Elizabeth Harris

Name

Elizabeth Harris

Alternate Names

Elizabeth Farris
Elizabeth Faris

Race

White

Record(s) Seen In

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 2

Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 3

Page and Line Number

IAS 2: PP. 73-74
IAS 3: PP. 162

Date(s) Seen in Records

IAS2: May 17th, 1850 - June 1st, 1850
IAS 3: Mach 26,1856 - May 1856

People Enslaved

Mary

Dick

Lewis

Additional Information

Benjamin and Mary Harris's daughter

Benjamin Harris

Mary Harris

Sarah Harris's sister

Sarah Harris

In Louisa Dillard's will, it is stated that, "I give and devise to Mary wife of Benjamin Farris, and heirs of her body by said Benjamin forever my negro woman Mary and her future increases." Later, it is stated that this clause was revoked and, "said woman Mary and her future increases" would go to Benjamin Farris's daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah, forever.

Louisa Dillard

There is a possible connection between the "negro woman Mary" mentioned in Louisa Dillard's will and the Mary listed under Charles Dillard's enslaved people. These individuals could be the same person or two separate people but the record does not state a connection.

Charles Dillard

Mary

Elizabeth Harris is her maiden name and it is not stated in the record whether or not she was married.

A value of $30.45 was placed on Dick when Elizabeth Harris hired him out to "Edmundson," who is presumed to be Henry Edmundson, though this cannot be said with certainty. Elizabeth Harris paid Thomas Tosh $10.00 for the hire of Dick from August 31, 1855 to the end of 1855. While Thomas Tosh would have been the official slave owner of Dick, it appears Elizabeth Harris hired Dick out for part of the year in which she had hired him from Tosh.
Elizabeth Harris also paid Thomas Tosh $30.00 for the hire of Lewis for the year 1855.

Henry A. Edmundson

Thomas Tosh