Snapshot: | lieutenant during the French and Indian War donated to anti-Indian militia, and to American patriots during the Revolutionary War Harrisonburg, Virginia is named in his honor |
Parents: | 1944Isaiah Harrison 1945Abigail ___ |
Born: | perhaps circa 1712 location unknown |
Died: | by 24 January 1785 Rockingham County, Virginia |
Buried: | uncertain; see notes below |
Who was 1944Isaiah Harrison had five children by his first wife Elizabeth Wright: Isaiah, John, Gideon, Mary, and Elizabeth. After Elizabeth's death, by 1702 1944Isaiah had subsequently re-married to 1945Abigail ___. Since we know that 1944Isaiah was |
His Delaware property notwithstanding,
Date | Description of Land | Image Link(s) | Source |
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15 March 1744 | 233 acres on the east fork of Cook's Creek | 213, 214, 215 | |
15 March 1744 | 258 acres on the head spring of the east fork of Cook's Creek | 217, 218 | |
15 March 1744 | 250 acres on the east branch of Cook's Creek | 854, 855, 856 | |
10 September 1755 | 150 acres on a sinking spring branch of Linville's Creek | 640 | |
10 September 1755 | 229 acres on Muddy Creek | 641 | |
10 March 1756 | 120 acres on a branch of Linville's Creek at a place called Harrison's Cotton Patch | 685 | |
16 August 1756 | 212 acres on the northwest side of the south branch of Linville's Creek | 131 | |
1 March 1773 | 1290 acres total, although this encompassed much of the land from previous patents. However, it did include 529 new acres never before granted. | 41 |
In 1742,
On 22 March 1743,
Historians once believed that
The night of 22 October 1753, a disoriented group of Moravians camped out in front of
Two deeds from November 1764 identify
In 1774
On 5 August 1779,
During the Revolutionary War,
By 24 January 1785,
J. Houston Harrison's classic book Settlers by the Long Grey Trail on page 27 describes
1: Sussex County, Delaware. Deed book GN7, page 4, deed from Isiah Harrison to his son Thom
2: Oyster Bay Town Records, Volume II: 1691-1704 (Tobias Wright, New York, 1924), page 390. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM7-G3NS-J?i=230&cat=232905>, accessed 31 May 2021.
3: Oyster Bay Town Records, Volume II: 1691-1704 (Tobias Wright, New York, 1924), page 530. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM7-G3FG-J>, accessed 31 May 2021. 1945Abigail co-signed the deed with 1944Isaiah, so we can conclude that they were already married by this time.
4: Suffolk County, New York. Deeds book A, page 113. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WY-K53S?i=87&wc=M7CH-3P8%3A358136501%2C359688701&cc=2078654>, accessed 31 May 2021. This record explicitly affirms that 1945Abigail was 1944Isaiah's wife.
5: Virginia land office patent book 22 (1743-1745), pages 213, 214, and 215, patent dated 15 March 1744. Library of Virginia, <http://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO-1/020/201-300.html>, accessed 5 June 2021.
6: Virginia land office patent book 22 (1743-1745), pages 217-218, patent dated 15 March 1744. Library of Virginia, <http://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO-1/020/201-300.html>, accessed 5 June 2021.
7: Virginia land office patent book 23 (1743-1745), pages 854, 855, and 856, patent dated 15 March 1744. Library of Virginia, <http://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO-1/021/767-866.html>, accessed 5 June 2021.
8: Virginia land office patent book 32 (1752-1756), page 640, patent dated 10 September 1755. Library of Virginia, <http://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO-1/030/603-702.html>, accessed 5 June 2021.
9: Virginia land office patent book 32 (1752-1756), page 641, patent dated 10 September 1755. Library of Virginia, <http://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO-1/030/603-702.html>, accessed 5 June 2021.
10: Virginia land office patent book 32 (1752-1756), page 685, patent dated 10 March 1756. Library of Virginia, <http://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO-1/030/603-702.html>, accessed 5 June 2021.
11: Virginia land office patent book 34 (1756-1765), page 131, patent dated 16 August 1756. Library of Virginia, <http://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO-1/033-034/102-201.html>, accessed 5 June 2021.
12: Virginia land office patent book 41 (1772-1773), page 41, patent dated 1 March 1773. Library of Virginia, <http://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/LO-2/040/1-100.html>, accessed 5 June 2021.
13: Orange County, Virginia. Order book 3 (1741-1743), page 175. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4N-W998-G>, accessed 4 June 2021.
14: ibid., page 205. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4N-W99S-L?i=102>, accessed 4 June 2021.
15: Orange County, Virginia. Order book 4 (1741-1743), page 58. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4N-W9M3-W?i=306>, accessed 4 June 2021.
16: William J. Hinke and Charles E. Kemper, "Moravian Diaries of Travels Through Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 12 (1904), page 145. Internet Archive, <https://archive.org/details/virginiamagazin02socigoog/page/n182/mode/2up>, accessed 5 June 2021.
17: Augusta County, Virginia. Orders book 4 (1753-1755), page 193. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4H-C9PJ-B?i=119&cat=275633>, accessed 4 June 2021.
18: Augusta County, Virginia. Deeds book 11 (1762-1765), page 752. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKW-N3N4-J>, accessed 4 June 2021.
19: ibid., pages 756-757. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKW-N3N4-Q>, accessed 4 June 2021.
20: Augusta County, Virginia. Order book 16 (1774-1779), page 37. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4H-CSB1-7?i=31&cat=275633>, accessed 4 June 2021.
21: Rockingham County, Virginia. Burnt deed book 0 (1778-1793), pages 291-293. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYX-K975-9?i=168&cat=386882> et seq., accessed 4 June 2021.
22: Wikimedia user Artaxerxes, "Historical marker A33 Court Square downtown Harrisonburg VA July 2008" (online image), Wikimedia, <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historical_marker_A33_Court_Square_downtown_Harrisonburg_VA_July_2008.jpg>. The photo was taken from coordinates N38.4494 W78.8686.
23: Rockingham County, Virginia. Personal property tax list for 1783, section labeled "Major Robert Cravens," page 2 thereof, column 2, entry 3 thereof, for Tho
24: Rockingham County, Virginia. Court minutes book 1 (1778-1792), part 1 (1778-1786), page 398. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYD-X93R-P?i=213&cat=376708>, accessed 4 June 2021.
25: Rockingham County, Virginia. Burnt deed book 00 (1793-1802), pages 20-22. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYX-K942-H?i=328&cat=386882> et seq., accessed 4 June 2021. On page 21 the deed references "the last will + Testament of Thomas Harrison Deceased Bearing date the twenty first Day of February 1776."
26: ibid., pages 278-280. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYX-K94X-P?i=457&cat=386882>, accessed 4 June 2021.