Samuel Harmison, Sr.

Abt 1776 - 1841  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Samuel Harmison  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1776	Berkley, Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Mar 1841	White County, Indiana
  Burial	Prob. Bedford Cemetery, White, Indiana
  Person ID	I5033	Rhodes Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	James Harmison,   b. Abt 1753, Virginia d. Bef 2 Nov 1832, Morgan County, West Virginia (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F1380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Arnold,   b. 1778, Maryland d. 8 Aug 1850, Plymouth Township, Marshall, Indiana (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1805
  Children	1. Catharine Harmison,   b. 16 Oct 1806, Maryland Or Virginia d. 20 Mar 1852, Indiana (Age 45 years)   2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Harmison,   b. 1807, Maryland d. 1856, Marshall County, IN (Age 49 years)   3. Elder John Harmison,   b. 6 Aug 1810, Maryland d. 12 Nov 1857, Liberty Twp., White County, Indiana (Age 47 years)   4. Samuel Harmison,   b. 6 Apr 1812, Darke County, Ohio d. 6 Mar 1862, Pleasant Township, Laporte, Indiana (Age 49 years)   5. Isaac Harmison,   b. 17 Apr 1814, Montgomery County, Ohio d. 14 May 1898, Township Of Wheaton, Chippewa Cty., Wisconsin (Age 84 years)   6. Mary Harmison,   b. Abt 1816, Montgomery County, Ohio d. Bef 1846, Unknown (Age ~ 29 years)   7. James Harmison,   b. 20 Feb 1820, Montgomery County, Ohio d. 20 Jun 1886, Cache, Trenton, Utah (Age 66 years)   8. Sarah Jane Harmison,   b. 12 Nov 1823, Montgomery County, Ohio d. 1866, Walkerton, St. Joseph, Indiana (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014
  Family ID	F1626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The property owned by Samuel at the time of his death was located along McKillup Creek, White County, Indiana and was sold to a William Sill by Samuel's son, John, executor of his estate, following Samuel's death. Samuel is most probably buried at the Bedford Cemetery which is located near his former property in Monon Township, White, Indiana. Samuel Harmison opened a blacksmith shop in Door Village, southwest of LaPorte, Indiana in Scipio township in 1833 according to "LaPorte History" by McDonald. Samuel Harmison, Sr. and wife, Nancy Arnold, were both illiterate and signed documents with an "X". Served in the War of 1812. Helped build the stockade in Door Village, LaPorte, Indiana, 1832 during Blackhawk War scare. Voted in LaPorte, Indiana, 1832. Will probated February 14, 1842, White, Indiana. From White County, IN; Book 1; Order Book, October, 1834 - November 1848; Final Record, page 288: October Term 1846: "A term of the White Circuit Court began is held in the Court house in Monticello on Tuesday the 10th day of October, 1846. Said term being in pursuance of law, present Honorable John W. Wright, President, and Honorable James Barnes and Thoma s McCormick, associate judges. Martin L. Pearce, Administrator of the Estate of William Sill Dec'd. vs. Nancy Harmison Isaac Thomas Elizabeth Thomas Samuel Smith Katharine Smith John Harmison Samuel Harmison, Jr. James Harmison Isaac Harmison Sarah Harmison .......that the said administrator of the estate of said Samuel Harmison deceased pay and notify the costs of this suit out of the goods in his hands to be administered...."

  
  

• Sources

  [S72] Ancestral File, LDS, CF64-6G (Reliability: 3). [S73] White County, Indiana Census Report, page 221 (Reliability: 3). 1840, no township listed