HAMMOND FAMILY

1.    Margaret¹ Hammond, born about 1667, was a twenty-two-year-old white servant living in Northampton County, Virginia, on 28 March 1689 when she was deposed in a suit brought against her master John Baron [OW 1683-1689, 422-3]. She was called "Margaret late servant to Mr. John Barons" on 28 May 1690 when she was presented by the court for having an illegitimate child. The same court ordered that she receive thirty-nine lashes for uttering scandalous words against Colonel John Custis and Mr. Thomas Harmonson by information of Joane, the wife of John Brewer [OW&c 1689-98, 35, 45, 53]. She was a servant living in the home of Captain William Kendall on 29 September 1692 when he reported to the churchwardens that she bore a "maletto bastard" child in his house. She was apparently the first white woman in Northampton County charged with having a mixed-race child since the churchwardens asked the court for its opinion about the "late law the year 1691." The court ordered the churchwardens to dispose of  her (sell her for five years) [OW&c 1698-1710, 190-1]. She and her "Mulatto" child Elizabeth were bound to Captain Robins in Northampton County court, and this indenture was transferred to Drummond Hill of Accomack County [Accomack County Orders 1724-31, 30]. Margaret was the mother of

2        i. Elizabeth¹, born about 1694.

 

2.    Elizabeth¹ Hammon, born about 1694, was called "Betty a mulatto" on 6 July 1714 when her master, Hill Drummond, complained to the Accomack County court that she had run away and been absent from his service for sixty-two days. She was presented by the churchwardens of Accomack County for having a bastard child on 2 May 1721 and testified on 6 June 1721 that the child was "begott ... by one Negro Slave named Robin belonging to Hill Drummond." She was presented for having other children on 6 April 1725, 7 November 1727, 7 May 1728, 8 August 1729, and on 22 December 1731 [Orders 1714-7, 10; 1719-24, 30, 32; 1724-31, 26, 88a, 102, 107; 1731-36, 10, 29, 38]. On 4 February 1724/5 she petitioned the Accomack County court for her freedom from her indenture to Drummond Hill, but the court ruled on 2 June 1725 that

Whereas Elizabeth Hammon a Mullatto woman late Servant to Mr. Hill Drummond petitioned in February Court for her discharge ... Elizabeth was duly bound with her mother, She being an Infant, a Servant for thirty one years by the Churchwardens of Hungar Parish in Northampton County Court ... Mr. Hill Drummond produced to this Court Several Accts for Running Away and fines ... for which she was to Serve for as ye Law in Such Cases Directs. Said Elizabeth hath not fully completed with All.

Elizabeth continued to enter petitions against Hill on 7 December 1726 and 8 March 1726/7 and against Drummond Hill's administrator, George Douglas, on 8 January 1728/9. Finally, on 2 July 1729 she reached agreement with Douglas that she released him from all claims she had against Drummond's estate (her freedom dues?) and on account of her mother Margaret Hammond, deceased, in exchange for her own release. At least one of her children was probably by a white man since on 5 August 1729 Rev. Mr. William Black appeared in Accomack County court and made oath that he was not "concerned with a Certain Mullatoe Woman name Elizabeth Hammond" as he had been "scandalously aspersed." On 7 March 1737/8 a petition by her (or a daughter by the same name) against Thomas Watson was dismissed, and on 2 August 1738 Watson entered a petition against her, a "Mulatto his Servant," in court for running away. Later that year he added himself and Elizabeth to the list of tithables for the county. On 30 November 1742 she was accused of stealing a hog; on 29 November 1744 her complaint against Comfort Jenkinson was dismissed, and her complaint against William Arbuckle dismissed on 30 May 1745 [Orders 1724-31, 20, 31, 68, 131a, 163, 164; 1737-44, 6, 91, 100, 435; 1744-53, 15, 57]. Elizabeth was a "fr. mulato" who was taxable in Bertie County, North Carolina, in 1751 [CCR 190] but not mentioned again in Bertie County records. Her children were

3        i. ?Ann, born say 1720.

ii. James, born say 1721, "Mulatto Bastard Child" of Elizabeth Hammon, bound to Henry Bazwell to the age of thirty-one on 8 December 1725 in Accomack County [Orders 1724-31, 42].

iii. ?Robert, born say 1725, purchased 50 acres on the west side of Bridger's Creek in Northampton County, North Carolina, on 1 December 1750 [DB 1:454]. His Northampton County estate was administered by Elijah Boddie on 100 pounds in November 1760 (Robert Himmons) [NCGSJ XIV:154].

iv. ?John¹, born about 1728, a five-year-old bound as an apprentice shoemaker to David Sparrow in Accomack County court on 6 June 1732 (no parent named) [Orders 1731-36, 29].

4        v. ?Jemima, born say 1730.

5        vi. Isaac¹, born say 1732.

vii. ?Drummond, born about 1734, probably named for Drummond Hill, his mother's master, twenty-four years old when his two-year apprenticeship agreement with Alexander Brodie was proved in the 15 March 1758 Edgecombe County, North Carolina court (no race stated) [Minutes 1757-59, 19].

6        viii. ?Margaret²/ Peggy, born about March 1735.

7        ix. ?Mary, born say 1737.

x. ?Josiah, born about December 1739, "Orphan aged 4 years next Christmas," bound to Caleb Broadwest in Accomack County on 28 December 1742 [Orders 1737-44, 449].

 

3.    Ann Hammond, born say 1720, acknowledged in Bertie County court in February 1739 that she had two bastard children, race not mentioned, while indentured to John Pratt, the keeper of the ferry across the Roanoke River at Gideon Gibson's landing [Haun, Bertie County Court Minutes, I:52, 265]. She may have been the same Ann Hammon who was reported to have delivered a bastard child during her service to Mary Wilson, widow, of Chowan County in July 1737 [Chowan Minutes 1735-48, 73]. She was the mother of

i. ?Catherine, born say 1739, the "free Mulatto" wife of James McDaniel [CCR 190]. See the McDaniel history.

8 ii. ?Horatio, born say 1744.

iii. ?Richard, born say 1745, a taxable "Molato" in Bladen County, North Carolina, from 1769 to 1776, head of a household of one white male and seven white females in 1786 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:16, 33, 89, 109; II:66, 81, 183].

9        iv. ?John², born say 1747.

v. Sarah, born about 1750, the seven-year-old daughter of Nann Hammond, a "Free Mullatoe," bound to Cornelius Campbell of Bertie County on 29 July 1757 [NCGSJ XIII:168]. In 1767 she was in Christopher Clark's household in the list of William Nichols. She may have been the Sally Hammond who was head of a Lenoir County household of 12 "other free" in 1800 [NC:12].

vi. Elizabeth², born about 1753, ten years old on 23 February 1763, "Daughter of Ann Hammond," bound to Thomas Ashburn in Bertie County [NCGSJ XIV:30]. In 1768 she was a "Free Mullato" Bertie County taxable in Thomas Mason's household in the list of Edward Rasor [CR 10.702.1].

 

4.    Jemima Hammons (Ammons), born say 1730, was living in Accomack County on 27 November 1750 when the court ordered her daughter Sarah bound out. She was the mother of

i. Sarah Ammons, born about 1747, three-year-old orphan of Jemima Ammons, bound to Peter Watson on 27 November 1750 [Orders 1744-53, 450], perhaps the same Sarah Hammond who was an orphan bound to Robert Baley on 26 August 1755 [Orders 1753-63, 105].

ii. ?Anthony, born say 1755, head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:66]. He married Isaac Hammond's widow, Dicey, in 1827 and died the same year according to Dicey's application for Isaac's pension.

 

5.    Isaac¹ Hammond, born say 1732, was married to Margaret Akin, "free Negroes," between 21 September 1755 and 22 June 1764 when their children were baptized at St. Thomas and St. Dennis Parish, South Carolina [Parochial Register of the Parishes of St. Thomas & St. Denis, n.p. (alphabetical listing under H)]. Margaret Akin was probably related to Carter Akins, head of a Charleston County, South Carolina household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [SC:36]. Isaac and Margaret were the "free Negro" parents of

10        i. Isaac², baptized 21 September 1755.

ii. Joseph, baptized 15 November 1761.

iii. Abraham, baptized 22 June 1764.

 

6.    Margaret²/ Peggy Hammons, born about March 1735, was "8 years old next March" when she was bound apprentice to Peter Delastations on 28 December 1742 in Accomack County court [Orders 1737-44, 449]. On 29 July 1754 she was found guilty by the Accomack County court of having an unnamed bastard child [Orders 1753-63, 16]. She may have been the mother of

i. Mary Hammond, head of an Octararo, Cecil County, Maryland, household of 9 "other free" in 1790.

ii. Elizabeth, born say 1767, ordered bound out to Samuel Matthews in Accomack County court on 29 August 1769 [Orders 1769-70, 219].

 

7.    Mary Hammons, born say 1737, was living in Edgecombe County in 1779 when the 25 May session of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions ordered her "base begotten child" Jordan Hammons bound to Willis Hyatt (no race stated) [Minutes 1772-84, 2nd page of May Minutes]. Her children were

11       i. ?Shadrack, born say 1757.

ii. Jordan, born say 1767, no age or race stated when he was ordered bound out by the May 1779 Session of the Edgecombe County court. He was head of an Edgecombe County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:57], 4 in Chatham County in 1800, and 6 "free colored" in Chatham in 1820 [NC:211].

iii. ?Frederick, born circa 1778, "Mullatto," ordered bound to Dempsey Odam by the Edgecombe County court on 24 July 1787, no parent named. He was removed from Odam's care and ordered bound to James Coker by the 28 May 1793 Edgecombe court. He married Nancy Pettiford, 19 May 1802 Granville County bond with George Anderson bondsman. He may also have been the Frederick Hammond who married Polly Stewart, 14 August 1807 Mecklenburg County, Virginia bond, Frederick Dyson security.

 

8.    Horatio Hammond, born say 1744, purchased 100 acres in Bladen County on the east side of Drowning Creek on Jacobs Swamp on 7 November 1784 (called Rhesa Hammons) [DB 1:262]. He and his wife Patience sold 100 acres on Saddletree Swamp in Robeson County to John Hammons on 6 May 1789 [DB B:142]. His wife was probably the daughter of David Braveboy who named his daughter Patience Hammons in his 20 October 1787 Robeson County will [WB 1:10]. He made a deed of gift to (his son?) James Hammond proved in Cumberland County on 9 October 1792 [Minutes 1791-97; the deed has not survived] and made a quit claim deed for 100 acres on the east side of Jacob Swamp by deed recorded in Robeson in 1793 [DB C:149]. He was living in Robeson County on 12 January 1797 when the Cumberland County court issued an execution against him for twelve pounds [Minutes 1791-7]. He was called Ratia Hammond in 1790, head of a white Cumberland County household of 2 males over 16, 1 under 16, and 4 females [NC:39] and was head of a Robeson County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:384]. He sold 100 acres in Robeson County on the north side of Jacob Swamp to Cannon Cumbo on 17 May 1804 and sold 100 acres on the south side of Drowning Creek by deed recorded in 1808 [DB N:216; P:25]. John Braveboy, a five-year-old "boy of colour," was ordered bound as an apprentice to him by the 5 October 1802 Robeson County court [Minutes I:219]. His children were

i. James, born say 1771, received land in Cumberland County by deed of gift from his father in 1792.

ii. ?Willis, born say 1773, entered 100 acres east of Drowning Creek in Robeson County on 18 January 1794 [Pruitt, Land Grants: Robeson County, no. 1460] and received a grant for this land [DB H:17]. He purchased 80 acres in Robeson west of the Great Swamp in 1811 and sold 100 acres on the west side of the Great Swamp in 1828 [DB P:330; U:168]. He was head of a Robeson County household in 1810 [NC:220]. He died before March term 1837 when James Hammond proved his handwriting on a deed in Robeson County court [Minutes 1829-39].

12      iii. ?Elsey, born before 1776.

13      iv. ?Ephraim, born say 1776.

 

9.    John² Hammond, born say 1747, was a "free molato" taxable in the 1763 Bertie County list of John Nichols [CR 010.702.1, box 2]. He purchased 100 acres on the north side of Saddle Tree Swamp in Bladen County on 26 February 1768 [DB 23:137] and received a patent for 100 acres northeast of Drowning Creek on Saddle Tree Swamp on 22 December the same year [Hoffman, Land Patents, II:526]. He was a "Molato" taxable in Bladen County from 1770 to 1776, taxable on his wife in 1772 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, I:45, 70, 80, 124, 135; II:65, 81]. He purchased 100 acres on Saddletree Swamp on 29 October 1774 [DB 23:465], and on 22 January 1793 he entered another 100 acres adjoining this land in what was then Robeson County [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:70]. He sold 100 acres of this land on the west side of the swamp to his son Samuel Hammons on 14 November 1800; made a deed of gift of 100 acres on the east side of the swamp to his grandson Lewis Hammons, son of John, Jr., on 2 October 1804, another 25 acres to Samuel Hammons on 21 December 1805, and 50 acres to his son Elisha Hammons, by a deed recorded in 1811 [DB K:88; N:240; O:254; Q:85]. The 1 January 1798 Robeson County court ordered James Whitley, a white boy about seventeen years old, bound apprentice to him [Minutes I:21]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48], 4 in 1800 [NC:384], and 7 in 1810 [NC:220 & 241]. His 1 March 1811 will was proved in Robeson County on 25 November 1811 [Minutes II:287]. He named his wife Christian, his children: Enoch, Elijah, Harvey, Arenith Jackson (wife of Thomas Jackson), Samuel, Jacob, John, Christian, Norfleet, Elias, Stradford, and Helen; and his grandchildren: William Hammond (Harvey's son) and Cornelius Jackson (Arenith's son) [WB 1:125]. His first wife was probably the daughter of Elias Stradford since Stradford's 6 August 1800 Robeson County nuncupative will left John Hammon, Sr., his crop and left all the remainder of his estate to sons of John Hammon: Jacob, Samuel, Enoch, John, and Harvey. Ann Hammon and Dicy Hammon (John³ Hammon's wife) were witnesses to the will [WB 1:60]. John Hammond's second wife was Christian Norfleet according to a letter dated about 1900. His children mentioned in his will were

14       i. Jacob, born say 1767.

15       ii. Samuel¹, born say 1770.

iii. Enoch, sold 100 acres on the east side of Poplar Pole Branch in Robeson County to Samuel Hammons on 1 July 1797 [DB G:140]. He was counted as white in 1800, head of a Robeson County household of 3 males [NC:384], called Enoch Eammins in 1810, head of a Robeson County household of 2 "other free" [NC:233].

iv. Elijah, who received 100 acres on the west side of Saddle Tree Swamp which he was then in possession of by his father's will. He was head of a Robeson County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:241]. He sold 250 acres on the west side of Drowning Creek in 1795. He purchased 50 acres from John Hammond, Senior, on 21 December 1805 and sold this land by a deed recorded in 1814. He sold 75 acres on Mussels Branch by deed recorded in 1816, and sold two tracts, one for 75 acres and one for 30 acres, on Saddletree Swamp by deeds recorded in 1826 [DB E:244; Q:85, 415; R:195; T:478, 479].

v. Harvey, who received 150 acres which he had in his possession, to pass to his son William at his death. He was head of a Robeson County household of 5 in 1800 [NC:384]. He sold 30 acres on the west side of Saddletree Swamp to Elijah Hammons on 12 March 1813 [DB R:24].

vi. Arenith, who married Thomas Jackson. Their son Cornelius Jackson received 50 acres on the Poplar Pole Branch including Lovec Bunche's old field by the will of her grandfather John² Hammond.

16      vii. John⁴, born 1776-94.

viii. Norfleet.

ix. Elias¹.

x. Stradford.

xi. Helen.

 

10.    Isaac² Hammond, baptized 21 September 1755, "a man of color," was a fifer in the 10th North Carolina Regiment for twelve months. He married Dicey ____ in Fayetteville in 1787 [M805, reel 393, S.8654]. He was found guilty of assault and battery on Lucretia Bass by the 16 March 1809 Cumberland County court and ordered to post bond of 50 pounds to keep the peace with her for twelve months [Minutes 1808-10]. He died in 1822. Dicey, born about 1772, remarried in 1827 to Anthony Hammonds who died that same year [M805, reel 393]. She sold a lot on the south edge of Franklin Street in Fayetteville on 15 May 1841 [DB 44:189]. She filed a pension application in September 1849 which stated that Isaac was the son of a barber, both his parents being "Mulattoes or Mustees having no African blood in them" [Crow, Black Experience in Revolutionary North Carolina, 66]. He was head of a Fayetteville, Cumberland County, household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:42]. Dicey's 3 October 1852 Cumberland County will was proved December the same year. She named only her daughter Rachel Lomack, wife of Enoch Lomack [WB C:229]. Their children were

i. ?John³, head of a Cumberland County household of 5 "other free" in 1800.

ii. ?Jerusha, head of a Cumberland County household of 4 "other free" in 1800.

iii. ?Jane, head of a Cumberland County household of 3 "other free" in 1800.

iv. ?Theophilus, head of a Cumberland County household of 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:141]. He married Delila Pettiford, 25 February 1811 Wake County bond, Absalom Locust bondsman.

v. ?Isaac³, head of a Cumberland County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:191].

vi. ?Albert, born say 1790, sold a lot in Fayetteville by deed recorded in 1834 [DB 41:17], took the oath of an insolvent debtor in the 5 September 1842 Cumberland County court and was allowed to keep a shotgun by the 5 June 1843 court [Minutes, 1835-44].

vii. Rachel Lomack, born about 1794, married Enoch Lomack, 17 June 1813 Cumberland County bond. Enoch was the son of William Lomack, another Revolutionary War veteran who was head of a Robeson County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [NCGSJ XIV:45; NC:240]. She applied for her father's pension on 22 July 1854 stating that she was the only living child of Isaac and Dicey [M805, reel 393, frame 0499]. Her children were probably the "free children of colour" bound out by the Cumberland County court: Albert Lomack (born about 1827, bound out on 8 March 1844), George Lomack (born about 1827, bound out on 5 June 1843), and Hybart Lomack (bound out on 8 March 1844) [Minutes 1835-44].

 

11.    Shadrack Hammond, born say 1757, was "a free Mulatto boy" ordered bound to William Speir by the September 1760 Edgecombe County court (no parent named) [Minutes 1759-64, 6]. He was head of an Edgecombe County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:57], 9 "other free" and 1 white woman in 1800 [NC:209], 8 "other free" in 1810 [NC:748], and 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:126]. His children may have been

17    i. Burrell, born about 1775.

ii. Willis², born 1776-94, head of an Edgecombe County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:748] and 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:126].

iii. Elijah, head of an Edgecombe County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:748].

iv. James, head of an Edgecombe County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:748] and 5 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:148].

v. Oliff, head of an Edgecombe County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [NC:746].

vi. Levy, born 1776-94, perhaps the Levi Hammonds who married Lydia Bass, 3 November 1813 Cumberland County bond, Leven Jones bondsman. He was head of an Edgecombe County household of 2 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:111].

 

12.    Elsey Hammons, born before 1776, was head of a Cumberland County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:214]. She was called Alsey Hammons on 7 December 1818 when she and John Sampson sold a lot in Fayetteville on the south edge of Mumford Street, 230 feet from Winslow Street, for $750 [DB 31:48]. She was probably the Eliza Hammons whose 13 February 1838 Cumberland County will, proved date not mentioned, left her lot on Mumford and Winslow Streets to her children, cautioning that it was not to be sold for her husband's debts [WB B:290]. Her children named in the will were

i. Martha, who received half her mother's lot in Fayetteville. Her son George was mentioned in Eliza's will.

ii. Henry, who was to receive the lot in Fayetteville after Martha's death.

iii. James Sampson, who received half the lot in Fayetteville.

 

13.    Ephraim Hammons, born say 1776, may have been the son of Horatio Hammons since they were both barbers. He was bound an apprentice in Cumberland County to Dr. John Sibly and then bound to James Howat for the remaining part of his indenture on 14 April 1796 [Minutes 1791-7]. On Saturday, 14 March 1807, the Cumberland County court ordered James Patterson, a fourteen-year-old "Boy of Colour," bound as an apprentice to him, and the 8 September 1810 Cumberland County court bound William Scott, a five-year-old "boy of Colour" to him [Minutes 1805-08; 1808-10]. He was head of a Cumberland County household of 2 "other free" in 1800, 4 "other free" in 1810 (E. Hammons) [NC:622], and 6 "free colored" and 5 slaves in 1820 (Ephraim Hammons) [NC:191]. He purchased land by deed proved in Cumberland County court on 9 March 1810 [Minutes 1808-10]. He married Rebecca Bell, 26 February 1812 Cumberland County bond with Thomas Sampson bondsman. He was bondsman for the 12 November 1818 Cumberland County marriage of Harry Mitchell and Betsy Jones. Ephraim was called a barber when he purchased a lot in Fayetteville on Cold Spring Street on 3 November 1819 and an additional two lots in Fayetteville by deeds proved in Cumberland County in 1819. The lot on Cold Spring Street was sold by the sheriff for debt by a deed recorded in 1823. On 13 September 1832 he sold 100 acres in Cumberland County on the west side of Black River Swamp [DB 31:521; 32:142-3; 35:56; 40:453]. The 8 June 1837 Cumberland County court bound Elsey Parker, a "free girl of colour," to him [Minutes 1836-38]. Perhaps one of his children was

i. Lydia, married Timothy Bass, 28 May Cumberland County bond.

 

14.    Jacob Hammon, born say 1767, entered 100 acres in Robeson County on the southwest side of Saddle Tree Swamp on 21 February 1788 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:14] and sold this land to Samuel Hammons on 8 September 1800. The sheriff sold another 49-1/2 acres of his land on Ten Mile Swamp for debt in 1802 [DB K:46; L:194]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 4 "other free" in 1790 [NC:48] and 3 in Anson County in 1800 [NC:198]. He was absent from Robeson County on 5 October 1802 when the court ruled that the indenture of his daughter Phereby was illegal and that she should be returned to her mother [Minutes I:216]. His children were

i. Pheraby, born about 1790, twelve years old when the Robeson County court ordered her bound to Reuben Rozar on 6 July 1802 [Minutes I:207].

ii. ?Sarah, head of a Robeson County household of 1 in 1800 [NC:384].

 

15.    Samuel¹ Hammond, born say 1770, entered 100 acres in Robeson County on the east side of Saddletree Swamp bordering his father's land on 21 February 1788 [Pruitt, Land Entries: Robeson County, I:14]. He deeded one acre of land and "Hammons' Meeting house," to be used "to hold Divine Worship," to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 10 shillings on 3 October 1792. He purchased 100 acres on the east side of Poplar Pole Branch on 1 July 1797 from Enoch Hammons and sold this land to Nathaniel Revell on 4 May 1801. He purchased 100 acres on Saddletree Swamp from his brother Jacob on 8 September 1800 and 100 acres from his father on 21 December 180_ [DB C:160; K:46; M:355; O:254]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 10 "other free" in 1810 [NC:241]. His 28 June 1812 Robeson County will, proved February 1815, named his wife Deborah; his daughters Anna, Dorcas, Delilah, Mary, and Rebecca; and left 225 acres to his three sons: Elias, Samuel, and James [WB 1:158]. His daughters' married names were listed in a 2 May 1829 deed of gift they made to their mother for three tracts of land totalling 225 acres [DB U:317]. Deborah's 9 February 1832 Robeson County will mentioned all their children except Samuel and mentioned her granddaughter Mariah [WB 1:266]. Their children were

i. Elias.²

ii. Sally, married Bryant Bowen.

iii. Nancy, married Guilford Best.

iv. Samuel².

v. Mary, married James Jacobs.

vi. Rebecca, married James Paul, who was probably the son of George Paul, head of a Robeson County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:409].

vii. James.

viii. Delilah, married Wright Ivey.

ix. Dorcas Hammond.

 

16.    John⁴ Hammond, born 1776-94, was head of a Robeson County household of 4 in 1810 [NC:220] and 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:325]. His wife was identified as Dicy Hammond in the 23 October 1800 deed of gift of 100 acres from John² Hammond to his grandson Lewis [DB U:37]. One of John⁴'s children was

i. Lewis, who was given title to 100 acres where his father was living from John Hammons, Sr., on 23 October 1800 and was given another deed of gift from his grandfather of 100 acres on the east side of Saddletree Swamp on 2 October 1804 [DB U:37; N:240]. He was not counted in Robeson County so he may have been the Lewis Hammon who was head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:27].

 

17.    Burrell Hammond, born say 1775, was ordered by the 30 August 1796 Edgecombe County court to pay Nancy Adkins for maintaining her child begotten by him. He married Betsey Jenkins, 11 September 1811 Edgecombe County bond. He was head of an Edgecombe County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [NC:209], 3 in 1810 [NC:745], and 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:128]. His children were

i. Willie Hammons, born say 1796, wrote his 24 September 1814 Nash County will before leaving to serve in the militia as a substitute for Sam Vick. He mentioned his brother John, not yet twenty-one years old, and his father Burwell Hammons. The will was proved in August 1815 [WB 1:308].

ii. John⁵.

 

Others who remained in Virginia were

i. Larry Hammons, born about 1785, registered in Norfolk County on 17 July 1810: 5 feet 1/2 Inc, 25 years of age, of a light Complexion, Born free.

ii. Margaret³/ Peggy Hammon, born about 1788, registered in Norfolk County on 17 July 1810: 4 feet 11 1/2 In., twenty two years of age, of a light Complexion, Born free [Registry of Free Negros & Mulattos, nos. 24, 25].

 

HANSON/ HENSON FAMILY

1.    Mary Hanson, born say 1686, was presented by the York County court on 24 May 1706 for having a "Mulatto" child on information of her master Robert Read. She appeared in court on 2 July 1706 and declared that the father of her child was "Dick Broo_ a Malatto slave belonging to said Robert Read. Robert Read received Dick by his mother's 10 February 1685/6 York County will: "one Negro woman named Black Betty with her child a Mollatto boy named Dick." Dick was probably the son of Richard Brooks a (white) servant of Madame Reade whose age was adjudged as sixteen years on 26 February 1677/8 when the York County court ordered that he serve her until the age of twenty-four. Robert Read left a York County will by which he gave "a Malatto Man named Dick Brookes" to his son Thomas Reade, gave a servant named James Hanson, "bound by the Churchwardens to serve to ye age of one and thirty," to his daughter Mildred Reade and gave a servant boy named Richard Hanson, "bound by the Churchwardens to serve to ye age of one and thirty," to his son Francis Reade. Mary's children were listed in the 7 April 1713 inventory of Read's estate: "James & Richard Hanson indented Mulattoes" [DOW 6:35; 7:257; 12:414, 424; 14:241, 251-3]. Mary was the mother of

i. James, born say 1706, complained to the York County court against his master John Goodwin on 15 June 1730. The court ordered that he return to Goodwin's service and ordered Goodwin to treat him well and allow him "cloathing and victuals suitable to a servant of his degree [DOW 17:75].

ii. Richard, born say 1707.

 

They may have been the ancestors of

2        i. William Henson, born say 1730.

ii. Rebecca Hanson, born about 1778, registered in Petersburg on 7 July 1818: a free woman of colour, five feet two inches high, forty years old, brown Complection, rather light, born free in Dinwiddie County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 919].

iii. Milley Hanson, born say 1775, mother of three children who obtained certificates of freedom in Prince George's County, Maryland from 14 July 1814 to 18 April 1825 [Provine, Registrations of Free Negroes, 19, 50].

 

2.    William Henson, born say 1730, was the father of "poor children" Elizabeth, Shad, John, and Margaret Henson who were bound out in Bedford County in July 1766 [Orders 1763-71, 262]. He was the father of

3        i. Elizabeth, born say 1754.

ii. Shadrick, born say 1758, head of a Petersburg Town household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:118a].

iii. John, perhaps the John Henson who was bound apprentice to Christopher Slinker in Bedford County on 24 June 1782 [Orders 1774-82, 360].

iv. Margaret.

 

3.    Elizabeth Henson, born say 1754, was the mother of a "Mulattoe" child named Aggy Henson who was ordered bound out in Bedford County in October 1774. She was ordered to serve her master Joseph Akins an additional year for having a bastard child [Orders 1774-82, 81]. She was the mother of

i. Aggy, born say 1774.

 

HARDEN FAMILY

Members of the Harden family of North Carolina were

i. Solomon, born say 1760, taxable on one poll in the 1784 Sampson County tax list [L.P. 64.1 by N.C. Genealogy XIV:2172]. He was head of a Robeson County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:49], 10 in 1800 [NC:383] and 10 in 1810 [NC:239]. He was called a "yeoman of Richmond County, North Carolina, Husband of Delaney Order (alias Harden), wife of Peter Order, Deceased," on 25 October 1791 when he and his wife gave power of attorney to Robert Webb to receive the final settlement for Revolutionary War service of his wife's deceased husband [NCGSJ XIV:114].

ii. David Harden, head of a Sampson County household of 12 "other free" in 1800 [NC:501].

iii. Benjamin, one of the freeholders of Sampson County who were ordered to work on the road from the courthouse to Drew's Ford on 15 February 1797 with (his brother?) Sion Harden, Henry Harden, John Manuel, and Larry Manuel [Minutes 1784-1800, 225]. He was head of a Sampson County household of 9 "other free" in 1800 [NC:510] and was counted as head of a household of 5 white males and 5 white females in 1810 [NC:486].

iv. Sion, head of Sampson County household of 4 white males and 3 white females in 1810 [NC:486] and 11 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:308].

v. Abraham, charged in Sampson County court on 13 August 1799 with begetting a bastard child by Loretta Odum [Minutes 1784-1800, 272]. He was head of a Sampson County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [NC:501] and 9 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:308].

1    vi. Lucy, born say 1770.

 

1.    Lucy Harden, born say 1770, delivered a bastard child but refused to identify the father in Sampson County court on 14 August 1787 [Minutes 1784-1800, 65]. She was head of an Anson County household of 5 "free colored" in 1820 (called Lucy Harding) [NC:12]. She may have been the mother of the members of the Harding family counted as "free colored" in Anson County in 1820:

i. Jacob, head of a household of 3 males and __females [NC:12].

ii. John, head of a household of one "free colored" man and 2 white women [NC:12].

 

HARMAN FAMILY

1.    William¹ Harman, born about 1632, was about forty years old when he made a deposition in Northampton County, Virginia court in 1672 [Orders 1664-74, fol.156a-f]. He arrived in Virginia as a slave sometime before 1648 when he was claimed as one of the headrights of planters Lewis Burwell and Thomas Vause [Nugent, Cavaliers & Pioneers, I:171-2]. In 1654 he was called the slave of William Andrews when he recorded his purchase of a calf in Northampton County court [DW 1654-55, 38]. William Andrews died about this time and his widow Mary married William Smart [DW 1654-55, p.85, fol.85]. In 1660 Smart sold William Harman to William Kendall who, on the same day he purchased Harman, agreed to sell him his freedom if he could provide sufficient security for the payment of 5,000 pounds of tobacco within two years [DW 1657-66, 70, 74 by Deal, Race and Class, 398-412]. This was 1,000 pounds more than his purchase price. He was still listed in Kendall's household in 1664 and 1665 [Orders 1657-64, 198; 1664-74, 15].

In March 1666 he sold a colt to Jane Gossall, the twenty-two-year-old daughter of Emmanuel Driggers, and stated in the deed that he intended to make her his wife, promising that the colt would be her sole property as long as she lived [DW 1655-68, pt.2, fol.12]. He had married Jane by June 1666 when he submitted the letters of administration on her first husband's estate to the court [Orders 1664-7, fol.24, p.24]. He was head of his own household with his wife Jane in the Northampton County list of tithables from 1667 to 1677 [Orders 1664-74, 42; 1674-79, 190].

He appeared to have been equally friendly with slaves, free African Americans, and whites. According to the court deposition of a neighbor, he spent New Years Eve of 1672 drinking rum and sugar with the slaves on John Michael's plantation [Orders 1664-74, fol.125]. He made a deposition in court about an argument he had witnessed while at the home of John Francisco [Orders 1664-74, fol.138, fol.143, fol.146, fol.156a-f, fol.157]. And in the summer of 1683 there was a court hearing about an argument among six white neighbors of his who were gathered at his house to help him harvest his crop [OW 1683-9, 15-16].

In the summer of 1675 he was involved in a dispute with William Gray over the possession of a gun that once belonged to Francis Payne. Payne's widow Amey had delivered the gun to Harman, perhaps as a gift, and her second husband William Gray, white like her, protested and took it back. The court ordered the gun returned to Harman [OW 1674-79, 58-59].

In September 1673 Jane Harman was the wet nurse for the illegitimate child of Nicholas Silvedo, a Portuguese servant, and English maidservant Mary Gale [Deal, Race and Class, 405]. William and Jane were tithables in their own Northampton County household in 1677. He was about fifty years old on 30 December 1686, called "William Harmon Negro," when he made a deposition about a gun said to be a part of the estate of Edward Jessop, "Maletto" [OW 1674-9, 190; OW 1683-9, 258, 262-3]. William was still living in April 1699 when he recorded the livestock mark of his son Manuel Harman [DW 1651-4, 31 at end of volume]. Jane may have been the Jane Harman who bought a "parcel of cloathes" in the 15 June 1700 sale of the estate of Philip Mongon, deceased [Orders 1692-1707, 262]. William and Jane's children were

2        i. Frances, born say 1667.

ii. Manuel¹, born say 1670, recorded his livestock mark in court with his father in April 1699 [DW 1651-4, 31 at end of volume]. He was a tenant on land in Accomack County on 7 December 1714 [Orders 1714-17, 2].

3        iii. Edward¹, born say 1672.

iv. John¹, born say 1674.

4        v. William², born say 1676.

 

2.    Frances Harmon, born say 1667, was the mother of an illegitimate child by a white man, Samuel Johnson, in 1685, another in 1686 by Jarvis Cutler, another before 28 May 1688, and another before 1692 [OW 1683-9, 112, 358, 386; OW 1689-98, 160-1]. In May 1690 Thomas Carter was security for her fine of fornication [OW 1689-98, 35, 58]. She married a slave, Anthony George, by 1693 when she recorded her livestock mark in Northampton County court [DW 1651-4, 26 at end of volume]. She may have been the mother of

5        i. Joseph¹, born say 1692.

 

3.    Edward¹ Harman, born say 1672, was living in Northampton County on 8 November 1702 when he and (his brother?) John Harman, Johnson Driggus, John Driggus, and Samuel George, "Free Negroes," were convicted of stealing a hog and then abusing and threatening several whites "in an insolent manner" [Orders 1698-1710, 102, 106]. He purchased 100 acres in Accomack County a few miles from Chincoteague in the northeastern part of the county in 1711. He and his wife Patience sold this land twenty-five years later [DW 1729-37, fol. 235-p.236; Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1333]. On 10 August 1719 he admitted in Accomack County court that he owed William Johnson 7-1/2 bushels of Indian corn [Orders 1717-19, 1]. He may have been identical to Edward Harman who was taxable in Bogerternorten Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland, from 1738 to 1740. Edward and Patience may have been the ancestors of some of the family members who were in Maryland and Delaware:

i. Zachariah, taxable in Bogerternorten Hundred, Somerset County, in William Smith's household in 1733, in Ursley Greer's household (with William Harman) in 1734, in Presgrave William's household in 1735, in Edward Franklin's household in 1737, in Edward Harman's household in 1738, and in Edward Franklin's household in 1739.

6        ii. William³, born say 1715.

iii. John², born say 1718, taxable in Bogerternorten Hundred, Somerset County, in Edward Franklin's household in 1737 and taxable in 1740 in his own household with his unnamed "melotto" wife in Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County.

iv. Edward, born say 1720, taxable in Bogerternorten Hundred, Somerset County, in the household of (his brother?) William Harman in 1739 and the household of (his father?) Edward Harman in 1740.

v. Jane, born say 1722, living in All Hollow's Parish, Somerset County, in June 1738 when she was indicted for having an illegitimate child. She was found not guilty. Edward Harmon, planter, was her security for the payment of court fees [Judicial Record 1738-40, 43]. She was a taxable "mulato" in the Bogerternorten Hundred household of Robert Warren in 1740 [1740 Tax List]. On 18 November 1740 she was again indicted for having an illegitimate child, but this time confessed that John Jackson was the father. Robert Warren was her security [Judicial Record 1740-2, 59-60, 310].

7        vi. Daniel¹, born say 1725.

8        vii. Job, born say 1726.

 

4.    William² Harman, born say 1676, was a "Negro" tithable head of his own Northampton County household from 1720 to 1725 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 2, 13, 24, 36, 51, 68, 73]. He was called William Harmon "Negro" in December 1721 when he paid Hannah Carter's fine of 500 pounds of tobacco and indemnified the parish from any charge from her illegitimate child [Orders 1719-22, 144, 146]. He died without making a will before 12 January 1725/6 when his children Jane and Edward Harman chose Philip Mongon as their guardian. His estate was valued at 32 pounds [Orders 1722-9, 226; DW 1725-33, 32]. His children were

i. ?Dinah Mongon, wife of Philip Mongon.

9        ii. Jane, born about 1706.

iii. Edward², born say 1707, a "Negro" tithable in his father's Northampton County household in 1723 and 1724. He was tithable in Philip Mongon's household in 1726, a "negro" tithable in Matthew Welch's household from 1727 to 1731, and tithable in the household of Henry Speakman from 1737 to 1744 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 36, 51, 73, 102, 118, 170, 212, 221, 255, 276, 292, 304, 361]. He sued Philip Mongon for his part of his father's estate on 11 July 1727, and he was sued by Daniel Jacob on 11 October 1727 [Orders 1722-9, 285, 299].

iv. ?Nan, born say 1710, a "negro" taxable in Thomas Moor's Northampton County household from 1726 to 1728 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 107, 132].

v. ?George¹, born about 1717, a ten-year-old "orphan Mulatto" bound apprentice in Accomack County on 5 March 1727 to Jeptha Perry and then bound instead to Benjamin Salmon on 3 August 1736 when Salmon complained to the court that Perry neither taught him a trade nor "put him to School" [Orders 1724-31, 95a; 1731-36, 190]. On 30 September 1766 the Accomack County court ordered that he be added to the list of tithables [Orders 1765-67, 235].

 

5.    Joseph¹ Harmon, born say 1692, left a 23 January 1737/8 Princess Anne County, Virginia will, proved 4 April 1739 by which he left a cow, hogs, a gun, sword, bed and furniture to his son Joseph Harman when he came of age; left a cow, calf, hogs, and furniture to his daughter Mary when she came to age sixteen; and made his wife Elizabeth executorix [DB 1735-40, 355/357]. He was the father of

10      i. Joseph², born say 1725.

ii. Mary, born say 1727.

 

6.    William³ Harman, born say 1715, was taxable in Bogerternorten Hundred, Somerset County, in Ursley Greer's household in 1734, in Robert Warren's household in 1737, in his own household from 1738 to 1739 (with his brother? Edward Harman), and taxable in Baltimore Hundred with his wife Betty in 1740 "by order of Court" [List of Taxables]. Worcester County was formed from this part of Somerset County in 1742, so his descendants may have been those members of the family counted as "other free" in Worcester County:

i. Jeremiah, head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [MD:124].

ii. Abel, head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [DE:744].

iii. Sophia, head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [MD:830].

iv. Sally, head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [MD:745].

v. Lazarus, born about 1758, served in the 6th Company of the 1st Maryland Regiment from 1 August 1780 to 15 November 1783 [Archives of Maryland 18:356, 539]. He was head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [MD:124], 9 in 1800 [MD:745] and 7 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [MD:623]. He made a declaration in Worcester County court on 10 April 1818 to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution. On 28 July 1821 he stated that he was about sixty years old and was living with his wife Betty and their sons John, aged eighteen years, and Joseph, aged twelve years [M805-399].

 

7.    Daniel¹ Harman, born say 1725, was a Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware taxable from 1766 to 1773. He died before 10 May 1774 when his widow Elizabeth was granted administration of his Kent County, Delaware estate. She married Joseph Lantern [de Valinger, Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 289]. Daniel may have been the father of

i. Daniel², a "Mulatto" taxable in the Kent County Levy Assessments circa 1820.

ii. Gabriel, born say 1760, married Rhoda Hanser. She assigned her right to the estate of her father William Handsor to Gabriel on 16 February 1790 [Estate Accounts, by Heite]. He was a "free Negro" taxable in Murderkill Hundred in 1787 and in Little Creek Hundred in 1798, head of a St. Jones Hundred, Kent County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:45] and 3 "free colored" in Dover in 1820 [DE:36].

 

8.    Job Harman, born say 1726, and his wife Comfort registered the 16 April 1750 birth of their "mulatto" son Shepherd at St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, Indian River, Delaware [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 101]. They were the parents of

i. Jemima, daughter of Job Harmon baptized same day (16 April 1750) at St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, Indian River [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 95].

ii. ?Eunice, born say 1752, married Southy Pride, "mulattoes," on 13 May 1772 at Lewes and Coolsprings Presbyterian Church [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 126].

iii. ?Edward, born about 1758, married Agnes Jackson on 27 November 1788 at Lewes and Coolspring Presbyterian Church [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 132]. He was head of an Indian River, Sussex County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [DE:438], 8 in 1810 [DE:437] and 5 "free colored" in Lewis and Rehoboth Hundred in 1820 [DE:308]. He was a resident of Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, Sussex County, on 20 April 1818 when he applied for a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted under Captain Kirkwood in the First Company of the Delaware Regiment in 1777. Mitchell Kirkwood, Lieutenant Colonel of the Ninth Delaware Regiment testified in his favor. Hezekiah Lacey testified that Edward worked for his father when he enlisted [M805-399].

iv. William⁴, born say 1770, married Mary Hanser "Free mulattoes" on 11 May 1795 at Lewes and Coolspring Presbyterian Church [Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, 135]. He was a "Negro" taxable in St. Jones Hundred, Kent County in 1798 and head of an Indian River, Sussex County, Delaware household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [DE:437], 5 "other free" in Cedar Creek Hundred in 1810 [DE:303], and 9 "free colored" in Indian River Hundred, Sussex County in 1820 [DE:220].

v. Shepherd, born 15 April 177_ (probably 1771 or 1772), "mulatto" son of Job and Comfort ___. He was head of a Sussex County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [DE:458].

 

9.    Jane Harmon, born about 1706, was a "Negro" tithable in Philip Mongon's Northampton County household in 1726 and 1727 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 102, 119]. She was twenty-one years old in February 1727/8 when she petitioned the Northampton County court to allow her to take control of the remaining part of her father's estate which was then in the hands of her guardian Dinah Mongong, widow and executrix of Philip Mongong. The court ordered Dinah to pay Jane her share of her deceased father's estate [L.P Pk#12, February 1727/8; Orders 1722-9, 316, 317]. Jane was tithable in the household of Richard Malavery (Dinah's second husband) from 1728 to 1731 [Bell, Northampton County Tithables, 135, 148, 169, 221]. She had an illegitimate child before 11 December 1733. She petitioned the court for her estate which was in the hands of Richard Malavery, and on 9 January 1733/4 the court appointed Colonel John Robins and Mr. William Stott to inspect the appraisement of the estate and to be present when Richard Munlavery delivered it to her, "that she may not be wronged" [Orders 1732-42, 87, 88, 89]. She may have been the Jane Harmon who was living in Accomack County on 25 April 1749 when several of her children: Elijah, Harman, Solomon, and Nimrod were bound as apprentice shoemakers [Orders 1744-53, 327]. She was called "Jane Harmon free Negro" in April 1758 when the Northampton County court released her from paying taxes in the future [Minutes 1754-61, 156]. Her children were

i. ?John³, born say 1732, head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 4 "other free" and 1 white man over sixteen years of age in 1790 [NC:63] and 9 "other free" in 1800 [NC:316]. On 30 October 1795 he sold 100 acres, tools, furniture, cattle, and hogs in Halifax County to Joseph Lantern, Moses Matthews, and John Kelly and sold 100 acres near the road from Halifax Town to Enfield old courthouse to Joseph Lantern on 3 December 1795 [DB 17:920; DB 18:130]. (Joseph Lantern was taxable in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, from 1776 to 1785).

11      ii. ?Emanuel², born say 1733.

iii. Elijah, born about 1735, a fourteen-year-old bound to Hezekiel Purnoll on 25 April 1749.

iv. Harman, born about 1738, an eleven-year-old bound to Hezekiel Purnoll on 25 April 1749.

v. Solomon, born about 1743, a six-year-old bound out on 25 April 1749.

vi. Nimrod, born about 1747, a two-year-old bound out on in Accomack County on 25 April 1749, head of a Worcester County, Maryland household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [MD:124].

vii. ?Jemima, born say 1749, a "free Negro" living in Accomack County on 4 July 1768 when the court presented her for not listing herself as a tithable [Orders 1768-9, 227].

 

10.    Joseph² Harmon, born say 1725, died before 17 January 1752 when the audit of his Princess Anne County estate was taken. The sale of the estate totalled 36 pounds, 19 shillings [DB 1747-55, 297]. He may have been the father of

i. James, born say 1755, a "Mullatto" bound as an apprentice house carpenter to George Chappel until the age of twenty-one in Princess Anne County on 17 July 1759, no age or parent named [Minutes 1753-62, 357]. He and his son James were mentioned in the 30 December 1792 Princess Anne County will of his father-in-law, William Shoecraft [WB 1:210]. He was taxable in St. Bride's Parish, Norfolk County, from 1783 to 1811: in the list of "free Negroes and Mulattoes" from 1801 to 1811 [PPTL, 1782-91, frames 415, 450, 592; 1791-1812, frames 8, 191, 400, 548, 636, 716].

ii. Eleanor, bound to George Chappel to read, sew, and knit in Princess Anne County on 17 July 1759, no age or parent named [Minutes 1753-62, 357].

iii. Craftshoe, head of a Liberty County, South Carolina household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [SC:806].

iv. Jaca, born about 1779, registered in Princess Anne County on 3 October 1836: age 57, 5'4", a mulatto woman, born free in Princess Anne County. She was probably the mother of Sally Harman who registered in Princess Anne County on 3 October 1831: 5'2", age 20, a Bright Mulatto woman, born free in Princess Anne County [Register of Free Negroes, 1830-62, nos. 263, 393].

 

11.    Emanuel² Harmon, born say 1733, was sued in Northampton County by John Wilkins, Sr., on 15 May 1754. He was called a "free Negro" on 10 June 1760 when the court ordered him sent to the General Court to be tried for receiving stolen goods from a slave named Will who belonged to the estate of Benjamin Stratton [Orders 1753-8, 100; Minutes 1754-61, 223]. He was head of an Accomack County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 2:153] and 8 in 1810 [VA:29]. He was the father of

i. George², born say 1755, taxable in Accomack County from 1782 to 1813: taxable on 2 free males, 2 slaves and 5 horses in 1782; 2 free males in 1798; called a "fn" in 1806 and 1812; called "Geo: Harmon (of Emawell)" in a list of "free Negroes & Mulattoes" in 1813. His son George was called "of George" in 1812 [PPTL, 1782-1814, frames 8, 149, 248, 314, 378, 447, 630, 791, 835]. He was head of an Accomack County household of 9 "other free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 2:153] and 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:29]. He served as a soldier in the Revolution. His only heirs Betsy, Comfort, Leah and Sarah Harmon applied for a pension for his service in Accomack County court on 25 September 1832 [Orders 1832-36, 16].

 

Other members of the Harmon family were

i. Thomas, a "Negro" taxable on 130 acres and 5 "Negroes" in Prince Frederick Parish, South Carolina, in 1786 [S.C. Tax Returns 1783-1800, frame 119], head of a Georgetown District, Prince Frederick's Parish, South Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [SC:51].

ii. Abraham, head of a South Orangeburgh District, South Carolina household of 3 "other free" in 1790 [SC:101].

iii. Southey, head of an Accomack County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 1:108].

iv. Stephen, head of an Accomack County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:100].

v. Ann, head of an Accomack County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 1:108].

vi. Scarburgh, head of an Accomack County household of 4 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [VA:101].

vii. Molly/ Mary, head of an Accomack County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [Virginia Genealogist 1:157] and 7 in 1810 [VA:102].

viii. Easter, head of an Accomack County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:30].

ix. Emanuel³, born about 1789, registered in Accomack County on 29 September 1807: a light Black, 5 feet 7-1/2 Inches...Born free [Free Negro Register, #5].

 

HARRIS FAMILY

1.    John¹ Harris, born say 1635, may have been identical to "my Negro man John" named in Thomas Whitehead's 6 April 1660 York County will by which he set John free, gave him all his wearing apparel and two cows, lent him as much land as he could tend himself, and appointed him guardian of his (Whitehead's) daughter if the court would permit it. On 11 September 1660 the court declared that John was a free man and ordered that the cattle and other things be delivered to him according to the will. On 28 October 1667 "John Harris, Negro" purchased from Robert Jones of Queen's Creek 50 acres in New Kent County adjoining Mr. Baker's and the main swamp by deed recorded in York County on 12 April 1669 [DWO 3:82, 89; 4:237].

 

Members of the Harris family who may have been descendants of John Harris were

2        i. Martha¹, born say 1720.

3        ii. Solomon¹, born say 1722.

4        iii. James¹, born say 1723.

5        iv. Mary¹, born say 1729.

6        v. Edward¹, born say 1730.

7        vi. Martha², born say 1730.

8        vii. George¹, born say 1740.

viii. Eleanor, born say 1732, living in Brunswick County, Virginia, on 23 January 1753 when the court ordered the churchwardens of St. Andrew's Parish to bind her "Mullatto" son Moses to Drury Stith, Gentleman [Orders 1751-3, 366].

ix. Martha³, born say 1733, married Joseph Hawley of Granville County, North Carolina.

9        x. Phebe¹, born about 1734.

10      xi. Nathan¹, born say 1735.

 

2.    Martha¹ Harris, born say 1720, was the mother of "a mulatto boy" named Charles Harris who was bound to Lewellin Eppes in Charles City County, Virginia, in August 1746 [Orders 1737-51, 420]. She was the ancestor of

i. Charles¹, born say 1740, bound apprentice in August 1746.

11      ii. ?____, born say 1744.

12      iii. ?Joan, born say 1752.

iv. ?William, born say 1755, a deserter from Captain Thomas Massie's new recruits for the sixth Virginia Regiment. The 21 November 1777 issue of the Virginia Gazette offered a reward for his return, describing him as: a mulatto fellow about five feet eleven inches high, the veins in his leg much broke, appear in knots, he was enlisted in New Kent, but expect he is lurking about Charles City [Virginia Gazette, Purdie's edition, p.3, col. 3].

v. ?Betty, born about 1760, registered in Petersburg on 13 July 1805: a yellow brown Mulatto woman, five feet and a half inches high, forty five years old, born free in Charles City County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 336].

13      vi. ?Edward³, born say 1760.

vii. ?Richard, born say 1775, taxable on one tithe and a horse in Charles City County in 1800 [1800 Personal Property Tax List, p.11], head of a Charles City County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:959].

 

3.    Solomon¹ Harris, born say 1722, sued Abraham Morris in Charles City County court in July 1744 but failed to prosecute [Orders 1737-51, 311]. He was a tithable in Lunenburg County in the list of Lewis Deloney in the household of Thomas Evans in 1748 [Tax List 1748-52]. He was tithable in his own household in William Howard's list for 1749 and 1750, the 1751 list of Field Jefferson, and the 1764 list of Edmund Taylor [Bell, Sunlight on the Southside, 109, 142, 169, 252]. He and his wife Sarah and son William were 3 "Black" tithables in the 1765 Granville County, North Carolina list of Wm. Bullock. He was the father of

14      i. ?Mary², born say 1750.

ii. William, born about 1753, taxable in his parents' household in Wm. Bullock's Granville County list in 1765. He was married to Eady Stewart by 11 September 1780 when the Mecklenburg County court ordered Zachariah Mallett to deliver up the will of her mother Patty Stewart, deceased, on the motion of William Harris and Eady his wife [Orders 1779-84, 76].

15      iii. ?John, born say 1755.

16      iv. ?Phebe², born say 1755.

 

4.    James¹ Harris, born say 1723, was a "free Negro" who confessed in Charles City County court in February 1743/4 that he stole a small quantity of sugar from the store of James Rae. He was given fifteen lashes. George Minge paid his court fees [Orders 1737-51, 289]. He was taxable in Charles City County on a horse in 1790 (called James Harris, Sr.) but exempt from personal tax [1790 Personal Property Tax List, p.9], and he may have been exempt in 1783 when James Jr. was listed as a taxable. He made a 29 July 1784 Charles City County will by which he directed that his stock of sheep should be sold, his crop delivered to Abraham Brown, and the rest of his estate divided among his children, his son John Harris excepted. He named Abraham Brown executor (who died before him). The will was proved on 21 May 1791 by oath of Dixon Brown, a witness (making his mark). James Harris was granted administration on the estate on 50 pounds security [WB 1:55]. James, Sr.'s widow was apparently Frances Harris who was a witness to the 15 December 1791 Charles City County will of Sarah Brown (widow of Abraham). Frances left a 12 November 1803 Charles City County will, proved 19 June 1806. She left a bed and furniture to her grandson George Hunt Harris (son of Haly Harris) left son Chavis Harris and his wife Susanna all the rest of her estate excluding her wearing apparel, left grand daughter Rebecca Brown (daughter of John Brown) a spinning wheel and cards, left her wearing apparel to be divided among her daughter Susanna Brown (wife of Dixon Brown), Susanna's daughter, her granddaughter Celia Harris and Rebecca Brown (wife of Edward Brown). She named her son-in-law John Brown, Abraham Brown and William Brown executors. She made a codicil stipulating that her sons John and James Harris and her daughter Priscilla were to receive no more than one penny each [WB 1:650]. She was the mother of

i. John⁴, born say 1758, taxable in Charles City County from 1783 to 1814, listed as a "Mulattoe" in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1783-7; 1788-1814] and head of a Charles City County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:958].

17      ii. James², born say 1760.

iii. Priscilla, born say 1765, wife of John Brown and mother of Rebecca Brown.

iv. Haly, born say 1770, father of George Hunt Harris who was called Hunt Harris when he was a "Mulattoe" taxable in Charles City County in 1813 [Waldrep, 1813 Tax List].

18      v. Chavis, born say 1780.

vi. Susanna, wife of Dixon Brown.

vii. ?Rebecca, wife of Edward Brown.

 

5.    Mary¹ Harris, born say 1729, a "mullato orphan," was living with Willing Wynne on 4 October 1734 when the vestry of St. Andrews Parish in Brunswick County, Virginia, paid him to keep her until she reached the age of twenty-one [Hopkins, St. Andrew Parish Vestry Book, 41]. She may have been the daughter of Katherine Harris, (no race indicated), who was presented by the Prince George County court on 13 November 1739 for having a bastard child [Orders 1737-40, 362], perhaps the Katherine Harris who died before 10 October 1741 when Thomas Neuse was paid by the St. Andrew Parish Vestry of Brunswick County for making her coffin [Hopkins, St. Andrew Parish Vestry Book, 48]. Mary was called a "free Mulatto" on 15 December 1767 when the Mecklenburg County, Virginia court ordered the churchwardens to bind out her sons Nimrod and William to Peter Field Jefferson [Orders 1765-8, 450]. She was the mother of

i. Nimrod, born say 1764, bound apprentice on 15 December 1767.

ii. William, born say 1766, bound apprentice on 15 December 1767.

iii. Catherine², born say 1767, bound to Peter Field Jefferson in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on 11 November 1771 [Orders 1771-73, 84].

iv. James³, born about 1769, ordered bound apprentice to Benjamin Ferrell in Mecklenburg County on 9 December 1771 [Orders 1771-73, 135]. He received a certificate in Mecklenburg County on 29 June 1812: This is to Certify that James Harris who was born & raised in the County of Mecklenburg & Commonwealth of Virginia, is a free man, he is five feet seven inches high, of a Colour but little removed from black, is about forty years old & has lost his upper fore teeth. The said James Harris was bound to, and Served his apprenticeship with Benjamin Ferrell, late of this County & Commonwealth aforesaid decd. where he has resided ever since, and has uniformly, as far as I recollect ever to have heard, supported a good Character [Register of Free Negroes, 1809-41, no. 4].

 

6.    Edward¹ Harris, born say 1730, had two taxables in his Granville County, North Carolina household in the list of Jonathan White in 1750 [CR 44.702.19]. He was called "negro" in the 1752-54 tax lists and in the 8 October 1754 Muster Roll of the Granville County Regiment of Colonel William Eaton [Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, 716]. In 1753 he was tithable but refused to pay tax for his wife, perhaps claiming she was white. She was the light-skinned daughter of William Chavis who made a deed of gift of 340 acres in Granville on the north side of Tabbs Creek to his "daughter Sarah Harris wife of Edward Harris" on 6 September 1756 [DB C:73]. Edward and Sarah were taxables with their children in all the extant Granville County colonial tax lists [CR 044.701.19]. In 1782 he was taxed on 190 acres, 4 horses, and 6 cattle in Fishing Creek District. His wife Sarah died in January 1785 according to the deeds of her oldest sons Gibson and Sherwood who sold their interest in her dower lands to John Penn, administrator of her estate [DB O:408, 423]. Penn divided the remaining 192 acres among her other two sons Jesse and Solomon on 13 March 1789 [WB 2:233]. In 1785 Edward or his son by that name was a buyer at the sale of an estate in Northampton County [Gammon, Record of Estates, Northampton County, I:50], and he was head of a Northampton County household of 10 "other free" in 1790 [NC:72]. Edward and Sarah's children named in the tax lists and Sarah's 1789 Granville County bequest were

i. Amey, born about 1749, taxable in her parents' Epping Forest District household in 1761.

ii. Lucy, born about 1752, taxable in her parents household in Samuel Benton's list for Epping Forest District in 1764.

iii. Nancy, born about 1752, taxable in her parents household in Samuel Benton's list for Epping Forest District in 1764.

iv. Nelly, born about 1754, taxable in her parents household in the list of Stephen Jett in 1766.

v. Edward²/ Ned, born about 1756, taxable in the list of Jonathan Kittrell in 1768. He died before 14 July 1792 when his brother Gibson, as "Eldest Brother & heir at law to Edward Harris decd.," gave power of attorney to Philemon Hodges to receive his pay for service in the Revolution. His brothers, Sherwood and Solomon Harris, made a similar deposition confirming Gibson's statement on 22 July 1792 [NCGSJ X:111].

vi. Gibson, born about 1760, not mentioned in the tax lists but sold his share of land to John Penn on 5 July 1785, identifying it as the land which "William Chavers gave to his daughter Sarah, wife of Edward Harris" [DB O:408]. In the 1778 Granville County Militia Returns for Captain Abraham Potter's Company he was listed as a seventeen-year-old "black man," occupation: planter [The North Carolinian VI:726 (Mil. TR 4-40)]. He was head of a Surry County, North Carolina household of 12 "other free" in 1810 [NC:684].

vii. Sherwood, born say 1761, not mentioned in the tax lists but sold his share of his mother's land to John Penn on 24 December 1785 [DB O:423]. He was head of a Wake County household of 6 "other free" in 1800 [NC:770] and 10 in Granville County in 1810 [NC:864].

viii. Jesse, born say 1762, not taxed in his father`s household, but named as Edward and Sarah's son in his brothers' 1785 deeds [DB O:408, 423]. He received half of his mother's land by the 1789 division of her estate [WB 2:233]. He was taxable in Granville County on 50 acres in 1789 and sold his farm animals in Granville County on 10 March 1791 [WB 2:225]. He married Elizabeth Ivey, 29 November 1790 Wake County bond. He was taxable on 100 acres in 1798 and was head of a Granville County household of 2 "other free" in 1800 and 4 in 1810 [NC:864]. He was taxable on 200 acres in Beaverdam District of Granville County in 1805 (called "Jessee Harris of Colour") but was assessed only poll tax in 1808 (called F. Negro) [Tax List, 1803-09, 130, 271]. He may have been the Jesse Harris, about sixty years old on 21 February 1821, who made a declaration in Wake County court to obtain a pension for service in the Revolution. He stated that by his first wife he had four children, one named Fennell (seventeen years old) living with him, and by his second wife a child Billy who was also living with him [NCGSJ XIII:34]. Perhaps his second marriage was to Julia Tabon (Taborn), 23 February 1820 Wake County bond, Thomas Roycroft bondsman.

ix. Solomon², born say 1767, named in his brothers' 1785 Granville County deeds [DB O:408, 423]. He received half his mother's remaining land by the 1789 division of her estate. He was taxable in Fishing Creek District of Granville County in 1796 on 103 acres and one poll and on 73 acres in 1798 [Tax List 1796-1802, 12, 73]. He was head of a Granville County household of 4 "other free" in 1800.

 

7.    Martha² Harris, born say 1730, was the mother of Isham Harris who was bound by the Lunenburg County court to Amos Tims, Jr. on 13 October 1763. She married John Stewart who died before 14 February 1765 when the Lunenburg County court ordered the churchwardens of St. James Parish to bind his orphan daughter Eleanor Steward to William Taylor [Orders 1763-4, 257; 1764-5, 2, 203]. Mecklenburg County was formed from St. James Parish later that year, and in September 1772 the Mecklenburg County court bound Eleanor to Molly Taylor [Orders 1771-73, 318]. On 27 April 1777 Martha's son Moses Stewart purchased 100 acres from Henry Jackson in Mecklenburg County on the south side of Allen's Creek adjoining Stephen Mallett, with Stephen and Zachariah Mallett as witnesses [DB 5:56]. She apparently purchased this land in his name since he was only ten years old at the time. Her 17 January 1779 Mecklenburg County, Virginia will, witnessed by Zachariah Mallett, was proved 9 October 1780 on motion of her executor, Henry Jackson. By her will she left her land to her son Moses and left livestock and money to her children Isham, Nelly, Edy, Fanny, Moses, Sinai, and Disea [WB 1:341]. She was counted as head of a Mecklenburg County household of 7 persons in 1782, but this was probably the listing for her estate [VA:32]. Her estate included 54 acres of land which was sold for taxes in 1793 [DB 8:407-8]. Martha was the mother of

i. Isham Harris, born say 1756, called "Isham Harris, Son of Patty Stewart" on 13 October 1763 when he was ordered bound to Amos Tims, Jr., by the Lunenburg County court. On 13 April 1769 the court ordered Isham bound instead to John Evans (alias Eppes) [Orders 1763-64, 257; 1766-69, folio 202]. He was taxable in John Evans' Lunenburg County household in 1772 [Bell, Sunlight on the Southside, 304]. He may have been the Isham Harris, a "Mulatto," who was presented by the Pittsylvania County court on 15 May 1797 for retailing liquor without a licence at a cabin on the land of Daniel Molley [Orders 1795-8, 319]. He was a "FN" taxable in Pittsylvania County in 1797 [PPTL 1782-97, frame 768]. He applied for a pension for services in the Revolution at the age of eighty-four years on 8 August 1843 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, stating that he was born in Charlotte County, Virginia, in 1759 and that he was drafted in Lunenburg County.

 

10.    George¹ Harris, born say 1730, was head of a household with his wife Catherine in the Oxford District of Granville County, North Carolina, in 1761. On 6 February 1775 he purchased 144-1/2 acres in Granville County near John Tatom's line for 105 pounds [DB K:249]. In 1782 he was taxable in Granville County on 145 acres, 3 horses, and 12 cattle in Ragland's District. He was head of a Granville County household of 7 persons in the 1786 state census, and he was taxable in Granville on his land for the last time in 1789. His children were

i. Mary, born say 1750, taxable in the Granville County household of her father George Harris in Samuel Benton's list for 1762 and 1764.

ii. ?Claiborn, born about 1766, head of a Wake County household of 5 "other free" in 1800 [NC:770], 11 in Stokes County in 1810 [NC:573], and 12 "free colored" in Stokes County in 1820 [NC:346]. He entered the NW:NW part of Section 34, Town 10, Range 5 in Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana, on 10 August 1836 and SW:SE of Section 28 on 8 February 1845 [Land Entry Book #1]. He sold the SW:SE part of Section 28 a month later on 4 March 1845 [DB 8:285]. He was head of an Owen County, Indiana, household of 3 "free colored," one of them a woman over one hundred years of age, in 1830 [IN:22] and 5 "free colored" in 1840 [IN:42]. In 1850 he was in household #167 of Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana. Perhaps one of his children was Hardin Harris, born about 1797, living next door to him in household # 168 in Marion Township.

iii. ?Hardy, born say 1772, married Polly Evans, 22 October 1793 Wake County bond, John Reighley bondsman. He was head of a Wake County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [NC:767]. He may have been the Hardy Harris who was head of a Abbeville District, South Carolina household in 1810 [SC:82].

iv. ?Edward⁵/ Ned, born say 1780, head of a Richland District, South Carolina household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [SC:175a]. Eleanor, Keziah, Lydney and Elizabeth Harris were residents of Richland District in 1806 when they petitioned the South Carolina legislature to be exempted from the tax on free Negro women [S.C. Archives series S.165015, item 01885].

 

9.    Phebe¹ Harris, born about 1734, registered in Petersburg on 20 August 1794: a brown Mulatto woman, five feet two inches high, supposed sixty years old, born free in County of Prince George [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 75]. She may have been the mother of

19      i. James, born about 1748.

ii. John², born about 1752, a "yellow" complexioned soldier born in Prince George County who enlisted as a substitute in the Revolution in Dinwiddie County [NSDAR, African American Patriots, 150]. He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Dinwiddie County in 1790 and 1792 and a "free" taxable from 1794 to 1801 when he was listed as a cooper in the same district (Braddock Goodwyn's) as another "free" John Harris and a "free" Andrew Harris [Personal Property Tax List 1801 B, p.7]. He was called a "free man of Colour" on 27 April 1818 when he made a declaration in Prince George County to obtain a pension for his services, stating that he enlisted in 1777 in the 15th Virginia Regiment. He was taken from the regiment and made a servant to President Monroe who was then the major of horse and aide-de-camp to Lord Sterling. He made a second declaration on 18 May 1821 in Petersburg court, stating that he was about sixty-nine years old and residing in Dinwiddie County in the immediate vicinity of Petersburg. He was a cooper by trade and his family consisted of himself and four children: three boys and a girl [M805-401, frame 0640].

iii. Aggy, born about 1769, registered in Petersburg on 20 August 1794: a brown Mulatto woman, five feet two inches high, twenty five years old, born free & raised in Prince George County near Petersburg. Her son Thomas registered on 10 June 1805: a dark brown Negro man, feet inches five high, twenty years old 10 Aug. next, son of Agga Harris a free Negroe woman [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, nos. 76, 291].

iv. Betty, born about 1770, registered in Petersburg on 20 August 1794: a brown Mulatto woman, five feet four inches high, twenty four years old, born free & raised in Prince George County near Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 77].

 

10.    Nathan¹ Harris, born say 1735, was taxable in his own household with his wife Amey in the 1758 Granville County, North Carolina list of Nathaniel Harris. He entered 200 acres on the waters of Beaverdam Creek in Granville County on 22 March 1780 and another 350 acres in 1779 [Pruitt, Land Entries, Granville County, 49]. He was assessed tax on 737 pounds in Beaverdam in 1780, but by 1785 he was in Northampton County where he was a buyer at the sale of an estate [Gammon, Record of Estates, Northampton County, I:51]. In 1800 he was head of a Northampton County household of 6 "other free" [NC:449] where he was renting the estate of Edward Capell [Gammon, Record of Estates, Northampton County, I:111] and 7 "other free" in Franklin County in 1810 [NC:826]. Nathan and Amey may have been the parents of

i. Ephraim, head of a Franklin County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [NC:826].

ii. Elizabeth, born say 1762, married Drury Walden in Northampton County in 1780 according to his pension records.

iii. Henry, born before 1776, head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [NC:316] and 9 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:151].

iv. Mary, head of a Northampton County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [NC:451].

v. Hamilton, born 1776-94, head of a Halifax County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [NC:26], and 2 "free colored" in Wilkes County in 1820 [NC:505].

vi. Ary, head of a Halifax County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:26].

vii. Ruthen, head of a Halifax County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:26].

viii. William, head of a Halifax County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [NC:27].

 

11.    _____ Harris, born say 1743, was the mother of several illegitimate children by Dixon Brown. Dixon made a 24 January 1811 Charles City County will, proved 18 January 1821, by which he left 30 acres to his illegitimate children Polly Harris, Susannah Harris (wife of James Harris), and Peggy Bowman which was the land they were then living on [WB 2:471]. Susannah Harris died intestate without a living child before October 1826 when Polly Harris, Morris Harris and Patsy his wife, Pegg Bowman, James Brown, Jr., (son of Dixon) and his wife Sally (nee Stewart), and Peter Brown and his wife Susan appointed James Brown to sell the 10 acres she received by her father's will. Edward Brown was the highest bidder at $32 [DB 7:371]. ____ was the mother of

i. Polly Harris, born say 1760, died before 26 May 1832 when her estate was sold. Edward Bowman, Abraham Brown and John Bowman were buyers at the sale [WB 4:29-30].

ii. Susannah, born about 1762, fifty-eight years old in 1820 when her husband James Harris applied for a pension [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 36]. She died before October 1826 when her heirs appointed James Brown to sell her land [DB 7:371].

iii. Pegg Bowman.

20        iv. ?Morris, born say 1784.

 

12.    Joan Harris, born say 1752, was a "Mulatto" servant who was discharged from the service of Benjamin Abbot by the Halifax County, Virginia court on 17 June 1773 because he had no indentures for her [Orders 1772-3, 155]. On 16 January 1777 the court ordered the churchwardens to bind out Mill Harris, daughter of Johannah Harris to Benjamin Abbott, and on 18 March 1784 the court ordered the churchwardens to bind Jean's "bastard Mulattoe boy" Micajah Harris to Edward Akin but rescinded the order on 17 June that year and ordered him returned to his mother [Pleas 1774-9, 185; 1783-6, 35, 75]. She was the mother of

i. Mill, born say 1776.

ii. Micajah, born say 1780.

 

13.    Edward⁴ Harris, born say 1762, was a soldier from Chesterfield County who enlisted in the Revolution while a resident of Amelia County [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 36]. He may have been the Edward Harris who was head of a Charles City household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:959] and a "Mulattoe" taxable in Chesterfield County two tithes and three horses in 1810, 1811 and 1813, living on James Scott's land with his six children in 1811 [Personal Property Tax List, 1786-1811, frame 824; Waldrep, 1813 Tax List]. He was the father of

i. Archer², born 18 August 1812, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 16 June 1836: son of Ned Harris, mulatto man, twenty three the 18th August last [Minutes 1830-9, 281].

 

14.    Mary Harris, born say 1738, was living in Brunswick County on 24 November 1756 when the court ordered the churchwardens to bind out her "natural child" Isham Harris [Orders 1756-7, 174]. She was apparently identical to "Mary Haris now Stuart" whose son Isham Harris was ordered bound out by the churchwardens of St. James Parish in Mecklenburg County court on 8 November 1766 [Orders 1765-8, 231]. She was married to William Stewart when they sold 200 acres on Little Creek in Mecklenburg County on 11 February 1788 [DB 7:253]. William Stewart was head of a Wake County household of 11 "other free" in 1790 [NC:105] and 11 "other free" and 2 slaves in 1800 [NC:798]. She was the mother of

i. Isham, born say 1756, bound out in Mecklenburg County on 8 November 1766 [Orders 1765-8, 231]. He sued Frederick Collier and Samuel Lark for trespass, assault and battery in Mecklenburg County court on 13 July 1784. Lucy Poole was deposed as his witness. Both suits were dismissed [Orders 1784-7, 95, 141, 169, 261, 263]. He married Mary Dobey (Dolby), 11 January 1792 Wake County bond and was head of a Wake County household of 7 "other free" in 1800 [NC:769].

 

15.    John³ Harris, born say 1755, was head of a Warren County, North Carolina household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:77]. He was married to the widow of Stephen Walden by May 1791 when he settled Stephen's Warren County estate [Gammon, Records of Estates, Warren County, I:21]. Solomon Harris, John Walden, and Jesse Cunningham were buyers at the sale of the estate [WB:6:82]. John's children may have been

i. Kizee, born before 1776, head of a Warren County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:754] and one "free colored" in 1820 (Casiri Harris) [NC:816].

ii. Phil, born say 1778, head of a Warren County household of 4 "other free" in 1800 [NC:808], 3 in 1810 [NC:758] and called Philemon Harris when he was head of an Orange County household of 3 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:290].

 

16.    Phebe² Harris, born say 1755, was living in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on 12 June 1780 when the churchwardens were ordered to bind out her daughter Elizabeth, "a poor orphan" [Orders 1779-84, 53]. On 11 February 1782 the churchwardens were ordered to bind her "Bastards" Milley and Jeremiah (no race mentioned) to Edward McDaniel [Orders 1779-84, 119]. Her children were

i. Elizabeth, born say 1772.

ii. Milley, born say 1773.

iii. Jeremiah, born say 1775, married Lydia Chavous, 13 November 1797 Mecklenburg County bond, James Chavis security.

iv. ?John, married Rittah Stewart, 27 December 1802 Mecklenburg County bond, Jere Harris security.

 

17.    James² Harris, born say 1760, was taxable in Charles City County in 1783, called James Harris, Jr. He was taxable on his own tithe and a horse in 1790 and taxable on his own tithe and a horse in 1800, charged with 2 tithes in 1806, called James, Sr., in 1810, listed as a "Mulattoe" in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List, 1783-7; 1788-1814] and head of a household of 5 "other free" in 1810 (called James Harris, Sr.) [VA:958]. He was a resident of Charles City County when he enlisted in the 2nd Virginia Regiment. He applied for a pension in 1820 stating that he was a farmer with a fifty-eight-year-old wife who was sickly [Jackson, Virginia Negro Soldiers, 36]. His wife Susannah Harris, illegitimate daughter of Dixon Brown, received 10 acres of land by the 24 January 1811 Charles City County will of her father. She died intestate without a living child before October 1826 when (her sister) Polly Harris, Morris Harris and Patsy his wife, (her sister) Pegg Bowman, James Brown, Jr., (son of Dixon) and his wife Sally, and Peter Brown and his wife Susan appointed James Brown to sell the land [DB 7:371]. James Harris died before 15 March 1834 when his estate was sold and divided between James Brown, Peter Brown, Burwell Harris, and James Harris. Peter Brown was executor [WB 4:72]. James and Susannah may have been the parents of

i. James⁴, Jr., born say 1782, head of a Charles City County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:958]. The inventory of his Charles City County estate, taken on 2 June 1826, included a sheep, a sow and a bedstead and totalled $13.92 [WB 3:181].

 

18.    Chavis Harris, born say 1780, and his wife Susanna were named in the 12 November 1803 Charles City County will of his mother Frances Harris [WB 1:650]. He was head of a Charles City County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [VA:958]. His father-in-law Dixon Brown made a 24 January 1811 Charles City County will, proved 18 January 1821, by which he gave Chavis and his wife Susannah and (her brother) Dixon Brown, Jr., 40 acres where they were then living. He was called Henry C. Harris when he proved Dixon Brown, Sr.'s will on 18 January 1821 [WB 2:471]. On 4 January 1825 he was called Chavis Harris when he purchased 3-1/3 acres in Charles City County known as "Binns" adjoining his land and bounded by Henry Adams [DB 7:41]. But he was called Henry C. Chavis when he purchased 75 acres adjoining his land and bounded by Henry Adams and Morris Harris from David and his wife Lockey Goin on 8 November 1830 [DB 7:476]. His wife Sally Harris (apparently his second, born about 1795) obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 21 June 1832: a woman of color aged thirty seven years (wife of Henry C. Harris), born free in this county [Minutes 1830-7, 109]. He was called Henry C. Harris in his 24 December 1832 Charles City County will, proved 21 February 1833. He gave a bed to his son Benjamin, gave 3-1/3 acres of land which he had purchased from Cornelius and Lockey Brown to his sons Burwell and Benjamin Harris, gave grandchildren Zebedie and Julian Ann Harris a cow, daughter Patsey a bed, sons Thomas, William and Burwell Harris 20 shillings each and divided the remainder between all his children. He named Peter Brown and his son Burwell Harris executors. Francis Bowman dug his grave and James Brown made his coffin [WB 3:513-4; 4:116]. His children were

i. Thomas, born say 1805.

ii. William, born say 1807.

iii. Burwell, born 3 July 1810, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 17 November 1831: son of Henry C. Harris, twenty one years of age 3d July last, born free in this county [Minutes 1830-7, 83].

iv. Benjamin Hampton, born in February 1812, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 17 November 1831: son of Henry C. Harris, a boy of brown complexion, nineteen years in February last, born free in this county [Minutes 1830-7, 83].

 

19.    James Harris, born about 1748 in Dinwiddie County according to his Revolutionary War pension file, enlisted in the service while resident in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1775. In 1781 he moved to the part of Henry County which later became Patrick County and applied for a pension from there in 1835. He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Patrick County in 1799, listed with 2 tithes in 1799, 1804 and 1805 [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1791-1823, frames 269, 398, 428, 460, 538, 598] and head of a Patrick County household of 6 "free colored" in 1830. His widow Keziah was head of a Patrick County household of 4 "free colored" in 1840 and was an eighty-year-old "Mulatto" woman, born in Virginia, counted in the 1850 census [VA:389]. She applied for a survivor's Revolutionary War pension in 1855 stating that her maiden name was Keziah Minor and that she and James had married in Rockingham County, North Carolina, in 1801. James was apparently the father of

i. Agnes, daughter of James Harris, married Burbage Goin, 26 July 1810 Patrick County bond. Beveridge Going, born before 1776, was head of a Patrick County household of 3 "free colored" in 1820 [VA:106].

ii. James, Jr., taxable in Patrick County from [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1791-1823, frames ].

iii. Alexander, a "Mulatto" taxable in Patrick County from 1807 to 1813 [Personal Property Tax Lists, 1791-1823, frames 571]. He married Judith Fendley, 1807 Patrick County bond.

iv. Tabitha, married John Rickman, 1805 Patrick County bond.

v. Nancy, married Cam Loggins, 1817 Patrick County bond.

vi. Robert, married Nancy Goins, daughter of James and Nancy, 1816 Patrick County bond.

 

20.    Morris Harris, born say 1784, was head of a Charles City County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:939]. In October 1826 he and his wife Patsy appointed James Brown to sell 10 acres which (his aunt?) Susannah Harris, deceased, received by the will of Dixon Brown [DB 7:371]. Morris was the father of

i. Sandy, born 2 July 1808, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 16 December 1830: son of Morris Harris, a bright mulatto man, twenty two years of age 2 July last [Minutes 1830-7, 35].

ii. Mitchel, born 11 September 1811, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 21 February 1833: son of Morris Harris, a bright mulattoe man, aged twenty one years 11 September last [Minutes 1830-7, 142].

iii. Pamelia, born 4 June 1820, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 21 August 1834: daughter of Morris Harris, aged fourteen last June 4, bright mulatto [Minutes 1830-7, 158].

iv. Matthew, born June 1822, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 21 August 1834: son of Morris Harris, aged twelve in June last, a mulatto boy [Minutes 1830-7, 142].

v. Susan, born July 1824, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 21 August 1834: daughter of Morris Harris, aged ten in July last, a mulatto girl [Minutes 1830-7, 142].

vi. Abby, born April 1827, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 21 August 1834: daughter of Morris Harris, aged seven in April last, a mulatto girl [Minutes 1830-7, 142].

vii. Peter, born 20 January 1814, obtained a certificate of freedom in Charles City County on 18 June 1835: son of Morris Harris, mulatto man, twenty one 20 January last [Minutes 1830-7, 238[.

 

Other members of the Harris family from the Petersburg area were

i. Fanny, born say 1756, mother of Nancy Braughton (Brogdon?) (born about 1775) who registered in Petersburg on 8 July 1805: Nancy Braughton, a very light Mulatto woman, five feet two inches high, thirty years old, long curled hair, holes in her ears, born free and raised in the County of Chesterfield, daughter of Fanny Harris [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 294].

ii. Rebecca, born about 1760, registered in Petersburg on 18 August 1794: a light brown Mulatto woman, five feet one inches high, about thirty four years old, born free in Chesterfield County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 24].

21      iii. John⁵, born say 1761.

iv. David, born about 1765, registered in Petersburg on 14 June 1810: a brown Mulatto man, five feet six inches high, forty five years old, born free and raised in the County of Chesterfield [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 599].

v. Paterson, born about 1774, registered in Petersburg on 7 December 1796: a light brown Mulatto man, five feet ten and a half inches high, twenty two years old, with short bushy hair, his eyes rather dark yellowish grey, born free & raised in the County of Dinwiddie [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 118].

vi. Patsy, born about 1775, registered in Petersburg on 9 June 1810: a light yellow brown Mulatto woman, five feet five inches high, thirty five years old, born free in Dinwiddie County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 579].

vii. William, born about 1783, registered in Petersburg on 24 June 1805: a brown Mulatto man, five feet five inches high, twenty two years old, born free in Chesterfield County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 293]. He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Chesterfield County from 1806 to 1809 [Personal Property Tax List, 1786-1811, frames 660, 704, 753].

viii. Archer¹, born say 1788, a "Mulatto" taxable in Chesterfield County in 1809 living on Mrs. Hamblin's hire land [Personal Property Tax List, 1786-1811, frames 738].

 

21.    John⁵ Harris, born say 1761, was a soldier who enlisted in the Revolution in Petersburg. His children were living in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on 3 July 1852 when they applied for a pension for his services as a drummer. They declared that he and their mother Mary Walker were married by the Episcopal Minister in Dinwiddie County in October or November 1785. They moved to Randolph County, North Carolina, near the old courthouse, called Randolph Cross Roads, and lived there for five or six years, and then moved to Rowan County near Lexington (Davidson County) where their father died on 20 April 1806. John may have been the "free" John Harris who was taxable in Dinwiddie County in Braddock Goodwyn's district adjoining "free" Andrew Harris in 1801 [Personal Property Tax List 1801 B, p.7]. Their mother married Drury Mitchell, head of a Wilkes County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [NC:867]. Their father had a record of the marriage and the births of his children, but the record was "taken off" by Drury Mitchell [CR 104.923.2 by NCGSJ V:251-2]. Mary purchased 85 acres in Wilkes County from Jordan Chavis in 1829 [DB M:206]. Her 20 August 1833 Wilkes County will, proved February 1834, named her seven children: Nancy, Lucy, Jehu, Isaac, Polly Baley, John, and Ibby [WB 4:169]. Their children were

i. Nancy, born about 1786, married William Ferguson, 27 October 1802 Rowan County bond. She was the oldest child of John and Mary Harris according to William Ferguson's deposition in support of the Harris family pension application. William Ferguson was head of a Wilkes County household of 8 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:543].

ii. Lucy, born say 1792, married Jordan Chavis as his second wife.

iii. Jehu, born about 1794, married Clarissy Chavis, 1 June 1821 Wilkes County bond. She was fifty-eight years old in 1852.

iv. Isaac, born about 1800, married Icy Wooten 22 September 1832 Wilkes County bond. He was fifty-two years old in 1852.

v. Polly Baley, probably the wife of Jesse Bailey, "free colored" head of a Wilkes County household of 4 in 1820.

vi. John⁶, deceased by the time his mother made her will.

vii. Iby Anderson, born about 1807, forty-five years old in 1852.

 

Other Harris family members in Virginia were

i. John, born say 1710, a "Mullatto" fined by the Accomack County court on 4 January 1736/7 for swearing six profane oaths [Orders 1731-36, 201].

ii. George², born say 1752, a "Negroe" tithable in Gloucester County in 1770 [Tax List 1770-7, 199]. He was a "Free Negro" in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, where he was tithable from 1807 to 1812 and tithable on a horse in 1815 [Cocke, Hanover County Taxables, St. Paul's Parish, 57].

 

Craven County, North Carolina

1.    Thomas Harris, born about 1747, was a twelve-year-old "Mulatto" orphan ordered bound to Thomas Haline to be a tanner by the 11 May 1759 Craven County court [Minutes 1758-62, 32b]. He was head of a Craven County household of 10 "other free" in 1790 [NC:134]. He was probably the Thomas Harris who was taxed on 100 acres in District 3 of Craven County in 1779 [LP 30.1]. And he may have been the brother of John Harris who was head of a Craven County household of 6 "other free," 3 slaves, and a white woman in 1790 [NC:130]. John was taxable on 335 acres in District 3 of Craven County in 1779 [LP 30.1]. Thomas was probably the father of

i. Isaac, head of a Craven County household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:76].

ii. Mary, head of a Craven County household of 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:71].

 

HARRISON FAMILY

1.    Susan Harrison, born say 1690, was the mother of a "Mullatto Bastard Child named John" who was about seven years old on 6 October 1703 when Henry Armitrading testified in Accomack County court that his mother had left the boy with him. The court bound the boy as an apprentice to Armitrading [Orders 1703-9, 13]. She may have been the ancestor of

2        i. Ann, born say 1730.

3        ii. Sarah, born say 1733.

 

2.    Ann Harrison, born say 1730, was sued by the churchwardens in Southampton County on 9 November 1749, but the charges were dismissed when they failed to prosecute. On 13 November 1755 the court presented her for having a bastard child, but on 9 April 1756 the sheriff reported that she was not an inhabitant of the county and the court ordered her "mulatto" daughter Hannah bound out [Orders 1749-54, 26, 31; 1754-9, 149, 170, 221, 230]. Her children were

i. ?James, born say 1750, a taxable "mulatto" in Joseph Gowen's 1764 Granville County household in the list of John Pope, perhaps the James Harrison who was head of a Colleton District, South Carolina household of 5 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [SC:591].

ii. Hannah, born say 1755, ordered bound an apprentice in Southampton County on 8 April 1756, no age or master named.

iii. ?Charles, born say 1770, married Martha Eppes, 3 November 1791 Sussex County bond; and he married second, Rebecca Johnson, 13 September 1792 Southampton County bond. He was a "free Negro" head of an Isle of Wight County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:37].

iv. ?Patience, head of a Free Town, Brunswick County, Virginia household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:770].

v. ?Carter, born before 1776, head of a Halifax County, North Carolina household of 7 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:151]. Perhaps his widow was Martha Harrison, head of a Halifax County household of 7 "free colored" in 1830.

vi. ?Nathan, head of a Currituck County, North Carolina household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:88].

 

3.    Sarah Harrison, born say 1733, was the mother of Anselum, a "mulatto child who the Southampton County court ordered bound on 9 April 1756 [Orders 1754-9, 221]. She was the mother of

i. Anselm, born say 1755.

 

Other members of the Harrison family in Virginia were

i. Henry, a "free Molatto" farmer living alone on Need's Old Field in Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist 31:43], head of a Westmoreland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:774] and 5 "free colored" in 1830.

ii. Samuel, a "free Molatto" farmer living with (his wife?) Judy Harrison and (their?) children Sally and Emelia Harrison on Need's Old Field in Westmoreland County in 1801 [Virginia Genealogist 31:43]. Judy was head of a Westmoreland County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:774].

 

HARTLESS FAMILY

1.    Henry¹ Hartless, born say 1730, a "mulatto," was presented by the Spotsylvania County court on 4 May 1761 for cohabiting with a white woman [Orders 1755-65, 208]. He was head of an Amherst County household of 9 whites (free persons) and a slave in 1783 [VA:48] and 9 "whites" in 1785 [VA:85]. He was taxable in Amherst County from 1783 to 1803: taxable on 2 slaves, 6 horses and 17 cattle in 1783, 4 free tithables and a slave in 1788, 3 tithables, 3 slaves and 5 horses in 1791 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1803, frames 23, 53, 137, 167, 227, 291, 349, 395, 482, 589]. He purchased 215 acres in Amherst County on a branch of the south fork of Buffalo and on Long Mountain on 28 February 1778 and 330 acres in Amherst County on Horsley Creek on 6 January 1797 [DB E:47; H:219]. On 2 April 1782 the Amherst County court ordered that he be paid for providing 20 pounds of bacon and 275 pounds of beef to the Revolution [Orders 1773-82, 281]. He was called Henry Hartlas, Sr., on 16 July 1798 when he received a grant for 72 acres on Swaping Creek [Grants 1797-98, 311]. He proved the will of John Jarvis in Amherst County court on 17 June 1799 [Orders 1799-1801, 1]. He died intestate on 9 July 1802, and on 17 September 1803 his widow Isab