Martha Dent

Martha married Fountain Swinney on 1 Apr 1838 in Monroe Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
General Notes: Missouri Marriages, 1766-1983
Missouri marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.

Name: Martha Dent
Spouse: Fountain Swinney
Marriage Date: 01 Apr 1838
Location: Monro

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 1830, St. Johns Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1840, Union Twp., Monroe Co., MO
• Census: 1850, Monroe Co., MO
• Census: 1860, Union, Monroe Co., MO
• Census: 1870, Prairie, Randolph Co., MO

Notes:

Third Generation (Grandchildren)

9. Bailey DENT (Martha "Patsy" HARRIS 2, Henry 1) was born on 5 Dec 1794 in Franklin Co., Virginia and died after 1870 in Randolph Co., Missouri.


General Notes: 1787-1843 MARRIAGE RECORDS OF MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY
Dent, Bailey to Harris, Becky
Pg. 100
Apr 13, 1815


The below census through 1840 indicates this is our Bailey Dent family. According to age range, the individual below would have been born between 1790-1800. Also see later census.


1820 - Unable to locate in census. Either in transit to, or is in MO.
Note: No schedules are known to exist for Missouri Territory.


1830 St. Johns Twp., Franklin Co., MO
Page 133
Bailey Dent
Free White Males
30-40: 1 [1790-1800], Under 5: 1
Free White Females
20-30: 1[1800-1810], 10-15: 2


1840 Union Twp, Monroe Co., MO
Name: B Dent Township: Union County: Monroe State: Missouri Roll: 226 Page: 128
B. Dent
Free White Males
60-70: 1 [1770-1780], 40-50: 1 [1790-1800], 20-30: 1, 10-15: 1, 5-10: 1
Free White Females
40-50: 1 [1790-1800], 15-30: 1
Note: Uncertain who the older gentleman is in the household, Samuel Dent, Bailey's father, died in 1834. Possibly James Harris, father of Rebecca? Need further research on the Harris line.


1850 59th Distr., Monroe Co., MO
Name: Bailey Dent Age: 53 Estimated birth year: abt 1797 Birth place: Virginia Gender: Male Home in 1850: District 59, Monroe, Missouri Page: 163 Roll: M432_407, Page 163
1249 1249
Baily Dent age 53 male occ: farmer prop: 2000 b: VA
-- Rebecca age 54 female occ: -- b: KY
-- John H. age 25 male occ: farmer b: MO
-- Samuel age 18 male occ: farmer b: MO


1860 Union, Monroe Co., MO
Name: Baly Dent [as indexed by source] Age in 1860: 66 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: Union, Monroe, Missouri Race: White Gender: Male Roll: M653_635 Page: 0 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Baly Dent, June 1, 1860 Pg. 4
21 21
Baly Dent age 66 male white Occ: farmer Prop/Pers: 2500/3900 b: VA
-- Elizabeth age 52 female white b: KY
-- Francis age 5 male white b: MO
Mary Dulaney age 14 female white b: MO
Note: It is most likely child Mary is a step-daughter of son John Harris.


The Monroe County Appeal
Paris, MO
August 13, 1931
Centennial Addition
In 1861 County
Had 2,687 Slaves
...The list of 1861 slave owners and the number of slaves assessed to each in Monroe County, was as follows:
..Bailey Dent 4..


1870 Prairie, Randolph Co., MO
Name: Bailie Dent [as enumerated] Estimated Birth Year: abt 1795 Age in 1870: 75 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Prairie, Randolph, Missouri, Race: White Gender: Male, Post Office: Moberly. Aug. 27, 1870.
368 364
Dent, Bailie, age 75, male, white, Occ: retired farmer, Prop/Pers: 800/--, b: VA
-- Elizabeth, age 59, female, white, Occ: keeping house, b: KY
-- Francis M., age 15, male, white, Occ: printer, b: MO
Davis, Mary E. [nee Dulaney?], 22, female, white, Occ: at home, b: MO
Dent, Mary, age 19, female, black, Occ: dom servant, b: MO
-- Fannie, age 11, female, black, Occ: dom servant, b: MO

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Census:
P.133

Census:
Missouri Roll: 226, Page:128

Census:
59th Distr.

Bailey married Rebecca Harris on 13 Apr 1815 in Madison Co., KY. Rebecca (daughter of James Harris and Susannah Gass) was born about 1796 in Madison Co., KY; died on 9 Feb 1851 in Monroe Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
General Notes: 1787-1843 MARRIAGE RECORDS OF MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY--Dent, Bailey to Harris, Becky--Pg. 100--Apr 13, 1815

Other Events and Attributes:

• HIST: Place name: St. Johns https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html Description: A small village or settlement once located somewhere on St. Johns Creek. According to Kiel, when a post office was established there on August 30, 1833, it was on the upper part of the creek, in what is now the northeast part of Lyon Township. The post office was discontinued on July 29, 1840, and the place has so entirely disappeared that its exact location is uncertain. The earlier St. Johns Settlement, from which the village was doubtless descended, was probably nearer the mouth of the creek, a short distance west of the present Washington. It seems always to have been a scattered country community, and never became a place of any importance. Its insignificance probably accounts for the apparent mistake made on May 25, 1804, by the companies of Lewis and Clark in transferring the name to the village of La Charrette across the river in Warren County. The mistake is not made by Clark himself, or by Lewis, both of whom knew it as La Charrette or Charrette's village; but in the four other journals that are preserved, kept by subordinate members of the party, the place is called St. Johns. The four sergeants Floyd (Thwaites' ed., VII. 5), Whitehouse (Thwaites' ed., VII. 25), Gass (1847 ed., p. 15), and Ordway (Quaife's ed., p. 81) record the events of May 25 in almost identical words: After telling how they spent the night of May 23 encamped near Tavern Creek (q.v.) on the south side of the river, then occupied the whole day of May 24 in a difficult struggle with the rapid known as the Devil's Race-Ground, winning only ten miles during the day, and again encamping on the south side, they started out on the morning of Friday, May 25, and after passing the mouth of "a creek called Wood River" (i.e., on the north side) called St. Johns. This is the last settlement of whites on this River." The editors Coues, Thwaites, and Quaife accept these entries of the worthy sergeants as evidence that the Warren County village of La Charrette had previously borne the name of St. Johns, although they note that no other records survive of the use of the name on the north side of the river, whereas it was indubitably applied to a creek, an island, a village, and a township on the southern side. It may be observed that the almost identical wording of the four journals suggests that three of the entries were copied from the fourth, as we know was often the case among the Lewis and Clark diarists; hence we really have only a single witness to the name St. Johns for La Charrette, as against that of the two leaders Clark and Lewis. It is at least possible that these men, who had just passed close to the mouth of St. Johns Creek and perhaps also the St. Johns settlement on the south side, and near the St. Johns Islands (q.v.) as they crossed over, merely transferred the name to La Charette by pure inadvertence. Closely tied up with the question of whether the village of St. Johns was on the south or the north side of the river is that of the location of what must have been its predecessor, the Spanish "Fort San Juan del Misuri." Our information about the Spanish fort comes from Houck, who bases it apparently on a document from the Spanish archives which he unfortunately fails to quote in full. "Of this fort one Antonio Gautier, lieutenant of the militia, and who in 1796 was an inhabitant of St. Charles, had command. What manner of fort this San Juan del Misuri was, we do not know, nor whether the garrison was a squad of Spanish soldiers or composed of local militia; but most likely this fort was a small log-house built to protect the first settlers against the Indians" (Houck, HIST. MISSOURI, II, 91). In his SPANISH REGIME IN MISSOURI, Houck gives a little more information about the officer who was in command of the fort: he gives us the roster of St. Louis militia companies in 1780, and in the list appears (p. 184) the name "Antonio Gotie, twenty-six years old, born in Canada, rower." To this Houck adds a footnote (p. 190): "Antoine Gauthier married Elizabeth Becquet, widow of St. Joseph Chancelier. He moved to St. Charles, where he was an officer in the militia and in command of the Fort San Juan del Misuri above St. Charles, presumably where the village of Charette afterwards stood." Another document reproduced by Houck (p. 30) is a commission, dated July 9, 1793, to Don Antonio Gautier as Lieutenant in the militia at San Carlos del Misouri, granted by Baron de Carondelet." As for the location of his "Fort San Juan del Misuri" which is obviously not exactly given in the documents before him, Houck accepts La Charrette on the north side of the river. His only ground for doing so is the fact that Gass names the settlement "St. Johns" in his journal, although he notes with surprise that "All rememberance of Fort San Juan del Misuri in 1804 appears to have faded from the recollection of the people there" (HIST. MISSOURI II, 91). It would indeed have been strange if a fort in full operation in 1796 were already completely forgotton in 1804, and on the face of the facts we have it seems far more likely that the fort was south of the river, where it has left so large a crop of descendants. One other possibility may be suggested. Houck gives in his Spanish Regime in Missouri an account, taken from the Spanish archives, of a double fort erected by the Spanish at the mouth of the Missouri River on March 10, 1769: "the royal Spanish fort, Don Carlos el Senor Principe de Asturias, and of the blockhouse Don Carlos Tercero el Rey, both of which are located at the mouth of the Misuri--the first on the south bank, and the latter on the north bank." (p. 49). Might not the later "Fort San Juan del Misuri" have been a similar double fort or pair of blockhouses, one south of the Missouri at the mouth of the "Riviere St. Jean," and the other on the north side, somewhere near La Charrette? This would account for all the facts we have, and vindicate the sergeants from the imputation of error. A definitive solution of the whole problem must await the fuller publication of material from the Spanish archives. In any event, all the St. John names, on both sides of the river, must have been derived from the Fort. The name San Juan was doubtless chosen by the Spaniards in the same spirit as inspired the choice of San Carlos and San Fernando (q.v.): i.e., directly in honor of well known saints of the church, indirectly in honor of royal personages who also bore those names. Thus San Juan would be primarily named for the Apostle, secondarily for one of the many Johns in the royal lines of Spain or Portugal. The most likely candidate for such honor at this time was Don Juan of Austria (1547-1578), the famous Spanish general and victor at Lepanto, illegitimate son of the emperor Charles V. (L&C, & Pike, ed. Coues; L&C, & EWT, ed Thwaites; Gass's JOURNAL, 1847 ed.; Ordway's JOURNAL, ed. Quaife; Houck's HIST. MISSOURI & SPANISH REGIME; all with pp. as cited above; HIST. FRANKLIN, 217; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 210; Miss Johnson: George Klenke) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.
• MILF: Y
• Residence: By 1787, Franklin Co., VA
• Residence: 1795, Madison Co., KY
• Census: 1810, Madison Co., KY
• PURC: 1818, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1820, St. John’s Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1830, St. John’s Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• PURC: 1 Oct 1835, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Following info from Leon Wilde's Genealogical Research Website:

In 1777, in Charles Co., VA, Samuel was on county-wide militia list (listing able-bodied men 16-50 years) as private in Henry Clarkson’s Company of militia, 12th Bttn, published in Clements & Wright “Maryland Militia of the Revolutionary War.”
1778 - Charles Co. MD. Samuel Dent not in 1778 constables' lists, and not in Co. oath of fidelity lists of men 18 and up.
Virginia courthouse records show Samuel was in Henry and Franklin Co. Virginia from about 1782. He probably moved there in 1786-87.
1781-82 - Samuel Dent on 18 Aug 1781 to receive 18s each from the western shore treasurer "of the money appropriated for the present Campaign for rations."
1787 - By this time Samuel had moved his family from Charles Co. MD to the Snow Creek area of Franklin Co. VA.. Bought 150 acres of land.
1791 - Married Martha Harris, possibly in Henry Co. VA
1795 - Moved to Madison Co. KY
Samuel sold his 150 acres on Reedy Creek (NC) in 1795 to John Dent (possible brother), and by 1796, both Samuel and his father-in-law Henry Harris, were living in Madison Co., Ky. and were listed on the annual tax list.
1818 - Went to Franklin Co., MO and received a land grant in 1818.
Samuel is listed in the 1810 census for Madison Co., Ky., but in 1817 once again sold land, this time 118 acres on Drowning Creek in Madison Co., KY. A year later Samuel was granted land, on Aug. 26, 1818, in Franklin Co., MO. (SE Qtr. of Sec 5, Twp. 43, Range 1 W, and the NE Qtr. of Sec 6, same Twp. and Range.) Krakow area.
Settled and owned property at what is now Krakow, MO. Purchased more land in 1831 and 1835.
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Early land entries – Franklin Co. MO
Source: Goodspeed's Franklin County History, 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Co
Transcribed by: Barb Z. © 2009
August 26, 1818-  Samuel Dent, southeast quarter of Section 5, Township 43, Range 1 west, and the northeast quarter of Section 6, same township and  range; 
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Deed made 6th day of August, 1827, between Samuel Dent and his wife Patsy and Baley Dent for the sum of $1

The western half of the north east quarter of section six in township forty three or range one west.

Patsy signed with her mark.

Entered and recorded 6 August, 1827, Hurt, J.P. and Owens, Clerk

Deeded land is northwest of Krakow.


Deed made 6th day of August, 1827, between Samuel Dent and his wife Patsy and Ephriam Strickland for the sum of $250

The eastern half of the north east quarter of section six in township forty three of range one west.

Patsy signed with her mark.

Entered and recorded 6 August, 1827, Armstrong Hurt, J.P. and Wm. G. Owens, Clerk in Book A, page 383 ff.

Deeded land is northwest of Krakow.}


This info from a book named PIONEER TIMES/July 1966 Vol. 10., NO 3
THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL DENT 1755-1834
Bonds and Administrations of Franklin Co., MO. 1836 - 1847 list Patsy Dent, Dec'd. Administrator of her estate was Robert Beatty, son-in-law, and husband of daughter, Lavinia. Securities were Thomas McCalister/ McAlister and Masters Campbell. This document was dated 10 Feb. 1842 and recorded 3 March 1842. Patsy Dent died intestate in Franklin Co., MO. Robert Beatty, son-in-law, was the administrator of her estate in records dated 10 Feb. 1842 (book A p. 230). Her personal property was sold 25 Feb. 1842. Some purchasers included: F. Regle, M. Closemore, Wm. Neidermire, James Parks, John Williams, John Barrett/Bassett, G. Stumper, D. Johnson, Wm. Quesenberry, C. Dimler, R. Beatty, F. Dearking/Dearling, Wm. Holtmire, H. Sickendick, Lewis Cox, Samuel Cahill, Richard Clark, C. Lesker, John River, E. B. Stricklen/Strickland, F. G. Mosley, H. Kahmann, J. T. Gregory, Thomas G. Childers, H. Otty, H. Longumback, J. T. Gregory, F. Beckmann, G. Lay, and a couple of others.

PIONEER TIMES, July 1966 Vol. 10., NO 3
THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL DENT 1755-1834
Samuel Dent, according to census records, was born circa 1755, although his birthplace and his family ties have not been determined. Many Dent families settled originally in Maryland during the late 1600s and early 1700s. Some of these Dents are said to have emigrated from Yorkshire, England. Records in the Maryland Archives list a Revolutionary War service record of one Samuel Dent, of Capt. Clarkson's Company in the Charles Co., MD militia. Many of the Maryland Dents moved westward into neighboring Virginia. Courthouse records list a Samuel Dent in Henry and Franklin (formed 1786 from portions of Henry and Bedford) Counties, from about 1782, as the name appeared on a petition of inhabitants requesting that the county be divided and again on a land record in 1787. Oaths of Allegiance were recorded for Peter Dent and John Dent in 1777 in Bedford Co., Va. Samuel Dent married MARTHA (PATSY) HARRIS, daughter of Revolutionary War Soldier, HENRY HARRIS and ANNIE BIRD/BYRD of that same area, although the Harrises had lived in pre-revolutionary war days in Orange Co. and possibly in Albermarle Co. Patsy Harris Dent was born 23 May 1770. Samuel Dent sold his 150 acres on reedy Creek in 1795 to John Dent, and by 1796, both Samuel Dent and Henry Harris were living in Madison Co., KY., and were listed on the annual tax list. In 1817, Samuel and Patsy Dent decided to head west and once again sold land, this time, 188 acres on Drowning Creek in Madison Co., KY. (Book M, page 212) A year later, the Dents were over in Franklin Co., MO. Many of the other settlers of Franklin Co., MO were familiar names from KY. About twelve years later, in 1830, Henry Harris, Samuel's father-in-law, being old and infirm, divided and deeded all his Madison Co., KY property to his children and grandchildren. Samuel Dent died in 1834 in Franklin Co., MO. The inventory of his estate was witnessed by John Goode, William Truesdell and C. B. Hinton. Alexander Chambers was executor of the will. The inventory contained notes on H. Fackler, A. Chambers, Samuel Beatty, Dyson Johnson, William Parks, John Harris, Prior Brauly and L. D. Walls. Securities of the estate were William Truesdell and Sion Pritchett.
(Note: Anthony S. Garrett died in 1855 in Monroe Co., MO. Bailey Dent was a witness. Garrett (1850 census) lived with his grandson, John Truesdell. Perhaps the William Truesdell, mentioned above, was related to him).

See http://dkwilde.com/Genealogy/Dent/genmain/dent/john1/john2/thos3/saml4_chrono.html for more information about Samuel Dent.

Place name: https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html
Krakow
Description:
A town located on the northern border of Union Township. It is the successor of Henrietta, which was only a short distance to the north, on the southern border of St. Johns Township. Henrietta was named by Peter Haeverle, the only postmaster, for his wife. The post office was established July 15, 1867, and discontinued November 8, 1869. Its place was taken by Krakow, where a post office was established August 11, 1870. The office was discontinued in 1867 or thereabouts to the star mail route between Union and Washington. Krakow, which had many Polish settlers, was named for Krakow, chief city of Galicia, Poland, formerly a province of Austria-Hungary. Krakow is the correct Polish spelling of the city, which usually appears as Krakau in German and Cracow in English. Both Krakow and Henrietta were and still often called St. Gertrude, from St. Gertrude Catholic Church (q.v.) and Cemetery in the same neighborhood. (Postal Guide; COUNTY ATLAS, 1878, 13; HIST. FRANKLIN 342; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 203-5; Miss Johnson: Charles Cole; Miss Agnes Neider; Rev. R.B. Schuler; E.O. Griese)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Birth:
Date 1760 calculated from census. GENI information gives birth year as 1765.

Residence:
Moved from Chas Co. MD to Snow Creek area of VA

Census:
Head of household, with family

PURC:
southeast quarter of Section 5, Township 43, Range 1 west, and the northeast quarter of Section 6, same township and  range

Census:
Head of household

Census:
Head of household, with family and 12 slaves

PURC:
Twp. 43N, R1W

Died:
Will in file. Franklin Co., MO

Buried:
Valentine Miller Cemetery or nearby that area

Samuel married Martha “Patsy” Harris about 1791 in Henry Or Franklin Co., VA. Martha (daughter of Henry Harris and Annie Byrd (Bird)) was born on 3 May 1770 in Orange Co., VA; died on 10 Feb 1842 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, St. John Co., Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Daughter of Henry Harris (1742-1833) and Annie (Byrd) Harris (1740-1816)

Bonds and Administrations of Franklin Co., MO. 1836 - 1847 list Patsy Dent, Dec'd. Administrator of her estate was Robert Beatty, son-in-law, and husband of daughter, Lavinia. Securities were Thomas McCalister/ McAlister and Masters Campbell. This document was dated 10 Feb. 1842 and recorded 3 March 1842.

Patsy Dent died intestate in Franklin Co., MO. Robert Beatty, son-in-law, was the administrator of her estate in records dated 10 Feb. 1842 (book A p. 230). Her personal property was sold 25 Feb. 1842. Some purchasers included: F. Regle, M. Closemore, Wm. Neidermire, James Parks, John Williams, John Barrett/Bassett, G. Stumper, D. Johnson, Wm. Quesenberry, C. Dimler, R. Beatty, F. Dearking/Dearling, Wm. Holtmire, H. Sickendick, Lewis Cox, Samuel Cahill, Richard Clark, C. Lesker, John River, E. B. Stricklen/Strickland, F. G. Mosley, H. Kahmann, J. T. Gregory, Thomas G. Childers, H. Otty, H. Longumback, J. T. Gregory, F. Beckmann, G. Lay, and a couple of others.

Children:

Bailey Dent (1794-1870), m. Rebecca Harris
Winnie Anne Dent (1795-____), m. Jesse Park(s)
Josiah Dent (1800-1875), m. Mary "Polly" Jamison
Henry Dent (1801c-____), m. Lavice Williams
Ollie Dent (1802c-____), m. James Park(s)
Lavina Dent (1804c-1873), m. Robert Beatty
Malinda Dent (1810c-____), m. Dyson Johnson.
Source

Census:
Listed in the next household is daughter Olly Parks and children.

James + Susannah Gass. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Near today’s Dentsville, Md.

Thomas married Catherine Manning about 1744 in Pt Tobacco W Hd, Charles Co., MD. Catherine (daughter of John Manning and Mary Wade) was born about 1721 in Port Tobacco W Hd, Charles Co., MD; died about 1790 in Newport W Hd, Charles Co., MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Land owner, Indian Fighter and Revolutionary War soldier
• Residence: 1776, Orange Co., VA
• Residence: 1781, Henry Co., VA

Notes:

In pre-Revolutionary war days the family lived in Orange Co., VA, and possibly in Albermarle Co.

Henry Harris was resident of NE Henry Co. VA as early as 1782, on tax lists from that time at least until 1787. (Virginia part not proven)

Henry lived in North Carolina at the time he enlisted in the North Carolina Line during the Revolutionary War. He received a pension for his service in the Revolution. (This info from DAR Vol. 15, page 16) (His pension application is #S16399)

Pierce’s Register of Revolutionary War from North Carolina has the following information:
Henry Harris #90310. Musc. Yarboro’s Company. Mustered in 1781 for 12 months. Mustered out on 16 Aug 1782.
Henry Harris, Private. Mustered in 1782 for 18 month.
Granted to Henry Harris, Privt. 147 acres Served 36 months.

From Army Accounts settled at Halifax 1 Sept 1784 - 1 Feb 1785
State Records of North Carolina, Pages 189-263 inclusive. Vol XVII-1781-1785 (Clard)
Henry Harris was in the Continental Line, Soldier #310, Halifax District. Vouchers in Randolph Co.
Henry Harris #541--Nath. William received claim.
Henry was #59 (page 724-Vol XV) of Clark’s State Records.
Roll of Lt. Col Mebane’s Co. of 1st N. C. Battalion, commanded by Thomas Clark.

By 1796 the Harris family lived in Madison Co. Ky. On 29 Apr 1830, Henry, being old and infirm, divided and deeded all his Madison Co., property to his children and grandchildren. Heirs were listed as: Samuel Dent, Elisha Estes, Elizabeth Jimison (Jamison), Eli Park, Henry H. Dillingham and Ebenezer Wilson.

See “From Essex England to the Sunny Southern USA, A Harris Family Journey” by Robert E. Harris, P.O. Box 978, Tucker, GA 30085-0978. Book contains Henry Harrises from Isle of Wright, VA.

There is a “probable” son, Zebulon, b. abt 1775, who married Elizabeth Dillingham.

“April 1, 1805. Henry Harris for love and affection conveyed to Elizabeth Eastes 91 acres on Downing Creek.
Feb. 21, 1815. Henry Harris and wife Anna for love and affection conveyed to Bettie Jameson 114 acres on Downing Creek.”

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Issued March 1, 1833
Rate: $50.00 per annum
To commence May 22, 1818
Act of June 7, 1832
Alabama Agency.
STATE OF KENTUCKY
MADISON COUNTY
On this 21st day of July 1832 personally appeared before me Christopher HARRIS our of the Justices of the County Court for the County of Madison aforsaid Henry HARRIS a resident of said County aged 90 years who being first duty sworn according to Law Oath an his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress ___ June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers __ in herein states that at the commencement of the Revolutionary war he resided in Orange County, Virginia--that early in this war was he thinks in 1776. He volunteered and went on a campaign against the Cherokee Indians & was about 6 months the names of his officers he cannot _____ that he afterwards moved to Henry County, Virginia & went as a volunteer on a tore into North Carolina against the tories & was absent about 3 months. Early in 1781 as he thinks he went out as a volunteer in the militia & marched into North Carolina in order to join Genl Green was absent about 3 months & returned un_____ again volunteered in the militia & was in the service about Jamestown & Yorktown till a few days before Cornwallis surrendered. He thinks he was in command of Gel Lawson last tour he was out & knows he
went home a few days before the surrender of Cornwallis in consequence of Lick__ He states that his memory has failed him very much of __ that he knows he served the four tours He has __ but the names of his officers most __ particulars have gone from him that he has no documentary evidence in his possession of his Services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension note of the aging of any State
Signed Henry Harris
__________
this day & was aforesaid

Ch. Harris __________ Nancy Estifs also made oath before un to at ___ that she is the daughter of Henry Harris who has signed the above declaration that she sixty two years of age that she will ___ that her father was in the Revolutionary War that she recollects her mothers (ends here)
The above was hand written. the below was typed and attached.

Henry Harris-S.16399
Henry Harris was born June 16, 1742 in Orange Co., VA, names of his parents are not given.
While residing in said Orange County, he volunteered in 1776 in the Virginia militia, served six months in a campaign against the Cherokee Indians; names of officers not given.
Henry Harris moved to Henry County, Virginia volunteered and served three months in a tour against the Tories; dates and officers names not shown. He volunteered early in 1781, served three months in the Virginia Militia and again in 1781 served three months in Captain Ballinger's Virgina Company in the campaign around Jamestown and Yorktown and returned home a few days before the surrender of Cornwallis.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1832, then residing in Madison Co., KY where he lived about thirty-six years.

Nancy Estiss (Estes), wife of Elisha Estiss (Estes),and daughter of this soldier, Henry Harris in 1832 was sixty-two years of age and living in Madison County, KY where she had lived about thirty-six years; her husband, Elisah Estiss (Estes), was sixty two or sixty-three years of age in 1832, stated that he was reared in Henry County, Virginia and that his father (name not given) served in the War of the Revolution. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C. citing the information at the top of this page. [End]
By 1796, both Samuel Dent and Henry Harris were living in Madison Co., KY. Henry Harris, Samuel's father-in-law, being old and infirm, divided and deeded all his Madison Co., KY property to his children and grandchildren.
Ref: PIONEER TIMES/July 1966 Vol. 10., NO 3 - THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL DENT 1755-1834

[End]

Henry is listed as a Private in the 3rd Light Dragoons and was present during the Battle at Cowpens (1781). The Battle of Cowpens was one of the many engagements between the Americans and the British during the Southern campaign during the American Revolution. The commanders specifically involved were American Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, commander of some 700 militia, including some Over Mountain Men and cavalry, and 300 Continentals, and Englishman Colonel Banastre Tarleton, who headed a legion of 1,100 DRAGOONS, regulars, Tory loyalists, and Highlanders.

A Henry Harris is indexed as a mentionable on page 112 of "The Cambridge History of British Theatre, Volume 2, 1660 to 1895", Series: The Cambridge History of British Theatre, Edited by Joseph Donohue, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. [Need copy -sv-].

1800, 1810, 1820, 1830 - Unable to locate / identify in census.

ALABAMA DEPT. OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY
Ref: Thomas M. Owen's "Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama"
HARRIS, HENRY, aged 76, and a resident of Madison County; private, Virginia Continental Line; enrolled on March 17, 1819, under act of Congress of March 18, 1818, payment to date from May 22, 1818; annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of list, $1,467.64; transferred from Frederick County, Virginia, from September 4, 1823.-Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. The following interesting sketch will give further personal details:

[ From the Star-Spangled Banner of Oct. 24th ]
"ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY WORTHY GONE !
"Departed this life on the evening of the 22nd instant, at the residence of his son in this place, Mr. HENRY HARRIS, in the 75th year of his age. Mr. HARRIS was a native of Richmond County, Va., and at a very early period of the Revolution enlisted at Fredericksburg (Va.) in Col. Baylor's Regiment of Dragoons. From the time of his enlistment until the close of the war he was actively engaged in the service of his country. In most of the important battles that were fought; he bore his share. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne-at the battles of the Brandywine, the Cowpens, Camden, Gilford and Yorktown. From the time of his retirement from the army until his death, he had lived in the Western and Southwestern States; and throughout a long life sustained the reputation acquired in early youth. It was his glory to think that he had aided in freeing his country from oppression and it was his
fondest boast that he had served under the eye of his great commander Washington. When stretched upon the bed of weakness and old age he viewed his approaching end with the calmness and fortitude which characterized him when struggling in the deadly combat with the enemies of his country. For some time previous to his death, his mind seemed to dwell upon the incidents of his early life-and it was truly affecting to listen to the old man, and hear him accounting the battles of his youth.
"Shoulder the crutch and show how fields were won.
"It was his dying request that he should be buried with military honors; and accordingly when it was announced that he had ceased to live, the Huntsville Guars proceeded to make arrangements for his interment. On yesterday at half past 10, the Guards reached his late residence, and as the procession moved from the house, the Artillery Company under the direction of their public spirited commander Capt. Lynes commenced firing minute guns. Thirteen rounds were fired by the time the procession reached the graveyard: here the usual military obsequies were performed by the Guards.

"Here we might pause; for surely it is enough to secure the regret of every American, by simply announcing that the deceased was a soldier of the Revolution; but justice to his memory requires of us to say, that as a man, he lived respected and died lamented by all who knew him." Southern Advocate, Huntsville, Oct. 29, 1833.

"Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Madison County" prepared from a research made by Mrs. Jerre B. Noland; Henry Harris (1742-1833), no information is available as to his service. Buried near Panola, twelve miles east of Richmond. Grave is marked.

Died:
Another resource gives 28 Jan 1835

Buried:
twelve miles east of Richmond. (Red Hill Cemetery?)

Henry married Annie Byrd (Bird) on 26 Feb 1766 in Orange Co., VA. Annie (daughter of Samuel Byrd (Bird) and Elizabeth Vardeman) was born on 15 Apr 1740 in Orange Co., VA; died on 16 Feb 1816 in Madison Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Bedford Co. Virginia area.

Christopher married Agnes McCord on 2 Dec 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David + Sarah Cowan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]