William HARRIS, SR
1840 US Federal Census Robertson County, Tennessee
Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 (Ancestry.com), 2 Dec 1809, Charlotte, VA
1830 US Federal Census Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee
1850 US Federal Census Dist 3, Robertson, Tennessee
NOTES: Might be the William Harris on the 1810 Census in Hillsborough, Orange, NC.
Likely had a son, Henry Munday, born about 1806, in Charlotte, VA. Registered as a free mulatto man on 2 Aug 1830. No. 77, Henry Munday a bright mulatto man aged about twenty four years the son of Tempe Munday a free white woman was born in the County of Charlotte six feet high...registered 2 August 1830.
NOTE: Researcher Peggy Magee says Mary Elizabeth Harris' parents are William S Harris (1811, KY), and Parmelia P. (1815, KY). This is incorrect. Her death record lists the correct parents. Additionally, Mary Elizabeth Harris is shown in 1860 in the home of her parents, William and Leah Harris, in Jersey, IL, listed as Mary McDow (her married name).
He married Temperance Munday 2 Dec 1809 at Charlotte, Virginia . Temperance Munday was born at Virginia Abt 1791 daughter of William Munday and Nancy Staples .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Allen Harris
born Abt 1810.
William Harris
born 9 Mar 1818.
Samuel Harris
born 1820.
Mary Harris
born 1823.
Martha a Harris
born 1825.
Susan Harris
born 1829.
Mahala Harris
born 1831.
Lucinda Harris
born 1833.
William Harris, Sr died 1855 at Robertson, Tennessee .