Harris Reese

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: Abt 1786
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Parents
         Father: Hugh Reese (1742-1825)
         Mother: Sarah (      -Bef 1794)

Spouses and Children


Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1820 Warren Co., Georgia, Captain Hutchinson's District
Harris Riese 000010 -- 10001; 1 in agriculture, no slaves
male female
<10 1
10-16
16-18
16-26
1 26-45
>45 1 </pre>

Harris Riese is in the sequence Harris Riese, 14x, Reubin Reese, 6x, Richard Reese.

<pre>1830 Warren Co., Georgia
Harres Reese 0010001 -- 00000101; 1 slave
male female
< 5
5-10
1 10-15
15-20
20-30
30-40 1
1 40-50
50-60 1 </pre>

<pre>1840 Warren Co., Georgia, Williams Dist
Harison Reese 00000001 -- 0000001; no slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
20-30
30-40
40-50 1
1 50-60 </pre>

Harison Reese is in the sequence Harison Reese, x, Hugh Reese, Joseph Reese.

<pre>1850 Warren Co., Georgia, Subdivision No 90; Nov 21
833/833 [Marvis in index]
Harris Reese 64 M NC $--- Mechanic
Elizabeth " 80 F Va
Louisa Thomas 36 F Ga
Sarah E. Reese 13 F Ga </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule. Harris Reese is in the sequence Joel Reese, Hugh Reese, 7x, Harris Reese. Elizabeth Reese (80) is presumably Harris's stepmother, the second wife of Hugh Reese, although her tombstone indicates that she died in 1848.

LAND in WARREN CO.:

9 Sep 1816; Robert Pullen of Greer Co., Georgia to Charles Sammons and Harris Reese of Warren Co.; $288; 288 acres, more or less, in Warren Co. on the waters of Briar Creek (Warren Co., Georgia Deed Records, D292, image 523/614)

12 Dec 1816; Charles Sammons to Harris Reese, both of Warren Co.; $224; 176 acres, more or less, in Warren Co. on the waters of Briar Creek (D291, image 522/614)

WHO IS HIS FATHER?

Harris Reese is not mentioned in the 1823 will of Hugh Reese although it appears that in 1850 Hugh's widow Elizabeth Reese (80) is living with Harris in Warren Co. The fact that Harris is not mentioned is not definitive evidence that he is not Hugh's son; two documented daughters of Hugh (Mahala and Mariah) are also not mentioned.

In the 1840 census Harris Reese is referred to as Harison Reese. There is another Harrison Reese in Warren Co. He is a son of Reuben Reese, who came to Warren Co. from Southampton Co., Virginia and is presumably not related to Hugh and Benjamin and their descendants. The similarity between 'Harris' and 'Harrison' suggests that maybe Harris is related to Reuben.

Reuben Reese appears to have lived in the watershed of Rocky Comfort Creek, which flows southward from Warren Co. into the Ogeechee River. Brier Creek flows southeastwardly from Warren Co. into the Savannah River. In the 1780s Hugh Reese received land grants in the watershed of Brier Creek. He also owned land in the northernmost part of what is now McDuffie Co. on creeks that flow northeastward into the Savannah River. We don't know for sure where he lived at various times. In the 1817 tax digest Hugh Reese lives in Capt. William's district on B. B. C. (Big Brier Creek), and Reuben Reese and Harris Reese live in Capt. Neal's district, Harris on B. B. C. and Reuben on Stamp Branch. Taken together the entries for Reuben Reese in the 1801 and 1805 personal property tax lists indicate that Stamp Branch is a tributary of Rocky Comfort Creek.

The following is from "Warren Co., Georgia" in Wikipedia:

"The north-to-northeastern quarter of Warren County, north of a line between the county's northwestern corner, Norwood, and Camak, is located in the Little River sub-basin of the Savannah River basin. The southeastern quarter, from Camak in the north, and bordered by a northwest-to-southeast line running through Warrenton, is located in the Brier Creek sub-basin of the larger Savannah River basin. The western half of the county, west of Warrenton, is located in the Upper Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin."

In 1820 Harris lives near Reuben. In 1830 and 1840 he lives near descendants of Hugh.
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