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Thomas Jefferson Harrison

Male 1831 - 1868  (37 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Jefferson Harrison was born on 4 Aug 1831 (son of B Jonas Harrison and Ellinder Nelly Shannon); died on 25 Dec 1868 in Texas, USA; was buried in 1868 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Watson Cemetery


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  B Jonas Harrison was born on 11 Oct 1777 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA; died on 8 Aug 1836 in Shelby County, Texas, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relocated: Jan 1821, Texas, USA; From Georgia
    • Fact 1: 17 Aug 1835; Texas Character Certificates

    Notes:

    Abandoned first family in 1819 in financial disaster, moved South.
    Harrison County Texas named for him

    B married Ellinder Nelly Shannon on 26 Jun 1819 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA. Ellinder (daughter of Owen Shannon and Margaret Montgomery) was born on 20 Mar 1801 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died on 28 Aug 1877 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ellinder Nelly Shannon was born on 20 Mar 1801 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA (daughter of Owen Shannon and Margaret Montgomery); died on 28 Aug 1877 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA.
    Children:
    1. Margaret Peggy Harrison was born on 15 Dec 1821 in Harrison, Texas, USA; died on 18 Oct 1857 in Tarrant County, Texas, USA.
    2. Jacob Harrison was born in 1825; died in 1867.
    3. Dewitt Clinton Harrison was born in 1827 in Texas, USA; died in 1902.
    4. John H Harrison was born in 1830; died in 1860 in Texas, USA; was buried in 1860 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA.
    5. 1. Thomas Jefferson Harrison was born on 4 Aug 1831; died on 25 Dec 1868 in Texas, USA; was buried in 1868 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA.
    6. William Henry Harrison was born on 27 Sep 1833 in Texas, USA; died in 1899 in Texas, USA.
    7. Almira Harrison was born in 1836; died in 1870.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Owen Shannon was born in 1762 in South Carolina, USA (son of Thomas Shannon, Sr and Eleanor Ringe); died on 15 Nov 1838 in Dobbin, Montgomery, Texas, USA; was buried in 1838 in Montgomery, Texas, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 1: DNA Kit 154822
    • Residence: 1767, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
    • Military: Between 1775 and 1783; Per Plaque posted by Montgomery County DAR
    • Land: 1784, Franklin County, Georgia, USA; Received Headright Land
    • Residence: 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; Based on Tax Records
    • Fact 1: 1791, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; Tax Returns 1791
    • Will: 10 Feb 1794, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; Mentioned in Father's Will
    • Relocated: 1822, Pecan Point, Mississippi, Arkansas, USA; From Georgia
    • Residence: 1824, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA; District of Irish Boyou
    • Residence: 1826, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA
    • Will: 1834, Montgomery, Texas, USA; LW&T

    Notes:

    Some records have him buried at Joel Greenwood Cemetery in Plantersville
    Some records indicate birth date of 1771 and death date of 1834


    Buried:
    Old Methodist Cemetery

    Owen married Margaret Montgomery on 22 Oct 1792 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA. Margaret (daughter of John Montgomery and Elizabeth Rush) was born in 1772 in Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA; died in 1854 in Dobbin, Montgomery, Texas, USA; was buried in 1854 in Montgomery, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Margaret Montgomery was born in 1772 in Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA (daughter of John Montgomery and Elizabeth Rush); died in 1854 in Dobbin, Montgomery, Texas, USA; was buried in 1854 in Montgomery, Texas, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Relocated: 1821, Montgomery, Texas, USA; From Georgia
    • Residence: 1840, Montgomery, Texas, USA
    • Residence: 1846, Montgomery, Texas, USA; Texas Poll List 1846
    • Residence: 1850, Montgomery, Texas, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Jacob Shannon Evergreen Cemetery

    Children:
    1. John Shannon was born in 1794 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA; died on 12 Feb 1838 in Montgomery, Texas, USA.
    2. Mary Polly Shannon was born about 1794 in Georgia, USA; died about 1850 in Scott County, Missouri, USA.
    3. Ruthy Shannon was born in 1797 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died on 2 Oct 1856 in Montgomery, Texas, USA.
    4. Nancy Hannah Shannon was born in 1801 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died in 1868 in Montgomery, Texas, USA.
    5. 3. Ellinder Nelly Shannon was born on 20 Mar 1801 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died on 28 Aug 1877 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA.
    6. Jacob Montgomery Shannon, Sr was born on 6 Mar 1804 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died on 22 May 1878 in Dobbin, Montgomery, Texas, USA; was buried in 1878 in Montgomery, Texas, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Thomas Shannon, Sr was born in 1735 in Ireland (son of Thomas Shannon and Eigness Reid); died on 10 Feb 1794 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • DAR Number: A102839
    • Residence: 1767, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
    • Military: 14 Feb 1770, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; Battle of Kettle Creek
    • Relocated: 1773, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; From Virginia
    • Land: Sep 1773, Georgia, USA; Applied for "Ceded Lands" of NE Georgia
    • Military: Abt 1778, Georgia, USA
    • Land: 1784, Wilkes, Georgia, USA
    • Residence: 1790, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; Based on Tax Records
    • Fact 1: 1791, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; Tax Returns 1791
    • Will: 10 Feb 1794, Wilkes, Georgia, USA; LW&T

    Thomas married Eleanor Ringe in 1751 in Georgia, USA. Eleanor was born in 1733 in Ireland; died in 1796 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Eleanor Ringe was born in 1733 in Ireland; died in 1796 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1770, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Summer

    Children:
    1. Sarah Margaret Shannon was born in 1752 in Virginia, USA; died in Dec 1783 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA.
    2. Mary Shannon was born in 1754 in Virginia, USA; died in 1798 in Georgia, USA.
    3. Hannah Shannon was born in 1756 in Virginia, USA; died after Dec 1793.
    4. Thomas Shannon, Jr was born in 1760 in Amherst, Virginia, USA; died in 1868.
    5. John Shannon was born in 1760 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA; died in May 1815 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA.
    6. 6. Owen Shannon was born in 1762 in South Carolina, USA; died on 15 Nov 1838 in Dobbin, Montgomery, Texas, USA; was buried in 1838 in Montgomery, Texas, USA.

  3. 14.  John Montgomery was born in 1737 in Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (son of John Montgomery and Martha Montgomery); died after 1809 in Texas, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact 1: 4 Children as of 1797; 1 died young in PA
    • Occupation: Weaver
    • Relocated: Abt 1771, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; From Pennsylvania
    • Fact 1: 18 Jul 1777, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Appointed Constable
    • Will: 10 Mar 1778, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Mentioned in Father's Will; inherited Plantation
    • Residence: 1790, Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; District 4
    • Fact 1: 1794, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Started process to settle brother James' estate
    • Fact 2: 1798, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Completed process to settle brother James' estate
    • Residence: 1800, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
    • Land: 1806, Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Sold additional land to Trustees of Sugaw Presby Church
    • Land: 15 May 1806, Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Sold 1771 land to Archibald Frew 205 Acres
    • Land: Apr 1807, Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Petition to court to correct records on Land Inherited from Father
    • Relocated: 1808, Blount County, Tennessee, USA
    • Relocated: Aft 1809, Texas, USA; After Alabama
    • Relocated: Aft 1809, Alabama, USA; And then to Texas

    Notes:

    Do I have the children of John and Elizabeth right?

    John married Elizabeth Rush in 1757 in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1740 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1797 in Blount County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Elizabeth Rush was born in 1740 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1797 in Blount County, Tennessee, USA.

    Notes:

    There are doubts about the identity of John Montgomery's wife. The name Rush is not proven.
    Per family chart created by James Troy Montgomery, Elizabeth Rush died in 1797 in Blount, TN

    Children:
    1. Martha Montgomery was born in 1763 in South Carolina, USA.
    2. 7. Margaret Montgomery was born in 1772 in Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA; died in 1854 in Dobbin, Montgomery, Texas, USA; was buried in 1854 in Montgomery, Texas, USA.
    3. James Montgomery was born in 1773 in Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA; was buried in Plantersville, Grimes, Texas, USA.


  

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