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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1,000 items) |
Abstract | The Harris family includes William Harris Senior, an Irish immigrant to North Carolina, and his son, Joshua Harris. The collection includes a complete copy of family records kept by Joshua Harris, including a list of family marriages, 1830-1858, and deaths, 1832-1858, with ages. Included is correspondence of Miss Clara C. Harris of Concord, N.C., with scattered members of the Harris, Hampton, Shelby and related families, chiefly of Mecklenburg County and Cabarrus County, N.C., about genealogy; and genealogical correspondence, 1909-1923, and data and scattered family papers of the Reverend John Abner Harris of western North Carolina, concerning the Harris, McLelland, Morrison, and Stevenson families of Iredell County, N.C., and the Harris family in Indiana and Pennsylvania. Also included is scattered personal correspondence, 1850-1856, of female family members and their friends living near Concord, N.C., including a letter, 1854, from a student at Edgeworth Seminary, Greensboro, N.C., discussing school life. |
Creator | Harris (Family : Harris, Clara C. (Clara Carmichael), 1878-1968) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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The Harris family of North Carolina includes William Harris Senior, an Irish immigrant to North Carolina, and his son, Joshua. Other related persons include Clara C. Harris of Concord, N.C.; J. A. (John Abner) Harris (1861-1924), presbyterian minister; and his great-grandfather, Samuel Harris of Iredell County, N.C.
Back to TopThe collection includes a complete copy of family records kept by Joshua Harris, including a list of family marriages, 1830-1858, and deaths, 1832-1858, with ages. There is also correspondence of Miss Clara C. Harris of Concord, N.C., with scattered members of the Harris, Hampton, Shelby and related families, chiefly of Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties, N.C., about genealogy; and genealogical correspondence, 1909-1923, and data and scattered family papers of the Reverend John Abner Harris of western North Carolina, concerning the Harris, McLelland, Morrison, and Stevenson families of Iredell County, N.C., and the Harris family in Indiana and Pennsylvania. Also included is scattered personal correspondence, 1850-1856, of female family members and their friends living near Concord, N.C., including a letter, 1854, from a student at Edgeworth Seminary, Greensboro, N.C., discussing school life.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1779-1836 |
Folder 2 |
1850-1858, 1893-1905 |
Folder 3 |
1906-1909 |
Folder 4-6
Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6 |
1910 |
Folder 7-9
Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9 |
1911 |
Folder 10 |
1912 |
Folder 11 |
1913 |
Folder 12 |
1914 |
Folder 13 |
1915 |
Folder 14 |
1916 |
Folder 15-17
Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17 |
1917-1918 |
Folder 18 |
1919 |
Folder 19 |
1920 |
Folder 20 |
1921 |
Folder 21a |
1922-1927 |
Folder 21b |
1928-1929 |
Folder 21c |
1930-1935 |
Folder 21d |
1936-1939 |
Folder 21e |
1940-1948 |
Folder 22-24
Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24 |
Undated |
Folder 25-27
Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27 |
Census records, Harris family |
Folder 28-32
Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32 |
Family data |
Folder 33 |
Volume 1: Genealogy notebook, compiled by J. A. Harris |
Folder 34 |
Volume 2: Genealogy notebook and clippings, compiled by J. A. Harris |