Ancil Mancil Harris³ (Zachariah Harris², Isaac¹) was born June 9, 1799 in Franklin County, Georgia. He moved with his father's family to Tennessee before 1807, first to Hickman County then to Humphreys County, shortly after 1813. It was there that he married Keziah Veatch, daughter of James Veatch and Mary Hopkins, on March 3, 1820. Ancil's sons and sons-in-law accompanied him with their families as they followed his father, Zachariah Harris, and his family to Illinois in about 1829. They settled in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois, where Ancil died November 17, 1842.

A mix-up of information with regards to Ancil Mancil Harris's death place occurred when my grandmother, Mabel J. Overson, corresponded with relatives in Illinois, to get more information about the family. She was told that Mancil Harris died in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. They were referring to the death of Mancil Ancil Harris, son of Ancil Mancil Harris and Keziah Veatch, but grandmother thought they meant Ancil Mancil Harris died there. This mixup was finally discovered when I received a letter from Mary Black dated August 28, 1984. Enclosed in the letter were pictures of the tombstones of Mancil Ancil and Elizabeth (Cole) Harris in the cemetery of the church where he last served. Mancil Ancil Harris was a Primitive Baptist Church Minister. The church where he last served was located five miles southwest of Richmond.

Keziah (Veatch) Harris, widow of Ancil Mancil Harris, married John Bowles, on September 9, 1854 in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was listed with him in the 1860 census record of Montgomery County, Illinois, but in 1870, she was living with her son, Zachariah Obadiah Harris and family. Zachariah O. Harris died on October 25, 1875, but Keziah was still living with his widow and family in 1880. She died two years later on September 25, 1882 in Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois, and was buried in Craig Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County Illinois.

Ancil Mancil Harris had six children who had descendants. There are separate chapters for each of them. The adopted children of the ninth child are listed on this page. You can use the hotlinks below, or at the top and bottom of this webpage, to "jump" directly to the separate chapters.

Children:

1. James Henderson HARRIS b 11 Nov 1820, Humpherys Co. TN, d 20 Nov 1842, Fayette Co., IL; m Mahala HICKS⁴  (Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), James died three weeks after marriage, no children; she m 2nd 6 Dec 1849, Fayette Co., IL, Isham Jehu HICKS, their children listed under her name in Part III, Ch. 8.3 of Descendants of Mahala Hicks
2. + Alfred Greenberry HARRIS   b 30 May 1822; m Mary A. "Polly" HICKS
3. Sally Ann HARRIS b 13 Jun 1824, Humpherys Co. TN, d 17 Feb 1845; m 25 Mar 1841, Fayette Co., IL, McComas RHODES; Sally Ann had no children; he m 2nd 1 Dec 1846, Fayette Co., Sarah Jane COLE   (d/o John COLE and Rutha Caroline CONNER),they had 12 children listed under her name in Part IX, Ch. 5 of Descendants of McComas Rhodes
4. + Rebecca Jane HARRIS   b 15 Feb 1826; m William O. COLE
5. + Mary Emeline HARRIS   b 19 Dec 1827; m Claiborne Louis HAINES
6. + William Ancil HARRIS   b 1 Aug 1829; m Lydia Angelet LIPSEY
7. + Zachariah Obadiah HARRIS   b 14 May 1831; m 1st Jershua Jane LIPSEY; m 2nd Disa Adeline (STOKES) COLE
8. + Nancy Angeline HARRIS   b 13 Jul 1833; m Isaac S. LOWERY
9. Mancil Ancil HARRIS b 5 Sep 1835, d 14 Mar 1917, Richmond, Ray Co., MO; m Elizabeth COLE (d/o John Cole and Rutha Caroline CONNER) b 11 Jun 1837, Fayette Co., IL, d 2 Mar 1921, Richmond, Ray Co., MO; both bur New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cem. there; they had no children, but adopted (or raised) two children of E. L. Williford
   
   Children of E. L. Williford adopted by Mancil A. Harris and Elizabeth Cole:
   1. Ella (WILLIFORD) HARRIS
   2. Blanch (WILLIFORD) HARRIS
   
   
10. (son) HARRIS b abt 1837, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d abt 1837

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