James Harmison

Abt 1753 - Bef 1832  (~ 79 years)

• Name	James Harmison
  Birth	Abt 1753	Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 2 Nov 1832	Morgan County, West Virginia
  Person ID	I5069	Carl
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas Harmison, Sr.,   b. Abt 1725, Probably Virginia d. Aft 13 Jan 1790, Sleepy Creek, Frederick County, Virginia (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F1631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID	F1218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Mary
  Children	1. Mary Harmison   2. James Harmison, Jr.,   b. Between 1775 and 1794, Virginia d. Abt 1848, Marshall County, Virginia (Age ~ 73 years) + 3. Samuel Harmison, Sr.,   b. Abt 1776, Berkley, Virginia d. 2 Mar 1841, White County, Indiana (Age ~ 65 years)   4. Elijah Harmison,   b. Abt 1784   d. Bef 27 Jun 1835, Morgan County, West Virginia (Age ~ 51 years)   5. Elizabeth Harmison,   b. Abt 1786   6. William Harmison,   b. Bef 1795, Virginia d. 1861 (Age ~ 66 years)   7. Moses Harmison,   b. Between 1795 and 1800, Virginia d. 6 Apr 1872 (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F1380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

• Notes

  James Harmison, Sr.'s estate, proved July 6, 1831; sale filed 1833. Purchasers: Polly Harmison, Elijah Harmison, Jacob Miller (Little) and (Big), Moses Harmison, John Dugan, Jacob Ash, Jr., Solomon Swisher, James Johnson, Henry A. Byrne, Lancel ot Snyder, Zacharia Miller and George Miller. 1833, Heirs to estate of James Harmison: Elijah, Samuel, James, William, and Jacob Miller and Elizabeth his wife, together with Moses and Mary. Janaury 28, 1833; "James Harmison's Heirs Vs. Moses Harmison". Final decree, Monday, the 22nd day of December, 1834; Land Causes Book, #1, page 27. Orators, Elijah Harmison, Samuel Harmison, James Harmison, William Harmison, and Jacob Mille r and Elizabeth, his wife together with Moses and Mary Harmison, defendants hereafter named are the children and heirs of James Harmison, Late of Morgan County and that the said James Harmison is deemed to have died intestate, as a paper purport ing to be his will was rejected as such by this Court, when it was presented for probate.....Your orators further aver that at the time of the decease of the said James Harmison, the aforesaid Moses and Mary Harmison resided with him and have si nce kept in their possession the before mentioned lands, and still so hold them. It is further shown that the said Moses Harmison has committed, and still is committing destructive waste on the said lands by filling and disposing of the best o f the timber to the injury of the other heirs and copareenois; and that lately, he has sold or contracted to sell to a certain John Dixon a great number of timber trees off the said land; and that the said Dixon is engaged in cutting and hewin g the said timber trees....." Signed by Henry A. Byrer, Esquire Tax list, Berkeley County, 1800 lists James Harmison and William Harmison. 23, January, 1801: "I have surveyed for James Harmison, assignee of James Welch, John Robinson, and Alexander Cooper, a tract of land on bank of Potomac and bounded as follows: In line of James Fisher, containing 15 acres." By James M. Wheat , recorded by James Maxwell, S.C.C.; Cambell Harmonson, James Harmison, Sr. and James Harmison, Jr. 1841, Moses, James, Mary, Samuel are non-residents, also Michael Ryan and son, James R. Ryan.