John HARNESS

                   Patterson Creek


Not listed in JohnÕs will (1810)
                  

                   or 17 Nov 1760 or 24 Nov 1760

or 15 Jun 1828 or 24 Jan 1829
                  

                   Not listed in John or EuniceÕs wills (1810. 1823)

IÕm wondering if the marriage to John Cunningham is correct - I canÕt find a source for it. This might really be George HarnessÕs wife, Rebecca Casey born in 1765 -  which would explain why she wasnÕt in John or EuniceÕs wills. Now the only question is why George wasnÕt in JohnÕs will (he died before Eunice).

Title: Glimpse of the Past, the Harness Family History, A
Author: Harness, Harold Duncan
Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD, 1983
Page: 49
                  

                   Not listed in John or EuniceÕs wills (1810. 1823) - OK  died in 1804
                  

                   Not listed in John or EuniceÕs wills (1810. 1823)
                  

                   Moved to Clark co, Kentucky in about 1802.

William Snodgrass did not marry this Sarah Harness in 1820 in Hardy co, Virginia (West).

Obituary, Lexington Obituary & Reporter; 26 Apr 1845. Buried VanMeter Cemetery, VanMeter Road, Clark County, Kentucky.

". . . a daughter of Mikel Harness, of whom further notice is given elsewhere. Mrs. Cunningham possessed great force of character, energy, and determination, with great practical common sense, and many persons attributed their great success as much to her capacity as to his. One thing was very obvious to those who were intimate with them--that in a quiet way she exerted quite an influence, and he seldom transacted any important business without consulting her. She invariably had "the casting vote." She was a very active and influential member of the Presbyterian Church, and perhaps the most liberal contributor to its support in the country. It was during her life that the struggle came up between the old and new school factions of that denomination, and it was, perhaps, more through her influence than any other person that the denomination in Clark County held fast to the faith and principles of the old school. There was a very strenuous effort made by the new school faction to bring her to their views, and the Rev. Joseph C. Stiles, a very gifted and talented minister of the new school party, and to whom she was very much attached, made frequent visits to see her and brought his best efforts to bear, but in vain."
B. F. VanMeter, G&BS, pp. 170-71