Excerpts from: THE HARBOUR FAMILY OF PATRICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA
David Harbour, born in 1769, was a grandson of Thomas Harbour. By his superior intelligence and natural ability he was far in advance of his time, and, like all leaders, suffered some of the consequences of leadership.
It was said of him in after life that he favored the mother country as against the colonies, and seeing that he was only seventeen years old at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and that he was charged with the care of his father's family, it is not strange that he was in favor of order as opposed to violence. The British Government had never oppressed him or any one else so far as his knowledge extended. This shadow followed him through life, preventing all public preference, but in the light of our wider vision it is doubtful whether he made or lost by its existence.
David Harbour, born in 1769, was a grandson of Thomas Harbour. By his superior intelligence and natural ability he was far in advance of his time, and, like all leaders, suffered some of the consequences of leadership.
It was said of him in after life that he favored the mother country as against the colonies, and seeing that he was only seventeen years old at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and that he was charged with the care of his father's family, it is not strange that he was in favor of order as opposed to violence. The British Government had never oppressed him or any one else so far as his knowledge extended. This shadow followed him through life, preventing all public preference, but in the light of our wider vision it is doubtful whether he made or lost by its existence.
Excerpts from: THE HARBOUR FAMILY OF PATRICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA
David Harbour, born in 1769, was a grandson of Thomas Harbour. By his superior intelligence and natural ability he was far in advance of his time, and, like all leaders, suffered some of the consequences of leadership.
It was said of him in after life that he favored the mother country as against the colonies, and seeing that he was only seventeen years old at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and that he was charged with the care of his father's family, it is not strange that he was in favor of order as opposed to violence. The British Government had never oppressed him or any one else so far as his knowledge extended. This shadow followed him through life, preventing all public preference, but in the light of our wider vision it is doubtful whether he made or lost by its existence.
David Harbour, born in 1769, was a grandson of Thomas Harbour. By his superior intelligence and natural ability he was far in advance of his time, and, like all leaders, suffered some of the consequences of leadership.
It was said of him in after life that he favored the mother country as against the colonies, and seeing that he was only seventeen years old at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and that he was charged with the care of his father's family, it is not strange that he was in favor of order as opposed to violence. The British Government had never oppressed him or any one else so far as his knowledge extended. This shadow followed him through life, preventing all public preference, but in the light of our wider vision it is doubtful whether he made or lost by its existence.
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David Harbour
1758 — 1846
Son of Abner & Joyce
Thornhill Harbour
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