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HARRISON Ishmael

Male Abt 1765 - 1842  (~ 77 years)


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  • Name HARRISON Ishmael  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1765  Prince George County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Dec 1842  Sussex County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • General Notes: 1787: Prince George County, Will & Deed Book for 1787-1792, p. 171: 5 December 1787, Ishmael Harrison of Sussex County to Theodorick Harrison of Prince George County, for 20 pounds, sell 25 acres being part of that tract called the Woodyard. Wit: Charles Harrison, John Edwards, Pleasant Harrison. Recorded 8 July 1788. 1789: July 25, p. 323; Shadrack Harrison and Theodoric Harrison of Martins Brandon Parish, Prince George Co. and Ishmael Harrison of Sussex Co. to Elizabeth Cocke of Martins Brandon Parish for L127 a moiety of tract known as "Woodyard" devised by the late Richard Harrison to his sons Ishmael and Charles Harrison 254 acres bounded by Charles Harrison, Thomas and Edward Hobbs, Lands of James Cocke dec'd. and line of Joseph Glover dec'd. Witness: Carter Brockwell, Edward Smith, William Baile, Rec: 13 Oct 1789 1789: Dec. 5, p. 171; Ishmael Harrison of Sussex Co. to Theodorick Harrison of Prince George Co., for L20, 250 acres being part of greater tract given Ishmael Harrison by
      voucher of his father Richard Harrison called "Woodyard". Wit: Charles Harrison, John Edwards, Pleasant Harrison, Rec. 5 Jul 1789. 1789: Dec. 20, p. 191; Shadrack Harrison of Martins Brandon Parish, Prince George Co., and Ishmael Harrison of Sussex Co. to Elizabeth Cocke of Prince George Co. for L70 for which the Harrisons are indebted to Elizabeth Cocke, 200 acres in Martins Brandon Parish being a moiety of a 400 acres tract devised by the late Richard Harrison in his will to his sons Ishmael and Charles known as the "Woodyard" which Shadrack Harrison received in exchange for other land from his brother Ishmael. Wit: Richard Bailey, Theodoric Harrison, Edward Smith 1795: Sussex Co., Deed Book H/388, 10 Nov 1795: Indenture between Shadrack Harrison and Elizabeth his wife and Alexander Harrison and Frances his wife and Ishmael Harrison of Sussex Co, 1st part and Thomas Edmund Peebles, sell for 120 pounds, 100 acres, land in Co. of Sussex, N. side of Warwick Swamp, tract of land from Richard Harrison. Wit: Peyton Mason, Nathaniel Peebles, Wm. Clark. 1810 Virginia Census, Sussex Co.: Ishmael Harrison; Males - 2/ 10-16, 1/ 16-26, 1/ 26-45, Females - 3/ under 10, 1/ 10-16, 1/ 26-45, all others - 1, Slaves - 1 1813: In Sussex County is recorded a deed, 2 January 1813, by Glaister Hunnicutt, to James Myrick . . . bounded by lands belonging to Thomas G. Peebles . . . acknowledged in court 2 September 1813 by Ishmael Harrison, a witness to Flaister Hunnicutt's signature; and was again acknowledged by Ishmael Harrison 5 January 1815, without any record suggestive of Glaister Hunnicutt's being dead at this date. 1815: On the 1815, Va. Landowners Directory, Volume 2, South Central Region, Sussex County, there is a Ishmael Harrison on Warwick Swamp, 16 miles North East of the Court House. This will may be for Ishmael senior's son and not for himself. 1842: Will of Ishmael Harrison, Sussex County, written 8 Dec 1842, proved 5 Jan 1843. Daughter Susan M. Harrison, Daughters, Elizabeth, Tabathy J. Harrison, Rebecca P. Tatum. He gives home to Susan M. Harrison and is also to be a home for Tabathy J. Harrison and her two children. Sons Burwell Harrison, Malcomb A. Harrison, James G. Harrison, William T. Harrison. Wit: Edward H. Daniel, Thos. Mason, Harrison Morris, Milam E. Mauree? 1842: Will of Ishmael Harrison: In the name of God Amen, I Ishmael Harrison of the County of Sussex and State of Virginia being weak of body but sound of mind and _______ make ordain and constitute this my last will and testament in manner and form following revoking all others hencefore made by me. Imp: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susan M. Harrison all of my negroes after paying all of my just debts to her during her life and then to be equally divided among my daughters Elizabeth G. ________, Tabithy I Harmon and Rebecca P. Tatum. I give unto
      my daughter Susan M. Harrison the plantation on which I now reside to her and her heirs forever and desire it to be a home for my daughter Tabithy J. Harrison and her two children. I give unto my three sons, Burrell, Malcomb A., James G and William T. Harrison the sum of five dollars. Written 8 December 1842. Ishmael Harrison Wit: Edmund H. Daniel, Thos Mason, Harrison Morriss, Milam E. Mauree. Probated January 1843 In 2001, Gary Williams, Clerk of Sussex County provided the following information regarding the house of Ishmael Harrison which still exists: In tracing the title to this property, which is right at the Prince George-Sussex line, I found the land was derived from Alexander Harrison's 620 acres on the 1787 Land Book. I presume that the house was built soon after Ishmael acquired it around 1786. Ishmael left the property to his daughter Susan M. Harrison under his 1843 will (W.B.O, p.8). Susan sold the house with 121.66 acres in 1848 to her brother, William T. Harrison (D.B.U, p. 400). It remained in the Harrison family until it was sold by foreclosure in 1860 (D.B.W, p. 68). Phyllis A. Joyner, the present owner, resides at 110 Reade Street, Apt. 2, New York, NY 10003.

      Noted events in his life were:

      birth: He was underage at the time of Richard Harrison's death as proven by the papers filed in Sussex Chancery Suit 1806-10
      Ishmael married Elizabeth Gee , daughter of William Gee and Unknown , on 7 Jan 1786 in Brunswick Co, VA.
      Marriage Contract: Sur. Thomas Rives, Wit: John Gee, both of Meherrin parish; married by Thomas Gundie, rector of St. Andrew's Parish [2]
    Person ID I11966  Booth Family
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2015 

    Father HARRISON Richard,   b. 1712   d. 1791 (Age 79 years) 
    Mother HARRISON Elizabeth --LNU--,   b. Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1781, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GEE Elizabeth   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 7 Jan 1786  Brunswick County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Marriage Contract: Sur. Thomas Rives, Wit: John Gee, both of Meherrin parish; married by Thomas Gundie, rector of St. Andrew's Parish
    Family ID F4224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2015 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1765 - Prince George County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Jan 1786 - Brunswick County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Dec 1842 - Sussex County, VA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1186] Charlie Rathbun, Charlie Rathbun (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1194] Patrick Morgan Harrison, Harrison Report, Descendants of William Harrison, First Harrison ? (Reliability: 3).