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Col John Harris

Birth
Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
Death
19 Nov 1800 (aged 67–68)
Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
Burial
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Colonel John Harris::;


Col. John HARRIS was born in 1732 in Powhatan, Powhatan Co., VA. He died on 19 Nov 1800 in Powhatan Co., VA. He was a business partner with President and General George Washington.

He married Miss Anne Obedience TURPIN on 17 Aug 1754 in Cumberland Co., VA.

WIFE::/SPOUSE::

Anne Obedience TURPIN was born on 17th September 1734 in Cumberland Co., VA. She died on 8th August 1800 in Powhatan Co., VA.



Children:

1.) Lucy HARRIS.


2.) Lt. John HARRIS was born in Oct 1758.

Married twice, 1st marriage about 1785, a girl and a boy (the boy, a John Harris untraced), and the girl may have died young as did her mother

Lt. John Harris sold out in Powhatan (which had broken off of Cumberland Co.), and moved to Chesterfield Co., VA., where in 1794 he married Rebecca Ann Britton.

3.) Judith HARRIS was born about 1760 in Cumberland Co., VA. She moved to Woodford Co., KY.


4.) Mary Eliza Josepha HARRIS was born in 1761.


5.) Jordan HARRIS was born on 20 May 1763 in Cumberland Co., VA.


6.) Caroline Matilda HARRIS was born on 1 Dec 1765 in Cumberland Co., VA.


7.) Dr. Francis HARRIS was born on 7 May 1768 in Cumberland Co., VA. He died in Dec 1836 in Powhatan Co., VA.

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John HARRIS was born about 1703 in Powhatan Co., VA.101 He died in 1751 in Cumberland Co., VA. He was married to Ursula JORDAN.

Ursula JORDAN101 was born about 1707 in Virginia.

Children were:

1.)Unknown to me as of now.

2.) Elizabeth HARRIS was born on 31 Dec 1729 in Virginia She died in 1791

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Lucy Harris : 1.) Above:




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Pg 541, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol V, Woodson Family: "Wade Woodson, son of 58 Tucker Woodson, married Mary Harris, of Powhatan county, daughter of Col. John Harris, and his wife, Obedience, daughter of Thomas Turpin and Mary Jefferson, sister of the President; another daughter of Col. Harris, named Judith, married John Crittenden, of Kentucky, and was mother of John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, United States senator, etc. From Tucker Woodson it is believed were descended Gov. Silas Woodson, of Missouri, Samuel Hughes Woodson, member of Congress from Kentucky, 1821-1825, and Judge Tucker Woodson, of Nicholasville, son of the last."
Colonel John Harris::;


Col. John HARRIS was born in 1732 in Powhatan, Powhatan Co., VA. He died on 19 Nov 1800 in Powhatan Co., VA. He was a business partner with President and General George Washington.

He married Miss Anne Obedience TURPIN on 17 Aug 1754 in Cumberland Co., VA.

WIFE::/SPOUSE::

Anne Obedience TURPIN was born on 17th September 1734 in Cumberland Co., VA. She died on 8th August 1800 in Powhatan Co., VA.



Children:

1.) Lucy HARRIS.


2.) Lt. John HARRIS was born in Oct 1758.

Married twice, 1st marriage about 1785, a girl and a boy (the boy, a John Harris untraced), and the girl may have died young as did her mother

Lt. John Harris sold out in Powhatan (which had broken off of Cumberland Co.), and moved to Chesterfield Co., VA., where in 1794 he married Rebecca Ann Britton.

3.) Judith HARRIS was born about 1760 in Cumberland Co., VA. She moved to Woodford Co., KY.


4.) Mary Eliza Josepha HARRIS was born in 1761.


5.) Jordan HARRIS was born on 20 May 1763 in Cumberland Co., VA.


6.) Caroline Matilda HARRIS was born on 1 Dec 1765 in Cumberland Co., VA.


7.) Dr. Francis HARRIS was born on 7 May 1768 in Cumberland Co., VA. He died in Dec 1836 in Powhatan Co., VA.

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John HARRIS was born about 1703 in Powhatan Co., VA.101 He died in 1751 in Cumberland Co., VA. He was married to Ursula JORDAN.

Ursula JORDAN101 was born about 1707 in Virginia.

Children were:

1.)Unknown to me as of now.

2.) Elizabeth HARRIS was born on 31 Dec 1729 in Virginia She died in 1791

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Lucy Harris : 1.) Above:




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Pg 541, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Vol V, Woodson Family: "Wade Woodson, son of 58 Tucker Woodson, married Mary Harris, of Powhatan county, daughter of Col. John Harris, and his wife, Obedience, daughter of Thomas Turpin and Mary Jefferson, sister of the President; another daughter of Col. Harris, named Judith, married John Crittenden, of Kentucky, and was mother of John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, United States senator, etc. From Tucker Woodson it is believed were descended Gov. Silas Woodson, of Missouri, Samuel Hughes Woodson, member of Congress from Kentucky, 1821-1825, and Judge Tucker Woodson, of Nicholasville, son of the last."


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