Individual Details

[If the Anna Harris that married Anthony Haden is the daughter of this couple, they must have married sooner than the 1753 given in the Harris database..] Anna's birth is recorded in a Bible as 1748, making a marriage in 1746/47 much more likely. James and Mary were first cousins. Another possibility is that Mary was a second wife.

James fought in the French & Indian Wars. Afterwards, the family moved to Henrico Co and then Hanover Co. James was a county constable during the Revolution. After this War, they moved to Albemarle Co.

Louisa Co DB A, p.443 21 Oct 1751 Robert Harris of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa Co. For Natural love & affection to my son, Christopher Harris and son-in-law, James Harris. To son Christopher: Negroes Jimmy, a man; Millington, a boy; Abby, a woman. To James Harris: 2 girls, Janney & Henriette.
Signed: Robert Harris
Wit: Thomas Perkins, Tyree Harris.
Ack. 22 Oct 1751
LOUISA CO VA DEED BOOKS A & B, 1742-1759; Rosalie Edith Davis, 1977, p.69

Albemarle Co DB C, p.16 18 Feb 1754 Benjamin Brown of Fredericksville Parish, Louisa Co to James Harris, Albemarle. 80 acres; James Harrises corner in the Albemarle County line; Wm Brown's line. Signed: Benjamin Brown.
Wit: Ben Brown Jr., Wm Brown, David Thomson, David Epperson. Proved by three witnesses, 26 Apr 1754.

At a vestry held for Fredericksville Parish 25th day Octo 1758: Ord. that
James Harris and Gabriel Maupin do procession all the lands on North side the
Buck elbow to the Extant of the County [Louisa?] and so all along the Ridge
of the Mountains to the Coty. line Northward down the County line to where it
crosseth Doyls River down the same to Moremans River up Moremans River to
Danl. Maupins Junr. and so to the Lower Point of the Bucks elbow. (p. 61 of
Vestry book)
From Fredericksville Parish vestry book, p. 81, ca 1767:
"Order'd that James Harris and John Mullens do procession all the lands
between Doyls & Moremans River up to the Great Mountain."
From Fredericksville Parish vestry book, p. 118, 13th day of Nov 1783
at Charlottesville:
Ordered that James Harris, John Mullins, John Maupin & Martin Gentry do
possession [sic] the Land Beginning at the fork of Moormans River, thence up
doyls River to Harrises Road, thence up to the Widow Harrises Quarter, thence
straight to the Top of the Great Mountains thence along that to the Ridge that
Comes down to the fork of Moreman's River thence down that River to the
Beginning.
(Rosalie Edith Davis, FREDERICKSVILLE PARISH VESTRY BOOK 1742-1787, Vol. I
[Manchester, MO: Published by author, 4th printing 1989], p. 66)


Albemarle Co. DB 3 p. 38-39 11 Mar 1761 James Harris and Mary his wife of
Albemarle Co. to Thomas Grubbs of said county... consideration ten pds. curent
money of Virginia... certain parcel of land lying on Moormans Run...
[Measurements but no acreage given]
Presence: John Rodes James Harris
Wm. Shelton, John McCord
Albemarle Co. DB-3 pg. 389 23 Jan 1763 Jno. Mullens, Goochland, to
James Harris for 40 pds., 200 A adj Benj. Brown. Wit: Mosias Jones, David
Rodes, Ro. Miller, Jos. Woods, Ro. Morris.
(Benjamin Brown, a neighbor of Harris, is the father of Lucretia Brown
who married Robert Harris, son of Major Robert Harris of Albemarle Co.)
(Adapted from Ruth & Sam Sparacio, DEED ABSTRACTS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 3, 12 FEBRUARY 1761-9 AUGUST 1764 [McLean, VA: The Antient Press, 1988], p. 12)

Albemarle Co DB 4, p.521 12 May 1768 Benjamin Brown of Parish of St Martins and county of Hanover to James Harris of Parish of Fredericksville and County of Albemarle for 20 £. Parcel of land in Fredericksville Parish, 22 acres, bounded beginning at James Harrises corner. Signed: Ben Brown
Wit: Zachariah Mills, Thomas Langford, John Mullins Junr

In Nov 1772, James Harris was witness to a deed of Barnard Brown of
Albemarle Co. to Ben Brown of Hanover Co., branch of Rockey Creek, granted to the late Benj. Brown, deced, bequeathed to his son Barnard Brown.
In Oct 1773, John Burk & Feba his wife of Augusta Co. to James Harris
331 acs., Albemarle Co., on both sides of South Fork of Rockey Creek.
(Sparacio & Sparacio, ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1772-1776)


Will of James Harris of Albemarle County,dated 25 Feb 1792. Probated Sept Court 1792.
Daughter - Anna Haden, Negro woman Johanna and her increase
Granddaughter - Lucy Dabney
other daughters: Mouring Maupin, Sarah Harrison, Susanna Burnley, Lucy Grubbs
sons: Thomas, Joel, James and Nathan
Thomas to have land adj Capt. Robert Harris, dec'd.
to wife Mary Harris, all land not bequeathered to son Thomas, land adjoining Capt. Robert Harris, Dec'd.
Executors: Joel & James Harris
Wit: B. Brown, William Spears.

John Burk & Feba his wife of Augusta Co sold to James Harris' heirs, 331 acres, Albemarle Co, both sides of South Fork of Rockey Creek. [may be a restatement of the deed of Oct 1773 to James Harris]


Another daughter "Jane" is named in some databases. Jane Harris is not listed in the GEDCOM from Ancestry, nor on the Harris home page. She isn't named in the Will of James Harris either. Rev. Edgar Woods, historian of Albemarle Co, ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA, 1900, said Jane married a Dabney. He seems to be the origin of this information and he is known to have made errors. Perhaps he was confused because the will of James Harris mentioned a granddaughter named Dabney who was the child of Anna Harris Dabney Haden by her first husband.

Marriage	Abt 1746	Hanover County, Virginia - Mary Harris
Death	1792
Birth		Hanover County, Virginia

Spouse	Mary Harris (1729 - 1819)
Child	Anna Harris (1756 - 1824)
Child	Lucy Harris (1754 - )
Child	Thomas Harris (1758 - 1815)
Child	Joel Harris (1761 - 1826)
Child	Mourning Harris (1762 - )
Child	Sarah Harris (1764 - )
Child	James Harris (1766 - 1830)
Child	Susanna Harris (1769 - )
Child	Nathan Harris (1771 - 1852)

Father	James Harris (1708 - )
Mother	Sarah Crawford (1708 - 1763)