Descendants of Joseph Archibald (Harriss) Harris Generation No. 1 
  1.  JOSEPH ARCHIBALD (HARRISS)2 HARRIS  was born January 23, 1793 in Warren Co. North Carolina,
  and died Aft. 1870 in Pleasant Valley, Carter County, Kentucky - Pleasant Valley Cemetery..  He married
  NANCY (HARRIS?) January 20,  1820 in Warren County, North Carolina. 
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  Tax List: - In 1839 Lee County, Virginia, an E. and J. Pennington were mentioned as having sold 55 acres
  both sides Blue S--- to Joseph.  Where is the Blue S--- in Lee County, Va.?   

  I am also interested in learning who these Harris's were: 
  1840 Lee County, Virginia land tax list mentions Joseph K. Harris. 
  1841 Lee County, Virginia land tax list mentions Joseph R. Harris. 
  1850 Lee County, Virginia land tax list mentions James H. Harris 
  There was also a Willis K(irk?) Harris b. 1809 in Lee Co. who may be son of  James St. John Harris.    Is
  there a connection here with Joseph and  Nancy?   or my Jesse R. Harris? 
  Joseph was 55 and a carpenter.  Value of his property was $500.00- wife Nancy (Harris?) 50. About 1856
  they moved to Carter co., Kentucky. 
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  Marriage #100-01=111 Bondsman was Anthoney Dowtin. 
  Joseph and Nancy and the family moved from Warren Co. N.C. where Joseph was born (Warren Co. by that
  time had become Stokes Co.)  After the 4th child,  Willis was born they moved to Lee Co., Virginia where the
  1831 tax list shows him.   
  After Willis was born in 1825, Joseph and Nancy went to Lee County, Virginia. Joseph and Nancy with their
  first four boys left Warren County, where they lived  It later become Stokes Co. North Carolina.  Joseph
   couldn't make a living and went to  Lee County, Virginia.  Joseph was a carpenter and was suppose to be
  one of the best.  In the 1850 Census in Lee county, Va (509-607) shows Joseph Harris 55, carpenter value of
  property $500.00 born in N. C.  Nancy Harris, wife, 50 born in N. C. Joseph 15 son born in Va, Henderson A.
  son, 13, born in Va.   
  Mary J. Childs daughter, age 10 born in Va.  They  lived in Lee County, Virginia for 20 years. where they
  farmed.  Joseph had 55 acres there and later 2 horses  Then they moved to Carter County, Kentucky about
  1856 ,all except Nelson and Mary Child.  Mary was married by this time married.  (This is the only place I have
  seen Mary Child mentioned.)    
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  Joseph A. Harris may have had a brother Squire Harris, b. 1800 in NC who also moved to Carter Co., Ky.
  and was b. in NC, lived in Va.  Squire Harris b. 1792-1800 NC, m. Mary Ann Phillips b. 1820 in Wilkes Co.,
  NC. and d. 1870 in Carter Co., Ky.  Squire was in Russell Co., Va. 1830-50 before going to Carter Co. by
  1870  - a similar time that Joseph went. 
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  My Jesse R. Harris was born in Lee Co., Va.   At least 4 people have sent me the information that Jesse is a
  son of Joseph and Nancy however his birth is in Lee Co.,Va. and the brothers just older and just younger than
  Jesse were born in Warren Co., N.C. therefore, how could Jesse fit into this family?  I believe he is a nephew
  rather than a son of Joseph and Nancy.  I would very much like to find his parents.  Children of Jesse R. Harris
  and Sarah Salyer b.1832 in Floyd Co., Ky, daughter of Fielding Salyer  b. and Margaret (Peggy) Hale were:   

  1. Willis R. Harris, 
  2. Jane   - married Jack Melear 
  3. James Alexander Harris - my ggrandfather who married Alice Belle Wallace.  He died DeKalb, Camanche
  Co., Texas.  Second wife Margaret (Maggie)Slider. 
  4. Emily  - married Robert T. Tackett 
  5. William F. - married Mary Jane Prater. 
  6.Fielden Salyer - married Edna E. Williamson 
  7.John P. 
  8. Lydia Margaret - married James Anderson Kiser 
  9. Nancy - died in infancy. 
  All children were born in St. Paul, Madison Co., Ark. to my knowledge.  After the births of the children Sarah
  and Jesse went on with her family to Camanche Co., Texas. 

  Jesse married Sarah Salyer in Floyd Co, Ky.  - April 1848 in Floyd, Co.,  Ky. 
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  Oldest son of Joseph A. Harris and Nancy was James A. Harris born Nov. 30 1820. 
  (1) Lucretia Newman, Lee co., Va. m (2) Elizabeth "Betty" Salyer  (1846-1901, Nov. 20, 1872 in Carter Co.
  Ky.   
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  A John Early Harris, son of Joseph Egerton. and Sally (Bobbitt) Harris may be  connected to this family.  John
  and wife were married on May 16, 1792 in Warren co., NC so this was possibly an uncle.  Information from
  "Essex England to the Sunny Southern U.S.A. -  A Harris Family Journey"  written by  Robert E. Harris in
  1994. Joseph and Nancy may have been cousins.  She may have been Nancy Long of Warren Co., NC.
   Parents would have been Nelson and Nancy (Long) of Warren   
  Co., NC.  and were married on January 20, 1820. Children of JOSEPH HARRIS and NANCY (HARRIS) are: 
  i.  JAMES A. (JIM)3 HARRIS, b. November 30, 1820, Warren County, North Carolina; d. June 10, 1896,
  Carter County, Kentucky.  Buried in Pleasant valley cemetery, Carter co.;   
  ii. NELSON P. HARRIS, b. August 17, 1822, Warren County., North  Carolina 4.      
  ? iii. JESSE R. HARRIS, b. June 07, 1824, Lee County, Virginia;  d. September 09, 1908, Comanche Co.,
  TX,  Buried in Zion Hill Cemetery. Van Dyke, Texas.  I have received this from several sources but Jesse
  doesn’t seem to fit in this family.   Can you help me find his parents in Lee County, Va.    Any help will
  be appreciated.)   
  iv. WILLIS R. HARRIS, b. November 19, 1825, Warren County, North Carolina 
   v.  JOHN A. HARRIS, b. November 11, 1829, Warren County., North.  Carolina 
   vi. JOSEPH JOHN HARRIS, b. March 07, 1835, Lee County,Va.;  m. MARANDER 
  BRINEGAR, April 23, 1863, Carter County Kentucky.   
   vii.    ARCHIBALD HENDERSON HARRIS, b. January 31, 1837, Lee County, Virginia.;   

  Records in Lee County, Va. were destroyed in the Revolutionary war therefore I appreciate any information
  anyone may be able to supply. 

  Estell Blake