My “cousin”, Beverly Duncan, has written a case study to answer the question, “Was John J.C. Harris, son of George Fuller Harris and Phebe Bailey Harris, of Russell County, Kentucky, the same John J.C. Harris who lived in Horse Creek, Dade County, Missouri,in about 1870, then back to Russell County, Kentucky before 1880?” She asked if I’d be willing to publish her case study here and is hoping to hear from anyone who might also be researching this line.
—–
Was John J. C. Harris, son of George Fuller Harris and Phebe Bailey Harris, of Russell County, Kentucky, the same John J. C. Harris who lived in Horse Creek, Dade County, Missouri, in about 1870, then back to Russell County, Kentucky before 1880?
THE HARRIS HOME, 1850 RUSSELL COUNTY, KENTUCKY
In 1850, John J. C. Harris lived with his parents, George Fuller Harris and Phebe Bailey, in their home, near Somerset, Dist. 2, Russell County, Kentucky.[1] The 1850 Russell County, Kentucky, Dist. 2, census did not list the relationship to the head of the household.[2] From their marriage record and the 1880 Kentucky census for Russell County, Phebe became George’s wife and was the mother of his children.[3] [4] The occupants of George Harris’ home in 1850 were[5]:
Another daughter, Victoria Elizabeth was born 3 December 1853, in Russell County, Kentucky, to George F. Harris and Phebe Bailie, residents of Russell County, Kentucky.[6]
GEORGE FULLER HARRIS, 1855
After having ten children together that in 1855 were as old as 24 years and as young as 2 years, on 11 February 1855 George Fuller Harris married his companion of 25 years, Phoebe Bailey, in the home of George F Harris, witnessed by W.F. Harris, J.J.C. Harris, and Agnes Fuller. George and Phoebe were married by Moses H. Wilson, Minister of the Baptist Church. George Fuller Harris died at the age of 52 on 6 July 1855 in Russell County, Kentucky. He was buried in the family plot, on his father, Theodore Moses Harris’ farm in Russell County, Kentucky. In George Fuller Harris’ will, he states:
“Fourth – I will and bequeath unto my son John J. Critton [Crittendon] Harris Bailey all my land lying on the large fork of Wolf Creek not included in the deed made to Francis M. Harris Bailey, also one horse colt and cow and calf, two sheep, and sow and five shoats which he now claims.”
The total acreage of the land was not stated. All the children mentioned in George Fuller Harris’ will were referred to as “Harris Bailey”. This may take into consideration the parents’ late marriage.
CONFIRMING VITAL DATES
On the draft registration John J. C. Harris signed in February 1864, he stated his age on 1 July 1863, was 26, which calculates to a birth year of 1837, and agrees with the 1850 census and the date of death on his tombstone.[7] Visits to Ethel Cemetery, Ethel (near Collinsville), Grayson County, Texas confirmed the birth date on his tombstone as 3 Sept 1837; his death date as March 19, 1896.[8] John J. C. was buried next to his wife, Martha Ann Floyd who died 31 May 1895.[9]
JOHN J. C. HARRIS AND MARTHA ANN FLOYD MARRIED AND BEGAN THEIR FAMILY
On 3 March 1856, John J.C. Harris and Martha Ann Floyd were married in Pulaski County, Kentucky by M.[atthew] Floyed [Floyd], witnesses were Marion Harris and Rona Floyd, [relationships unknown].[10] [11] In 1860, the census for Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky showed that John J. C. and his new family, consisting of Martha, age 25 born KY; George, age 3 born KY; and John, age 1; born KY, lived near Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky. John’s occupation was recorded as Bap[tist] Clergyman. They owned real estate valued at $500. [12]
JOHN GOES TO WAR
John J. C. Harris served in the Civil War, 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Union Army, Company D, as a Private.[13] He enlisted 5 November 1861, at Camp Wolford [KY] for a period of three years[14]. He appeared on the Muster-In Roll on 1 January 1862 at Camp Boyle [KY]. The Special Muster Roll of April 10, 1863 stated that John J. C. had been absent, sick at home, in Russell County, Kentucky, since 15 March 1862. All persons subject to do military service between the age of twenty and thirty-five were enumerated in the month of February 1864. John J. C. Harris was included in this enumeration with comments written beside his name: “12 mo. 3 K Inftry.”[15] He has contracted measles, typhoid, kidney trouble and other diseases during his military service.[16]
BACK HOME IN RUSSELL COUNTY, KENTUCKY
The tax list for January 1866 listed J. J. C. Harris in Russell County, Kentucky, paying a tax of two cents per lb. on 18 lbs. of cotton. The tax of thirty-six cents was paid on 28 December.[17]
In 1867, the Salem United Baptist Church, Russell County, Kentucky, named John J. C. Harris as moderator and Martha Ann Harris as charter member.[18] These three items support the fact that they lived in Russell County, Kentucky very close to the time they leave Kentucky for Missouri.
HORSE CREEK, DADE COUNTY, MISSOURI, 1870
John Jefferson Crittendon Harris, a lifelong, stable resident of both Russell and Pulaski Counties in Kentucky left the familiar Kentucky area, went to Horse Creek, Dade County, Missouri and was enumerated there on the 1870 census. The occupations recorded on the 1860 through 1880 census all agreed that he was a clergyman. John J.C. Harris was found on the 1870 census living in Horse Creek township, Dade County, Missouri, occupation – Minister of the Gospel. He owned real estate valued at $664.[19] We do not know the physical location of the property included in this amount. The amount may include the land in Kentucky left to John J. C. by his father. It may be land purchased in Missouri, or even elsewhere. Searches in Missouri tax lists have not returned any tax paid by John J. C. Harris.[20] The 1870 census enumeration instructions told us that the property did not have to be in the enumeration district or in that county.
1870 Census Enumeration Instructions excerpt:
“Property -Column 8 will contain the value of all Real Estate owned by the. person enumerated, without any deduction on account of mortgage or other incumbrance, whether within or without the Census subdivision or the county. The value meant is the full market value, known or estimated.”[21]
Without knowing exactly where the land is, nor the dates of purchase or sale, we do not know how “permanent” he intended to be in Missouri. When he came to Missouri, had he immediately bought land, we would have a better idea that he had intended to stay for a longer period. Tax and land records for John J. C. Harris, in Missouri were researched, with negative results.[22]
Per John and Martha’s son, Samuel A. Harris’ death certificate, he was born 13 August 1866. Comparing the 1870 census date of 14 June 1870, he would have been 3 years, 10 months of age. However, the census reported his age as 2, which made his birth date 1867 or 1868. With this conflict, we cannot use his age to estimate when the Harris family moved from Kentucky to Missouri.[27]
On 22 March 1870, John C. Harris was appointed chaplain of the new Masonic Lodge at Arcola, Missouri, a village 10 miles north of Greenfield, Missouri. This was before the census was taken.[28]
During the years 1867 – 1872, John J.C. Harris was included as a minister in Dade Co., Missouri, therefore, marriages he performed would have been included in Marriage Book “B” covering 1867-1872. There are no entries in Marriage Book “A” for him because John J. C. and Martha Ann lived in Pulaski and Russell Counties in Kentucky during 1863-1867, the time span covered by Book “A.” After searching through the Marriage Records, Dade County, Missouri, page by page, records of the marriages John J. C. Harris (officiant # 47) performed were not found in this compilation.[29] Multiple searches for newspapers in Missouri from 1865 to 1880 did not yield any information on John J. C. Harris or John Harris.
BACK HOME IN RUSSELL COUNTY, KENTUCKY…AGAIN
In 1880, we found the J.J.C. Harris family back in Russell County, Kentucky, occupation – preacher. [30] The family members listed there were:
A DAUGHTER BORN IN MISSOURI, 1871
Find A Grave entry for Victoria Elizabeth Lowry, born 25 Jan 1871, Missouri, and died 20 April 1952, Bryan County Oklahoma, buried in Old Bennington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bennington, Bryan County Oklahoma.[31] Victoria’s birth in 1871, Missouri, supports the hypothesis that the family or at least her mother was in Missouri in 1871.[32]
MINISTER AND FARMER IN TEXAS AFTER 1880
John J. C. Harris was minister of Crossroads Baptist Church of Christ [now known as First Baptist of Celina], Celina, Texas in 1884. Information was found by the church secretary in an 1895 Church publication that contained a listing of ordained and licensed ministers from every church in the association. John J. C. Harris was listed as an ordained minister from Ethel, Texas.[33]
Besides preaching, his other occupation was farming as confirmed in his compiled Civil War Service Record, image 25. He had maintained a farm throughout his entire life and provided his family and their animals with food and grain. Farming was the “lay of the land” for any rural family, during the era.[34]
SUMMARY
John J. C. Harris of Russell County, Kentucky has been proven to be the same John J. C. Harris who moved to Missouri about 1870. We have also proven that John J. C. Harris was back in Russell County, Kentucky before 1880. This is the same man.
There was no census found that showed a relationship to the head of household with John J. C. Harris and George Fuller Harris in the same household, other than the 1850 Russell County, Kentucky census, when John was age 13.[35] George Fuller Harris gave us the confirmation of the relationship between him and his son, John J. C. Harris, when he left a parcel of land to John in his Last Will and Testament.
The 1870 census, their daughter’s 1871 birth in Missouri, and the continuity of the members of the family in 1860 and 1880 census, confirm that the John J. C. Harris family from Russell County, Kentucky, was the same family that went to Horse Creek, Dade County, Missouri, then returned to Kentucky before 1880. Following is a table that compared the census from 1860 through 1880 to prove the same family moved.[36] [37] [38] Names and ages were appropriate for these to have been the same family.
With all the facts reported here, the exact reason or date they went to Missouri has not yet been discovered. They left Kentucky for Dade County, Missouri after 1867 and returned to Kentucky before 1880. Because of his long-time work with the Baptist Church, it leads to supposition that the Church asked him or he volunteered to go to Horse Creek, Dade County, Missouri to help them get their church started and possibly even help build their building.
Shown below is a list of the places that John J. C. Harris and his family lived during and after the Civil War. These residences were listed in his Compiled Service Record.[42]
They made at least one more move after this – to Ethel, Grayson County, Texas where Martha Ann (Floyd) Harris died 31 May 1895, followed by John J. C. Harris’ death on 19 March 1896. They are buried together in the Ethel Cemetery.
—–
[1] 1850 U.S. Census, Russell County, Kentucky, population schedule, Second District, page 33 (written), page 267 (stamped), family of George Harris, dwl 385, fam 385; image, Ancestry.com (http://Ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 217.
[2] Ibid.,
[3] Kentucky County Marriages, 1783-1965, Marriage license and return of George Fuller Harris and Phoeba Bailey on 11 February, 1855, Ancestry.com (https: http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 Feb 2017), citing FamilySearch.org (familysearch.org : accessed 20 Feb 2017) image, FHL film no. 594,312.
[4] 1880 U.S. Census, Russell County, Kentucky, population schedule, Enumeration Dist. – No. 101, page 18B (written), dwl 159, fam 159, family of John J. C. Harris; image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017); citing NARA microfilm production T9, roll 441; FHL film 1,254,441, page 519B.
[5] 1850 U.S. Census, Russell County, Kentucky, population schedule, Second District, page 33 (written), page 267 (stamped), family of George Harris, dwl 385, fam 385; image, Ancestry.com (http://Ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 217.
[6] Ancestry.com, Kentucky Birth Records 1847-1911, Record for Victoria Elizabeth Harris, born 3 December 1853 to George F Harris and Phebe Bailie, in Russell County Kentucky, page 2, line 4, http://www.ancestry.com,. (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=KYbirths&h=150099324&indiv=try : accessed 18 February 2017); citing Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
[7] U. S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865,” “Consolidated List of all persons of Class I, enumerated during the month of February 1864, images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ConsolidatedListsofCivilWarReg&h=3924966&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Pqj335&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=1117 : accessed 12 Feb 2017), entry for John J. C. Harris.
[8] Ethel Cemetery, Ethel, Grayson, Texas, [From Denton, TX, take FM428E and US 377 N to Graham Grove Rd to Ethel Cemetery Rd], grave/tombstone of John J. C. Harris, born 3 Sept 1837, died 19 March 1896; inscription reads: “Rev John J. C. Harris, a Strong Defender of the Babtist [sic] Doctrine for 36 years, Born Sept 3, 1837, Died March 19, 1896, grave is with his wife, Martha Ann [Floyd], and daughter in-law, Sarah Ellen [Brown] Harris, personal visit to Ethel Cemetery, ca fall 1999, Beverly Duncan, DeLynne White, Jacob W White (age 1) and Wanda (Harris) Wade.
[9] Ibid.,
[10] Pulaski County, Kentucky, Marriage Bonds 1799-1863, Record and minister’s return for John JC Harris and Martha Ann Floyd (written in record book), Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 February 2017), FHL microfilm # 0,804,052, pg.88.
[11] Pulaski County, Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914, Ancestry.com, (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=KYmarriages1852&h=40989&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Pqj335&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=7667 : accessed 12 Feb 2017, microfilm rolls #994027-994058, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
[12] 1860 U.S. Census, Pulaski County, Kentucky, population schedule, District 1, Somerset Post Office, page 204 (handwritten), dwl 1374, fam 1324, family of John J. C. Harris; image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017) : citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 393; Page 352; FHL film 803,393.
[13] National Park Service, “Soldiers,” database, “The Civil War, Soldier Details,” NPS.gov (https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=7C74DBA5-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A : accessed 12 February 2017,) entry for John J. C. Harris, 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Union, Company D, Rank in – Private, Rank out – Private, citing NARA microfilm publication M386, roll 12.
[14] John J. C. Harris compiled military Civil War Service Record (private, Co. D., 3rd Volunteer Regiment, Kentucky Infantry), Office of the Adjutant General, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington; digital images, Fold3
(https://www.fold3.com/image/225265216/?terms=John%20J%20C%20Harris : accessed 25 Jan 2017).
[15] U. S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865,” “Consolidated List of all persons of Class I, enumerated during the month of February 1864, images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ConsolidatedListsofCivilWarReg&h=3924966&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Pqj335&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=1117 : accessed 12 Feb 2017), entry for John J. C. Harris.
[16] John J. C. Harris compiled military Civil War Service Record (private, Co. D., 3rd Volunteer Regiment, Kentucky Infantry), Office of the Adjutant General, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington; digital images, Fold3
(https://www.fold3.com/image/225265216/?terms=John%20J%20C%20Harris : accessed 25 Jan 2017).
[17] U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Russell County, Kentucky, Division No. 9 of Collection District No. 2, for the month of January 1866, entry for J. J. C. Harris, database with images, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/ : assessed 25 February 2017), citing: Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M768, 24 rolls); Records of the Internal Revenue Service, Record Group 58; The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
[18] “South-Central-Kentucky-L Archives, Grace Baptist Church – Russell Co.”, Ancestry.com (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY/1999-09/0938178737 : accessed 19 February 2017), Salem United Baptist, 13 June 1867, John J. C. Harris named moderator, Martha A Harris recognized as a charter member ; Colonel Sandi Gori, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141, 270-651-9114 or E-Fax 707-222-1210, Friday, 24 September 1999.
[19] 1870 U.S. Census, Dade County, Missouri, population schedule, Horse Creek twp., pg. 15, dwl 96/fam 102, family of John J. C. Harris; image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017): citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 773; FHL film 552,272.
[20] “U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918”, [database on-line], entry for J C Harris in Missouri, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 April 2017,) citing Records of the Internal Revenue Service, Record Group 58, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
[21] Ninth Census, United States, 1870, Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Act of May 23, 1850. Census Office, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., May 1, 1870, Government printing Office, United States Census Bureau, History, 1870 Instructions, (https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/1870instructions-2.pdf : accessed 25 Feb 2017 )
[22] “U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918”, [database on-line], entry for J C Harris in Missouri, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 April 2017,) citing Records of the Internal Revenue Service, Record Group 58, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
[23] “Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJ8-W4Y : 4 December 2014), George M. Harris, 26 Mar 1857, Russell County, Kentucky; citing Russell County., Kentucky, reference yr 1857 p 1; FHL microfilm 216,838. George M Harris, b 26 Mar 1857, to father John J C Harris and Martha A Floyd. Shows birthplace as Russell County, but is recorded in Pulaski County, where John & Martha were living. (their families were in Russell County – they were probably staying with her mother to have their first baby)
[24] “Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJ8-8KM : 4 December 2014), John Bunion Harris, 02 Feb 1860; citing Pulaski, Kentucky, reference yr 1860 p 883; FHL microfilm 216,838.
[25] Family records such as the family Bible repeatedly refer to Levethy Belle Harris. There are transcripts written by various researchers, but the original Bible has now disappeared. No official birth record for Levethy Belle has yet been found.
[26] State of Texas, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, Samuel A. Harris, 16 October 1949, age 83 years, 2 months , 3 days, [dob 13 Aug 1866] Rt. 2, James, Upsher, Texas, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 April 2017), certificate 50681.
[27] Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death no 50681 for Samuel A Harris, died 16 Oct 1949 in James, Upshur Co., Texas, birthdate 13 Aug 1866, birthplace Kentucky, father-Jefferson Harris b KY, mother-Martha Ann Floyd b N.K. [?], informant, Lonnie Harris.
[28] Dr. R.M. Crutcher, “History of Dade County and Her People, From the date of the Earliest Settlements to the present time,” “History of Garrett Lodge No. 359, A.F.&A.M., at Arcola, Missouri,” Master Masons met at the masonic hall in White Hare, Cedar County, Mo., 22 March 1870, to organize a Masonic lodge by dispensation, appointed officer W. C. Montgomery, Worshipful Master, and among others, J. C. Harris, chaplain. dcms.lds.org, (https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE745939 : accessed 23 Feb 2017,) The Pioneer Historical Company, Greenfield, MO., November 1, 1917, 181.
[29] Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff, compiler, Marriage Records, Dade County, Missouri : books “A” and “B,” 1863-1872, and abstracts of wills and admrs. “A,” 1841-1867, “Ministers & Justices”, No. 47, John J.C. Harris, MG, microfilmed by the compiler in the Office of the Recorder in the Courthouse at Greenfield, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff, 1971, list of ministers- p. 25.
[30] 1880 U.S. Census, Russell County, Kentucky, population schedule, Enumeration Dist – No. 101, page 18B (written), dwl 159, fam 159, family of John J. C. Harris; image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017); citing NARA microfilm production T9, roll 441; FHL film 1,254,441, page 519B.
[31] Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line], entry for Victoria Elizabeth Harris Lowry, Ancestry.com, (http://search.ancestry.com/ : accessed 25 February 2017),
[32] 1880 U.S. Census, Russell County, Kentucky, population schedule, Enumeration Dist – No. 101, page 18B (written), dwl 159, fam 159, family of John J. C. Harris; image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017); citing NARA microfilm production T9, roll 441; FHL film 1,254,441, page 519B.
[33] “History of First Baptist Church,” (http://www.fbccelina.org/history.htm : accessed 13 June 2010, )
First Baptist Church organized as the Crossroads Baptist Church of Christ on December 12, 1874 in the old one room Union Schoolhouse, located at Crossroads (FM 455 & CR 97), Celina, Texas, “our pastors… 1884 J. J. C. Harris.
[34] John Jefferson Crittendon Harris compiled Civil War Service Record (private, Co.D.,3rd Volunteer Regiment, Kentucky Infantry), Office of the Adjutant General, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington; digital images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/225265216/?terms-John%2D1%2DC%2DHarris : accessed 25 Jan 2017), slide 25.
[35] 1850 U.S. Census, Russell County, Kentucky, population schedule, Second District, page 33 (written), page 267 (stamped), family of George Harris, dwl 385, fam 385; image, Ancestry.com (http://Ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 217. 1850 Census did not show relationship to the head of household. This was the only census that George Fuller Harris and John J. C. Harris were living in the same house.
[36] 1860 U.S. Census, Pulaski County, Kentucky, population schedule, District 1, Somerset Post Office, page 204 (handwritten), dwl 1374, fam 1324, family of John J. C. Harris; image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017) : citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 393; Page 352; FHL film 803,393.
[37] 1870 U.S. Census, Dade County, Missouri, population schedule, Horse Creek twp., pg. 15, dwl 96/fam 102, family of John J. C. Harris; image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017): citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 773; FHL film 552,272.
[38] 1880 U.S. Census, Russell County, Kentucky, population schedule, Enumeration Dist. – No. 101, page 18B (written), dwl 159, fam 159, family of John J. C. Harris; image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 12 Feb 2017); citing NARA microfilm production T9, roll 441; FHL film 1,254,441, page 519B.
[39] 1880 U. S. Census, Russell County, Kentucky, population schedule, Enumeration District 101, page 18B(written), dwl 156, fam 156, family of George M. Harris, image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 26 March 2017; citing NARA microfilm production T9, roll 441; FHL film 1,254,441, page 519B.
[40] Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964, (database on line), Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/ : accessed 26 March 2017); citing, Kentucky, Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records—Microfilm (1852-1910), Microfilm rolls #994027-94058, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
[41] Obituary, Bennington, Bryan County, Oklahoma, unknown newspaper, printed a few days after 20 April 1952, (dod) “born in Missouri January 25, 1871.”
[42] John Jefferson Crittendon Harris compiled Civil War Service Record (private, Co.D.,3rd Volunteer Regiment, Kentucky Infantry), Office of the Adjutant General, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington; digital images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/225265216/?terms-John%2D1%2DC%2DHarris : accessed 25 Jan 2017), image 25.
[43] John J. C. Harris, Civil War military pension (private, Co. D, 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Civil War), soldier’s application no. 309,110, certificate no. 250,077; Office of the Adjunct General, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
[44] John Jefferson Crittendon Harris compiled Civil War Service Record (private, Co.D.,3rd Volunteer Regiment, Kentucky Infantry), Office of the Adjutant General, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington; digital images, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/225265216/?terms-John%2D1%2DC%2DHarris : accessed 25 Jan 2017), image 25.