son of Lawrence Harrison, deceased. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 59.]

Bedford County was erected in 1771 and from it, later Fayette County was erected in 1783. While the lands which he (Lawrence3 Harrison) and his children owned are in what is known as Fayette County now, they were during his lifetime in Bedford County, where "Letters of Administration were granted to Catherine Harrison, his wife, and son, William4 Harrison, January 14, 1772." (The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Publications, Vol 10, p. 66.) Research has, so far, failed to disclose the family name of Catherine, wife of Lawrence Harrison. Sometime following her husband's death, Catherine Harrison, went to Kentucky and was residing with her sister, Mary (Harrison) Moore, wife of Captain Thomas Moore, where she died in 1836. (Deposition of John Cord, of Bedford County Pennsylvania. (Ibid.) [Genealogies of Virginia Families, From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 5 volumes (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981), 3: 951.]

In 1684 when Andrew was 36, he married Elinor Long ELLIOTT.

They had the following children:
	14	i.	Andrew (1666-1752)
	15	ii.	William (1688-1742)
	16	iii.	Elizabeth (~1690-)
	17	iv.	Margaret Mary (~1692-)

Seventh Generation 
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Family of Andrew HARRISON (13) & Elinor Long ELLIOTT

14. Andrew HARRISON. Born in 1666. Andrew died in 1752; he was 86.

Apr 6, 1725
April 6, 1725, Harry Beverley, of Spottsylvania County, sold to Andrew2 Harrison, of Essex County, for 4600 pounds of tobacco, 600 acres in Spottsylvania County, being a part of a patent granted to sd Beverley. Recorded June 1, 1726. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 316; Spottsylvania, Virginia County Records, 1721-1800, Vo. 1, p. 94, Will Book A, 1722-48]

1725
In 1725, Harry Beverley sold 600 acres of land on Pamunkey River to Andrew2 Harrison of Essex County. The tract was near Spotswood's Germanna patent, in an area that generated interest in mineral wealth. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 51.]

1727
Andrew2 Harrison's home was in St. Mary's Parish in the upper part of Essex County, and there he died in the year 1718. The section of Essex County in which Andrew2 Harrison lived and died, became in 1727, a part of the newly-erected County of Caroline. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 313]

1727
In 1727, a colorful comment that tells us something about the man, and about the time in which he lived, was entered in Essex County Order Book 7, "Andrew2 Harrison being arrested at the suit of James Gillison in debt and he having rescued himself by a superior force out of the sheriff's custody, order is granted to the said plaintiff against the daid defendant for what shall appear due at next Court unless the defendant then appear and answer the said suit." [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 51-52.]

Dec 31, 1728
December 31, 1728, Andrew2 Harrison, of Spottsylvania County, Virginia, to Richard Fitz William, Esq., in trust for himself, the Honble Wm. Gooch, His Majesties Lieut. Governor, Captain Vincent Pearse, Dr. Geo. Nicholas & Charles Chiswill, L70 currency; 600 acres in Spottsylvania County and sd land purchased by sd Harrison, of Harry Beverley, the sd land having been granted by patent to the sd Beverley. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 316; Spottsylvania, Virginia County Records, 1721-1800, Vo. 1, pp. 2-3, Will Book A 1722-48, p. 104]

1728
In 1728, Andrew2 Harrison, describing the property as "where I now live," sold the 600 acres that he had bought from Harry Beverley to Richard fitzWilliams, Esquire, as Trustee for a group headed by His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable William Gooch, Shortly before he sold the Pamunkey land, Andrew Harrison obtained a thousand acre patent in St. George's Parish of Spotsylvania County, on branches of Wysell, also called Terry's Run, about twelve miles from Germanna. The patent was adjacent to land of the Knight of the Golden Horseshoe, Capt. Jeremiah Clouder, and land of Thomas Chew, and was centered on the present village of Tatum, in southeast Orange County, close to the Spotsylvania County line. For Spotsylvania and Orange County planters, Fredericksburg on Rappahannock River was the major tobacco market. Fredericksburg road ran along the east line of Andrew Harrison's plantation. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]

Aug 5, 1729
Capt. Thomas Chew & his officers, Andrew2 Harrison & Thomas Waren, took ye oath August 5, 1729. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 316; Colonial Militia of Spottsylvania County, Virginia, Order Book, 1724-1730: 514]

1729
In 1729, Andrew2 Harrison became an officer of Spotsylvania County militia, under Capt. William Johnson. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]

1736 – 1747
In 1736, Thomas Chew and his wife, Martha (Taylor), sold 200 acres of land on the east side of Wysell Run to Andrew2 Harrison. Five years later that tract was conveyed to Battaile3 Harrison. By 1747, Andrew2 Harrison had assembled a plantation of 1,800 acres, plus the adjoining 200 acres held by his son. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]

Jan 11, 1750-51
On January 11th, 1750-51, the last will of Sarah Battaile was "presented to the court by ffrancis Thornton, gen., one of its Exc'rs, and further proved by the oath of Nicho. Battaile." ... At this same court "it is ordered that ... appraise her estate ... in Orange County, Geo. Taylor, Erasmus Taylor, Ruben Daniel & Andrew2 Harrison...." [Genealogies of Virginia Families, From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 5 volumes (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981) 1:44.]

Nov 28, 1751
On November 28, 1751, Andrew2 Harrison, Jr., of St. Thomas' Parish, Orange County, Virginia, planter, conveyed to his son, Lawrence3 Harrison, of the same County and Parish, planter, as a gift, 157 acres, being the land the said Lawrence3 Harrison now lives on, in the aforesaid Parish and County. The deed in connection with this conveyance is recorded in Deed Book 12, page 50, Orange County Records. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 320]

As political jurisdictions evolved, Terry's Run fell within St. Thomas' Parish of Orange County. In 1751, Andrew2 Harrison, planter, wrote five deeds that are now recorded in series in Orange County Deed Book 12. Three of those deeds conveyed land to his sons, Lawrence3, Charles3, and John3. The other grantees in 1751, Samuel Kercheval and Richard Cousins, were also conveyed land within Andrew2 Harrison's plantation. It is the compiler's thought that Elizabeth3, wife of Richard Cousins, and Margaret3, wife of Samuel Kercheval, were daughters of Andrew2 Harrison. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]
 
Fall 1752
Andrew2 Harrison died in the fall of the year 1752. At Orange County Court, November 22, 1753, on motion of William Johnson, certificate was granted him for obtaining letters of administration on the estate of Andrew2 Harrison, deceased, Elizabeth, widow of the said Andrew2 Harrison, and Battaile3 Harrison, the heir-at-law, having refused. William Johnson's bond was placed at two hundred pounds currency. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 317; Orange County, Virginia Records, Order Book, 1747-1754: 509]

Feb 22, 1753
The last record found for Andrew2 Harrison, during his lifetime, appears in Orange County Order Book 5, dated 22 February 1753, "Andrew2 Harrison is discharged from being overseer of the road down to the Spotsylvania County line." [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52.]

Jul 13, 1753
Because most Virginian burial markers from 18th century have disappeared, it is a little unusual to learn a date of death from that time. Virginia Genealogist, Volume 4 Number 1, published an item from the Journal of John Mercer, dated 13 July 1753, "Andrew2 Harrison, overseer, died." Andrew2 Harrison had served Orange County as overseer of a road, probably Fredericksburg road along the east line of his plantation. He may have been overseer of John Mercer's Orange County interest. John Mercer, of Stafford and Prince William Counties, had lived for a time in Caroline. Whatever the reason, John Mercer's acknowledgment of Andrew2 Harrison's death is not without meaning. The two men had known each other from before 1736. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 53.]

Nov 22, 1753
On 22 November 1753, William Johnson was granted letters of administration in the estate of Andrew2 Harrison, deceased. At that time, Andrew2 Harrison's plantation amounted to 1,300 acres. His personal estate was appraised at 27 pounds 15 shillings. His inventory included household goods and furnishings, cattle and farming implements, but it listed neither weapons nor slaves. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 52-53.]

Nov 30, 1753
Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Andrew2 Harrison, deceased, made November 30, 1753. Returned & Recorded, March 1, 1754. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 317; Orange County Records, Will Book 2, p. 191]

Andrew married Elizabeth BATTAILE, daughter of John BATTAILE.

They had the following children:
	18	i.	Charles Jr. (~1717-1786)
	19	ii.	John (1719-1762)
	20	iii.	Lawrence (1720-1771)
	21	iv.	Battaile (1725-1775)

15. William HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1688 in Essex, Virginia. Born in 1688. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] William died in Caroline County, Virginia in April 1742; he was 54. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

about 1717 when William was 29, he married Hannah CHRISTOPHER [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999], in Virginia.

They had the following children:
	22	i.	William (~1712-1765)
		ii.	Margaret [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born about 1716 in Virginia. Margaret died in 1747; she was 31. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
	23	iii.	Benjamin (~1718-1779)
		iv.	Thomas [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born about 1718 in Virginia. Thomas died in 1747; he was 29. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Thomas married Margaret ??? [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
	24	v.	Charles (~1720-)
		vi.	James. Born about 1724 in Virginia. James died in 1809; he was 85.
			James married Mary BUCKLEY.

16. Elizabeth HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born about 1690 in Essex, Virginia.

In September 1710 when Elizabeth was 20, she married Thomas MUNDAY [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had the following children:
		i.	John [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		ii.	Harrison [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
	25	iii.	Edmund (-1800)

17. Margaret Mary HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born about 1692 in Essex, Virginia.

In 1718 when Margaret Mary was 26, she married Gabriel LONG [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had the following children:
		i.	Richard [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
	26	ii.	Gabriel (Cabrell)
		iii.	William [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		iv.	Henry [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		v.	Edward [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		vi.	Phillip [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

Eighth Generation 
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Family of Andrew HARRISON (14) & Elizabeth BATTAILE

18. Charles Jr. HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born about 1717 in St.Thomasparish, Orange County, Virginia. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Charles Jr. died in Franklin, Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1786; he was 69.

about 1743 when Charles Jr. was 26, he married Sarah SMITHERS [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999], in Westmoreland, Virginia. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1719. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Sarah died in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Sarah died in 1758; she was 39. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

They had the following children:
		i.	Nicholas [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1738. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			In 1796 when Nicholas was 58, he married Isabelle CURRY [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
	27	ii.	Robert (1750-)
		iii.	Sarah [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1752. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
		iv.	Charles [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1754. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
	28	v.	Elizabeth (Betty) (1760-<1808)
	29	vi.	John (1754-1821)

19. John HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1719 in St.Thomasparish, Orange County, Virginia. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] John died in 1762; he was 43.

John married Sarah DANIEL.

They had the following children:
		i.	John.
			John married Nancy GREER.
		ii.	Andrew.
		iii.	Mary.
		iv.	Martha.
		v.	Elizabeth.
			Elizabeth married Richard DANIEL.
		vi.	Nancy Anne.
			Nancy Anne married William DANIEL.
	30	vii.	James (1748-)
	31	viii.	Richard (1752-)
		ix.	Isham. Born in 1760.
			Isham married Amy GILLIAM.

20. Lawrence HARRISON. Born in 1720. Lawrence died in 1771; he was 51.

1754
In 1754, Lawrence3 Harrison became a Constable for Orange (County). Later in that year Lawrence3 Harrison, joined by his wife, "Catherine", sold his Orange County land to William McWilliams, the younger, of Fredericksburg, who had married Rachel, daughter of Lawrence Battaile. Rachel McWilliams was a first cousin to Lawrence3 Harrison. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58.]

Jul 24, 1754
On July 24, 1754, Lawrence3 Harrison and his wife Catherine, of Orange County, Virginia, conveyed for currency, to William McWilliams, the younger, of Fredericksburg, merchant, 157 acres of land in Orange County, on the south side of Wysel Run, which is a part of a patent granted to Andrew2 Harrison, September 28, 1728, and by the said Andrew2 Harrison conveyed by deed, November 28, 1751, to his sone, the said Lawrence3 Harrison. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 322; Orange County Records, Deed Book 12, p. 243.]

1757
By 1757 Lawrence3 Harrison had lived long enough in Frederick County, Virginia, to become overseer of a road from Worthington's marsh to Thomas Lindsay's. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58.]

1758
In 1758, Lawrence3 Harrison purchased land in Frederick County from Jacob Hite, son of Jost Hite, who had led the first German settlers into Shenandoah valley. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58.]

Jun 5, 1758
After the sale of the (157 acres on July 24, 1754) property, in Orange County, Virginia, Lawrence3 Harrison and his wife Catherine removed to Winchester, Virginia, where they purchased 346 acres of land from Jacob Heit, of the County of Frederick, Colony of Virginia. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 322; Winchester, Virginia, Deed Book No. 4: 409.]

Aug 2, 1762
In the year 1762, Lawrence3 Harrison and his wife Catherine sold the (346 acres in Winchester, Virginia) property to Moses Tullis. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 323]

1763-1767
In 1762, Lawrence3 Harrison sold the Frederick County property he had bought from Jacob Hite. After the sale there is a gap in what is known of Lawrence3 Harrison.

In 1763, Pontiac's War disrupted frontier settlement. In Britain, the government issued a proclamation that forbade settlement west of the mountain, and that policy stirred resentment among the frontier Virginians. Pontiac's War came to an end in 1765. Thereafter, with not much regard for the Royal prohibition, Virginian settler crossed the mountains.

Lyman Draper obtained statements [Wisonsin Historical Society, Draper mss. 3S 53 and 5S 1] that are useful to this study. Samuel Murphy was reared in the home of William Crawford's half-brother, John Stephenson. Samuel Murphy remembered that John Stephenson, William Crawford, and the brothers Lawrence3 Harrison and Charles3 Harrison, crossed the mountains at the same time. William Crawford later deposed that he made homestead improvements on Youghiogheny in 1765, and that he brought his family there in the spring of the following year. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58.]

1767
Lawrence3 Harrison, in right of George Washington, located 267 acres in Augusta County, Virginia, embracing Fort Necessity, in 1767. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 323; Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Company, 1882), 831]

Mar 30, 1767
...regarding the Monongahela, Youghiougheny, and Redstone valleys in territory disputed between Virginia and Pennsylvania: ... This commission visited Redstone, March 22, 1767, and had a meeting with the settlers on the 24th, and again on the 30th. On this date, a meeting with 30 or 40 representative settlers was held at Gist's plantation....

Among the names of those who met with this commission, were Lawrence3 and Richard Harrison. "many severe things were said of Mr. Crogan, and one Lawrence Harrison, who treated theLaw of our Government with too much respect." [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 310-311; Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Company, 1882),
61.]

Mar 1768
In March 1768, a delegation representing the colonial government of Pennsylvania met with Youghiogheny settlers at Christopher Gist's home. The delegation meant to persuade the settlers to abandon their lands, because their settlement was llegal. Lawrence3 Harrison, typical of the Virginian settlers, resisted Pennsylvania's claim to sovereignty. Lawrence3 Harrison lived on a tomahawk claim. He did not ntend to give up his home. The Indian trader George Croghan noted in his journal that during the 1768 meeting at Gist's, Lawrence3 Harrison "treated the law and our government with oo much disrespect." [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the amily of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA n 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 58-59.]

Jun 2, 1769
...William Jacobs ... owned land at the mouth of the Redstone Creek. In 1769, he sold his property to Lawrence3 Harrison and Prior Theobald. William Jacobs applied for a survey on April 24, 1769. Having sold the tract to Lawrence3 Harrison and Prior Theobald, he executed a deed to them dated June 2, 1769. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 324; Ellis's History of Fayette County, Pa., pp. 614-615.]

Jun 13, 1769
At Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the Land Grants Office, there is a record of a Patent, June 13, 1769, for 300 acres granted to Lawrence3 Harrison, adjoining the lands of Colonel William Crawford. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 324]

Jul 10, 1769
Lawrence3 Harrison transferred his right to Theobald, July 10, 1769 (the land he bought from William Jacobs, deed dated June 2, 1769). [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 324; Ellis's History of Fayette County, Pa., pp. 614-615.] Both Lawrence3 Harrison and Charles3 Harrison lived near Stewart's Crossings in the frontier country that Pennsylvania first placed under the jurisdiction of Cumberland County, then Bedford County, later Westmoreland County, and finally Fayette County. Virginia considered Stewart's Crossings to be within Augusta County, later West Augusta District, and finally Yohogania County.

Pennsylvania land patents were obtained by Lawrence3 Harrison, and by his sons, William4, Benjamin4, Lawrence4, and Battle4. The senior Lawrence3 Harrison's home, Mount Pleasant, was located on both sides of Braddock's Road, in its approach to Youghiogheny river at Steart's Crossings. The land surveyed as Mount Pleasant is now within the west bank development of the City of Connellsville in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 59.]

1770
In 1770, Lawrence3 Harrison appears in Bedford County, Pennsylvania records, as is evidenced by a bond signed by Alexander Moreland, of Hamilton Bann Township, York County, Pennsylvania, who was bound to pay fifteen pounds currency to Lawrence Harrison. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 325]

Jul 16, 1771
Lawrence3 Harrison was township Supervisor of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1771. [Robert Torrence, Torrence and Allied Families (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1938), 325; Israel Daniel Rupp, History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, and Bedford Counties (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: G. Hills, 1846), 490.]

1771
Lawrence3 Harrison became the first Supervisor for Tyrone Township, in the newly created Pennsylvania County called Bedford. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 59.]

1771-1772
A money dispute in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, is useful to this study. In 1771, Jacob Hite of Virginia brought suit against William Crawford and Lawrence3 Harrison. In 1772, Jacob Hite pursued his claim against Crawford and the executors of Harrison's estate. Jacob Hite thought of Lawrence3 Harrison's widow as Katharina. Papers recorded in later years in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, support Jacob Hite's idea. Although she sometimes appeared in the record as Catherine, Lawrence3 Harrison's widow called herself Katherina. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 59.]

Jan 14, 1772
Lawrence Harrison died before 14 January 1772. On that date, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, court granted letters of administration to Catherine Harrison and William Harrison, widow and son of Lawrence Harrison, deceased. [James Edward Harrison, A comment of the family of ANDREW HARRISON who died in ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA in 1718 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: privately printed, no date), 59.]

Bedford County was erected in 1771 and from it, later Fayette County was erected in 1783. While the lands which he (Lawrence3 Harrison) and his children owned are in what is known as Fayette County now, they were during his lifetime in Bedford County, where "Letters of Administration were granted to Catherine Harrison, his wife, and son, William4 Harrison, January 14, 1772." (The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Publications, Vol 10, p. 66.) Research has, so far, failed to disclose the family name of Catherine, wife of Lawrence Harrison. Sometime following her husband's death, Catherine Harrison, went to Kentucky and was residing with her sister, Mary (Harrison) Moore, wife of Captain Thomas Moore, where she died in 1836. (Deposition of John Cord, of Bedford County Pennsylvania. (Ibid.) [Genealogies of Virginia Families, From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 5 volumes (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981), 3: 951.]

In 1748 when Lawrence was 28, he married Catherine.

They had the following children:
	32	i.	Benjamin (1750-1808)
	33	ii.	William (~1750-1782)
	34	iii.	Lawrence (~1753-1833)
		iv.	Battaile.
		v.	Catherine. Born in 1744 in Frederick County, Virginia. Catherine died in 1824; she was 80.
			In April 1772 when Catherine was 28, she married Isaac MEASON.
		vi.	Elizabeth. Born about 1750 in Frederick County, Virginia.
			Elizabeth married John DAWSON.
	35	vii.	Mary (~1761-1835)
		viii.	Robert.
		ix.	John.

21. Battaile HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1725. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Battaile died in 1775; he was 50.

Battaile married Francis WHITE [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had the following children:
	36	i.	James
		ii.	Frances (Frankie) [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
	37	iii.	Reuben (1749-1824)
	38	iv.	Richard (1753-1816)
	39	v.	Elizabeth (Betty) (1776->1816)
		vi.	William [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. William died in Monroe, Tennessee.
		vii.	John [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
			John married Sarah ELLIS [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
	40	viii.	Elizabeth (1776->1816)

Family of William HARRISON (15) & Hannah CHRISTOPHER

22. William HARRISON. Born about 1712 in Virginia. William died in 1765; he was 53.

William first married Jane ???.

They had the following children:
		i.	Jane.
			Jane married Dave ELLINGTON.
		ii.	Andrew.
		iii.	Christopher.
			Christopher married ? SHELTON.
		iv.	James.
		v.	Benjamin.
		vi.	Charles.
		vii.	William.
			William married Pheobe SMITH.
	41	viii.	Abner

William second married Mary GRAY.

23. Benjamin HARRISON. Born about 1718 in Virginia. Benjamin died on May 18, 1779; he was 61.

Benjamin married Priscilla CARY.

They had the following children:
		i.	Lucy.
	42	ii.	Frances
	43	iii.	Diana (1744-1817)

24. Charles HARRISON. Born about 1720 in Virginia.

Charles married Frances HIGHLAND.

They had the following children:
		i.	Richard.
		ii.	William.
		iii.	Nansie. Born on January 20, 1762 in Goochland, Virginia.

Family of Elizabeth HARRISON (16) & Thomas MUNDAY

25. Edmund MUNDAY. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Edmund died in 1800 in Mercer, Kentucky.

Edmund married Ruth SNEED [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had the following children:
		i.	Harrison [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		ii.	Thomas [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		iii.	William [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		iv.	James [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		v.	Reuben [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

Family of Margaret Mary HARRISON (17) & Gabriel LONG

26. Gabriel (Cabrell) LONG. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Gabriel (Cabrell) married KERTLEY [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had one child:
		i.	Nicholas [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

Ninth Generation 
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Family of Charles Jr. HARRISON (18) & Sarah SMITHERS

27. Robert HARRISON. Born in 1750.

Robert married Rebecca WHEELER.

They had the following children:
		i.	Cynthia.
		ii.	Ann.

28. Elizabeth (Betty) HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999], [2] Born in 1760 in Virginia. Elizabeth (Betty) died in Harrison County, Kentucky before 1808; she was 48.

Notes on Elizabeth Harrison: [3]
BIRTH:Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 1 Jan 1947 pp 85-94. Elizabeth was still living in 1799 but by 1808 was deceased.

about 1779 when Elizabeth (Betty) was 19, she married William SCHOOLER, son of Benjamin Reason SCHOOLER (1725-1795) & DEVINE (-1795), in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky. Born in 1760 in Spotsyvlania, Virginia. William died in Clark County, Kentucky in 1835; he was 75. [4]  in 1779-1780  Revolutionary War. [5]

Notes of William Schooler: [3]
After 1760, the Virginia Council offered stong inducements to get people to settle in the new county of Augusta.  Many families flocked to these new lands. Among them were Harrisons, Schoolers, Vances, Crawfords, Springers and other friends and relatives.  After settling in what was thought to be Augusta County, Virginia, it transpired that they were in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  As population increased, counties were divided and divided again so that some people found themselves in four different counties without ever leaving the farm.  About 1785, many of these related families moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky.  They located in Cynthiania, Harrison County. They went down the Ohio River to Limestone (Maysville) and along the Licking River to Cynthiania and Paris.  Among them were the Schoolers.  They were probably drawn to Kentucky by the land grants given for war service. "The Kentucky Gazette" of 8 September 1787 noted that Mr. Schooler of Harrison's Station on Licking Creek was fired on by Indians on the 5th of September. George Mason and Mr. Glascock were fired on by the Indians while cutting wood on Licking Creek on 7 September.  Mason was fatally wounded." On 10 July 1795, William Schooler is mentioned as a 'teste' in court documents in Harrison Co., Kentucky in the will of Robert McKittrick, Sr. -Bundle #9, Suit #263 in 1798 William Schooler and wife Elizabeth vs. Lawrence Harrison -- charge of slander for claiming that Elizabeth committed adultery Michael McLaughlin.  Lawrence had made the claim in public on 1 Oct 1796 apparently in hopes of breaking up William and Elizabeth.  The court appointed two arbitration groups, but neither could apparently reach a decision as to whether Lawrence should pay the plantiffs for damages to the tune of a few hundred pounds of money.  The outcome of the defamation suit is not clear, but William and Elizabeth requested subpoena of many of their neighbors. -Bundle #37, Suit #1036 John Yarnall vs. William and Charles Schooler -- defendants signed a statement on 20 Oct 1806 promising to pay the plaintiff with 125 gallons of whiskey. On 28 Nov 1799  in Harrison Co., Kentucky Deeds.  John Harrison and wife Mary Ann of Jefferson Co., Kentucky to William Schooler and wife Betsy (Formerly Harrison and sister of the said John) and Elizabeth Schooler, infant dau. of Willam and Betsy of Harrison Co. right to 140 1/2 acres on Mill Creek a branch of south fork of Licking, and then to Elizabeth Schooler.  Said Mary Ann being a representative of Benjamin Johnson Sr. MARRIAGE:William and Elizabeth's marriage is mentioned in the Harrison Co., Historical Magazine Vol 55 pg 85-94. CENSUS:1800 Harrison Co., Kentucky pg 260 CENSUS:1810 Tax List Harrison Co., Kentucky.

They had the following children:
	44	i.	Benjamin Harrison (1780-1834)
	45	ii.	John (1782-1839)
	46	iii.	Elizabeth (1784-1863)
		iv.	Charles Harrison. Born in 1786 in Harrison County, Kentucky. Charles Harrison died in Boone County, Indiana in January 1842; he was 56.
			Notes on Charles Harrison Schooler: [3]
			Charles Harrison Schooler moved to Logan Co., Ohio 1810 following his brother Benjamin Harrison Schooler and then in 1833 he owned land in Boone Co., Indiana. In a 16 Feb 1807 Harrison Co., Kentucky Deed, Charles Schooler of Harrison Co. sold to John Neff 111 acres on Mill Creek part of Benjamin Johnson entry. Witnesses: William McKinson, William Schooler, and Jacob Powers. MARRIAGE:Harrison Co., Kentucky Marr. Rec.  Bondsman, Evan Jones MILITARY:Served in War of 1812 in his brother Benjamin's Militia Company.

			On February 10, 1809 when Charles Harrison was 23, he married Temperance (Tempa) JONES, in Cynthia, Kentucky. Born about 1784.
		v.	William. Born in 1790 in Harrison County, Kentucky. William died in Bartholomew County, Indiana in 1858; he was 68.
			Notes on William Schooler: [3]
			CENSUS:1840 Bartholomew Co., Indiana Germantown pg 78  CENSUS:1850 Bartholomew Co., Indiana, Germantown pg 434 MARRIAGE:Harrison Co., Kentucky Marriage Records, Bondsman Leonard Stump MILITARY:He served in the War of 1812 in his brother Benjamin's Company. LAND:On 18 Jan 1826 William and Elizabeth sold 60 acres of land to John Marr, which was part of the tract of land that they lived on. On 31 Oct 1832 in a Harrison Co., Kentucky Deed, William Schooler and wife Elizabeth of Bartholomew Co., Indiana sold to Nancy Whitson and John Whitson of Harrison Co., Kentucky 75 acres, beside the tract that they sold to John Marr. In March 1861 Elizabeth of Bartholomew Co., Indiana sells her interest in the estate of her father, Leonard Stump, on Mill Creek to George Stump of Harrison Co., Kentucky.

			On January 3, 1816 when William was 26, he married Elizabeth STUMP [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999], in Cynthia, Harrison County, Kentucky. Born in 1800.
	47	vi.	Richard (1791-~1840)

29. John HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1754 in St.Thomasparish, Orange County, Virginia. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] John died in Louisville, Kentucky in 1821; he was 67. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

John married Mary Ann JOHNSTON [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had the following children:
		i.	Benjamin Johnston [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1790. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
		ii.	Charles Larkin [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1793. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Family of John HARRISON (19) & Sarah DANIEL

30. James HARRISON. Born in 1748.

James married Elizabeth HAMPTON.

They had one child:
	48	i.	James

31. Richard HARRISON. Born in 1752.

Richard married Anne PATILLE.

They had the following children:
		i.	Emily.
		ii.	Mary.
		iii.	Sarah.
		iv.	John. Born in 1776.
		v.	Jane. Born in 1779.
		vi.	Henry. Born in 1782.
		vii.	Richard. Born in 1787.
			Richard married Anne MOORE.

Family of Lawrence HARRISON (20) & Catherine

32. COL Benjamin HARRISON. Born in 1750 in Virginia. Benjamin died in Washington County, Missouri in 1808; he was 58.

BENJAMIN HARRISON 1750 - 1808
A History of His Life And of Some of the Events In American History in Which He was Involved
By Jeremy F. Elliot 1978

Benjamin Harrison was born in Orange County Virginia [1] in about 1750. He was the son of Lawrence Harrison of Virginia. He had brothers named William, Lawrence Jr., and Battaile.[2] One known sister was Catherine who married Isaac Meason. Lawrence was living in what is now Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1768. Since Benjamin would have been about eighteen years old at this time, it seems likely that Benjamin moved to this area with his father's family.

Shortly before the American Revolution began, the colonies of Pennsylvania and Virginia were approaching open warfare over the matter of civil jurisdiction [3] over present day southwestern Pennsylvania. The disputed area was bounded on the north by the Ohio River and on the East by the hills of which "The Laurel Hill" is a part. Virginia named the area West Augusta County or the District of West Augusta. West Augusta was later subdivided into Ohio County, Monongalia County, and Yohogania County. Pennsylvania named the same area Westmoreland County. Both states appointed civil officials over the inhabitants. In 1772, Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, officially established the county of West Augusta with Pittsburgh to be the seat of authority. At the same time he renamed that town: Fort Dunmore. On February 7, 1775, Benjamin Harrison was the leader of a squad of militia which broke open the door of the jail at Pittsburgh with a sledge hammer and released three prisoners. "Harrison was pleased to announce that it was done at the command of Major William Crawford". (Crawford was the Father-in-law of Benjamin's brother William.)." He further asserted that these orders empowered him "to press horses and what was necessary, and to go to Hanna's Town [4] to open the gaol and let the prisoners go out." This command, also, he proceeded to carry out. In the course of the expedition, two Pennsylvania constables, Captain James Smith and Edward Murray, were apprehended for daring to execute the duties of their office. It was reported that the party had authority to shoot any Pennsylvania officer who dared to oppose them in the execution of the orders. In the face of such threats, the Westmoreland Justices and their sheriff had little heart for carrying out their duties.

In November of 1776, the Thirteenth Regiment of Foot of the Virginia Continental Line [5] was organized under Colonel William Russell. The l3th was also known as "The West Augusta Volunteers". Benjamin Harrison was commissioned a captain in the l3th on Dec. 16, 1776. [6] In the spring of 1777 five companies of the l3th were sent to join Washington's army in New Jersey. The l3th Virginia became part of Brigadier General Peter Muhlenberg's brigade of Major General Nathaniel Greene's division. In September of 1777, Captain Benjamin Harrison was present at the battle of Brandywine Creek [7] near Philadelphia. In October, 1777, Captain Harrison participated in a major attack on General William Howe's British army at Germantown, Pa. [7] During the winter of 1777-1778, the l3th Virginia was with George Washington at Valley Forge. Captain Harrison and his company, however, were more fortunate. Harrison had been assigned to Brigadier General Edward Hand, Commander of the Western Department with headquarters at Pittsburgh.

In the Spring of 1778 the Continental Congress approved a plan to capture British held Detroit in order to relieve British instigated Indian depredations on the western frontier. [8] The 8th Pennsylvania and the l3th Virginia were selected to carry out this campaign. This detachment was to be commanded by Colonel John Gibson, new commander of the l3th. He had been selected by Washington because he was familiar with Indian warfare. The main body of the l3th was sent to Pittsburgh, supplies were accumulated, and plans were developed. The supplies were slow in arriving and the summer came and went. In the autumn, the plan was scaled down. Instead of moving swiftly from Pittsburgh for a surprise attack on Detroit, a fort was to be established in eastern Ohio. Such a fort might discourage Indian raids in western Pennsylvania, or even swing Indian support from the British to the Americans. Also, Detroit could be attacked more easily from an advanced post. During this period of preparation, the l3th Virginia regiment was redesignated as the 9th Virginia.

Before moving into the Ohio country, arrangements had to be made for passing through the territory of the American Indian allies, the Christian Delawares. Permission was granted and the army marched out of Pittsburgh in November of 1778. During this march, the two continental regiments were strengthened by militia.

Captain Benjamin Harrison was not the only Harrison along on this march. In fact, there was even another Benjamin Harrison. The "other Benjamin Harrison" was Colonel Benjamin Harrison from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Colonel Harrison was apparently not a close relation of Captain Ben Harrison. Col. Ben Harrison had been a captain during Dunmore's War in 1774. He had led a company of infantry against the Shawnee Indians at the battle of Point Pleasant (West Virginia). In November of 1778, he was not part of either of the continental regiments and he doesn't seem to have been part of the militia either. He may have been on special assignment because of his successful experience with Indian fighting.

Records [9] indicate that Captain Ben Harrison's brother William (militia) was also present for this campaign. Lawrence Harrison Jr. may have been present since he was a lieutenant in Captain Harrison's own company. Ben's brother Battaile had been killed in battle two years earlier at Fort Washington [l0] (New York City).

The army followed the Ohio river downstream from Pittsburgh. When they reached the point where the present Ohio-Pennsylvania boundary is located, they stopped and constructed a Fort. This Fort was named Fort Mclntosh after General Lachlan Mclntosh who had replaced Edward Hand as commander of the western department in May of 1778. A small garrison was left at Ft. Mclntosh and the main army continued westward to the Tuscarawas River. Here was located the Christian Delaware village of Goschagunk (present day Coshocton). The Indians asked that a fort be built at this site. The Christian Delawares had openly supported the American cause and had thereby incurred the enmity of the British and their Indian allies. For some reason the Americans decided instead to move upstream to a site near the present day village of Bolivar, Ohio. Here they erected a very small square wooden stockade. It was named Fort Laurens after Henry Laurens, president of the Continental Congress. After Ft. Laurens was completed, the main body of soldiers returned to Pittsburgh leaving Colonel Gibson and about 150 men. There are no lists indicating the names of those who endured the winter of 1778-1779 at Ft. Laurens but evidence suggests that Capt. Benjamin Harrison was among those who returned to Pittsburgh.

The winter was one of extreme hardship for the men and women at Ft. Laurens. The British at Detroit did send a force, mainly of Wyandot Indians to punish the Christian Delawares and to lay siege to Ft. Laurens. Since the fort was far upstream from Goschagunk, the Americans were of no help to the Christian Delawares. During the siege, a party of fourteen Americans left the fort to hunt for food. They were ambushed within sight of the fort and all but two of them were killed and scalped. The two that survived the ambush were taken captive. Food supplies in the fort dwindled but the British and Indians also ran short. At one time the Indians approached the fort to make a deal for food. John Gibson collected up every trace of flour in the fort which amounted to one barrel full. When he gave this to the Indians, he led them to believe that they could easily spare one mere barrel of flour. The Indians took this to mean that the fort was so well provisioned that a continued siege would be a long drawn out matter. The Indians promptly left and returned to their villages in northwestern Ohio and the few British returned to Detroit.

With the Indians gone, a supply train was able to reach Fort Laurens from Pittsburgh. The occupants of the fort, however, were so overjoyed at seeing the pack train coming that they fired their guns in celebration. This so frightened the pack animals that they stampeded into the woods spilling their loads. Practically nothing of the supplies were recovered.

In the spring of 1779 Capt. Benjamin Harrison was ordered to escort a train of pack animals to Ft. Laurens for the purpose of bringing out the garrison. He was given specific orders that the animals were not to be slaughtered and eaten.

Fort Laurens was abandoned permanently in the summer of 1779. Several decades later when the Ohio canal was being dug, there was absolutely no trace of the fort to be seen. In fact, the channel of the canal cut away about half of the site of the fort. Recent investigations by the Ohio Historical Society have revealed the remaining half. [11]

In March of 1780, Captain Ben Harrison of the 9th Virginia was asked to carry the following letter [12] to General George Rogers Clark:

Pittsburgh March ye 29th 1780

Dear Sir:

This will be Handed you By Captn Harrison who was Formerly a Captain in my Reigt & For Reasons he has Resigned. But I Can assure you he is a Gentleman of Charactor & has Allways Supported The Charrector of a Good & Brave Officer & Wishes to join you and any thing you Can Serve him in I would thank you to Give him your Interest. I am Sensible you Will find him Worthy of your notice- The News of this Place I Refer you to The Bearer - I Should be happy to hear from you please to Except my wishes for your well fare-

Richd Campbell Lieut Colo 9 Virga Reigt

Colonel George Rogers Clark in the Elyonie Country pr Favour of Capt Benjamin Harrison.

Capt. Harrison did join Clark in 1780. [13] Two letters from Clark dated May and June, 1780 respectively refer to supplies to be sent to Capt. Harrison's men. Lt. Col. Campbell probably uses the term "Resigned" because General Clark's campaign was initiated by the state of Virginia and had nothing to do with the Continental Army.

In 1781 the Revolutionary War essentially ended with the surrender of the British Army under General Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. At this time the number of troops in many American Units were reduced, Captain Benjamin Harrison was promoted to major at the time of his separation from the Continental Army in 1781.

Ben Harrison apparently settled down to a more quiet life after the war. He was taxed for a 300 acre farm in Franklin Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pa. at which lived one horse, one cow, one sheep, four white persons, and no black persons. [l3] He did not give up the military life entirely though. He became colonel [l4] in the militia of Westmoreland County. In 1785, Benjamin Harrison set out from Pennsylvania with his wife Mary (Newell) Harrison and at least one child, Batteal. [l5] They traveled down the Ohio River to Wheeling. Here they stopped and stayed a while with the William Vance family who were relatives of Mary. During the stay Batteal became very attached to Mrs. Vance. When the time came to continue the trip, Batteal had become ill. Since there were also Indians raiding on down the Ohio River, it was decided to leave Batteal with the Vance family. It is reported that there were five Harrisons in this party when it arrived in Kentucky. Two of these may have been Ben's brother Lawrence Jr. and Cousin John. [l6] (Both of these men did move to Kentucky at some date.) Ben's other brothers had died before this migration to Kentucky was begun. Battaile Harrison had been killed in battle at Fort Washington in 1776 and William Harrison had been killed by Indians in Ohio in 1782.

Ben was quick to become involved in public affairs. He was elected first sheriff [l7] of Bourbon County, Kentucky. He was a member of the convention at Danville in 1787 from Bourbon County. He was also a member of the Danville Convention of 1788.

In order to understand Benjamin Harrison's activities in 1788 and 1789, it will be helpful to know the situations of several other men. Colonel George Morgan [l8] had been the Indian agent and commissary for the government during the revolution. He had been stationed at Pittsburgh at the time Ben Harrison was there. It is possible that they knew each other at that time. Morgan's fortunes did not fare very well after the war. He had been a junior partner in the firm of Baynton, Wharton & Morgan at the time of its bankruptcy. During the year 1788 Morgan and other backers were trying to purchase land in Illinois from the U.S. Government. This deal fell through probably because of the efforts of another man. Don Diego de Gardoqui was Charge' D'affaires representing the King of Spain to the American Government. One of Gardoqui's assignments was to alienate western Americans (Kentucky) from the American Government. It was even hoped that some sort of buffer state could be established on Spanish soil and settled by Americans loyal to Spain. At this time, Spain was in possession of the Louisiana Territory. It was obvious to all who lived at that time that Americans were sweeping westward and that it would take more than a river to block this expansion. Gardoqui recognized Morgan as a likely instrument for developing such a state. Gardoqui had a third party discreetly suggest to Morgan that the Spanish Government might help him in a land development scheme. Morgan was immediately interested. Morgan and Gardoqui quickly agreed on many details. The site would be bounded on the east by the Mississippi River and on the north by a line extending west approximately from the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In the South the site extended to the mouth of the St. Francis River. The tract extended west from the Mississippi River by two degrees of longitude and would contain fifteen million acres. George Morgan was to be commander of the colony and subject to the King of Spain. Morgan was to have powers to appoint officials, raise militia, establish schools, and make concessions of land in full title. Settlers were to enjoy religious freedom. Some degree of self-government was to be arranged.

Gardoqui felt that he had done a brilliant job of protecting his king's interests in the New World and Morgan immediately began to publicize the venture and to interest Americans in following him to "New Madrid". These preparations were being expedited even though the Spanish King had not yet approved the plan. Also, the plan had not even been described to Don Estevan Miro, the governor and intendant of Spanish Louisiana.

In January of 1789, Morgan assembled an expedition of about seventy farmers, artisans, tradesmen, etc. The expedition probably began at Pittsburgh and picked up additional people during the trip down the Ohio River. It may have been during this initial trip that Benjamin Harrison joined Morgan's project. In the spring of 1789, New Madrid was a busy scene. Surveyors were at work, stores were built and fields were cleared. In May, with everything running smoothly, Morgan went to New Orleans to discuss routine colony business with Miro who was to be his immediate superior. During his absence, Benjamin Harrison was to be in charge of surveying a thousand farms.

When Morgan reached New Orleans, he found that Miro was not at all in agreement with Gardoqui regarding the establishment of a colony of Americans on Spanish land. And also, another American had presented to Miro a scheme which might better serve the Spanish King's interests. General James Wilkinson of Kentucky had proposed to bring Kentucky out of the United States and over to Spanish rule. Miro was not totally opposed to the New Madrid project particularly since it was well under way. But Miro would not stand for all the liberal policies that Gardoqui had assumed would be acceptable. Morgan could only be an assistant to a Spanish commander. This commander would be Pedro Foucher. Only the Catholic Church would be permitted in New Madrid. No self-government would be tolerated. Also, land was not to be sold but granted free. Another objection was the name of the colony. It was not to be called New Madrid but rather "L'Anse a la Grasse".

At about the time of Morgan's meeting with Miro, Morgan learned that he had inherited the estate of his late brother. He may have been more interested in the estate, or he may have been disappointed by the limitations placed on him by Miro. What ever the reason was, Morgan never returned to New Madrid but instead returned to Pennsylvania to live. After Pedro Foucher took charge of New Madrid, he replied to a petition from Benjamin Harrison saying that new settlers would not have to pay for land. Some of these settlers were Indians. Many were French whose ancestors had lived in Illinois under French rule during and before the French and Indian War.

Benjamin Harrison also left New Madrid for reasons . His name does not appear on the Kentucky "Census" (tax list) for 1790. He was, however, a member of the Danville Convention of 1792 which formed the first constitution of Kentucky. In the same year, after the adoption of that constitution, Ben was elected senatorial elector from Bourbon County. In 1793, he was elected state representative from Bourbon County. While in this office, a new county was formed and named after him: Harrison County, Kentucky. Ben apparently remained in the state of Kentucky past the year 1800 since his name appears in the Harrison County census for that year.

During the first decade of the nineteenth century Louisiana was of great interest locally and also internationally. In 1801, Spain returned Louisiana to France and in 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte sold Louisiana to America. Benjamin Harrison returned to the Louisiana Territory sometime during that decade settling in the St. Genevieve District. This area is part of present day Missouri. Ben died in Washington County, Missouri in 1808.

Ben's children were Batteal, William, Julius, Mary, Jane, Catharine, and Aristides. After Ben's death, they applied to the government for bounty land to which Ben had been entitled due to his military service during the Revolution. Ben's heirs received warrant no. 6014 for four thousand acres to be located in the Virginia Military Tract in the State of Ohio. Most of this grant was located in the vicinity of Madison Mills, Madison Twp., Fayette County. Some of this acreage remains in the hands of the descendants of Benjamin Harrison at the date of this writing.

NOTES

[1] Birth and death information according to D.A.R. genealogical summary of Mrs. Marcelyn Mary Martin Ashleman membership number 134241. See Reference A.

[2] The best authority for the male membership of this family is a deposition made by Lawrence Harrison, Jr. in the presence of two Justices of the Peace in Harrison Co., Ky. in 1796. The purpose of the genealogical information in this deposition appears to be in connection with a claim for bounty land for the military service of Lawrence Jr. himself and for his deceased brother Battaile. Land warrants were granted by the state of Virginia for the service of both men. These warrants were sold to and exercised by Lucas Sullivant who was an early land developer in the Columbus, Ohio area. This deposition is on file at the Virginia State Library.

The relationship of Catharine is mentioned in an article in the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society Magazine (Reference B, Vol. 20). It seems that at the marriage of Catharine Harrison and Isaac Meason in 1772, all witnesses and also the minister were to swear not to tell of the event. Several years later, her brother William Harrison saw to it that the witnesses were brought to court to testify to the fact that the wedding did take place.

[3] The border dispute between Pennsylvania and Virginia is described in an article entitled: The Life Adventures of Lieutenant Colonel John Connoll, found in reference B. The account of the jail break-in at Pittsburgh is taken verbatim from this article.

[4] Hannastown was the first county seat of Westmoreland County, Pa. It was named after Robert Hanna, an Irishman and one of the first county commissioners. Hannastown was located on the trail made by General Forbes during the French and Indian War. This was the Westmoreland County Seat from 1773 until July 13, 1782. On this date, the town was attacked by Indians and Tories. All but two buildings were burned and the town was not rebuilt. This was the last hostile act of the American Revolution. See Reference C.

[5] A regiment of the Continental Line was part of the Continental Army which was the American "Regular" Army at the time. The Thirteenth Virginia is rather difficult to follow through the Revolution. On September 14, 1778, it was redesignated as the Ninth Virginia. In February, 1781, the remaining men of the Ninth were transferred to the Seventh Virginia and in 1783, they were transferred to the first Virginia regiment. See Reference D.

[6] See Reference E.

[7] Benjamin Harrison's presence at Brandywine and Germantown is stated in a biographical sketch of Harrison appearing in Reference F. Kellogg's source of information is the Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Draper had traveled about the Eastern U.S. interviewing descendants of Revolutionary War soldiers and pioneers. So the authority of this claim is only the "best recollection" of someone who knew of Capt. Ben. Harrison. According to records on file at the National Archives, however, Capt. Benjamin Harrison's Co. of the l3th Virginia Regiment was at Fort Pitt during the months of August and September of 1777.

[8] See Reference G.

[9] See Reference H.

[10] According to the deposition mentioned in note (2), Battaile Harrison joined Hugh Stephenson's (later Moses Rawling's) Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment as a lieutenant. Fort Washington was overrun during a bayonet attack by Hessian Mercenaries in November, 1776. Rawling's Regiment was forced to retreat and then surrender when their weapons fouled from repeated firing. Battaile Harrison must have been mortally wounded during this attack since the date of his death is the day after the attack. It is interesting to note that this same Hessian Regiment was captured by surprise attack when Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Eve that same winter.

[11] At present, the Ohio Historical Society operates a museum on the site of Fort Laurens.

[12] Although it is not known how Captain Harrison was employed by Clark, it is known that General Clark conducted a campaign against the Shawnee Indians in Southwestern Ohio in the summer of 1780.

[13] See Reference I, Series III, Vol.22. (Westmoreland County, Franklin Twp. Census of 1783.)

[14] See Reference F and Reference I, Series III, Vol.23. (Westmoreland Frontier Rangers 1778-1783)

[15] See Reference J. (William Harrison, author of this history, is son of Scott Harrison, grandson of Batteal Harrison, and great grandson of Benjamin Harrison, our subject.)

[16] Reference E indicates a Lt. John Harrison in the Ninth Virginia Regiment along with Benjamin and Lawrence. Reference F describes John as son of Lawrence and brother or cousin of Col. Benjamin and Col. William Harrison. The deposition mentioned in note (2) does not mention a brother John. The legal deposition would seem the more reliable, but the source of information for Ref. F was an interview of two sons of John. John Harrison is said to have been in Lord Dunmore's Division in Dunmore's War (1774). John was also present at the Revolutionary War battles of Brandywine, Germantown, & Monmouth.

[17] See References F, J, and K. The several conventions held at Danville were part of the process by which Kentucky became a state.

[18] A detailed account of Colonel Morgan's New Madrid adventure appears in Reference L.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. Lineage Books, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.

B. The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, The Western Pennsylvania Historical Society, Pittsburgh, Pa.

C. Espenshade, Abraham H., Pennsylvania Place Names, The Pennsylvania State College, 1925.

D. Berg, Fred Anderson, Encyclopedia Of Continental Army Units, Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pa., 1972.

E. Hamersley (Ed.), Complete Army and Navy Register of United States Of America from 1776 to 1887, New York, 1888.

F. Kellogg, Louise Phelps, Frontier Advances Along The Upper Ohio, The Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.

G. Pieper, Thomas I. and Gidney, James B., Fort Laurens (1778-1779), Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio.

H. Soldiers of the Revolution Who Lived In The State Of Ohio, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1938.

I. Pennsylvania Archives, Published By The State Of Pennsylvania.

J. Harrison, William, A Partial History Of The Harrison Family Privately published for limited distribution. In 1978 a copy of this book was in the possession of Mr. Rodger B. Baker of London, Ohio.

K. Collins, Lewis (Ed & Pub.), Historical Sketches Of Kentucky, Maysville, Ky., 1847.

L. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review.

COLONEL BENJAMIN (4) HARRISON (Lawrence,(3) Andrew, (2) Andrew (1). A brief sketch of Benjamin Harrison is given in Torrence and Allied Families, page 326, so that part will not be repeated. He was born in Virginia in 1750; died in Washington County, Missouri, in 1808. Presumably, he accompanied his parents when they left Virginia for what is now Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he had 300 acres of land along the banks of the Youghiougheny River, which were sold in 1784. (Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Court House, Deed Book A, page 69.) This land, for which he was taxed (Penna. Arch S. 3, Vol. 22, page 384.) in 1783, when originally surveyed by Captain William Crawford, was included in the Colony of Virginia. Surveying and land speculating were the chief callings of those who had this knowledge and Benjamin Harrison was one of them. In early 1776, he went down the Ohio River to Limestone, now Mayville; up the Licking River where is now Cynthiana, Kentucky; the county seat of Harrison County, about 40 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio. "I have known the 'Cave Spring' on this land since May, 1776, 1 was on the spot in camp with John Hinkson and John Sellers; camped there all night, 24 June, 1776; made two locations, one in name of William Harrison, for 2,000 acres; one in name of Thomas Moore and Benjamin Johnston, for 2,000 acres." (Deposition of Benjamin Harrison to establish land title for William Wood, South Fork of Licking River. Harrison County, Kentucky, Court Records, Cynthiana.) "Benjamin Harrison, 7 February, 1775, led a Company of Virginians to Hamestown and released prisoners." (The Wilderness Trail, Vol. 2, page 76, by Charles A. Hanna.) Benjamin Harrison entered the Army in December, 1776; was in service at Fort Pitt, under General Hand, 1777-78; at Brandywine and Germantown. In early 1779, he was again ordered to Fort Pitt, remaining until February, 1781, after which he was retired with the rank of Major. "Benjamin Harrison was appointed Captain in the 13th Virginia Regiment, December 16, 1776." (Heitman's Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army 1776-1783) Captain Benjamin Harrison, of the 13th Virginia Regiment, was a son of Lawrence Harrison, an early settler of Fayette County, Pa." (Wisconsin Historical Publications, Frontier Edition, Upper Ohio, Vol. 23, p. 165 and p. 386, by Kellog.) In 1782, Benjamin Harrison was made Colonel of the Westmoreland County Militia, Pennsylvania. Following the tragic death of his brother, Major William Harrison, removed to Kentucky, where he had prospected before the Revolutionary War. He settled in Bourbon, the older and mother of Harrison County, Kentucky. He was a delegate from Bourbon County to the convention that met at Danville, in 1787; also in 1788; again in 1792, at which, the Constitution of Kentucky was formed. He was a Senator from Bourbon; a member of the Legislature, in 1793, when Harrison County was established. This county was named for him.* (History of Kentucky, Vol. 2, pp. 271, 299, 327, 331 and 475, by Collins.) He was a trustee of the Harrison Academy, incorporated, 1798. (Littel's Index, p. 78.) ,"Benjamin Harrison, entitled to land allowed a Captain of the Continental Line for three years service: Council Chamber, 20 April, 1812, J. S. Barbour, Gov. Received regular Warrant No. 6014 for 4,000 acres of iss (sic) 20, April, 1812. Signed-Battle Harrison (for myself and as attorney for Robert Harrison). Attest: John Davenport. "Robert Harrison, of Harrison County, Kentucky, one of the heirs-at-law of Benjamin Harrison, deceased, appointed his brother as his attorney, Battle Harrison, of Belmont County, Ohio," Hugh Newall, Robert Newall and Thomas Moore deposed before John Miller and L. Robinson, Justices of the Peace, March 5, 1812, that they had known Benjamin Harrison from the time of his marriage until his death; that Battle Harrison, of Belmont County, Ohio and Robert Harrison, of Harrison County, Kentucky, were acknowledged by Benjamin Harrison as his legitimate children. (Va. Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 3, page 1397.) "Colonel George Morgan obtained concessions for land in Missouri; promoted the town of New Madrid in 1789. About 1802, Morgan took with him to New Madrid, Benjamin Harrison, Lawrence Harrison and William Harrison, surveyors of Cynthiana, Ky." (History of S. E. Missouri, page 286.) Thus, Colonel Benjamin Harrison became a resident of Missouri, where he died. (sic). 1808. He married Mary Newall, a school teacher. As to their children, the data are furnished by Miss Colla Smith, whose name has been mentioned earlier. Order of births is not certain. Children of Col. Benjamin (4) and Mary (Newall) Harrison, nine:

i. ROBERT (5) HARRISON, born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, presumably about 1769, since he was a landholder 1790/1793; died in Harrison County, Kentucky, 1821, An affidavit signed by his uncles, Hugh and Robert Newall, as well as by Captain Thomas Moore, they deposed that this Robert Harrison was a son of Captain Benjamin Harrison. (Va. Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 3, page 1397, by Louis A Burgess.) In 1812, Robert and his brother, Battle Harrison, made application for Bounty Land due their father, Captain Benjamin Harrison, and were awarded four thousand acres. In a law-suit, No. 5802, in Harrison County, Kentucky, filed 1831: Miller vs. Harrison Heirs: "Robert Harrison died 1821, leaving wife Isabell (nee Hodges, married 1806) Harrison, and four daughters, namely, Mirah, (6) Rebeeca, (6) Elizabeth (6) and IsabeIl (6) Harrison and, one son, Joseph (6) Harrison, deceased, so his lands descended to their mother and four sisters. Isabell Harrison, the mother, later married William McCall."

ii. WILLIAM (5) HARRISON, also born in Pennsylvania, accompanied his parents to Missouri about 1802; settled in Crawford County in 1817, after he and his wife had sold their land which had been inherited from his father, in 1811. He married, in 1798, Nancy Miller, of Cynthiana, and left nine sons and two daughters.

iii. MARY (5) HARRISON, married Charles Swan.

iv. JANE (5) HARRISON, married in 1795, William Hinkston, of Cynthiana; removed to Missouri with Captain Harrison

v. JULIAN (5) HARRISON.

vi. LAWRENCE (5) HARRISON, to Missouri with parents.

vii. BATTAILE (5) HARRISON, said to have been born, 1780 at Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia. This is hard to understand, without explanation, since the other children were born in Pennsylvania. He died in Fayette County, Ohio, in 1857. He did not go with his parents to Missouri, because he had measles and was left in the care of his uncle and aunt, William and Jane (Newall) Vance, who brought him up. For a time, he resided in Belmont County, Ohio; became Adjutant General. He was with William Henry Harrison during the War of 1812 and became close friends. In 1840, William Henry Harrison visited him in Chillicothe, Ohio, their first meeting since war days. In 1811, he married Elizabeth Scott, from Ohio, and they were parents of six children. One was Scotts Harrison, who had a son DR. WILLIAM (7) HARRISON.

viii. CATHERINE' HARRISON, married Andrew Miller.

ix. ARISTIDES HARRISON, was a minor in 1808; was a resident of Washington County, Missouri, according to 1830 Census. He married Catherine Litton, February 12, 1831, (Washington County Missouri Book of Marriages, page 16. By Bernard

*Publication of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Frontier Advance on Upper Ohio, 1778-1779. Draper Series Vol. 23, page 386.
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CAPTAIN BENJAMIN HARRISON'S COMPANY
8th Pennsylvania Regiment

Lt. John Hamilton
Ensign Lawrence Hamilton

Sergeants:
Jacob Coleman; William Conner; John Green; Hyatt Lazor; John Williams

Corporals:
John Haynes; James Robinson; John Smith

Drums and Fifes
John Higher

Privates: William Gibson; Thomas Hammond; Timothy Hayes; Caleb Hazle; Timothy Hood; Rodney McDonald; James McKinney; Ralph Morow; Thomas Moore; Solomon Mummond; Thomas Nash; George Osborne; Joseph Pinney; Robert Pinney; James Rannals (Reynolds); Thomas Reardon; Joseph Reed; Jeff (?) Ross; Grimsbury Shores; Peter Simmons; David Smith; James Smith; Michael Smith; William Smith; Peter Springer; Thomas Stanard; Thomas Stewart; John Taney; Henry Vann; Nicholas Walker; Solomon Walter; Stephen Ward; William Whetstone; Richard Whitaker; Samuel Winstock; James Adams; Andrew Anderson; Irving Arnold; ? Ashbaugh; Freeman; Battershall; John Been; Philip Burzan; John Cain; William Carr; Barnaby Carter; Nicholas Carter; Giles Casey(Carey); William Clawson; Jacob Conrad; John Cooper; Thomas Craig; Thomas Dean(Dunn); Daniel Emlinson; David Entwine; Benjamin; Farr(Furr).
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SOME RECORDS OF BENJAMIN HARRISON, A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER, AND HIS SON-IN-LAW, WILLIAM HINKSON
compiled by Isabel Stebbins Giulvezan
Affton, Missouri, 1973

These records were compiled for Dorothy Cresswell Lottes, a prospective member of John Sappington Chapter DAR, for the purpose of getting to know her Revolutionary War ancestor, Benjamin Harrison, his son-in-law William Hinkson, and their families.

The next three generations in her lineage are covered in biographical sketches in the Washington County section of Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson. Washington., Crawford and Gasconade Counties, Mo. (1888): Margaret Hinkson married Noah Martin, Sarah Martin married Thomas Nicholson, Mary Ann Nicholson married George Cresswell, their son Rolla was applicant's father.

We do not pretend to have all records available on Benjamin Harrison and William Hinkson but we have acquired a sufficient amount of data to prove where they lived, names of their wives, etc.

We thank everyone who was involved in this effort, especially applicant's husband, J. Otto Lottes, M.D., who went from courthouse to courthouse in Missouri searching for Harrison/Hinkson records on Thursday, his day away from the office and hospital.

We trust these chronologies will be of assistance to future researchers and we hope someone will carry the project further and write a book about these interesting men - Capt./Maj./Lt. Col /Col./Brig. Gen. Benjamin Harrison and his son-in-law, Maj. Lt. Col./Sgt./Pri.,William Hinkson.

(Mrs.) Isabel Stebbins Giulvezan
Registrar, John Sappington Chapter DAR
9525 Radio Drive
Affton, Missouri 63123

CONTENTS

BENJAMIN HARRISON
 Westmoreland County, Penn. and
 Yohogania County, Va--1-2
 Fayette County, Penn.--2-3
 Fayette County, Ky.--3
 Bourbon County, Ky.--3-7
 Harrison County, Ky.--7-9
 New Madrid District, Mo.--9-12
 Ste. Genevieve District, Mo.--12 -13

WILLIAM HINKSON

 Bourbon County, Ky.--16
 Harrison County, Ky.--16 - 17
 New Madrid District, Mo.--17 - 18
 Ste. Genevieve District.-Mo.--18 - 22
 Washington County, Mo.--22 - 31
BIDPLIOGRAPHY--32 - 33
INDEX--34 - 36

CHRONOLOGY

BENJAMIN HARRISON

Lawrence Harrison, Sr., father of Benjamin, settled near Stewart's Crossing, now Connellsville, Fayette County, Penn., prior to Mar. 30, 176 . Lawrence owned land adjoining Col. William Crawford who settled there on the west bank of the Youghiogheny River about 1767. (Veech, pp. 90-93, 118-19)

Crawford made surveys in the vicinity of Stewart's Crossing for Benjamin, William, Battle and Lawrence, Jr., sons of Lawrence Harrison. (Veech, p. 119)

This area in Pennsylvania where the Harrisons lived was claimed for awhile by Virginia. Therefore, records of Benjamin Harrison are found in Westmoreland County, Penn., as well as in Yohogania County, Va. until boundary disputes were finally settled in September 1780.

Westmoreland County was created by Pennsylvania in 1773 from Bedford County, with the seat of justice at Hannastown. Westmoreland took in the entire southwestern portion of Pennsylvania.

Yohogania County, which was created by Virginia in 1776 from West Augusta District, took in what are now the Pennsylvania county seats of Washington, Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny.

1770 - Benjamin Harrison settled on the Youghiogheny River in what is now Franklin Township, Fayette County Penn. (See items dated Feb. 4, 1780 and Aug. 11, 1785)

1775 - Feb. 7 - Benjamin Harrison headed a party of Virginia partisans who broke open the jail at Hannastown and released the prisoners. Harrison had orders from William at Crawford to "Press Horses, Raise men, &c, Go to Hanna's Town, open the Gaol Doors and Set the Prisoners at Liberty." (Pennsylvania Archives, 1st Series, v. 4,  pp. 603-608)

1776 - Dec. 16 - Benjamin Harrison. was commissioned Captain in the 13th Virginia Regiment, Regiment designated as 9th Virginia, Sept. 14, 1778. He was in service in 1780 and retired Feb. 12, 1781 with rank of Major. Awarded 4,000 acres. (Gwathmey, P. 354)

1776 - Dec. 23 - Commission of the Peace and Commission of Oyer and Terminer were directed to Benjamin Harrison and 30 others at a Court held for Yohogania County, Va. (Loveless, p. 78)

1778 - May 26 - A new Commission of the Peace and Commission of Oyer and Terminer were directed to Benjamin Harrison and 39 others at a Court held for Yohogania County, Va. (Loveless, p. 224)

1780 - Feb. 4 - Surveyor's Office, Yohogania County, Va.: Benjamin Harrison produced a Certificate from the Commissioners appointed to grant lands in the Counties of Yohogania, Monongahela and Ohio - 400 acres on the Youghiogheny River “to include his settlement made in the year 1770.” (Survey Bk- C. v. 176, p. 236, Pennsylvania Dept. of Community Affairs, Harrisburg; see "Virginia Entries in Western Pennsylvania 1779-1710.” Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, V. 3, p. 513)

1782 - Benjamin Harrison was Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Battalion of the Militia of Westmoreland County, Penn.; number of men, 123. (Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, v. 14, p. 695)

1782 - Benjn. Harrison served as Colonel on a tour of active duty in the Militia of Westmoreland County during September 1782 for which certificate of public debt #2641 in the amount of £1O.5.10 was issued under the Militia Loan of Apr. 1, 1784 (pay £9.7.6, bounty £O.18-4). (Interest Register, v. A, p. 89, Militia Loans of 1784 and 1785, "Public Debt," Records of the Comptroller General, at Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg)

1783 - Benjamin Harrison was enumerated in the census of Franklyn Township, Westmoreland County: 300 acres, 1 horse, 1 cattle, 1 sheep, 4 white-inhabitants. '(Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, v. 22, P. 384)

Fayette County, Pennsylvania, created Sept. 26, 1783, from Westmoreland County

1785 Aug. 11 - By orders of the Board of Property (Sept. 15, 1784 and Mar. 7. 1785), a survey was made for Benjamin Harrison pursuant to a Certificate granted by the Commissioners from the State of Virginia, entered Feb. 4, 1780 290-3/4 acres and 6% allowance for roads, etc., on the Youghiogheny River below the mouth of Dickinson's Run in Franklin Township, Fayette County, Penn.

On Aug. 10, 1785, the day before the land was surveyed, Benjamin Harrison assigned to James Rankin, all his right,. etc. in and to the "within land" (400 acres entered Feb. 4. (date illegible) with a general warrantee the Lord of the soil accepted.” (Survey Bk. C. v. 176, p. 236; Warrant #22, Fayette County; Patent Book P, v- 4, p, 60; Pennsylvania Dept. of Community Affairs, Harrisburg)

Traditions of Batteal Harrison,
son of Benjamin Harrison

Batteal Harrison was born in Sweetbryer? County, Va.,in 1780. About 1783 or 1784, he was left by his parents at Wheeling, Va. with an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Vance.

Benjamin Harrison planned to descend the Ohio River and go into what became Bourbon County, Ky. Because the Indians were on the warpath, the party would travel at night and it would be dangerous to take Batteal along since he had the whooping cough.

Benjamin Harrison went back for his son six years later but the boy did not know him and did not want to go to Kentucky. The uncle, William Vance, said he would keep him and educate him.

After he grew to be a man, Batteal removed to Belmont County, Ohio where he and his uncle built a mill in Ming's Bottom, etc. (Harrison, p. 13)

Fayette County, Kentucky part of Virginia until 1792 when Kentucky was admitted to the Union.

1785 Benjamin Harrison signed a petition to the Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates of Virginia - Request of the inhabitants of the County of Fayette for a division of the county. .(Robertson, p. 85)

Bourbon County, Kentucky, created 1785 from Fayette County to commence May 1, 1786

Benjamin Harrison, for whom Harrison County, Ky., was named, served as a Colonel in the Revolution from Pennsylvania. He came early to Ruddle's Station* and was one of those appointed to select the location of the Bourbon County Court House. He represented Bourbon County in all the early conventions; was senatorial elector; member of the Legislature, 1793. His wife was Mary and although there is an inventory of his estate filed in Harrison (County). (Drake, etc., p. 145)

*Ruddles (also called Hinkston's and Licking) Fort was built in 1779 by Isaac Ruddell, one mile from Lair Station near the - Bourbon County line, now in Harrison County, about seven miles from Paris, Ky. (Drake etc., P. 193)

1786 May 16 - The first Court of Bourbon County convened at Col. James Garrard's. First Justices, commissioned Jan. 12, 1786: James Garrard, Thomas Swearingen, John Edwards, Benjamin Harrison, John Hinkson, Alvin Mountjoy, Thomas Warring, Edward Waller, John Gregg. Benjamin Harrison was the first Sheriff, his securities were John Edwards and John Hinkson. (History Bourbon etc., P. 40)

1786 May 17 - On the second day of Court, Sheriff Benjamin Harrison protested that he would not be answerable for the escape of any prisoner for want of a gaol. (History Bourbon etc., P. 41)

1786 June 12 - Higgins' block-house was attacked by a large party of Indians and several of the inmates were severely wounded. On arrival of help from Hinkston and Harrison's Stations the Indians fled without capturing the blockhouse. (History Bourbon etc., p. 34)

Harrison's Station, 2 miles from Higgins' Fort, was about 3 miles from where Cynthiana, Harrison County', Ky. now stands. (Collins, v. 2, p. 19)

1787 James Garrard, John Edwards, Benjamin Harrison, Edward Lyne and Henry Lee represented Bourbon County at the Kentucky Convention held in Danville. (Drake etc., P. 137)

1787 Oct. 2 - Benjamin Harrison and Mary Allison witnessed Will of Charles Allison of Bourbon County. The Will was proved by the witnesses Dec. 18, 1787. Benjamin Harrison, Esqr. was security on £500 bond for Jane Allison, Executrix. (Bourbon County Will Bk. A, P. 5)

1787 Dec. 12 - Surveyed for Benjamin Harrison, 1,000 acres on a branch of Stoner's in Bourbon County. (Jillson, p. 57)

1788 - Benjamin Harrison signed a petition to the Speaker and the Gentlemen of the House of Delegates of Virginia - Protest of the inhabitants of Bourbon County against a division of the county. (Robertson, p. 119)

1788 - James Garrard, John Edwards, Benjamin Harrison; John Grant and John Miller represented Bourbon County at the Kentucky Convention held in Danville. (Drake etc., P. 137)

Benjamin Harrison signed a petition to the Speaker and General Assembly of Virginia - Protest of sundry inhabitants of Bourbon County against a division of the county. (Robertson, P. 131)

1789 Benjamin Harrison entered 200 tracts in New Madrid District Upper Louisiana. Lawrence Harrison, William Harrison, etc. applied for land between the road leading from New Madrid to Ste. Genevieve and St. George's River - subject to the rules and regulations that his most Catholic Majesty hath thought proper to direct for the settling of his territory on the Mississippi. (New Madrid Archives #1301A)

1789 June 27 - The Spanish Governor refused to grant any of the land marked out by Colonels George Harrison* and Benjamin Harrison, which they gave notice they reserved for themselves and their friends, extending 20 miles north of New Madrid and embracing 200 separate tracts exclusive of lakes and marshes. (Houck, v. 2, p. 125)

*Was George Morgan intended? - ISG

1791 - Feb. 15 - Samuel Anderson made a deposition before Benjamin Harrison a Justice of Bourbon County. (Chalkley, v. 1, P. 406)

1791 - June 22 - Benjamin Harrison of Bourbon County, Va. conveyed to Jonathan Morton of Fayette County, Va., 200 acres in Bourbon County on Stoner's fork of Licking, part of a 1,000 acre tract granted to Benjamin Harrison on preemption warrant entry. Consideration L60. Mary Harrison, wife of Benjamin, relinquished her dower. Witnesses - Horatio Hall, Thos. Hughs, Rob. Harrison. Acknowledged Bourbon Court June 1791 by Benjamin Harrison. (Bourbon County Deed Bk. B, P. 113)

1791 - Sept. 19 - William Anderson, Thomas Ravenscraft and Thomas Hinkson, for themselves and as guardians of John Hinkson and Agnes Stevenson, infants and co-heirs of John Hinkson, deceased,, for themselves and for their wards, gave power of attorney to their brother, Robert Hinkson, and their friend, Benjamin Harrison - to do all and every business respecting obtaining deeds for lands due the heirs of John Hinkson, deceased, by bargains, contracts and agreements entered into, by deceased within the District of Kentucky; to employ one or more attorneys learned in the law should the case require it; to make division of such lands among the heirs of deceased as directed by law. Ratifying and confirming, etc. Acknowledged Bourbon Court September 1791 by William Anderson, Thomas Ravenscraft and Thomas Hinkson. (Bourbon County Deed Bk. BO P. 158)

1792 - John Edwards, James Garrard, James Smith, John McKinney and Benjamin Harrison represented Bourbon County at the Convention in Danville which framed the first Constitution of Kentucky. (Drake etc., P. 138)

1792 - John Edwards, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Jones, Andrew Hood and John Allen were Senatorial Electors from Bourbon County under the First Constitution of Kentucky. (Drake etc., p. 139)

1792 June 24 - Benjamin Harrison was commissioned Brigadier General of the 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, Kentucky Militia, commanding the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Regiments from Scott, Bourbon and Mason Counties. (Clift 2, pp. viii, 1)

1793 July 15 - Benjamin Harrison and wife Mary of Bourbon County conveyed to Jane Allison (widow and relict of Charles Allison) and John Allison, Executors to Last Will and Testament of Charles Allison, late of Bourbon County, all their right, title, etc. to 400 acres in Bourbon County on the north side of the south fork of Licking Creek, in trust, to be disposed of and applied to the uses as directed in the recited Will. Beginning at the lower corner to a tract belonging to Hinkston on said South Fork, etc., by other land of Harrison, etc., which said land Jane and John Allison are in actual possession of Consideration 5 shillings. Witnesses - Thos. Moore, Wm. Garmny. Acknowledged Bourbon Court July 1793 by Benjamin Harrison. (Bourbon County Deed Bk. B, p. 367)

1793 - Benjamin Harrison was a member of the Kentucky Legislature in 1793 representing Bourbon County. (Drake etc., p. 145; History Bourbon etc., p. 220)

1793 - Dec. 10 - By act of the General Assembly, the town of Cynthiana was established on the east side of the South Fork of Licking opposite the mouth of Gray's Run, on land of Robert Harrison in Bourbon County. Trustees: Benjamin arrison, Morgan Van Matre, Jeremiah Robinson, John Wall, Sr., Henry Coleman. (History Bourbon etc., p. 247)

1793 Dec. 19 - An act for opening navigation in the South Fork and Stoner's Fork of Licking was approved by the General Assembly. Benjamin Harrison, John Wall and Isaac Riddle were appointed Commissioners to receive subscriptions in money, labor and property to raise a fund for clearing and opening navigation of the South Fork, from the mouth thereof to the junction of Hinkston and Stoner. (Littell, v. 1, p. 193)

1793 Dec. 19 - Benjamin Harrison was appointed Brigadier General of the 4th Brigade., 2nd Division., Kentucky Militia commanding the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Regiments from
Scott, Bourbon and Mason Counties. (Clift 2, pp. ix, 15)

Harrison County, Kentucky created 1793 from Bourbon and Scott Counties to commence,Feb. 1, 1794

Harrison County was named for Col. Benjamin Harrison, an early resident of Bourbon, the first Sheriff of that county, and its representative in the State at the time of the formation of Harrison County. He was a native of Pennsylvania and removed to Bourbon prior to its formation as a county in 1785, where he held many prominent positions, etc. (History Bourbon etc., p. 220)

1794 Feb. 4 - At the first Court of Harrison County, new Justices were sworn: Benjamin Harrison, Hugh Miller, Henry Coleman, Samuel McIlvain, Nathan Rawlings, Charles Zachary. Henry Coleman was the first Surveyor with Benjamin Harrison as Deputy. At that session of Court, a ferry was granted Benjamin Harrison across Licking River; he was also appointed Commissioner of Tax. (History Bourbon etc., p. 220)

1794 Feb. 4 - Surveyed for Benjamin Harrison, 2,000 acres on Licking in Harrison County. (Jillson, p. 185)

1794 Mar. 4 - The first Court of Quarter Sessions was convened by Magistrates Benjamin Harrison, Hugh Miller and John Wall at the house of Morgan Van Matre. (History Bourbon etc., p. 249)

1794 Aug. 5 - Benjamin Harrison and wife (not named) of Harrison County, conveyed to William Hall of same, 201 acres on Second Lick Run in Harrison County. Be inning on William Harrison's line, etc. Consideration £69. Witnesses - Saml. McIlvain, Thomas Rankin, Geo. Reading. Proved Harrison Court September 1794 by the three witnesses. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, p. 16)

1794 Sept. 1 - Mary Rawlings of Harrison County, gave power of attorney to her friend Benjamin Harrison, to transact all business regarding suit brought by William Rankin for land whereon Mary Rawlings lived. Witnesses - Edwd. Doyle, Sr., James Curry. Acknowledged Harrison Court of Quarter Sessions March 1795. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, P. 32)

1795 Jan. 26 - Clerk of the Harrison County Court issued license for marriage of William Hinkson and Jenny Harrison. Benjamin Harrison was surety for William Hinkson on the marriage bond. (Harrison County Marriage Bond #55, Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington)

1795 Mar. 4 - Benjamin Harrison, Morgan Van Matre, Jeremiah Robinson, John Wall and Henry Coleman, Trustees of Cynthiana, sold lots in the town to Hugh Stevenson, Benjamin Harrison, Robert McBride, John McLaughlin, Lewis Marshall, William Rankin. (History Bourbon etc., p. 250)

1795 Mar. 4 - Benjamin Harrison and wife Mary conveyed to
 Christian, John, Robert and Elizabeth Scott, 230 acres in
 Harrison and Bourbon Counties. Morton's? line, corner to said Harrison, etc. Consideration b8l. Witness  W. Moore, C.H.C. Acknowledged Harrison Court March 1795
 by Benjamin Harrison. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, P. 31)

1795 June 7 - John Stephenson, Marcus Stephenson and John Massey of Harrison County, conveyed to Benjamin Harrison of same, 500 acres in Harrison County, part of 1,000 acre tract granted to heirs of Hugh Stephenson in consequence of an entry made on a Military Warrant entered by said Harrison on June 24, 1780, etc. Consideration £100. Acknowledged Harrison Court July 1795 by grantors. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, p. 72)

1795 Indenture between Benjamin Harrison, Morgan Vanmeter, Jeremiah Robinson, John Wall, Sr. and Henry Coleman, Trustees of Cynthiana, and George Hamilton. (McAdams, P. 47)

1796 - June Court - Deed from Benjamin Harrison to Robert Griffith. (McAdams, P. 47)

1796 - Dec. 4? - Anna Stubbs of Bourbon County, Ky. gave power of attorney to her friend Benjamin Harrison - to demand and receive from a certain John Cook all monies due from-Cook to the Estate of William Stubbs of which she was administratrix, to transact all and every business, etc. Witnesses - Robert Scott and (illegible). (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, p. 209)

1796 - Dec. 6 - Benjamin Harrison, Morgan Vanmatre, Jeremiah Robinson, John Wall, Sr. and Henry Coleman, Trustees of Cynthiana, conveyed Lot 10 in Cynthiana to George Reading. Consideration $10 paid to Robert Harrison, proprietor of said town. Acknowledged Harrison Court December 1796 by Wall Robinson and Coleman. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, p. 269)

1798 - Dec. 22 - By act of the General Assembly, Harrison Academy at Cynthiana was incorporated. Trustees: Benjamin Harrison, William E. Boswell, Henry Coleman, Hugh Miller, Srt, John Wall, Samuel Lamb, Samuel McMullin, Samuel Cook, Robert Hingston. (Smith, P. 78)

1800 Benjamin Harrison was taxed in Harrison County. (Clift 1, P. 127)

1800 Dec. 2 - Deed of Sale at New Madrid, Upper Louisiana: George Ruddell to Benjamin Harrison. Two large tracts with buildingS. Spanish grants to Ruddell. (New Madrid Archives #929)

1800 Dec. 4 - Slave Sales at New Madrid, Upper Louisiana: Benjamin Harrison to George N. Reagan, Two women named Charlotte and Betty. (New Madrid Archives #928)

1801 Mar. 12 - Benjamin Harrison, Gent., of Harrison County, Ky. conveyed to Jenny Curry, widow, of same, 100 acres in Harrison County. Beginning at Nailer's corner, east to Samuel Rawlings' northwest corner, etc. Consideration $1. Witnesses - Michael Rawlings, Samuel Rawlings, Robert Rankin. Proved Harrison Court Sept. 1801 by the three witnesses. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, p. 646).

1801 Mar. 12 - Benjamin Harrison, Gent., of Harrison County, conveyed to Samuel Rawlings of same, 100 acres in Harrison County. Beginning on Nailor's line at the northeast corner of Widow Curry's land, etc. Consideration £20. Witnesses - Michael Rawlings, Robert Rankin, John Boney. Proved Sept. 7, 1801 by Rawlings and Rankin. Acknowledged in Harrison County Sept. 3, 1804 by Benjamin Harrison. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, p. 825)

New Madrid District, Upper Louisiana

Gen. Benjamin Harrison was among the most prominent men of the New Madrid settlement. He came from Kentucky where he had distinguished himself in the border wars. He was a man of property, a slave owner, and had a large family. He fully entered into the plans of Col. George Morgan* and proposed to bring a large number of settlers into the country. His sons, Lawrence and William, were among Morgan's followers. Another son, Benjamin, Jr. was also at New Madrid. With Gen. Harrison came Benjamin Hinkston, his son-in-law and son of the celebrated John Hinkston (or Hinkson) who himself came to New Madrid from Kentucky. In 1802 while Gen. Harrison was absent on a trip to Kentucky, George N. Reagan forced his son to surrender a negro slave, claimed as part payment of land bought of Reagan, but afterward Harrison recovered the slave by suit. (Houck, v. 2. p. 125)

*The influence of Col. George Morgan in bringing many of his old companions in arms from Pennsylvania to the Spanish province of Louisiana induced Gen. Benjamin Harrison, of Pennsylvania, and Col. John Harrison, who had settled in Kentucky to come to the new country with him. Both the Harrisons afterwards removed from New Madrid to the Ste. Genevieve District. (Houck, V. 3, p. 83)

1801 - May 2 - Deed of Sale at New Madrid: Pedro Safray to Benjamin Harrison. A plantation with some structures. Plantation heavily mortgaged by Safray's creditors among whom were Gabriel Cerre, Jean Baptist Gobeau and Pierre Derbigny, Laforge and Company. (New Madrid Archives #956)

1801 - June 28 - Slave Sales at New Madrid: Barthelemi Tardiveau by public sale to George N. Reagan for Benjamin Harrison who sold them to Claude Thiriet. Two named Jacob and Marguerite. (New Madrid Archives #966)

1801 - Nov. 9 - Benjamin Harrison, formerly of Harrison County, Ky., now an inhabitant of the Spanish Province of Louisiana, conveyed to James Mullen and Patrick Griffith of Harrison County, Ky., 250 acres in Harrison County, part of tract granted to Thomas Logwood by the State of Virginia and deeded to Harrison.in August 1795 by Thomas Veatch and ----- Foster. Corner to Scott, etc. Consideration £50. Acknowledged Nov. 9, 1801 in Harrison County by Ben amin Harrison. (Harrison County, Ky. Deed Bk. 1, p. 658)

1802 Jan. 4 - Benjamin Harrison of the Province of Louisiana, conveyed to Robert Scott of Harrison County, Ky., 200 acres in Harrison County. Corner to Jane Curry and Samuel Rawlings, Scott's line, corner to Samuel Anderson, etc. Consideration £60. Acknowledged in Harrison County, Jan. 4, 1802 by Benjamin Harrison. (Harrison County, Ky. Deed Bk. 1, P. 803)

1802 Apr. 3 - Henri Peyroux, Commandant of New Madrid District, gave permission to Messrs Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin Douglass and Benjamin Dosson-(Dawson) to cultivate each one a farm of 200 arpents on the vacant lands on the River Pemiscon near Little Prairie while waiting for the titles and the survey. (New Madrid County Deed Bk. 1, p. 27, translated by Anton J. Pregaldin)

1802 Apr. 9 - Litigation at New Madrid: Benjamin Harrison, Sr. vs. George N. Reagan. Suit re sale of two pieces of land by Reagen to Benjamin Harrison, Jr. Matter arbitrated and Harrison, Sr. ordered to pay expenses Dec. 6, 1804. (New Madrid Archives #1340)

1802 Dec. 6 - Acknowledgment of Debts at New Madrid: Benjamin Harrison, Sr. to Richard Jones Waters - for William Hinkson, his son-in-law, Benjamin Harrison, Jr. and Lawrence Harrison, his sons, and Peter Lewis. The debts amounted to $1,428.50 which Harrison, Sr. agreed to pay in two installments in 1803. As security he mortgaged a tract on Lake St. Francois purchased from George Ruddell, a negro man Joe, negro man Tom, negro woman Lucey (two last have for some time past been in the custody of William Hinkson and live in his family), 1 dun horse, 1 yoke of work oxen 3 years old, 1 walnut desk. (New Madrid Archives #1082)

1802 - Dec. 6 - Mortgage at New Madrid: William Hinkson to Benjamin Harrison, Sr. To cover his share of the above debt, due on or before Dec. 6, 1803, Hinkson mortgaged to Harrison, 2 horses, 4 cows with their calves, 2 heifers, 20 hogs, a weaver's loom, 1 chest, 2 beds, bedsteads and furniture, 1 gun. (New Madrid Archives #1083)

1803 Mar. 10 - Agreement at New Madrid: Richard Jones Waters and Jean Baptiste Olive. Mutual agreement by which Waters transferred to Olive an obligation of Benjamin Harrison, Sr. as payment for values received by Waters from Olive. (New Madrid Archives #1109)

1803 Summer - Litigation at New Madrid: Negro men, Tom and Joe, property of Benjamin Harrison, Sr. were taken in execution under a mortgage from Harrison to Richard Jones Waters. (New Madrid Archives #1356)

1803 Dec. 22 - Benjamin Harrison., Sr. cancelled power of attorney given Richard J. Waters* and revoked his Will: To all those who will see these presents, greetings. Let it be known that I. Benjamin Harrison, Senior, domiciled in the Province of Louisiana in the District of New Madrid, disavow and annul by these presents a general power (of attorney) given by me to Richard J. Waters, also domiciled in the aforesaid District, as well as a Will which is thereto annexed, hereby declaring of no value all other acts or writings, etc. which he may have made in the meantime in virtue of the aforesaid Power, or in case of my death, I declare also, my last wishes, or the Will which is attached to the said power, to be nul and without effect or value, and as a thing that never happened. In virtue of which I have affixed my seal and signed by hand this 22nd day of December, 1803.
 Before me# Benj. Harrison, Sr.
 Juan Lavallee
 (New Madrid Archives #1153, translated by Anton J. Pregaldin)

*Richard Jones Waters settled at New Madrid about 1?90. He was a doctor, trader.. millowner, land speculator. (Douglass, P. 97)

1804 Feb. 1 - Letter, Charles Dehault Delassus to Henry Peyroux. Have received suit of Messrs. Waters and Olive vs. Benjamin Harrison, Sr. but pressing current work has prevented paying any attention to it. (New Madrid Archives #1429)

1804 Apr. 25 - Litigation at New Madrid. James Ashworth vs. Thomas, slave oi Benjamin Harrison, Sr. Prosecution for robbery. Verdict rendered against Thomas, May 24, 1804. (New Madrid Archives #1359)

1804 Apr. 30 - Litigation at New Madrid: Richard Jones Waters vs. William Hinkson and Benjamin Harrison, Jr. Petition to take negro slave Joe, formerly property of Benjamin Harrison, Sr., into protective custody. Judgment rendered in favor of Waters, May 2, 1804. (New Madrid Archives #1356)

Ste. Genevieve District, Territory of Louisiana

Gen. Harrison moved from New Madrid District to Ste. Genevieve District and had a grant on which is now located the town of Altenberg in southeast Perry County* (Douglass, p. 66)

1805 - June 26 - Benjamin Harrison, Sr. signed a petition - Inhabitants of Ste. Genevieve District to General James Wilkinson, Governor of the Territory of Louisiana - recommending that Moses Austin, at present Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the District, be continued in that place. They also asked the Governor to be cautious in making choice of Associate Justices, that such men only be appointed who could render assistance to the Chief Justice in the discharge of his arduous and highly responsible situation. (Territorial Papers, V. 13, pp,. 141-42)

1806 Benjamin Harrison, Sr. signed a Memorial at Ste. Genevieve, to the President of the United States, but he signed "with an Exception in favour of Col Hammond": Citizens of the Territory of Louisiana said they had learned with regret that a petition was in circulation in the Territory for the appointment of a person to succeed General Wilkinson as Governor, who they believed would not give satisfaction. Without intending to dictate, they wanted the President to know they had the fullest confidence in Col. Return J. Meigs., Jr. and Col. Samuel Hammond, either of whom, should they meet with the President's approval, etc. (Territorial Papers, V. 13, PP. 468, 4.80)

1806 - July 18 - A writ was issued from the Court of Common Pleas of New Madrid District against the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of Benjamin Harrison, to satisfy a $50.50 debt he owed Richard Jones Waters.

July 22 - George Wilson, Sheriff of New Madrid District seized 100 arpents of land (part of 700 arpents on River Pemiscon near the old village of that name), property of Benjamin Harrison, Sr. and granted to him.

Aug. 26 - At a public sale the land was struck off to the highest bidder - Richard Jones Waters for $20.00. Witnesses to the deed - George Ru

Benjamin married Mary NEWELL, daughter of NEWELL.

They had the following children:
		i.	Elizabeth.
			Elizabeth married Benjamin HINKSON, son of John HINKSON (ca1729-ca1789) & Margaret McCRACKEN. Benjamin died before 1794.
	49	ii.	Jane “Jenny”
	50	iii.	Batteal (1780-1857)
		iv.	Benjamin.
			“On the 23rd of February last I perform’d a ceremony of Matrimony between Benjamin Harrison son of Benjn. and Mary, whose maiden name was Newel, of the one part, and Polly Stephenson daughter of Marcus Stephenson and Nancy, whose maiden name was Hinkson, of the other, both of the settlement of Obrasoe--Given under my hand this 6th day of March 1808. Isidore Moore J.P.” (Ste. Genevieve County Marriage Bk. A, p. 2)

			On February 23, 1808 Benjamin married Mary “Polly” STEPHENSON, daughter of Marcus (Marquis) STEPHENSON (ca1776-1824) & Agnes “Nancy” HINKSON (1778-1865), in St. Genevieve County, Missouri. Born in Kentucky.
	51	v.	Robert (~1769-1821)
		vi.	William.
			WILLIAM (5) HARRISON, also born in Pennsylvania, accompanied his parents to Missouri about 1802; settled in Crawford County in 1817, after he and his wife had sold their land which had been inherited from his father, in 1811. He married, in 1798, Nancy Miller, of Cynthiana, and left nine sons and two daughters.

			William married Nancy MILLER. Born in Cynthiana, Kentucky.
		vii.	Mary.
			Mary married Charles SWAN.
		viii.	Julian.
		ix.	Lawrence.
		x.	Catherine.
			Catherine married Andrew MILLER.
		xi.	Aristides.
			ARISTIDES HARRISON, was a minor in 1808; was a resident of Washington County, Missouri, according to 1830 Census. He married Catherine Litton, February 12, 1831, (Washington County Missouri Book of Marriages, page 16. By Bernard

			Aristides married Catherine LITTON.

33. William HARRISON. Born about 1750 in Pennsylvania. William died in Sandusky Campaign on June 11, 1782; he was 32.

A COMMENT OF THE FAMILY OF ANDREW HARRISON WHO DIED IN ESSEX CO, VA IN 1718, 
 by James Edward Harrison, 1985, p. 58, 59, 60, 61. Lawrence died before 14 Jan 1772. On that date Bedford Co, PA court granted letters of Adm to Catherine Harrison and William Harrison, widow and son of Lawrence Harrison, dec'd.  [Early Clark County, Ohio Families, Vital Statistics, Volume 1 Friends of the Library Genealogical Research Group Warder Public Library Springfield, Ohio 45501 1985 Submitted by: Helen Graham Silvey 6947 Serenity Dr., Sacramento, CA 95823]

William married Sarah CRAWFORD, daughter of COL William CRAWFORD (1722-1782) & Hannah VANCE (1731-1819).

Torrence and Allied Families, Robert M. Torrence, The Wickersham Press, Philadelphia, pp. 316-318, 327-9 - "The Court orders that a certificate for one hundred twenty pounds be issued in favor of Mary Harrison, youngest dau. of Maj. Wm. Harrison who was killed at Sandusky Towns, by the Indians, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, as a pension to the said Mary, for the time past and for one year to come, and appoints Sarah Springer, late Sarah Harrison, mother of the said Mary, guardian for the purpose of receiving and applying the said pension." Gen. of Va. Families, Vol. III Gen. Publ. Co., Inc., 1981, p. 951 "A House of Harrison" compiled the years 1966-67 by Catherine Murphy -- corrected the year 1979 -- State Historical Society of Mo., 929.2 H245 c.2. ". . .Sarah Crawford, dau. of Col. Wm. Crawford. . . In 1782, Col. Crawford led troops against the Wandotte and Moravian Indians. Maj. Wm. Harrison served with him. Col. Crawford was killed and Wm. was burned at the stake by the Indians. Thus Sarah lost her husband and father in one encounter . . ." Colonel William Crawford - Indian Trader, Pioneer and Soldier On The Frontier, Connelsville Area Historical soc., Inc., Connellsville, Pa. 1976 Note - various bd for Sarah are c 1749, 1755, 1747, 1748 LDS AF, March, 1994, AFN: P3BS-H8 states b. Fayette co., Pa., d. Fayette Co., Va. Ben Franklin on Fido 8/15/94 LDS Temple Archive record - b. 1755 in Berkely Co., W.V. DAR app. of Mary G. Pearce Cover letter for Wm. Crawford file to Mr. Cyrus McMichael dated Mar. 22, 1939: "...He was survived by three ch., namely: John, who died prior to May, 1820; Effey McCormick, and Sallay or Sarah Springer, wife of Uriah Springer who was a captain in the 9th Va. Reg. during the Rev., also a Lt. under Col. Wm. Crawford. Effey McCormich and Sarah Springer were allowed 500 acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 921, issued June 1, 1820, on account of the Rev. War services of their father, Col. Wm. Crawford..." signed A. D. Hiller, Exec. Asst. to the Administrator. Notes made by Marian Graham, after reading the application papers. According to this information, Sarah Crawford Harrison was married twice: 1st to Wm. Harrison, and 2nd to Capt./Major Uriah Springer and was living in 1820 when application was made for land grant. Application was made in Fayette co., Pa. Papers were signed in Dec. 1818-May 29, 1820. One paper was signed by Samuel Vance, possibly a brother of Hannah, Sarah's mother. DAR app. Natl. #137409 (Mary Graham Pearce) Letter from Hattie P. Hamer to Mary Adelia Graham Pearce dated 16 Apr., 1917 Various dates given for birth are c 1749, 1755, 1747, 1748 Mrs. Forrest Garnett, 2500 Huston Ct., Morgan Hill, Ca.95037: "...appears to be part of Mary G. Pearce's DAR appl. papers: '...married Major William H. Harrison, a son of Lawrence Harrison who was one of the first settlers in the Younghiogheny Valley, Va., He (William) was a Virginian by birth and a man of much note. He was a lawyer by profession, high minded and well educated. He had been sheriff of Yoogania Co., and one of its members isn the House of Delagates. He was also a soldier, had been a Major and Lt. Col. of a militia regiment under McIntosh at the building of forts MIntosh and Laurens, 1778.' " "Sent by Allen W. Scholl, ... 'From the Draper Collection, 11E, 44-46, can be found a letter from Wm. McCormick to Mr. Draper, dated 24 June 1845, in which he states - "My father and mother both died in Fayette Co., Pa. The first died in 1818 and my mother in 1821. The former was of the age of nearly 80 and my mother was nearly 74. Mrs. Springer, the widow of Maj. Harrison was younger than my mother and John Crawford was younger than both." This would indicate that Effie was the oldest child of William and Hanna, being born in about 1746-7, then Sarah ca. 1748 and John in May of 1750. These dates fit all the known proven facts." ' " LDS Temple Archive Record for Wm. Crawford For William Crwford, B. L. St. 921-500. Copies are available from: Military Svc. Records (NNCC). Washington, D. C. 20408. Cover Letter For William Crawford File Mr. Cyrus McMichael, 410 Water St., Conneaut Lake, Penn. March 22, 1939 William Crwford B. L. Wt. 921-500 BA-J/MLB Dear Sir: Reference is made to your letter in whcih yu request the record of Col. Wm. Crawford who, you state, was born in 1732, was in Washsington Co., Va., during the French and Indian War, commanded a company in Pontiac's and Lord Dunmore's wars, served as Lt. Col. and Col. in the Va. line, during the Rev. War, and commanded the Sandusky Expositon (sic), left widow Hannah Vance Craford who, you think, was his second wife, and who received a pension after his death. The data which follow in regard to William Crawford were obtained from the papers in the claim for bounty land on file based upon his service inthe Rev. War. No claim for pension was made to the United States by anyone based upon his sevice. The date and place of birth of William Crawford and names of his parents were not given, now was his age stated. William Crawford was an Indian trader in 1767. In 1776, he became a colonel of the Va. troops, he superintended the recruting of the 13th Va. Reg.; he was in Indian expeditions under Genl. McIntosh and Col. Brodhead in 1778; in Gel. Clark's Expedition against the Moravian Indians, and while on an expedition ordered by Genl. William Irvine in1 76, he was captured and burned to death by the Indians. The name of William Crwford's widow was snot given. If she received a pension, it may have been granted by the state from which her husband served. He was survived by three children, namely: John, who died prior to May, 1820; Effey McCormick, and Sallay or Sarah Springer, wife of uriah springer who was a captain in the 90th Va. Reg. during the Rev., also a lt. under colonel William Crawford. Effey McCormick and Sarah Springer were allowed 500 acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 921, issued June 1, 1820, on account of the Rev. War services of their father, Col. William Crawford. For information in regard to location of the land granted on account of the services of William Crawford, you should apply to the Commissioner of the General land Office, Interior Dept., this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant the acreage, and date of issuance. Very truly yours, A. D. Hiller, Exec. Asst. to the Administraton. Notes made by Marian Graham, after reading the application papers. According to this information, Sarah Crawford Harrison was married twice, 1st to Wm. Harrison, and 2nd to Capt./Major Uriah Springer and was living in 1820 when pplication was made for land grant. Applicaton was made in Fayette Co., Pa. Papers were signed in Dec. 1818-May 29, 1820. One paper was signed by Samuel Vance, possibly a brother of Hannah, Sarah's mother. DAR App. Bernice Zimmerman, Sources: Veech's Monongalia of Old, p. 118; Centenial History of Connellsville, Pa.; Butterfield's HItorical Account of Expedition Against Sandusky, 1782, Report of War Dept.;Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, Vol. I, p. 483, Vol. II pp 885-892 DAR App. Bernice Zimmerman, Sources: Veech's Monongalia of Old, p. 118; Centenial History of Connellsville, Pa.; Butterfield's HItorical Account of Expedition Against Sandusky, 1782, Report of War Dept.;Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, Vol. I, p. 483, Vol. II pp 885-892 DAR App. Natl. #137409 (Mary Graham Pearce) 

Torrence and Allied Families, Robert M. Torrence, The Wickersham Press, Philadelphia, pp. 316-318, 327-9 - "The Court orders that a certificate for one hundred twenty pounds be issued in favor of Mary Harrison, youngest dau. of Maj. Wm. Harrison who was killed at Sandusky Towns, by the Indians, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, as a pension to the said Mary, for the time past and for one year to come, and appoints Sarah Springer, late Sarah Harrison, mother of the said Mary, guardian for the purpose of receiving and applying the said pension." Gen. of Va. Families, Vol. III Gen. Publ. Co., Inc., 1981, p. 951 "A House of Harrison" compiled the years 1966-67 by Catherine Murphy -- corrected the year 1979 -- State Historical Society of Mo., 929.2 H245 c.2. ". . .Sarah Crawford, dau. of Col. Wm. Crawford. . . In 1782, Col. Crawford led troops against the Wandotte and Moravian Indians. Maj. Wm. Harrison served with him. Col. Crawford was killed and Wm. was burned at the stake by the Indians. Thus Sarah lost her husband and father in one encounter . . ." Colonel William Crawford - Indian Trader, Pioneer and Soldier On The Frontier, Connelsville Area Historical soc., Inc., Connellsville, Pa. 1976 Note - various bd for Sarah are c 1749, 1755, 1747, 1748 LDS AF, March, 1994, AFN: P3BS-H8 states b. Fayette co., Pa., d. Fayette Co., Va. Ben Franklin on Fido 8/15/94 LDS Temple Archive record - b. 1755 in Berkely Co., W.V. DAR app. of Mary G. Pearce Cover letter for Wm. Crawford file to Mr. Cyrus McMichael dated Mar. 22, 1939: "...He was survived by three ch., namely: John, who died prior to May, 1820; Effey McCormick, and Sallay or Sarah Springer, wife of Uriah Springer who was a captain in the 9th Va. Reg. during the Rev., also a Lt. under Col. Wm. Crawford. Effey McCormich and Sarah Springer were allowed 500 acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 921, issued June 1, 1820, on account of the Rev. War services of their father, Col. Wm. Crawford..." signed A. D. Hiller, Exec. Asst. to the Administrator. Notes made by Marian Graham, after reading the application papers. According to this information, Sarah Crawford Harrison was married twice: 1st to Wm. Harrison, and 2nd to Capt./Major Uriah Springer and was living in 1820 when application was made for land grant. Application was made in Fayette co., Pa. Papers were signed in Dec. 1818-May 29, 1820. One paper was signed by Samuel Vance, possibly a brother of Hannah, Sarah's mother. DAR app. Natl. #137409 (Mary Graham Pearce) Letter from Hattie P. Hamer to Mary Adelia Graham Pearce dated 16 Apr., 1917 Mrs. Forrest Garnett, 2500 Huston Ct., Morgan Hill, Ca.95037  Vital stats. U.S. Census  LDS Anc. File Apr., 1994 P3BW-H8 GenServe, June 1999, WLLO8CA database: Wells, Elizabeth< email: wells4@famvid.com< 3404 Norman RD.<Springfield<IL<62702< - state b. 1753, d. 1784, mar. 1784 [S980]

They had the following children:
	52	i.	Nancy (1772-1856)
		ii.	Sarah “Sally”.
			Sarah “Sally” married Peter JOURNEY.

34. Lawrence HARRISON Jr. Born about 1753 in Frederick County, Virginia. Lawrence died in Urbana, Ohio on November 12, 1833; he was 80.

On February 19, 1788 when Lawrence was 35, he married Mary ALLISON, in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Born on February 24, 1769 in Frederick County, Virginia.

They had the following children:
		i.	Charles. Born on November 21, 1788 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
		ii.	Benjamin. Born on May 5, 1791 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Benjamin died in Bourbon County, Kentucky on February 5, 1796; he was 4.
		iii.	Francena. Born on December 21, 1795 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Francena died on May 15, 1831; she was 35.
		iv.	William Battaile. Born on September 27, 1796 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
		v.	John. Born on May 21, 1798 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
	53	vi.	Catherine “Catty” Griffin (1801-)
		vii.	Reuben Campbell. Born on February 2, 1805 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
		viii.	Medford. Born on November 11, 1808 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Medford died on July 22, 1822; he was 13.
		ix.	Mary. Born on July 2, 1812 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Mary died on July 30, 1832; she was 20.

35. Mary HARRISON. Born about 1761 in Frederick County, Virginia. Mary died in Poindexter Village, Kentucky on February 7, 1835; she was 74.

Mary married Thomas L. MOORE. Born in 1745 in Kent County, Maryland. Thomas L. died in Harrison County, Kentucky on October 20, 1823; he was 78.

They had one child:
		i.	Benjamin.
			Could this be the husband of Ann Maria McLaughlin, widow of Major Joseph Duncan?-REF

Family of Battaile HARRISON (21) & Francis WHITE

36. James HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] James died in Jefferson, Tennessee.

James married Jane Jennie TODD.

They had the following children:
		i.	Mary Dillard.
			Mary Dillard married Daaniel JONES.
		ii.	Benjamin.
		iii.	James. Born about 1777 in Virginia. James died in Jefferson, Tennessee on January 2, 1812; he was 35.
			On March 13, 1807 when James was 30, he married Hannah Elizabeth LANSTON.
		iv.	John. Born in 1784.
			John married Susanna JACKSON.

37. Reuben HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1749. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Reuben died in 1824; he was 75. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Reuben married Margarett Peggy FRANKLIN [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had the following children:
		i.	William [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		ii.	Elizabeth [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1771. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Elizabeth married George WEISE [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		iii.	Andrew [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1773. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
		iv.	Matilda Caroline [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1775. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Matilda Caroline married Reuben FRANKLIN [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		v.	Frances White [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1776. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Frances White married Elijah BROCKMAN [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		vi.	Robert [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1779. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Robert died in Barren County, Kentucky in 1860; he was 81. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Robert married Nancy PAYNE [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		vii.	Reuben [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1782 in Virginia. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Reuben died in Olean, Missouri on August 13, 1844; he was 62. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
		viii.	Polly [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1786. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Polly married Matthew PATE [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		ix.	Sally [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1789. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Sally married John NINUNO [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		x.	Judith [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1791. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Judith married Seth BRADSHAW [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
		xi.	Samuel [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1794. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]
			Samuel first married Lucy BRADSHAW [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
			Samuel second married Harriett Hannah PICKETT [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].
			Samuel third married Martha NUCKOLS [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

38. Richard HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1753. Richard died in 1816; he was 63.

In 1775 when Richard was 22, he married Susanna LEE [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had the following children:
		i.	George W.
		ii.	Nicholas.
		iii.	William.
		iv.	Frances B.
		v.	Benjamin.
		vi.	Harietta.
		vii.	Richard. Born in 1786. Richard died in 1840; he was 54.
			On August 13, 1816 when Richard was 30, he married Sophia Penn LEE.

39. Elizabeth (Betty) HARRISON. Born in 1776 in Amherst County, Virginia. Elizabeth (Betty) died after 1816; she was 40.

Elizabeth (Betty) first married William TINSLEY\TOWNSLEY.

They had one child:
		i.	Isaac. Isaac died about June 24, 1824 in Amherst County, Virginia.

On November 16, 1826 when Elizabeth (Betty) was 50, she second married David LEBRICK [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

40. Elizabeth HARRISON. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1776 in Amherst County, Virginia. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Elizabeth died after 1816; she was 40. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Elizabeth first married William TINSLEY [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had one child:
		i.	Isaac [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Isaac died about June 24, 1824 in Amherst County, Virginia. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

On November 16, 1826 when Elizabeth was 50, she second married David LEBRICK [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Family of William HARRISON (22) & Jane ???

41. Abner HARRISON.

Abner married Jane SIMS.

They had the following children:
		i.	William. Born in 1787.
		ii.	Ignatius. Born in 1789.
		iii.	Reuben. Born in 1792.
		iv.	Jane. Born in 1796.
			Jane married Abraham LILLARD.
		v.	Rachel. Born in 1796.
			Rachel married Thomas OLIN.
		vi.	Benjamin. Born in 1801.
		vii.	Abner. Born in 1803.
		viii.	James. Born in 1805.

Family of Benjamin HARRISON (23) & Priscilla CARY

42. Frances HARRISON.

Frances married William RICHARDSON.

They had one child:
		i.	Nancy.

43. Diana HARRISON. Born on October 1, 1744 in Goochland, Virginia. Diana died in Wilkes, North Carolina on November 11, 1817; she was 73.

On August 21, 1766 when Diana was 21, she married Benjamin MARTIN, in Goochland, Virginia.

They had the following children:
		i.	Robert. Born on August 1, 1767 in Fluvanna, Virginia.
			Robert married Amelia WRIGHT.
		ii.	Patsy. Born in 1769 in Fluvanna, Virginia.
			Patsy married Benjamin PARKS.
		iii.	Benjamin Harrison. Born in 1773 in Fluvanna, Virginia.
			Benjamin Harrison married Francis ???.
		iv.	Sarah Meredith. Born on December 24, 1775 in Fluvanna, Virginia.
			Sarah Meredith married Hiram ROUSSEAU.
		v.	James. Born on January 25, 1777 in Fluvanna, Virginia.
			James married Elvira BRYAN.
		vi.	Ann. Born on January 7, 1779 in Fluvanna, Virginia.
			Ann married Edmund BAGBY.
		vii.	John. Born on March 9, 1781 in Fluvanna, Virginia.
			John married Ann Mildred JONES.
		viii.	Elizabeth. Born on October 3, 1783 in Wilkes, North Carolina.
			Elizabeth married John ???.
		ix.	Amelia. Born on March 2, 1786 in Wilkes, North Carolina.
			Amelia married John H. CLEVELAND.
		x.	Diana. Born on March 3, 1788 in Wilkes, North Carolina.
			Diana married John ??.

Tenth Generation 
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Family of Elizabeth (Betty) HARRISON (28) & William SCHOOLER

44. Benjamin Harrison SCHOOLER. Born in 1780 in Brownsville, Fayett, Pennsylvania. Benjamin Harrison died in Miami, Logan, Ohio on January 3, 1834; he was 54. Buried in Logan, Ohio.

Notes on Benjamin Harrison Schooler: [3]
In the History of Logan Co., Ohio pg 359,365,375, & 520. It tells the story of a John Gutridge, an early preacher who used the barn belonging to Benjamin Schooler to preach in. It states that Benjamin was by no means a devout man. Indeed it is related of him that he prided himself somewhat upon his skill in profanity, but he courted popularity, and opened up his barn to the minister as a part of his plan to secure the applause of his neighbors, because he wanted to run for Justice of the Peace, which he was finally elected to.  The canidates promoted the election by offering drinks of whiskey out of their jugs, to everyone who voted for them.  It also says that Benjamin came to the area in 1808 with the Makenson brothers, who had been his neighbors in Lexington Lexington, Kentucky.  I am not really sure when he would have been living there. Benjamin and Margaret moved from Harrison Co., Kentucky to Champaign Co., Ohio abt 1804. CENSUS:1820 Logan Co., Ohio, Miami pg 67A CENSUS:1830 Logan Co., Ohio, Miami pg 62 two houses away from their son John. MARRIAGE:Harrison Co., Kentucky Rec. for 1st marriage.  Bondsman Evan Jones. MARRIAGE:Champaign Co., Ohio Marriage Rec. for 2nd marriage. MARRIAGE:Logan Co., Ohio Marriage Rec. for 3rd marriage. MILITARY:War of 1812 as per Affidavit of Widows claim.  He was a Captain in an independent Rifle Company of the 3rd Ohio Militia commissioned by Governor Meigs.  He served until 21 March 1813.  These records are also found in the "Torrance and Allied Families" Military records. LAND:Benjamin received a Land Patent Certificate #891 from John Quincy Adams on the 6th of October 1827, of 119 and 72/100ths of an acre. Section 24, township 3 of Range 13, between the Miami Rivers.  FHC#545363 DEATH:Estate was administered November 1835 in Logan Co., Ohio and sold to Lewis Schooler.  It mentions Benjamin's widow Margaret and his children John, Charles H., Evan J., Lewis, Harrison, Eliza, Margaret, Benjamin Jr., Jane, and Sally Schooler and son William Schooler as Administrator. #545336 In the Court of Common Pleas pg 139-41 Margaret Schooler relinquished her right to administer the Estate of her Deceased husband and then in the same court on pg 98-99, 22 Jan 1834, they listed his estate.

On June 25, 1802 when Benjamin Harrison was 22, he married Margaret Ann JONES, in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky. Born in 1782 in Kentucky. Margaret Ann died in Bellefountaine, Champaign, Ohio in 1813; she was 31.

They had the following children:
	54	i.	John (1805-1875)
	55	ii.	Lewis (~1811-1869)

45. John SCHOOLER. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born on June 21, 1782 in Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania. Born in 1782 in Pennsylvania. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] John died in Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois on January 7, 1839; he was 56. John died in Hennepin, Illinois in 1839; he was 56. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Notes on John Schooler: [3]
John served in War of 1812.  He moved to Kentucky in 1808 and then moved to Logan Co., Ohio in 1810 following his brother Benjamin Harrison Schooler. He later moved to Illinois in 1835. MARRIAGE: Harrison Co., Kentucky rec., Bondsman Hugh Newell CENSUS:1820 Logan Co., Ohio, Miami pg 67A CENSUS:1830 Logan Co., Ohio, Miami pg 64

On November 2, 1809 when John was 27, he married Jane (Jennie) NEWELL [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999], in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky. Born in 1780. Jane (Jennie) died in 1857; she was 77.

They had the following children:
	56	i.	Hugh (1812-)
		ii.	William [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]. Born in 1814. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

46. Elizabeth SCHOOLER. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born on April 19, 1784 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Born in 1784 in Pennsylvania. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Elizabeth died in Gallatin, Harrison County, Kentucky on February 10, 1863; she was 78. Elizabeth died in Harrison County, Kentucky about 1856; she was 71. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Notes on Elizabeth Schooler: [3]
CENSUS:1850 Harrison Co., Kentucky pg 120  CENSUS:1860 Gallatin Co., Kentucky pg 611 living with daughter Harriet Whitson and family. MARRIAGE:Bond signed by their fathers; Evan Jones and William Schooler, Harrison Co., Kentucky marriage records.

On November 26, 1801 when Elizabeth was 17, she married Lewis JONES [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999], in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky. Born about 1780. Lewis died about 1856; he was 76.

They had one child:
	57	i.	James D. (1808-1884)

47. Richard SCHOOLER. Born in 1791 in Harrison County, Kentucky. Richard died in Burlington, Iowa about 1840; he was 49.

Notes on Richard Schooler: [3]
Family tradition has it that Richard went to California looking for gold and was never heard from again. MARRIAGE:Harrison Co., Kentucky Records, bondsman John Scott MILITARY:War of 1812 in Capt. Coleman's Co. Kentucky Militia LAND:Richard was given land in the will of his father-in-law, John Scott in the Barren Co., Kentucky Will abstracts Book F, pg 78 FHL #6049306

On March 28, 1816 when Richard was 25, he married Lear SCOTT, in Harrison County, Kentucky. Born in 1798 in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky.

They had the following children:
	58	i.	Elizabeth
		ii.	Henry Harrison. Born in 1818 in Kentucky.
			On December 24, 1834 when Henry Harrison was 16, he married Mary DILLON, in Logan, Ohio.
		iii.	Helena. Born on August 25, 1821 in Kentucky.
			On January 21, 1844 when Helena was 22, she married Lysander Wilkin BABBET, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa.

Family of James HARRISON (30) & Elizabeth HAMPTON

48. James HARRISON.

James married Sarah EARLE.

They had the following children:
		i.	John H. Born in 1777. John H. died in 1838; he was 61.
		ii.	Harriet. Born in 1778.
		iii.	Louise Jaane. Born in 1780.
		iv.	Clarissa. Born in 1784.
		v.	Richard. Born in 1787.
			Richard married Catherine SLOAN.
		vi.	Isham. Born in 1789.
			Isham married Harriet KELLY.
		vii.	Thomas. Born in 1790.
			Thomas married Hannah EARLE.
		viii.	Elizabeth. Born in 1792.
		ix.	Mary. Born in 1794.
		x.	Benjamin. Born in 1796. Benjamin died in 1812; he was 16.
		xi.	Henry. Born in 1798. Henry died in 1808; he was 10.

Family of COL Benjamin HARRISON (32) & Mary NEWELL

49. Jane “Jenny” HARRISON.

On January 26, 1795 Jane “Jenny” married William HINKSON, son of John HINKSON (ca1729-ca1789) & Margaret McCRACKEN, in Bourbon County, Kentucky.   Served Indiana War of 1812. [6]

WILLIAM HINKS0N CHRONOLOGY

Bourbon County, Kentucky was created 1785 from Fayette County to commence May 1, 1786 part of Virginia until 1792 when Kentucky was admitted to the Union

1786 - William Hinkson signed a petition to the Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates of Virginia - Protest of the inhabitants of Bourbon County against a division of the county. (Robertson, p. 91)
1790 -	William Hinkson signed another petition to the Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates - Request of sundry inhabitants of Bourbon County for the establishment of tobacco inspection on land of Lawrence Protzman. (Robertson, p. 152)

Harrison County, Kentucky created 1793 from Bourbon and Scott Counties to commence Feb. 1, 1794

1794	July 9 - Thomas Hinkson., John Hinkson, William Anderson, Marcus Stephenson of Bourbon County, Ky. and William Hinkson of Harrison County, Ky. conveyed to Robert Hinkson of Harrison County, Ky., their whole claims in the tract of John Hinkson (John Hinkson was born in Ireland, came to America young, located in Westmoreland County, Penn., to Kentucky 1775 etc.--Johnson, V. 3, pp. 1445, 1587), deceased, known by the name of Hinksons Old Station in Bourbon County on the south fork of Licking. Consideration - Thomas Hinkson £30, John Hinkson £28,William Anderson £30, Marcus Stephenson £49.10, William Hinkson £28. Witnesses - Morgan Vanmater, Robert Harrison., Nichl. Harrison, Jeremiah Robinson. Proved Bourbon Court November 1794 by Morgan Vanmater, Robert Harrison, Nicholas Harrison. (Bourbon County Deed Bk. C, p. 145)

1795 -	Jan. 26 - Clerk of the Harrison County Court issued license for the marriage of William Hinkson and Jenny Harrison. Benjamin Harrison was surety for William Hinkson on the marriage bond. (Harrison County Marriage Bond #55, Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington)

1795 - Dec. 16 - William Hinkson was commissioned Major in the Kentucky Militia, 20th Regiment from Harrison County. (Clift 2, p. 20)

1798 - Dec. 20 - William Hinkston was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant in the Kentucky Militia, 20th Regiment from Harrison County. (Clift 2, p. 38)

1799 - Dec. 21 - An act for the relief of certain spies was approved by the General Assembly of Kentucky:	John Stephenson, James Pickins, William Hinkson and	Jacob Vanmeter, having been called on by the executive,	in the year 1793, to act as spies on the frontier of Bourbon, were by this act allowed five shillings per day out of	the treasury for that service. (Littell, v. 2, P. 	358)

1800 - William Hinkson was taxed in Harrison County, Ky. (Clift 1, p. 137)

1801 - Mar. 30 - William Hinkson of Harrison County, Ky. gave power of attorney to his trusty friend, Humphrey Lyon of Bourbon County, Ky. - to do all & Every my Business which does relate to the Collecting all moneys due me on  Account and publick Debts that I was authourised to Collect as Sheriff of the County of Harrison afsd to pass Receipts for Said Moneys And to discharge all Debts I may owe agreable to my Direction heretofore Given to Claim for me All Lands I may be intituled unto as Heir at Law of John Hinkson Decd. to Make Sail of the same & to Make Deeds thereto, etc. to do all and singular my business specially & particularly with respect to suits instituted vs.? me by a certain Dills? & others if any and he is hereby impowered to imploy one or more Councils learned in the Law for me & in my behalf Revokeing all other powers, etc. Witnesses - Nathan Rawlings, Law. Harrison, James Rule, Jno. Miller, Daniel Isgrig. Proved Apr. 8, 1801 in Harrison County by Nathan Rawlings and Lawrence Harrison. (Harrison County Deed Bk. 1, p. 613)

New Madrid District, Upper Louisiana
1802 - Feb. 2 - William Hinkson, with Benjamin Dawson as surety, entered into an agreement with George N. Reagan at New Madrid. They agreed to pay Reagan at New Madrid, 4,000 pounds of good cotton in the seed on or before Dec. 25, 1802. (New Madrid Archives #1384)

1802 - Dec. 6 - Acknowledgment of Debts at New Madrid: Benjamin Harrison Sr. to Richard Jones Waters - for William Hinkson, his son-in-law, Benjamin Harrison, Jr. and Lawrence Harrison, his sons, and Peter Lewis. The debts amounted

They had one child:
		i.	Margaret.
			Margaret married Noah MARTIN.

50. Batteal HARRISON. Born in 1780 in Sweetbryer County, Virginia. Batteal died in White Oak, Fayette County, Ohio on October 30, 1857; he was 77.

Batteal Harrison (1780 - 1857)

Sweetbryer Co.VA ; Fayette Co.OH

Surnames Mentioned: HARRISON NEWELL SCOTT VANCE

Repository ID #3468 - extensive ancestry available in our online database.

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                 Batteal Harrison Soldier of the War of 1812

                             By Jeremy F. Elliot

(Read before a meeting of The Daughters Of The War Of 1812 at Cook Cemetery,Fayette County, Ohio, May 1988)

Records at the Ohio Adjutant General's Office indicate Batteal Harrison's birth date as 1780. Batteal lived as a small child in the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains near what is now Connellsville Pennsylvania. He lived with his parents Benjamin Harrison and Mary Newell Harrison. By 1785 many situations had occurred that may have helped the decision to move west:

   * Benjamin's father, Lawrence, had died.
   * Benjamin's brother Battaille had died in Revolution.
   * Benjamin's brother William had been tortured to death by Indians and
     left land in Kentucky to Benjamin.
   * The Revolution was over.
   * Benjamin's in-laws were moving west.
   * The Virginia - Pennsylvania border dispute was settled and the
     Harrison's land was under Pennsylvania jurisdiction.
   * And the Harrison's were pro-slavery.

For whatever reason, Batteal's family moved to Kentucky in 1785.

Batteal did not make it to Kentucky. Since he was sick when the flat boat was near Wheeling, Batteal was left temporarily at Wheeling with an aunt and uncle, Jane Newell Vance and William Vance. It was a few years until Benjamin returned for Batteal and by this time, Batteal no longer remembered his father. Batteal resisted his father so strongly that Aunt Jane suggested that Batteal be allowed to remain with the Vances. Benjamin returned to Kentucky alone and may never have seen his son again. Sometime after 1800, Batteal set out to his parent's new home in what is now Missouri. By the time he reached Chillicothe, Ohio, he learned that his mother had died. Batteal remained in Chillicothe and found work as a teamster. It was in Chillicothe that he met his future wife Elizabeth Scott.

On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain. Since the British had a strong presence in Southern Canada and Detroit, this necessitated an American military presence in Ohio. The Army in Ohio was to consist mainly of Militia from Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. There were also to be mustered two regiments for federal service in Ohio; the 18th & 19th US Infantry. On March 12, 1812, Batteal Harrison was commissioned an Ensign in the US Army. On July 23, he was appointed as Ensign in the 19th Infantry.

In the Summer of 1812, General William Hull moved against Detroit with militia. Detroit was taken quickly but fortunes reversed and Hull surrendered Detroit and his entire command. After this setback, command of the Northwestern Army was assigned jointly to General Winchester and General William Henry Harrison. General Harrison planned an attack on several Indian villages in Eastern Indiana. This included an assortment of militia units and one Company of federal soldiers. The army numbering about 600 mounted soldiers started from Franklinton, the Northwest Army Headquarters. On November 25, they camped and accumulated supplies at Greenville and arrived near the Indian villages at 4:00 a.m. December 17. The Indians were attacked immediately and several warriors were killed. The remaining men, women and children were captured. Livestock was destroyed, and all grain found was immediately fed to the soldier's horses. All huts were burned except one. In the afternoon two more villages were burned. That night the soldiers deployed into a large square formation for defense. Before dawn on the 18th the Indians counter attacked. The daylight seemed to favor the American marksmen and the Indian losses were heavy. When the Indians retired with their casualties the Americans buried their dead beneath the floor of the remaining hut and burned it. The Army then returned to Franklinton. On Jan 2, 1813, General Harrison issued a general order commending several officers including Ensign Harrison of the 19th Infantry.

General Winchester did not fare so well in the North. He was defeated by British and Indians under General Henry Proctor at the river Raisin near present day Monroe, Michigan. After this defeat, Proctor permitted the Indians to massacre their captives. William Henry Harrison was then promoted to Major General and appointed Commander-In-Chief of the Army in the Northwest.

His first moved was to establish a stronghold in Northwestern Ohio. The location was the South Bank of the Maumee River near present day Toledo. It was well positioned, strongly built, and of very large size. This was Fort Meigs, named for Ohio Governor Jonathan Meigs. The fort was built in the Winter of 1813 and during the Winter and Spring, troops, supplies and cannon poured in. On February 18, Batteal Harrison arrived with the 19th Infantry.

In April warm weather permitted the British to sail across Lake Erie and up the Maumee River. They unloaded cannons and set up a battery on the North side of the Maumee. By Saturday afternoon May 1, 1813 the battery was ready. The British commenced firing on Fort Meigs and continued day and night till the following Tuesday. During Sunday night the British established a second battery on the South side of the river and down stream from the fort. At one time a British officer approached under a flag of truce to accept surrender. General Harrison had caused trenches to be dug within the fort to protect the soldiers from the cannon fire. Since casualties in the fort were slight, the British officer was dismissed without a surrender.

At midnight Tuesday a messenger reached Ft. Meigs. 1200 Kentucky Militia were upriver only hours away. General Harrison ordered part of this force to attack the first British battery at dawn and the remainder to enter the fort. At the moment the Kentuckians attacked the North battery, the 19th US Regiment charged out of the fort toward the South battery. The British and Indians were completely surprised. At the South battery, 2 British Grenadiers and 2 officers were captured. The cannons were spiked and the prisoners taken into the fort.

On the North side, the Kentucky militia drove the British from the battery and spiked the cannons. But instead of returning to the fort, the militia pursued the Indians into the woods. Here the Indians were in their element. Of 700 militia attacking the North battery, all but 150 were captured. Very many of the captured were promptly murdered. It is said that Tecumseh stopped the murdering of captives when he learned of it.

The siege of Fort Meigs ended in a draw and, after a prisoner exchange, the British and Indians withdrew.

On the following Sunday, General Harrison again issued a general order commending several officers and men, including Ensign Harrison, for their conduct in attacking the South battery.

During the next two months, preparations continued for defense of the fort and for invasion of Canada. The British did return in July and laid siege for a week but did not use their cannons. They left Fort Meigs and after a futile attempt to take the very small Fort Stephenson, left American soil permanently.

In August of 1813 Commodore Oliver Perry captured the British fleet on Lake Erie and the British could only wait for General Harrison to move when he was ready. In September the Americans sailed into Fort Maldeh, the British headquarters in Southern Canada and found it abandoned. The British and Indians were overtaken at the Thames River. After a brief intense battle, Tecumseh was shot dead, after which all British and Indian resistance evaporated. British soldiers threw down their arms and surrendered, the Indians vanished. The infamous British Commander Henry Proctor fled in his carriage. Pursuing Americans found the abandoned carriage with Proctor's personal possessions. Proctor himself escaped on foot.

No record has been found of Batteal Harrison's presence or the presence of the 19th Regiment in Canada. Military records do show that Batteal Harrison was present with the Army at Detroit at some time after the Battle of the River Thames.

During the remainder of the War of 1812, Batteal Harrison was stationed at Fort George, St. Clairsville, and Chillicothe.

Harrison was promoted to First Lt. on August 15, 1813 and on March 17, 1814 was promoted to Captain. The War of 1812 ended in May 1814 and Batteal Harrison was discharged from the Army at Detroit, July 9, 1815.

Batteal married Elizabeth Scott February 3, 1814. After discharge from the Army, Batteal and Elizabeth moved with baby Benjamin to Northern Fayette County, Ohio and built a cabin along the North Fork of Paint Creek. Since Batteal's father served in the Continental Army in a Virginia Regiment, Batteal and his brothers and sisters had the right to exercise a federal land warrant for 4000 acres in Central Ohio. About 1600 acres of this were sold immediately. The brothers and sisters (all living in Missouri) waived their rights to the land and Batteal had surveyors select land for the 2400 acre balance in several parcels in Fayette, Pickaway, and Pike Counties. Most was in the vicinity of Madison Mills, Fayette County. Batteal and Elizabeth lived to see all of their six children grow into adulthood, marry and have children of their own.

Batteal was a farmer and stock-raiser after his army career. In the 1820's he was an Associate Judge of Fayette County. From 1836 to 1840 he was State Representative. During most of Batteal's life, State law required all able bodied men to participate in militia training. Batteal was elected Brigadier General of Militia but was not Adjutant General of Ohio as has been reported elsewhere.

Batteal and Elizabeth did not live to learn of the capture and death of their son John Joseph at the siege of Vicksburg during the Civil War. Elizabeth died in 1851 and Batteal in 1857.

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1 HARRISON, Benjamin b: 1750 in Orange County, Virginia
     d: 1808 in Washington County, Missouri
    +NEWELL, Mary b:  m: in Virginia d: 1812
  .. 2 HARRISON, Batteal b: 1780 in Sweetbryer County, Virginia
       d: October 30, 1857 in White Oak, Fayette County, Ohio
  ..  +SCOTT, Elizabeth Thompson b: 1782 m: February
       03, 1814 in Chillicothe d: March 27, 1851 in White Oak,
       Fayette County, Ohio
  .... 3 HARRISON, Benjamin b: February 08, 1815 in Rpss County, Ohio
         d: August 24, 1902 in Madison County, Ohio
  ....  +REEVES, Martha Margaret b: October 30, 1815 in Range Township
         Madison County, OH m: March 09, 1837
         d: August 25, 1903 in Madison County, Ohio
  ...... 4 HARRISON, Batteal b: November 06, 1839 in Madison / Fayette
           County, Ohio d: January 19, 1890 in Range Township, Ohio
  ......  +RODGERS, Lydia Ann b: January 17, 1841 in Ross County, Ohio
           m: December 24, 1861 in Fayette County, Ohio d: February 07,
           1922 in Madison County, Ohio
  ........ 5 HARRISON, Benjamin Rodgers b: March 08, 1869 in Range
             Township, Madison County, Ohio d: August 13, 1936 in
             Columbus, Ohio
  ........  +CLARK, Cuie M. b: May 04, 1869 in Madison County, Ohio
             m: December 18, 1890 in Mt.  Sterling, Ohio
             d: December 15, 1961 in Columbus, Ohio
  .......... 6 HARRISON, Clark Rodgers b: November 20, 1891 in Range
               Township, near Mt.  Sterling, Ohio d: October 27, 1957
               in Columbus, Ohio
  ..........  +HARDIN, Lulu Belle b: September 09, 1894
               in Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio m: November
               22, 1914 in Her parents in McKenzie, Tennessee, Carroll
               County d: March 08, 1952 in Columbis, Ohio

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Source:
Original article by Jeremy F Elliot printed here with permission.
Submitted by Dan Harrison.

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On February 3, 1814 when Batteal was 34, he married Elizabeth Thompson SCOTT, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Born in 1782. Elizabeth Thompson died in White Oak, Fayette County, Ohio on March 27, 1851; she was 69.

They had the following children:
	59	i.	Benjamin (1815-1902)
		ii.	William.

51. Robert HARRISON. Born about 1769 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Robert died in Harrison County, Kentucky in 1821; he was 52.

ROBERT (5) HARRISON, born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, presumably about 1769, since he was a landholder 1790/1793; died in Harrison County, Kentucky, 1821, An affidavit signed by his uncles, Hugh and Robert Newall, as well as by Captain Thomas Moore, they deposed that this Robert Harrison was a son of Captain Benjamin Harrison. (Va. Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 3, page 1397, by Louis A Burgess.) In 1812, Robert and his brother, Battle Harrison, made application for Bounty Land due their father, Captain Benjamin Harrison, and were awarded four thousand acres. In a law-suit, No. 5802, in Harrison County, Kentucky, filed 1831: Miller vs. Harrison Heirs: "Robert Harrison died 1821, leaving wife Isabell (nee Hodges, married 1806) Harrison, and four daughters, namely, Mirah, (6) Rebeeca, (6) Elizabeth (6) and IsabeIl (6) Harrison and, one son, Joseph (6) Harrison, deceased, so his lands descended to their mother and four sisters. Isabell Harrison, the mother, later married William McCall."

In 1806 when Robert was 37, he married Isabell HODGES.

They had the following children:
		i.	Miriah.
		ii.	Rebecca.
		iii.	Elizabeth.
		iv.	Isabell.
		v.	Joseph.

Family of William HARRISON (33) & Sarah CRAWFORD

52. Nancy HARRISON. Born in 1772. Nancy died in 1856; she was 84.

Nancy married Daniel McKINNON, son of Daniel McKINNON. Born on April 19, 1767. Daniel died on August 25, 1837; he was 70.

They had one child:
	60	i.	Josiah (1804-1837)

Family of Lawrence HARRISON Jr. (34) & Mary ALLISON

53. Catherine “Catty” Griffin HARRISON. Born on November 8, 1801.

Catherine “Catty” Griffin first married Robert ELLIS.

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On June 4, 1826 when Catherine “Catty” Griffin was 24, she second married Josiah McKINNON (60) , son of Daniel McKINNON (1767-1837) & Nancy HARRISON (52) (1772-1856), in Clark County, Ohio. Born in 1804. Josiah died in Logan, Ohio on February 20, 1837; he was 33.

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They had the following children:
		i.	Daniel F. Born in October 1831 in Logan, Ohio. Daniel F. died in Logan, Ohio on May 31, 1887; he was 55.
			On May 28, 1852 when Daniel F. was 20, he married Nancy Lavina HILL [7].
		ii.	Nancy. Born on September 25, 1832 in Auglaize, Ohio. Nancy died in Auglaize, Ohio on February 17, 1855; she was 22.
			Nancy married George REINHART [8], son of Michael REINHART & Magdelena. Born on December 9, 1822 in Alsace, France. George died in Polk, Oregon on March 22, 1908; he was 85.
		iii.	Joseph McKinnon.

Eleventh Generation 
_________________________________________
Family of Benjamin Harrison SCHOOLER (44) & Margaret Ann JONES

54. John SCHOOLER. Born on September 29, 1805 in Champaign, Ohio. John died in Mill Grove, Mercer, Missouri on December 12, 1875; he was 70. Buried in Coon Cemetery, Mill Grove, Mercer, Missouri.

On May 15, 1828 when John was 22, he married Elizabeth Ann RANDALL, in Shelby, Ohio. Born on July 7, 1809. Elizabeth Ann died in Mercer County, Missouri on May 19, 1888; she was 78.

They had the following children:
		i.	Martha (Twin).
			Martha (Twin) married ?? OILER.
		ii.	Mary (Twin).
			Mary (Twin) married ?? KING.
		iii.	William. Born on March 7, 1829. William died in Grundy County, Missouri on April 17, 1900; he was 71. Buried in Bethal Cemetery.
			William married Sophie KEITH. Born in 1830 in Ohio.
		iv.	Benjamin Harrison. Born on September 25, 1829 in Ohio. Benjamin Harrison died on June 16, 1919; he was 89.
		v.	Abram. Born in 1830 in Ohio. Abram died in 1862; he was 32.
			Abram married Rachel Jane KING.
		vi.	John. Born on October 22, 1837 in Ohio. John died on February 8, 1876; he was 38.
		vii.	Job Art. Born in 1842 in Ohio.
			Job Art married Martha GOE.
	61	viii.	Milton (1844-)
		ix.	Sarah Jane. Born in 1847 in Missouri.
			Sarah Jane married ?? HAMMOND.

55. Lewis SCHOOLER. Born about 1811 in Champaign, Ohio. Lewis died in Agency City, Wapello, Iowa on April 13, 1869; he was 58. Buried in Agency City, Wapello, Iowa.

On September 10, 1835 when Lewis was 24, he married Nancy COX, in Shelby, Ohio. Born in 1808.

They had one child:
	62	i.	Hannah (1832-)

Family of John SCHOOLER (45) & Jane (Jennie) NEWELL

56. Hugh SCHOOLER. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1812. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Hugh married Susan PEEBLES [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had one child:
	63	i.	Mary Jane (1890-)

Family of Elizabeth SCHOOLER (46) & Lewis JONES

57. James D. JONES. Born on February 14, 1808. James D. died on November 9, 1884; he was 76.

James D. married Manervia DYSON. Born on May 22, 1812. Manervia died on August 3, 1889; she was 77.

They had the following children:
		i.	Louz Ann.
	64	ii.	John P. (~1845-)

Family of Richard SCHOOLER (47) & Lear SCOTT

58. Elizabeth MATTHEWS.

Elizabeth married James McDANIEL.

They had one child:
	65	i.	Martha (1830-1888)

Family of Batteal HARRISON (50) & Elizabeth Thompson SCOTT

59. Benjamin HARRISON. Born on February 8, 1815 in Ross County, Ohio. Benjamin died in Madison County, Ohio on August 24, 1902; he was 87.

On March 9, 1837 when Benjamin was 22, he married Martha Margaret REEVES. Born on October 30, 1815 in Range Township, Madison County, Ohio. Martha Margaret died in Madison County, Ohio on August 25, 1903; she was 87.

They had one child:
	66	i.	Batteal (1839-1890)

Family of Nancy HARRISON (52) & Daniel McKINNON

60. Josiah McKINNON. Born in 1804. Josiah died in Logan, Ohio on February 20, 1837; he was 33.

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On June 4, 1826 when Josiah was 22, he married Catherine “Catty” Griffin HARRISON (53) , daughter of Lawrence HARRISON Jr. (34) (~1753-1833) & Mary ALLISON (1769-), in Clark County, Ohio. Born on November 8, 1801.

They had the following children:
		i.	Daniel F. Born in October 1831 in Logan, Ohio. Daniel F. died in Logan, Ohio on May 31, 1887; he was 55.
			On May 28, 1852 when Daniel F. was 20, he married Nancy Lavina HILL [7].
		ii.	Nancy. Born on September 25, 1832 in Auglaize, Ohio. Nancy died in Auglaize, Ohio on February 17, 1855; she was 22.
			Nancy married George REINHART [8], son of Michael REINHART & Magdelena. Born on December 9, 1822 in Alsace, France. George died in Polk, Oregon on March 22, 1908; he was 85.
		iii.	Joseph McKinnon.

Twelfth Generation 
_________________________________________
Family of John SCHOOLER (54) & Elizabeth Ann RANDALL

61. Milton SCHOOLER. Born in 1844 in Missouri.

Milton married Clara Ann KING.

They had one child:
	67	i.	George Edward

Family of Lewis SCHOOLER (55) & Nancy COX

62. Hannah SCHOOLER. Born on January 4, 1832 in Ohio.

Hannah married Adrian BANES, in Iowa. Born in Ohio.

They had one child:
		i.	??.

Family of Hugh SCHOOLER (56) & Susan PEEBLES

63. Mary Jane SCHOOLER. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999] Born in 1890 in Hennepin, Illinois. [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999]

Mary Jane married Samuel H. SMITH [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

They had one child:
		i.	Calla [1, Date of Import: May 30, 1999].

Family of James D. JONES (57) & Manervia DYSON

64. John P. JONES. Born about 1845 in Kentucky.

On December 18, 1860 when John P. was 15, he married Mary Eliza PIERSON. Born on April 21, 1843 in Andrew County, Missouri.

They had the following children:
		i.	George A. Born about 1863.
		ii.	Louisa M. Born about 1865.
		iii.	Walter S. Born about 1867.
		iv.	Alexander L. Born about 1869.
		v.	James W. Born about 1871.
		vi.	Nancy A. Born about 1873.
		vii.	Elfy M. Born about 1876.
		viii.	Orey Bell. Born about 1879.
	68	ix.	Noel Price (1882-1964)
		x.	Fennell. Born on September 25, 1885 in Milan, Missouri. Fennell died in Chicago, Illinois on October 17, 1946; he was 61.
			Fennell married Susie ???.

Family of Elizabeth MATTHEWS (58) & James McDANIEL

65. Martha McDANIEL. Born on April 7, 1830. Martha died in DeKalb County, Missouri on October 3, 1888; she was 58. Buried in Maysville, Missouri.

On December 28, 1843 when Martha was 13, she married Thaddeus Clastentine Sylvestapaul DUNCAN, son of Stephen Clarles DUNCAN (1797-1877) & Lucy BROWNING (1808-1838), in Platte County, Missouri. Born on January 7, 1824 in Henry County, Kentucky. Thaddeus Clastentine Sylvestapaul died in Lexington, Henry County, Kentucky on July 18, 1863; he was 39. Buried in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.

They had the following children:
		i.	Elizabeth Ann. Born on April 9, 1845 in Clay County, Missouri. Elizabeth Ann died before 1877; she was 31.
			On July 24, 1864 when Elizabeth Ann was 19, she married Joseph W. REGISTER, in Dekalb County, Missouri.
	69	ii.	John Stephen (1848-1926)
		iii.	William. Born on October 6, 1850 in Clay County, Missouri. William died on April 17, 1916; he was 65.
		iv.	Nancy Milton. Born on April 15, 1852 in Clay County, Missouri. Nancy Milton died in Buchanan County, Missouri on November 27, 1916; she was 64.
			On June 19, 1866 when Nancy Milton was 14, she married William Dixon JAMES, in Dekalb County, Missouri.
		v.	Mary Florence. Born on March 15, 1855 in Dekalb County, Missouri. Mary Florence died in Kansas on July 11, 1882; she was 27.
			Mary Florence married John F. WILSON.
		vi.	James Gilbert LaFayette. Born on May 3, 1857 in Dekalb County, Missouri. James Gilbert LaFayette died on April 15, 1930; he was 72.
			On July 12, 1880 when James Gilbert LaFayette was 23, he married Susan RIDDLE, in Winslow, Missouri.

Family of Benjamin HARRISON (59) & Martha Margaret REEVES

66. Batteal HARRISON. Born on November 6, 1839 in Madison/Fayette County, Ohio. Batteal died in Range Township, Madison County, Ohio on January 19, 1890; he was 50.

On December 24, 1861 when Batteal was 22, he married Lydia Ann RODGERS, in Fayette County, Ohio. Born on January 17, 1841 in Ross County, Ohio. Lydia Ann died in Madison County, Ohio on February 7, 1922; she was 81.

They had one child:
	70	i.	Benjamin Rodgers (1869-1936)

Thirteenth Generation 
_________________________________________
Family of Milton SCHOOLER (61) & Clara Ann KING

67. George Edward SCHOOLER.

George Edward married Carrie Vird ETHERTON.

They had one child:
	71	i.	Ruth

Family of John P. JONES (64) & Mary Eliza PIERSON

68. Noel Price JONES. Born on October 4, 1882 in Linn County, Missouri. Noel Price died in St.Joseph, Missouri on July 20, 1964; he was 81. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

On July 2, 1902 when Noel Price was 19, he married Mary Susan SMITH, in Milan, Missouri. Born on June 13, 1884 in Sumner, Charlton County, Missouri. Mary Susan died in Milan, Missouri on November 7, 1955; she was 71. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

They had the following children:
	72	i.	Berthel Z. (1903-1986)
		ii.	Gail P. Born about 1904. Gail P. died about 1953; she was 49.

Family of Martha McDANIEL (65) & Thaddeus Clastentine Sylvestapaul DUNCAN

69. John Stephen DUNCAN. Born on September 17, 1848 in Clay County, Missouri. John Stephen died in Tuskahoma, Pushmataha, Oklahoma on November 22, 1926; he was 78.

On September 28, 1871 when John Stephen was 23, he married Clara Ann FUSON, in DeKalb County, Missouri.

They had the following children:
		i.	Jeremiah F. Born in 1872 in Maysville, Missouri.
			about 1895 when Jeremiah F. was 23, he married Mary.
		ii.	Thaddius C. Born in 1873 in Maysville, Missouri. Thaddius C. died in North Carolina after 1896; he was 23.
			According to descendants report from Wayne and Shirley Hopkins of Oklahoma City, OK, Thaddius C. Duncan had two children, names unknown, who died young.

			In 1895 when Thaddius C. was 22, he married Agnes.
		iii.	William M. Born on August 13, 1875 in Maysville, Missouri. William M. died in Oklahoma on January 12, 1967; he was 91. Buried in East Of Dover, Oklahoma, Banner Cemetery.
			In 1903 when William M. was 27, he first married Lily DUNNING. Lily died in 1904 in Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
			after 1915 when William M. was 39, he second married Sarah Pearl Flemming DODD.
		iv.	Rosa Luella. Born in March 1877 in Maysville, Missouri. Rosa Luella died in Albion, Oklahoma on January 7, 1953; she was 75.
			about 1897 when Rosa Luella was 19, she married Ernest LAWYER, in Oklahoma?
		v.	Stephen. Born in May 1878 in Maysville, Missouri. Stephen died in 1940; he was 61.
		vi.	Lafayette James “Cute”. Born in 1880 in Maysville, Missouri.
		vii.	Mary Jane. Born on December 19, 1881 in Mitchell County, Kansas. Mary Jane died in Hennessey, Oklahoma on August 20, 1933; she was 51. Buried in Hennessey, Oklahoma, Oak Grove Cemetery.
			On November 16, 1896 when Mary Jane was 14, she married Patrick O’HERN, in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.
		viii.	Daisy Dale. Born in September 1890 in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma. Daisy Dale died in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma on September 16, 1921; she was 31. Buried in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, Tuskahoma Cemetery.
			before 1905 when Daisy Dale was 14, she married Perl LAWYER.
		ix.	Nancy. Born on January 6, 1893 in Dover, Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma. Nancy died in Hennessey, Oklahoma on June 7, 1910; she was 17. Buried in Hennessey, Oklahoma, Oak Grove Cemetery.
		x.	John. Born in December 1894 in Dover, Oklahoma. John died in 1911; he was 16.
		xi.	Charles. Born in February 1897 in Dover, Oklahoma. Charles died in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma on May 17, 1962; he was 65.
			before 1915 when Charles was 17, he married Rosalee BRANDON, in Antlers, Oklahoma.
		xii.	Mary Laverne. Born in February 1897 in Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Mary Laverne died in Kansas on December 21, 1970; she was 73.
			Mary Laverne married Buster SCOTT.
		xiii.	Josephine. Born on September 26, 1898 in Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Josephine died in Stigler, Oklahoma on September 9, 1966; she was 67. Buried in Shady Point, Oklahoma.
			On November 14, 1917 when Josephine was 19, she married William Jesse HOPKINS, in Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma.

Family of Batteal HARRISON (66) & Lydia Ann RODGERS

70. Benjamin Rodgers HARRISON. Born on March 8, 1869 in Range Township, Madison County, Ohio. Benjamin Rodgers died in Columbus, Ohio on August 13, 1936; he was 67.

On December 18, 1890 when Benjamin Rodgers was 21, he married Cuie CLARK, in Mt. Sterling, Ohio. Born on May 4, 1869 in Madison County, Ohio. Cuie died in Columbus, Ohio on December 15, 1961; she was 92.

They had one child:
		i.	Clark Rodgers. Born on November 20, 1891 in Range Township, Madison County, Ohio. Clark Rodgers died in Columbus, Ohio on October 27, 1957; he was 65.
			On November 22, 1914 when Clark Rodgers was 23, he married Lulu Belle HARDIN, in McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee. Born on September 9, 1894 in Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio. Lulu Belle died in Columbus, Ohio on March 8, 1952; she was 57.

14th Generation 
_________________________________________
Family of George Edward SCHOOLER (67) & Carrie Vird ETHERTON

71. Ruth SCHOOLER.

Ruth married James Lee HAMMONS.

They had one child:
	73	i.	James Edward

Family of Noel Price JONES (68) & Mary Susan SMITH

72. Berthel Z. JONES. Born on January 9, 1903 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri. Berthel Z. died in Oregon in June 1986; she was 83.

about 1922 when Berthel Z. was 18, she first married John Albert BUTLER.

They had the following children:
		i.	Gail Brunson. Born on September 13, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. Gail Brunson died in Vista, California on December 31, 1995; he was 72.
			Gail Brunson first married Phyllis Ruth MERWIN.
			Gail Brunson second married Margaret DAVIS.
			Gail Brunson third married Patsy HARDIN.
		ii.	Shirley. Born on November 21, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. Shirley died in Chicago, Illinois on May 12, 1926; she was 1.

about 1936 when Berthel Z. was 32, she second married Michael CRONIN.

about 1944 when Berthel Z. was 40, she third married Bruno ANGELICA.

15th Generation 
_________________________________________
Family of Ruth SCHOOLER (71) & James Lee HAMMONS

73. James Edward HAMMONS.

Child:
		i.	Barbara Ruth

Sources 

1. “kerchers2.FTW,” Other.
2. Betsey’s lineage is presented in the Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 1, Jan. 1947, pp. 85-94. (John I. Jones/Mary Swartwelder, p. 4)
3. Elizabeth Watkins, “Schooler Family,” April 14, 2000, ewatkins25@hotmail.com.
4. After 1836--Elizabeth Watkins Genealogy.
5. While living in Fayette County, under the date of October 3, 1828, he applied for pension (claim #46344).
6. Arlene Hill, “Some Hinkson Bits and Pieces,” December 1, 1997, dahill@worldaccessnet.com.
7. Early Clark County, Ohio Families, Vital Statistics Friends of the Library Genealogical Research Group 1268, Kenwood Ave. Springfield, Ohio 45505 Volume II, page 1, 1986 Submitted by: Roger S. Boone 211 Villa Rd., Springfield OH 45503
8. Early Clark County, Ohio Families, Vital Statistics, Volume 1 Friends of the Library Genealogical Research Group Warder Public Library, Springfield, Ohio 45501 1985 Submitted by: Helen Graham Silvey 6947 Serenity Dr., Sacramento, CA 95823

Index 

? 
	Catherine	spouse of 20
??? 
	Jane	spouse of 22
	Margaret	spouse of 7
ALLISON 
	Mary (1769 - )	spouse of 34
ANGELICA 
	Bruno	spouse of 72
BANES 
	??	child of 62
	Adrian	spouse of 62
BATTAILE 
	Elizabeth	spouse of 14
BUTLER 
	Gail Brunson (1923 - 1995)	child of 72
	John Albert	spouse of 72
	Shirley (1924 - 1926)	child of 72
CARY 
	Priscilla	spouse of 23
CHRISTOPHER 
	Hannah	spouse of 15
CLARK 
	Cuie (1869 - 1961)	spouse of 70
COX 
	Nancy (1808 - )	spouse of 55
CRAWFORD 
	Sarah	spouse of 33
CRONIN 
	Michael	spouse of 72
DANIEL 
	Sarah	spouse of 19
DUNCAN 
	Charles (1897 - 1962)	child of 69
	Daisy Dale (1890 - 1921)	child of 69
	Elizabeth Ann (1845 - <1877)	child of 65
	James Gilbert LaFayette (1857 - 1930)	child of 65
	Jeremiah F. (1872 - )	child of 69
	John (1894 - 1911)	child of 69
	John Stephen (1848 - 1926)	69
	Josephine (1898 - 1966)	child of 69
	Lafayette James “Cute” (1880 - )	child of 69
	Mary Florence (1855 - 1882)	child of 65
	Mary Jane (1881 - 1933)	child of 69
	Mary Laverne (1897 - 1970)	child of 69
	Nancy (1893 - 1910)	child of 69
	Nancy Milton (1852 - 1916)	child of 65
	Rosa Luella (1877 - 1953)	child of 69
	Stephen Jr. (1878 - 1940)	child of 69
	Thaddeus Clastentine Sylvestapaul (1824 - 1863)	spouse of 65
	Thaddius C. (1873 - >1896)	child of 69
	William (1850 - 1916)	child of 65
	William M. (1875 - 1967)	child of 69
DYSON 
	Manervia (1812 - 1889)	spouse of 57
EARLE 
	Sarah	spouse of 48
ELLIOTT 
	Elinor Long	spouse of 13
ELLIS 
	Robert	spouse of 53
ETHERTON 
	Carrie Vird	spouse of 67
FRANKLIN 
	Margarett Peggy	spouse of 37
FUSON 
	Clara Ann	spouse of 69
GRAVES 
	Nancy	child of 42
GRAY 
	Mary	spouse of 22
HAMMONS 
	Barbara Ruth	child of 73
	James Edward	73
	James Lee	spouse of 71
HAMPTON 
	Elizabeth	spouse of 30
HARRISON 
	Abner	41
	Abner (1803 - )	child of 41
	Andrew (1666 - 1752)	14
	Andrew (1648 - 1718)	13
	Andrew (~1644 - 1686)	10
	Andrew (1773 - )	child of 37
	Andrew	child of 10
	Andrew	child of 19
	Andrew	child of 22
	Ann	child of 27
	Anne (1677 - )	child of 10
	Anthony ( - ~1660)	5
	Anthony (~1605 - >1680)	6
	Aristides	child of 32
	Battaile	child of 20
	Battaile (1725 - 1775)	21
	Batteal (1780 - 1857)	50
	Batteal (1839 - 1890)	66
	Benjamin	child of 32
	COL Benjamin (1750 - 1808)	32
	Benjamin (1815 - 1902)	59
	Benjamin (1791 - 1796)	child of 34
	Benjamin (~1718 - 1779)	23
	Benjamin	child of 22
	Benjamin (1796 - 1812)	child of 48
	Benjamin	child of 36
	Benjamin	child of 38
	Benjamin (1801 - )	child of 41
	Benjamin Johnston (1790 - )	child of 29
	Benjamin Rodgers (1869 - 1936)	70
	Catherine (1744 - 1824)	child of 20
	Catherine	child of 32
	Catherine “Catty” Griffin (1801 - )	53
	Catherine “Catty” Griffin (1801 - )	spouse of 60
	Charles (1788 - )	child of 34
	Charles (1754 - )	child of 18
	Charles (~1720 - )	24
	Charles	child of 22
	Charles Jr. (~1717 - 1786)	18
	Charles Larkin (1793 - )	child of 29
	Christopher	child of 22
	Clarissa (1784 - )	child of 48
	Clark Rodgers (1891 - 1957)	child of 70
	Cynthia	child of 27
	Diana (1744 - 1817)	43
	Elizabeth	child of 32
	Elizabeth (~1750 - )	child of 20
	Elizabeth	child of 51
	Elizabeth (~1690 - )	16
	Elizabeth (1771 - )	child of 37
	Elizabeth	child of 19
	Elizabeth (1792 - )	child of 48
	Elizabeth (1776 - >1816)	40
	Elizabeth (Betty) (1760 - <1808)	28
	Elizabeth (Betty) (1776 - >1816)	39
	Ellen	child of 7
	Emily	child of 31
	Francena (1795 - 1831)	child of 34
	Frances	42
	Frances B.	child of 38
	Frances (Frankie)	child of 21
	Frances White (1776 - )	child of 37
	George (~1528 - )	child of 1
	George ( - 1713)	9
	George	child of 9
	George W.	child of 38
	Harietta	child of 38
	Harriet (1778 - )	child of 48
	Henry (1798 - 1808)	child of 48
	Henry (1782 - )	child of 31
	Hugh (~1524 - )	3
	Ignatius (1789 - )	child of 41
	Isabell	child of 51
	Isham (1760 - )	child of 19
	Isham (1789 - )	child of 48
	Jael	child of 8
	Jael	child of 12
	James ( - ~1718)	8
	James	36
	James (~1636 - )	12
	James (~1724 - 1809)	child of 15
	James (1748 - )	30
	James	child of 22
	James	48
	James (~1777 - 1812)	child of 36
	James (1805 - )	child of 41
	Jane	child of 22
	Jane (1779 - )	child of 31
	Jane (1796 - )	child of 41
	Jane “Jenny”	49
	John	child of 20
	John (~1470 - ~1538)	1
	John (1798 - )	child of 34
	John (1719 - 1762)	19
	John	child of 21
	John	child of 7
	John	child of 4
	John	child of 9
	John	child of 10
	John	child of 19
	John (1776 - )	child of 31
	John (1784 - )	child of 36
	John (1754 - 1821)	29
	John H. (1777 - 1838)	child of 48
	Joseph	child of 51
	Judith (1791 - )	child of 37
	Julian	child of 32
	Lawrence (1720 - 1771)	20
	Lawrence Jr. (~1753 - 1833)	34
	Lawrence	child of 32
	Louise Jaane (1780 - )	child of 48
	Lucy	child of 23
	Margaret (~1716 - 1747)	child of 15
	Margaret Mary (~1692 - )	17
	Martha	child of 19
	Mary	child of 32
	Mary (~1761 - 1835)	35
	Mary (1812 - 1832)	child of 34
	Mary	child of 19
	Mary (1794 - )	child of 48
	Mary	child of 31
	Mary Dillard	child of 36
	Matilda Caroline (1775 - )	child of 37
	Medford (1808 - 1822)	child of 34
	Miriah	child of 51
	Nancy (1772 - 1856)	52
	Nancy Anne	child of 19
	Nansie (1762 - )	child of 24
	Nicholas (1738 - )	child of 18
	Nicholas	child of 38
	North (~1559 - )	child of 2
	Peter ( - 1593)	2
	Peter (~1555 - )	child of 2
	Peter	child of 3
	Peter	7
	Peter	child of 7
	Peter	child of 9
	Polly (1786 - )	child of 37
	Rachel (1796 - )	child of 41
	Rebecca	child of 51
	Reuben (1749 - 1824)	37
	Reuben (1782 - 1844)	child of 37
	Reuben (1792 - )	child of 41
	Reuben Campbell (1805 - )	child of 34
	Richard (1628 - )	11
	Richard (~1618 - >1680)	child of 5
	Richard (1753 - 1816)	38
	Richard	child of 24
	Richard (1752 - )	31
	Richard (1787 - )	child of 48
	Richard (1787 - )	child of 31
	Richard (1786 - 1840)	child of 38
	Robert (~1769 - 1821)	51
	Robert	child of 20
	Robert (1750 - )	27
	Robert (1674 - )	child of 10
	Robert (1779 - 1860)	child of 37
	Sally (1789 - )	child of 37
	Samuel (1794 - )	child of 37
	Samuel	child of 9
	Sarah (1752 - )	child of 18
	Sarah	child of 31
	Sarah “Sally”	child of 33
	Thomas (~1718 - 1747)	child of 15
	Thomas	child of 9
	Thomas	child of 10
	Thomas (1790 - )	child of 48
	William (~1750 - 1782)	33
	William	child of 32
	Dr. William	child of 50
	William (~1551 - 1620)	4
	William (1677 - )	child of 10
	William (1688 - 1742)	15
	William	child of 21
	William	child of 24
	William	child of 37
	William	child of 9
	William (~1712 - 1765)	22
	William	child of 22
	William	child of 38
	William (1787 - )	child of 41
	William Battaile (1796 - )	child of 34
	Willoughby	child of 9
HIGHLAND 
	Frances	spouse of 24
HINKSON 
	Margaret	child of 49
	William	spouse of 49
HODGES 
	Isabell	spouse of 51
JOHNSTON 
	Mary Ann	spouse of 29
JONES 
	Alexander L. (~1869 - )	child of 64
	Berthel Z. (1903 - 1986)	72
	Elfy M. (~1876 - )	child of 64
	Fennell (1885 - 1946)	child of 64
	Gail P. (~1904 - ~1953)	child of 68
	George A. (~1863 - )	child of 64
	James D. (1808 - 1884)	57
	James W. (~1871 - )	child of 64
	John P. (~1845 - )	64
	Lewis (~1780 - ~1856)	spouse of 46
	Louisa M. (~1865 - )	child of 64
	Louz Ann	child of 57
	Margaret Ann (1782 - 1813)	spouse of 44
	Nancy A. (~1873 - )	child of 64
	Noel Price (1882 - 1964)	68
	Orey Bell (~1879 - )	child of 64
	Walter S. (~1867 - )	child of 64
JOSIAH 
	Joseph McKinnon	child of 53
	Joseph McKinnon	child of 60
KERTLEY 
	UNNAMED	spouse of 26
KING 
	Clara Ann	spouse of 61
LEBRICK 
	David	spouse of 39
	David	spouse of 40
LEE 
	Susanna	spouse of 38
LONG 
	Edward	child of 17
	Gabriel	spouse of 17
	Gabriel (Cabrell)	26
	Henry	child of 17
	Nicholas	child of 26
	Phillip	child of 17
	Richard	child of 17
	William	child of 17
MARTIN 
	Amelia (1786 - )	child of 43
	Ann (1779 - )	child of 43
	Benjamin	spouse of 43
	Benjamin Harrison (1773 - )	child of 43
	Diana (1788 - )	child of 43
	Elizabeth (1783 - )	child of 43
	James (1777 - )	child of 43
	John (1781 - )	child of 43
	Patsy (1769 - )	child of 43
	Robert (1767 - )	child of 43
	Sarah Meredith (1775 - )	child of 43
MATTHEWS 
	Elizabeth	58
McDANIEL 
	James	spouse of 58
	Martha (1830 - 1888)	65
McKINNON 
	Daniel (1767 - 1837)	spouse of 52
	Daniel F. (1831 - 1887)	child of 53
	Daniel F. (1831 - 1887)	child of 60
	Josiah (1804 - 1837)	spouse of 53
	Josiah (1804 - 1837)	60
	Nancy (1832 - 1855)	child of 53
	Nancy (1832 - 1855)	child of 60
MOORE 
	Benjamin	child of 35
	Thomas L. (1745 - 1823)	spouse of 35
MOTT 
	Elizabeth	spouse of 8
	Elizabeth	spouse of 12
	Elizabeth	spouse of 8
MUNDAY 
	Edmund ( - 1800)	25
	Harrison	child of 16
	Harrison	child of 25
	James	child of 25
	John	child of 16
	Reuben	child of 25
	Thomas	spouse of 16
	Thomas	child of 25
	William	child of 25
NEWELL 
	Jane (Jennie) (1780 - 1857)	spouse of 45
	Mary	spouse of 32
PATILLE 
	Anne	spouse of 31
PEEBLES 
	Susan	spouse of 56
PIERSON 
	Mary Eliza (1843 - )	spouse of 64
RAINE 
	Mrs. Thomasin	spouse of 10
RANDALL 
	Elizabeth Ann (1809 - 1888)	spouse of 54
REEVES 
	Martha Margaret (1815 - 1903)	spouse of 59
RICHARDSON 
	William	spouse of 42
RODGERS 
	Lydia Ann (1841 - 1922)	spouse of 66
SCHOOLER 
	Abram (1830 - 1862)	child of 54
	Benjamin Harrison (1780 - 1834)	44
	Benjamin Harrison (1829 - 1919)	child of 54
	Charles Harrison (1786 - 1842)	child of 28
	Elizabeth (1784 - 1863)	46
	George Edward	67
	Hannah (1832 - )	62
	Helena (1821 - )	child of 47
	Henry Harrison (1818 - )	child of 47
	Hugh (1812 - )	56
	Job Art (1842 - )	child of 54
	John (1805 - 1875)	54
	John (1782 - 1839)	45
	John (1837 - 1876)	child of 54
	Lewis (~1811 - 1869)	55
	Martha (Twin)	child of 54
	Mary Jane (1890 - )	63
	Mary (Twin)	child of 54
	Milton (1844 - )	61
	Richard (1791 - ~1840)	47
	Ruth	71
	Sarah Jane (1847 - )	child of 54
	William (1760 - 1835)	spouse of 28
	William (1790 - 1858)	child of 28
	William (1814 - )	child of 45
	William (1829 - 1900)	child of 54
SCOTT 
	Elizabeth Thompson (1782 - 1851)	spouse of 50
	Lear (1798 - )	spouse of 47
SIMS 
	Jane	spouse of 41
SMITH 
	Calla	child of 63
	Mary Susan (1884 - 1955)	spouse of 68
	Samuel H.	spouse of 63
SMITHERS 
	Sarah (1719 - )	spouse of 18
SNEED 
	Ruth	spouse of 25
TINSLEY 
	Isaac ( - ~1824)	child of 39
	Isaac ( - ~1824)	child of 40
	William	spouse of 40
TINSLEYTOWNSLEY 
	William	spouse of 39
TODD 
	Jane Jennie	spouse of 36
WHEELER 
	Rebecca	spouse of 27
WHITE 
	Francis	spouse of 21