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Susannah (Collins) Harris (1818 - 1889)

Susannah "Susan" Harris formerly Collins
Born in Cherokee Nation East, Georgiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 14 Feb 1833 in Gwinnett County, Georgiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 71 in Muskogee, Creek Nation, Indian Territorymap
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Biography

Susan was born in 1818 in the old Cherokee Nation area that is now part of Georgia. [1]She was the daughter of Parker Collins and Nancy Cordery, whose mother was a Cherokee full-blood. [2]

In 1833, Susan married William Harris.[3] They were the parents of Emily, Joseph, James, Redbird, William, Charles, Parker, Jane, Philo, John, Mary, Martha and Colonel, who would become a Cherokee Chief in Oklahoma. [4] [5][6]

Susan's family was one of a few Cherokees who relinquished their Cherokee tribal rights in order to remain behind in the newly formed state of Georgia during the removal. She later rejoined other family members in Indian Territory when she moved there sometime in the 1870's.[7]

She passed away in 1889 in Warner in the Canadian District of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. She is buried at Brushy Creek Cemetery now in Muskogee in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.[8]

Notes

DOB varies a little with the records from 1815-1818. Photo of original marker on Find A Grave is showing a broken marker that is illegible and new replacement with the exact date of 19 Feb. 1818. Assuming closer family members had a record of the date before the original became damaged and am using the date on the new marker.

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYG-F3R : 12 April 2016), Susanna Harris in household of William Harris, Forsyth county, Forsyth, Georgia, United States; citing family 410, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
    William Harris Male 46 North Carolina
    Susanna Harris Female 35 Georgia
    Emily Harris Female 15 Georgia
    James Harris Male 14 Georgia
    Joseph Harris Male 12 Georgia
    Bird Harris Male 11 Georgia
    William Harris Male 8 Georgia
    Charles Harris Male 7 Georgia
    Parker Harris Male 6 Georgia
    Jane S Harris Female 4 Georgia
    Philo Harris Male 2 Georgia
  2. 1851 Siler Rolls Eastern Cherokee
    1642. William Harris 46 white
    1643. Susan Harris 35 w mixed
    1644. Emily Harris 17 d mixed
    1645. James Harris 16 s mixed
    1646. Joseph Harris 14 s mixed
    1647. Bird Harris 12 s mixed
    1648. William Harris 10 s mixed
    1649. Charles Harris 9 s mixed
    1650. Parker Harris 6 s mixed
    1651. Jane Savannah Harris 4 d mixed
    1652. Philo Hall Harris 3 s mixed
    1653. John Harris 1 s mixed
  3. There is an affidavit used in a land dispute with William Harris, that lists the marriage to Susannah as "February 1833 on the fourteenth of that month"
  4. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBN-3TZ : 15 August 2017), William Harris, Canville, Forsyth, Georgia, United States; citing p. 263, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 41; FHL microfilm 7,043. 1 m 30-40 (William), 1 m 5-10 (James), 2 m <5 (Joseph, Red Bird); 1 f 20-30 (Susan), 1 f 5-10 (Emily)
  5. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMF-FY7 : 13 December 2017), Susan Harris in entry for William Harris, 1860. Alpharetta, Milton, Georgia.
    William Harris Male 55 N C
    Susan Harris Female 42 Ga
    Collin Harris Male 15 Ga
    Savanah Harris Female 13 Ga
    Philo Harris Male 7 Ga
    John Harris Male 10 Ga
    Colonel Harris Male 4 Ga
    Robert Knox Male 25 Ga
    Edward Conner Male 25 Ga
    A Gregory Male 22 Ga
  6. Biography of Colonel Johnson Harris
  7. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3F-PCY : 11 June 2019), Susan Harris, 1870. Alpharetta, Milton, Georgia. Not found in Georgia in 1880.
    Susan Harris Female 52 Georgia
    Joseph S Harris Male 34 Georgia
    James B Harris Male 33 Georgia
    Colonel J Harris Male 14 Georgia
    Savannah Harris Female 11 Georgia
    Susan Harris Female 9 Georgia
    Jane Harris Female 8 Georgia
  8. Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Susan Collins Harris (1818–Jul 1889), Find A Grave: Memorial #5204431, citing Brushy Mountain Cemetery, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Patricia Mechling (contributor 19483256) .

See also:

  • Shadburn, Don L., Unhallowed Intrusion, A History of Cherokee Families of Forsyth County, Georgia, McNaughton & Gunn, 1993, p. 318.
  • Hampton, David K., Cherokee Mixed-Bloods, 2005, p. 52.




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