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Isaiah Harrison (1762 - 1851)

Rev Isaiah Harrison
Born in Augusta Co., VAmap
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Husband of — married 1783 in Rockingham County, Virginia, USAmap
Husband of — married 6 Jan 1800 in Greene Co., TNmap
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Died at age 89 in Greene Co., TNmap
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Biography

Isaiah Harrison is the son of Jeremiah Harrison and Catherine (Adams) Harrison. He was baptized February 1, 1762, in Augusta County, Virginia in a place which later became part of Rockingham County, Isaiah relocated to Greene County, Tennesse, where he became a planter and a preacher. The settlement of what is now Greene County was begun about 1788.

In the early 1780's, Isaiah, and William "Billy" were the pioneer settlers of the Harrison community, Nolichucky River, ten miles S. of Greeneville, TN. Founder of the Harrison Com. Ch. and contemporary of Bishop Francis Asbury.

According to the minutes of the eighth annual convention, held at the Friends’ Meeting-house at Lick Creek, in Jefferson County, on August 12 and 13, 1822, Isaiah was one of the charter members of the Lick Creek Meeting-house of Friends, [Quakers] in Greene County. [1]

The first church services were hosted in Isaiah Harrison's house and in 1792, "Harrison's Meeting House" was built, nearby. Members of the church are buried in the Harrison Cemetery. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=17958643&PIpi=148970970

Isaiah married Mary Ragen / Reagan. According to Find A Grave memorial #153453349, Mary was born circa 1763, in Virginia and died 1796, in Green County, Tennessee. Isaiah married his second wife, Elizabeth Whittenburgh, probably the mother of most of his children, on January 6, 1800.

In 1808, Isaiah deeded land for the Meetinghouse to George Wells, Stephen Brooks, John Kelly, Sr, John Kelly, Jr. and John Whittenberg as Trustees in Trust.

Researcher's notes

Analyzed first names against Watagua, NC lines; very similar first names.

Worth Ray, TN Cousins, p. 70 tells about a group of Quakers came over the mountains from NC about 1790 including ELLIS's. Isaiah is mentioned as representing the Maryville Branch of Quakers and the Hickory Valley Branch at an 1822 convention. The Quaker movement was large but of short life, and stronger around Greeneville. This convention had to do with abolition of slavery. James Jones was President; Note: on the 1830 census Isaish had 2 slaves. [2]

Family 1 : Mary (REAGAN?) OR (RAGAN?) MARRIAGE: BEF 1783, Rockingham Co. VA + Eleanor HARRISON, married John Kelly, Jr + Jeremiah HARRISON Benjamin HARRISON + Sarah HARRISON married Henry Brooks Rachel HARRISON married Zaphaniah Woolsey John C HARRISON married (Mary?) "Polly" Brooks Catherine F. HARRISON

Family 2 : Elizabeth WHITTENBURG MARRIAGE: 6 Jan 1800, Greene Co. TN Wesley HARRISON married (Mary?) "Polly" Carter + John K. HARRISON Mary "Polly" HARRISON married William Woolsey Peggy HARRISON + Caleb HARRISON married 1) Eliza Henshaw and 2) Mary Bird + Josiah HARRISON married Nancy Henshaw Joshua HARRISON James HARRISON married Rebecca Books George HARRISON married Elizabeth Martin Grace HARRISON married William Brooks + William W. HARRISON, married _____ Lents, and Elizabeth Jones

Family 3 : Mary JONES MARRIAGE: 1839, Greene Co. TN [3]

Find A Grave Memorial # 17958643 indicates that Isaiah died October 1, 1848. His son erected a tombstone - the death date says 1848, which is wrong as he is in the 1850 census with his 3rd wife, Mary. Actual date of death is October 1, 1851. [4]

Isaiah is buried with his second and third wives in Harrison Cemetery [The Bethesda United Methodist Church, S. of Old Jonesborough Rd, on Harrison Rd, Greene Co. TN] near Harrison School, six miles south of Greeneville, Tenn, in well marked graves. From his Will, and other reliable sources, the probable children are identified.

Greene Co. Cemeteries

  • Isaiah 2-1-1762 - 8-6-1848 with Wife Elizabeth 1770-1838, erected by Caleb Harrison at a later date. Isaiah d. 1851, he is on the 1850 census.
  • James 1808-1872.
  • Rebecca 1814-1872
  • Martin 1820-1874,
  • sister Rachel 1826-1902.
  • Newton A. 1847-1921, wife Mary J.
  • Gregory 1851-1920.
  • Benjamin W. 1827-1916; wife Catherine 1840-1921, daughters Louisa, infant, Teulope F.
  • William Henry 1881; wife Frances Ella 1882.

This is a partial list. Many of these have children bur there and dates are specific

Isaiah was born about 1762. He passed away before 1851.

Sources

  1. ↑ HISTORY of GREENE COUNTY, by Westin A. Goodspeed, 1887, http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/greene/goodspeed.html
  2. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census Greene, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 180; Page: 153; Family History Library Film: 0024538
  3. ↑ 1850 Census Greene Co. TN; wife, Mary, age 66. Isaiah, age 88; preacher
  4. ↑ 1850; Census Place: Division 9, Greene, Tennessee; Roll: M432_880; Page: 231A; Image: 467
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing
  • Family Data Collection - Births Publication, compiled by Edmund West
  • 1840 United States Federal Census
  • Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  • North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931
  • Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895
  • Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891
  • Greene County, Tennessee Cemetery Records

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to David Black for creating WikiTree profile Harrison-4248 through the import of David_s Family Tree_Ancestry_26Jun2013.ged on Jul 23, 2013.
  • "The Long Grey Trail" aka Wilderness Road




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Gavin Harner
Isaiah Harrison was born on February 01, 1762 in Augusta Co., VA. He was the son of Jeremiah Harrison & Catherine Adams

Mary Reagan was born about 1763 in Rockingham Co., VA. She was the daughter of unknown parents Elizabeth Whittenburg was born on December 10, 1770. She was the daughter of Fredrick Whittenburg & Margaret Benson. Mary Jones was born about 1818. She was the daughter of unknown parents.

THE FAMILY OF ISAIAH HARRISON & MARY REAGAN

Isaiah Harrison & Mary Reagan were married about 1782 in VA or TN and they had at least 7 children. In the early 1780's, Isaiah Harrison was one of the pioneer settlers of the Harrison community, Nolichucky River, ten miles south of Greeneville, (Greene County) Tennessee. Isaiah was a minister in the Quaker church, and later in the Methodist church. He was founder of the Harrison Community Church and he was a contemporary of Bishop Francis Asbury. The Bethesda United Methodist Church in Greene Co., TN, built in 1884, has a marker stating that the original church was called Harrison's Meeting House, and that it was established in 1792 and stood 300 feet to the west of the current building. Mary Reagan Harrison died sometime between the birth of her last child in 1796 and 1800 when Isaiah was remarried to Elizabeth Whittenburg. Isaiah Harrison is listed on Tax Rolls for Greene Co., TN in 1798. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~knorthup/Webpage/William/Dyer/HTM/IsaiahHarrisonFamily.htm

posted 26 Apr 2011 by Gavin Harner
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Merit (Moore) La Freniere
There is an error in the list of siblings. Isaiah's sister Lydia is not Lydia Gregg, but Lydia Donnell Harrison.

Lydia Donnell Harrison was the daughter of Jeremiah and married her first cousin, Reuben Harrison. She was born and lived in what is now Rockingham County, VA. She is buried at the old Harrison burial ground (there are two) by Linville Creek with Reuben. She could not have married Robert Gregg later, because she died before Reuben. Reuben married a second time after Lydia Donnell's death.

Lydia Alice Harrison, parentage unknown, married Robert Gregg. She and Robert Gregg are buried together in Tennessee.

Lydia Gregg and Lydia Donnell Harrison's children are, of course, different. Lydia Donnell Harrison's children are mentioned in Reuben Harrison's will. These two women have been erroneously conflated in many places across the internet, but they are definitely two distinct Lydia's.

Source: J. Houston Harrison's "Settlers by the Long Grey Trail"

posted by Merit (Moore) La Freniere
Staples-1113 Audrey Staples
You are correct. Are you able to fix this mistake? ------After looking the profile over, I think the best way is to send the manager a private note. I am not a manager of Lydia, so click on her profile to find the managers. Best of luck!
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Susan (Keezel) Way
I do not agree with all these "half" siblings noted for Isaiah Harrison .... He and Elizabeth Whittenburg are who I am directly descended from. I have sent a photo I took in a past Decoration Day to upload to this site.
posted by Susan (Keezel) Way
[Living Ledford]
Harrison-14486 and Harrison-1086 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
posted by [Living Ledford]

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