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James Harrison
1748 - 1815 (66 years)-
Name James Harrison Born 20 Jul 1748 Halifax County, Virginia, USA 
- Source: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
Gender Male Married 20 Jul 1773 Guilford, North Carolina, USA Revolutionary War Jul 1777 Virginia, USA Residence Jun 1786 Jones County, North Carolina, USA [1] North Carolina early Census Index Died 18 Jan 1815 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA [2] - Cripple Creek Plantation.
Sources: Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties / Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
Buried Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA - Harrison Family Cemetery
Person ID I798 Mackley Last Modified 10 Jul 2019
Father John Harrison, b. Abt. 1719, Orange County, Virginia, USA , d. Jan 1761, Halifax County, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 42 years) Mother Sarah Daniel, b. Before 1732, Orange County, Virginia, USA , d. 9 Jan 1761, Halifax County, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 29 years) Married 1743/1747 Surry County, Virginia, USA - Need additional verification.
Family ID F285 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Hampton, b. 14 Jan 1758, Orange County, Virginia, USA , d. 28 Jul 1799, Greenville, South Carolina, USA (Age 41 years) Married 20 Jul 1773 Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Children + 1. Joseph Harrison, b. 1771/5, Maryland, USA 2. Isham Harrison, b. 4 Nov 1788, Greenville, South Carolina, USA Last Modified 8 Jul 2019 Family ID F278 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Revolutionary War - Jul 1777 - Virginia, USA 
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James Harrison Birth, Marriage and Military Information from Daughters of American Revolution (DAR)
Date: 1748 (Birth)
Location: Virginia, USA
Date: 1815 (Death in South Carolina, USA)
Spouse: Elizabeth Hampton
Source: Ancestry.com patron submission
John Harrison Will and Last testament
Date: 17 January 1761 (Executed)
Date: 16 July 1761 (Proved)
This document denotes his wife Sarah Harrison as the executrix. It mentions Francis Suit and Charles Brady, John Chesony a friend, John Williams Daniel, brother of his wife Sarah. It mentions his oldest son James Harrison. Additionally he mentions his other sons John, Andrew, Richard and Isam Harrison; his four daughters Mary, Anne Martha and Elizabeth Harrison.
Source: FamilySearch.org, film 31862 image 57-58
John Harrison Will and Last testament
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John Harrison Will and Last testament
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James Harrison Marriage to Elizabeth Hampton Record
Date: 20 July 1773
Location: Guilford, North Carolina, USA
Citing this Record
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9K-KT2K : 28 November 2018), James Harrison and Elizabeth Hampton, 20 Jul 1773; citing Guilford, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 102170505 image 198.
United States Revolutionary War Rolls for James Harrison
Date: July 1777
Location: Virginia, USA
This document denotes James Harrison service in the 10th and 11th Regiment of Virginia with a rank of Lieutenant.
Source: Ancestry.com patron submission
James Harrison Information on Spouse and Family
This document denotes information about his traveling from Virginia to the Carolina's with his brother, Richard Harrison. It also provides information about military service, his spouse Elizabeth Hampton and their children.
Source: Ancestry.com patron submission; "Two Virginia Families from County Kent, England" page 100, image 104.
Headstones 
James Harrison Burial Headstone
Date: January 1815
Cemetery: Harrison Family Cemetery, Simpsonville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Source: Ancestry.com patron submission
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