Dennis, Hannah

1760 - 1830

• Name	Dennis, Hannah   [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1760	Augusta County, Virginia   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Anna  [1, 2]
  Probate	Jun 1830  [4, 6]
  Died	Between 26 May and Jun 1830	Tazewell County, Virginia   [1, 2, 4]
  Buried	Peery Farm, Tazewell County, Virginia   [7]
  Person ID	I90	Harrison-Hennessee
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Dennis, Joseph,   b. Abt 1730, Ireland ,   d. 1794, Botetourt County, Virginia  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Combs, Mary Ann
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harrison, Thomas S Sr,   b. 1750, Augusta County, Virginia ,   d. Aug 1815, Peery Cemetery, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 65 years)
  Married	07 Apr 1779	Botetourt County, Virginia   [1, 2, 4, 8, 9]
  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.
  Children	1. Harrison, Joseph D.,   b. Abt 1780, Virginia  [Natural]   2. Harrison, Thomas S Jr.,   b. 1782, Botetourt County, Virginia ,   d. 1830  (Age 48 years)  [Natural]   3. Harrison, James,   b. 10 Jun 1784, Virginia ,   d. 1830  (Age 45 years)  [Natural] + 4. Harrison, Samuel,   b. Abt 1785, Tazewell County, Virginia ,   d. Bef 1840, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age < 55 years)  [Natural]   5. Harrison, Audley M. Sr.,   b. 06 Jun 1791, Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia ,   d. 30 Nov 1852, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years)   6. Harrison, Eleanor,   b. Abt 1794, Tazewell County, Virginia  [Natural]   7. Harrison, Mary Nancy,   b. 15 Nov 1795, Tazewell County, Virginia ,   d. 05 Jan 1822  (Age 26 years)  [Natural]   8. Harrison, Alexander,   b. 17 Jan 1798, Tazewell County, Virginia ,   d. 17 Sep 1845, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 47 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2012
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		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.
  		Thomas Harrison and Hanna Dennis Marriage Record Thomas Harrison and Hanna Dennis Marriage Record from Ancestry.com

  
  

• Notes

  Hannah Dennis, the wife of Thomas Samuel Harrison, Sr., was closely related to the Hannah Dennis who was captured by a party of Shawnee Indians. The Shawnees went through Lartmill Gap to Purgatory Creek and killed Joseph Dennis and his child, and took Hanna, his wife, prisoner. Hannah learned the Shawnee tongue and because of her skill in treating illnesses, she was given much liberty. She escaped on a driftwood log and made her way back to her family in 1763. Hannah Dennis is buried on the Perry farm on Fairgrounds Road in Tazewell County, Virginia. Quote from Eugene Wiseman: Hannah Dennis Harrison signed her will on May 20, 1830 and the will was proven in June 1830 in Tazewell County, Virginia Will Book 1, page 31. The executor was her son Thomas and there were three witnesses, William Taylor, John B. Gillespie and James Mahood. Her sons were listed as Thomas, Alexander, James, Joseph, Samuel, Audley and one daughter Nelly Thompson. Some of her grandchildren were also listed as son Thomas' daughter Hanna Harrison and Hanna Thompson and also the heirs of her daughter Nancy Gillespie. One daughter in law was listed, Polly Harrison.

  
  

• Sources

  [S109] DAR File, Number 460666. [S109] DAR File, Number 840385. [S15] Wiseman Family and Allied Lines, (Name: Eugene Wiseman; Date: 1991;), Page 320. [S15] Wiseman Family and Allied Lines, (Name: Eugene Wiseman; Date: 1991;), Page 383. [S54] Augusta County is now Botetourt County, Virginia. [S64] Tazewell County, Virginia Will Book 1, page 311. [S88] Tombstone, Hannah Dennis Harrison. [S134] Marriage Record Thomas Harrison and Hannah Dennis, Thomas Harrison and Hannah Dennis. [S65] Register of Marriages, Botetourt County, Virginia, 1770-1853, page 22.