Thompson appears with Vinney on the 1870 U.S. Census. 85 years old. In Appling, GA
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Thompson Harris was born in 1784 in North Carolina. He came to Georgia about 1800, but whether his parents came at the same time is not known. He had a brother Ha,pton and a sister Frances "fannie" who later married John Bennett. These were in North Carolinaand came to Georgia also.

Thompson Harris married Nancy Ursery about 1808 in Burke County, Georgia and after her death in the 1840's, he remarried a widower until sometime in 1855 when he married Mrs. Lavinia West, a widow lady whose daughter of the same name married his youngest son, Hampton. Mrs. Lavinia West, was born in 1816 in Georgia. There were no children of this union. The following children were by his first wife:

1. Stogner born 1808
Married (1) Civility Robinson (2) Rebecca Harris
2. Mary born 1810
Married Joseph L. Morgan
3. William born 1811
Married Lucinda Hires
4. Judith born 1814
Married Thomas Morgan
5. John W. born 1816
Married Martha Carter
6. Lucy born 1818
Married Furman Westberry
7. George born 1821
Married Julia Ann Westberry
8. Berry born 1822
Marrie Millie Carter
9. James born 1828
Married Lucinda Alcox
10. Hampton born 1832
Married Lavinia West

Not much is known of the early residence of Thompson Harris. It appears that he and his family lived in Laurens County several years prior to 1825 when they moved to Appling County. After living there for about twenty years, Thompson Harris, with his sons William, George, and Stogner, and a son-in-law Joseph L. Morgan, all moved to Lowndes County and settled on the east side of the Alapaha River in the present day Stockton District of Lanier County. In 1850 they were cut into the new county of Clinch out of Lowndes. A few years later Thompson Harris returned to Appling County where he spent his last years, dying about 1866.
Contributor: d powell