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From: "Mike Lamb" <>
Subject: Harris Fork of Rock Lick Creek-Samuel Harris Jr
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 01:01:22 +0000


Samuel Harris on 11-11-1783 enters 300 acres on or near watercourse listed
as branch of Rock
Lick Creek, entered in book#10 page 261 of Virginia Grants, Jefferson Co,
Ky. I think this is
Samuel Harris Jr, son of Samuel and Suzanna (Mayhew) Harris. James Harris,
brother to Samuel Jr,
shows 400 acres on Cedar Creek just north of Elizabethtown in 1784 at this
time it was still
Jefferson Cty. 1783 James enters 150 acres on Bear Creek just a few miles
southeast of
Litchfield, which is in Grayson Cty today. Stephen Harris also a brother of
Samuel Jr and James
enters 300 acres on Lick Creek, west of Bardstown, Ky, which is in Nelson
Cty today.

Other land allotments for Samuel Sr's family are located at:
http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/resources/landallottments.html

Here you will find allotments for Samuel Sr, Samuel Jr, James, and John
Maline Harris (this is actually John Mayhue Harris, just misspelled).

This is Jefferson County land allotments for early settlers:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/jefferson/court/land/1782land.txt

Here is listed James, Ruth, John Mayhue, and their mother, Susannah Harris.

I do not know the locations of Ruth and Susannah's property!

From the information I have now, I think the Harris fork of Rock Lick Creek
was named
for Samuel Harris, Jr. If any local historians or geneaolgists can add
information or
change my perspective on this, please let me know.

Need to have more information on these Harris' families.

Thanks,
Mike Lamb





Searching for the history of naming the Harris Fork of Rock Lick Creek.
Located on page 47 E-6 of Delorme Kentucky Atlas. Today this is in
Breckenridge County, but originally would have been
Jefferson, then Nelson, then Hardin and last Breckenridge County. Located
close to the town of Vanzant.
Thanks
Mike Lamb


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