Harrison, Audley M. Sr.

1791 - 1852  (61 years)

• Photos » Slide Show		Audley M Harrison Sr Portrait This is a picture taken of a portrait hanging at the home of Audley M Harrison Sr, which is still standing in Warren County, Tennessee. (See history: The Audley Harrison House) The portrait could not be scanned and therefore you see the reflection of a person and camera in the picture. We have a cousin, Ellen Harrison, who is an wonderful artist who is currently working on sketching a new portrait of Audley.
  		The Audley Harrison House The front of The Audley Harrison House which was built in the mid 1800's and is now a protected historical land mark at the Warren County, Tennessee fairgrounds in McMinnville, Tennessee.
  		The Audley Harrison House The side of The Audley Harrison House which was built in the mid 1800's and is now a protected historical land mark at the Warren County, Tennessee fairgrounds in McMinnville, Tennessee.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Harrison Lineage DNA Proof Harrison Lineage 31 DNA proof updated 29 May 2012 showing our relationship back to Thomas S Harrison Sr and the Harrison's of Staffordshire, England.
  		The Audley Harrison House - With family notes added. The Audley Harrison house was built in about 1807 and is still standing, as well as one of the slave houses, at the Warren County, Tennessee Fair Grounds and is currently protected.
  		The Audley Harrison House - Original Brochure The Audley Harrison house was built in about 1807 and is still standing, as well as one of the slave houses, at the Warren County, Tennessee Fair Grounds and is currently protected.
  		The Audley Harrison House - Cover letter This was a letter from J Haley, dated 18 Oct 2006, which was attached to the original brochure of the Audley Harrison House.
  		Settlement of the Estate of Richmond McGregor Settlement of the Estate of Richmond McGregor is important to our family research because it list the heirs Audley Harrison as well as Richmond and Mary Mears GcGregor. The legal document lists: William McGregor, Alfred McGregor, Philip McGregor, Sarah McGregor, William Stiles and wife Mahala Stiles, formerly Mahala McGregor, Thomas Hennessee and wife Nelly, formerly Nelly Hays, Calhoun Hays, Mary Hays, Elvira Hays, Jerome Hays, and Luther Hays, the last five named persons, minors under the age limit of twenty one years, and who are children of Elvira Hays now dead, the wife of William Hays and the daughter of said Richmond McGregor, John Grove and wife Sophronia, formerly Sophronia Harrison, Daniel Wiseman and wife Nellie, formerly Nellie Harrison, Harrison Smith and wife Virginia, formerly Virginia Harrison, Archibald Hennessee and wife Nancy, formerly Nancy Harrison, Frank Smith and wife Millie, formerly Millie Harrison, William Jennings and wife Julia, formerly Julia Harrison, Patrick Hennessee and wife Hannah, formerly Hannah Harrison, Alexander Harrison, Audley Harrison, Thomas Harrison, Mary Wiseman, Nellie Wiseman, George Wiseman and Henderson Wiseman, Narred McGregor and wife Nettie, formerly Nettie Harrison, Joseph Harrison, Audley Wiseman and Elizabeth Wiseman, all of who are heirs at law and distributees of Audley Harrison. Research is currently being done my Mary Elizabeth Barnes in Warren County, Tennessee to verify if the last of the first paragraph is actually Richmond McGregor or Audley Harrison. Also, it does not make sense legally that Audley sold 76 acres to Rodgers and Mitchell, Rodgers and Mitchell sold it to Richmond McGregor and the court would say Audley's heirs would be responsible for Richmond's debt AND Richmond's heirs have the 76 acres. Hopefully we can locate the original document for this case because it seems something was wrong with transcribing in the past.

  
  

  Headstones

  Audley M Harrison Sr Tombstone Audley M Harrison Sr Tombstone. This Tombstone is a replacement tombstone provided by Audley M Harrison Jr's descendants in the late 1900's. You can see the base of the original tombstone in the photo. The original tombstone did not have the information about his second marriage to Elizabeth or mention of his son Audley. It is confusing why they would put Audley Jr's name on the tombstone and not mention his other 14 children. I will try to get a photograph of the entire original tombstone. B Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia 5 Jan 1794 - 30 Nov 1852

  
  

  Census Records		1840 Census, Warren County, Tennessee, page 354, sheet number 4. 1840 Census, Warren County, Tennessee page 354, sheet number 4. Audley Harrison, William Grove, Cunningham families and more. Line 1 shows Audley Harrison's family with 1 male 50 - 60 (Audley was 50), 1 female 30 - 40 (Elizabeth Grove was 36), 1 male under 5 (Alexander was 2), 1 female 15 - 20 (Virginia was 15) 2 females 10 - 15 (Nancy was 13, Millie was 10) 1 female 5 - 10 (Hannah L. was 8) and 1 female under 5 (Julia was 1). The Slave Schedule shows they had 2 males who were 10 - 24, 1 female 36 - 55, 1 female under the age of 10 and the family was engaged in Agriculture. Line 9 shows William Grove, but I have been unable to connect him to the family. He would be just a little older than Elizabeth Grove, Audley's wife. I researched other family trees and found the same name for a William Grove's father as people have stated Elizabeth's was John and John was showing to be from Botetourt County, Virginia. There was no mention of a William Grove in the Wiseman Book. Thomas S Harrison Sr married in Botetourt and Audley Harrison Sr married his first wife in Botetourt before he married Elizabeth Grove, but I was still unable to connect the William Grove on this Census. Line 19 Aaron Higgenbotham's family. I did not do much research on this, however more needs to be done. Aaron's wife's maiden name was Christian and there are Christian families on this Census page as well as the same pages as the Harrison and Hennessee families in the 1830 and 1830 Census. Aaron had one daughter that married Archibald M Hennessee (see the Wiseman book page 486) and another daughter who married a McGreggor. The family also married into the Farrar family. The Higgenbotham's are also from Virginia and have been with the Harrison family since the late 1700s. Last line William J McGreggor (McGregor) I have not added this whole family into the website but it is important that I do at some point. The McGregors are very important to our family as they married several Hennessees, Harrison, Hayes, Wiseman and many other of our relations.
  		1840 Census, Warren County, Tennessee, page 354, sheet number 4, slave schedules. 1840 Census, Warren County, Tennessee, page 354, sheet number 4, slave schedules Audley Harrison, William Grove, Cunningham families and more. Line 1 shows Audley Harrison's family had 2 males who were 10 - 24, 1 female 36 - 55, 1 female under the age of 10 and the family was engaged in Agriculture.

  
  

• Name	Harrison, Audley M.   [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	06 Jun 1791	Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Edley  [1, 2, 6]
  Census	1820	Warren County, Tennessee
  Census	1840	Warren County, Tennessee   [4]
  Census	27 Sep 1850	Warren County, Tennessee
  Will	28 Nov 1852  [7]
  Died	30 Nov 1852	McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee   [1, 2, 5]
  Probate	06 Dec 1852	Warren County, Tennessee   [8]
  	Chancery Court Records, Book 1 (1847-1854), Page 484-486
  Buried	Shellsford Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee   [5, 7]
  Person ID	I457	Harrison-Hennessee
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Harrison, Thomas S Sr,   b. 1750, Augusta County, Virginia ,   d. Aug 1815, Peery Cemetery, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Dennis, Hannah,   b. 1760, Augusta County, Virginia ,   d. Between 26 May and Jun 1830, Tazewell County, Virginia
  Married	07 Apr 1779	Botetourt County, Virginia   [1, 2, 9, 10, 11]
  Notes	Hannah Dennis' marriage to Thomas S. Harrison has been documented by Hannah Harrison-Asbury's descendants through her marriage records in the Library of the Latter-day Saints (LDS). Hanna D Dennis b. 1760 marriage to Thomas Harrison b. 1750 in the year 1779 in the state of Virginia, has been documented by the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560 - 1900 Record Hanna Dennis marriage to Thomas Harrison has been documented by the Botetourt County, Virginia Marriage Roster, 1770-1853, page 22.
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dennis, Hannah Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1795, Tazewell County, Virginia ,   d. 02 Feb 1836, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	1810	Warren County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Harrison, George,   b. 11 Dec 1811,   d. 1859, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 47 years)   2. Harrison, Nettie Ellen,   b. 1812, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 1900, Pontotoc County, Mississippi  (Age 88 years)   3. Harrison, Joseph D,   b. 1812, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 1885, Texas County, Missouri  (Age 73 years)   4. Harrison, Anna,   b. Abt 1815, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. Between 1850 and 1860, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 35 years)  [Natural]   5. Harrison, Eleanor Nellie,   b. 23 Mar 1818, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Mar 1888, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 69 years)   6. Harrison, Saphronia,   b. 1818, Warren County, Tennessee   7. Harrison, Virginia Marcenia,   b. 01 Oct 1826, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Oct 1879, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 53 years)  [Natural]   8. Harrison, Millie,   b. 21 Dec 1827, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jun 1902, Houston, Texas County, Missouri  (Age 74 years)  [Natural]   9. Harrison, Nancy,   b. Abt 1829, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 1862, Tennessee  (Age ~ 33 years)  [Natural]   10. Harrison, Hannah L.,   b. 1832, Warren County, Tennessee  [Natural]
  Photos		The Audley Harrison House The front of The Audley Harrison House which was built in the mid 1800's and is now a protected historical land mark at the Warren County, Tennessee fairgrounds in McMinnville, Tennessee.
  		The Audley Harrison House The side of The Audley Harrison House which was built in the mid 1800's and is now a protected historical land mark at the Warren County, Tennessee fairgrounds in McMinnville, Tennessee.
  Documents		The Audley Harrison House - With family notes added. The Audley Harrison house was built in about 1807 and is still standing, as well as one of the slave houses, at the Warren County, Tennessee Fair Grounds and is currently protected.
  		The Audley Harrison House - Original Brochure The Audley Harrison house was built in about 1807 and is still standing, as well as one of the slave houses, at the Warren County, Tennessee Fair Grounds and is currently protected.
  Family ID	F231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Grove, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1804, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1860, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	Abt 1837	Warren County, Tennessee   [1]
  Children	1. Harrison, Alexander,   b. 1838, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. Warren County, Tennessee  [Natural]   2. Harrison, Julia,   b. 30 May 1840, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Jan 1915, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)  [Natural]   3. Harrison, Audley M. Jr.,   b. 15 Oct 1842, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 02 May 1902, Milford, Ellis County, Texas  (Age 59 years)   4. Harrison, Mary,   b. Abt 1845, Warren County, Tennessee  [Natural]   5. Harrison, Thomas,   b. Abt 1847, Warren County, Tennessee
  Documents		The Audley Harrison House - Original Brochure The Audley Harrison house was built in about 1807 and is still standing, as well as one of the slave houses, at the Warren County, Tennessee Fair Grounds and is currently protected.
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  There is much confustion about the actual date Audley M. Harrison died, however 11/30/1852 was confirmed by a photograph of his tombstone. 1. 11/30/1859 Eugene Wiseman said his toumbstone in Shellsford Cemetary, Warren County, Tennessee says Audley died November 30, 1859. 2. 11/30/1852 Eugene also states the will was signed on November 28, 1852 and was probated on December 6, 1852. He would have signed his will just before he died. This researcher has only seen retyped copies of the document and will have to check the original. *Will signed 11/28/1852 confirmed from copy of original in Wiseman book on 11/3/2006. 3. 11/30/1852 Warren County, Tennessee, Chancery Court Minute Book 3, page 97, which deals with the settlement of the estate of Richmond McGregor, indicates Audley died November 30, 1852. This researcher has only see retyped copies of the document and will have to check the original. 4. Bef. 3/28/1853 Warren County, Tennessee, Chancery Court Minute Book 1 (1847-1854), Page 484-486, which deals with the settlement of Audley Harrison's estate, indicates the court case was heard on March 28, 1853 and was agreed to and signed on December 20, 1853. Eugene Wiseman says the case was heard March 28, 1854 not 1853. Audley would have to have died before the case was heard. This date would have been just 4 months after Audley's death if he died 11/30/1852. This researcher has only seen retyped copies of the document and will have to check the original. Chancery Court Records, Book 1 (1847-1854), Page 484-486 George Harrison, Administrator of the Estate of Audley Harrison, Deceased vs. Joseph Harrison and others Tazewell County, Virginia was not originally the name of Audley's birth location, it was Botetourt County and the name of the county changed after his birth. 1820 Census indicates "Edly" (Audley Harrison) was living in Warren County, Tennessee with the following in his home: 1 male 26 - 45 (Audley was 29), 1 female 26 - 45 (Anna Elizabeth Dennis was 26), 2 males under 10 (George was 9 and Joseph was 3), 3 females under 10 (Nettie was 10, Anna was 5, Eleanor was 2) Saphronia's birth year was about 1819, and eaisly could have been born in 1820 after the Census. The Census indicates "Edly" was engaged in Agriculture. Before 1820 Samuel Harrison moved from Tazewell County, Virginia to Warren County, Tennessee, where on July 9, 1825 he gave power of attorney to Audley Harrison, Sr. to "all rights to inheritance from my father Thomas Harrison, late of Tazewell County". This is listed in Tazewell County Deed Book 4, page 35. On October 24, 1927, James Lockhart of Warren County, Tennessee, gave a power of attorney to Audley Harrison, Sr. to convey 120 acres of land, located on the headwaters of the Maiden Springs Fork of the Clinch River. The 120 acres was adjacent to land owned by William Williams, David Allen, and James Whitten. It is registered in Tazewell County, Virginia, Deed Book 4, Page 463 and in Order Book, page 273. Documentation from "The Audley Harrison House" by the Warren County, Tennessee Historical Society. excerpt: "Audley Harrison died intestate (without a will) , according to court records." The McMinnville Heritage Alliance wrote in a letter in 2006 "The main cabin is The Harrison Cabin. It was relocated and reconfigured so it is not all original. The Jennings family, of course, lived there man years after Audley Harrison did. The O'neal cabin was the slave cabin (later the kitchen) for the main log house. It did not get the changes and preservation The Harrison Cabin did, Heritage Alliance does not sponsor the other cabin at the fair grounds - only The Harrison House." One researchers records indicated Audley was a Justice of the Peace in the 4th Civil District, Warren County, Tennessee. This writer has been unable to verify that record. 1840 Census indicates Audley was living in Warren County, Tennessee with the following in his home: 1 male 50 - 60 (Audley was 50), 1 female 30 - 40 (Elizabeth Grove was 36), 1 male under 5 (Alexander was 2), 1 female 15 - 20 (Virginia was 15) 2 females 10 - 15 (Nancy was 13, Millie was 10) 1 female 5 - 10 (Hannah L. was 8) and 1 female under 5 (Julia was 1). The Slave Schedule shows they had 2 males who were 10 - 24, 1 female 36 - 55, 1 female under the age of 10 and the family was engaged in Agriculture. 1850 Census indicates Audley and Elizabeth were living in Warren County, Tennessee on September 27, 1850. They had six children living with them. Hannah who was 18 and Audley's daughter from a previous marriage to Hanna Elizabeth Dennis who died in 1836, Alexander who was 12, Julia who was 10, Audley Jr. who was 8, Mary who was 5 and Thomas who was 3. The Census shows Audley was a farmer and the value of his property was $2000. It also states there was a 26 year old man living with them, Claboam, who was also a farmer. 1850 Census Schedule 2 Slave Schedule indicates Audley had 9 slaves: black female 55, black male 35, black male 25, black female 18, mulatto male 16, black male 16, black male 15, and two mulatto females 8 years old. Audley is named as child of Thomas Harrison and Hannah Harrison's wills. Although DAR file number 840385 indicates Audley's marriage to Elizabeth Groves was after 1835, I have retained the marriage as about 1837 as his first wife, Hannah Elizabeth Dennis' tombstone shows she died 2 Feb 1836 and Audley would have remarried after her death but sometime before the birth of their first child in 1838.

  
  

• Sources

  [S109] DAR File, Number 460666. [S109] DAR File, Number 840385. [S15] Wiseman Family and Allied Lines, (Name: Eugene Wiseman; Date: 1991;), Page 320. [S57] 1840 Census Warren County, Tennessee, Page 354 Sheet No. 4, Line 1. [S58] Tombstone, Audley M Harrison. [S15] Wiseman Family and Allied Lines, (Name: Eugene Wiseman; Date: 1991;), Page 392. [S15] Wiseman Family and Allied Lines, (Name: Eugene Wiseman; Date: 1991;), Page 391. [S26] Chancery Court Records, Book 1 (1847-1854). [S134] Marriage Record Thomas Harrison and Hannah Dennis, Thomas Harrison and Hannah Dennis. [S15] Wiseman Family and Allied Lines, (Name: Eugene Wiseman; Date: 1991;), Page 383. [S65] Register of Marriages, Botetourt County, Virginia, 1770-1853, page 22.