Genealogy Record For
Rebecca Harris - (Mark's 3rd Cousin, 8x removed)
Rebecca Louise Lanier (Harris) (12/16/1744-07/04/1818)
  • Spouse: Captain Walton Harris, Sr. (12/06/1739-07/20/1809)
  • Children:
    1. Son: Lester Harris (1752 - DEC 1831) B:Virginia, D:Plaquemine, Iberville, Louisiana)
    2. Son: General Buckner F Harris (1761-10/27/1815)
    3. Son: Sampson (Judge) Harris (11 APR 1763 - 1807) B:Brunswick, Virginia, D:Madison, Morgan, Georgia, Married Susan Terrell Willis (1765 - ?) in 1783 and they had 2/8 children)
    4. Daughter: Rebecca Harris (O'Briant) (1765 - 30 AUG 1836) B:Granville, North Carolina, D:Person, North Carolina, Married Dennis O'Briant, Sr. (1760-1817) and they had 10 children)
    5. Son: Augustine H. Harris (30 Jan 1766 - 21 Jun 1836) B:Brunswick Co., Virginia, D:Clarke, Georgia, Marriage to Anne Byrne (1776-1850) and they had 4 children - Anne was the daughter of Edward Byrne and Anne Lewis)
    6. Son: Edwin Lanier Harris (1769 - Dec 1831) B:Brunswick Co., Virginia, D:Plaquemine, Iberville Parrish, Louisiana, Marriage to 1) Elizabeth Julia Carden (1769-1822) and they had 6 children)
    7. Daughter: (Betsy) Elizabeth M. Harris (Crews) (1770 - 1818) B:Virginia, D:Greene, Virginia, Marriage to John Crews (1770-1825) and they had 4 children)
    8. Son: Nathan Harris, III (1771 - 1809) B:Greene, Georgia, D:Georgia, Marriage to 1) Susannah Appling (1782-1845) and they had 7 children, then married 3) Elizabeth Burley (1764-1840) and they had 4 children)
    9. Son: Sampson Leroy (P.T.?) Harris (11 APR 1773 - 18 SEP 1862) B:? D:Sharpsburg, Washington, Maryland, Married Susan Willis and they had one son, Benjamin Harris)
    10. Son: Simon Harris (1775 - 11 MAY 1831) B:Brunswick, Virginia, D:Knox, Tennessee, Married Rebecca Davis (1777 - 1863) and they had 11 children)
    11. Son: Walton (Lt. Col.) Harris (10 Jul 1775 - 23 APR 1820) Anson or Wilkes County, Georgia, D:Watkinsville, Oconee Co., Georgia, Married Virginia Beverly Billups (1787-1877) on 19 Jan 1802 in Jefferson, Georgia and they had 9 children)
    12. Son: Littleton Harris (ABT. 1780 - 7 SEP 1818) B:Brunswick, Virginia,D:Clarke, Georgia)
    13. Son: Jeptha Vining (General) Harris (27 APR 1782 - 29 JUN 1856) B:Wilkes, Georgia, D:Marietta, Georgia, Married Sarah Carter Harris (1789 - 1871) and they had 12 children)
  • Parents
    1. Father: (Sampson) Thomas Sampson Lanier, Jr. (1712-09/01/1757)
    2. Mother: Elizabeth Chamberlain (Lanier) (1720-After 1780)
  • Siblings
    1. Sister: Martha Lanier (Loftin) (1740 - 06 Aug 1823) Married John Loftin (1740-1793) and they had 9 children)
    2. Brother: Burwell Lanier (1737 - Jan 1812) Marriage to 1) Elizabeth Hill then married 2) Mary Kirby-Colson in Jan 1812 in Anson Co, North Carolina, Mary and Burwell had one son)
    3. Brother: Buckner Lanier (1742 - 7 Nov 1811) B:Brunswick County, Virginia, D:Sussex County, Virginia, Marriage to 1) Mary Pemberton then married 2) Rebecca Robinson (1746-1829) and they had 5 children)
    4. Sister: Winifred A. Lanier (McClesky) (1747 - 28 Mar 1843) B:Brunswick; Prince George Co., Virginia, D:Hall County Georgia, Marriage to 1) Drury Ledbetter (1743-1789) and they had 10 children, then marriage to 2) James McClesky in Georgia)
    5. Sister: Anne Nancy Lanier (Vaughn) (1749 - 8 Feb 1833) B:Brunswick; Prince George Co., Virginia, D:Williamsboro, Granville Co., North Carolina, Marriage to 1) William Moore, then married 2) James Vaughn (? - 1816) on 7 Nov 1781 at Greensville County, Virginia )
    6. Sister: Agnes Lanier (Davis) (1752 - 21 Feb 1813) B:Brunswick; Prince George Co., Virginia, D:Wilkes County, Georgia, Marriage to William Davis (1745-1818) and they had one child)
    7. Brother: Lewis Lanier (1753/56 - 12 Feb 1839) B:Brunswick County, Virginia, D:Oliver Co., Georgia, Marriage to 1) Ann Butler (1760 - ?) on 21 Sep 1778 in Sussex County, Virginia and they had 7 children, then married 2) Esther Butts Thorne )
Rebecca's Personal Information
Born in Brunswick County, Virginia (VA), USA on Sunday, December 16, 1744
Died in Greene Co., Georgia (GA), USA on Saturday, July 4, 1818 (Age 74)
Cemetery: Unknown
Marriage to:
    Captain Walton Harris, Sr. (12/06/1739-07/20/1809) on Saturday, March 1, 1760 (Age 15)
     - in Brunswick County, Virginia (VA), USA
     - Married in March 1760
Comments: Birth may have been 6 Dec 1747

Children who died in childhood:

2. Littleton Harris (1760-1765) B&D: Virginia

4. Walton Harris (1763 - 1769)

5. Elizabeth Harris (1763 - 1768)

7. Joel Milton Harris (1765 - 1765) B&D:Brunswick County, Virginia

13. Simeon Harris (1772 - 1775) B:Greene, Georgia, D:North Carolina

Rebecca Lanier, born 1740, married Walton Harris, son of Catherine Walton and Nathaniel Harris, who was born 1716, married 1737 in Burnswick County, Virginia. The children of Rebecca Lanier and Walton Harris were: Buckner (Major General, assassinated in Florida); Sampson, Joel, Edwin (Edwin married Miss Logan of Kentucky); Augustin, Nathan, Simeon, Walton (taken prisoner at seige of Augusta); Elizabeth Littleton and Jeptha Vining. The Sampson Harris mentioned above married Susanna Willis.

Served under Generals Nathaniel Greene and Elijah Clarke in the Revolution in the campaign around Augusta, GA, along with his brother David Walton and Walton Harris' sons, Buckner and Sampson. Walton was made a prisoner.

Moved to the Yadkin narrows, NC and then to Wilkes Co., Georgia where he had been granted 400 acres for his War service.

Then they moved to the Schull shoals on the Oconee river in Greene Co., Georgia

Served - member of Georgia General Assembly 1783

Served - Georgia State Commissioner of Land 1781

Source: Melanie DuCoin and 
Catherine Burr's Rootsweb Site and
Find a Grave entry for Rebecca Lanier Harris and
Find a Grave entry for Augustin Harris - Child 4 and
Find a Grave entry for Col Walton Harris - Child 8 and
Find a Grave entry for Gen Jeptha Vining Harris, Sr - Child 11 and
Harris Origins Web Site and
Royal Ancestry File
Family Lines: Rebecca is listed in the following family line report: Washington
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