Agnes Nancy (McCord) Harris (1740 - 1815)

Born 21 Dec 1740 in Albemarle, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Christopher Overton Harris — married 1762 in Albemarle, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1815 at about age 74 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Agnes (McCord) Harris lived in Appalachia, in Kentucky.

Birth, death, and other supplemental profile data collected by Varnell-40 10:07, 2 September 2015 (EDT) from the website of Kevin Cantrell^[1]. It may not be 100% accurate, but it is as close to accurate as we can attain given the information and sources available to us.

from notes of bcs:

Cemetery notes and/or description: Overton Harris Cemetery is fenced and well maintained between homes in a suburban subdivision south of Boonesboro Rd (Hwy 627) [Kentucky]. Nearly all of the headstones and crypts have lost their inscriptions to weathering. There are also many field stones. This cemetery is B19 in the Vockery catalog of Madison County [Kentucky] cemetery records.

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as seen 7/28/13 by bcs

From: EVELYN WALLACE Subject: [MADKY] Agnes McCord second wife of Christopher Harris of AlbemarleCo. VA & Madison Co, KY Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012

I am sharing my notes, collected over the years. If I have cited a source, and you decide to use this material in your own genealogical notes, please include the citation. This is expected of all genealogists these days, amateur or not.

I suspect the McCords came from western Pennsylvania down the Shenandoah Valley to Albemarle Co. Thence to Madison co., KY. The so-called 1787 Census of Virginia (personal property tax lists) compiled by Nettie Schreiner-Yantis and Florine S. Love, list Christopher Harris in two counties--Albemarle Co., VA and also Madison Co., then part of Virginia. Look for this valued census (personal property tax lists for various Virginia counties--three volumes, the 3rd being the index to the two preceding volumes) in a university or good genealogical library near you.

E.W.Wallace

AGNES McCORD. WIR00052. (d. ca 1815, Madison Co., KY) Agnes was the second wife of Christopher Harris, of Albemarle Co., VA, later of Madison Co., KY. They are believed to have been married in 1760, as their oldest son, Benjamin, is said to have been born 28 Nov 1760. This information may need some "adjustment."

Thus, Agnes was probably at least age 14-18 at time of marriage. However, preliminary research of Albemarle Co. deed indexes indicates that as late as 1768, Agnes may have been a single woman, but that by 1772, she was married to Harris. However, having heard a number of lectures on Scottish ancestry, this writer has learned that Scottish women kept their maiden names, even after marriage. This was reinforced by examination of a cemetery and tombstones for women in Scotland on a visit there in the 1990s.

As seen from the deed entry in Albemarle Co., in late 1760, Agnes McCord seems to have been a single woman, not yet married to Christopher Harris.

[Albemarle Co.] DB 2, Page 294: 14 Aug 1760 Wm. McCord, Par. of St. Ann, Albemarle Co., to sister, Agnes McCord - love and 5 sh. 174 acres both sides Moorman River near Blue Ledge. Pat to Jas. McCord, dec'd."/s/ William McCord. [No. wit.]

(Rev. Bailey Fulton Davis, THE DEEDS OF AMHERST COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1761-1807 and ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1748-1763 [Amherst, VA, 1970] LAFHC 975.5482 P2a)

(Blue Ledge may be the same as Blue Ridge, found in patent to Robert Harris, the father of Christopher Harris: 6 Dec 1753 - Patent to Robert Harris on Blue Ridge, Doyle River )

A 1766 patent to Mosias Jones refer to the lines of John McCord, Sr. and Agness McCord, thus:

Patent Book No. 36: Mosias Jones, 90 acs. Albemarle Co. on both sides of Moreman's Riv., adj John McCord & Agness McCord; 10 Jul 1766, p. 940. 10 shill.

(Dennis Ray Hudgins, ed., CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS, Vol. VII [Richmond: Virginia Genealogical Society, 1999], p. 95)

Indexes of deeds examined in 1997 indicate that by 1771/1772, Agnes had married Christopher Harris, as their names appear in Albemarle Co. Deed Bk 5 (Jan Ct 1771-Aug Ct 1772). More study is needed.

Recorded in Augusta Co., VA, Deed Bk 22-397:

17 Nov 1778 Christopher Harris and Agnes of Albemarle to John Collins. Delivered: Thos. Turk, Aug 1779.

(Lyman Chalkley in CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTTISH-IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA, V. 3; Chalkley also indicates that Deed Bk 22, p. 395, Augusta Co., VA had a deed executed by Christopher Harris and Agness (--) 17 Nov 1778, but details were not given.)

Agnes died in Madison Co., KY prior to Aug 1815, when the court commissioners settled with her administrators Her younger son Overton Harris (writer's ancestor) and a son-in-law John Bennett were administrators.

DB... [omitted by Madison Co. genealogist], p. 244: "Pursuant to an order of the County Court of Madison to us directed to settle with Overton Harris and John Bennett Administrators of the Estate of Agnes Harris Deceased we the undersigned Commissioners being first sworne do settle with the administrators and Report as followoers [sic] (to wit)

To amount of sale Bill as C Report of Adm $1,979.14

McCords of Madison Co., KY

Some of the McCords went to Madison Co., KY, but their relationship to Agnes is unknown. David McCord was grantee, Robert Burton, grantor. DB C-244. 1 Apr 1794, 100 A Otter Cr.

From Madison Co., KY DB Index: Agnes Harris, grantor; Jesse Winburn, grantee; Comr. Deed, 6 Jun 1815, K-564, 21 1/2 A. Otter Cr.

Event

Census 1810

Place: Madison County, Kentucky

Note: In the 1810 Madison County Census, Agnes Harris is listed with 3 white males 16-26, 2 26-45, 1 white female 16-26, 1 26-45, 1 over 45, and 10 slaves.

Sources

1. ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=777aaa&id=P324