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Descendants of Henry Harris

Generation No. 1

1. HENRY9 HARRIS (ABSALOM8, BENJAMIN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, JOHN2, SIR WILLIAM1) was born 5/15/1781 in Greensville Co., VA, and died 12/24/1858 in Greenville, Meriwether County, GA. He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH HARRIS 1/22/1807 in Hancock County, GA, daughter of SAMUEL HARRIS and NANCY EVANS. She was born 2/18/1792 in Hancock County, Georgia. He married (2) MARY ELIZABETH SASSNET 10/15/1819 in Hancock Co., GA, daughter of RICHARD SASNETT and REBECCA BORDEN. She was born 12/8/1795, and died 2/19/1861.

Children of HENRY HARRIS and MARY HARRIS are:

2. i. NANCY ANN10 HARRIS, b. 11/2/1807, Hancock County, Georgia; d. 8/16/1882, Slaton plantation, Autauga Co. , Alabama.

3. ii. ELIZABETH HARRIS, b. 8/24/1809.

iii. CLARA W. HARRIS, b. 7/1/1811.

4. iv. BENJAMIN TARPLEY HARRIS, b. 3/18/1813, Hancock Co., GA; d. 2/26/1872.

v. SAMUEL WILEY HARRIS, b. 5/18/1815; m. ANN JACKSON.

vi. MARY ANN HARRIS, b. 5/29/1817; m. RICHARD PHILLIP SASNETT.

Children of HENRY HARRIS and MARY SASSNET are:

vii. REBECCA FRANCES10 HARRIS, b. 2/25/1826, Greenville, GA.

viii. HENRY RICHARD HARRIS, b. 2/2/1828, Sparta, GA; d. 10/15/1909, Greenville, GA; m. ELIZA GRESHAM, 1846. ix. WILLIAM TERRELL HARRIS, b. Abt. 1830; d. 7/4/1863, Gettysburg, PA Battle of Gettysburg; m. LENORA CHAMBERS; b. Columbus, GA.

x. JOSEPH S. HARRIS, b. 9/5/1831.

xi. ABSOLOM HARRIS, b. 3/22/1833, Greenville, GA.

Generation No. 2

2. NANCY ANN10 HARRIS (HENRY9, ABSALOM8, BENJAMIN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, JOHN2, SIR WILLIAM1) was born 11/2/1807 in Hancock County, Georgia, and died 8/16/1882 in Slaton plantation, Autauga Co. , Alabama. She married JOHN SLATON 10/24/1824 in Hancock County, GA, son of WILLOUGHBY SLATON and UNKNOWN. He was born 10/2/1795 in Boone, Kentucky, and died 2/25/1847 in Prattville, Alabama.

Children of NANCY HARRIS and JOHN SLATON are:

i. MARY ELIZABETH11 SLATON, b. 3/1/1825; d. 9/8/1899, Luling, TX; m. REV. JAMES WASHINGTON BROWN, 2/20/1840, Autauga County, AL; b. 3/19/1815, TN; d. 11/25/1895, Luling, TX.

ii. HENRY HARRIS SLATON, b. 2/7/1827, Hancock County, GA; d. 4/7/1882, Star City, Lincoln County, Arkansas; m. JANE ANN MCGEHEE, 2/24/1853; b. 1830, Meriwether County, GA; d. 4/3/1909, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

iii. SARAH FRANCES SLATON, b. 8/22/1829; d. 3/24/1857, Autauga County, on the Slaton Plantation, AL; m. ALFRED Y. SMITH, 12/3/1846, Autauga County, AL.

iv. WILLIAM FRANKLIN SLATON, b. 3/6/1831, Meriwether County, GA, near Warm Springs; d. 11/29/1916, Atlanta, GA; m. NANCY JANE MARTIN, 12/6/1853, Greenville, GA; b. 12/6/1834, Greenville, GA; d. 10/3/1901, Atlanta, GA.

v. REBECCA ANN SLATON, b. 2/6/1833, GA; d. 1/22/1864; m. JAMES MONROE NICHOLSON, 1/1/1852, Autauga Co, AL; b. Macon County, AL.

vi. CAROLINE ELIZABETH SLATON, b. 3/1/1835, Meriwether County, GA; d. 1910, Autauga County, AL; m. CHARLES SMITH GRAVES DOSTER, 10/4/1854, Autauga Co., AL; b. 8/21/1830, Autauga Co., AL; d. 2/20/1898, Prattville, AL.

vii. MARTHA JANE SLATON, b. 12/27/1838, Alabama; d. 7/20/1907, Columbus, MS at the home of daughter Nannie Louise Lipscomb; buried, Greensboro, Alabama; m. DR. RUFUS URBANE DUBOIS, 11/11/1856, Autauga County, AL; b. 3/18/1829, Greensboro, Alabama; d. 4/17/1905, Greensboro, Alabama.

3. ELIZABETH10 HARRIS (HENRY9, ABSALOM8, BENJAMIN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, JOHN2, SIR WILLIAM1) was born 8/24/1809. She married DIXON HALL 2/2/1826 in Hancock Co., GA.

4. BENJAMIN TARPLEY10 HARRIS (HENRY9, ABSALOM8, BENJAMIN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, JOHN2, SIR WILLIAM1) was born 3/18/1813 in Hancock Co., GA, and died 2/26/1872. He married JUDITH ANN SASNETT 10/20/1831 in Sparta, GA, daughter of JOSEPH SASNETT and RHODA TURNER. She was born 1/11/1817 in Hancock Co., GA, and died 12/23/1881 in Sparta, GA.

Children of BENJAMIN HARRIS and JUDITH SASNETT are:

i. MARY JANE REBECCA11 HARRIS, b. 11/11/1832; m. BENJAMIN H. BIGHAM, 3/16/1854, Hancock County, GA.

ii. KETURA SASNETT HARRIS, b. 8/17/1836; m. LUCIUS M. MCGEE.

iii. JOSEPHINE BEAUFORT HARRIS, b. 11/4/1838.

iv. HENRY HARRIS, b. 10/20/1841, Sparta, GA; d. 7/29/1909, Sparta, GA; m. SUSAN AMELIA WILLIAMS, 12/21/1875, Sparta, GA; b. 6/22/1849, Houston County, GA; d. College Park, GA;.