THE HARRIS PAPERS
North
Carolina and Virginia Early Harris Data
by Kathryn Wiggins
The "Harris Papers" were published
by Kathryn Wiggins from Camarillo,
California. She is no
longer at this address and may have passed away.
There were 35 Volumes of the
Harris Papers and each one has a different
amount of pages and are for
different counties in North Carolina and Virginia.
They were first advertised
1984 in the "Genealogicl Helper" of Logan, Utah at
$15.00 per volume. Some
volumes had as many as 134 pages and some as
few as 15 pages.
The volumes are illustated and indexed and contain
abstracts pertaining to the
Harris family in the earliest counties of the above states.
**A Copy of all of the volumes are housed at Anniston, Alabama library.**
Below is a complete list of
which the counties and the number of pages contained.
VOL. COUNTY STATE PAGES
1. Henrico Co., VA...............................134
2. York Co., VA.....................................39
3. Granville Co., NC................................63
4. Goochland Co., VA.............................83
5. Chesterfield Co.,
VA...........................23
6. Albemarle Co., VA..............................46
7. Louisa Co., VA....................................46
8. Caswell Co., NC.................................39
9. Mecklenberg Co.,
VA..........................35
10. Lunenberg Co., VA..............................43
11. Southampton Co., VA..........................25
12. Beaufort (Old Bath) Co.,
NC...............18
13. New Kent & Hanover
Co., VA............63
14. Cumberland Co., VA............................44
15. Prince George Co., VA.........................33
16. Powhatan Co., VA................................35
17. Orange Co., VA....................................15
18. Orange Co., NC....................................22
19. King & Queen &
King Wm. Co.,VA......40
20. Charles Cty & James
Cty, Co., VA........36
21. Warren Co., NC...................................39
22. Amelia Co., VA.....................................35
23. Prince Edward Co., VA.........................27
24. Wake Co., NC......................................31
25. Chatham Co., NC..................................35
26. Virginia Miscellany.................................49
27. Bute & Franklin Co.,
NC.......................27
28. Mecklenburg Co., NC...........................26
29. Virginia Miscellany II.............................42
30. North Carolina Miscellany......................41
31. Anson County, NC................................41
32. Surry Co., VA.......................................40
33. Montgomery Co., NC............................16
34. Rowan Co., NC.....................................26
35. Greenville Co., VA.................................32
I tried to find more information
on the Harris Papers but was unsuccessful.
I have about 8 of these somewhere
in my file cabinet. I tried to find a
current address for Kathryn
Wiggins in 1996. I think she probably passed away.
Richard G. Boyd
Harris-Hunters
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From: masters@networld.com
(Ed Masters)
Reply-to: masters@networld.com
To: HARRIS-HUNTERS-L@rootsweb.com
For those interested: Most
of the Harris Papers by Kathryn Wiggins can
be read at your local Family
History Library operated by the Mormon
Church. They need to be ordered
for, I believe $3.75 for a three week
loan, and it takes about one
week for them to arrive. They do not have
have all volumes. The volumes
missing are: 1,3-4, 26, 29, & 30-32.
If one lives near Salt Lake
City one only need go to the library and
read the microfilms. Also
in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, near
the Library in Salt Lake City
is a book titled The Harris Papers that
has what looks like mostly
Virginia Harris papers. they are not
identified by the description
as to volume. The call # is: 929.273
H24W. These are not circulated
outside of the Building in which they are
housed.
If you look at the site below
you will find the Family History Library
Catalog which lists available
items in the library. Look under the
heading author search after
you find the catalog and put in the name
Wiggins, Kathryn.
Looks like a great source.
Ed Masters
Richard G. Boyd
Harris-Hunters