Elizabeth Preston Hampton Harrison
Birth 14 Jan 1758
Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
Death 28 Jul 1799 (aged 41)
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Harrison Family Cemetery
Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Daughter of Anthony Hampton I & Elizabeth "Betsy" Preston
Wife of James Mason Harrison Sr.
This is a short summary of the Hampton Indian Massacre:
While her husband was away she left her 1st born (only child at that time) with her parents and went to visit a neighbor. While she was gone, Some Tory & Cherokee Indians went to the Hampton home and massacred her father, mother, brother, Preston and her baby boy. They ransacked the home and kidnapped her nephew, John Bynum. From the woods, she witnessed the massacre and she and her friend road horses to Wood's Fort to get help. The Indians continued on to Preston's home and killed his 2 children there. His wife fled through the swamp and was found several days later in the woods. She never mentally recovered. Elizabeth's 5 brothers rode with troops to find the Indians. After a series of bloody conflicts, a treaty was made and John Bynum was returned.
They had 13 Children:
Anthony Harrison 1775-1776
John Hampton Harrison 1777-1837 John H. Harrison
Harriet Harrison 1778-1828 Harriet Harrison Earle
Louisa Jane Harrison 1780-1827
James Mason Harrison Jr. 1782-1866
Clarissa Harrison 1784-1792 Clarissa Harrison
Richard Harrison 1786-1829
Isham Harrison 1788-1863 Isham Harrison
Thomas Harrison 1790-1837
Elizabeth Harrison 1792-1835
Mary Vivian "Polly" Harrison 1794-1820
Benjamin Harrison 1796-1812
Henry Hampton Harrison 1798-1808
Brother-Wade Hampton I 1752-1835
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8465507/elizabeth-preston-harrison
