The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-29
HARRIS DATA.

The following data was sent to this
paper by am Interested reader, and
which we publish, as it contains some
points which may elucidate several
queries which have been put to this
column:
The Harrises arc all of one origin.
They are of pure Celtic blood. and came
from Wales. The Virginia branch
sprang from Henry Harris, OF Gla-
morgan, Wales. who. in 1851, was
granted ten miles square OF lands, by
King William and Queen Mary, stu
ated on the south side of james River
some miles above Richmond, in Pow
hatan county, Va. About twenty fam
lies. with this Henry harris. settled
the town of Manakin. among these are
the Laniers. Bishop Meade speaks OF
these in his Churches" etc. Henry
Harris had at least one son. Edward.
At this point / wish to know for his
torical purposes IL Henry had other
children. Edward married about 1927
1--WE would like to know who he mar
ried), and had thirteen children, eight
sons and five daughters. L have tho
name and birth year Of each OF the
thirteen children. The tenth child.
Nathan, is the head Of my branch.
The twelfth child is the ancestor OF
Senator Isham G. Harris, OF Tennessee.
Nathan Harris lived in Brunswick
county, Va; was born about l7l6. and
in 1897 married Catharine Walton.
daughter of Colonel George Walton,
of Brunswick county, Va. At this
point my record IS incomplete. ! want
to know vino Colonel George Walton
was Was he the signer? There is
propably Colonial Dame entrance at
this point If we could get at it. Cath
arine Walton, daughter OF George
Walton, brought the Walton name into
the Harris family. and it continues in
every generation.
This couple. Nathan Harris and
Catherine Walton, married in 1887.
had fourteen children. Walton. the
first born. 1889 II have names and
birth year of the other thirteen chill
dren).
This Walton Harris, born in Bruins
wick county. in 1893, married Rebccca
Laher. of Virginia, about 1860. (Here
is where the Lanier Washington con-
nection comes inD
This Rebecca Lanier was the daugh-
ter of Sampson Lanier and Elizabeth
Chamberlain. This Sampson Lanier
was the third child of Thomas Lanier
and Elizabeth Washington. Thomas
of BordeaX. France. Now as to who
where all our trouble lies.
The record that you send me from
early Settlers of Alabama" page
5l1. I have, and until recently the
llarrises and I.aniers claimed lnis con-
nection with the Washingtons through
Elizabeth W., the daughter OF John
Washington and Catherine Whiting
Sidney Lanier, the poet. printed II,
but it was disputed. What gave this
oil, 4 E,n
George Washington Park Custiss, the
adopted son OF General George Wash
ington. gave this in written memo
randum to Congressman Sampson Har-
ris, In 1858, who was the representing
Alabama in the United States Congress.
Judge Irwin L. Harris. OF the Supreme
Court of Georgia, copied 1t into his
family record as conclusive authority,
because OF it's source.
The writer in Early Settlers of
Alabama has his account from same
source. For sixty years w, have held
to this. But recent research reveals
the following facts: There were two
Elizabeth Washingtons, each the daugh-
ter of John Washington. Elizabeth
No. Q. the daughter of John w. and
Catherine Whiting, who we had been
claiming as our ancestors, died I'M
married at nineteen years of age. and
Is buried at High Gate" n Gloucester
county. Va. in the Washington bury
ing ground. On her tomb is her birth
and death and name as Elizabeth
Washington. the daughter of John w.
and Catherine Whiting. and long
epitaph extolling her beauty and maid
emily virtues. In further proof OF this
In the letter of General George Wash
ington to Sir Isaac Head, dated I'd
May 1872 (see Sparks Life OF Wash