NINTH GENERATION

294.Col. John HARRIS was born in 1732 in Powhatan Co., VA.⁽⁸⁹⁴⁾ Estimated.He died on 19 Nov 1800 in Powhatan Co., VA. ⁽⁸⁹⁵⁾Business partner with George Washington.He was married to Anne Obedience TURPIN on 17 Aug 1754 in Cumberland Co., VA.⁽⁸⁹⁶⁾ Info from <[email protected]> on Apr 1, 1999.(Frances M. Fletcher).

295.Anne Obedience TURPIN was born on 17 Sep 1734 in Cumberland Co., VA. ⁽⁸⁹⁷⁾She died on 8 Aug 1800 in Powhatan Co., VA. ⁽⁸⁹⁸⁾ Pg 541, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol V, Woodson Family: "Wade Woodson, son of 58 Tucker Woodson, married Mary Harris, of Powhatan county, daughter of Col. John Harris, and his wife, Obedience, daughter of Thomas Turpin and Mary Jefferson, sister of the President; another daughter of Col. Harris, named Judith, married John Crittenden, of Kentucky, and was mother of John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, United States senator, etc.From Tucker Woodson it is believed were descended Gov. Silas Woodson, of Missouri, Samuel Hughes Woodson, member of Congress from Kentucky, 1821-1825, and Judge Tucker Woodson, of Nicholasville, son of the last."Children were:
147 i. Lucy HARRIS.
ii. Lt. John HARRIS was born in Oct 1758.Info from <[email protected]> on Apr 1, 1999.(Frances M. Fletcher).Married Twice, 1st marriage about 1785, a girl and a boy(the boy a John Harris untraced, and the girl may have died young as did her mother.John sold out in Powhatan(which had broken off of Cumberland Co.), and moved toChesterfield Co., VA., where in 1794 he m Rebecca Ann Britton.
iii. Judith HARRIS was born about 1760 in Cumberland Co., VA.She moved to Woodford Co., KY.Info from <[email protected]> on Apr 1, 1999.(Frances M. Fletcher).
iv. Mary Eliza Josepha HARRIS was born in 1761.Info from <[email protected]> on Apr 1, 1999.(Frances M. Fletcher).
v. Jordan HARRIS was born on 20 May 1763 in Cumberland Co., VA.Info from <[email protected]> on Apr 1, 1999.(Frances M. Fletcher).
vi. Caroline Matilda HARRIS was born on 1 Dec 1765 in Cumberland Co., VA.Info from <[email protected]> on Apr 1, 1999.(Frances M. Fletcher).
vii. Dr. Francis HARRIS was born on 7 May 1768 in Cumberland Co., VA.Info from <[email protected]> on Apr 1, 1999.(Frances M. Fletcher).He died in Dec 1836 in Powhatan Co., VA.

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