GENEALOGY WITH DNA

                      JAMES HARRISON SR AND HIS BROTHER JOSEPH
                             AND OTHER RELATED FAMILIES.
James, Sr (1750VA-1830 Sumner Co, TN) and his brother, Joseph (1754VA -
1819 Adams Co, MS) are proven DNA matches. You might want to consider
changing to ‘parents of James and Joseph Harrison’.

The following was written by the g gs of Joseph Harrison. This is the first two
paragraphs of his 12 page typed document. Unfortunately, he never gives the
name of Joseph’s parents. Feel free to edit or paraphrase as you see fit if you
want to include this in your blog.

“The earliest authentic record of the James and Joseph Harrison Family
teaches that their forbearers hailed from Harrison's Bend along the James River
with the first settlers of the 'Fairfax Lands.' They located in what was Tazewell
County in Southwest Virginia. This branch of the family retained the given
names of Nathaniel, James and Joseph. They had intermarried with the Taylor's
and Diggs Family.

James and Joseph Harrison came to Pee Dee area of NC/SC. Joseph married
into the Gibson Family. When the Gibson parents died the heirs sold the home
farm and migrated first to Sumner Co, NC (later TN). James, Sr moved up to
Bledsoe’s Lick with his father-in-law, Jordon Gibson. Joseph relocated.to
Natchez, MS (Spanish West Florida) with his brothers-in-law, Randall and David
Gibson.

Note: The author of this 12 page document was James Parmenas Harrison
(1853MS - 1944MS). James Parmenas got his info from his g uncle, Nat'l
Harrison (1788MS - 1873MS). Nat’l was the son of Joseph.
DNA Related.
If you want to check the DNA results for one of our Harrison’s his Kit# is 193058,
 He’s the one I upgraded to yDNA67.

2. In ySearch three of the people tested with ‘African Ancestry’, but only at
yDNA8. Two were named Harrison and one was named Taylor (had intermarried
with the Taylor's and Diggs Family.) Can’t help but wonder if they carry the
Goins’ value of 17 at DYS458 or the Harrison value of 18. Are you also 17 at
DYS458? [No, I am 18, Both Shadrack & John Going are 18 at DYS458 and
Harrison kit# 193058 is 17- On 67 markers Shadrack matches 66 of 67 markers
Kit 7265 & Kit 141151, John Going kit 3993 also matches but only had a 25
marker test. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/goins?iframe=ycolorized ]

James Harrison , Sr (1750VA-1830 Sumner Co, TN) and his brother, Joseph
(1754VA - 1819 Adams Co, MS) are proven DNA matches.
The following was written by the g gs of Joseph Harrison. This is the first two
paragraphs of his 12 page typed document. Unfortunately, he never gives the
name of Joseph’s parents.

“The earliest authentic record of the James and Joseph Harrison Family
teaches that their forbearers hailed from Harrison's Bend along the James River
with the first settlers of the 'Fairfax Lands.' They located in what was Tazwell
County in Southwest Virginia. This branch of the family retained the given
names of Nathaniel, James and Joseph. They had intermarried with the Taylor's
and Diggs Family.

James and Joseph Harrison came to Pee Dee area of NC/SC. Joseph
married into the Gibson Family. When the Gibson parents died the heirs sold the
home farm and migrated first to Sumner Co, NC (later TN). James, Sr moved up
to Bledsoe’s Lick with his father-in-law, Jordon Gibson. Joseph relocated.to
Natchez, MS (Spanish West Florida) with his brothers-in-law, Randall and David
Gibson.

Jack, I would like to add the name Harrison to your DNA project. Our
Harrison’s are haplogroup E-P277 (E1b1a8a). In the Harrison DNA Project they
are lineage # 48. Of the 60+ different Harrison lineages in the Harrison DNA
Project, only lineage # 48 has haplogroup E-P277.

We have four Harrison’s that have tested with FTDNA. Three at yDNA37 -
the fourth I recently upgraded to yDNA67. In the attached Xcel spreadsheet I
compared results from the respective DNA projects for the Harrison’s and the
Goins’, and on the lower part of the spreadsheet I compared DNA matches from
ySearch.

We have very good paper trails back to James Harrison, Sr (1752 VA - 1830
Sumner Co, TN and to his brother, Joseph Harrison (1754 VA - 1819 Natchez,
Adams Co, MS). James, Sr was married to Cynthia Gibson, d/o Jordon Gibson.
Jordon was scalped and killed by Indians near Bledsoe’s Lick (now Castilian
Springs, Sumner Co, TN).

Notes for James Harrison, Sr and Jordon Gibson;
On the third of June 1787 Gen. Hall, was killed by the Indians as they were
moving over to Bledsoe's Fort*. The Indians were lying in ambush near where
James Hall had been killed: and at this time, they killed a Mr. Nickerson, Mr.
Gibson, Mr. Morgan and the father of Gen. Hall. Just before this the Harrisons
and Gibsons had settled on the land east of Gen. Hall's father. *Isaac Bledsoe
and his brother Anthony were ‘Long Hunters’ that came very early to Fort
Nashborough and found Bledsoe’s Lick (later Castilian Springs, Sumner Co, TN).

2. Excerpt from the South-Western Monthly. Nashville, April 1852. SOURCE:
EARLY HISTORY OF THE SOUTH-WEST. INDIAN BATTLES AND
MURDERS—NARRATIVE OF GENERAL HALL.
Our two neighbors were Messrs. Gibson (Jordon) and Harrison (James, Sr) ;
and the former having no white family, it was agreed that the three should
combine and hire each two young men to guard the farms through the.season.
(This refers to Bledsoe's Fort, Sumner Co, TN)
Notes for Joseph Harrison and his wife, Mary Gibson:
“The earliest authentic record of the Joseph Harrison Family teaches that his
forbearers hailed from Harrison's Bend along the James River with the first
settlers of the 'Fairfax Lands.' They located in what was Tazwell County in
Southwest Virginia. This branch of the family retained the given names of
Nathaniel, James and Joseph.They had intermarried with the Taylor's and Diggs
Family. Joseph Harrison came to North Carolina and married into the Gibson
Family. When the Gibson parents died the heirs sold the home farm and
migrated first to Nashville and then to Natchez, Mississippi. The Gibson Brothers,
David [1768SC-1858MS] &[Rev] Randall[1766SC-1836MS] came with Joseph
Harrison. The several members acquired lands on St Catherine's Creek, where
the village of Washington, MS now stands and opposite Foster's Mound. (Foster
lived in this colony and was related to the Gibson's.

The above was written by the g gs of Joseph Harrison, James Parmenas Harrison (1853  
MMS - 1944 MS). James P got most of his info from his g uncle, Nat’l Harrison (1788MS -
1873MS). Nat’l was the son of Joseph.

THE REGISTER BOOK FOR THE [Parish of PRINCE FREDERICK, WINYAW,
SC - Church of England birth and baptisim records]
-Gideon(GiBeon?) Gibson and Mary/Martha his Wife
15 William Gibson - Born September 16, 1743, Baptized October 9, 1743
20 Sarah Gibson, Born July the 19, 1744/5, Baptized Oct' 20, 1745
34 Gidion Gibson, Born March 12, 1750, Baptized June 2, 1753
32 Ruben Gibson, Born November 29, 1751, Baptized May 29, 1753
34 Mary Gibson, Born October 2, 1752, Baptized June 2, 1753 (Future wife of
Joseph Harrison) -John Gibson and Jamima his Wife,
33 Gibson Gibson, Born February 25, 1749, Baptized May 29, 1753
33 John Gibson, Born February 23, 1751, Baptized May 29, 1753Con
Based on DNA results there is little doubt that our four DNA tested Harrison’s are
of Sub-Saharan African descent. Added to this, the close association to the
Gibson family, I believe it can only be agreed that our Harrison’s were also
Melungeon. I hope the above is of some use. I have not found any direct links to
the Goins’ family. I have ‘assumed’ the Harrison’s descended from the Goins’,
and got their name either by adoption or an NPE.

Add’l Info
I am not DNA related to the Harrison’s. My g gf, Wm Henry Baldwin (1842 TN-
1916OK), was adopted by the Harrison’s and kept the Harrison name.
I have an aunt that married a Gibson. Her husband was a descendant of Jordon
Gibson thru Jordon’s son, Roger Gibson (and the former having no white family).
My aunt and her Gibson husband had four children. Three of the children were
white, but one of the girls was dark skinned. Everyone assumed my aunt had
been ‘fooling around’, but she swore that she had never had an affair. Is it
possible that the Melungeon DNA from her Gibson father came thru?
My aunt has a Gibson son that is a direct yDNA descendant of Jordon. (He is a
preacher and a carpenter - sounds familiar) He would be an excellent candidate
for DNA testing.

In my group of ‘Harrison Scholars’ we have a direct maternal descendant of Mary
Gibson, wife of the above Joseph Harrison. He has mtDNA tested, but not sure
of his haplogroup. If you are interested I could probably find out.

Who were the parents of James Harrison, Sr and his brother, Joseph?. We
have George and William Henry Harrison as possible brothers of James, Sr and
Joseph, but without DNA proof, George and Wm Henry remain only maybes.
What we do have is that the four Harrison’s that DNA tested were all
Haplogroug E-P277 (E1b1a8a1). This Haplogroup is Sub-Saharan African,
which means the ancestors of James, Sr and Joseph were black. Their
ancestors were either originally slaves or FPC (Free People of Color). The
Harrison’s are a very close DNA match to the Goins. The Goins were known
Melungeons (admix of Black, Mulatto, Indian, and White). I upgraded one of
the Harrison’s to yDNA67, and he is a 66/67 match to one of the Goins’. The
only difference is at marker DYS458. The Goins’ all have a value of 17, while the
Harrison's have a value of 18. At some point in time one of the Goins’/Harrison’s
had a mutation that was passed to the four Harrison descendants. It is
interesting that all four of the Harrison’s have retained this mutation for at least
260 years, especially since DYS458 is one of the more variable DNA locations.

3. On the third of June 1787 of Gen. Hall, was killed by the Indians as they were
moving over to Bledsoe's Fort. The Indians were lying in ambush near where
James Hall had been killed: and at this time, they killed a Mr. Nickerson, Mr.
Gibson, Mr. Morgan and the father of Gen. Hall.
Just before this the Harrisons (James, Sr) and Gibsons (Jordon) had settled on
the land east of Gen. Hall's father. (i.e. Bledsoe’s Lick)

4. Our two neighbors were Messrs. Gibson (Jordon) and Harrison (James, Sr);
and the former having no white family, it was agreed that the three should
combine and hire each two young men to guard the farms through the .season.
[Remember that James, Sr married Jordon’s daughter, Cynthia. See 5. below]
Question: Since Jordon had ‘no white family’ one can only assume that James
Sr’s wife, Cynthia, was also colored. Was James Sr also colored, or had he
become ‘white’ by the time he married Cynthia? If the birth place of their children
is correct, James, Sr and Cynthia were married in VA before James, Sr and
Joseph (unmarried) came to the Pee Dee area in SC.

5. JORDAN GIBSON'S FAMILY
Jordan Gibson of Sumner, TN died intestate leaving no will naming his
children or distributing his estate. Sumner Lawsuit #591 indicates that
ROGER GIBSON was Jordan's 'only living son and heir'. Roger Gibson,
James Harrison and James Odom requested the division of the estate
into 4 parts.
A: Roger Gibson, son of Jordan Gibson
B: James Harrison, husband of Cynthia Gibson who was Jordan's
daughter
C: James Odom, husband of Rhoda Gibson who was Jordan's daughter
D: Unidentified Daughter, the Widow Black, whom researchers believe
was named Mariah.

Neeley/Bledsoe/Harrison - Inlaws
2 sons of Capt Sam’l Alexander Neeley (1741VA-1790 Bledsoe’s Lick)
1. Col Wm Neeley (1763VA-1820) m. Rachael Bledsoe, d/o Col Anthony
Bledsoe. (Anthony was brother to Isaac and Abraham Bledsoe)
2. John Neeley (1771VA-1794 Bledsoe’s Fort) m. Massy Harrison, d/o James
Harrison, Sr.
I’m sure these families would have shared a glass of Tennessee Sipin’ Whiskey
from time to time. Credit Wayne Harrison


The following information adds history, genealogy and DNA to Wayne Harrison
research; [Joseph and Margret Bledsoe, the parents of Martha Goins, who was
my father McKinley Goins mother. Joseph was the son of Abraham and Millicent
Wallen Bledsoe. Abraham was the son of Thomas and Margaret McDonald.
Thomas was the son of Abraham and Mary Catherine Wilcox, born 1720's.
Abraham was the son of George and Ann Gennings Bledsoe. Other children of
George and Ann were: Thomas, Aaron, Mary who married Ambrose Powell,
Elizabeth, John, William who married Elizabeth Stevens, Isaac, married a
Montgomery and Anthony married Mary Ramsey.
Anthony Bledsoe was in charge of the Sullivan County troops during the
Revolutionary War and Isaac who married a Montgomery. Both Anthony and
Isaac were killed and scalped by Indians in Bledsoe County, Tennessee which
was named for them. ]

“Who were the four mulattoes who went to Daverson County and were killed by
Indians?” David Goins, Jordan Gibson, James Harrison, possibly the fourth of the
group was Harrison’s brother either Richard or William. From the Davidson County,
Tennessee Court minutes 1783-1792 page 222 mentioned a Richard Harrison
receiving land from James Bosley and p.195 mentioned a William Harrison, who
gave power of attorney to Robert Cartwright, she found no court record of an
Hickerson, who is another possibility for the 4th mulatto. ( Sarah Foster Kelly
Nashville historian letter dated April 19, 1996. Sarah also sited the same record
Book: Historic Sumner County, Tennessee with genealogies of the Bledsoe , Cage
and Douglass Families, by Jay Guy Cisco, copyrighted 1909 by the author, quoting
page 258. ) David and Levi Going was the sons of Daniel and Rebecca Going. The
property of David Gowen was inherited by his brother. Levi Gowen, Sept 17, 1792,
Fairfax County Deed Book A, pages 162-164.

“ I Levi Goyen of Fairfield County give power of attorney to my trusty and well
beloved friend, John Goyen of Davidson County North Carolina, gentlemen to sell a
certain tract of land on Mill Creek of the east side of Daverson County aforesaid,
the said land being first in the hands of David Goyen , Dec’d …
Four mulattoes went to the Cumberland River in theyear 1779 and were killed by
the Indians in the year 1780 and left the said mulatto, Levi Gowen, his proper
heir-at-law, tract of land containing 640 acres ..Dated September 17, 1792.
Signed Levi Goyen-witnesses William Easley, Benj Boyd. “
“Sworn and subscribed this 17th day Sept 1792 before me Benj Boyd JFC
Fairfield Co. I do hereby certify that the above named LEVI GOWEN passeth in
this county for a free Malatto and it is said was born here. Given under my hand
this 17th Sept. 1792”( Levi father Daniel Goins Dec’d was African and his
mother Rebecca was white, she  remarried to an Elliot.)

A researcher in the Gowen Research foundation documented Daniel as a great
grandson of Alexander Going son of William and Catherine of Stafford County,
Va.) After his father’s death, ALEXANDER GOYNE JR [4] moved to Rutherford County,
North Carolina and lived with or near his first cousin WILLIAM GOYNE [4].
ALEXANDER GOYNE JR [4] moved from Rutherford County, North Carolina before
the 1785 Tax List was compiled. He arrived in Fairfield County, South Carolina before
November 1784, as seen in the following record.

( 5 November 1784, an inventory of Widow Barber’s Estate, dec’d, sold by Public Vendue.
Purchasers: …ALEXANDER GOYNE…. (Fairfield Co., SC, Apartment 119, Pack 2, SC
Archives, and in Early Wills of Camden District, SC, pp. 285-287)

The references below were found mostly by Ann Guthrie. (Ann is a descendant
of James, Sr. Harrison thru his daughter Polly Harrison that married Cornelius
Herndon) Following are references to James Harrison Sr, Jordon Gibson, and
Melungeons:
1. FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE 20TH CENTURY:

A CHRONICLE OF ONE MELUNGEON FAMILY
The saga of the Gowen or Goin family, the largest branch in the
Melungeon family tree, begins with a lovers' triangle in early colonial
Virginia. African-American John Gowen was the servant of an
Englishman named William Evans in Elizabeth City, Virginia. John Gowen
had first arrived in Virginia prior to 1630. John, probably born in Angola
about 1615, was possibly one of a number of prisoners taken from a
captured Portuguese slave ship off the coast of Angola in 1628, by the
English pirate Arthur Guy. That year Captain Guy traded his stolen
Angolan slaves in Jamestown, Virginia for tobacco.


This reference found by Ann is a big research mistake, by several researchers in                   the Gowen Research Foundation. Who claimed the freed slave John Gowen was Mihill Gowen father, those researchers used the Virginia Magazine of History as their source for John Geaween who they claimed was a variant of Gowen, the Virginia Magazine of History was copied from Conway Robinson notes, his notes is not on microfilm or in major libraries, but is housed in the Virginia Historical Society building as–Mss5.9R613; 1 Richmond Virginia, a copy of this page from Conway Robinson notes proves the name was John Graweere, which is not a variant of Gowen. Credit Penny Ferguson. Also, on a Surry  County, Virginia record 2^nd Sept 1640-the name is  John Grasheare. “This John must be the same person as John Graweere because he is recorded  as the property of William Ewin/Evans.1640-41, No surnames were listed for some of the following servants  of William Evans “Michaell a Negro, Katherine his wife, John Grasheare a Negro, Mathew a Negro.” At world connect only Grashear is a given name such as Loot Grashear- sex male . Records show that Mihill Gowen only had one child William, by the slave Posha. No record found of William son of Mihill after he received his freedom. When Mihill Gowen died his land was escheated, which in most cases means no living relatives were found.  -J Goins

There was also a large white William Goins family in the old records of
Lunenburg County, Va, who migrated to Davidson County, North Carolina,
now Tennessee. several descendants wrote this William and son John
desccnded from Mihill Gowen. DNA tests from those descendants showed
they were European).

DNA test confirm at least three very large free colored Goins, Gowen, Going
families in Colonial Virginia, descendants from these three large groups of Going
show they were all Sub-Saharan African but do not match each other on the
Y-DNA tests. No records have been found showing these families were freed
slaves.

1st group-John Going took the Oath of Allegiance in Henry County August 30,
1777. John Going received a land grant on March 1, 1784 of 374 acres on both
sides of Blackberry Creek joining his own land, also patented 79 acres on
Blackberry Creek April 16, 1778, then in 1795 patented 153 acres on Blackberry
Creek. In all John Going had more than 800 acres of land on Blackberry Creek.
John Going was the first person granted permission to build a grist mill 1777,
Henry County, Va., and noted as being on Blackberry Creek.

The 1801 will of John Going Sr. of Henry County, Virginia. Will Book 2, page
37: “I lend unto my beloved wife, Elizabeth Goin, during her natural life, all my
stock of all kinds, my household and kitchen furniture together with all my land
and the plantation whereon I now live and after her decease my will and desire is
that all my lands lying in the Counties of Henry and Patrick be sold and the
money arriving from said sales to be equally divided amongst my children that be
then living that is to say: Zephaniah Goin, Nancy Goin, Susanna Goin, Zedikiah
Goin, Simeon Goin, John Goin, Issiah Goin, Zachariah Goin, Clabourn Goin,
Littleberry Goin, Elizabeth Minor wife of Hezekiah Minor, to them and their heirs
forever and I do hereby appoint my friends John Stone and John Cox, Jr. my
executors of this my last will and testament. John (x) Goin.” (The above is only
the last part of this will.)

John Going who leased land in Hanover County 7 June 1734 from Shirley
Whatley, This John may also be the Father of Shadrack Goins whose son David
Smith Going stated in his Rev War pension that he was born in Hanover County,
Va. Several sons of old Shadrack migrated to Hamilton County; including David
Smith and Laborn Going .
1850 Census, Hamilton County, TN
Laborn Goins, age 90 born VA
Ann, age 22 TN
William age 3 TN
James age 1 TN

Several descendants from this John Going Sr. group y-DNA was E1b1a Sub-
Saharan African.

#2-Thomas Going group -William Going and wife Catherine of Stafford County
Virginia were the parents of Ambrose, Alexander, Susanna and John who
married Mary Keith. John Goins and Mary Keith had proven sons William and
John Jr. This is probably the largest group of descendants who were also E1b1a
Sub-Saharan African.
William Going brother to Thomas, James and John were sons of old Thomas.
William Going, James Gowing and John Gowing brothers were included on a
roster of Dragoons commanded by Capt. John West and Lt. John Peake. They
were on duty in Stafford County in 1701, according to Virginia Colonial Soldiers,
by Lloyd Bockstuck.

William, Thomas, John and James Goins jointly received a Land Grant of 1,215
acres in Stafford County located on Four Mile Creek adjoining the land of Maj.
Robert Alexander about 1710. On August 3rd 1719, this same land was granted
to Evan Thomas and John Todd.

In Carlyle vs. Alexandra, testimony was given regarding James and Thomas
Going who acquired large tracts in early 1700. They were reported to have been
spending money lavishly about 1724 at the races, where they were running their
own fine horses. This wealth was alleged to have been acquired by sale of land
which belonged to Maj. Alexander.

The above testimony is probably related to the testimony of Charles Griffith in
Fairfax County, Virginia in 1767. He testified that some 43 years earlier (1724) he
had been the overseer of one Philip Noland in Stafford County, where one
branch of the Goins then lived. According to Griffith, “When Noland told Major
Robert Alexander that the Goings were taking and surveying Alexander’s land,
Alexander replied to the said Noland that he had a great mind to turn the mulatto
rascals off his land.

3rd August 1719 deed suggests that THOMAS ‘GOING’ [1] had three sons:
JOHN [2], WILLIAM [2] and JAMES [2]. These presumed sons of THOMAS [1]
served in the Stafford County Militia, Company of Dragoons, in 1701/02. (Lloyd
DeWitt Bockstruck, Virginia’s Colonial Soldiers, Baltimore: Gen. Pub. Co., 1988)
This record indicates that these sons of THOMAS [1] were born before 1685.
23 November 1714 is the date of WILLIAM GOING’s [2] first grant in Stafford
County This tract is on the “Main Run of Accotink Creek.” (A. Evans Wynn,
Southern Lineages: Records of Thirteen Families, Brown Pub. Co., 1940, p.
320).

As previously stated John Going son of William married Mary Keith daughter of
Cornelious Keith, They had two proven sons William and John Jr. migrated to NC
and to South Carolina (records Fairfax & Lunenburg Counties, Va. )
In 1748, JOHN GOING first appeared on Lewis Deloney’s tithe list in Lunenburg
County, Virginia, with two tithes. This indicates that JOHN had a son age 16 or
older. That son was WILLIAM, who was born in 1732, or earlier.

#3- Joseph Going b 1773 was son of Joseph, son of Agnes Going. A family
researcher wrote that his grandfather Joseph Going father, was also named
Joseph who was a Revolutionary War soldier. The older Joseph was one of the
children of Agnes Going who was bound out to James Bunch in 1779 when he
was 12 years old, thus born 1747 and would be the right age to be the father of
Joseph who married Milly Lovin, several children thus descendants of Joseph.                    
y-DNA test from descendants show they were Haplogroup A Sub-Sahara African.
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