When Harris Dunn was born in 1797 in Georgia, his father, John, was 25 and his mother, Nancy, was 22. He married Nancy Smith on December 3, 1820. They had nine children in 23 years:
Jerimiah Dunn b: ABT 1821 in Pulaski County, Georgia
John Dunn b: ABT 1824 in Pulaski County, Georgia
Harris Dunn b: ABT 1825 in Pulaski County, Georgia
Asberry Dunn b: ABT 1830 in Pulaski County, Georgia
William Dunn b: ABT 1832 in Alabama
Elizabeth Dunn b: ABT 1835 in Alabama
George Dunn b: ABT 1837 in Alabama
Marion Dunn b: ABT 1841 in Alabama
Jessee (or Issac) Dunn b: ABT 1844 in Mississippi
He died in July 1860 of cancer[1] in Marion, Alabama, at the age of 63.[2][3]
Sources
↑ U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880; ID# 40_ 1574
Year: 1850; Census Place: District 14, Marion, Alabama; Roll: M432_10; Page: 173A; Image: 351
Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908; Document Number 1098, Issue Date 10 Oct 1839
Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Title: Marriages, 1808-1820
Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892; Year 1826, District Captain John Garrison
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harris 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 Harris: