Becky Bonner wrote:
>
> This brings me back nagging at the family story of Gen Batteal Harrison an
> OH family whose parents were pioneers of Bourbon Co. KY - according to the
> family: "The Harrison family are descendants from the brave Major Benjamin
> Harrison, who feared not to place his name upon the Declaration of
> Independence. He was the honored father of General Wm. H. Harrison, late
> President of the United States. Batteal was at Wm H HARRISONs
> inauguration, they hugged, kissed and cried". ("A Partial History of the
> Harrison Family" by Dr. William Harrison, 1920? - found in Tennesee State
> Library call # CS 71 H32 1920). I have worried and fretted over this
> family because it seems we should find a relation there but have not yet.
> Instead, most seem to think that Batteal's father is descended from
> Lawrence Harrison and Catharine Marmaduke and do not support the adamant
> claims of this family.
I thought I would comment on this portion of Becky's note.
As a descendant of Gen. Batteal Harrison (his general title was through
the Ohio Militia),
there is some consensus between me and several of my cousins who have
been doing some research,
that there is no relation between Batteal and "the brave Major Benjamin
Harrison...".
Batteal's father was a Benjamin, the one for whom Harrison County, KY
was named.
But not of any apparent relation to any the presidential line.