Elijah
Harris
Born in Browns Cove, Albemarle County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Overton Harris Jr.
and Lucretia (Brown) Harris
Brother of
Bezeleel Brown Jr. [half], Nancy (Harris) Hooper, Mourning Birth Charity Harris, Tyree Rhodes Harris, Sarah (Harris) Blackwell, Lucy (Harris) Herd and Lucretia (Harris) Fortner
Husband of
Karey (Forkner) Harris
— married
about 1800 in Surry, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Died after
after age 77
in Knox County, Tennessee, USA [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 28 Dec 2017
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Biography
Elijah was born April 4, 1762 in Brown's Cove, Albemarle County, English Colony of Virginia. He was the first-born son of Robert Harris and Lucretia Brown. [1]
In about 1802 Elijah Harris married Karey Forkner, b: 1783 in North Carolina. They married in Surry County, North Carolina, USA. The couple had at least 2 daughters:
- Susan Harris, b: 1805 in Surry, NC, USA
- Eliza Harris, b: March 1812 in Grayson Co., Virginia, USA
In the 1830s, Elijah Harris and his family left the NC / VA border area and moved west to Knox County, Tennessee.
Elijah Harris died shortly after the 1840 US Census in Knox County, Tennessee, USA. He is listed on the 1840 US Census as 60-70 years old; living in Knox Co., Tennessee, with his wife, also 60-70 yrs., and a young male, 15-20 years old.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Elijah Harris on Geni.com
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYTR-3H7G?cc=1786457&wc=31SJ-L2K%3A1588669927%2C1588666161%2C1588665902 : 24 August 2015), Tennessee > Knox > Not Stated > image 28 of 156; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- George Harris
:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Helen (Stanley) Burnette :
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~1.56%
~3.12%
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~1.56%
~3.12%
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~1.56%
Ken Turman :
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~1.56%
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Heather Webb :
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Daman Hoffman :
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~0.78%
Carol Martin :
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~0.78%
Sissie (Davis) Nunnelley :
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~0.78%
Jeanne Weston :
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
Norman Ross :
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