Hi Ruth - There were quite a few JOHNs in NC - can you give me a wifes name,
children, and the county? There is also a Thomas very early in NC, who was
an Indian Trader, perhaps had an Indian wife, and had heirs. Another or the
same.
1754 - Sgt Thomas Harrison, commander of Fort Prince George. He acted as go
bewteen to keep the Indians from siding with French. This was near the
Indian town of KEOWEE.
At 10:53 AM 11/1/96 -0800, Ruth Armstrong wrote:
>A brief look at a HISTORY OF WARRICK, SPENCER & PERRY COS. IN yesterday
>that John HARRISON, Jr. b. 1794 was not the earliest settler in spencer
>co., IN. There were others, one as early as 1807.
>
>According to older family members, John HARRISON, Sr. b. ca 1850-1760
>was a son of John HARRISON who became a tanner & was the first tanner in
>the colonies so that the early settlers did not need to depend upon
>England for tanned hides. This John HARRISON whom I'll call the First
>WAS believed to have come from England and settled in North Carolina
>before the Rev. War. From the paperwork that I have received, very
>little of this has been verified, and the ancestors of John HARRISON the
>First may have been in this country years earlier.
>
>I hope this will give you additional clues. Would greatly appreciate
>any help you can give us.
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Ruth Armstrong
>
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