THE HARBOUR FAMILY OF PATRICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Thomas Harbour was a native of the rugged country of Wales, and responding to the call of opportunities offered in the New World which were unknown in the old, made his way to Virginia, and settled on land lying on Mayo River near the state line in Lunenburg, now Patrick County. This settlement was made about 1740.
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's eldest son, Abner, married a Thornhill and acquired land in the northwest part of Henry County, now Patrick County, on the waters of Irwin's, now Smith, River. He was compelled to leave this land on account of an Indian raid from Chillicothe, and he never returned to his domain as he died soon afterwards.
THE HARBOUR FAMILY OF PATRICK AND HENRY COUNTIES
The members of the Harbour family of whom we have a record are: David Harbour, Moses Harbour, and Thomas Harbour, the latter lived in Henry County.
The children of David Harbour were: Mary, who married Abram Reynolds; Sarah, Lewis Pedigo; Jennie, who married a Knowles and lived on the Meadows of Dan, in Patrick County; Joyce Harbour was the wife of Daniel Ross and lived in Patrick County; Richard Harbour married Judith Nowlin and lived near Elamsville; Naeman Harbour lived and died near Buffalo Ridge, Patrick County, Virginia; Ben Harbour and Jarrett Harbour moved to Ohio; Abram Harbour moved to Illinois.
The children of Richard Harbour and Judith Nowlin Harbour are as follows: Witt Harbour; Charles (killed in the Civil War); Richard Harbour lived and died in Patrick County; Lucinda Harbour married Albert Pedigo; Esther Harbour married Samuel Ross; Sallie Harbour married a Rorer; Judith Virginia Harbour married W. H. Thomas; Mary married a Burnette (died in Kansas).
The sons of Thomas Harbour: Green Harbour, Primitive Baptist preacher (died while preaching in Surry County, North Carolina); James Harbour, son of Thomas Harbour, lived near Stuart, Virginia. The children of James Harbour were: Ewell Harbour, Tyler (killed in the Civil War), Cain Harbour (wounded and died in the Civil War), Elishabe Harbour Ross, Ruth Harbour Spencer, Evelyn Harbour Ross and Bettie Harbour Pilson.
Naeman Harbour's children (Buffalo Ridge): Chapman Johnson Harbour lived and died near Buffalo Ridge; Mary Ella Harbour married a Terry, and James Abner (Zack) Harbour.
THOMAS HARBOUR
Thomas Harbour, a bachelor, lived in Henry County. He was a large slave owner and owned large boundaries of land. His mother was Joyce Ross. Mary Harbour, niece of Thomas Harbour, married Elie Watkins, son of Ned Watkins. Their son, Peter D. Watkins, married Sarah Amos. Tilla Joyce Watkins, daughter of Joyce Watkins, married Andrew J. Gann and lives in Augusta County, Virginia. Beatrice Gann McAuley, daughter of Andrew J. Gann and Tilla J. Watkins Gann, has lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for a number of years.
Pedigo, Virginia G. & Lewis G. Pedigo. History of Patrick and Henry Counties Virginia. Roanoke, The Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company, 1933.
Thomas Harbour was a native of the rugged country of Wales, and responding to the call of opportunities offered in the New World which were unknown in the old, made his way to Virginia, and settled on land lying on Mayo River near the state line in Lunenburg, now Patrick County. This settlement was made about 1740.
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's eldest son, Abner, married a Thornhill and acquired land in the northwest part of Henry County, now Patrick County, on the waters of Irwin's, now Smith, River. He was compelled to leave this land on account of an Indian raid from Chillicothe, and he never returned to his domain as he died soon afterwards.
THE HARBOUR FAMILY OF PATRICK AND HENRY COUNTIES
The members of the Harbour family of whom we have a record are: David Harbour, Moses Harbour, and Thomas Harbour, the latter lived in Henry County.
The children of David Harbour were: Mary, who married Abram Reynolds; Sarah, Lewis Pedigo; Jennie, who married a Knowles and lived on the Meadows of Dan, in Patrick County; Joyce Harbour was the wife of Daniel Ross and lived in Patrick County; Richard Harbour married Judith Nowlin and lived near Elamsville; Naeman Harbour lived and died near Buffalo Ridge, Patrick County, Virginia; Ben Harbour and Jarrett Harbour moved to Ohio; Abram Harbour moved to Illinois.
The children of Richard Harbour and Judith Nowlin Harbour are as follows: Witt Harbour; Charles (killed in the Civil War); Richard Harbour lived and died in Patrick County; Lucinda Harbour married Albert Pedigo; Esther Harbour married Samuel Ross; Sallie Harbour married a Rorer; Judith Virginia Harbour married W. H. Thomas; Mary married a Burnette (died in Kansas).
The sons of Thomas Harbour: Green Harbour, Primitive Baptist preacher (died while preaching in Surry County, North Carolina); James Harbour, son of Thomas Harbour, lived near Stuart, Virginia. The children of James Harbour were: Ewell Harbour, Tyler (killed in the Civil War), Cain Harbour (wounded and died in the Civil War), Elishabe Harbour Ross, Ruth Harbour Spencer, Evelyn Harbour Ross and Bettie Harbour Pilson.
Naeman Harbour's children (Buffalo Ridge): Chapman Johnson Harbour lived and died near Buffalo Ridge; Mary Ella Harbour married a Terry, and James Abner (Zack) Harbour.
THOMAS HARBOUR
Thomas Harbour, a bachelor, lived in Henry County. He was a large slave owner and owned large boundaries of land. His mother was Joyce Ross. Mary Harbour, niece of Thomas Harbour, married Elie Watkins, son of Ned Watkins. Their son, Peter D. Watkins, married Sarah Amos. Tilla Joyce Watkins, daughter of Joyce Watkins, married Andrew J. Gann and lives in Augusta County, Virginia. Beatrice Gann McAuley, daughter of Andrew J. Gann and Tilla J. Watkins Gann, has lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for a number of years.
Pedigo, Virginia G. & Lewis G. Pedigo. History of Patrick and Henry Counties Virginia. Roanoke, The Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company, 1933.
THE HARBOUR FAMILY OF PATRICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Thomas Harbour was a native of the rugged country of Wales, and responding to the call of opportunities offered in the New World which were unknown in the old, made his way to Virginia, and settled on land lying on Mayo River near the state line in Lunenburg, now Patrick County. This settlement was made about 1740.
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's eldest son, Abner, married a Thornhill and acquired land in the northwest part of Henry County, now Patrick County, on the waters of Irwin's, now Smith, River. He was compelled to leave this land on account of an Indian raid from Chillicothe, and he never returned to his domain as he died soon afterwards.
THE HARBOUR FAMILY OF PATRICK AND HENRY COUNTIES
The members of the Harbour family of whom we have a record are: David Harbour, Moses Harbour, and Thomas Harbour, the latter lived in Henry County.
The children of David Harbour were: Mary, who married Abram Reynolds; Sarah, Lewis Pedigo; Jennie, who married a Knowles and lived on the Meadows of Dan, in Patrick County; Joyce Harbour was the wife of Daniel Ross and lived in Patrick County; Richard Harbour married Judith Nowlin and lived near Elamsville; Naeman Harbour lived and died near Buffalo Ridge, Patrick County, Virginia; Ben Harbour and Jarrett Harbour moved to Ohio; Abram Harbour moved to Illinois.
The children of Richard Harbour and Judith Nowlin Harbour are as follows: Witt Harbour; Charles (killed in the Civil War); Richard Harbour lived and died in Patrick County; Lucinda Harbour married Albert Pedigo; Esther Harbour married Samuel Ross; Sallie Harbour married a Rorer; Judith Virginia Harbour married W. H. Thomas; Mary married a Burnette (died in Kansas).
The sons of Thomas Harbour: Green Harbour, Primitive Baptist preacher (died while preaching in Surry County, North Carolina); James Harbour, son of Thomas Harbour, lived near Stuart, Virginia. The children of James Harbour were: Ewell Harbour, Tyler (killed in the Civil War), Cain Harbour (wounded and died in the Civil War), Elishabe Harbour Ross, Ruth Harbour Spencer, Evelyn Harbour Ross and Bettie Harbour Pilson.
Naeman Harbour's children (Buffalo Ridge): Chapman Johnson Harbour lived and died near Buffalo Ridge; Mary Ella Harbour married a Terry, and James Abner (Zack) Harbour.
THOMAS HARBOUR
Thomas Harbour, a bachelor, lived in Henry County. He was a large slave owner and owned large boundaries of land. His mother was Joyce Ross. Mary Harbour, niece of Thomas Harbour, married Elie Watkins, son of Ned Watkins. Their son, Peter D. Watkins, married Sarah Amos. Tilla Joyce Watkins, daughter of Joyce Watkins, married Andrew J. Gann and lives in Augusta County, Virginia. Beatrice Gann McAuley, daughter of Andrew J. Gann and Tilla J. Watkins Gann, has lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for a number of years.
Pedigo, Virginia G. & Lewis G. Pedigo. History of Patrick and Henry Counties Virginia. Roanoke, The Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company, 1933.
Thomas Harbour was a native of the rugged country of Wales, and responding to the call of opportunities offered in the New World which were unknown in the old, made his way to Virginia, and settled on land lying on Mayo River near the state line in Lunenburg, now Patrick County. This settlement was made about 1740.
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's eldest son, Abner, married a Thornhill and acquired land in the northwest part of Henry County, now Patrick County, on the waters of Irwin's, now Smith, River. He was compelled to leave this land on account of an Indian raid from Chillicothe, and he never returned to his domain as he died soon afterwards.
THE HARBOUR FAMILY OF PATRICK AND HENRY COUNTIES
The members of the Harbour family of whom we have a record are: David Harbour, Moses Harbour, and Thomas Harbour, the latter lived in Henry County.
The children of David Harbour were: Mary, who married Abram Reynolds; Sarah, Lewis Pedigo; Jennie, who married a Knowles and lived on the Meadows of Dan, in Patrick County; Joyce Harbour was the wife of Daniel Ross and lived in Patrick County; Richard Harbour married Judith Nowlin and lived near Elamsville; Naeman Harbour lived and died near Buffalo Ridge, Patrick County, Virginia; Ben Harbour and Jarrett Harbour moved to Ohio; Abram Harbour moved to Illinois.
The children of Richard Harbour and Judith Nowlin Harbour are as follows: Witt Harbour; Charles (killed in the Civil War); Richard Harbour lived and died in Patrick County; Lucinda Harbour married Albert Pedigo; Esther Harbour married Samuel Ross; Sallie Harbour married a Rorer; Judith Virginia Harbour married W. H. Thomas; Mary married a Burnette (died in Kansas).
The sons of Thomas Harbour: Green Harbour, Primitive Baptist preacher (died while preaching in Surry County, North Carolina); James Harbour, son of Thomas Harbour, lived near Stuart, Virginia. The children of James Harbour were: Ewell Harbour, Tyler (killed in the Civil War), Cain Harbour (wounded and died in the Civil War), Elishabe Harbour Ross, Ruth Harbour Spencer, Evelyn Harbour Ross and Bettie Harbour Pilson.
Naeman Harbour's children (Buffalo Ridge): Chapman Johnson Harbour lived and died near Buffalo Ridge; Mary Ella Harbour married a Terry, and James Abner (Zack) Harbour.
THOMAS HARBOUR
Thomas Harbour, a bachelor, lived in Henry County. He was a large slave owner and owned large boundaries of land. His mother was Joyce Ross. Mary Harbour, niece of Thomas Harbour, married Elie Watkins, son of Ned Watkins. Their son, Peter D. Watkins, married Sarah Amos. Tilla Joyce Watkins, daughter of Joyce Watkins, married Andrew J. Gann and lives in Augusta County, Virginia. Beatrice Gann McAuley, daughter of Andrew J. Gann and Tilla J. Watkins Gann, has lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for a number of years.
Pedigo, Virginia G. & Lewis G. Pedigo. History of Patrick and Henry Counties Virginia. Roanoke, The Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company, 1933.
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