Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameMartha W. Britton 
Birth17 Mar 1828, Virginia
Death13 Aug 1900, Marshall County, Mississippi Age: 72
BurialMarshall County, Mississippi--Burrow Cemetery
Spouses
1William M. Harris Jr. , GGG Uncle
, GGG UncleBirth24 Oct 1824, GA
Death30 Dec 1885, Marshall Co MS Age: 61
BurialMarshall County, Mississippi--Burrow Cemetery
Birth1824
Death1885 Age: 60
FatherWilliam Moore Harris Sr. (ca1801-1876)
MotherLucinda Scoggins (1801-1860)
Marriage14 Nov 1847, Marshall County, MS1088
ChildrenCincinatus A. (1848-1888)
William L. (1849-1907)
James E. (ca1852-1920)
Lucius T. (ca1853-)
Theodosia E. (1856-)
Virginia E. (ca1857-)
Lucius Julious (1858-1929)
Mary B. (1860-)
Benjamin Franklin (1862-1915)
Ross B. (ca1864-)
John (1869-)
Percy Ernest (1875-)
Notes for Martha W. Britton
W. W. Harris (grandson) states on the death certificate of his father, J. E. Harris, that Mattie was born in Georgia.
Notes for William M. (Spouse 1)
On July 20, 1850 William bought from Brantley Sugg for $240 a tract of land "known and distinguished as the North West Quarter of Section Twenty Five and Township Four and Range five (5) west of the Basis =Meridian of the Chickasaw session Mississippi" (Marshall County Mississippi Deed of Record, Book ---, pp. 172-173). The number of acres was not specified.
Listed with the William M. Harris (Jr.) household in the 1850 Marshall County, Mississippi, census is John Britton, age 17, farmer.
The cemetery record gives birth date as October 24, 1824 and date of death as December 30, 1885, followed by "aged 62 yrs, 2mos., 19 days." The age indication does not match the birth/death dates.
The 1860 Marshall County, Mississippi Slave Census shows:
William M. Harris
1f 38 yrs Black
1m 5 yrs Mulatto
According to the slave index, he was a neighbor of G.A. Strickland.
Listed with the William M. Harris (Jr.) household in the 1850 Marshall County, Mississippi, census is John Britton, age 17, farmer.
The cemetery record gives birth date as October 24, 1824 and date of death as December 30, 1885, followed by "aged 62 yrs, 2mos., 19 days." The age indication does not match the birth/death dates.
The 1860 Marshall County, Mississippi Slave Census shows:
William M. Harris
1f 38 yrs Black
1m 5 yrs Mulatto
According to the slave index, he was a neighbor of G.A. Strickland.