He was the son of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson.
Will of James Harris. Cumberland Co., VA, WB 1, pp. 328-331, w. 27 May 1767, p. 27 Jul 1767. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://ancstry.me/2KBK9GL
son Thomas Harris - land where I now live
my five sons Thomas, James, John, William and Francis
son James Harris - land in Chesterfield county
son John Harris - land in Buckingham county
daughter Phebe Farrar
daughter Mary Harris (under 21)
four youngest sons James, John, William and Francis (all under 21)
wife Sarah
Exrs: my wife, son Thomas, brothers Benjamin Harris & William Harris, friend Samuel Flournoy
Wit: John Vilain, Thos Smith, John Bransford junr, George Smith
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