Harrison Genealogy Repository

William Henderson HARRISON SR

1790 - 12 Aug 1865

Repository ID Number: I12863

OCCUPATION: Farmer
RESIDENCE: Edgecombe (Wilson) NC & Clinton, Greene Co. AL
BIRTH: 1790, Edgecombe (Wilson), North Carolina ^[S630] ^[S655]
DEATH: 12 Aug 1865, Clinton, Alabama ^[S655]
BURIAL: 3 miles outside Clinton, Alabama in Private Cemetery ^[S630]
RESOURCES: See: ^[S650] ^[S747] ^[S786]

Father: Jethro HARRISON
Mother: Mary JENKINS?

MARRIAGE: BEF 1816

Notes

In 1822 and 1823 William sold his property in North Carolina and moved to Green County, Alabama settling near the village of Clinton. He farmed land near the Tombigbee River, and the census of 1830 shows that he owned three slaves. Williams' will was written in 1851, he died in 1865. William Harrison was blind for several years before before his death .

1) a bill of sale -12/24/1816, from Dempsey to William Harrison was recorded in Deed book 7, Pg 338- ^[S720]

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                       _John Cathran? HARRISON _|
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 _Jethro HARRISON ____|
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|--William Henderson HARRISON SR
|  (1790 - 1865)
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|_Mary JENKINS? ______|
  (.... - 1811)       |
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