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The Fripp family of South Carolina

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Maj. William Washington Harris

Notes from Marshall B. Shore:
From "History of Spartanburg County" by J. B. Landrum, p449.
COLONEL WILLIAM WASHINGTON HARRIS.
Among those of the citizens of Spartanburg whos belonged to a past generation in her history, and whose early life embraced a career that was remarkable, there are none more deserving of our special notice than Colonel W. W. Harris, the subject of this sketch.
Of the early life and ancestry of Colonel Harris we can gather but little. Born 25 Feb 1788 in Montgomery County, NC he was educated in the best manner of the day and became a professional surveyor at an early age. Probably with his father, James Harris and other siblings he went to Union and Spartanburg Counties very early on. He engaged in surveying and met and married Elizabeth Golightly, daughter of David Golightly (Sr) and Tabatha Mitchell on 24 Sept 1809.

Tennessee was a new country just opening up and being settled by vetrans of the Revolutionary War. Surveys of land being sold was much in demand. Wash as he was called went there, probably under contract to fill the demand and make more money. But within a few short years of Tennessee surveying the war with broke out in 1812. William Washington Harris enlisted as an officer in the Tennessee Militia soon after the massacre of four hundred whites at Fort Mims, forty miles north of Mobile, Alabama. What appeared to be his final pay record a William Harris was listed as a Major with duty as a "SPY". This most likely meant he was a scout for General Jackson who knew him personally as later on Wm. C. Camp, Esq., son-in law of Colonel Harris visited Old Hickory at The Hermitage and brought home a highly polished, silver headed walking stick, a gift from General Jackson to his old friend Major Wash Harris.)

This assignment was directly under the command of General Andrew Jackson who fought against the Creek Indians who were being paid by British Agents to kill whites. Indians were being given $5.00 for a scalp from an white man and for a swatch of long hair from the head of every white female they brought in. There were no British soldiers in the field in Alabama Georgia or Florida, only these agents promoting raids against the Americans by the Creek Indians.
After about five battles under General Jackson, Major William Harris seemed to have left Tennessee and returned to the vicinity of Spartenburg where he continued in the surveying business.

His father-in-law was disappointed in his daughter Elizabeth's marriage to a soldier of fortune, however, he gave them a small acreage from his property in Fairforest. Wash was to redeem himself in the eyes of David Golightly for by the time these two gentlemen who lived in close proximity during their lifetime had raised their families William Washington Harris was the owner of at least 7,000 acres of land had posessed over 35 slaves. He moved into the town of Spartanburg, built a new home and lived there until he died in 1875.

Many references of him may be found in "PIEDMONT FARMER, The Journals of
David Golightly Harris, 1855-1870" by Philip N. Racine, published by the University of Tennessee Press in 1990.

See: The Mecklenburg Signers by Worth S. Ray: p. 460:
"It will be noticed that the WILLIAM GILLIAM who left will in GRANVILLE COUNTY in 1804 had two daughters who married men by the name of Harris, RANSOM and JAMES, and one daughter AMEY, in 1763, married ISHAM HARRISON. This William Gilliam was 108. William, son of WILLIAM GILLIAM and his wife AGNES HARRIS (will in Granville in 1776). JAMES HARRIS who married PRESCILLA GILLIAM was the father of W. W. HARRIS, b. about 1795 in Granville County) who moved to SPARTANBURG DISTRICT, South Carolina, where he left a long line of descendants."

Elizabeth Golightly

Notes from Marshall B. Shore:
For further information on the Golightly, please write: Jeanne Nix Bundy, 330 East Third Street, Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 who last sponsored the annual Golightly Reunion in Mt. Vernon in 1994. Or write: Wayne L. Dye, 160 Stillwater Circle, Jupiter, Florida 33458

J. Gwinn Harris

J. Gwinn Harris lived in Forest City, ARK

L. K. Ford

Lived near Golightly, Spartanburg Co. SC

MacK Collier Poole

Mack C. Poole was a merchant at Cross Anchor.

Mary Harris

Twin

William W. Harris

W. W. HARRIS was chief clerk of constabulary force in Columbia who married a
Miss Nevins (Landrum, p 338)