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From: Shawn GRAY <>
Subject: Re: [INDELAWA-L] HARRIS, Hugh Carrel 1818-1888
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:30:36 -0500


Hi You may want to try to get the complete Probate. If he is a son, he may
have tried to get his fair share.
Also, doing a search of deed records may turn up a land transaction between
them. He may have gotten his inheritance before Francis died.
When did Hugh Die?
At 11:59 AM 1/18/1998 EST, you wrote:
> Hugh Carrel HARRIS was born in 1818 in Ohio, but moved with his
family at
>an early age to Delaware Co., IN and grew up there. His father's name was
>Francis. I found in Delaware Co., a land record for Francis HARRIS 1831, a
>marriage of Francis HARRIS and Nancy EGNUE 1840 (a second marriage?). The
>Delaware Co. Historical Soc. flyer showed an abstract of a probate record
1845
>for Francis Harris, listing wife, Nancy and several children - but Hugh was
>not listed. Some minor children were in Perry Co. OH, where the 1820 census
>lists Francis HARRIS. Hugh had moved to IL and married Nancy Hodge in 1840.
>Maybe he didn't need an inheritance?? His father disowned him??.
> Would sure like to know, for sure, if any of these are my
gg-grandfather.
>How could I find out?
>
>Dot Neff in Portland, OR
>

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