Harrison, Audley M. Jr.

1842 - 1902  (59 years)

• Name	Harrison, Audley M.   [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	15 Oct 1842	Warren County, Tennessee   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Andy
  Census	27 Sep 1850	Warren County, Tennessee
  Census	09 Aug 1860	Warren County, Tennessee
  Census	06 Aug 1870	Warren County, Tennessee
  Census	1880	Fannin County, Texas
  Residence	1887	Milford, Ellis County, Texas
  Census	15 Jun 1900	Milford, Ellis County, Texas   [5]
  Death	Warren County, Tennessee   [1]
  	This information is NOT correct and has been proven by the original pension records I received from the Texas Secretary of State. It is being corrected in the DAR records with my application, which is the only way DAR will make changes or corrections to records. - Sandra Harrison
  Retired	1901	Milford, Ellis County, Texas
  	Applied for his Confederate Pension which was approved in 1902
  _MILT	Confederate Army, 5th Tennessee, Company "B", under the command of Forest
  Died	02 May 1902	Milford, Ellis County, Texas   [6]
  	Juanita Clower Kirby Wells research shows Audley died in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas and so does the ancestry.com death index record.
  Person ID	I272	Harrison-Hennessee
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Harrison, Audley M. Sr.,   b. 06 Jun 1791, Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia ,   d. 30 Nov 1852, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Grove, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1804, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1860, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 56 years)
  Married	Abt 1837	Warren County, Tennessee   [7]
  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

  
  

  Family 1	Hennessee, Nancy,   b. 1845, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. Between 1872 and 1876, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 27 years)  [3]
  Married	14 Apr 1861	Warren County, Tennessee   [1, 3, 8]
  Notes	Wiseman book indicates wedding day as 14th, ancestry.com Tennessee Marriage Index indicates 13th. Will order Warren County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1852 - 1900 to verify this information.
  Children	1. Harrison, Obediah,   b. 13 Feb 1862, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Jun 1900, Piney, Texas, Missouri, USA  (Age 38 years)   2. Harrison, Sarah Sally,   b. Abt 1865, Warren County, Tennessee   3. Harrison, George W.,   b. 23 Oct 1872, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. 05 Aug 1951, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma  (Age 78 years)  [Natural]   4. Harrison, Henry,   b. 23 Oct 1872, Warren County, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1876, Bonham, Fannin, Texas  (Age 3 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2012
  Family ID	F133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Harrison, Laura A.,   b. Jan 1858, Arkansas
  Married	Abt 1888	Texas   [5]
  Children	1. Harrison, Josie  [Natural]   2. Harrison, Cora,   b. Apr 1886  [Natural]
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		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.
  		Audley M Harrison Jr Audly M Harrison Jr was the father of Obediah, Sarah Sally, George W, Henry, Josie and Cora. This is a tin photograph of Audley M Harrison Jr, not a tintype photo which was used later. These actual tin photos were usually taken by traveling photographers, about the size of a business card "calling cards" and very popular during and right after the Civil War. It was taken sometime after the Civil War between 1964 and 1875 and found in the home of Juanita Clower Kirby Wells. Juanita still lives on the farm which has been in the family since the early 1900s. Audley's son, Obediah had passed away in 1900 and his wife Laura and her children went to Oklahoma where her son Alph Harrison married Nellie Laurence who's family owned this farm. Laura passed away in their home on this farm and it is believed that this photograph was in her possessions.

  
  

  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.
  		Audley M Harrison Jr Death Record Audley M Harrison Jr Death Record from Ancestory.com
  		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.

  
  

• Notes

  1850 Census indicates Audley Jr. was 8 years old on September 27, 1850. 1870 Census indicates Edly (Audley) Harrison was 26 living in Warren County, Tennessee on August 6, 1870 with his wife Nancy who was 25, son Obediah 7 and daughter Sarah who was 5. The Census also shows Edly was a farmer and Nancy kept house and she could not read or write. Their real estate was valued at $2000 and their personal property was valued at $1000. 1900 Census Milford, Ellis County, Texas, B Sheet No. 4 18 indicates Audley was living in Ellis County, Texas with his wife Laura A and daughter Cora, common laborer, owned his own home free and clear and everyone in the home could read and write. It also indicates he was born in the month of October and I changed his birthdate to reflect this. It states Laura A had given birth to 5 children and only 3 were living, Cora who lived with them was 14 and she had only been married to Audley for 12 years. This may mean that Laura had Cora before she married Audley. Audley Harrison, Jr. was about eleven years old when his father, Audley Harrison, Sr. died. Harrison and Hennessee Families: Lived Together and Fought Together Between April 17th and May 20th, 1861 Tennessee seceded from the Union along with Virginia, Arkansas and North Carolina. That summer Camp Smartt was established and as the individual Civil War soldier's records show, on September 6, 1861 at least 15 of the Harrison and Hennessee brothers and cousins enlisted in the Civil War and on September 11th the Tennessee Mountain Rifle Regiment was organized. The Regiment changed names several times but finally came to be known as the 35th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. They served in the Regiment while it was called the 5th Regiment, Company "B" under the command of C M Forrest. These Hennessee and Harrison men included at least: Audley M Harrison and his brother Alexander, cousins J W and Samuel Harrison, his wife Nancy Hennessee's four brothers; James Sr., John Thomas, Patrick Scott and "Big" Thomas Jr., his wife's cousin and daughter's husband Archibald Hugh Hennessee, and Hennessee cousins Anderson L, George, James C, "Little" Thomas, Thomas L and James Jr. Before 1880, Audley Harrison, Jr. moved to Texas where he settled in Milford, Ellis County, Texas. April 12, 1898, Audley lived in Forney, Kafman County, Texas. His son Obediah came to visit and wrote home to his wife who was in Missouri on this date. Juanita (Clower) Kirby Wells has this original letter. Somewhere I saw that there were more children for this family, Rachel, Mary Frances, Joseph and Elizabeth. However I could not confirm this information, I had no dates or location of birth and deleted it from my file. 1930 Census, Audley's son George, indicates his father was born in Tennessee. DAR file number 840385 shows Audley died in Warren County, Tennessee in 1870 and several other reports including the Death Record on ancestry.com says he died in Bonnham, Fannin County, Texas. However this can not be correct as he is on Census records in 1880, 1890 and 1900 in Texas and applied for his pension #08676 near the end of his life in 1902. I have a copy of this pension in my possession. I spoke to the Texas State Library and Archives and they stated their Pension Log shows he died on May 20, 1902 and his one and only Pension check was mailed to Ellis County, Texas. A copy of this log is being mailed to me.

  
  

• Sources

  [S109] DAR File, Number 840385. [S15] Wiseman Family and Allied Lines, (Name: Eugene Wiseman; Date: 1991;), Page 320. [S116] Alphus and Nellie Harrison Family Records. [S19] 1930 Census Lawrence Township, Comanche County, Oklahoma page 110 sheet 3A. [S60] 1900 Census Milford, Ellis County, Texas, B Sheet No. 4 Page 18. [S84] Death Record, Audley M Harrison Jr. [S109] DAR File, Number 460666. [S104] Funeral Program / Record.