mar John Slaton Oct 24, 1824, Hancock co GA, but was recorded in section of marriage book headed "1822" creating some incorrect transcriptions. There are numerous problems in the Harris line because of the profusion of Harris-to-Harris intermarriages.
[edited from notes of Mrs Albigence Waldo Jones (Eloise) of Vinings GA to Arthur Jackson Slaton]
Absalom Harris came to Georgia from Greenville co, Va., possibly previously from Maryland, and settled on Shoulderbone creek in Hancock co, where he spent the remainder of his life. His son Henry is the father of Nancy. Nancy's mother, Mary Elizabeth Harris, was a daughter of Samuel Harris, [although some sources say "Lt Arthur Harris of Maryland."]
Following is an excerpt from the book titled, The Mothers of Some Distinguished Georgians of the Last Half of the Century, by Sarah Harriet Butts (New York, 1902), pages 154-155:
Nancy Harris Slaton, wife of John Slaton of Kentucky, was born in Hancock County, Georgia, on November 2, 1807, and died near Prattville, Alabama, August 16, 1882.
Her father, Henry Harris, was the son of Absalom Harris, who came down from Greenville, Virginia, and located in Hancock County. Her mother, Elizabeth Harris, was a daughter of Samuel Harris of Maryland, also one of the pioneer settlers. Both the Virginia and Maryland Harrises were of Revolutionary blood, the foremost in Church and State at a time when only men of high character and worth held these positions. Their friends and intimates, with some of whom they married, were Crawfords, Terrells, Abercrombies, Stephenses and many others whose names have added luster to Georgia.
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Nancy Harris's father moved to Meriwether County, and with them, Mr. and Mrs. Slaton, for she had married at the age of fifteen. In 1835 they moved to Alabama when their son William was only four years old and located in Autauga County near Prattville. Here John Slaton died, leaving considerable property and a widow in the bloom of youth, with seven children. Nothing daunted, she managed her plantations without an overseer...
John Slaton and his wife, Nancy Jane (Harris), owned and ran a large plantation not far from the Alabama River, [Prattville in Autauga Co] where Slaton cotton was loaded onto boats and shipped to Mobile. Joel Chandler Harris is anecdotally reported as having visited their plantation, the root of a story that he was related to Nancy, but this seems unlikely, because her "GA" Harrises appear to be rooted in Maryland, and his are not (so far) traced the the same lines.
WILL, Book I, Autauga Co AL, 1868
I, Nancy Slaton [skip] do hereby make public and declare this to be my last will and testament [skip] silver spoons to my daughter Mary E Browne [and Quilt].
To my daughter Caroline E. Doster [Castor, silver forks and Quilt]
To my daughter Martha J. Dubois [Carpet and Quilt]
To Frank Smith, my grand son whom I have raised [livestock, two quilts, bed, French bedstead and mattress]
I wish my children and heirs to retain from sale one acre of land embracing the family cemetery which I desire always to be kept in the family and never to be sold, and I hope they will try to keep the same in as good shape as they are pecuniarily able [skip] To my sons, Henry H. and William F. Slaton [skip] To my grandchildren, Walter and Frank Smith and Helen Howard who are children of my deceased Daughter Sarah Frances Slaton, who was the Wife of Col. Alfred Y. Smith [skip]...
[edited from notes of Mrs Albigence Waldo Jones (Eloise) of Vinings GA to Arthur Jackson Slaton]
Absalom Harris came to Georgia from Greenville co, Va., possibly previously from Maryland, and settled on Shoulderbone creek in Hancock co, where he spent the remainder of his life. His son Henry is the father of Nancy. Nancy's mother, Mary Elizabeth Harris, was a daughter of Samuel Harris, [although some sources say "Lt Arthur Harris of Maryland."]
Following is an excerpt from the book titled, The Mothers of Some Distinguished Georgians of the Last Half of the Century, by Sarah Harriet Butts (New York, 1902), pages 154-155:
Nancy Harris Slaton, wife of John Slaton of Kentucky, was born in Hancock County, Georgia, on November 2, 1807, and died near Prattville, Alabama, August 16, 1882.
Her father, Henry Harris, was the son of Absalom Harris, who came down from Greenville, Virginia, and located in Hancock County. Her mother, Elizabeth Harris, was a daughter of Samuel Harris of Maryland, also one of the pioneer settlers. Both the Virginia and Maryland Harrises were of Revolutionary blood, the foremost in Church and State at a time when only men of high character and worth held these positions. Their friends and intimates, with some of whom they married, were Crawfords, Terrells, Abercrombies, Stephenses and many others whose names have added luster to Georgia.
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Nancy Harris's father moved to Meriwether County, and with them, Mr. and Mrs. Slaton, for she had married at the age of fifteen. In 1835 they moved to Alabama when their son William was only four years old and located in Autauga County near Prattville. Here John Slaton died, leaving considerable property and a widow in the bloom of youth, with seven children. Nothing daunted, she managed her plantations without an overseer...
John Slaton and his wife, Nancy Jane (Harris), owned and ran a large plantation not far from the Alabama River, [Prattville in Autauga Co] where Slaton cotton was loaded onto boats and shipped to Mobile. Joel Chandler Harris is anecdotally reported as having visited their plantation, the root of a story that he was related to Nancy, but this seems unlikely, because her "GA" Harrises appear to be rooted in Maryland, and his are not (so far) traced the the same lines.
WILL, Book I, Autauga Co AL, 1868
I, Nancy Slaton [skip] do hereby make public and declare this to be my last will and testament [skip] silver spoons to my daughter Mary E Browne [and Quilt].
To my daughter Caroline E. Doster [Castor, silver forks and Quilt]
To my daughter Martha J. Dubois [Carpet and Quilt]
To Frank Smith, my grand son whom I have raised [livestock, two quilts, bed, French bedstead and mattress]
I wish my children and heirs to retain from sale one acre of land embracing the family cemetery which I desire always to be kept in the family and never to be sold, and I hope they will try to keep the same in as good shape as they are pecuniarily able [skip] To my sons, Henry H. and William F. Slaton [skip] To my grandchildren, Walter and Frank Smith and Helen Howard who are children of my deceased Daughter Sarah Frances Slaton, who was the Wife of Col. Alfred Y. Smith [skip]...
mar John Slaton Oct 24, 1824, Hancock co GA, but was recorded in section of marriage book headed "1822" creating some incorrect transcriptions. There are numerous problems in the Harris line because of the profusion of Harris-to-Harris intermarriages.
[edited from notes of Mrs Albigence Waldo Jones (Eloise) of Vinings GA to Arthur Jackson Slaton]
Absalom Harris came to Georgia from Greenville co, Va., possibly previously from Maryland, and settled on Shoulderbone creek in Hancock co, where he spent the remainder of his life. His son Henry is the father of Nancy. Nancy's mother, Mary Elizabeth Harris, was a daughter of Samuel Harris, [although some sources say "Lt Arthur Harris of Maryland."]
Following is an excerpt from the book titled, The Mothers of Some Distinguished Georgians of the Last Half of the Century, by Sarah Harriet Butts (New York, 1902), pages 154-155:
Nancy Harris Slaton, wife of John Slaton of Kentucky, was born in Hancock County, Georgia, on November 2, 1807, and died near Prattville, Alabama, August 16, 1882.
Her father, Henry Harris, was the son of Absalom Harris, who came down from Greenville, Virginia, and located in Hancock County. Her mother, Elizabeth Harris, was a daughter of Samuel Harris of Maryland, also one of the pioneer settlers. Both the Virginia and Maryland Harrises were of Revolutionary blood, the foremost in Church and State at a time when only men of high character and worth held these positions. Their friends and intimates, with some of whom they married, were Crawfords, Terrells, Abercrombies, Stephenses and many others whose names have added luster to Georgia.
[skip]
Nancy Harris's father moved to Meriwether County, and with them, Mr. and Mrs. Slaton, for she had married at the age of fifteen. In 1835 they moved to Alabama when their son William was only four years old and located in Autauga County near Prattville. Here John Slaton died, leaving considerable property and a widow in the bloom of youth, with seven children. Nothing daunted, she managed her plantations without an overseer...
John Slaton and his wife, Nancy Jane (Harris), owned and ran a large plantation not far from the Alabama River, [Prattville in Autauga Co] where Slaton cotton was loaded onto boats and shipped to Mobile. Joel Chandler Harris is anecdotally reported as having visited their plantation, the root of a story that he was related to Nancy, but this seems unlikely, because her "GA" Harrises appear to be rooted in Maryland, and his are not (so far) traced the the same lines.
WILL, Book I, Autauga Co AL, 1868
I, Nancy Slaton [skip] do hereby make public and declare this to be my last will and testament [skip] silver spoons to my daughter Mary E Browne [and Quilt].
To my daughter Caroline E. Doster [Castor, silver forks and Quilt]
To my daughter Martha J. Dubois [Carpet and Quilt]
To Frank Smith, my grand son whom I have raised [livestock, two quilts, bed, French bedstead and mattress]
I wish my children and heirs to retain from sale one acre of land embracing the family cemetery which I desire always to be kept in the family and never to be sold, and I hope they will try to keep the same in as good shape as they are pecuniarily able [skip] To my sons, Henry H. and William F. Slaton [skip] To my grandchildren, Walter and Frank Smith and Helen Howard who are children of my deceased Daughter Sarah Frances Slaton, who was the Wife of Col. Alfred Y. Smith [skip]...
[edited from notes of Mrs Albigence Waldo Jones (Eloise) of Vinings GA to Arthur Jackson Slaton]
Absalom Harris came to Georgia from Greenville co, Va., possibly previously from Maryland, and settled on Shoulderbone creek in Hancock co, where he spent the remainder of his life. His son Henry is the father of Nancy. Nancy's mother, Mary Elizabeth Harris, was a daughter of Samuel Harris, [although some sources say "Lt Arthur Harris of Maryland."]
Following is an excerpt from the book titled, The Mothers of Some Distinguished Georgians of the Last Half of the Century, by Sarah Harriet Butts (New York, 1902), pages 154-155:
Nancy Harris Slaton, wife of John Slaton of Kentucky, was born in Hancock County, Georgia, on November 2, 1807, and died near Prattville, Alabama, August 16, 1882.
Her father, Henry Harris, was the son of Absalom Harris, who came down from Greenville, Virginia, and located in Hancock County. Her mother, Elizabeth Harris, was a daughter of Samuel Harris of Maryland, also one of the pioneer settlers. Both the Virginia and Maryland Harrises were of Revolutionary blood, the foremost in Church and State at a time when only men of high character and worth held these positions. Their friends and intimates, with some of whom they married, were Crawfords, Terrells, Abercrombies, Stephenses and many others whose names have added luster to Georgia.
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Nancy Harris's father moved to Meriwether County, and with them, Mr. and Mrs. Slaton, for she had married at the age of fifteen. In 1835 they moved to Alabama when their son William was only four years old and located in Autauga County near Prattville. Here John Slaton died, leaving considerable property and a widow in the bloom of youth, with seven children. Nothing daunted, she managed her plantations without an overseer...
John Slaton and his wife, Nancy Jane (Harris), owned and ran a large plantation not far from the Alabama River, [Prattville in Autauga Co] where Slaton cotton was loaded onto boats and shipped to Mobile. Joel Chandler Harris is anecdotally reported as having visited their plantation, the root of a story that he was related to Nancy, but this seems unlikely, because her "GA" Harrises appear to be rooted in Maryland, and his are not (so far) traced the the same lines.
WILL, Book I, Autauga Co AL, 1868
I, Nancy Slaton [skip] do hereby make public and declare this to be my last will and testament [skip] silver spoons to my daughter Mary E Browne [and Quilt].
To my daughter Caroline E. Doster [Castor, silver forks and Quilt]
To my daughter Martha J. Dubois [Carpet and Quilt]
To Frank Smith, my grand son whom I have raised [livestock, two quilts, bed, French bedstead and mattress]
I wish my children and heirs to retain from sale one acre of land embracing the family cemetery which I desire always to be kept in the family and never to be sold, and I hope they will try to keep the same in as good shape as they are pecuniarily able [skip] To my sons, Henry H. and William F. Slaton [skip] To my grandchildren, Walter and Frank Smith and Helen Howard who are children of my deceased Daughter Sarah Frances Slaton, who was the Wife of Col. Alfred Y. Smith [skip]...
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