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Facts and Events
Thomas Harris was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Vol. 2 - Wilson vs. Wilson--O. S. 280; N. S. 99--Bill, 21st March, 1817, by Jane Wilson (by John Devericks, her guardian); Thomas Harris and Mary, his wife, late Wilson, daughter of first marriage of Thomas Wilson of Waynesboro. Their mother was a daughter of John Peebles, late of Bath. They were married in August, 1795, and she died 4 or 5 years after. Jane will be 21 in July next. John Peebles died, 1801, testate. Mary married in 1816. Jane was driven to seek refuge with John Devericks of Pendleton, who married her mother's sister. John Peebles, Jr., has moved to Kentucky and Thomas Peebles (son of John, Sr.) to Missouri. Thomas Wilson died September, 1818. Robert Carlile deposes, 1818, he has known John Peoples of Bath from 1774. John married Frances Peoples. Thos. Wilson lived in 1795, was living in Pendleton County. In 1798 he moved to Rockbridge. Frances died June, 1799. Will of John Peebles dated 19th May, 1800. Wife, Jane; son, Thomas, in Kentucky; son, Robert; son-in-law, Thos. Wilson, John Erwin, John Devericks; two grandchildren, daughters of Thos. Wilson; daughters, Jane, Mary; son, John; son Robert's son, John; son John's son, John. Recorded in Bath, September, 1802.
References
- United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).
1860 United States Federal Census Name: Thomas Harris Age in 1860: 72 Birth Year: abt 1788 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: Smyth, Virginia Gender: Male Post Office: Seven Mile Ford Household Members: Name Age Thomas Harris 72 Mary Harris 62 Hiram A Harris 25 Reese T Harris 20 William H Harris 18 Letitia Ann Walker 8
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