Re: REVISITING "LEWIS OR ? - FATHER OF HARRISON NEWSOM
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REVISITING "LEWIS OR ? - FATHER OF HARRISON NEWSOM
Frank Ford 5/04/12
When I first posted LEWIS?-FATHER OF HARRISON NEWSOM in2002, there were many Newsom Trees with Lewis as Harrison's father. I expected some replies which defended the inclusion of Lewis as Harrison's father. I was disappointed.
So the following is for new researchers looking into Harrison's ancestry. The census information stands by itself as a refutation of Lewis as Harrison's father.
The settlement of Lewis' property in late 1802 gives more insight. In the 1800 Census for Rowan Co., NC, Lewis had five slaves and in the 1802 Tax List Lewis had four slaves. I found no record which indicated Harrison and siblings received a slave.
In the 1802 Census Lewis had over 900 acres. I found no record for Harrison which inferred that Harrison had a share of Lewis' land. From the tax records, it can be inferred that Arthur and Sterling recieved all the land and four slaves.
In the marriage bond records for Rowan Co., NC, Harrison and Davenport gave bond for each other in 1802 and Davenport gave bond for William in 1809. Arthur and Sterling gave bond for each other in their marriages.
Harrison and siblings seem to have a closer relationship with members of the Stephens family than Lewis' family. Harrison received his first property from the Stephens Family and Davenport married Sarah Stephens.. In the 1810 Census, which is not alphabetical, Davenport Newsom, William Newsom, Alexander Stephens, and George Northern are listed consecutively. Richard Stephens lives six households away from Harrison. David Goss is next to Harrison in the Census. David Goss was involved in the loss of Harrison's property ca 1815. I'll have to dig my notes from storage for David Goss' involvement.
My tax and property information was gleaned from microfilm in the North Carolina Collection at the Allen County Library in Fort Wayne, INand transcriptions of Rowan Co., NC records by Klutz.
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Re: REVISITING "LEWIS OR ? - FATHER OF HARRISON NEWSOM