Peter
Harness
Born in Hardy, Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Michael Harness Jr., Elizabeth (Harness) Yoakum, Conrad Harness, Jacob Harness, Barbara Rebecca (Harness) See, John Harness, Adam Harness, Leonard Harness [half], Dorothea (Harness) Hornbeck, George Harness, Jacob Harness and Margaret (Harness) Trumbo [half]
Husband of
Susan (Vance) Harness
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Harness) Brenneman, George Harness, Jacob Harness, John Harness, Arthur Harness, Peter Harness, Margaret Harness, Sarah Harness, Susannah Harness, Adam Harness, Elizabeth (Harness) Coil, Joseph Harness, William Harness, Michael Harness and Peter Harness
Died
at about age 79
in Jefferson Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States
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Biography
Peter is listed as son in his father's will and Mrs. Black's letter in 1872 states "Peter married and went to Ohio. He was lame." In her 1878 letter, Mrs. Black writes, "Peter married Susan ______and went to Ohio." Other family info from Ann Westfall research in Moorefield, Hardy Co, WV library.
Peter moved from Hardy Co, WV to Fayette Co., OH in 1796 where he bought 1100 acres of land in 1814.
Peter purchased the western survey in Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Ohio in 1811 and divided it among his sons. Among those are:
- Arthur
- Peter
He signed a will on 21 feb 1825 that was destroyed by fire jan1828. moved to indiana 1823. could write, wife susan could not write. married susan vance about 1724 in pa.
Sources
- Allen, Frank M. History of Fayette County, Ohio : her people, industries and institutions. B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Ind. 1914 Page 286
- Martin L. Yokum, The Harness Family, 1980, 34.
- "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:38P1-YGG : accessed 9 May 2019), entry for Peter /Harness/, cites sources; "GOLDSBERRY INdiana" file (2:2:2:MMDB-PVK), submitted 31 January 2017 by royallengoldsberry1 [identity withheld for privacy].
- https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8058/4411361_00631/296385?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/64536606/person/262048086262/facts/citation/822075133786/edit/record
- "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGQ-7G6 : accessed 31 August 2022), Peter Herness, Senior, Jefferson Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States; NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 181398.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peter:
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~1.17%
~3.12%
Nancy (Dennison) Kellum 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A092670 [compare], Ancestry member Ndennison1923
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~0.78%
Patricia (Ambrose) Sjostrom :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A493058 [compare], Ancestry member kratsy1
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~0.78%
Karen Parker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A564378 [compare], Ancestry member twighunter
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T660531 [compare], FTDNA kit #797237
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H577161 [compare]
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~0.78%
Teri Grey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T015287 [compare], FTDNA kit #337125
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~0.39%
Terry Podjaski Batson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JN9674400 [compare]
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Neal Parker
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Harness-262 and Harness-85 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same wife, same parents, very similar dates
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Rejected matches › Peter Harness (abt.1773-1822)
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