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William Harris3 (Benjamin2,
Isaac1) was born June 11, 1791 in Greenville County
(then the Pendleton District), South Carolina. He died before
April 25, 1834. He married Betsy, whose maiden name is
unknown. His father, Benjamin Harris, left his wife, Betsy, $100.00 "for
the support and maintenance of her children by her husband, William
Harris."
This seems very strange! William must have been deceased at that
time or Benjamin would have left his inheritance to William instead of
his wife; but why didn"t he refer to Betsy as William"s "widow" instead
of his "wife?" I suspect that it was just an oversight. I can't imagine
that he would leave his son's inheritance to his daughter-in-law if his
son were living. According to the 1858 letter written by B. F. Harris
to his nephew, Wm. J. Harris, "William was the oldest, his family was
in Tennessee when I heard from them ten or twelve years ago." Other
than this, we have not found any further record of William or his family.
This page is reserved for further information. If you know of
someone who may be a descendant of William and Betsy Harris, please
have them contact the Webmaster (see note below). [The webmaster
is a descendant of William's younger brother, Silas.]
Research sources are listed in
the Appendix
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