| Gary's Genealogy |
| Notes for Andrew Jackson Harris |
| Migrated to Georgia with his family soon after 1845. The family was in the 1850 census, Murray County, Georgia. He was among the early settlers of Wood County, Texas. James Gilbert Harris, a brother of Giles N. Harris blazed the way in 1852. He settled on the old Warlick place between Quitman and Oak Grove community. Andrew Jackson Harris served in the Civil War. He returned to Murray Co., Ga. and enlisted in the Confederate Army, and was wounded in the Battle of Chicamauga. Andrew (Jack) Harris was a prosperous farmer. He owned a cotton gin, a grist mill and also freighted to and from Jefferson, Texas which at that time was one of the main trading points in that part of Texas. ................................................................... Found in the 1870 Census, Texas, Wood Co., p. 563, img. 113. ................................................................... Found in the 1880 Census, Texas, Wood Co., ED 124, p. 272, img. 27. ................................................................... |
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