Person:Matthew Harbison (2)

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Matthew Harbison, of Culpeper Co, VA & Cedar Creek, VA
b.Est 1723 Ireland
d.31 Dec 1775 Quebec, Canada
  • HMatthew Harbison, of Culpeper Co, VA & Cedar Creek, VAEst 1723 - 1775
  • WMargaret GriffithAbt 1727 - Abt 1815
m. Abt 1746
  1. Mathew Harbison1746 - 1775
  2. John Harbison1748 - 1819
  3. William Harbison1750 - 1815
  4. Elizabeth Harbison1756 -
  5. Mary Harbison1760 - 1824
  6. Moses HarbisonAbt 1765 - 1810
  7. Elinor Harbison1768 - 1823
  8. Samuel HarbisonAbt 1770 - Abt 1821
Facts and Events
Name Matthew Harbison, of Culpeper Co, VA & Cedar Creek, VA
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1723 Ireland[assumed age 23 at marriage]
Marriage Abt 1746 to Margaret Griffith
Death[2] 31 Dec 1775 Quebec, Canadasupposedly died in Battle of Quebec

Contents

Records in Culpeper Co, VA

  • 1758, Virginia Colonial Militia, Culpeper County, VA - Mat. Harbison. [Culpeper County, Virginia, by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, pg. 72].

Records in Frederick Co., VA

  • French and Indian War - List of soldiers from Frederick County and Winchester as shown by Act of General Assembly of Virginia, September 1758 - 32nd George II, Hening's Statutes, Vol. 7, page 215: Matthew Harbison, [The Story of Winchester in Virginia, the oldest town in Shenandoah Valley, pb. 279[.

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • S-39: Samuel Colvill Sr. of Shannandoah Co. asne of Matthew Harbison, 350 acres on Cedar Creek in said county. Surv. Jan 1753 for Harbison by Mr. Robert Rutherford ff'd (See Bk. N) Adj. John Moss, John Stickley, Long Meadow Run. 20 May 1780 [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, Vol. 3, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 47].

Land Records

  • O-316: Maj. Lewis Stephens of Frederick Co., 366 acres on Cedar Creek in said Co. Surv. by Robert Rutherford 5 May 1755 and forfeited by Advertisement issued from Office and recorded in Book N. Deed to Lewis Stephens. allowed. Adj. William Bay, said Stephens, John Stockley, Matthew Harbison, John Moss. 25 Sept. 1770. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 206].
References
  1.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
  2. Rootsweb Message Boards.

    Matthew Harbison Timeline

    1725 (est.) born in Ireland (Eliza Brown Wallace TN DAR*)
    1746 (est.) married Margaret Griffith (Eliza Brown Wallace TN DAR)
    1746 (est.) Matthew Jr Harbison born (died Battle of Quebec, 1775)
    1748 son John Harbison born (Rev. War Pension App Fold3**.)
    1750 (est.) son William Harbison born (Goodspeed's History, Tn)
    1753 (23 Jan) 350 acres surveyed on Cedar Creek, (Frederick Co. Va.)
    1758 Virginia Colonial Militia, Fr. & Indian War, (Frederick Co. Va.)
    1760 (est.) daug. Mary Harbison born (Eliza Brown Wallace TN DAR)
    1760 (3 March) witness to deed, (Frederick Co. Va.)
    1764 name on an estate bond for James Loyd (Frederick Co., Va.)
    1765 (est.) son Moses Harbison born (married 1789, Culpeper Co. Va.)
    1766 Estate bond for Isaac White, Matthew Harrison (?) (Frederick Co. Va.)
    1768 (est.) daug. Elinor Harbison born (Blackburn Bible & Family History)
    1770 (3 Jan) John Harbison, witness to deed (Frederick Co. Va.)
    1770 (25 Sep) mentioned on Land Grant as owning adjoining land (Frederick Co. Va.)
    1774 Culpeper Co. Va. Estate Inventory and Appraisal
    1775 (Dec. 31) Matthew Jr. Harbison's death at the Battle of Quebec
    (Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants, T. K. Cartmell)
    1783 Margaret Harbinson (Culpeper Co. Va. Tax List)
    1781 Moses Harbinson (Culpeper Classes, Class No. 55, Culpeper Co. Va.)
    1789 Moses Harbinson marriage to Anne Barlow, (Culpeper Co. Va.)
    1791 Moses Harbison tax list entry (Culpeper Co. Va.)
    1810 Anna Harberson (Madison Co. Va. Census)
    * Tennessee
    DAR GRC report ; s1 v099 : family histories and miscellaneous data
    [bk. 3] p 181,182

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