Becky/Patrick - I found your email addresses on the Virginia
Surnames Homepage for Harrison (Becky's page I searched).
I am looking for info on the Harrison branch of Temperance,
in the subject line. My maternal grandmother's paternal
grandmother was her daughter, Martha Anne Davis (b 1840,
d 1919) who married a Cofer.
Temperance married John Wm Davis Aug. 9, 1837 in Norfolk, VA
(he was the son of Chas W Davis who died in Norfolk 1850 and
is buried there in Elmwood Cemetery). The only other
reference to Temperance was in a Will Extract for
Revolutionary War Surgeon Joseph Harrison 22 June 1838, he
being the younger brother of Temp's grandfather, late
Sampson Harrison. Temp's father Thomas had another daughter
Martha (widow of Joel Gwaltney). Sampson and Joseph had
another brother, the late Charles Harrison whose daughter
Catharine shared the inheritance.
Any connections? [email protected]