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Descendants of Joseph Harris

Generation No. 2

2. William² Harris (Joseph¹) died Unknown. He married Jaibey Gibson 10 Nov 1795 in ,Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. She died Unknown.

Notes for William Harris:
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BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Mary Ella Burke, College Grove TN to James and Fern Coffin Neal, Sacr amento CA, 18 Jan 1996; photocopy in poss of M. June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1996. NOTE: This ph otocopy of the letter was graciously sent by James and Fern Coffin Neal of Sacramento CA in J an 1996. ALSO NOTE: William Harris is said to have stopped off in Humphreys Co TN.

MARRIAGE: Marr Record; 1895; Pittsylvania Co VA dtd 10 Nov 1795; notes in poss of M. June Ha rris, Tucson AZ, 1995.

More About William Harris:
Record Change: 08 Dec 2002

Notes for Jaibey Gibson:
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MARRIAGE-SPOUSE: Marr Record; 1795; Pittsylvania Co VA dtd 10 Nov 1795; notes in poss of M . June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1995.

More About Jaibey Gibson:
Record Change: 05 Mar 2002

Children of William Harris and Jaibey Gibson are:

+	5	i.		Urbane³ Harris, born 1800 in ,,Virginia; died 1853 in ,Humphreys Co., Tennessee.
+	6	ii.		Coleman Edward Harris, born 17 Jun 1803 in ,,Virginia; died 22 Oct 1872 in ,Humphreys Co., Tennessee.

3. Peggy² Harris (Joseph¹) was born Aft. 1764, and died Unknown. She married Laban Combs 10 Nov 1795 in ,Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He died Unknown.

Notes for Peggy Harris:
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MARRIAGE-SPOUSE-PARENTS: Marr Record; 1795; Pittsylvania Co VA dtd 10 Nov 1795; notes in pos s of M. June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1995.

More About Peggy Harris:
Record Change: 05 Mar 2002

Notes for Laban Combs:
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MARRIAGE-SPOUSE: Marr Record; 1795; Pittsylvania Co VA dtd 10 Nov 1795; notes in poss of M . June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1995.

CENSUS: 1820 U.S. Census, Humphreys Co TN; 1820; p. 6;;. NOTE: He has 1 male aged 15-20 an d is himself 30-40. He alsao has 1 female between the ages of 0-5 and another female betwee n 5-10 and his wife is between 20-30.

CENSUS: 1830 U.S. Census, Humphreys Co TN; 1830; p. 323;;. NOTE: He has 1 male between 0- 5 and is himself between 60-70. He has a girl between 0-5 and another between 20-30.

More About Laban Combs:
Record Change: 08 Dec 2002

Children of Peggy Harris and Laban Combs are:

+	7	i.	Son³ Combs, died Bef. 1850.
+	8	ii.	Orison G. Combs, born 14 Feb 1810 in ,,North Carolina; died 26 Jul 1870.
+	9	iii.	L. D. Combs, born Abt. 1820 in ,,Tennessee; died Unknown.

      4. James² Harris (Joseph¹) was born Abt. 1764 in Roanoke, VA ¹, and died Bef. 1860 in Decatur Co., Tennessee. He married Seany/Cena Hackworth 16 Feb 1797 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She was born Abt. 1778 in Virginia, and died Bef. 1870 in ,Henderson Co., Tennessee.

Notes for James Harris:

pg 17 Joshua Harris has permission to pass thro that part of the Cherokee Nation on his way to Jackson County in Georgia. . . 4th May 1804
pg 18
James Harris & Nich Lostater have permission to go with said McGill to assist him is deescending the River Tennessee.

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!James Harris is said to have traveled down the Tennessee River and to have settled along Cu b Creek in what is now Decatur County in the early 1800s. He is also believed to have name d Cub Creek after all the bear cubs he killed around the creek.

!James Harris is also said to have operated the first grist mill in Decatur County. This gri st mill was supposedly located on Cub Creek near Jeanette.

!BIOGRAPHY: Lillye Younger; DECATUR COUNTY;;Memphis, Memphis State University Press, pp.6- 7 Decaturville Library, Decaturville TN.

!BIOGRAPHY: Lillye Younger, PEOPLE OF ACTION;; Decatur Co Printers, p. 139; book in poss o f M. June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1996. NOTE: This book was graciously given by James and Fern C offin Neal of Sacramento CA, 1996.

!BIRTH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Earnest C. Haws, "James Meredith Harris"; copy in poss of M. June Ha rris, Tucson AZ, 1994.

!BIOGRAPHY: Interview of James Hugh Harris;;1926 in McKenzie, Carroll Co TN by Edith Opal Ha rris; notes in poss of James Q. Neal, Sacramento CA, 1995; photocopy of the notes in poss o f M. June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1995.

!DESCENDANTS: Letter from Fern Coffin Neal, Sacramento CA to M. June Harris, Tucson AZ dtd 2 3 Oct 1995; letter in poss of M. June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1995.

!BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Mary Ella Johnson Burke, College Grove TN to James and Fern Coffin N eal, Sacramento CA, 18 Jan 1996; photocopy in poss of M. June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1996. NOTE : This photocopy was graciously sent by James and Fern Coffin Neal of Sacramento CA, Jan 199 6.

!SPOUSE-BIRTH-CHILD-DEATH: Ahnentafel Chart for Sidney Ileta Lamb; 30 Nov 1994; compiled b y James and Fern Coffin Neal, Sacramento CA; in poss of M. June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1994.

!CENSUS: 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co TN; 1850; Civil District 5.

!MARRIAGE: Marr Record; 1797; Pittsylvania Co VA;; hand-copy in poss of M. June Harris, Tucs on AZ, 1995.

Notes for Seany/Cena Hackworth:
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!CENSUS: 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co TN; 1850; Civil District 5.

!CENSUS: 1860 U.S. Census, Henderson Co TN; 1860; Civl District 18. NOTE: A
widow in the household of Elisha and Nancy Elender Harris Hendrix.

!BIRTH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Earnest C. Haws, "James Meredith Harris"; copy in poss
of M. June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1994.

!SPOUSE-BIRTH-CHILD-DEATH: Ahnentafel Chart for Sidney Ileta Lamb; 30 Nov
1994; compiled by James and Fern Coffin Neal, Sacramento CA; in poss of M. June
Harris, Tucson AZ, 1994.

!MARRIAGE: Marr Record; 1797; Pittsylvania Co VA; hand-copy in poss of M. June
Harris, Tucson AZ, 1995.James Neal                  Email: jqneal@comcast.net
July 10, 2004                   subj: Our Harris lines

Hello, Dawna,

If I seem informal, it's because I'm 85 and counting. I'm sorry not to have answered your e-mail sooner. My zeal and energy must be flagging a bit. I was glad to hear from another member of the Harris clan, and wiil try to be of some help. My Harris ancestry is: James Harris and Cena Hackworth, James Meridith Harris, Hezekiah Bradbury Harris, James Wesley Harris, and finally my mother, Esther Lenora Harris who married Frank Irvin Neal. I will be glad to share gedcoms and photos of such lines of my family as you wish.

I retired in Sacramento from the Bureau of Reclamation at the end of 1978 after 30 years of service. After WW II I went back to the University of Arkansas to complete work on my BSCE that had started in 1939, was interrupted after the sophomore year by marriage, about a year of work in surveying for new Army camps in AR and CO, and followed by 3 years Army service in the US and France.

Work in the USBR began in Friant, CA in 1948, then to Lindsay in 1950, and to Sacramento in 1956. Our work required some travel - to Washington, DC, Denver and regional offices. My wife died in February 2000. We had two children, Karen, who died in 1999, and James Alan, who lives in OR with his wife. Karen's son, David N. Greenwood, lives in Yuba City, with wife Stacia and Stepdaughter, Hannah, Daughter Rachel, 3, and Son James David, born December 2003. Karen's daughter, Amy, is single. Both grandchildren work for the County of Sacramento, David as a deputy.

My genealogy program is Legacy Family Tree, 5.0 (Windows), and my main photo-editing program is Photoshop Elements 2. I toy with the idea that the big Photoshop program might be worth the trouble of learning it.

I must say your family data printouts put mine to shame. My family history database was started late in life, and has been gathered in haste, with verification of much data left for younger and more dedicated members of our big extended family. Within its limitations, the database should be useful as a guide. I have been especially eager to collect and share family photos, and greatly enjoy editing all kinds of pictures. May 21-22 I drove down to Big Pine to see Mt. Whitney and the Alabama Hills at its base. I.was able to get up to the Bristlecone Pines area, too. The last mile to the best pines was still snowed in (above 11,000 feet), and there was a little fresh snow on the ground. That Owens Valley trip needs to be repeated at a better season for pictures. My Digital Rebel did a better job than the Canon SLR film camera. Some 300 movies and TV episodes have been made in the Alabama Hills, including Gunga Din and High Sierra.

While my database maintenance is poor, a specialty has been the demonstration of family histories generated in html with linked photos and burned to CD-ROM. There was a niche that was unfilled around here for some years, so I give group demos of that process onscreen, also on digital editing. A surprising number of people have not had the time or inclination to try those useful procedures. The convenience and universality of the format make the history on CD ideal for introducing family members to genealogy.

I look forward to adding your family line to my data and to cooperating with you however I can.

James Q. Neal, 3rd great grandson of James Harris

More About Seany/Cena Hackworth:
Record Change: 12 Oct 2000

Children of James Harris and Seany/Cena Hackworth are:

William³ Harris, born Abt. 1797; died Unknown.

Notes for William Harris:
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BIOGRAPHY: Interview of James Hugh Harris;;1926, McKenzie, Carroll Co TN by Edith Opal Harri s; notes in poss of James Q. Neal, Sacramento CA; photocopy of notes in poss of M. June Harri s, Tucson AZ, 1995.

PARENTS-SIBLINGS: Earnest C. Haws, "James Meredith Harris"; copy in poss of M. June Harris , Tucson AZ, 1994.

More About William Harris:
Record Change: 05 Mar 2002

+	11	ii.	Henry C. Harris, born Aft. 1797; died Bef. 1864 in ,Stoddard Co., Missouri.
+	12	iii.	Coleman Harris, born Bet. 1797 - 1805; died Unknown in prob. TN.
+	13	iv.	Joseph H. Harris, born 1809 in Tennessee; died 1876 in ,Henderson Co., Tennessee.
+	14	v.	Thomas B. Harris, born Jul 1812 in Tennessee; died Abt. Oct 1900 in ,Henderson Co., Tennessee.
+	15	vi.	James Meredith "Meridy" Harris, born Jan 1814 in ,,Tennessee; died 1901 in ,Henderson Co., Tennessee.
	16	vii.	George W. Harris, born 1815 in Tennessee; died Aft. 1860.

Notes for George W. Harris:
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!ANCESTRY-SIBLINGS: Descendancy Chart for James Harris, compiled by James
Q. Neal; dtd 13 Aug 1994; chart in poss of M. June Harris, Tucson AZ, 1994.

!CENSUS: 1850 U.S. Census, Decatur Co TN; 1850; Civil District 5. NOTE:
Living with his parents.

!CENSUS: 1860 U.S. Census, Henderson Co TN; 1860; Civil District 18. NOTE:
Living with his brother-in-law, Elisha Hendrix family with 9 children and his mother CEna 86 yrs

More About George W. Harris:
Record Change: 12 Oct 2000

+	17	viii.		Stephen G. Harris, born 27 Mar 1818 in ,,Tennessee; died 22 Sep 1906 in ,,Tennessee.
+	18	ix.		Nancy Ellender Harris, born 26 Aug 1820 in ,,Tennessee; died 06 Jan 1902 in ,Henderson Co., Tennessee.

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