Notes for Elizabeth Harris: Elizabeth died at the age of 89. ------------------------------------------- From Lois Anne Smith's Journal: Smith Family record - (page 3).
[George L. Smith married Elizabeth Harris (m. 1789 probably). Traditional information is tha t they were married at the Guilford Co. Courthouse, Guilford County, Virginia or North Caroli na. - (page 188.)
George L. Smith and Elizabeth Harris were well known for their religious devotion and famil y altar. (Memoirs of P. P. Smith) - page 189.
We the undersigned Commissioners appointed for the purpose of giving Elizabeth Rich, widow o f Charles Rich, dec. one years provision from the death of her said Husband. We allot to he r for said purpose, what Bacon & lard there is on hand, what salt there is on hand and 1 sac k more, Ten Hogs for pork, Fifty Bbls. wheat, Eight five B B Is Corn, Sixty lgs. Sugar and th e same of Coffee, two Stacks of fodder and one of Oats. This 18th day of September 1856. Com missioners Isaiah B. David Hiram M. Fite Anthony Owen.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, WILSON COUNTY COURT OCTOBER TERM. 1856 A years provision laid off and all otted to Elizabeth Rich and family was reported by the Commissioners appointed to lay off th e same, and ordered to be recorded. Recorded Nov. 20th 1856 J. S. McClain Clerk of Wilson Co unty Court. ------------------------------------------------ 13 Nov 1993 - The Harris Family of Prince Edward County, Virginia by Eleanor Harris McRae, pa ge 31.
[Elizabeth Harris born 1772 (1850 census of Wilson Co., Tenn. listed her age as 78). She mar ried in 1789, George Lumpkin Smith, born ca 1767, a son of Alexander Smith and Diana Phelps . (Records in Virginia Museum on campus of Univ. of Richmond, "Elizabeth Harris, wife of Geo rge L. Smith,was a daughter of John Harris and his wife Mary of Buckingham, Va.")
In the fall of 1810, following a bad crop year, a group of neighbors in the Vaughn Creek sect ion of Prince Edward Co., across the Appomattox River from Bent Creek area, decided to move w estward to Tenn. Edmund Harris and John Harris, cousins of Elizabeth, both grandsons of Davi d Harris, a brother of Thomas Harris of Prince Edward Co. had already settled there in 1806 a nd were writing back of fertile soil and promising country available. The group was compose d of Meadors, Hawkins, Harris, Gillam, Patteson, Woodson and others. In this wagon train wer e Elizabeth Harris, her husband, George Lumpkin Smith and their children. Also in this grou p was James Gilliam, his wife, Frances Hopkins (See Gilliam family history) and several of th eir children including their daughter, Martha T. Gilliam, who married Gideon Harris, the grea t nephew of our Thomas Harris of Prince Edward Co. We are indebted to Gideon Harris and hi s mother, Elizabeth who preserved the family history left by Thomas Harris.
The children of Elizabeth Harris and her husband, George Lumpkin Smith: (pages 31-32).
As stated previously, Elizabeth Harris (Smith) (Rich) was shown in 1850 census in Wilson Co. , Tenn (deed book 1839-1841) of the sale of "Dowerland of Elizabeth Rich, former wife of Geor ge L. Smith, deceased". The names on these deeds are John A. Smith, E. L. Smith, George Smit h, Harris Smith, Bird Smith, P. P. Smith and Robert B. Smith. (Information on this branch co ntributed by Mildred M. Marshall, Charlottesville, VA). ------------------------------------------ SOURCE NOTES for Elizabeth: Family records of Clara J. Wilson Family records of Lois Anne Smith Family records of Mildred M. Marshall TN Smithology by Emma Barret Reeves The Harris Family of Prince Edward County, Virginia by Eleanor Harris McRae - pages 31-33. Family records of Dorothy Rich Morton
More About Elizabeth Harris: Burial: 1861, Prosperity Cemetery, Wilson Co, Tennessee.
More About Elizabeth Harris and George Lumpkin Smith: Marriage: 1789, Buckingham County, Virginia.168
Children of Elizabeth Harris and George Lumpkin Smith are:
+Byrd White Smith, b. September 12, 1790, Buckingham co, Va168, d. March 16, 1869, Statesville, wilson, tennesee168.
Elizabeth Harris (b. 1772, d. 1861)
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