Higgason Harris

Brief Life History of Higgason

When Higgason Harris was born before 1815, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, his father, Higgason Harris, was 40 and his mother, Nancy Ann Garland, was 35.

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Family Time Line

Higgason Harris
1774–1860
Nancy Ann Garland
1780–1840
Nancy Lee Harris
1800–1868
Higgason Harris
1815–
Mary Harris
1801–
Thomas Harris
1802–
Tyree Harris
1803–
Sarah Harris
1804–1893
Garland Harris
1807–1890
Lucy Ann Harris
1809–1877
Nancy Harris
1811–1843
Teresa G. Harris
1815–1915
Elizabeth Berry Harris
1817–1906
Rebecca Harris
1820–1862
Catherine Harris
1822–

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    World Events (3)

    1818 · Jackson Purchase

    The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    1820 · Making States Equal

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    Name Meaning

    English (southern England and south Wales): from the personal name Harry + genitival -s. This surname is also established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. However, in some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

    American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames begining with Cha(r)-, such as Chasandrinos (variant of Kassandrinos, a habitational name from the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki), and various patronymics from the personal name Charalampos (see Charos ). In North America, the surname Harris may possibly also originate from a transferred use of the Greek personal (given) name Charis or Harris (shortened forms of Charalampos) as a surname (i.e. as a replacement of the original surname).

    Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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