Abel Harris

1791 - 1863  (72 years)

• Name	Abel Harris
  Born	1791	Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	72170238
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72170238
  1850 Census	3 Sep 1850
  	____, Buncombe Co., NC, p. 271a
  Died	1863	Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Buried	Aft 1863	Hemptown Baptist Church Cemetery, Hemp, Fannin County, Georgia
  	"Buried on his plantation near Ashville, N.C." - Erected 1980 by Those That Care.
  Person ID	I16108	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2018

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Mashburn,   b. 1799, Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 18 Mar 1878, Fannin County, Georgia  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Bef 1823
  Children	1. Ann Elizabeth Harris,   b. 7 Oct 1832, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 17 Mar 1916, Notla Township, Cherokee County, North Carolina  (Age 83 years)   2. Abel Harris, Jr.,   b. Abt 1834, North Carolina ,   d. Unknown   3. Thomas L. Harris,   b. Abt 1836, North Carolina ,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1791 - Buncombe County, North Carolina Died - 1863 - Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina Buried - Aft 1863 - Hemptown Baptist Church Cemetery, Hemp, Fannin County, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Son of Isham Harris & Anne Campbell Married Elizabeth Mashburn Davis abt. 1821 Father of eight children: Margaret Eliz. Harris (Ashworth)- 1823-1898 John Harris - 1824-1849* James Wesley Harris - 1827-1904 Susan Selina Harris (Brevard) - 1830-1902 Ann Elizabeth Harris (Davidson) - 1832-1915 Abel Franklin Harris - 1834-1862* Thomas Lenora Harris - 1836-1929 Merritt N. Harris - 1841-1849* *Sons, John and Merritt, died in Buncombe Co., N.C. in 1849 from typhoid fever; Abel Franklin died in 1862 from disease in Petersburg, Va. while in service to the CSA.