Mathias Harman Jr. (abt. 1775 - 1850)

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Vance) Harman — married 16 Aug 1829 in Tazewell Co., VA

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1850 at about age 75 in Tazewell Co., Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mathias was born about 1783. He was the son of Mathias Harman and Lydia Skaggs. He passed away in 1850. ^[1]

From: "Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County " by Schreiner-Yantis: To the General Assembly of Virginia: The undersigned petitioner Matthias Harman a citizen of the county of Tazewell would beg leave to respectfully represent to the Legislature of Virginia that in August 1829 he intermarried with a certain Nancy Vance by whom he had three children prior to the marriage, for reasons which is deemed unimportant here to state he had been restricted from marrying said Nancy and that as soon as the restrictions alluded to was removed he done that he had always intended to do. Your petitioner requests that a law may be passed changing the names of his three children born out of wedlock from that of Vance to Harman, the eldest Elias V., the second Daniel H., and the third William Buse, and he also desires that the said three children may be made by law his legal representatives if deemed proper and your petitioner as in duty bound will every pray. Signed: Matthias Harman, November 1832

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