Genealogy Record For
Buckner Harris - (Mark's 4th Cousin, 7x removed)
General Buckner F Harris (1761-10/27/1815)
  • Spouse: (Nancy) Matilda Ann Early (Harris) (1754-1821)
  • Children:
    1. Daughter: Sophia Harris (Jones) (1790-06/06/1852)
    2. Daughter: Letitia Harris (Dickson) (1795 - 1864) B:ackson, Hinds Co., Mississippi, D:Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, Married David C. Dickson (1793-1836) on  20 Sep 1810 in Jackson Co., Georgia (possible 10 children))
    3. Son: Buckner Harris (4 Jul 1801 - Aug. 19, 1866) B:Athens, Clarke Co., Georgia, USA, D:Gonzales, Gonzales Co., Texas, USA, Marriage to 1) Peninah Steele (1801-1848) in Gonzales Co., Texas, they had 10 children, then married 2) Margaret Barnett Dunn Houston (1814-1850) and they had one daughter, Buckner is buried at Gonzales Masonic Cemetery, Ganzales, Texas)
    4. Son: Early Harris (? - 1821) D:Mississippi Territory, Marriage to Unknown, and they had one son, Wiley Pope Harris (1818-1891))
    5. Son: Dr. Charles Walton Harris (? - ?)
    6. Son: Wiley P. Harris (? - ?)
    7. Son: William Crawford Harris (? - ?)
  • Parents
    1. Father: Captain Walton Harris, Sr. (12/06/1739-07/20/1809)
    2. Mother: Rebecca Louise Lanier (Harris) (12/16/1744-07/04/1818)
  • Siblings
    1. Brother: Sampson Harris (11 Apr 1763 - BEF 1809) Married Susan Terrell Willis (1762 - ?) in 1783 and they had 8 children)
    2. Brother: Joel Harris (1765 - ?) B&D:Brunswick Co., Virginia, Died in childhood)
    3. Brother: Augustine Harris (30 Jan 1766 - 21 Jun 1836) B:Brunswick Co., Virginia, D:Pomona, near Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., Georgia, Marriage to Anne Byrne (1774-1850) and they had 3 children - Anne was the daughter of Edward Byrne and Anne Lewis)
    4. Brother: Edwin Lanier Harris (1769 - 1831) B:Brunswick Co., Virginia, D:Iberville Parrish, Louisiana, Marriage to 1) Elizabeth Logan then married 2) Julian Carden, and they had 4 children)
    5. Brother: Nathan Harris (1770 - ?) B:Brunswick Co., Virginia, Marriage to Elizabeth Starnes and they had 3 children)
    6. Brother: Simeon Harris (1775 - ?) B&D:Brunswick Co., Virginia, Died in childhood)
    7. Brother: Walton Harris, Jr. (10 Jul 1775 - 23 Apr 1820) B:Brunswick Co., Virginia, D:Watkinsville, Oconee Co., Georgia, Married Virginia Beverly Billups (1787-1877) on 19 Jan 1802 in Jefferson, Georgia and they had 8 or 9 children)
    8. Sister: (Betsy) Elizabeth M. Harris (Crews) (1775 - ?) Marriage to John Crews and they had 2 children)
    9. Brother: Littleton Harris (1780 - ?) died in childhood)
    10. Brother: Jeptha Vining Harris (27 Apr 1782 - 29 Jun 1856) B:Wilkes Co., Georgia, D:Marietta, Cobb Co., Georgia, Marriage to Sarah Carter Hunt (1789-1871) on 11 Oct 1804 (daughter of  Richardson Hunt and Nancy Carter) and they had 12 children)
    11. Brother: Lucy Eliza Harris (Booth) (? - ?) Marriage to Benjamin Harrison Booth (1798-1836) and they had 2 children)
    12. Brother: P. T. Harris (? - ?) Marriage to Unknown and they had 2 children)
Buckner's Personal Information
Born in Brunswick County, Virginia (VA), USA in 1761
Died in Saint Augustine, St. Johns Co., Florida (FL), USA on Friday, October 27, 1815 (Age 55)
Cemetery: Unknown
Marriage to:
    (Nancy) Matilda Ann Early (Harris) (1754-1821)
Comments: Death also show as 5 May 1814 and place of death also shown as St Marys River, Florida

Other possible children include - William Crawford Harris (1801-?), Charles Walton Harris (1804 - ?), Wiley Pope Harris (1797 - ?) and James Russell Harris - Details are sketchy for these children, Wiley Pope may have been the child of Buckner's first son along with some of the others.

Served - Private, Revolutionary War.

Jackson Co., Representative, GA General Assembly 1797-1801, 1804-1805

Judge of the Inferior Court (County Commissioner), Jackson Co., 1799-1809

War of 1812 - General., led troops into East Florida when ruled by the Spanish.
Assassinated after Spain offered a reward for his head.

At an early age he was engaged with the Late Governor Clarke in fighting the Tories and Indians during the Revolutionary War; was at the siege of Augusta when the fort was held by a British Colonel Brown. 

Under secret orders from Mr. Madison's cabinet, he occupied a part of East Florida, then the property of Spain, he was general of the American troops called the Patriots. 

Along with Governor Matthews of Revolutionary fame and Major Alexander, they were authorized by the Federal Government to occupy Florida, etc., but the Government perfidiously in its diplomatic intercourse with Spain disavowed its complicity.

General Harris resided with his young family at St. Augustine, East Florida, until he was assassinated under the reward for his head by the Spanish Governor in the year 1815. Upon the happening of this event, his widow removed with her younger children to Jackson, Miss.
Source: Melanie DuCoin and 
Catherine Burr's Rootsweb Site and
Find a Grave entry for General Buckner F Harris - Child 1 and
Find a Grave entry for General Buckner F Harris - Child 1 (DUP) and
Royal Ancestry File and
Mara Harris's Rootsweb Site and
Family Central Network and
Find a Grave entry for Robert Early Harris - Child 1 and
Find a Grave entry for Judge Buckner Harris - Child 4
Family Lines: Buckner is listed in the following family line report: Washington
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