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Subject: [MADKY] Ancestors of Some Harrises and Their Associates of EarlyMadison Co., KY Part 2
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 00:29:23 EST
(Rosalie Edith Davis, FREDERICKSVILLE PARISH VESTRY BOOK INDENTURES AND
PROCESSIONING RETURNS 1741-1787, VOLUME 2 [Manchester, MO: Published by author,
1981], is the source for much of this material.)
Mrs. Davis in her preface has a long paragraph about processioning, only
part of which is given here:
"Processioning was a system of marking and renewing property boundary lines,
ordered by the court every four years and conducted by the vestry, the
governing body of the church...."
In another part of the preface, Mrs. Davis writes, "Most of the land owners
recorded in this first return had obtained their land when the area was in
Hanover County. Processioning records continue every four years through 1784
[at the end of the American Revolution]."
Because Robert's father, Maj. Robert Harris, had died testate ca 1765, this
deed probably pertains to the younger Harris:
Louisa Co. DB E-156-157, 9 Jun 1777: Moses Going of Louisa Co. & Agness his
wife to Robert Harris of same; 100 pds. 353 a... Chas. Smiths corner...
Francis Smiths corner... Xopher Smiths line.
(Rosalie Edith Davis, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS E & F, 1774-1790
[Manchester, MO: Published by author, 1983, p. 18)
(Comment: Charles Smith had owned land on N. side of Little River, which he
sold to Robt. Garland in Oct 1774. Later he and an Overton male were
witnesses to a deed.)
Another deed, DB-E-267-268 dated 6 Jul 1778 McCoy to Nuckolls of Trinity
Par. refer to corner of Robt Harris in said [John] Walton's line, and the land
in question was on north side of Cub Creek. (Davis, p. 31-32) Cub Creek,
according to current-day transportation maps is south of Little River and empties
into South Anna River.
Robert Harris and his wife Lucretia Brown lived in Albemarle Co., VA and are
believed to have migrated later to Surry Co., NC. More research is needed.
Refer to the biography of Lucretia Brown for documents in Albemarle Co. in
which the couple appear.
(not included - ask if you are interested. The Brown family was quite
large, seemingly well-to-do.)
Submitted by E.W.Wallace
This message is being presented in increments. I was told it was too long
to be accepted by the Madison Co. rootsweb. You may see the intact message
perhaps in the Archives of Harris-Hunters. EWW
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