Tombstone is Double Marked with wife.
Combined info of Debra J. Pate and Mrs. Walter Preston Brooks, Sr. [nee Emma Eugenia Lisenby] Fort Gaines, Caly County, Georgia.
In July 1844 Joshua Harris bought land lots 215 and 216 in the 5th District from William N. Averitt in the Colomokee community of Early County. In the autumn of that year he bought four more land lots from Averitt. Later he purchased 13 other lots or tracts in the 5th District. Joshua Harriss' home on the road from Blakely to the Indian Mound was originally built by William N. Averitt; the second floor was added by Joshua Harriss.
Joshua Harriss [Jr.] was born in North Carolina in 1797. He and his father, who was also named Joshua, were living in Jones County, Georgia in 1813 when the father gave a slave to the son. At that time the slave was in the possession of another son, James Harris of Montgomery County, N.C. A Joshua Harris household in Montgomery County, N.C. in 1790, 1800 and 1810 appears to be this family and suggests that Joshua Jr. had a third brother and two to three sisters. Joshua Sr.'s wife was still alive in 1810, but she must have died before he wrote his will on 29 January, 1816 in Jones County.
Georgia Militia records show that Joshua Harris served under Captains Allen Tooke and Richard H. Thomas in the Indian Wars in 1813 and 1814. The conflicting tenures of service and the variance in rank could indicate that two men with the same name were in the Militia at the same time. It is possible, but undocumented, that both father and son were Indian fighters.
Joshua Sr.'s will, which was probated in Jones County on 6 January, 1817, bequeathed five slaves and Jones County property to Joshua Jr. and stipulated that the bequest was to be equally divided between James Harris' children and Sally Harris' children if Joshua Jr. should die without issue.
The year of Joshua Jr.'s marriage to Temperance Ann Lundy is probably 1818 although the family Bible is illegible where the year is written. Joshua and Tempereance were married on December 11th (1818 year in hard to read in family Bible).
Temperance Ann Lundy was the daughter of Mary Ann Oliver Lundy. Mary Ann Oliver Lundy was born calculated 1762 in Virginia based on census records. She died in 1851. The last known record I (Debra J. Pate) have for Mary Ann Oliver Lundy is in the 1851 Tax Digest record where it shows C.E. Jenkins as agent for Mary Lundy. Census records indicate that Mrs. Lundy lived with the Harrisses from 1820 until her death, but it is not known where Mrs. Lundy and her daughter were living when Temperance Ann married Joshua Harriss. Mrs. Lundy's estate, which included 46 slaves, was bequeathed principally to the Harriss family. She named two other children--John H. Lundy who died before October 1849 and Polly Bennett who survived her--in her will.
Joshua Harriss [Jr.} continued to live in Jones County near the Bibb County line until the mid 1830's when he moved to Stewart County. His Stewart County property was in the 18th District which is now in Webster County. Two of his daughters married while the family lived in Stewart County.
After moving to Early County, Joshua Harriss became a member of the Magnolia Masonic Lodge. The history of the Lodge states that he was "rather a prominent man in political circles in Early County in the Forties." He served as Justice of the Inferior Court of Early County from 1854 to 1857.
Joshua Harriss died at his home on August 3, 1873 in his 77th year. His obituary in the Early County News states that "laying off his armor he quietly passed from that world to whose checkered scenes and changing events he had so long been a witness. It is often remarked that in Early County there are more men of advance age than in most counties of this section. Among these stood Joshua Harriss, a link between the passed and present, a monument of olden times who had tarried long ere the summons came...He was buried on Monday [Aug 4}, with Masonic honors".
The Joshua Harriss estate was appraised at $13,371 -- a considerable sum in Reconstruction days. He owned 3125 acres in the 5th District which included his home and a mill plus 250 acres in the 26th District. Other items in the inventory were a Singer sewing machine, silver watch, surveyor's equipment, sugar mill, horse mill, wheat thresher, rifle, shotgun and two pistols, 75 cattle, 100 hogs, 5 mules and one mare, a yoke of oxen and numerous plantation tools and household furniture.
1860 Census shows Joshua Harriss value of real estate $12,000 and value of his personal estate $40,000.
Combined info of Debra J. Pate and Mrs. Walter Preston Brooks, Sr. [nee Emma Eugenia Lisenby] Fort Gaines, Caly County, Georgia.
In July 1844 Joshua Harris bought land lots 215 and 216 in the 5th District from William N. Averitt in the Colomokee community of Early County. In the autumn of that year he bought four more land lots from Averitt. Later he purchased 13 other lots or tracts in the 5th District. Joshua Harriss' home on the road from Blakely to the Indian Mound was originally built by William N. Averitt; the second floor was added by Joshua Harriss.
Joshua Harriss [Jr.] was born in North Carolina in 1797. He and his father, who was also named Joshua, were living in Jones County, Georgia in 1813 when the father gave a slave to the son. At that time the slave was in the possession of another son, James Harris of Montgomery County, N.C. A Joshua Harris household in Montgomery County, N.C. in 1790, 1800 and 1810 appears to be this family and suggests that Joshua Jr. had a third brother and two to three sisters. Joshua Sr.'s wife was still alive in 1810, but she must have died before he wrote his will on 29 January, 1816 in Jones County.
Georgia Militia records show that Joshua Harris served under Captains Allen Tooke and Richard H. Thomas in the Indian Wars in 1813 and 1814. The conflicting tenures of service and the variance in rank could indicate that two men with the same name were in the Militia at the same time. It is possible, but undocumented, that both father and son were Indian fighters.
Joshua Sr.'s will, which was probated in Jones County on 6 January, 1817, bequeathed five slaves and Jones County property to Joshua Jr. and stipulated that the bequest was to be equally divided between James Harris' children and Sally Harris' children if Joshua Jr. should die without issue.
The year of Joshua Jr.'s marriage to Temperance Ann Lundy is probably 1818 although the family Bible is illegible where the year is written. Joshua and Tempereance were married on December 11th (1818 year in hard to read in family Bible).
Temperance Ann Lundy was the daughter of Mary Ann Oliver Lundy. Mary Ann Oliver Lundy was born calculated 1762 in Virginia based on census records. She died in 1851. The last known record I (Debra J. Pate) have for Mary Ann Oliver Lundy is in the 1851 Tax Digest record where it shows C.E. Jenkins as agent for Mary Lundy. Census records indicate that Mrs. Lundy lived with the Harrisses from 1820 until her death, but it is not known where Mrs. Lundy and her daughter were living when Temperance Ann married Joshua Harriss. Mrs. Lundy's estate, which included 46 slaves, was bequeathed principally to the Harriss family. She named two other children--John H. Lundy who died before October 1849 and Polly Bennett who survived her--in her will.
Joshua Harriss [Jr.} continued to live in Jones County near the Bibb County line until the mid 1830's when he moved to Stewart County. His Stewart County property was in the 18th District which is now in Webster County. Two of his daughters married while the family lived in Stewart County.
After moving to Early County, Joshua Harriss became a member of the Magnolia Masonic Lodge. The history of the Lodge states that he was "rather a prominent man in political circles in Early County in the Forties." He served as Justice of the Inferior Court of Early County from 1854 to 1857.
Joshua Harriss died at his home on August 3, 1873 in his 77th year. His obituary in the Early County News states that "laying off his armor he quietly passed from that world to whose checkered scenes and changing events he had so long been a witness. It is often remarked that in Early County there are more men of advance age than in most counties of this section. Among these stood Joshua Harriss, a link between the passed and present, a monument of olden times who had tarried long ere the summons came...He was buried on Monday [Aug 4}, with Masonic honors".
The Joshua Harriss estate was appraised at $13,371 -- a considerable sum in Reconstruction days. He owned 3125 acres in the 5th District which included his home and a mill plus 250 acres in the 26th District. Other items in the inventory were a Singer sewing machine, silver watch, surveyor's equipment, sugar mill, horse mill, wheat thresher, rifle, shotgun and two pistols, 75 cattle, 100 hogs, 5 mules and one mare, a yoke of oxen and numerous plantation tools and household furniture.
1860 Census shows Joshua Harriss value of real estate $12,000 and value of his personal estate $40,000.
Tombstone is Double Marked with wife.
Combined info of Debra J. Pate and Mrs. Walter Preston Brooks, Sr. [nee Emma Eugenia Lisenby] Fort Gaines, Caly County, Georgia.
In July 1844 Joshua Harris bought land lots 215 and 216 in the 5th District from William N. Averitt in the Colomokee community of Early County. In the autumn of that year he bought four more land lots from Averitt. Later he purchased 13 other lots or tracts in the 5th District. Joshua Harriss' home on the road from Blakely to the Indian Mound was originally built by William N. Averitt; the second floor was added by Joshua Harriss.
Joshua Harriss [Jr.] was born in North Carolina in 1797. He and his father, who was also named Joshua, were living in Jones County, Georgia in 1813 when the father gave a slave to the son. At that time the slave was in the possession of another son, James Harris of Montgomery County, N.C. A Joshua Harris household in Montgomery County, N.C. in 1790, 1800 and 1810 appears to be this family and suggests that Joshua Jr. had a third brother and two to three sisters. Joshua Sr.'s wife was still alive in 1810, but she must have died before he wrote his will on 29 January, 1816 in Jones County.
Georgia Militia records show that Joshua Harris served under Captains Allen Tooke and Richard H. Thomas in the Indian Wars in 1813 and 1814. The conflicting tenures of service and the variance in rank could indicate that two men with the same name were in the Militia at the same time. It is possible, but undocumented, that both father and son were Indian fighters.
Joshua Sr.'s will, which was probated in Jones County on 6 January, 1817, bequeathed five slaves and Jones County property to Joshua Jr. and stipulated that the bequest was to be equally divided between James Harris' children and Sally Harris' children if Joshua Jr. should die without issue.
The year of Joshua Jr.'s marriage to Temperance Ann Lundy is probably 1818 although the family Bible is illegible where the year is written. Joshua and Tempereance were married on December 11th (1818 year in hard to read in family Bible).
Temperance Ann Lundy was the daughter of Mary Ann Oliver Lundy. Mary Ann Oliver Lundy was born calculated 1762 in Virginia based on census records. She died in 1851. The last known record I (Debra J. Pate) have for Mary Ann Oliver Lundy is in the 1851 Tax Digest record where it shows C.E. Jenkins as agent for Mary Lundy. Census records indicate that Mrs. Lundy lived with the Harrisses from 1820 until her death, but it is not known where Mrs. Lundy and her daughter were living when Temperance Ann married Joshua Harriss. Mrs. Lundy's estate, which included 46 slaves, was bequeathed principally to the Harriss family. She named two other children--John H. Lundy who died before October 1849 and Polly Bennett who survived her--in her will.
Joshua Harriss [Jr.} continued to live in Jones County near the Bibb County line until the mid 1830's when he moved to Stewart County. His Stewart County property was in the 18th District which is now in Webster County. Two of his daughters married while the family lived in Stewart County.
After moving to Early County, Joshua Harriss became a member of the Magnolia Masonic Lodge. The history of the Lodge states that he was "rather a prominent man in political circles in Early County in the Forties." He served as Justice of the Inferior Court of Early County from 1854 to 1857.
Joshua Harriss died at his home on August 3, 1873 in his 77th year. His obituary in the Early County News states that "laying off his armor he quietly passed from that world to whose checkered scenes and changing events he had so long been a witness. It is often remarked that in Early County there are more men of advance age than in most counties of this section. Among these stood Joshua Harriss, a link between the passed and present, a monument of olden times who had tarried long ere the summons came...He was buried on Monday [Aug 4}, with Masonic honors".
The Joshua Harriss estate was appraised at $13,371 -- a considerable sum in Reconstruction days. He owned 3125 acres in the 5th District which included his home and a mill plus 250 acres in the 26th District. Other items in the inventory were a Singer sewing machine, silver watch, surveyor's equipment, sugar mill, horse mill, wheat thresher, rifle, shotgun and two pistols, 75 cattle, 100 hogs, 5 mules and one mare, a yoke of oxen and numerous plantation tools and household furniture.
1860 Census shows Joshua Harriss value of real estate $12,000 and value of his personal estate $40,000.
Combined info of Debra J. Pate and Mrs. Walter Preston Brooks, Sr. [nee Emma Eugenia Lisenby] Fort Gaines, Caly County, Georgia.
In July 1844 Joshua Harris bought land lots 215 and 216 in the 5th District from William N. Averitt in the Colomokee community of Early County. In the autumn of that year he bought four more land lots from Averitt. Later he purchased 13 other lots or tracts in the 5th District. Joshua Harriss' home on the road from Blakely to the Indian Mound was originally built by William N. Averitt; the second floor was added by Joshua Harriss.
Joshua Harriss [Jr.] was born in North Carolina in 1797. He and his father, who was also named Joshua, were living in Jones County, Georgia in 1813 when the father gave a slave to the son. At that time the slave was in the possession of another son, James Harris of Montgomery County, N.C. A Joshua Harris household in Montgomery County, N.C. in 1790, 1800 and 1810 appears to be this family and suggests that Joshua Jr. had a third brother and two to three sisters. Joshua Sr.'s wife was still alive in 1810, but she must have died before he wrote his will on 29 January, 1816 in Jones County.
Georgia Militia records show that Joshua Harris served under Captains Allen Tooke and Richard H. Thomas in the Indian Wars in 1813 and 1814. The conflicting tenures of service and the variance in rank could indicate that two men with the same name were in the Militia at the same time. It is possible, but undocumented, that both father and son were Indian fighters.
Joshua Sr.'s will, which was probated in Jones County on 6 January, 1817, bequeathed five slaves and Jones County property to Joshua Jr. and stipulated that the bequest was to be equally divided between James Harris' children and Sally Harris' children if Joshua Jr. should die without issue.
The year of Joshua Jr.'s marriage to Temperance Ann Lundy is probably 1818 although the family Bible is illegible where the year is written. Joshua and Tempereance were married on December 11th (1818 year in hard to read in family Bible).
Temperance Ann Lundy was the daughter of Mary Ann Oliver Lundy. Mary Ann Oliver Lundy was born calculated 1762 in Virginia based on census records. She died in 1851. The last known record I (Debra J. Pate) have for Mary Ann Oliver Lundy is in the 1851 Tax Digest record where it shows C.E. Jenkins as agent for Mary Lundy. Census records indicate that Mrs. Lundy lived with the Harrisses from 1820 until her death, but it is not known where Mrs. Lundy and her daughter were living when Temperance Ann married Joshua Harriss. Mrs. Lundy's estate, which included 46 slaves, was bequeathed principally to the Harriss family. She named two other children--John H. Lundy who died before October 1849 and Polly Bennett who survived her--in her will.
Joshua Harriss [Jr.} continued to live in Jones County near the Bibb County line until the mid 1830's when he moved to Stewart County. His Stewart County property was in the 18th District which is now in Webster County. Two of his daughters married while the family lived in Stewart County.
After moving to Early County, Joshua Harriss became a member of the Magnolia Masonic Lodge. The history of the Lodge states that he was "rather a prominent man in political circles in Early County in the Forties." He served as Justice of the Inferior Court of Early County from 1854 to 1857.
Joshua Harriss died at his home on August 3, 1873 in his 77th year. His obituary in the Early County News states that "laying off his armor he quietly passed from that world to whose checkered scenes and changing events he had so long been a witness. It is often remarked that in Early County there are more men of advance age than in most counties of this section. Among these stood Joshua Harriss, a link between the passed and present, a monument of olden times who had tarried long ere the summons came...He was buried on Monday [Aug 4}, with Masonic honors".
The Joshua Harriss estate was appraised at $13,371 -- a considerable sum in Reconstruction days. He owned 3125 acres in the 5th District which included his home and a mill plus 250 acres in the 26th District. Other items in the inventory were a Singer sewing machine, silver watch, surveyor's equipment, sugar mill, horse mill, wheat thresher, rifle, shotgun and two pistols, 75 cattle, 100 hogs, 5 mules and one mare, a yoke of oxen and numerous plantation tools and household furniture.
1860 Census shows Joshua Harriss value of real estate $12,000 and value of his personal estate $40,000.
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JOSHUA HARRISS
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April 25, 1797
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Aug, 3, 1873
