Harris Family - Guilford Co., NC

Comment by Kelli Davis Underhill 19 hours ago My NC ancestors are from the Bruce, Guilford county area. GGrandfather Charles R. Harris b. abt.1873, GGGrandfather Rufus Harris b. 20 APR 1844 and wife Angeline Miller b. 1847, GGGGrandfather Joseph Harris b. abt. 1815 and wife Harriet b. 1812. I find very little on them or their spouses.>>

Joseph Harris wrote a will in Guilford Co., NC. It was filed with the courts in 1879.

There were a total of 15 Harris Wills written in Guilford Co., NC:

C. F. 1896
Charles B., 1867
Cicero F., 1896
David, 1800
Fealman/ Feilman, 1838
Hope, 1880
James, 1842
Jane, 1875
Joel, 1824
Joseph, 1879**
Peter, 1790
Peter, 1868
Ransom W., 1886
Thompson, 1775

Your Joseph born in 1815

There were 7 Harris men enumerated on the 1820 Guilford Co., NC census report; Joseph Harris would have been about 5 years old:
Charles B, p. 87, 1m 10-16, 1m 26-45 [bet. 1775-1794]
James, p. 87, 2m < 10, 1m 10-16, 1m 26-45
Joel, p. 91, 2m < 10, 1m 10-16, 1m 16-26, 1m > 45 [bef. 1775]
John, p. 88, 3m < 10, 2m 10-16, 1m 26-45
Joshua, p. 91, 4m < 10, 1m 26-45
James, p. 91, 3m < 10, 1m 26-45
Simpson, p. 87, 1m 10-16, 1m 16-18, 1m 16-26, 1m 26-45
Tilmon, p. 86, 1m < 10, 1m 16-18, 2m 16-26, 1m > 45
Ely ? – Looks like on the same page as Charles, James, and Simpson, not listed in index as a “Harris” but looks like a “Harris” to me, p. 87, 1m 26-45

Of these 9 men, 6 of them - James (p. 87), Joel, John, Joshua, James (p. 91), and Tilmon - had children under the age of 10 which might have been Joseph, b. 1815.

James and Joel filed wills in Guilford Co., NC. So I would look at those wills and see if Joseph is mentioned as a child/heir. Copies of these wills can be ordered from the North Carolina State Archives, or you might be able to find a volunteer to look up the wills, copy, and mail to you.