More Information:
About Miniard Harris:
According to Marie Harris Key's book, Miniard sold his plantation in Charlotte Co., VA in Feb., 1775.
Miniard, his family, and brothers Edward, Braddock, and David and their families migrated into North
Carolina in 1775, into what was then Rowan Co. Burke was formed from Rowan in 1777, and this put them
in Burke Co.
Miniard was killed in the Battle of King's Mountain, 1780. (This is unproven.) .......................................................................
The
following was found at: http://www.co.cleveland.nc.us/battle_of_kings_mountain.htm
"Battle
of Kings Mountain
October 7, 1780, near the North and South Carolina border
The plateau
of the mountain is in Cleveland County, NC
The battlefield and park are in York County, SC
By
Peggy Beach
Public Information Officer, Cleveland County, NC
Phone: 704-476-3012; e-mail:
peggy.beach@countynt2.co.cleveland.nc.us
Historians consider the Battle of Kings Mountain to
be the "turning point in the South" in America's War for Independence. The victory of Patriots over
Loyalist troops destroyed the left wing of Cornwallis' army. The battle also effectively ended, at least
temporarily, the British advance into North Carolina. Lord Cornwallis was forced to retreat from Charlotte
into South Carolina to wait for reinforcements. The victory of the Overmountain Men allowed General
Nathaniel Greene the opportunity to reorganize the American Army.
When British General Henry
Clinton learned of his men's defeat at Kings Mountain, he is reported to have called it "the first link
of a chain of evils" that he feared might lead to the collapse of the British plans to quash the Patriot
rebellion. He was right. American forces went on to defeat the British at Cowpens. A little more than
a year after Kings Mountain, Washington accepted Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, Virginia." ...............................................................................
About Sarah Johnson:
Found in 1810 Census, NC, Burke Co., img. 51.
About Miniard Harris:
From Mrs. Key's book: "Presumably migrated into S.C. with his Uncles Braddock and Edward around 1798
or before. A "Mainyard" Harris was found in the 1800 census of Laurens Co., S.C." ................................................................
I
found the above Minyard (not Mainyard) in the 1800 Census, SC, Laurens Co., p. 28, img. 33. The people/ages
were: 1 m 16-25, 1 f under 10, 1 f 16-25. .................................................................
About Daughter 3 Of Miniard Harris:
Possibly named Mary or Sarah. Two daughters listed in the 1790 Census of Burke Co., living with mother
Sarah.
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