Austin Harman was born on 3 June 1835, in Floyd, Virginia, United States as the son of John Harrison and Caroline Harrison. He married Sarah Harter on 24 November 1864, in Floyd, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States in 1900 and Courthouse District, Lewis, Virginia, United States in 1910. He died on 15 September 1914, at the age of 79, and was buried in Floyd, Virginia, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
English (mainly southeast), Dutch, and Czech: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements heri, hari ‘army’ + man ‘man’ (see Hermann ). In England this name was introduced by the Normans.
Irish: variant of Hargadon .
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): perhaps a nickname for someone with a copious or noticeable head of hair (see Haar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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