William Y. Harriss

Birth Date

c1821

Death Date

1864-10

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah Frances Bond Harris in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on January 2, 1843. Father of Winfrey B. Harris, William Harris, Nancy Harris, and James Harris. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Long Pond in 1860. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Long Pond in 1860. Employed James Burke as an overseer in Long Pond in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 369A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Long Pond, p. 214B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 251.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Caldwell County Administration Bonds, 1863-1878, p. 97.

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