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                   The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Volume 57 page 204
Miss Mattie Harris Caldwell. DAR ID Number: 56587
Born in Greensboro, N. C.
Descendant of Rev. David Caldwell, D. D., M. D., Rachel Craighead Caldwell,
Peter Epes, Major Thomas Harris, and Dr. Charles Harris. Daughter of Robert
Newton Caldwell and Henrietta Lydia Harris, his wife. Granddaughter of
Thomas Caldwell and Elizabeth Doak, his wife; Samuel Stanhope Harris, M. D.,
and Martha Ann (Harris), his 2nd wife. Gr-granddaughter of Rev. David
Caldwell and Rachel Craighead, his wife; Charles Harris and Sarah Harris,
his wife (parents of Samuel); Charles Harris and Ann Eliza Epes, his wife
(parents of Martha). Gr-gr-granddaughter of Peter Epes and Mary
Poythress, his wife; Thomas Harris and Nancy Caruth, his wife (parents of
Charles, who married Ann Eliza Epes). David Caldwell (1725-1824), a
graduate of Princeton, removed to North Carolina, where he was a member
of the Constitutional Convention, 1776. He was a preacher, teacher, and
was constantly harassed by the Tories. In 1781 the British encamped on
his plantation and burned his valuable library and sermons. He was born
in Lancaster County, Pa.; died in Mechlenburg County, N. C. His wife was
a patriot and her name is among the heroines of the Revolution. He was
born in Lancaster County, Pa.; died in Guilford County, N. C.
Peter Epes (1730-1808) was a member of the Committee of Intelligence
and Safety, 1775, of Prince George County, Va., where he was born and died.
Also Thomas Harris (1760-1820) was a major in command of an expedition
to Camden, S. C., 1776. He was born in Harrisburg, Pa.; died in Iredell
County, N. C. [p.204] Charles Harris, M. D. (1762-1825), was a patriot,
soldier, and physician. He left school and served under Colonel Davie in
the Revolutionary War. He was born in Pennsylvania; died in Faroni, N. C.
Information on Major Thomas Harris, son of Charles Harris and Jane McIlhenny, grandson of Robert Harris and Dorothy Wylie given to me by Ann Gary