Harrod Family History

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John Harrod Jr. and Rachel Shepherd

MAJOR JOHN HARROD JR. (5944). (John Harrod had two sons by his first wife, John and Thomas. Source Draper Manuscripts 37J169-174. She was killed by Indians per Rachel Henton's book which reads, "John Harrod, great grandfather to Rachel Henton on her mother's side, came from England to America some years before the American Revolution . . . his wife was killed by Indians . . . he married again and had children by his second wife but where he lived afterwards or what became of him is not known now.")103 104

John Harrod Jr. was born between 1727 and 1736 (John Herrod, son of John Harwood, is mentioned by his death record in the Henton note book to have been born in 1736. This would suggest he was the first born son of the second marriage of John Harrod and Sarah Moore which is contradicted by other records. Swainson’s article in the Filson Club Quarterly says John was a son of John Harrod's first wife and cites Draper Mss as the source. I think the later is more likely correct. The Tenmile Country says he was born in Chester Co., Pennsylvania about 1734 as does the Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Archives Vol. 3. The Appalachian Frontier says “He settled in New Jersey across the Delaware River and a little later south of Philadelphia. There, his (John Harrod Sr) first two sons were born Thomas in 1724 and John, Jr., in 1727. Audrey Merriman says he was born 1727 on the Shenandoah in the valley of Virginia. American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania says John Harrod was born 1736. 105

His first known record of military service was in 1753 Frederick Co., Maryland (He was in the French & Indian Wars, was captured and taken to Ft. Pitt. Member, Pennsylvania Light Horse Regt. per Bouquet Papers, 21644, vol. 2, p. 182; same, 21655, p. 103 as reported in Bedford Co., Pennsylvania Archives Vol. 3 106

Audrey Merriman says he served as a volunteer in an expedition under Lt. Col. George Washington in 1754 but he had been a private in the Militia in Maryland before this. He served at Wills Creek, Forks of the Ohio, & was severely wounded & received a pension granted him by the Virginia House of Burgesses. 107

He and JOHN COOMBS (3323) executed a deed on 3 Jul 1758 Shenandoah River, Frederick Co., Virginia (Frederick Co., Virgina deeds V. 1 p. 166 (Bk. 4, page 369 of the original deed book) Lease between John Harrold Jun. of Frederick County to John Combs of said county, 5 shillings, land on the south side of Shenandoah River, the same land purchased by said John Harrold Jun. from Aaron Harrold by deed of L & R in County Court of Frederick, corner to James Harrold's land, 78 acres. Signed John Harrell [sic] Witnessed by Hugh West, Jno. Lindsey Jun., James Wood Jun..108 Note: His name was misspelled several times in that deed.

He married RACHEL SHEPHERD (5945) on 5 Aug 1758 Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.(Harrod Family Genealogy, page 117 "John Harrod & Rachel Sheperd was married August 5th 1758" Added in different handwriting is "in Pennsylvania near Germantown, Philadelphia Co., and raised all their family at that place." Philadelphia is scratched out and "Fayette" written in. Fayette wasn't formed until 1783. Source: Rachel Henton's book. This conflicts with the statement made by William Harrod, son of John Jr., and Rachel Harrod, in his application for a pension. He said he "believed he was born in Berkeley County, Virginia on 26 Sept. 1764. . . that he was a resident of Bedford County, Pa." when he entered service in 1780. Note that he gave his birth date as 26 Sept. 1764, but it appears in Rachel Henton's book as Dec. 21. 1765. Audrey Merriman says “He married and brought his wife home to live with his stepmother, Sarah. He always remained on his father's plantation but his stepmother moved on with James to Ten Mile Creek. He had one known son, Thomas Harrod.”109

In about 1768 he moved to Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.(Hereward Records and Papers, page 322.” Moved to Bedford County after the French and Indian War per Scioto Gazette West Reserve Hist. So. Cleveland, Ohio V. IV p. 156.”)110

He paid taxes between 1768 and 1771 in Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. (Hereward Records and Papers, “page 211. John Herrod paid taxes on 50 acres. He probably lived on his deceased father's land in Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania by 1767-8.111

He and Capt. Evan Shelby Jr. witnessed a will in 1770 Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.(Helynn Carrier “John Harrod and Evan Shelby witnessed the will of James Ballo, per Carlisle, Book A P Wills, p. 131” and American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin Co., Pennsylvania “p. 96 “In 1770, the will of James Balls was dated and probated, naming a grandson Jonathan Shelby, a daughter Elizabeth and the witnesses Wm. John, Evan Shelby, John Harrod, Ayr Township.”).112

He paid taxes again in 1774 in Little Cove, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.(Hereward Records, p. 266)113

He entered military service again on 9 Nov 1776 Pennsylvania.(Hereward Records and Papers, p. 253 pages 253. He was commissioned Quatermaster sergeant under the command of Lt. Evenezer Stevens. Source: Penna. Mag. Hist. & Bio. Vol. 24; Tenmile Country, p. 247 As a major in the Revolution he was captured when serving in Col. Parker's Regiment under Baron DeKalb. He was taken to Canada but after returning, his injuries made him unable to do further service and he retired to Bedford County, Pennsylvania. 114

He paid taxes again in 1779 Ayr Twp., Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. (Bedford Co., Pennsylvania 1779-1784 (p. 18 He was listed as John Herod. He had no land, 3 horses and 5 head of cattle)115

He died on 28 Dec 1781 Bedford Co., Pennsylvania.116

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John Harrod of Colonial Pennsylvana

I. JOHN HARROD (5151) was born before 1707 in England (probably in the county of Bedford or Bucks).

He might have immigrated in 1712 to New Jersey where a John Harrod served in the militia in 1715 Monmouth Co., New Jersey, as a Sergeant, and he might have lived circa 1722 in New Jersey.

He possibly married Mary Ames on 5 Jan 1727, but I haven’t found anything that verifies the name of his first wife who was killed by Indians. Most accounts list her as unknown. He was away from home when Indians attacked his first wife in about 1732/33 in Little Cove, Pennsylvania. ("In about 1732 or 1733, when Harrod and the two little boys by his first wife had gone on an occasion to visit some nearby relatives, and when the wife was busily engaged with the usual duties of a pioneer home, some Indians observed that she was alone. They broke in and killed her, plundered the house of all they wanted, and even cut off her hand in order to obtain the wedding ring Harrod had given her in England. They set fire to the house, and Harrod, seeing the smoke from his burning home, rushed back as quickly as possible. As he approached, the Indians ran into the forest before he could get a shot at them. Upon his arrival, he was horrified to find that his wife had been killed and scalped. He discovered her hand in the canoe which the Indians had loaded with plunder from the house.")

He married SARAH MOORE (5941), daughter of JOHN MOORE (7621) and ELIZABETH _______________ (7622), circa 1734 near the Shenandoah River, Virginia. (“My grandfather married my grandmother in Shenandoah Valley in 1736. She was named Sarah Moore. She was his second wife. He had a family by his first wife whose name I do not know. These were Thomas and John." Draper Mss. 371167) (Chronicles of Border Wars p. 190 James Harrod's father emigrated from England to Virginia about 1734, and was one of the first settlers on the Shenandoah, in the Valley of Virginia. One of his sons, Samuel, accompanied Michael Stoner on his famous western hunting and exploring trip in 1767, another, William, born at the new family seat at Big Cove, in what is now Bedford County, Pa., served with distinction under George Rogers Clark. Another source says he moved in 1734 from Wales. (John Herrod (Harrod) was one of the early Welsh settlers in the Little Cove and Connallaways (now Tonolloway) in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. According to Draper, John Harrod came to America in 1734, name of wife unknown.

He moved in about 1737 to Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.("The settlers in the Little Cove (now Franclin County) and on the Conolloways, at the time of Secretary Peters' visit to the Big Cove were: Joseph Coombs, John Herrod, Elias Stillwell, Rees Shelby, Levi Moore, Andrew Coombe, . . . By an act of March 29, 1798 all that part of Bedford, called the Little Cove and lying east of a line to begin in the Maryland line near the Great Cove or Tuscarora mountain . . . intersects the present line between Bedford and Frankkin Counties was annexed to Montgomery Township, Franklin County.) Note: Frederick County, Virginia was created out of northern portions of Augusta and Orange Counties, Frederick began to function as a political unit around 1743. Frederick county people came from several different sources: German and Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania and Maryland, English settlers migrated to Hite's Fort near present Stephens City. English settlers from coastal counties also came there per Frederick County Marriages 1738 - 1850 by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr

He appeared on the tax list between 1740 and 1750 in Little Cove, Peters Twp., Franklin Co., Pennsylvania.

Between 1747 and 1750 he lived in Big Cove, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. (Source: Pennsylvania Colonial Records. In a letter of May 1750 from Secretary Richard Peters to the Colonial governor, secretary Peters had been sent into what is now Cumberland and adjoining counties in Pennsylvania to warn people off the land which had not yet been purchased from the Indians. It was on this trip that the story of the "Burnt Cabins" occurred. Trader George Croghan was with Peters in the Augwick Valley where he had a home. When the commission went to the Little Cove and Big Cove, they report that they ordered a number of persons off their improvements, including John Harrod. This was at a time when William Harrod Jr. reports that his grandfather as living in the Big Cove. It was the same area that saw James and William Harrod begin their military service under Forbes and where William Harrod got his first commission a few years later. John Harrod had been there at least 3 years)

Between 31 May 1749 and early 1750 an area of land was in dispute between Frederick Co., Maryland and Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania between 31 May 1749 and __ ___ 1750 Little Cove, Pennsylvania/Maryland. A petition was circulated favoring Pennsylvania and John Harrod signed it. (Conolloway Letter of Late 1749 or Early 1750 Source: Minutes of the Provincial Council, pages 453 & 454)

"Petition of the Settlers of the Little Cove on the Temporary Line,

"To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania, &

"The Petition of Subscribers, Inhabitants of small Tracts of Land situate Westward of the Kittochtinny or Blue Hills, at a place known by the Name of the Little Cove and Conolloway's Creek, humbly sheweth:

"Whereas, sundry Inhabitants of the Province of Maryland (some of 'em vested with Authority) divers times within these three Years past have attempted to survey and take possession of the aforesaid Tracts, being at or near where the Temporary Line when extended will run, as we believe; We, therefore, willing to live under the Protection of the good Constitution and Government of the Province of Pennsylvania, have hitherto prevented the various Attempts of the People of Maryland, and have preseumed to seat ourselves and made small improvements on the said lands.

"As we have done this purely to defend it from the People of Maryland, and not in contempt of the laws of the Province of Pennsylvania nor the Governor's Proclamation, we humbly pray that we may be permitted to live on our respective Improvements at least until the Temporary Line shall be extended.

"And your Petitioners shall pray, &

Whether the Tonoloways Settlement was actually in Frederick Co, MD or Cumberland Co, PA was unresolved, and whether it was Indian land or not even a more critical issue.

Joseph Coombs, John Harrod and Andrew Coombs were 3 of the 21 men who signed.

John Harrod was on the tax list in 1750 Little Cove District, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania.

In May 1750 he lived in Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania (this was Lancaster County until 1750 when Cumberland County was formed).

In 1753 Frederick Co., Maryland. John and William Hearwood were on the muster roll of Capt. Moses Chapline during the French and Indian war. (Sheperdstown was across the Potomac River from Frederick Co., Maryland and was close enough for relatives living on both sides of the river to keep in touch. The nearest fort was probably on the Maryland side. This may account for the names of John and Willaim Harrod (Harwood) being on the roll of Capt. Chapline's Company in Frederick Co., Maryland in 1753. William was living in Little Cove at the time. It was just over the line in Pennsylvania. John enlisted as a corporal and was promoted to sergeant.)

John Harrod was on the list of the Ft. Necessity battlefield 3 Jul 1754 Fort Necessity, Virginia / Pennsylvania. This area is now located in Farmington, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania.

The reconstructed Fort Necessity.

On 2 Nov 1755 a tragedy occurred at Big Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. p. 54. "In the morning of Sunday, the 2d of November, the Indian allies of the French attacked the Great Cove settlement, Cumberland County, killed six persons, and carried away seventeen prisoners. On the same day Benjamin Chambers wrote from Fallow Spring (source Col. Rec., vol. vi. p. 675) 'To the Inhabitants of the Lower Part of the county of Cumberland. If you intend to go to the assistance of your neighbors, you need not wait any longer for Certainty of News. The Great Cove is destroyed. James Campbell left this Company last night and went to the Fort at Mr. Steel's Meeting House, and there saw some of the Inhabitants of the Great Cove, who gave this account, that as they came over the Hill they saw their houses in flames. The messenger says there is but one hundred, and that they divided into two parts, the one part to go against the Cove, and the other against the Conolloways and that there are no French among them. They are Delaware and Shawanese. . . The people of the Cove that came off saw several men lying dead; they heard the murder shout and the firing of Guns, and saw the Indians going into the Houses that they had come out of before they left sight of the Cove. . . '"

3 Nov 1755 Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. "On the day following the massacre and burning at Great Cove the settlements at Little Cove and Conoloways were attacked, all the houses burned, and several persons carried away as prisoners. Mr. Potter, sheriff of Cumberland County, reported 'that of ninety-three families which were settled in the two Coves and the Conolloways forty-seven were either killed or taken and the rest deserted.'”

It is possible that John Harrod, Sr. died in this war with the Indians and some researchers believe that he did, but Chronicles of Border Warfare reports, “"In November 1755, a raid was made on the Big Cove settlement, by the Delaware chief Shingiss, but the Harrods were among the few families who escaped unharmed to Fort Littleton. Fort Littleton was a 100-foot square stockade with four bastions. It was used by the Pennsylvinia colonial militia. This fort no longer exists. It was located just northeast of the town. The name of the town was later altered."

John Harrod had died before 24 Mar 1767 Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania after paying taxes and before his son William bought Buchanan's land described as adjoining lands of John Harwood deceased. Alexander Buchanan sold a tract of land to William Harrod. It was located on the northeast by the lands of 'John Harwood, deceased' . . . in Little Cove, Air Twp., Cumberland Co. . . '. The name is spelled Harwood in the deed but a Note Bene is signed by William as 'Wm. Harrod' per Draper Manuscripts 4NN3. His grandson, William Harrod Jr., said that John died when James was about 12 years of age and that James was born in 1742 per Draper Manuscripts 37J167 (a letter), but Major John Griffin Fauntleroy who married Margaret Harrod said that James was born in 1746 on the eastern of the Susquehannah and Potomac region as informed by William Harrod . . . James was attached to a company of men at 14 years of age' per Draper MSS 12C23 and 12C22. Mrs. James Harrod, age 86 in 1842, said her husband was 10 years older than she which would make him born in 1746 as Fauntleroy states per Draper MSS 12C22. John Harrod Sr. was deceased before March 24, 1767, when his son William bought Buchanan's land in Ayr Twp., Cumberland County. This land was described as "bounded by the lands of John Harwood deceased . . ." The description indicates that his estate had not been settled and hence that John Jr. was not the owner and would not have paid the taxes on 100 acres recorded as having been paid by John Harrod in 1763 and 1767.

Sources and notes:

Helynn M. Carrier (deceased), Another Fresh Start in the Search for "My" William Harrod (601 South Baywood Ave., San Jose, CA 95128-3302: privately published, November 7, 1998).

William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, page 1, source The Harrods of Happy Hollow by Homer C. Richie, shows no documentary evidence. Says James Harrod came from Bedfordshire, England ca. 1717 with his wife and sons; Audrey Merriman, "John Harrod Family Group Sheet", 12 November 1984 (624 Carola St., Creve Coeur, IL 61611). Her sources were "James Harrod of Kentucky" by K.H. Mason, "Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants" by Fowler pp. 57-8, "The Ten Mile Country and It's Pioneer Families" by H.S. Leckey p. 20 & p. 11., "John Harrod I came with his father and brothers and lived first in New Jersey, came about 1712. His father was James Harrod. Later he settled on the Shenandoah in the Valley of Virginia". "John Harrod FGS;" Cheryl Paulson, "Harrod Family Group Sheets", 2 Nov. 1984 (328 Dawn Court, Ridgecrest, CA 93555). No source citations were provided..

Bernice Lewis Swainson, "Harrod Family Genealogy and The Moore Family," The Filson Club History Quarterly Vol. 32, No. 2 and 3 (April - July 1958): page 111 He was born in England, probably in the county of Bedford or Bucks. and Life on the Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, The author of this paper says he was born in 1700 and came from Bedfordshire, England.

Merriman, "John Harrod FGS", Her sources were "James Harrod of Kentucky" by K.H. Mason, "Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants" by Fowler pp. 57-8, "The Ten Mile Country and It's Pioneer Families" by H.S. Leckey p. 20 & p. 11., "John Harrod I came with his father and brothers and lived first in New Jersey, came about 1712. His father was James Harrod."

Howard L. Leckey, compiler, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1935 Sampson Dr., Appollo, PA 15613-9208: Closson Press, 1997), p. 9, 240. A John Harrod was a sergeant in the Militia there. He served under the command of Col. Pfarmer and Capt. Leonard. Source: Old East New York Vol. 5, pp. 670. A David Harrod was on the tax list there in 1714. Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", p. 108. She says that John Herod who was a sergeant in Capt. Farmer's Company of Militia at Woodbridge, New Jersey was probably a son of David Herriott of Woodbridge, whose will was dated 10 Aug. 1725. There was a John Harwood who lived at Amboy, New Jersey in 1731.

Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, He settled in New Jersey across the Delaware River and a little later south of Philadelphia.The author of this paper says he came from Bedfordshire, England.

"Harrod Family", No source citations were provided., p. Says he married Mary Ames 5 Jan 1727 but can this be verified?

Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, In about 1732 or 1733, when Harrod and the two little boys had gone on an occasion to visit some nearby relatives, and when the wife was busily engaged with the usual duties of a pioneer home, some Indians observed that she was alone. They broke in and killed her, plundered the house of all they wanted, and even cut off her hand in order to obtain the wedding ring Harrod had given her in England. They set fire to the house, and Harrod, seeing the smoke from his burning home, rushed back as quickly as possible. As he approached, the Indians ran into the forest before he could get a shot at them. Upon his arrival, he was horrified to find that his wife had been killed and scalped. He discovered her hand in the canoe which the Indians had loaded with plunder from the house

Susan W. Atkins, compiler, Hereward Records and Papers 1620-1940: 329 Years of History and Genealogy (Greenfield, IN: privately published, 1940), page 171 William Harrod Jr., son of Captain William Harrod to Dr. Draper, "I do not remember the name of my grandfather. Possibly is was Thomas or Samuel. My grandfather married my grandmother in Shenandoah Valley in 1736. She was named Sarah Moore. She was his second wife. He had a family by his first wife whose name I do not know. These were Thomas and John." Draper Mss. 371167; Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", p. 109. "Mrs. Susan W. Atkins used a 'quotation' which she said was taken from the Draper Collection. It refers to the marriage of John Harrod and Sarah Moore and reads: 'in the Shenandoah Valley in 1736.' The original record does not contain a date and reads: 'married Sarah Moore on Shenandoah; eldest son Samuel was born there;' Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, He remarried, this time to Sarah Moore, of Maryland; Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 112 After his first wife was killed by Indians, John removed to Virginia where, about 1734, he married Sarah Moore 'on Shenandoah' and where some of their children were born. Draper Manuscripts 37J169-174 and Wither's Chronicles of Border Warfare (1912 edited by Reuben G. Thwaites) p. 190, Sketch of William Harrod.

Alexander Scott Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare or a History of the Settlement by the Whites of Northwestern Virginia and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that Section of the State (Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1895, 1970), p. 190 James Harrod's father emigrated from England to Virginia about 1734, and was one of the first settlers on the Shenandoah, in the Valley of Virginia. One of his sons, Samuel, accompanied Michael Stoner on his famous western hunting and exploring trip in 1767, another, William, born at the new family seat at Big Cove, in what is now Bedford County, Pa., served with distinction under George Rogers Clark..

Virginia Shannon Fendrick, compiler, American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: DAR: Franklin County Chapter, ca 1944), p. 96 John Herrod (Harrod) was one of the early Welsh settlers in the Little Cove and Connallaways (now Tonolloway) in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. According to Draper, John Harrod came to America in 1734, name of wife unknown..

Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, They moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where they established a new home. Here John's third son, Samuel was born in 1735.

Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, After two years, the family moved to Little Cove, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 171 and 178; unknown author, History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania 1884 (Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884), p. 595 "The settlers in the Little Cove (now Franclin County) and on the Conolloways, at the time of Secretary Peters' visit to the Big Cove were: Joseph Coombs, John Herrod, Elias Stillwell, Rees Shelby, Levi Moore, Andrew Coombe, . . . " "By an act of March 29, 1798 all that part of Bedford, called the Little Cove and lying east of a line to begin in the Maryland line near the Great Cove or Tuscarora mountain . . . intersects the present line between Bedford and Franlkin Counties was annexed to Montgomery Towhnship, Franklin County..

This was Lancaster County until 1750 when Cumberland was formed; Howard L. Leckey, Tenmile Country, pp. 244, 247 Source: Pennsylvania Colonial Records. In a letter of May 1750 from Secretary Richard Peters to the Colonial governor, secretary Peters had been sent into what is now Cumberland and adjoining counties in Pennsylvania to warn people off the land which had not yet been purchased from the Indians. It was on this trip that the story of the "Burnt Cabins" occurred. Trader George Croghan was with Peters in the Augwick Valley where he had a home. When the commission went to the Little Cove and Big Cove, they report that they ordered a number of persons off their improvements, including John Harrod. This was at a time when William Harrod Jr. reports that his grandfather as living in the Big Cove. It was the same area that saw James and William Harrod begin their military service under Forbes and where William Harrod got his first commission a few years later. John Harrod had been there at least 3 years.

Coombs Family Organization, online http://www.combs-families.org/, Conolloway Letter of Late 1749 or Early 1750 (Source: Minutes of the Provincial Council, pages 453 & 454)

"Petition of the Settlers of the Little Cove on the Temporary Line,

"To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania, &

"The Petition of Subscribers, Inhabitants of small Tracts of Land situate Westward of the Kittochtinny or Blue Hills, at a place known by the Name of the Little Cove and Conolloway's Creek, humbly sheweth:

"Whereas, sundry Inhabitants of the Province of Maryland (some of 'em vested with Authority) divers times within these three Years past have attempted to survey and take possession of the aforesaid Tracts, being at or near where the Temporary Line when extended will run, as we believe; We, therefore, willing to live under the Protection of the good Constitution and Government of the Province of Pennsylvania, have hitherto prevented the various Attempts of the People of Maryland, and have preseumed to seat ourselves and made small improvements on the said lands.

"As we have done this purely to defend it from the People of Maryland, and not in contempt of the laws of the Province of Pennsylvania nor the Governor's Proclamation, we humbly pray that we may be permitted to live on our respective Improvements at least until the Temporary Line shall be extended.

"And your Petitioners shall pray, &

Whether the Tonoloways Settlement was actually in Frederick Co, MD or Cumberland Co, PA was unresolved, and whether it was Indian land or not even a more critical issue.

Joseph Coombs, John Harrod and Andrew Coombs were 3 of the 21 men who signed.

Per History of Bedford County, Chapter XXXVIII, The settlers at the Little Cove & Conalloways were Joseph Coombe, John Herrod, Rees Shelby, William Morgan, Andrew Coombs and others; Carrier, William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, page 266

Minutes of Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 5 pp. 453-4.

Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 200-201. John and William Hearwood were on the muster roll of Capt. Moses Chapline during the French and Indian war; aSwainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 115 Sheperdstown was across the Potomac River from Frederick Co., Maryland and was close enough for relatives living on both sides of the river to keep in touch. The nearest fort was probably on the Maryland side. This may account for the names of John and Willaim Harrod (Harwood) being on the roll of Capt. Chapline's Company in Frederick Co., Maryland in 1753. William was living in Little Cove at the time. It was just over the line in Pennsylvania.

Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 199-200. John Harrod, first as a Corporal and later as a Sargeant was on the Muster Roll of Capt. Joseph Chapline.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Roster of Virginia Militia, online http://www.nps.gov/fone/rostersep.htm, Perhaps the John Harwood on this list was John Harrod. This area is now located in Farmington, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. Hereinafter cited as Fort Necessity Roster.

Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men (1882; reprint 1935 Sampson Drive, Apollo, PA 15613-9208: Closson Press, 1999), p. 54. "In the morning of Sunday, the 2d of November, the Indian allies of the French attacked the Great Cove settlement, Cumberland County, killed six persons, and carried away seventeen prisioners. On the same day Benjamin Chambers wrote from Fallow Spring (source Col. Rec., vol. vi. p. 675) 'To the Inhabitants of the Lower Part of the county of Cumberland. If you intend to go to the assistance of your neighbors, you need not wait any longer for Certainty of News. The Great Cove is destroyed. James Campbell left this Company last night and went to the Fort at Mr. Steel's Meeting House, and there saw some of the Inhabitants of the Great Cove, who gave this account, that as they came over the Hill they saw their houses in flames. The messenger says there is but one hundred, and that they divided into two parts, the one part to go against the Cove, and the other against the Conolloways and that there are no French among them. They are Delaware and Shawanese. . . The people of the Cove that came off saw several men lying dead; they heard the murder shout and the firing of Guns, and saw the Indians going into the Houses that they had come out of before they left sight of the Cove. . . '".

Crumrine, History of Washington Co PA, p. 54. "On the day following the massacre and burning at Great Cove the settlements at Little Cove and Conoloways were attacked, all the houses burned, and several persons carried away as prisoners. Mr. Potter, sheriff of Cumberland County, reported 'that of ninety-three families which were settled in the two Coves and the Conolloways forty-seven were either killed or taken and the rest deserted.'"

Harry E. Foreman, "The Story of the Fort," Kittochtinny Historical Society: Papers Read Before the Society Vol. XV (2 April 1964): p. 54 "The writer is certain that some of the Harrods were in the fort when it was attacked. I believe this is where and when John Harrod, Sr. died in 1755.". Hereinafter cited as "Story of the Fort;" Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare, p. 190 "In November 1755, a raid was made on the Big Cove settlement, by the Delaware chief Shingiss, but the Harrods were among the few families who escaped unharbed to Fort Littleton."

Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 211, 221 On 24 March 1767 William bought Buchanan's land described as adjoining lands of John Harwood deceased. I believe John Sr. died in about 1755; aSwainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 113 On March 24, 1767, Alexander Buchanan sold a tract of land to William Harrod. It was located on the northeast by the lands of 'John Harwood, deceased' . . . in Little Cove, Air Twp., Cumberland Co. . . '. The name is spelled Harwood in the deed but a Note Bene is signed by William as 'Wm. Harrod' per Draper Manuscripts 4NN3. His grandson, William Harrod Jr., said that John died when James was about 12 years of age and that James was born in 1742 per Draper Manuscripts 37J167 (a letter), but Major John Griffin Fauntleroy who married Margaret Harrod said that James was born in 1746 on the eastern of the Susquehannah and Potomac region as informed by William Harrod . . . James was attached to a company of men at 14 years of age' per Draper MSS 12C23 and 12C22. Mrs. James Harrod, age 86 in 1842, said her husband was 10 years older than she which would make him born in 1746 as Fauntleroy states per Draper MSS 12C22. John Harrod Sr. was deceased before March 24, 1767, when his son William bought Buchanan's land in Ayr Twp., Cumberland County. This land was described as "bounded by the lands of John Harwood deceased . . ." The description indicates that his estate had not been settled and hence that John Jr. was not the owner and would not have paid the taxes on 100 acres recorded as having been paid by John Harrod in 1763 and 1767; Coombs Families, online http://www.combs-families.org/, Perhaps he died in an Indian attack described in Coombs Fort of the Tonoloways Settlement of Maryland and Pennsylvania. 1 Nov. 1755 A party of about one hundred Indians (Shawnees & Delawares) entered the Great Cove and began murdering the defenseless inhabitants and destroying their property. The savages divided into two parties, one of which attacked the inhabitants of the Cove, and the other swept down upon the Conolloways. All the settlers who had warning of the approach of the savages fled. Many thus saved their lives, and going into the neighboring settlements, gave the alarm to the inhabitants....On November 14 (1755) Sheriff Potter made the following statement to Provincial authorities in Philadelphia "Twenty seven plantations were burnt and a great quantity of cattle killed. A woman ninety three years of age was found lying killed, with her breast torn off and a stake run through her body. Of ninety three families which were settled in the two Coves and the Conolloways, forty seven were either killed or taken and the rest had deserted." [ History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA (1884)]; Appalachian Frontier, online http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~gnorton/ss207/applec9.html, He died in 1754; Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare, p. 190 "In November 1755, a raid was made on the Big Cove settlement, by the Delaware chief Shingiss, but the Harrods were among the few families who escaped unharmed to Fort Littleton."

Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 112 John Harrod had two sons by his first wife, John and Thomas. Her source was the Draper Manuscripts 37J169-174. She was killed by Indians per Rachel Henton's book; Carrier, William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, Segment Two - A page 18 - per Mary Carroll Hillis; Cheryl Paulson, "Harrod Family Group Sheets", 2 Nov. 1984 (328 Dawn Court, Ridgecrest, CA 93555). No source citations were provided.

William Ellsworth Harrod

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William Ellsworth Harrod

Son of William M. Harrod and Nancy Ellen Allison

WILLIAM ELLSWORTH HARROD was born on 19 Jun 1861 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.

He relocated in 1880 to Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.

He was a Justice of the Peace after 1880 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri.

He married CATHERINE (KATE) STROSNIDER on 28 Oct 1889 in Oregon Co., Missouri.

Kate Strosnider Harrod and Nora Harrod

He was on the tax list in 1890 in Oregon Co., Missouri.

In1890 he moved to Blackwell, Oklahoma where he worked as an Indian Agent.

Before 1918 he relocated to Shannon Co., Missouri.

He appeared on the census of 1930 in Woodside Twp., Oregon Co., Missouri.

William Howard Morman wrote an article titled "History of Greer Mill" which was published in The Missouri Historical Review Volume LXVI Number 4 July 1972. Morman cites conversations with William Harrod between 1930 and 1939 as a source of information.

William Harrod was a school teacher in Carter and Oregon Counties.

He died on 11 Dec 1948 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri, at age 87 and was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Oregon Co., Missouri.

The children of William Ellsworth Harrod and Kate Strosnider were:

NORA ELLEN HARROD born on 4 Feb 1891. She married ERNEST HENRY LOHR on 12 Nov 1911 in Greer, Oregon Co., Missouri. Before 11 Dec 1948 she lived in Thayer, Missouri. She died on 17 Sep 1959 at age 68.

    DORA ANN HARROD was born on 14 Apr 1904 in Blackwell, Oklahoma. She married RALPH N. PHILLIPS on 24 Jan 1944 in Winona, Shannon Co., Missouri. Before 11 Dec 1948 she resided in Winona, Shannon Co., Missouri. She died on 12 Apr 1985 in West Plains, Howell Co., Missouri, at age 80. She was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Greer, Oregon Co., Missouri.

    ALICE T. HARROD was born on 11 Apr 1911. She married a Mr. RILEY before 11 Dec 1948.   By 11 Dec 1948 she lived in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri.   She died on 21 Jul 1986 at age 75.

James Harrod in 1790

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Court records on Natchez reveal details of a trip made by Henry French of Kentucky who arrived in Natchez in April or May 1790.

Colonel Turner Williams was empowered by Peter Walker and John Tear, both of Kentucky, to seek and restore slaves for them. He stated that he found them in possession of Andrew Beall of the Natchez District.

James Harrod was summoned and he appeared as a witness. He testified that he knew the negro Isaac in Kentucky and he was in possession of James McFadden who brought him from North Carolina to Henry French who later told deponent that he wanted to take his slaves to another country or he would lose them. The deponent was preparing to make a voyage and French arranged to come along with him and brought four slaves. He left on a flat boat and French, who had come down the river in a pirogue, got on his flat boat. "When we came to Great Falls, our only stop, Henry French hid the Negroes."

Turner Williams reported he was not able to locate all the slaves and that he would have to go back to Kentucky....

However, while in Natchez, Williams bought a slave, Peter, from Silas McBee "citizen of America", June 2, 1790.

Source: Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823 by Dorothy Williams Potter

John Harrod of Franklin County, Tennessee

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John Harrod of Franklin Co., Tennessee obtained a passport to travel to Adams County, Mississippi:

John Harrod from the state of Tennessee and Franklin County appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and makes oath that negroes Patience, Silla and Mary, who he left at the Agency at the Choctaw nation are his slaves and that he wishes to bring them to the Mississippi Territory.

Witness my hand the 27th May 1811.

Signed: D Rawlings [J.P]

On the reverse:

John Harrod, Affidavit for passport, 27th May 1811.

Source: Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823: Indian, Spanish and other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia North and South Carolina by Dorothy Williams Potter

Helynn Carrier's manuscript* includes the following Harrod individuals in Franklin Co., Tennessee:

James Harrod appears 1820 census Franklin Co., TN
Levi Harrod appears 1820 census Franklin Co., TN
Peter Harrod appears 1840 census Franklin Co., TN
Rachel Harrod appears 1840 census Franklin Co., TN

*This is Helynn's final manuscript before her death. A copy was obtained from Helynn's nephew by Michael Schwing who provided a copy to me.

William Harrod and Letitia Coombs of Indiana

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William Harrod and Letitia Coombs

Clark County, Indiana

Note: I have been unable to find any definitive proof of the parents of George W. Harrod, but because he and William Harrod and Letitia Coombs lived near one another in Clark Co., Indiana is 1820 and there were no other Harrod families nearby, it seems likely that George was their son. Also, George named his first son, William. In 1830 both men appeared on the census records of Monroe Co., Indiana. It appears that the families relocated together.

WILLIAM HARROD was born on 26 Sep 1764 in Berkeley County (which originally was Frederick Co.), Virginia per his pension record, however, his date of birth is given as 21 October 1765 in Rachel Henton's notebook. Howard L. Leckey, in The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley says he was born 1 Oct. 1765, and cites Rachel Henton's notebook. Berkeley County was formed from Frederick County in 1772. Frederick County was formed 1738-1743 from Orange and Augusta Counties, Virginia.

He began military service in 1780 in Bedford Co., Pennsylvania:

"As a resident of the county of Bedford in the state of Pennsylvania" William entered service in a company of volunteers in the Pennsylvania Militia foot spies or foot rangers commanded by Capt. Thomas Paxton, that his service in said company for the term of upwards of six months, that the name of his first Lieutenant was John Lowery. Per Larry D. Smith, Mother Bedford and the American Revolution (1935 Sampson Dr., Apollo, PA 15613-9208: Closson Press, 1999), pp. 112-113 The second battalion was composed of recruits from the Ayr, Bethel, Colerain and Dublin Township (eastern Bedford County). Basically this area is now in Fulton County (all of Ayr Township is now in Fulton County). The second battalion was commanded by Colonel George Ashman in 1777. Colonel Ashman was assisted by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Paxton and Major Martin Longstrath. Among the captains listed was Evan Shelby. In the year 1781 the numbering of the battalions and companies changed. What had been the second battalion in 1777 now became known as the first battalion with the one exception that the area of Cumberland Valley was now included in this battalion's juridsiction. For 1781 one of the company captains was James McKenny.

In 1781 he relocated to Lincoln Co., Kentucky. In his pension records, William stated that he "emigrated to what was then called Kentucky with his uncle Colonel James Harrod and settled in the County of Lincoln." The old Lincoln County encompassed Calloway, Marshall, McCracken, Graves, Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle and Ballard Counties. William stated that he enlisted again under the command of Captain John Cowan under the general superintendence of then Colonel afterwards General Benjamin Logan, remained in said company upwards of 18 months and at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1783 he was dismissed from said company. (Service records of James Harrod as found in DAR papers of Nelda Ropp Kingman shows that he enlisted in 1774 in Capt. James Harrod's Co. in Mercer Co., KY. In July of 1779, John Bowman and 160 Kentuckians marched against the Chilicothe Indians. James Harrod led one wing in this action. Was in Logan's company in the Ohio campaign in 1780. Pvt. James Harrod, Lincoln Co., Militia.

Wm. Harrod's Rev. Pension, " . . . entered the service of the United States under the command of Capt. John Cowans . . . under general superintendence of then-Colonel afterwards General Benjamin Logan . . . remained in said company upwards of eighteen months . . . at the conclusion of the revolutionary war in 1783 . . . he was dismissed from said company."

Between 3 Mar 1783 and 5 Nov 1783 William was in court in Dutch Station, Harrodsburg, Lincoln Co., Kentucky when his uncle James Harrod at Dutch Station, was charged with "retailing spiritous liquors without license." In a separate entry on the same day, William Harrod was also charged with the same offense. On 5 November 1783 Wiilliam failed to appear in court and was found guilty and "fined 10 pounds and also 50 pounds to be discharged by the payment of 1 pound, 15 shillings, 8 pence, 1/2 penny, making a total of 11 pounds, 15 shillings, 8 pence, 1/2 penny, and costs.". (Michael L. Cook G.G., compiler, Virginia Supreme Court District of Kentucky Order Books 1783-1792 (3318 Wimberg Ave., Evansville, IN 47720-5940: Cook Publications, 1988), p. 12.)

Between 1785 and 1786 he was in Fayette Co., Kentucky. In a deposition dated May 12, 1819 he said he'd lived at the house of his uncle James Harrod in 1785 and 1786. James Harrod, is said to have lived in Bourbon Co., Kentucky in 1782 and Fayette Co., Kentucky in 1785 but was in Nelson County on January 11, 1787 as evidenced by a lawsuit by Aaron Day who sued James Harrod for a bill run at Green River in Nelson County on that date. (Hattie Marshall Scott, compiler, Scott's Papers: Kentucky Court and Other Records (Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Historical Society, 1953), page 107 and Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, 11 January 1787. In Mercer Co., KY record Box D-1 is a record of Col. James Harrod submitting a bill for expenses incurred at Green River, Nelson Co., KY which included 7 5/8 gallons of whiskey for him and his company.

WILLIAM HARROD married LETITIA COOMBS, daughter of JOHN COOMBS and ALICE JOLLY, between 1785 and 1787 in Kentucky. Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington_Clay and Riley Counties Kansas, "He married Letitia Combes, whose parents were Quakers."

By 9 Nov 1785 William lived in Beech Fork, Nelson Co., Kentucky when Richard Parker entered 50 acres in Nelson Co., Kentucky on 9 Nov. 1785. This land was surveyed by Charles Ewing and it was described as being on the north side of Beech Fork adjoining Richard Nall and William Harrod. The land was assigned to Isaac McCarty. (Samuel M. Wilson, compiler, Kentucky Land Warrants for the French, Indian, & Revolutionary Wars (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1913, 1917, 1994), page 148 Bundle)

Perhaps he was the William Harrod who witnessed a treaty with the Cherokees on 28 Nov 1785 in Hopewell, Cherokee Nation. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 289-290 William Harrard witnessed the treaty with the Cherokees.)

He might have appeared on the tax list in 1787 in Nelson Co., Kentucky. (Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florence Love, compiler, The 1787 Census of Virginia: Nelson County (6818 Lois Drive, Springfield, VA 22150: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987), p. 1366 A William Harrald was listed with no land, no horses or cattle. I'm not sure which William Harrod this is. The location was Bardstown and southeastern present Nelson County.

On 11 Jan 1787 he was in Mercer Co., Kentucky. "Indenture from William Harrod to Peter Tardiveau was acknowledged and ordered recorded." (Cook G.G., Virginia Supreme Court District of Kentucky, p. 362.)

He appeared on the tax list on 24 Oct 1792 in Gabriel Cox's District, Nelson Co., Kentucky. William Herod appeared on the tax list but owned no land. Also in that district was a Richard Herod. (Helynn Carrier)

November 16, 1792 William Herod, James Herrald, Moses Herrald. ("First Census" of Kentucky (Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1956), October 24, 1792)

December 3, 1792 Richard Herod, Isaac Herrald, John Herrald, Moses Herrald Sr., Wm. Herrald (These Herralds are probably Harrells). ("First Census" of Kentucky (Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1956), October 24, 1792)

Between 1793 and 1797 he appeared on the tax list between 1793 and 1797 in Nelson Co., Kentucky.He appeared as William Herrod in 1793, as William Harrard in 1795 and as William Harrod in 1797. (Nelson Co., Kentucky Taxpayers 1793-1799 (Miami Beach, Florida: TLC Genealogy, 1995), pp. 42, 44, 46.

Between 3 Apr 1798 and 5 Apr 1798 he signed a marriage bond in Nelson Co., Kentucky for the marriage of Alcey Combs and Samuel Herron. John Combs, father, gave permission. (Herlynn Carrier)

"Records and Minutes of the Fourteen Mile Regular Baptist Church, transcribed from the original . . . We the Church of Christ on Owens Creek in the County of Knox and Territory North West of the River Ohio, in the Illinois Grant, Was constituted as a church . . . adopted by this Baptist [sic] In the year of our Lord 1765, Being Constituted by Brother Isaac Edwards . . . " This came to be known as the Silver Creek Baptist Church.

He was la member of the Fourteen Mile Regular Baptist Church on 22 Nov 1798 in Knox Co., Ohio per "Records and Minutes of the Fourteen Mile Regular Baptist Church, transcribed from the original . . . We the Church of Christ on Owens Creek in the County of Knox and Territory North West of the River Ohio, in the Illinois Grant, Was constituted as a church . . . adopted by this Baptist [sic] In the year of our Lord 1765, Being Constituted by Brother Isaac Edwards . . . " This came to be known as the Silver Creek Baptist Church . (Carrier, William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, pp. 210-211.)

On 1 Jan 1800 in Hardins Creek, Nelson Co., Kentucky, he was perhaps the William Harrold mentioned in this deed: "Thomas Burke to John Chenault, $1000, 478 acres opposite the mouth of Hardins Creek, adj. Martin Nall, William Harrold." Although it's likely that Wm. Harrod resided in Nelson County, his name does not appear in the index of this book of abstracts dated from 1785-1808. The only other Harrold mentioned was a James Harrold who purchased 200 acres on Simpson Creek on 10 Aug. 1792. (Nelson County Historical Society, compiler, Abstracts of Deeds 1785-1808 Nelson County, Kentucky (PO Box 409, Bardstown, KY 40004: Nelson County Genealogical Society), p. 107

In 1801 he was a Captain in the militia in Clark County, Indiana. Also on the list was George Newland. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 333 Source: Ex. Journals Ind. Ter. of Vir. page 127. Militia of Clark County, Indiana Territory of Virginia.

On 7 April 1801 Clark Co., Indiana the First session of the court held in Springville, Clark County, William Harwood, esq. met at the town of Springville. Springville was the first seat of the county. Springville waas about 1 1/2 miles southwest of Charlestown. The county seat remained in Springville until June 8, 1802 when it was moved to Jeffersonville. William moved to Indiana as shown in his statement found in "Proof of final payment" in his Revolutionary War records. (Helynn Carrier)

Between 1801 and 1806 he was a member in Silver Creek Baptist Church, Clark Co., Indiana, 12 Sept. 1801 In the minutes of the Fourteen Mile (later Silver Creek) Baptist Church show that the church agreed to hold meetings at William Coomb's once in three months.

11 Oct. 1801 Rachel Coombs was received to membership by experience and Lette Harrod accepted to membership by relation in Fourteen Mile (later Silver) Creek Baptist Church

12 Dec. 1801 Bro. Harrod received by relation, Bro. William Coombs by experience in Fourteen Mile (later Silver) Creek Baptist Church

12 Feb. 1802 his membership was accepted by the Fourteen Mile (later Silver Creek) Baptist church "by relation" and

13 March 1802 was "put forward" as an elder.

He was a justice of the court on 4 Feb 1801 in Clark Co., Indiana. (William Wesley Woollen, Daniel Wait Howe and Jacob Piatt Dunn, Executive Journal of Indiana Territory 1800-1816 1900; reprint Indianapolis, Indiana: Family History Section of the Indiana Historical Society, 1985), p. 10.)

Between 4 Feb 1801 and 1 Jan 1806 he served as a Justice of the Court in Clark Co., Indiana. (Helynn Carrier and Susan Atkins in Hereward Records and Papers, page 333. Her source was Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana

On 7 Apr 1801 in Springville, Clark Co., Indiana William Harwood [sic] Esquire met with others at the first sessions of Court held in Springville.

William Harrard was present at the July term of court, 7 Jul 1801, in Springville, Clark Co., Indiana. Also present was Evan Shelby foreman. (An Evan Shelby enlisted as captain 10 December 1777 in 8th Co., Bedford Co., PA Militia, Capt. Jacob Hendershot's company included Captain Paxton, John Coombs, Nelson Jolly, and others.).

He became a member of the Fourteen Mile Creek (later Silver Creek) Baptist Church records dated 12 Dec 1801 and 13 Feb. 1802 in Clark Co., Indiana: "Bro. Harrod, Bro. Stewart, Bro. Newland received by relation. Bro. William Coombs by experience" into the Fourteen Mile Creek Baptist Church. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 333)

A conflict occurred between William Harrod and the Abbots in 12 Dec. 1802 and was mentioned again 8 Jan. 1803 in the church minutes of Fourteen Mile Creek Baptist Church. (Helynn Carrier)

William Harrod's membership in the church was active between 12 Dec 1802 and 8 Jan 1803 in Clark Co., Indiana and Susan Atkins shows that he was moderator from 1803 and 1806.

In 1802 and again in 1803 "Brother Harrod, Brother Jas. Stewart and Brother George Newland were nominated and put forward to the office of Elders in the Fourteen Mile Creek Baptist Church" On July 9, 1803 Brother Harrod asks the church to release him as Elder but the request was not granted. (Atkins, page 333)

By 9 Jul 1803 in Clark Co., Indiana, Wm. Harrard [sic] and Jacob Huckleberry were appointed Superintendent of Roads. (Helynn Carrier)

On 25 May 1805 George Newland was given a commission as Lieutenant of the militia and William Harrod was Captain. (Woollen, Daniel Wait Howe and Jacob Piatt Dunn, Indiana Territory Executive Journal, p. 38.)On 24 Aug 1805 in Clark Co., Indiana Thomas T. Davis & Betsey his wife sold to William Harrod 185 acres adjoining John Parks and Davis Gray. It was part of Illinois Grants land parcel #187, granted to Lt. James Davis in Clark Co., Indiana to William Harrod. Harrod paid one dollar per acre. Hereinafter cited as Wm Harrod Clark Co IN Deed. (Brad L. Cooper, IN: Deed-T. Davis &; Betsey to W. Harrod Clark Co. in "Clark Co., IN Deed - T. Davis & Betsey to W. Harrod," listserve message to Harrod-L@rootsweb.com, 9 Aug 2000. Printout dated 7 July 2002, Clark County, Indiana Recorder's Office, Court Avenue, Jeffersonville, IN 47130. Deed Book unknown (possibly 2 or 3) pages 315-317)

On 24 Aug 1805 in Clark Co., Indiana, Thomas T. and Betsy (- - -) Davis on 24 August 1805 sold 185 acres of land (a part of Illinois Grants land parcel #187, granted to Lt. James Davis) in Clark Co., IN to William Harrod; on 21 February 1821 William and Letty Harrod "of Clark County" sold 120 acres to John Payton "of Clark County." (Harrod Families, PDF file, May 24, 2009, Sent to me via Michael Schwing, Copy in my personal collection, PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005)

On 1 Jan 1806 in Clark Co., Indiana William and his wife were accused of misconduct: "Bro. and Sister Harrod are guilty of disorder, by their conduct in the Church," per minutes of the Fourteen Mile Creek Church minutes. (Helynn Carrier) Also on the same date William's term in court ended.

On 7 Jun 1806 in Clark Co., Indiana, William Harrod was excommunicated: "Brother and Sister Harrod appeared according to citation but Bro. Harrod refuses to hear the Church. Moved and Seconded to know what the crime of Bro. Harrod amounts to, -- and answered to Excommunication for not hearing the Church, when dealt with according to the rules of the Gospel. Sister Harrod makes Satisfactory answer to the Church and is forgiven," from the minutes of the Fourteen Mile Creek Baptist Church. (Carrier, William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, page 212) A vote to excommunicate him was conducted on 12 Feb 1807.

On 12 Feb 1807 in Clark Co., Indiana Wm. Harrod voted for M.G. Clark. His name appeared after that of John Newland who also voted for Clark (Rebah M. Fraustein, compiler, Census of Indiana Territory for 1807 (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1980), p. 3)

On 3 Nov 1807 in Clark Co., Indiana George Newland was appointed Lieutenant of a company of volunteers in the Militia of Clark County. William Harrod, Esqr. was appointed Captain. (Woollen, Daniel Wait Howe and Jacob Piatt Dunn, Indiana Territory Executive Journal, p. 54.)

He voted again on 3 Apr 1809 in Springville Twp., Clark Co., Indiana. William Harrod, John Harrod, George Newland, William Combs Sr. & Jr., Jon. Newland and Joel Combs voted in Springville Township for a representative to the Legislature of the Territory. Springvile ceased to be a town shortly after Clarksville was established. Originals of these lists are available in the Indiana Historical Society, William Henry Smith Memorial Library. (Charles M. Franklin, compiler, Indiana Territorial Pioneer Records 1801-1815 (Indianapolis: Heritage House, 1983), p. 13)

On 22 May 1809 in Clark Co., Indiana William voted again: Geo. Newland, Wm. Harrod, Wm. Combs Sr., John Newland, John Harrod, Wm. Combs and Joel Combs voted for a delegate to Congress, one member to the Legislative Council and one to the General Assembly of Indiana Territory. They were in Springville township. (Franklin, Indiana Pioneer Record, p. 17-18)
On 16 May 1810 in Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod made a purchase at the estate sale of Wm. Coombs. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 334-335).

He signed a petition dated 11 Dec 1811 in Clark Co., Indiana. It was a petition to Congress by Citizens of the Territory. (Helynn Carrier)

On 6 Mar 1813 in Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod sold land to John McConnell. No relinquishment of dower was noted. This could be because this was not their homestead or it could indicate that Letitia was deceased, but her name appeared on a deed in 1817. George Newland, J.P. was a witness. (Helynn Carrier)

15 Jan 1814 in Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod's name appeared in the estray book. (Helynn Carrier)

On 4 May 1814 in Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod witnessed the will of William Reed. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 335)

On 17 Jul 1817 in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod and Leititia, his wife, of Clark Co., Indiana sold 13 acres, a lot in Charlestown to John W. Lang. The record would prove that the land William sold on 6 March 1813 was not their homestead since Letitia was still alive in 1817. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 335)

On 12 May 1819 in court in Charleston, Clark Co., Indiana William Harrod gave a deposition at the home of Evan Shelby concerning the names of the children of his uncle, Thomas Harrod, for a court case of Harrod vs. Harrod. He also stated that he'd lived at the house of his uncle James Harrod in 1785 and 1786 and that his Uncle Thomas was not in Kentucky at that time. (Hattie Marshall Scott, Scott's Papers, page 10) Susan Atkins says he gave his deposition on 15 May 1819 in a lawsuit against the heir of Col. James Harrod by the heirs of Thomas Harrod, brother of James. Regarding this matter William Harrod of Clark Co., IN was deposed on 15 May 1819. In his deposition he stated that "James, John, Levi and Samuel and the other orators as listed have always been considered to be the children of Thomas Harrod and that Thomas Harrod is his uncle." He also said that the children of Thomas had visited their relatives in Mercer Co., KY. William stated that he lived in his uncle's house, Col. James Harrod, in 1785-1786 - Harrod's Heirs vs Harrod's Heirs, Box H 75 Mercer Co., KY. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, p. 301.) Note that this record proves that this William Harrod was a grandson of John Harrod Sr. and a nephew of the famous James Harrod who established the first continuous community in Kentucky.

On 29 Dec 1819 in Clark Co., Indiana a stray taken up by Sarah Reed near Silver Creek was appraised at $15.00 by William Harrod. Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 335)

In 1820 both William and George Harrod appeared on the census. The George Herrod family was composed of 1 male 45 or older, 2 females 10-16, 2 females 16-26 and 1 female 45 or older. One member of the family worked in agriculture. William Harrod was on page 42, George W. Harrod page 37, Sarah Harrod p. 4. (page 10, 1820 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240,)

He and LETITIA COOMBS executed a deed on 24 Feb 1821 in Clark Co., Indiana: William and Letty Harrod of Clark County, Indiana sold 120 acres to John Payton of Clark County (reference to Ct. H. Rec. Cl. Co., Jeffersonville, Ind.). (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 335)

In 1830 both William and George Harrod appeared on the census in Monroe Co., Indiana: William Hared [sic] was on page 32. George Herrod [sic] was on page 286. (1830 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240)

On March 1831 in Scott Co., Indiana William made his application for pension and stated that he had been a private in the company of Captain Paxton in the regiment commanded by Col. Lyon in the Pennsylvania and Virginia line for a period of 6 months. The certificate of pension was issued 29 June 1833. On 7 Nov. 1832 William appeared before a judge of the Scott County Circuit Court, William Harrod a resident of Scott County said he was 68 years of age last September and made the following declaration: "That he entered the service of the United State as a resident of the county of Bedford . . . Pennsylvania as a volunteer in a company of volunteer Pennsylvania Militia foot rangers commanded by Thomas Paxton that his service in said company for a term of upwards of six months was confined to and within the limits of the state of Pennsylvania during that portion of the year 1780 that service counted in saving the country and defending it against the Indians that he was not during the time aforesaid in any general engagement. The name of his first Lieutenant was John Laruens. He does not recollect that his company was under the command of any superior officers. After the expiration of the term of service as aforesaid he with the rest of his company was mustered out of service and received no written discharge that he never received pay for said services . . . On the first of the year 1782 he immigrated to what was then called Kentucky with his uncle Col. James Harrod and settled in the county of Lincoln, that sometime in the fore part of the year 1782 he again entered the service of the United States under the command of Captain John Cowan as a volunteer in a volunteer company of militia to defend the country against the incursion of the Indians, that he remained in said company upwards of eighteen months, that his services during the period aforesaid were confined to and within the limits of which was then called Kentucky and consisted in scounting the country burying those murdered by the Indians, guarding at Harrods Station, Harland Station, Harbisons Station, Fieldner Station, Hamptons Station, dutch station, etc, that he was not during the period aforesaid in any general engagement with the enemy that his company was under the general superintendance of then Colonel afterwards General Benjamin Logan of Kentucky, that he does not recollect the names of any of the inferior officers of his company. He was discharged from said company at the conclusion of the revolutionary war in 1783 without receiving any written discharge that he received no compensation from government for his services as aforesaid. John Harrod a clergyman and Jonathan Johnson and James Craig are persons to whom he is known in his neighborhood and who can testify as to this character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution as he has stated.

    His Revolutionary War papers state he was "a private in the army of the Revolution" and "is entitled to receive twenty dollars and ___ cents per annum . . . commencing 4 March 1831 and payable semi annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September every year . . . that he now resides in the state of Indiana and has resided there for the space of forty two years past and that previous thereto he resided in the state of Kentucky." This statement would suggest that he left Kentucky in 1791 but his memory might have been imprecise.

    He appointed John S. Mitchell his attorney to collect his pension for him and this document was witnessed by Zachariah Dowden and George Nicholas. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 336 and Howard L. Leckey, Tenmile Country, p. 246)

In 1840 William was probably the male aged 70-80 (born ca. 1760-1770) in the household of Zachariah and Catherine (Harrod) Dowden in Owen Co., Indiana. (Zachariah's father was born ca. 1755 or earlier.). (Helynn Carrier)

On 8 Sep 1843 William Harrod of Gossport, Owen Co., Indiana signed an affidavit stating that he'd lived in Indiana for 42 years and previous thereto he resided in Kentucky. Witnesses to this statement were Zepheniah Dowden and George Nichols.

He probably died circa 1846 in Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana. The History of Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties, Vol. 2, p. 508, says he died in Owen County, but gives no date or source.

Silver Creek Cemeterial, National Democrat Newspaper, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 21 May 1886, Mr. McCoy stated, "We see here also the name of Harrod. William and Samuel are the ancestors of this family. William Harrod, Sr., was a member and Elder of the old [Silver Creek Baptist] church as early as 1804. He lived in the vicinity of Memphis. Many years ago he moved to Bloomington, Ind., and died there."

A letter from William Harrod to Attorney John S. Mitchell; National Archives Revolutionary War Pension Records, photocopy of this letter is filed under Harrod - Direct Line, Revolutionary War Pension Records, William Harrod wrote a letter to his attorney, John S. Mitchell on 8 Sept. 1843 as follows: Gossport, Owen Co., Indiana. Dear Sir, With great respect I address to you a few lines. I am very unwell at present. I expect this will be the last lines that you will ever receive from me. I wish you to receive my pension and send it on as soon as you can conveniently and pay yourself out of the money. Yours with due respect, William Harrod. William signed his pension application with his mark.

1833 William Harrod of Scott Co., Indiana; private Pennsylvania Militia, born in Berkeley Co., Virginia in 1764, last payment: Madison, Indiana, 1846, aged 82 years, annual allowance $20.00, Sum received, Militia $50.00. She cited "Old Pension Record, Indiana State Library. (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, page 336 p. 336)

Howard L. Leckey, Tenmile Country, p. 246. "He died at Madison at the age of 82 years."

Whisker Ph. D., Bedford Co PA Archives Vol. 3, p. 22 This source says he died in 1836, age 82 but the numbers don't add up.

Washington, Clay, & Riley counties Kansas, "...went to Muncie [sic] County, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their days with a daughter.

THE PROBABLE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND LETITIA


    SAMUEL HARROD21 born circa 1786 in Pennsylvania. He voted on 11 Sep 1804 in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana. He appeared in court on 8 Jan 1808 in Clark Co., Indiana.84   He married MARY ROBERTSON on 16 Aug 1810 in Clark Co., Indiana. He began military service in 1811 and served under General William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe in the fall. He began military service again on 10 Apr 1813 in Clark Co., Indiana. He married MARY WEIR on 19 Dec 1814 in Clark Co., Indiana. He executed a deed on 13 Aug 1827 in Deputy, Jefferson Co., Indiana, Thomas Gasaway to Samuel Harrod 80 acres. He executed a deed on 25 May 1841 in Jefferson Co., Indiana. He married SARAH CAIN DAVIS on 11 Jul 1841 in Jefferson Co., Indiana. He left a will on 28 Jul 1856 in Jefferson Co., Indiana.   He died on 8 Oct 1856 in Jefferson Co., Indiana. He was buried in Gassaway Cemetery, Jefferson Co., Indiana.

    RACHEL HARROD was born between 1788 and 1790 in Kentucky.   She married JAMES M. DOWDEN on 18 Apr 1808 in Clark Co., Indiana. In 1821 in Wayne Twp., Owen Co., Indiana, James Dowden and wife Rachel (Harrod) were charter members of the Union Church. She died after 1850 in Owen Co., Indiana.

    GEORGE W. HARROD was born circa 1795 in Kentucky. He married MARGARET W. MCHANEY, daughter of WILLIAM MCKAMEY, on 13 May 1819 in Clark Co., Indiana.   He appeared on the census of 1820 in Clark Co., Indiana and on the census of 1830 in Monroe Co., Indiana.   He was on the census of 1840 in Daviess Co., Indiana. He was a deacon for the Church of Christ. He executed a deed on 4 Feb 1846 in Daviess Co., Indiana, On Feb. 4, 1846 in Book F, page 566 George Harrod purchased land from Charles Gibbison and wife for $100.00: SW quarter of NW quarter Sec 29 T3 R6. Witnesses were John F. Smith, Nicholas Wathen.   He executed a deed on 23 Dec 1848 in Daviess Co., Indiana, On Dec. 23, 1848 in Book G, page 540 George Harrod and wife sold 40 acres to Augustus Mattingly for $150.00 SW quarter NW quarter 29 T3 R6 West.   He was a Cooper before 1850 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.   He appeared on the census of 1850 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana. He executed a deed on 12 Mar 1856 in Daviess Co., Indiana, Daviess Co., Indiana Deed Book J, page 391 (See more details about George W. Harrod in a separate posting on this blog.)

    FRANCIS HARROD was born circa 1795.96   He appeared on the census of 1830 in Owen Co., Indiana.

    CATHERINE HARROD was born between 1798 and 1799 in Kentucky. She married ZACHARIAH DOWDEN on 28 May 1817 in Jackson Co., Indiana. She died after 1860 in Jackson Co., Indiana.

    ELSA J. HARROD was born on 2 Nov 1801 in Charleston, Scott Co., Indiana. She married JAMES HARRELL on 10 Aug 1821 in Jackson Co., Indiana. She died on 6 Nov 1870 in Pecatonica, Winnebago, Indiana, at age 69.

    LETITIA HARROD was born on 11 Jun 1803 in Clark Co., Indiana. She married THOMAS C. JOHNSON on 20 Aug 1821 in Clark Co., Indiana. She died on 16 Jun 1869 in Owen Co., Indiana, at age 66.   She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Owen Co., Indiana.

    UNKNOWN HARROD was born circa 1804.

    ANNA HARROD was born on 5 Jan 1805.84   She married WILLIAM MITCHELL on 21 Feb 1823 in Washington Co., Indiana.

George W. Harrod and wife Margaret

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George W. Harrod and Margaret W. McKamey? McHaney? McKinny? McK___y?

GEORGE W. HARROD1 was born circa 1795 in Kentucky.2,3,4   He married MARGARET W. MCHANEY (or a similar name), daughter of WILLIAM MCKAMEY or similiar surname, on 13 May 1819 in Clark Co., Indiana.5

He appeared on the following census records:

1820 in Clark Co., Indiana.6
1830 in Monroe Co., Indiana.7
1840 in Daviess Co., Indiana.8
1850 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.10

He was a member of Bethany Christian Church. A report of October 1844 at the Church of Christ Annual Meeting, John Wise and George Harrod were listed as deacons for the Bethany Church of Daviess County, Indiana. The bishops were Brice W. Fields, David M. Hixson and George T. Hays. There were 164 members of the church.9

On Feb. 4, 1846 in Book F, page 566 George Harrod purchased land from Charles Gibbison and wife for $100.00: SW quarter of NW quarter Sec 29 T3 R6. Witnesses were John F. Smith, Nicholas Wathen.

On Dec. 23, 1848 in Book G, page 540 George Harrod and wife sold 40 acres to Augustus Mattingly for $150.00 SW quarter NW quarter 29 T3 R6 West.

He worked as a cooper.10,11

On 12 March 1856 George W. Harrod and Margaret Harrod, his wife, of Daviess County, Indiana for the sum of $300 sold to James Arthur the following tracts of land:

NW corner of the SE quarter of Section 7 Town 2 North of Range 6 West being one acre SW corner of theNE quarter of Section 7 Town 2 Range 6 West containing 3 acres and 90 rodsSE corner of the NW quarter of Section 7 Town 2 North of Range 6 West containing 5 acres and 90 rods James Houston witnessed the deed and both George and Margaret signed their names. The transaction was recorded March 22, 1856.

George died on 21 May 1856 in Daviess Co., Indiana.12,4   He was buried in Bethany Christian Church Cemetery, Barr Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.13,14

The children of George W. Harrod and Margaret were:

   1. WILLIAM M. HARROD.15,16 was born on 5 Apr 1821 in Indiana.17,18,19,20   He married NANCY ELLEN ALLISON, daughter of JOSEPH ALLISON and MARY RAGSDALE, on 25 Feb 1847 in Daviess Co., Indiana.21   He worked as a cooper before 26 Jul 1850 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.22,23   He appeared on the census of 26 Jul 1850 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.24   He appeared on the census of 1860 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.25   He appeared on the census of 1870 in Daviess Co., Indiana.26   He appeared on the census of 1880 in Wabash, Wabash Co., Illinois.27   He and NANCY ELLEN ALLISON relocated in 1880 in Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.28,29   He died on 9 Aug 1886 in Oregon Co., Missouri, at age 65.17,19,30   He was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Oregon Co., Missouri.19,31

2. THOMAS F. HARROD was born on 23 Sep 1823 in Indiana.32,33,34,35   He married LUCINDA WISE, daughter of JOHN WISE and DELLA UNKNOWN, on 24 Oct 1852 in Daviess Co., Indiana.36   He worked as a cooper before 1860 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.37   He appeared on the census of 1860 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.38   He executed a deed on 8 May 1862 in Daviess Co., Indiana, Daviess Co., Indiana Book K page 616, Jan. 11, 1859 William W. and Mary E. Davis sold three parcels of: 1 acre, 3 acres and 1 acre respectively:

NW cor SE quarter Sec 7 T2 R6 of 1 acres SW corner of the NE quarter of said section township containing 3 acres SE corner of the NW of said Section Township and Range containing 1 acre They sold this land in the following record Daviess Co., Indiana Deed Book M, page 271, ___ 16, 1862:

Thomas Harrod and Lucinda Harrod his wife for the consideration of $188 sold to William Wise the following tracts of land undivided half of the NW corner of the SE quarter of Section 7 of township 2 North of Range 6 West containing 1 acre SW corner of the NE quarter of said section township containing 3 acres SE corner of the NW of said Section Township and Range containing 1 acre In the whole containing 5 acres. Signed by Thomas Harrod and Lucinda (her mark) Harrod.

Daviess Co., IN Deed Book M, page 232, May 8, 1862 James and Margaret Crosby sold 40 acres to Thomas Harrod for $450:

SE quarter NW quarter Sec 9 T2 R6W.39 He appeared on the census of 1870 in Veale Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.40 He appeared on the census of 1880 in Harrison, Daviess Co., Indiana.41 He died on 12 Jun 1888 in Daviess Co., Indiana, at age 64.32 He was buried on 14 Jun 1888 in Bethany Cemetery, Daviess Co., Indiana.42

   3. LIEUTENANT GEORGE MILTON HARROD43 On February 3, 1865 he enrolled in Evansville as a private in 143 Reg't Indiana Infantry. He was born in Monro (sic), Indiana, age 34, occupation cooper. His period of enlistment was for 1 year and he was described as having brown hair and brown eyes, fair complexion, 6 feet tall.

"Indianapolis, Ind. Feby 22, 1865. Capt. C.H. Potter, H. Northern Dept., Cincinnati, Ohio. I have the honor to respectfully request a discharge as private of Co. K 143rd Ind. Vols. to accept a commission as Captain of said company in said Regiment endowed(?) me by the Govenor of Indiana which commission bears date Feby 22, 1865. i am very respectfully your obt. servant. George M. Harrod."

A pay voucher dated Feb. 17 to May 30, 1865 shows George M. Harrod as Capt. of Co., K, 143 reg't Indiana Inf. In the remarks section is the following explanation, "Enlisted as private Jan 25, promoted to Capt. Co., K, 143 Ind. Vols. Infty to fill original vacancy, discharged as private same co and Regiment to date from Feb. 21, 1865 per special order No. 41.

On June 14, 1888 he applied for an original invalid pension: "Daviess Co., Indiana, 14 June 1888, personally appeared before me Jos. J. Lacy clk of the Circuit Court George M. HARROD aged 58 years who being duly sworn declares that he is the identical George M. Harrod who was enrolled as a Captain on the 21 day of February 1865 in Company K of the 143 regiment of Indiana commanded by himself and was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tennessee on 17 October 1865. That his personal description is as follows: age 35 years, height 6 feet, complexion: light, hair: light, eyes: blue. That while a member of the organization aforesaid in the service and in the line of duty at Ft. Donaldson the state of Tennessee on or about June 1865 he contracted disease of stomach and bowels which resulted in kidney trouble and about March 1865 at Murfreesborough, Tenn. on account of service exposures he caught cold which resulted in catarr (sic) of head from which troubles has he ever recorded (sic). That he was never treated in hospital. That he has been employed in military service otherwise than as stated above: private service was in Co. E 18th Regt, Ind. Vols. That he has not been in the military service of the United States since 17 October 1865. That since leaving the service this applicant has resided in the counties of Daviess and Knox. That prior to his entry into the service above named he was a man of good, sound, physical health being when enrolled and saw milling (sic). That he is now greatly disabled from obtaining his subsistance by manual labor by reason of his injuries, above described, received in the service of the United States. . . Signed: G.W. Alferd of Washington, Indiana his true and lawful attorney. Decker Station, Knox Co., Indiana. Signed: George M. Harrod. Wit: Thomas Sarrell and J.B. Smith.

On Oct. 11, 1888 John C. Black requested records from the War Department for George M. Harrod's service disability, stating that he was disabled by catarrh (sic) of head from cold contracted at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, March 1865, also disease of stomach and bowels and resulting disease of kidneys at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, June 1865.

A document from the War Department dated Nov. 23, 1888 referenced a James M. Harrod, Pvt. of Co. K, 143 Reg't Ind. Inf'y Volunteers was enrolled on 30 Jan. 1865 at Evansville, Indiana for 1 year on pay roll dated Minneapolis, MN Feb. 17, 1865, present. "Name George M. Harrod not borne on rolls as an enlisted man of Co., K, 143 Regiment, Inda. Inf'y Volunteers. The muster-in roll of George W. HARROD, as a commissioned officer, shows him discharged as private Co., K, 143 Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers to date from Feb. 21, 1865 for promotion to captain same company and regiment. Records of this office furnish no evidence of disability while an enlisted man in above organization."

On Jan. 26, 1889 another document from the War Department references the application for pension No. 660333 showing that George M. Harrod was mustered into the service of the United States as 1st Lieut. with Co., E, 18 Regiment of Indiana Volunteers Aug. 16, 1861 to February 28, 1862 present, March and April 1862 absent wounded, 30 days on surgeons certificate "gunshot wound of foot" May 4, 1862. His resignation tendered on account of his inability to return to service (no medical certificate) was accepted to take effect June 3, 1862. Geroge M. Harrod was mustered in as Capt. Co., K 143 Indiana Volunteers to date Feb. 22, 1865 for 1 year. Rools of Company to August 31, 1865 present and so borne on returns March, April, and May 1865. June 1865 does not report officer's Co., K and July 1865 is not on file. August 1865 present. Company morning reports May 3, 1865, shows him sick. No hospital records on file and no further evidence of disability. He was mustered out with company October 17, 1865.

Affidavits were filed to prove his claim to disability. The first by Jefferson Williams age 51 was dated 8 Feb. 1889. He was a resident of Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana and stated, "I was private of Co. K 143 Reg't Ind. Vols. and well knew Capt. George M. Harrod and well remember that at Fort Donaldson, Tenn. June 1865 he was sick with some kind of stomach and bowel trouble and at Murfreesboro, Tenn March 1865 he contracted a cold which settled in his head and his nose was so that he could not get his breath through his nose good and would snuff almost continously and these continued with him until we were discharged. I make these statements from memories. "

A second affidavit was made February 15, 1889 by James Fagan who signed with his mark. James Fagan was age 53 and a resident of Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana. "I was member of Captain Herrod's Co. in late war and well remember that he was sick with some trouble of stomach and bowels at Ft. Donelson in June 1865 and at Murfreesboro, Tenn. he contracted cold which settled in his head and his nose became stopped so he got his breath with difficulty and was always snuffing and these troubles continued to bother him until discharge.

In an affidavit made on March 26, 1889 S.O. Horrall a resident of Deckers, Knox Co., Indiana stated that "Capt. Geo. M. Harrod has for twenty five years to my certain knowledge been suffering from a stomach trouble also from catarrah of the head which disabled him so much as he was compelled to abandon his work a great part of the time."

S.D. Marmaduke a resident of Dickens, Knox Co., Indiana made a statement on 10 April 1889 "to certify that I have known Capt. Geo. M. Harrod for the last thirty five years and that prior to his entering the service he was a stout and abled bodied man and since say for the last twenty five years he has been troubled with stomach disease and also catarrh (sic) of the head which has caused him for the most part of his time to abandon his work, the same causing him to be unable to do manly labor."

In an affidavit of April 11, 1889 George stated that he was unable to furnish medical proof of his illness because the military surgeon who'd treated him was now dead as was Dr. Parmenter of Loogootee, Indiana who'd treated him immediately after his discharge from service. He requested that evidence from his neighbors Horrell and Marmaduke be accepted in place of medical evidence. He abandoned his claim to kidney disease because he was unable to prove it.

Also on 11 April 1889 Hugh McMahan, 2nd Lieutenant of Co. K 143 Reg. Ind. Vol. made the following statement, "I was . . . with Capt. George M. Harrod Capt. of my company and remember of his being afflicted with stomach disease and at times was really not able for duty but still continued on duty most of the time. This occurred while we were at Fort Donelson, Tennessee during the summer of 1865. I was well acquianted with Captain previous to entering the army and knew him to be a man in good health. Surgeon Davison who was our regimental surgeon . . . is dead. When we were at Murfreesborough, Tennessee in March 1865 we were very much exposed to cold and rain and having tents from said exposures the Captain took severe cold and for a time was not able to command or drill his company . . . he frequently complained during the time we were in the service of suffering from headache and pains in the stomach.

A statement from his doctor was written May 11, 1889 in Washington, Indiana who stated that ". . . Milton Herrod late Co., K 143 Regt Ind. Vols was under my professional care from Jan. 16, 1877 to June 14, 1881. During this period of time I treated him for a number of attacks of chronic diarrhea . . . from which he was a constant sufferer.

On 24 March 1890 George petitioned for an increase in his pension. At that time he was a resident of Dicken Station, Knox Co., Indiana and was receiving $15.00 per month for his disability of catarrh (sic) of the head and disease of stomach.

In his declaration for increase of an invalid pension on Jan. 14, 1891 George was age 60 and still getting $15.00 per month per certificate # 442279. "He believes he's entitled to an increase of pension of accounty of the increase of disability for which pension was granted and for resulting kidney disease, and for the following . . . at Murfreesboro, Tennessee about March 1865 he contracted rheumatism which affected him in his limbs and from which he has never recovered." His declaration was witnessed by Thomas J. Lavelle and George W. McCracken. His address was still Dicken Station, Knox Co., Indiana.

    On Sept. 20, 1893 a final document shows that George M. Harrod was dropped from the pension rolls because of death. His pension of $15.00 had not been increased.

He was born on 22 May 1830 in Monroe Co., Indiana.44   He married MARGARET JANE ALLISON, daughter of JOSEPH ALLISON and MARY RAGSDALE, on 6 Jun 1850 in Daviess Co., Indiana.45

He executed deeds on:

10 Jan 1852 in Daviess Co., Indiana.46
10 Mar 1855 in Daviess Co., Indiana.47
1 Nov 1856 in Daviess Co., Indiana.48
25 Dec 1856 in Daviess Co., Indiana.49
18 Feb 1859 in Daviess Co., Indiana.50
30 Dec 1859 in Daviess Co., Indiana.51
5 Nov 1861 in Daviess Co., Indiana.54

His military records were dated:

3 May 1861 in Rolla, Missouri.52
17 Jul 1861 in Daviess Co., Indiana.53
3 Jun 1862.55
10 Jul 1863 in Loogootee, Daviess Co., Indiana.56
18 Jul 1863 in Daviess Co., Indiana.57
30 Jan 1865.58
19 Mar 1865.59
17 Oct 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee.60

He appeared on the census of 1870 in Veale Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.61   He was employed as a township trustee on 2 Jun 1873 in Veale Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.62   He died on 8 Aug 1891 in Dicken Station, Knox Co., Indiana, at age 61.63,44   He was buried in West Salem Cemetery, Knox Co., Indiana.64

   4. MARY ANN HARROD was born between 1835 and 1839 in Daviess Co., Indiana.65,66,67   She married EDWARD HORACE MARMADUKE on 9 Apr 1857 in Daviess Co., Indiana.68 She died on 19 Aug 1928 in Daviess Co., Indiana.69



    Endnotes

    2. George W. Harried [sic] family, 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Family #164. On the 1820 Clark Co., IN census he was between the ages of 16-26 (born 1794-1804). On the 1830 Monroe Co., IN census he was between the ages 40-50 (born 1780-1790). On the 1840 Daviess Co., IN census he was between the ages of 40-50 (born 1790-1800). On the 1850 Daviess Co., IN census he was aged 57 (born ca. 1793).

    3. Harrod Family, 1880 Federal Census Film # T9-0256, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS Family History Web Site, This census record states that W.M. Harrod's father was born in Kentucky and his mother was born in Virginia.

    4. "Bethany Christian Church and Cemetery", 1986, Carol Hulen (1013 Illinois, Bicknell, Indiana 47512), to Nona Williams (PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, CA 95005), Section B of cemetery: George W. Harrod, died May 21, 1856 in his 60th year.; Copy in my personal collection, PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005. Hereinafter cited as "Bethany Christian Church."

    5. George Harrod and Margaretta W. McKamey(?) marriage, 5-13-1819, in Clark County, Indiana Marriage Records, Book A69, Clark Co., Indiana, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130, Book A pp. 68-69, Her name is difficult to read and might be McKaurey. The following letters are easily read, McKa__y. Others have transcribed it as McNamary, but it looks more like McKemmy to me. Amos Goodwin, J.P.C.C. performed the ceremony. Hereinafter cited as Clark Co IN Marriages.

    6. page 10, 1820 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, George Herrod family. The family was composed of 1 male 16-26 and one female 16-26.

    7. Harrod, 1830 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, # 286 This household was composed of 2 males 5-10 (William M. & Thomas), 1 male 40-50 (George) and 1 female 40-50 (Margaret). Harrodsburgh was a village of 300 inhabitants in 1890, situated on Clear Creek in Monroe Co., Indiana, 12 miles south of Bloomington, the county seat.

    8. G.W. Herrod family, 1840 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240. The family was composed of 1 male 10-15 (George M.), 2 males 15-20 (William M. & Thomas), 1 male 40-50 (George W.), 1 female 5-10 (Mary Ann), 1 female 40-50 (Margaret).

    9. Brother Wilson, "Annual Meeting Statistics," The Christian Record (October 1844): p. 94 A report for Daviess County shows that John Wise and George Harrod were Deacons for the Bethany Church. The Bishops were Brice W. Fields, David M. Hixson and George T. Hays. There were 164 members of the church. Hereinafter cited as "Church of Christ Annual Meeting."

    10. 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Family #164, George W. and sons George M. and Thomas were listed as Coopers.

    11. 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Family #164, This family was composed of George W. Harried [sic] age 57, a cooper whose real estate was valued at $200.00, born in Kentucky; Margaret age 53 born in Virginia; George M. age 20, a cooper born in Kentucky; Thomas age 27, a cooper, born in Kentucky; Mary A. age 15 born in Indiana. Margaret Harrod age 20, born in Indiana was also listed. She was Margaret Allison, wife of George M.

    12. Daviess Co., Indiana Probate Records, part II, page 36, Abstract of Probate Records 1850 - 1860, County Clerk's Office compiled by Stella Bogner. Hereinafter cited as Daviess Co., Indiana Probate Records.

    13. George W. Harrod tombstone inscription, Bethany Christian Church Cemetery, in Barr Twp., 3 1/2 miles east of Washington, and on the south side of US 50, Daviess Co., Indiana; Section B.

    14. Daviess County, Indiana Cemeteries, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclark, George W. Harrod died 24 May 1856, buried at Bethany Cemetery, Barr Twp., Sec. 33, twp. 3N R. 6W, Located on State Highway 50, 3 miles east of Washington, next to Church.

    15. Kittie Harrod's Death Certificate (n.p.: Jefferson City, MO: No. 14715), Kitty's father was William Harrod born in Indiana per informant W.E. Harrod of Greer, MO.

    16. William Harrod Family, 26 July 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Washington Township. Copy made by the Indiana State Library, p. 192 Living next door to them was a 40 year old James McHaney - a maternal relative perhaps? I believe William's middle name was his mother's maiden name.

    17. Oregon County, Missouri.

    18. Daviess County, Indiana 1870 Census., CD-ROM (669 West 900 North, North Salt Lake City, UT 84054-0670: Heritage Quest, 2001), Census Records, p. 201, #32, 32 His age was 49 and his place of birth was Indiana. Hereinafter cited as Daviess Co, Indiana 1870.

    19. Oregon County Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Oregon County, Missouri, 1996 Edition (c/o Courthouse, Alton, MO 65606: Oregon County Genealogical Society, Reprinted 2003), p. 77. Hereinafter cited as Oregon Co. MO Cemeteries.

    20. William Hared Family, 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, /3357-355. This census record lists his place of birth as Kentucky, but he was probably born in Indiana.

    21. Harrod-Allison Marriage Record: Marriage license No. 1134, Marriage license granted to Mr. William M. Harrod and Mrs. Nancy Peachy both of Daviess County, Indiana, February 23, 1847. The marriage was performed by W.G. Cole, probate judge on the 25th. The marriage record was recorded and filed on Feb. 27, 1847, Copy in my personal collection, PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005. Hereinafter cited as Harrod - Allison Marriage License.

    22. Thomas Harrod Family, 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, #361-359.

    23. 26 July 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Washington Township, p. 192 William was a Cooper by trade.

    24. 26 July 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Washington Township, p. 192 This Harrod family consisted of William age 30, Nancy age 30, George W. age 3, Ann E age 1 month(?), Louise Peachey age 8 and Mellissa age 6. William was a Cooper by trade. The value of his real estate was $300. All members of the family were born in Indiana. Living next door to them was a 40 year old James McHaney - a maternal relative perhaps.

    25. 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, /3357-355, The household was made up of William Hared [sic], Nancy, Louisa Peachee, Melissa Peachee, George Herod, Ann Herod, Melina Herod, Lydia Herod, Joseph Herod and James Herod. William's real estate was valued at $150 and Nancy's real estate was valued at $200. She was a widow who brought property to her second marriage.

    26. Census Records, Daviess Co, Indiana 1870, p. 201, #32, 32 He was a farmer with 400 acres.

    27. 1880 Federal Census Film # T9-0256, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, They were listed as W.M. Harriod and wife Mency Harriod with children: Geo. W., Eliza A., John A., William and Cathiran.

    28. Nancy E. Harrod, Dead, age 97, Daviess County, Indiana Newspaper, Daviess Co., Indiana, Obituary typed by Wana Hasler and sent to Nona Williams, "She was born in Indiana and came to this county with her family in 1880, where they settled on Spring Creek, and they have continued to live in the county and near the place of first settlement every since.. Hereinafter cited as Daviess Co., IN Newspaper.

    29. South Missourian Democrat, Nancy's obituary stated that they moved from Indiana and settled near Spring Creek, Oregon County, Missouri.

    30. Nancy Harrod Obituary, South Missourian Democrat, Alton, Oregon County, Missouri, Copy of clipping sent to Nona Williams by Mrs. Jean Schmelzla, She died of influenza.. Hereinafter cited as South Missourian Democrat.

    31. South Missourian Democrat, Copy of clipping sent to Nona Williams by Mrs. Jean Schmelzla, Funeral service was held at Hickory Grove church house, conducted by Br. J. N. Florea. After service she was laid to rest beside her husband in the cemetery near the church house she loved.

    32. Hulen, "Bethany Christian Church", Section B of cemetery: Thomas Harrod Sept 23, 1823 -- June 12, 1888.

    33. Thomas Horrall [sic] family, 19 July 1870 microfilm record, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, M593-306, p. 10 #65, #66. Note that in the 1850 census, Thomas was listed as age 27, born in Kentucky. In 1860 he was shown as age 38, born in Kentucky. In 1870 his age was listed as 48, but his birth place was shown as Indiana. His older brother and the other siblings were all listed as having been born in Indiana, so I think that Indiana is more likely correct for Thomas, too.

    34. Harrod families, 1880 Scanned census records on www.familyhistory.org, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS Family History Web Site, This census record says that Thomas was born in Kentucky and his father's birth place was unknown.

    35. 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, #361-359, This census says he was born in Kentucky, but George and Margaret probably lived in Indiana at that time.

    36. Daviess County, Indiana Marriage Records: This page is difficult to read., Copy in my personal collection, PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005. Hereinafter cited as Daviess Co., Indiana Marriage Records.

    37. 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, #361-359, Thomas was listed as a Cooper (a barrel maker).

    38. 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, #361-359, The family consisted of Thomas Harod [sic], Lucinda, Stewart and Sarah.

    39. "Harrod Research done by Carol Hulen for hire", 1986, Carol Hulen (Indiana), to Nona Williams (Santa Cruz, California), Daviess Co., Indiana Book K page 616, Jan. 11, 1859 William W. and Mary E. Davis sold three parcels of 1 acre, 3 acres and 1 acre respectively:
    NW cor SE quarter Sec 7 T2 R6 of 1 acres SW corner of the NE quarter of said section township containing 3 acres SE corner of the NW of said Section Township and Range containing 1 acre

    They sold this land in the following record
    Daviess Co., Indiana Deed Book M, page 271, ___ 16, 1862:
    Thomas Harrod and Lucinda Harrod his wife for the consideration of $188 sold to William Wise the following tracts of land
    undivided half of the NW corner of the SE quarter of Section 7 of township 2 North of Range 6 West containing 1 acre SW corner of the NE quarter of said section township containing 3 acres
    SE corner of the NW of said Section Township and Range containing 1 acre

    In the whole containing 5 acres.

    Signed by Thomas Harrod and Lucinda (her mark) Harrod.

    Daviess Co., IN Deed Book M, page 232, May 8, 1862 James and Margaret Crosby sold 40 acres to Thomas Harrod for $450:
    SE quarter NW quarter Sec 9 T2 R6W; Copy in my personal collection, PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005. Hereinafter cited as "Harrod Research."

    40. 19 July 1870 microfilm record, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, p. 10 #65, #66 He was age 48, a farmer with 300 acres of land.

    41. 1880 Scanned census records on www.familyhistory.org, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, The family consisted of Thomas F. Harrod and wife Lucinda with children: Sarah J. Edith, Frankland, Alfred, Sentany, Mary A. and Nellie B.

    42. Daviess Co IN Cemeteries, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclark, Bethany Cemetery (Barr Twp.) Daviess Co., Indiana Sec. 33, twp. 3N R. 6W Located on State Highway 50, 3 miles east of Washington, next to Church.

    43. Knox County, Indiana Cemetery Records (n.p.: (photocopy of page 264 in my files)), Lieut. G.M. Harroll [sic] Co. E 18th Ind Inf. Hereinafter cited as Knox County, Indiana Cemeteries.

    44. Knox County, Indiana Cemeteries, May 22, 1830 - Aug. 8, 1891.

    45. Daviess Co., Indiana Marriage Records: p. 17, Margaret J. Allison and George M. Harrod, 1-27.

    46. "Harrod Deeds in Daviess Co., Indiana", 1986, Carol Hulen (1013 Illinois, Bicknell, Indiana 47512), to Nona Williams (PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, CA 95005), Book J, page 118, Jan. 10, 1852 Hiram Hogshead to George M. Harrod 10 acres for $125, SE corner of S 1/2 of NE 9 Sec 10 T2 R7; Copy in my personal collection, PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005. Hereinafter cited as "Harrod Deeds, Daviess Co., Indiana."

    47. Hulen, "Harrod Deeds, Daviess Co., Indiana", Book J page 118, March 10, 1855 William Davis and wife to George M. Harrod, 2 tracts of 40 acres each for $525, SE 9 of SE9 Sec 4 T2 R6 40 acres, SW 9 of SW quarter, Sec 3 T2 R6 40 acres.

    48. Hulen, "Harrod Deeds, Daviess Co., Indiana", Book L page 325, Nov. 1, 1856 George M. Harrod and wife to John Cochran 40 acres for $325, SE 9 SE 9 Sect 4 R 6 (This was one of the tracts he purchased from William Davis.).

    49. Hulen, "Harrod Deeds, Daviess Co., Indiana", Book J, page 636, Dec. 25, 1856 Elisha Hyatt and wife to George M. Harrod 80 acres for $600, N 1/2 of SW quarter Sec 34 T2 R6.

    50. Hulen, "Harrod Deeds, Daviess Co., Indiana", Book K(?) page 658, Feb. 18, 1859, George M. Harrod and wife to Robt. M. Clark and wife 40 acres for $400, NW quarter SW quarter Sec 34 T2 R6.

    51. Hulen, "Harrod Deeds, Daviess Co., Indiana", Book L, page 246, Dec. 30, 1859 George M. Harrod and wife to James Peachee for10 acres for $325, SE corner S 1/2 NE quarter Sect. 10 T2 R7 (This was the land he purchased from Hiram Hogshead in 1852.).

    52. Civil War Pension Records, George M. Harrod's Civil War records (Washington, DC: NARA), "Rolla, Mo. May 3, 1861. Col. Boyd, Sir I have the honor respectfully to ask for a leave of absence of seven days for reasons put forth in accompanying medical certificate. Very respectively, your obt. sevt, George M. Harrod, 1st Lieut, Co. E, 18th Regnt Ind. Vol. "Lieut. George M. Herod (sic) having applied for a certificate on which to ground an application for a furlough I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer and find that he has a gunshot wound of the foot and that in consequence thereof he in my opinion unfit for duty. I further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than thirty days. Dated at Rolla, Mo. this 3rd day of May 1861. Signed. ___? Tidball. "Headquarters, Dept. of the Mississippi, St. Louis, Mo., 4 May 1862. Special orders No. 151. Leave of absence for 30 days from date is upon surgeon's certificate of ill health hereby granted to 1st Lieut. George M. Harrod, 18th Regiment Indiana Volunteers by order of Majory General Halleck, Asst. Adj. General. Lieut. George M. Harrod, Burnett House, St. Louis.. Hereinafter cited as George M. Harrod's Civil War record.

    53. Civil War Pension Records, George M. Harrod's Civil War record, His pay vouchers show that he enlisted July 17, 1861 as 1st Lieutenant, Co. E, 18th Reg't Indiana Infantry for a period of 3 years. (His name was written as George M. Harroll on a muster-in roll dated August 16, 1861 but pay vouchers spell his name "Harrod". He was absent with leave because he was wounded on the March and April 1862 voucher and Lt. George M. Harrod resigned June 3, 1862.

    54. Hulen, "Harrod Deeds, Daviess Co., Indiana", Book M, page 105, Jan. 3 ___ George W. Harrod and Margaret Harrod to Michael Fagan 40 acres, NE quarter, SW quarter Sec 34 T2 R6W in district of lands sold at Vincennes, Indiana recorded Nov. 5, 1861.

    55. Civil War Pension Records, George M. Harrod's Civil War record, He was absent with leave because he was wounded on the March and April 1862 voucher. Lt. George M. Harrod resigned June 3, 1862. "St. Louis, Mo. June 3, 1862 To the commandant of the 18th Regiment of Indiana Foot Volunteers. Dear Sir, I do hereby tender my resignation as First Lieutenant of Company E of said Regiment on account of my disability to return to service. Yours very truly, George M. Harrod, 1st Lieut., Co., E, 18th Regmt Ind. Vol. "Headquarters Dept. of the Miss., St. Louis, 3 June 1862. Special Orders No. 217. The resignation of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Harrod, 18th Ind. Vols. is hereby accepted to take effect this date. By order of Maj. Gen'l Halleck (Sgd.) S.M. Preston Asst. Adjt. Gen'l. "Officers' Casualty Sheet: George M. Harrod, 1st Lt. Reg't 18, Inf'y, Casualty Rec'd June 3, 1862. No. and source of the order accepting resignation. "

    56. Civil War Pension Records, George M. Harrod's Civil War record, He enlisted in 113th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers at Loogootee, Indiana on 10 July 1863 for a term of 8 days (there is no record of this regiment ever being inducted into federal service. It served as a minute man regiment during Morgan's raid into southern Indiana.).

    57. Civil War Pension Records, George M. Harrod's Civil War record, He was in the Civil War first enlisting in 113th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers at Loogootee, Indiana on 10 July 1863 for a term of 8 days (there is no record of this regiment ever being inducted into federal service. It served as a minute man regiment during Morgan's raid into southern Indiana.).

    58. Civil War Pension Records, George M. Harrod's Civil War record, He enrolled as a private in Co. K, 143rd Regiment of Indiana Volunteers at Evansville on 30 Jan. 1865 for and served for a term of 1 year under Capt. Johnson. He was described as age 34, eyes grey, hair dark, height 6', complexion fair, born Monroe Co., Indiana, occupation cooper, mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee Oct. 17, 1865. He was commissioned Captain March 19, 1865.

    59. Civil War Pension Records, George M. Harrod's Civil War record, He was commissioned Captain March 19, 1865.

    60. Civil War Pension Records, George M. Harrod's Civil War record, He was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee Oct. 17, 1865.

    61. 19 July 1870 microfilm record, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, p. 10 #64, #65 He is listed as Milton Harrod, a farmer with 1000 acres valued at $3880.

    62. A.O. Fulkerson, History of Daviess Co., Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions (1915; reprint 1540 E. Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716: Heritage Books, Inc., 2001), p. 218. George M. Harrod was trustee of Veale Township.. Hereinafter cited as Daviess Co Indiana by Fulkerson.

    63. Civil War Pension Records, George M. Harrod's Civil War record, A document dated Sept. 20, 1893 states that he was dropped from the pension rolls because of death. He had last been paid $15.00 on 4 August 1891.

    64. Knox County, Indiana Cemeteries.

    65. 19 July 1870 microfilm record, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, p. 39 #268, #268.

    66. 1880 Scanned census records on www.familyhistory.org, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, She was 45 years old, born in Indiana. This source says both her parents were born in Virginia but this is wrong.

    67. E.H. Marmaduke Family, 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, #117, unknown repository, She was age 20 in this census.

    68. Daviess Co., Indiana Marriage Records: Book 1, p. 339(?).

    69. Hulen, "Bethany Christian Church", Section A: Mary Ann Marmaduke died Aug. 19, 1928. Information was taken from county records, not cemetery inscriptions.

A Timeline of Early Harrod Records

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I've compiled a timeline of early records mentioning Harrods and would appreciate any feedback.

A Timeline of Harrod Families

1700 Bedfordshire, England - John Harrod Sr. was born (Life on the Appalachian Frontier, a web link that no longer works; the author's URL indicated it was a university of West Virginia www.northern.wvnet.edu/ and the author's name was G. Norton)

1712 New Jersey – One source says John Harrod Sr. came with his father and brothers and lived first in New Jersey. His father was James Harrod (Family Group Sheet by Audrey Merriman, 624 Carola St., Creve Coeur, IL 61611, 12 November 1984)

1715 Monmouth Co., New Jersey - A John Harrod was a sergeant in the Militia there. He served under the command of Col. Pfarmer and Capt. Leonard. Source: Old East New York Vol. 5, pp. 670. John Harrod Sr. would be a bit young to be a sergeant if he was actually born in 1700. A David Harrod was on the tax list there in 1714.

1722 John Harrod Sr. immigrated and settled in New Jersey across the Delaware River and a little later south of Philadelphia. (Life on the Appalachian Frontier)

1724 New Jersey or Virginia or England Thomas son of John Harrod Sr. was born in New Jersey (Life on the Appalachian Frontier) or on the Shenandoah in the valley of Virginia. (Family Group Sheet by Audrey Merriman, 624 Carola St., Creve Coeur, IL 61611, 12 November 1984), however, I think it was Thomas, son of John Harrod Jr. who was born in the valley of Virginia) or he was born in England according to the Draper Manuscripts 37J169-174 and came to America as a small boy according to information given in an interview to a reporter about 1930 by John W. Harrod, a Confederate veteran. Bedford County Pennsylvania Archives Volume 3 says that Samuel was the eldest son of John and Sarah (Moore) Harrod so Thomas would have been born after Samuel's birth year of 1735/36 or was a son by John Harrod Sr.’s first wife

1727, 1734, or 1736 New Jersey or Chester Co., Pennsylvania, or Little Cove in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. John, Jr., son of John Harrod Sr. was born in 1727 in New Jersey. (Life on the Appalachian Frontier) or he was born in 1734 Chester Co., Pennsylvania (Ten Mile Country by Lecky) or John Herrod, son of John Harwood, was born in 1736 (Rachel Henton’s notebook). A John Herrod was born in 1736 in the Little Cove (Kittochtinny Historical Society: Papers Read Before the Society, 2 April 1964 The Story of the Fort, by Harry E. Foreman). (Whether John Harrod Jr.’s mother was the first wife or second wife depends upon which of these birth dates is correct.)

1727 Jan 5 John Harrod Sr. might have married Mary Ames. I can’t verify this. It was on the family group sheet of Cheryl Paulson, 328 Dawn Court, Ridgecrest, CA 93555, 2 Nov. 1984

1732 or 1733 Pennsylvania John Harrod’s wife was killed by Indians (Life on the Appalachian Frontier) John Harrod had two motherless sons.

1734 Virginia John Harrod Sr. married Sarah Moore in the Shenandoah Valley (Draper Manuscripts) or according to Draper, John Harrod came to America in 1734, name of wife unknown.

1734 -1736 Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Samuel Harrod, son of John Harrod Sr. was born per Draper Mss. 20J44, He was the eldest son of John and Sarah and was born on the Shenandoah per William Harrod Jr., Draper Mss 37J168 or he was over age 15 in 1736 when he was a defendant in a law-suit in Opekon. He was a half-brother of James Harrod, therefore was born before his father married Sarah Moore (Bernice Lewis Swainson, The Filson Club History Quarterly, Vols. 32, No. 2 and 3, April - July 1958) The Harrods moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where John's third son, Samuel was born in 1735 (Life on the Appalachian Frontier)

1737 (approximately) Little Cove, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania The Harrods moved from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia to Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania (Life on the Appalachian Frontier) Note: Cumberland County wasn’t formed until 1750.

1737 Dec 9 Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania William Harrod, son of John Harrod Sr. and Sarah Moore was born. Although he later stated that he was born in Franklin Co., Pennsylvania there were no settlers in that area earlier than 1740. He was probably born in the Shenandoah Valley (Hereward Records and Papers 1620-1940: 329 Years of History and Genealogy by Susan Atkins, 1940) or William Harrod, elder brother of James, founder of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, was born at Big Cove, Bedford County, Pa., in 1737." (Documentary History of Dunmore's War 1774, Twaites Gold and Louise Phelps Kellogg, 1905) or they removed to the Big Cove in then Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and there William was born on the 9th day of December 1737 per William Harrod Jr. Source: Draper Mss 37J168

1738 - 1745 Eleanor, daughter of John Harrod Sr. and Sarah Moore was born Eleanor was born after William (born 9 December 1737 and James (born 1746) per Tenmile Country.

15 Dec 1738 Frederick Co., Virginia was created out of northern portions of Augusta and Orange Counties, Frederick began to function as a political unit around 1743. Frederick county people came from several different sources: German and Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania and Maryland, English settlers migrated to Hite's Fort near present Stephens City. English settlers from coastal counties also came there per Frederick County Marriages 1738 - 1850 by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr.

1740 - 1750 "The settlers in the Little Cove (now Franklin County) and on the Conolloways, at the time of Secretary Peters' visit to the Big Cove were: Joseph Coombs, John Herrod, Elias Stillwell, Rees Shelby, Levi Moore, Andrew Coombe, . . . " (By an act of March 29, 1798 all that part of Bedford, called the Little Cove and lying east of a line to begin in the Maryland line near the Great Cove or Tuscarora mountain . . . intersects the present line between Bedford and Franlkin Counties was annexed to Montgomery Towhnship, Franklin County.)

1742 – 1746 Virginia or Pennsylvania James Harrod, son of John Harrod Sr. and Sarah Moore was born. William Harrod Jr., said that his grandfather, John, died when James was about 12 years of age and that James was born in 1742 per Draper Manuscripts 37J167 (a letter), but Major John Griffin Fauntleroy who married Margaret Harrod said that James was born in 1746 on the eastern of the Susquehannah and Potomac region as informed by William Harrod . . . James was attached to a company of men at 14 years of age' per Draper MSS 12C23 and 12C22. Mrs. James Harrod, age 86 in 1842, said her husband was 10 years older than she which would make him born in 1746 as Fauntleroy states per Draper MSS 12C22 or he was born in Pennsylvania in 1742 per Documentary History of Dunmore's War 1774 or "The noted James Harrod was born a short distance north of Sylvan in 1742” per (Life on the Appalachian Frontier)

1744 or 1747 (approximately) Mary Harrod, daughter of John Harrod Sr. and Sarah Moore per, born after Rachel who was born after James who was born in 1742 per William Harrod Jr. Source Draper Mss 37J168, however, other evidence suggests that James could have been born ca. 1746.

After 1746 (approximately) Rachel Harrod was born. She was born after James who was born in 1742 per William Harrod Jr. Source Draper Mss 37J168 However, other evidence suggests that James could have been born ca. 1746.

1747-1750 Big Cove, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (Cumberland County was formed in 1750). In a letter of May 1750 from Secretary Richard Peters to the Colonial governor, secretary Peters had been sent into what is now Cumberland and adjoining counties in Pennsylvania to warn people off the land which had not yet been purchased from the Indians. It was on this trip that the story of the "Burnt Cabins" occurred. Trader George Croghan was with Peters in the Augwick Valley where he had a home. When the commission went to the Little Cove and Big Cove, they report that they ordered a number of persons off their improvements, including John Harrod per Pennsylvania Colonial Records. This was at a time when William Harrod Jr. reports that his grandfather as living in the Big Cove. It was the same area that saw James and William Harrod begin their military service under Forbes and where William Harrod got his first commission a few years later. John Harrod had been there at least 3 years

1749 – 1750 Frederick Co., Maryland or Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Joseph Coombs, John Harrod and Andrew Coombs were 3 of the 21 men who signed a petition: Conolloway Letter of Late 1749 or Early 1750 (Source: Minutes of the Provincial Council, pages 453 & 454) Whether the Tonoloways Settlement was actually in Frederick Co, MD or Cumberland Co, PA was unresolved, and whether it was Indian land or not even a more critical issue. Little Cove was in this disputed area)

1750 Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania John Harrod paid taxes per Bernice Lewis Swainson.

1750 Jan 22 Levi Harrod was born Lancaster, Pennsylvania Susan Atkins says he was born in Little Cove in the Tuscarora Mountains of (then) Virginia 1750 or he was born January 22, 1750, in Ayr Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just five days before Cumberland County was formed. Levi's birthplace is given in some records as Bedford County, Pennsylvania per (Life on the Appalachian Frontier)

1750 May Cumberland was formed from Lancaster County in 1750

1750 May 31 Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. John Harrod signed a petition (page 109 Source: Minutes of Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 5 pp. 453-4)

After 1750 Sallie Harrod was born. Susan Atkins says she was born in 1748, however, William Harrod Jr. indicated she was born after Levi who was born in 1750.

after 1751 Elizabeth Harrod was born. She was born after Sallie who was born after Levi who was born in 1750 per Tenmile Country

after 1752 Jemima Harrod was born. She was born after Elizabeth who was born after Sallie who was born after Levi who was born in 1750 per Tenmile Country.

1753 Frederick Co., Maryland. John and William Hearwood were on the muster roll of Capt. Moses Chapline during the French and Indian war per Susan Atkins.

1753 June 26 pages 199-200. John Harrod, first as a Corporal and later as a Sergeant was on the Muster Roll of Capt. Joseph Chapline per Susan Atkins

1754 July 3 John Harwood on a list of soldiers at Fort Necessity. This area is now located in Farmington, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania (Roster of Virginia Militia, from a website link that no longer works) John Harrod died in 1754 per (Life on the Appalachian Frontier)

ca 1755 Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. John Harrod Sr. might have died. His grandson, William Harrod Jr., said that John died when James was about 12 years of age and that James was born in 1742 per Draper Manuscripts 37J167. Perhaps he died in an Indian attack described in Coombs Fort of the Tonoloways Settlement of Maryland and Pennsylvania. 1 Nov. 1755 when a party of about one hundred Indians (Shawnees & Delawares) “entered the Great Cove and began murdering the defenseless inhabitants and destroying their property.” On November 14 (1755) Sheriff Potter made the following statement to Provincial authorities in Philadelphia "Twenty seven plantations were burnt and a great quantity of cattle killed…” Out of 93 families that were settled in the two Coves and the Conolloways, forty seven were either killed or taken and the rest had deserted." [History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA (1884)] The writer is certain that some of the Harrods were in the fort when it was attacked per (Life on the Appalachian Frontier)

1767 March 24 Ayr, Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. Alexander Buchanan sold a tract of land to William Harrod. It was located on the northeast by the lands of 'John Harwood, deceased' . . . in Little Cove, Air Twp., Cumberland Co. . . '. The name is spelled Harwood in the deed but a Note Bene is signed by William as 'Wm. Harrod' per Draper Manuscripts 4NN3. His grandson, William Harrod Jr., said that John died when James was about 12 years of age and that James was born in 1742 per Draper Manuscripts 37J167 (a letter), but Major John Griffin Fauntleroy who married Margaret Harrod said that James was born in 1746 on the eastern of the Susquehannah and Potomac region as informed by William. The description indicates that his estate had not been settled and hence that John Jr. was not the owner and would not have paid the taxes on 100 acres recorded as having been paid by John Harrod in 1763 and 1767.

1768 Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. John Harrod Jr. “moved to Bedford County after the French and Indian War” per Scioto Gazette West Reserve Hist. So. Cleveland, Ohio V. IV p. 156. Bedford County was formed from Cumberland County in 1771.

1767 - 1771 Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. John Herrod paid taxes on 50 acres in Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., PA. This was probably John Harrod Jr.

1777 - 1773 William Harrod moved west from Little Cove to Ten Mile Creek.

Michael Schwing's Records on GenForum

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The following was posted as a comment and because it contains important information, I'm adding it here so that more people will see it. The original link in the comment didn't work so I searched, located entries and have embedded the links below. -Nona

I published on the Harrod Genforum (www.genforum.com/Harrod) (Note from Nona; I couldn't find the article on Genforum using that link, but a search located it here) a while back the Draper Manuscripts of 37:169-174, or whatever their exact listing is.I took these from Howard Leckey's Ten Mile Country book as he transcribed them when they were still clear. The microfilm copies at the Indiana State Library (I live in Indianapolis, IN) are horrible.

I also placed some of the pages from the Rachel Henton Notebook from the clear copies made by Susan Atkins. Her copies were white on black/dark brown and quite legible--so legible John and Rachel Shepherd Harrod's last child is CLEARLY LEWE and not Levi. A few of her papers and a copy of her book are in the Indiana State Library.

Also in her papers were references to the Cemetery Association that the Harrods (William and wife Leticia Coombs--I want to say Silver Creek but don't want to be wrong) (Note by Nona: Silver Creek is correct) belonged to, which had annual meetings reported in the local paper (on microfilm at Indiana State Library) at which there was always a short lecture on genealogy of one of the families buried there.

This must be where Susan Atkins found a statement not published that said William had a brother John (not the minister who signed his Revolutionary War pension application--that may be a nephew) and a sister Mary. Throwing that in with the facts in his pension application of Uncle James Harrod who was a Colonel (the Scott County James Harrod was also in Harrodsburg but did not hold that high a military title in Kentucky although he was a Rev. War veteran also and in the Indiana Militia), and nephew of the Thomas whom he gave evidence at the house of Evan Shelby (his aunt Mary, earlier married to Adam Newland) as to Thomas's children in the famous Mercer County, Kentucky, case Harrod Heirs vs. Harrod Heirs. This leaves only one place for his placement: son of John and Rachel Shepherd Harrod. He is too old to be the William son of William (who lived later in Bracken County, Kentucky) or the William son of Levi (who lived his life in Ohio).

Helynn Carrrier accepted my several step argument for the Scott County, Indiana, James not being son of Thomas, the half-brother of the James who founded Harrodsburg and the full brother of my John who married Rachel Shepherd, as that is what she already believed based on Bernice Swainson and the "Chronlogical Account". She never accepted my argument based on the same line of reasoning for "her" William (though harder to find facts for like the census records and court documents used for the other argument which was just my re-hashing of Bernice Swainson's argument but with the records attached). My Thomas and James argument also ruled out a half a dozen other Harrod families trying to connect to the same Thomas. I can send that argument (logical discussion), but I believe it too is on the Harrod Genforum. I have asked the cousins to post whatever records they have onto the Harrod Genforum, especially Bibles, wills, and other family documents no matter what line they belong to, since such wonderful sites by Christine Smith and Sharon Puckett are no longer online. I seem to be one of the very few responding to my call.

William M. Harrod and Nancy Ellen Allison

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WILLIAM M. HARROD

William M. Harrod and wife Nancy Ellen Allison were born in Washington, Indiana.   He was born on 5 Apr 1821 in Indiana.3,4,5,6   He married NANCY ELLEN ALLISON, daughter of JOSEPH ALLISON and MARY RAGSDALE, on 25 Feb 1847 in Daviess Co., Indiana.7

He was identified on the census as a cooper (a barrel maker) by 26 Jul 1850 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana.8,9,10

He appeared on the census of 1860 in Washington Twp., Daviess Co., Indiana11 and on the census of 1870 in Daviess Co., Indiana.12

By 1880 he had moved his family to Wabash, Wabash Co., Illinois.13 and later to Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.14,15

He died on 9 Aug 1886 in Oregon Co., Missouri, at age 65. 3,5,16 and was buried in the Hickory Grove Cemetery, Oregon Co., Missouri.5,17

Gravestone for Wm Harrod 1821-1885

Dora (Harrod) Phillips:

William Harrod was a cooper who made flour barrels. He was said to be a good person who hated to spank his children. The Harrods were English and Scots-Irish.

Esther (Harrod) Barkley:

William Harrod had a sister named Liza Jane Perego. The Harrods moved from Harrodsburg, Kentucky to Washington, Indiana. The Harrods came from Indiana in a wagon train with Mrs. Ann Minich, Dean Minich, Don Minich, Joe Dan Minich, Marilyn Minich and R.I. Minich of Route 2, Alton. William's daughter, Kittie, eloped at age 18 and wore several layers of clothing.

The children of William M. Harrod and Nancy Ellen Allison were:

GEORGE WASHINGTON HARROD18 born on 14 Feb 1848 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.19 He appeared on the census of 1880 in Wabash, Wabash Co., Illinois.20 He relocated with his family to Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.21,22 He married MARTHA ANN GREER, daughter of JAMES MONROE GREER and ELIZABETH DENNY, on 11 Aug 1885 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri.23,24 He was on the tax list in 1890 in Oregon Co., Missouri.25 He relocated in 1906 in Shannon Co., Missouri. He died on 11 Jun 1928 in Birch Tree, Shannon Co., Missouri, at age 80.26,27 and was buried in Barnes Chapel, Birch Tree, Shannon Co., Missouri.28

George W. Harrod and his mother, Nancy Ellen Allison

    ANN E HARROD was born circa 1850 in Daviess Co., Indiana.29

    MARY MALINA HARROD30,31,32 was born on 28 Feb 1852 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.33,30,34,35   As of 1860, she was also known as MELINA HARROD.36 She married ALEX COLLISON on 5 Apr 1877 in Allendale, Wabash Co., Illinois.37,38   She died on 12 Nov 1926 in Greer, Oregon Co., Missouri, at age 74.30,39,40   She was buried on 13 Nov 1926 in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Oregon Co., Missouri.30,41

    LYDIA HARROD was born on 1 Apr 1854 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.42   She relocated with her family after 1880 to Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.21 She married LEWIS W. GREER, son of SAMUEL W. GREER, on 18 Mar 1883 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri.43,44 She married (--?--) BLANKENSHIP before 1918.45 and she married WILLIAM CHILTON before 12 Nov 1926.46 She died on 19 Jan 1934 in Winona, Shannon Co., Missouri, at age 79.47 and was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Oregon Co., Missouri.48

Lydia Harrod

    JOSEPH HARROD was born circa 1856 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.   He died circa 1875.49

    JOHN A. HARROD50 was born circa 1859 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.51   He relocated with his family to Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.52   He married IDA SIPE on 7 Aug 1884 in Oregon Co., Missouri.53   He was appeared on the tax list in 1890 in Oregon Co., Missouri.25   Before 1918 he relocated to Winchester, Idaho54 where he died after 12 Nov 1926.55

    THOMAS HARROD was born circa 1859 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.49   He died circa 1859 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.

    WILLIAM ELLSWORTH HARROD56,57 was born on 19 Jun 1861 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.58,5,59,60   He relocated with his family to Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.61   He was a Justice of the Peace by 1880 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri.62   He married CATHERINE STROSNIDER on 28 Oct 1889 in Oregon Co., Missouri.63,64   He appeared on the tax list in 1890 in Oregon Co., Missouri.65 In 1890 he relocated to Blackwell, Oklahoma66 where he was an Indian Agent.67   He relocated before 1918 to Shannon Co., Missouri.68   He appeared on the census of 1930 in Woodside Twp., Oregon Co., Missouri.69   William Howard Morman wrote an article titled "History of Greer Mill" which was published in The Missouri Historical Review Volume LXVI Number 4 July 1972. Morman cites conversations with William Harrod between 1930 and 1939 as a source of information. William Harrod was a school teacher in Carter and Oregon Counties.70   He died on 11 Dec 1948 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri, at age 87.71,72,73 and was buried on in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Oregon Co., Missouri.74,75

"Uncle Billy" Harrod in 1914

    CATHERINE HARROD76,77,78

    Kitty's parents are identified on her death certificate as William Harrod of Daviess Co., Indiana and Nancy Allison of Indiana. Information was provided by her brother, W.E. Harrod of Greer, Missouri. The cause of death was insanity and paralysis (she'd had a stroke). Her age at the time of her death was 54 years, 8 months and 17 days.   She was born on 9 Jul 1864 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.79,80   She relocated with her family from Indiana to Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.21   She married IRA MOSS WILLIAMS, son of GILBERT WILLIAMS and SARAH SIMPSON, on 6 Aug 1886 in Greer, Oregon Co., Missouri.81   She died on 26 Apr 1919 in Woodside, Oregon Co., Missouri, at age 54.82,83 and was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Oregon Co., Missouri.83 Dora (Harrod) Phillips says that Kitty had a stroke at 50 years of age and that Kitty was Gilbert's heir instead of Ira although Ira was still alive.


Kitty Harrod with daughters Sarah Ellen and Alta

    Endnotes


    1. Kittie Harrod's Death Certificate (Jefferson City, MO: No. 14715), Kitty's father was William Harrod born in Indiana per informant W.E. Harrod of Greer, MO.

    2. William Harrod Family, 26 July 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Washington Township, Copy made by the Indiana State Library, p. 192 Living next door to them was a 40 year old James McHaney - a maternal relative perhaps. I believe William's middle name was his mother's maiden name.

    3. William M. Harrod's middle name is probably his mother's surname. I've only found one document, her marriage record, that lists her surname and I can't make out her name beyond McK----y. It possibly is McHaney, McKinney, McKimmy or McKammy or even McNammey.)

    4. Daviess County, Indiana 1870 Census., CD-ROM (669 West 900 North, North Salt Lake City, UT 84054-0670: Heritage Quest, 2001), Census Records, p. 201, #32, 32 His age was 49 and his place of birth was Indiana. Hereinafter cited as Daviess Co, Indiana 1870.

    5. Oregon County Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Oregon County, Missouri, 1996 Edition (c/o Courthouse, Alton, MO 65606: Oregon County Genealogical Society, Reprinted 2003), p. 77. Hereinafter cited as Oregon Co. MO Cemeteries.

    6. William Hared Family, 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, /3357-355. This census record lists his place of birth as Kentucky, but he was probably born in Indiana.

    7. Harrod-Allison Marriage Record: Marriage license No. 1134, Marriage license granted to Mr. William M. Harrod and Mrs. Nancy Peachy both of Daviess County, Indiana, February 23, 1847. The marriage was performed by W.G. Cole, probate judge on the 25th. The marriage record was recorded and filed on Feb. 27, 1847. Copy in my personal collection, PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005. Hereinafter cited as Harrod - Allison Marriage License.

    8. Thomas Harrod Family, 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, #361-359, unknown repository.

    9. 26 July 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Washington Township, p. 192 William was a Cooper by trade.

    10. 26 July 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Washington Township, p. 192 This Harrod family consisted of William age 30, Nancy age 30, George W. age 3, Ann E age 1 month(?), Louise Peachey age 8 and Mellissa age 6. William was a Cooper by trade. The value of his real estate was $300. All members of the family were born in Indiana. Living next door to them was a 40 year old James McHaney - a maternal relative perhaps.

    11. 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, /3357-355, The household was made up of William Hared [sic], Nancy, Louisa Peachee, Melissa Peachee, George Herod, Ann Herod, Melina Herod, Lydia Herod, Joseph Herod and James Herod. William's real estate was valued at $150 and Nancy's real estate was valued at $200. She was a widow who brought property to her second marriage.

    12. Census Records, Daviess Co, Indiana 1870, p. 201, #32, 32 He was a farmer with 400 acres.

    13. Harrod Family, 1880 Federal Census Film # T9-0256, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS Family History Web Site, They were listed as W.M. Harriod and wife Mency Harriod with children: Geo. W., Eliza A., John A., William and Cathiran.

    14. Nancy E. Harrod, Dead, age 97, Daviess County, Indiana Newspaper, Daviess Co., Indiana, Obituary typed by Wana Hasler and sent to Nona Williams, "She was born in Indiana and came to this county with her family in 1880, where they settled on Spring Creek, and they have continued to live in the county and near the place of first settlement every since.. Hereinafter cited as Daviess Co., IN Newspaper.

    15. South Missourian Democrat newspaper, Nancy's obituary stated that they moved from Indiana and settled near Spring Creek, Oregon County, Missouri.

    16. Nancy Harrod Obituary, South Missourian Democrat, Alton, Oregon County, Missouri, Copy of clipping sent to Nona Williams by Mrs. Jean Schmelzla, She died of influenza.. Hereinafter cited as South Missourian Democrat.

    17. South Missourian Democrat, Copy of clipping sent to Nona Williams by Mrs. Jean Schmelzla, Funeral service was held at Hickory Grove church house, conducted by Br. J. N. Florea. After service she was laid to rest beside her husband in the cemetery near the church house she loved.

    18. George Washington Harrod, Death Certificate File 3, Registered No. 69 (14 August 1928), Missouri State Board of Health, Death Certificates, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jefferson City, Missouri, His mother's maiden name was Nancy Allison. His father's name wasn't shown.. Hereinafter cited as George W. Harrod's Death Certificate.

    19. George Washington Harrod, George W. Harrod's Death Certificate, He was born in Indiana.

    20. 1880 Federal Census Film # T9-0256, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, He was listed as age 31, working as a farm laborer.

    21. South Missourian Democrat, Nancy's obituary.

    22. Daviess Co., IN Newspaper, Obituary typed by Wana Hasler and sent to Nona Williams.

    23. South Missourian Democrat, Martha's obituary.

    24. Marriage of George W. Harrod and Martha Greer: "George W. Herrod [sic] of Thomasville, Oregon County, Missouri who is over the age of 21; and Miss Mattie Greer of Alton, Oregon County, Missouri who is over the age of 18" were issued a marriage license on 10 August 1887. Rev. W.T. Patty certified that he performed the ceremony on the next day. They were married at the residence of E. Davis., Oregon County Clerk's Office, Alton, Oregon County, Missouri 65588. Hereinafter cited as Marriage of Harrod & Greer.

    25. compiler Jackie Woods, Personal Assessment Book, p. 3, in Woodside township.

    26. South Missourian Democrat, Obituary, typed copy from Shannon Barkley Goldberg: George Washington Harrod was born in Indiana February 14th, 1848 and passed away at his home in Banner June 11, 1928 aged 80 years, 3 months and 25 days. He was married to Martha A. Greer of Alton, Mo., August 11, 1887, who survives him. To this union were born eight children. Joseph L. of Cushing, Okla., Mrs. Lydia Cooper and George of Snyder, Colo., Mrs. Ester Barkley of Winona, Mo., Lyle, Mrs. Blanch Gosnell, Mrs. Edith Smotherman, and Rachel of Banner. The burial was at Barnes Cemetery, June 12th, Rev. R.M. Holom conducting the services. The children were all present, but one daughter, Mrs. Lydia Cooper of Colo. G.W. Harrod came to Oregon County in 1880 and being a teacher was identified with the progress of education in that county before coming to Shannon County. He had been a resident of Banner 22 years and took an active part in the upbuilding of the school and community until failing eyesight deterrred him from work in that line. He was converted in 1909 and united with the M.E. Church at Barnes Chapel, living a upright Christian life, a kind neighbor, a true friend, a useful citizen, a life full of years and good deeds.

    27. George Washington Harrod, George W. Harrod's Death Certificate, George Washington Harrod died at age 80 years, 3 months, 25 days. The cause of death was "aortic insufficiency". His death certificate was signed by R.J. Davis of Birch Tree, Missouri.

    28. George Washington Harrod, George W. Harrod's Death Certificate, The undertaker was St. Chaney of Birch Tree.

    29. 26 July 1850 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, Washington Township, p. 192 She was less than a year old.

    30. Oregon County Genealogical Society, Oregon Co. MO Cemeteries, p. 75.

    31. Mary Malina Collison, Death Certificate Registered No. 23 (13 November 1926), Missouri State Board of Health, Death Certificates, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jefferson City, Missouri, Her father was William Harrod.. Hereinafter cited as Mary Malina Harrod's Death Record.

    32. Mary Malina Collison, Mary Malina Harrod's Death Record, Her mother was Nancy Allison.

    33. Harrods, 1880 Federal Census Film # T9-0224, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS Family History Web Site, She was age 28 in 1880.

    34. Mary Malina Collison, Mary Malina Harrod's Death Record, She died on November 12, 1926 at age 74 years, 8 months, 14 days.

    35. Obituary, South-Missourian Democrat, Oregon Co., Missouri, 18 November 1926, She was born near Washington, Indiana, February 28, 1852.. Hereinafter cited as South-Missourian Democrat.

    36. 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, /3357-355.

    37. Mary Malina Collison, Mary Malina Harrod's Death Record, She was the widow of Alex Collison.

    38. South-Missourian Democrat, 18 November 1926, She was married to Alex Collison April 5, 1877, at Allendale, Illinois. To this union were born nine children, five girls and four boys. Her husband and one boy having preceded her in death.

    39. Mary Malina Collison, Mary Malina Harrod's Death Record, She died on November 12, 1926 of pneumonia. She was aged 74 years, 8 months, 14 days.

    40. South-Missourian Democrat, 18 November 1926, She passed away at the home of her brother, W.E. Harrod, near Greer on Friday morning after a long illness of heart trouble. She died November 12, 1926, age 74 years, 8 months, and 15 days.

    41. Mary Malina Collison, Mary Malina Harrod's Death Record, She was buried at Hickory Grove Cemetery on 13 November 1926.

    42. Lydia Harrod, Death Certificate #4055 (19 January 1939), Missouri State Board of Health, Death Certificates, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jefferson City, Missouri, She was born 1 April 1854. She was aged 84 years, 9 months, 18 days.. Hereinafter cited as Lydia Harrod's Death.

    43. Letter from Dora (Harrod) Phillips (Winona, Missouri) to Howard Morman, 29 December 1970; Copy in my personal collection (PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005). Lewis and Lydia had married a short time before he was drowned in an accident at the Greer Mill. They had planned to leave for Oregon on the Sunday just prior to the accident, however, Lewis' father had talked them into staying with him for awhile so that Lewis could help with the construction of the dam and mill. Lydia was grief-stricken over the loss of her husband and never again went down to the spring. She would often sit at a window in the Greer home listening to the faint roar of the boil-up and cold spring water racing and churning through the large boulders in the ravine.

    44. Marriage License of Lewis W. Greer and Lydia Harrod.: Lewis W. Greer and Lydia Harrod applied for their marriage license on 17 March 1883. They were married the next day at the home of Wm. Harrod. The ceremony was performed by William L. Williams, J.P., Oregon County Clerk's Office, Alton, Oregon County, Missouri 65588. Hereinafter cited as Marriage of Lewis Greer and Lydia Harrod.

    45. Daviess Co., IN Newspaper, Obituary typed by Wana Hasler and sent to Nona Williams, Lydia's surname was Blankenship when mentioned in her mother's obituary.

    46. South-Missourian Democrat, 18 November 1926, Mary Malina's sister, Lydia Chilton, resided in Greer at the time of Mary's death.

    47. The cause of Lydia Harrod's was "apoplexy" (a stroke).

    48. Lydia Harrod's Death.

    49. unknown

    50. 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, National Archives Trust Fund, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, US 20408, 202-501-5240, /3357-355, This census lists his name as James.

    51. 1880 Federal Census Film # T9-0256, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, He was age 21.

    52. South Missourian Democrat, Nancy's obituary. At the time of Nancy's death, John had moved to Winchester, Idaho.

    53. Marriage Certificate of John A. Harrod and Ida Sipe : John A. Harrod of Thomasville and Ida Sipe of Alton obtained their marriage license on the 6th and were married on the 7th of August 1884. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W.T. Patty., Oregon County Clerk's Office, Alton, Oregon County, Missouri 65588. Hereinafter cited as Marriage of John A. Harrod and Ida Sipe.

    54. Daviess Co., IN Newspaper, Obituary typed by Wana Hasler and sent to Nona Williams, He had moved to Winchester, Idaho before his mother died.

    55. South-Missourian Democrat, 18 November 1926, J. A. Harrod resided in Winchester, Idaho when Mary Malina died.

    56. William Ellsworth Harrod, Certificate of Death No. 42577 (18 January 1949), Missouri State Board of Health, Death Certificates, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jefferson City, Missouri, His father was William Harrod. Hereinafter cited as William E. Harrod's death certificate.

    57. William Ellsworth Harrod, William E. Harrod's death certificate, His mother was Nancy Allison.

    58. 1880 Federal Census Film # T9-0256, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, He was age 19.

    59. William Ellsworth Harrod, William E. Harrod's death certificate, He was born June 19, 1861 and was 78 years of age when he died.

    60. Obituary William Ellsworth Harrod, South Missourian Democrat, Copy was sent to Nona Williams by Pauline Simmons of West Plains, Missouri, December 16, 1948, He was born in Washington, Indiana 19 June 1861.. Hereinafter cited as South Missourian Democrat.

    61. South Missourian Democrat, Nancy's obituary. Moved from Indiana.

    62. Sherri McComb, "Harrod / Strosnider," e-mail message from mccomb@netnitco.net (Illinois) to Nona Williams, 19 Nov. 1998, He was appointed Justice of Peace in Alton.. Hereinafter cited as "Harrod / Strosnider."

    63. Letter from Elizabeth Bailey (The State Historical Society of Missouri, 1029 Lowry St., Columbia, MO 65201) to Gerold Harrod, 12 February 1985; Copy in my personal collection (PO Box 746, Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California, USA 95005), This source says they were married 28 November 1889.

    64. South Missourian Democrat, December 16, 1948, He was married to Kate Strosnider October 28, 1889 and to this union 3 children were born.

    65. Jackie Woods, Personal Assessment Book, p. 17, in Moore township.

    66. McComb, "Harrod / Strosnider," e-mail to Nona Williams, 19 Nov. 1998, About six months after they married, they moved to Oklahoma.

    67. McComb, "Harrod / Strosnider," e-mail to Nona Williams, 19 Nov. 1998, He was appointed as an Indian Agent and assigned to the reservation in Oklahoma. There he taught the Indians how to read, write, etc.

    68. Daviess Co., IN Newspaper, Obituary typed by Wana Hasler and sent to Nona Williams, He was living in Shannon County when his mother died.

    69. W.E. Harrod, 2 April 1930 scanned image, P.O. Box 540670, 669 West 900 North, North Salt Lake, UT, US 84054-0670, 1930 census, heritagequestonline.com Series T626 Roll: 1215 Page 129, The household consists of the following: W.E. Harrowd [sic] age 68; Kate, wife 64; Dora, daughter age 26 and Alice, daughter age 19.

    70. William Howard Morman, "History of Greer Mill," The Missouri Historical Review Vol. LXVI Number 4 (4 July 1972): Morman cites conversations with William Harrod between 1930 and 1939 as a source of information for his article about the Greer Mill. William Harrod was a school teacher in Carter and Oregon Counties.. Hereinafter cited as "Greer Mill."

    71. A printed cemetery record sent to me by Jerry Harrod, 1027 W. Oregon St., Moses Lake, WA 98837 disagrees with my personal observation of William's tombstone and the information on his death certificate and incorrectly reports his date of death as 11 Nov. 1948 at age 87 yrs, 5 mos, 22 da.

    72. William Ellsworth Harrod, William E. Harrod's death certificate, He was aged 87 years, 5 months, 22 days.

    73. South Missourian Democrat, December 16, 1948, He departed this life 11 December 1948 at the age of 87 years, 5 months and 22 days.

    74. William Ellsworth Harrod, William E. Harrod's death certificate, The funeral director was Leland Carter.

    75. South Missourian Democrat, December 16, 1948, Funeral service was held at Hickory Grove December 13 with J.N. Florea officiating, assisted by J.W. Bockman. He was buried at the Hickory Grove cemetery under the direction of Carter Funeral Home of Thayer.

    76. Clyde Williams' Death Certificate (n.p.: Jefferson City, MO: No. 67-0005315), Clyde's mother's maiden name was given as Herod per informat which was listed as the U of Mo. medical records.. I obtained a copy of the record on June 8, 1979.

    77. Ira Williams' Death Certificate (Jefferson City, MO: No. 33876), Ira's spouse is identified as Catherine Williams by informant Mrs. Alta Morman of Fremont, MO. Obtained official copy 20 November 1979.

    78. Census Records, Daviess Co, Indiana 1870, p. 201, #32, 32 She was listed as Nancy Harrod age 6 on the census of 1870.

    79. Kittie Harrod's Death Certificate, No. 14715, Kitty's place of birth was reported as Daviess Co., Indiana by informant W.E. Harrod of Greer, MO.

    80. 1880 Federal Census Film # T9-0256, www.familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah, She was age 15 and in school.

    81. Harrod-Williams Marriage License. Ira M. Williams & Kittie Harrod, Marriage License, 6 August 1886, County Clerk's Office, Oregon Co., Missouri. They were married at the home of "Gilbird Williams" by W.L. Williams, J.P.

    Ira and Kittie eloped. She sneaked away from home, wearing several layers of clothes. Her mother wouldn't speak to her for several years afterward. Gilbert apparently approved of the marriage since the ceremony was performed at his house by W.L. Williams (Ira's brother).

    Nancy may have opposed the marriage for political reasons. The Williams family were Confederates and the Harrods were "Yankees" and members of each family had fought on opposite sides during the war. Nancy (Allison) Harrod may have been related to President William McKinley whose mother was Nancy Allison.

    82. Kittie Harrod's Death Certificate, Kitty was age 54 years, 8 months and 17 days when she died at 4:30 p.m. on April 26, 1919, from insanity and paralysis (she'd had a stroke). She had been under the care of Dr. A.C. Dunigan from Feb. 7, 1917 through March 29, 1917 and the duration of her illness was 2 years, 1 month and 22 days. She was buried in the Hickory Grove Cemetery on April 27, 1919 by undertaker G.C. Bockman of Greer, MO.

    83. Oregon County Genealogical Society, Oregon Co. MO Cemeteries, p. 83.

John Harrod Senior

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John Harrod, possibly the son of James Harrod as shown by Lois J. Bakewell who cites her source as The Harrods of Happy Hollow by Homer C. Richie, was probably born in England ca 1707 or earlier. He died perhaps in Pennsylvania ca. 1754-58 and may have married as his first wife, Mary Ellis in King George Co., Virginia on 4 August 1728. Helynn Carrier corresponded with Barbara Chance Klosterman in 1990 who cites her father's notes and Mrs. Swainson. Ms. Klosterman provided Helynn with a photocopy of a recording of the marriage in the Register of St. Paul's Parish 1715-1798, King George Co., Virginia.

Mary (Ellis) Harrod apparently died before ca. 1734.

The descendants of John and Mary (Ellis) Harrod are said to be:

1. Thomas Harrod, perhaps born ca. 1724 who was probably on the tax list in Orange Co., Virginia in 1749 and/or Augusta Co., Virginia in 1779. He might have been the man of that name in court documents of Frederick Co., Virginia Order Book 12, page 59. (More on Thomas in a separate posting)

2. John Harrod probably born ca 1723-28, or Shenandoah Co., Virginia ca 1736 as shown on a Virginia IGI record. He may have died on the 26th or 28th December 1781, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. He married 5 August 1758 to Rachel Shepherd, said to have been born ca. 1739 and died 10 November 1806 (Rachel Henton's notebook). (More on John Harrod Jr. in a separate posting.)

More about the children of John Harrod and his second wife, Sarah Moore in a separate posting.

Samuel Harrod of Maryland

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Helynn Carrier titled this branch of the Harrod family as One Branch with Some Good Support and she believed that this Samuel Harrod was a son of James Harrod, born ca. 1665 or earlier who came to Baltimore from Englandshire, Bedfordshire, England ca 1717 with his wife and sons.

Samuel Harrod probably born ca. 1690 or earlier, died ca. 1748; married first to an unknown woman, died before ca. ca. 1738; descendants believed to include:

1. Samuel Harrod, said to have died before 1822.

2. Edward Harrod, perhaps the man of that name who served in Bowman's Campaign (1780); petitioner from Lincoln Co., Kentucky 1784; appeared in Madison Co., Kentucky (formed 1785 from land previously in Lincoln County) ca. 1787 and census of 1810; appraised the estate of Val Haines in Lincoln Co., Kentucky in 1784, and would have been at least age 21; probably the man of that same name lived in Madison Co., Kentucky 1789 and again 8 Dec. 1800; wife, from whom he was divorced in Lincoln Co., Kentucky 13 Feb. 1800, was named Elizabeth. [Note: A man of this name served in the 14th Regiment, Virginia Continental Line; no pension application has been found. A man of this name was found by Mrs. Bernice Swainson in "Madison Co., KY History" in a report dated 16 Oct. 1779 to have been killed in defense of the Fort or in hunting.}

Samuel Harrod probably born ca. 1690 or earlier, died ca. 1748; married second ca. 1738/9 the widow Jemima Sherewood "she being a widow before", born ca. 1708, died ca. 1788. The children shown for this marriage and these descendants are based on "Chronological Report" and other sources are said to be:

3. Nellie-Hester Harrod, probably born ca 1742 or earlier, died before 1822.

4. James Harrod, born 4 April 1744, believe to be the man of that name whose stock mark was registered in Jefferson Co., Indiana 11 Aug. 1817. Perhaps he was the same man with wife, Elizabeth who conveyed to Isaac Harrod, 10 March 1818 100 acres, part of NE qtr. 34-3-8? Witnesses: Samuel Jackson, Jacob Rhodes. Land appears in records of Jefferson Co., IN in portion that was later in Scott Co., IN when that county was formed, died after 9 May 1821 in Scott Co., IN after 1820. (They seem to appear in the 1820 census of Scott Co., IN: 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1) She was said to be the daughter of Daniel Stewart and his wife Rebeckah Ward. James was said to have been a pivate from Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War.

"The Chronological Report" seems to pertain to the family of James Harrod who married Elizabeth Stewart and lived their later years in Scott Co., Indiana. They resided in a portion of Jefferson Co., Indiana that was taken to form Scott County.

"A Chronological account of parents taken in 1822 (or 1827?).
from the best Recollection of James Harrod and Elizabeth his wife. Samuel Harrod supposed from england or ireland married Jemima Sherewood a native of America in State of merryland Sd Sam H. Dyed with the Small pock, some where in the year 1748 and left Jemima a widow with (she being a widow before) Nelly Hester, Jas. John Samuel all Dead at this present date except Jas. Sd Jemima Dyde Some where about the year 1788 supposed to be 80 old To wit The Said Jas. married one Elizabeth Stewart of which her fathers name was Danniel Stuart a native of america (but his father from Scotland) State of merryland married to Rebeckah ward the daughter Marget Ward and her husband of which Danniel and Rebeckah had 11 Richard Elisha Peggy Richard Rachel Samuel Hesikiah dead at this date. Sd Danniel Dyed some where about 1788 Some where 80 Dyd with canserX also Sd Jemima."

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Early Harrod Family in America

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Helynn Carrier, in an attempt to sort out the early Harrod families and discover their origins, wrote a research paper titled, Another Fresh Start in The Search for "My" William Harrod: A Study Paper dated 7 Nov. 1998. She began this paper with the following notation:

Mrs. Bernice Swainson, in her research notes, shows "Vol. 47" (not identified further) in "Certificate of Head Rights" 50 acres "granted to Emigrants & patents (sic.) given Land Office At Richmond" showed George Harrod of Norfolk, VA 1637.

Helynn considered that this evidence suggests that immigrant ancestors of the Harrod family may have come to this country far earlier than had been considered before.

This George Harrod would have to be at least 21 years of age to qualify for a land grant and thus was born before 1617. He could have had 30 or more grandsons by the year 1700.

Helynn goes on to provide a lineage based on her opinion that the relationships existed. She reached that conclusion "based on convincing evidence and/or the judgment of respected genealogical researchers."

1. James Harrod, born probably in England, but possibly born in this country ca. 1665 or earlier, and/or came to Baltimore from Englandshire, Bedfordshire, England ca. 1717 with his wife and sons: [Source: Lois J. Bakewell cites The Harrods of Happy Hollow by Homer C. Richie for this data. No documentary evidence was provided.]

Children of this James Harrod are listed as:
1. Samuel Harrod, probably born in England, but perhaps in this country ca. 1690 or earlier, died ca. 1748; married first to an unknown woman; married second to Jemima (____) Sherewood, "she being a widow before"

2. John Harrod, said to have been born in England, but probably in this country ca. 1703-07, died perhaps Pennsylvania ca. 1754-58; married first King George Co., Virgina 4 August 1728 to Mary Ellis; married second ca. 1734 to Sarah Moore, born New Kent or James City County, Virginia 7 Feb. 1713; daughter of John and Elizabeth (___) Moore.

3. Thomas Harrod probably born ca 1714 or earlier; perhaps the one of that name who married Catherine Winters

4. William Harrod?

5. James Harrod?

6 George Harrod?

More to follow....

John Harrod of Pennsylvania: A Timeline

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Caution: Please use the following data carefully. Much of the early information contains contradictory data. I’ve listed the sources in the hope that we can figure out what can be verified and what should be discarded.

Before 1707 John Harrod was born in England
Sources: Swainson, “Harrod Family” by Bernice Lewis Swainson, The Filson Club History Quarterly, Vol. 32, Nos. 2 and 3, page 112 “He was born in England, probably in the county of Bedford or Bucks.” Hereinafter cited as "Harrod Family by Swainson."
Life on the Appalachian Frontier, The author of this paper says he was born in 1700 and came from Bedfordshire, England. Hereinafter cited as Appalachian Frontier.

1712 he immigrated to New Jersey
Sources: John Harrod Family Group Sheet, Audrey Merriman, 624 Carola St., Creve Coeur, IL 61611, 12 November 1984 "John Harrod I came with his father and brothers and lived first in New Jersey, came about 1712. His father was James Harrod."
1715 Monmouth Co., New Jersey served in the militia as a Sergeant
Sources: Howard L. Leckey, compiler, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1935 Sampson Dr., Appollo, PA 15613-9208: Closson Press, 1997), p. 9, 240. A John Harrod was a sergeant in the Militia there. He served under the command of Col. Pfarmer and Capt. Leonard. Source: Old East New York Vol. 5, pp. 670. A David Harrod was on the tax list there in 1714. Hereinafter cited as Tenmile Country. [0....]) (Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", p. 108. She says that John Herod who was a sergeant in Capt. Farmer's Company of Militia at Woodbridge, New Jersey was probably a son of David Herriott of Woodbridge, whose will was dated 10 Aug. 1725. There was a John Harwood who lived at Amboy, New Jersey in 1731.

circa 1722 he lived in New Jersey
Source: Appalachian Frontier, He settled in New Jersey across the Delaware River and a little later south of Philadelphia.

circa 1722 he immigrated
Source: Ibid., The author of this paper says he came from Bedfordshire, England and that he settled in New Jersey across the Delaware River and a little later south of Philadelphia.

circa 1724 His son Thomas Harrod was born

1727 5 Jan he married an unknown first wife
Source (Cheryl Paulson, 328 Dawn Court, Ridgecrest, 93555 "Harrod Family Group Sheet" dated 2 Nov. 1984, No source citations were provided., p. Says he married Mary Ames 5 Jan 1727 but I can’t find any verification.

Between 1727-1736 His son John Harrod Jr. was born

1732/33 Pennsylvania His first wife died.
Sources: (Appalachian Frontier, He went to visit some nearby relatives, and when the wife was busily engaged with the usual duties of a pioneer home, some Indians observed that she was alone. They broke in and killed her, plundered the house of all they wanted, and even cut off her hand in order to obtain the wedding ring Harrod had given her in England. They set fire to the house, and Harrod, seeing the smoke from his burning home, rushed back as quickly as possible. As he approached, the Indians ran into the forest before he could get a shot at them. Upon his arrival, he was horrified to find that his wife had been killed and scalped. He discovered her hand in the canoe which the Indians had loaded with plunder from the house.”

Ca 1734 Shenandoah River, Virginia He married SARAH MOORE, daughter of JAMES MOORE III and FRANCES GAY
Sources: (Susan W. Atkins, compiler, Hereward Records and Papers 1620-1940: 329 Years of History and Genealogy (Greenfield, IN: privately published, 1940), page 171 William Harrod Jr., son of Captain William Harrod to Dr. Draper, "I do not remember the name of my grandfather. Possibly it was Thomas or Samuel. My grandfather married my grandmother in Shenandoah Valley in 1736. She was named Sarah Moore. She was his second wife. He had a family by his first wife whose name I do not know. These were Thomas and John." Draper Mss. 371167. Hereinafter cited as Hereward Records and Papers.
(Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", p. 109. "Mrs. Susan W. Atkins used a 'quotation' which she said was taken from the Draper Collection. It refers to the marriage of John Harrod and Sarah Moore and reads: 'in the Shenandoah Valley in 1736.' The original record does not contain a date and reads: 'married Sarah Moore on Shenandoah; eldest son Samuel was born there.'
(Appalachian Frontier, He remarried, this time to Sarah Moore, of Maryland.
(Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 112 After his first wife was killed by Indians, John removed to Virginia where, about 1734, he married Sarah Moore 'on Shenandoah' and where some of their children were born. Draper Manuscripts 37J169-174 and Wither's Chronicles of Border Warfare (1912 edited by Reuben G. Thwaites) p. 190, Sketch of William Harrod.

circa 1734 John Harrod immigrated to Shenandoah, Virginia
Sources: (Alexander Scott Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare or a History of the Settlement by the Whites of Northwestern Virginia and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that Section of the State (Parsons, WV: McClain Printing Co., 1895, 1970), p. 190 “James Harrod's father emigrated from England to Virginia about 1734, and was one of the first settlers on the Shenandoah, in the Valley of Virginia. One of his sons, Samuel, accompanied Michael Stoner on his famous western hunting and exploring trip in 1767, another, William, born at the new family seat at Big Cove, in what is now Bedford County, Pa., served with distinction under George Rogers Clark. Hereinafter cited as Chronicles of Border Warfare.

1734 John Harrod emigrated from Wales
Source: (Virginia Shannon Fendrick, compiler, American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: DAR: Franklin County Chapter, ca 1944), p. 96 John Herrod (Harrod) was one of the early Welsh settlers in the Little Cove and Connallaways (now Tonolloway) in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. According to Draper, John Harrod came to America in 1734, name of wife unknown. Hereinafter cited as Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin Co., PA.

Between 1734-1736 his son Samuel Harrod was born

before 1735 he relocated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Source: Appalachian Frontier, They moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where they established a new home. Here John's third son, Samuel was born in 1735.
circa 1737 John Harrod relocated to Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
Source: Ibid., After two years, the family moved to Little Cove, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

1737 Dec 9 His son William Harrod was born

Between 1738-1745 his daughter Eleanor Harrod was born

1738 Dec. 15 Franklin Co., Virginia was created out of northern portions of Augusta and Orange Counties, Frederick began to function as a political unit around 1743. Frederick county people came from several different sources: German and Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania and Maryland, English settlers migrated to Hite's Fort near present Stephens City. English settlers from coastal counties also came there
Source: Frederick County Marriages 1738 - 1850 by John Vogt and T. William Kethley, Jr.
between 1740 and 1750 he was on the tax list in Little Cove, Peters Twp., Franklin Co., Pennsylvania
Sources: (Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 171 and 178.
History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania 1884 (Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884), p. 595 "The settlers in the Little Cove (now Franklin County) and on the Conolloways, at the time of Secretary Peters' visit to the Big Cove were: Joseph Coombs, John Herrod, Elias Stillwell, Rees Shelby, Levi Moore, Andrew Coombe, . . . " "By an act of March 29, 1798 all that part of Bedford, called the Little Cove and lying east of a line to begin in the Maryland line near the Great Cove or Tuscarora mountain . . . intersects the present line between Bedford and Franlkin Counties was annexed to Montgomery Township, Franklin County. Hereinafter cited as Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA 1884.

Between 1742-1746 his son James Harrod was born (founder of Harrodsburg in Kentucky)

Ca 1744 Daughter Mary Harrod was born

Ca 1746 Daughter Rachel Harrod was born

Between 1747 and 1750 he lived in Big Cove, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Sources: (Howard L. Leckey, Tenmile Country, pp. 244, 247 Source: Pennsylvania Colonial Records. In a letter of May 1750 from Secretary Richard Peters to the Colonial governor, secretary Peters had been sent into what is now Cumberland and adjoining counties in Pennsylvania to warn people off the land which had not yet been purchased from the Indians. It was on this trip that the story of the "Burnt Cabins" occurred. Trader George Croghan was with Peters in the Augwick Valley where he had a home. When the commission went to the Little Cove and Big Cove, they report that they ordered a number of persons off their improvements, including John Harrod. This was at a time when William Harrod Jr. reports that his grandfather as living in the Big Cove. It was the same area that saw James and William Harrod begin their military service under Forbes and where William Harrod got his first commission a few years later. John Harrod had been there at least 3 years. .[1]

between 31 May 1749 and 1750 Little Cove, Pennsylvania or Maryland (disputed territory between Frederick Co., Maryland or Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania) John Harrod signed a petition
Source Coombs Family Organization Conolloway Letter of Late 1749 or Early 1750 (Source: Minutes of the Provincial Council, pages 453 & 454)

"Petition of the Settlers of the Little Cove on the Temporary Line
"To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania, &"The Petition of Subscribers, Inhabitants of small Tracts of Land situate Westward of the Kittochtinny or Blue Hills, at a place known by the Name of the Little Cove and Conolloway's Creek, humbly sheweth:
"Whereas, sundry Inhabitants of the Province of Maryland (some of 'em vested with Authority) divers times within these three Years past have attempted to survey and take possession of the aforesaid Tracts, being at or near where the Temporary Line when extended will run, as we believe; We, therefore, willing to live under the Protection of the good Constitution and Government of the Province of Pennsylvania, have hitherto prevented the various Attempts of the People of Maryland, and have preseumed to seat ourselves and made small improvements on the said lands.
"As we have done this purely to defend it from the People of Maryland, and not in contempt of the laws of the Province of Pennsylvania nor the Governor's Proclamation, we humbly pray that we may be permitted to live on our respective Improvements at least until the Temporary Line shall be extended. And your Petitioners shall pray, & ..."

Whether the Tonoloways Settlement was actually in Frederick Co, MD or Cumberland Co, PA was unresolved, and whether it was Indian land or not even a more critical issue.
Joseph Coombs, John Harrod and Andrew Coombs were 3 of the 21 men who signed. Hereinafter cited as Coombs Families.

1750 Jan 22 Son Levi Harrod was born

After 1750 Daughter Sallie Harrod was born

1750 Little Cove District, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania John Harrod appeared on the tax list
Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 109 Source: Filson Club files.

31 1750 May he lived in Little Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
Carrier, William Harrod by Herlynn Carrier, page 266. .[2]
Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 109 Source: Minutes of Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 5 pp. 453-4.

After 1751 Daughter Elizabeth Harrod was born

After 1752 Daughter Jemima Harrod was born

1753 Frederick Co., Maryland, military service
Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 200-201. John and William Hearwood were on the muster roll of Capt. Moses Chapline during the French and Indian war.
Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 115 Sheperdstown was across the Potomac River from Frederick Co., Maryland and was close enough for relatives living on both sides of the river to keep in touch. The nearest fort was probably on the Maryland side. This may account for the names of John and William Harrod (Harwood) being on the roll of Capt. Chapline's Company in Frederick Co., Maryland in 1753. William was living in Little Cove at the time. It was just over the line in Pennsylvania.

1753 26 Jun John Harrod Frederick Co., Maryland
Source: Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 199-200. John Harrod, first as a Corporal and later as a Sargeant was on the Muster Roll of Capt. Joseph Chapline.

1754 3 Jul Fort Necessity, Virginia/Pennsylvania
Source: Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Roster of Virginia Militia, Perhaps the John Harwood on this list was John Harrod. This area is now located in Farmington, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. Hereinafter cited as Fort Necessity Roster.
1755 Big Cove, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
Source: History of Washington Co., Pennsylvania p. 54. "In the morning of Sunday, the 2d of November, the Indian allies of the French attacked the Great Cove settlement, Cumberland County, killed six persons, and carried away seventeen prisoners. On the same day Benjamin Chambers wrote from Fallow Spring (source Col. Rec., vol. vi. p. 675) 'To the Inhabitants of the Lower Part of the county of Cumberland. If you intend to go to the assistance of your neighbors, you need not wait any longer for Certainty of News. The Great Cove is destroyed. James Campbell left this Company last night and went to the Fort at Mr. Steel's Meeting House, and there saw some of the Inhabitants of the Great Cove, who gave this account, that as they came over the Hill they saw their houses in flames. The messenger says there is but one hundred, and that they divided into two parts, the one part to go against the Cove, and the other against the Conolloways and that there are no French among them. They are Delaware and Shawanese. . . The people of the Cove that came off saw several men lying dead; they heard the murder shout and the firing of Guns, and saw the Indians going into the Houses that they had come out of before they left sight of the Cove. . . "On the day following the massacre and burning at Great Cove the settlements at Little Cove and Conoloways were attacked, all the houses burned, and several persons carried away as prisoners. Mr. Potter, sheriff of Cumberland County, reported 'that of ninety-three families which were settled in the two Coves and the Conolloways forty-seven were either killed or taken and the rest deserted.” (Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare, p. 190 "In November 1755, a raid was made on the Big Cove settlement, by the Delaware chief Shingiss, but the Harrods were among the few families who escaped unharmed to Fort Littleton."

1756 Feb 29 he lived in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
Sources: Harry E. Foreman, "The Story of the Fort," Kittochtinny Historical Society: Papers Read Before the Society Vol. XV (2 April 1964): p. 54 "The writer is certain that some of the Harrods were in the fort when it was attacked. I believe this is where and when John Harrod, Sr. died in 1755". Hereinafter cited as "Story of the Fort."
Withers, Chronicles of Border Warfare, p. 190 "In November 1755, a raid was made on the Big Cove settlement, by the Delaware chief Shingiss, but the Harrods were among the few families who escaped unharmed to Fort Littleton."

before 24 Mar 1767 Ayr Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania John Harrod died
Sources: Atkins, Hereward Records and Papers, pages 211, 221 On 24 March 1767 William bought Buchanan's land described as adjoining lands of John Harwood deceased. I believe John Sr. died in about 1755.
Swainson, "Harrod Family by Swainson", page 113 On March 24, 1767, Alexander Buchanan sold a tract of land to William Harrod. It was located on the northeast by the lands of 'John Harwood, deceased' . . . in Little Cove, Air Twp., Cumberland Co. . . '. The name is spelled Harwood in the deed but a Note Bene is signed by William as 'Wm. Harrod' per Draper Manuscripts 4NN3. His grandson, William Harrod Jr., said that John died when James was about 12 years of age and that James was born in 1742 per Draper Manuscripts 37J167 (a letter), but Major John Griffin Fauntleroy who married Margaret Harrod said that James was born in 1746 on the eastern of the Susquehannah and Potomac region as informed by William Harrod . . . James was attached to a company of men at 14 years of age' per Draper MSS 12C23 and 12C22. Mrs. James Harrod, age 86 in 1842, said her husband was 10 years older than she which would make him born in 1746 as Fauntleroy states per Draper MSS 12C22.

before March 24, 1767, John was deceased when his son William bought Buchanan's land in Ayr Twp., Cumberland County. This land was described as "bounded by the lands of John Harwood deceased . . ." The description indicates that his estate had not been settled and hence that John Jr. was not the owner and would not have paid the taxes on 100 acres recorded as having been paid by John Harrod in 1763 and 1767.
Sources: Coombs Families, Perhaps he died in an Indian attack described in Coombs Fort of the Tonoloways Settlement of Maryland and Pennsylvania. 1 Nov. 1755 A party of about one hundred Indians (Shawnees & Delawares) entered the Great Cove and began murdering the defenseless inhabitants and destroying their property. The savages divided into two parties, one of which attacked the inhabitants of the Cove, and the other swept down upon the Conolloways. All the settlers who had warning of the approach of the savages fled. Many thus saved their lives, and going into the neighboring settlements, gave the alarm to the inhabitants....On November 14 (1755) Sheriff Potter made the following statement to Provincial authorities in Philadelphia "Twenty seven plantations were burnt and a great quantity of cattle killed. A woman ninety three years of age was found lying killed, with her breast torn off and a stake run through her body. Of ninety three families which were settled in the two Coves and the Conolloways, forty seven were either killed or taken and the rest had deserted." [ History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA (1884)].
Source: Appalachian Frontier

Sources for this family:

Helynn M. Carrier, Another Fresh Start in the Search for "My" William Harrod (601 South Baywood Ave., San Jose, CA 95128-3302: privately published, November 7, 1998

The Harrods of Happy Hollow by Homer C. Richie, shows no documentary evidence. Says James Harrod came from Bedfordshire, England ca. 1717 with his wife and sons.

Audrey Merriman, "John Harrod Family Group Sheet", 12 November 1984 (624 Carola St., Creve Coeur, IL 61611). Her sources were "James Harrod of Kentucky" by K.H. Mason,
"Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants" by Fowler pp. 57-8,

The Ten Mile Country and It's Pioneer Families by H.S. Leckey p. 20 & p. 11., "John Harrod I came with his father and brothers and lived first in New Jersey, came about 1712. His father was James Harrod. Later he settled on the Shenandoah in the Valley of Virginia".

Cheryl Paulson, "Harrod Family Group Sheets", 2 Nov. 1984 (328 Dawn Court, Ridgecrest, CA 93555). No source citations were provided.

Footnotes:
[1] This was Lancaster County until 1750 when Cumberland was formed.

[2] Cumberland was formed from Lancaster County in 1750 and Bedford County was formed from Cumberland in 1771.

Per History of Bedford County, Chapter XXXVIII, The settlers at the Little Cove & Conalloways were Joseph Coombe, John Herrod, Rees Shelby, William Morgan, Andrew Coombs and others.

Samuel Harrod, Upper West Conocoheague, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania

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Source: Pennsylvania Vital Records from The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine and The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. II, 1983, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD

"Records of Upper West Conocoheague Presbyterian Church, Mercersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania: Baptisms by John King, D.D. 1769-1811", courtesy of Robert M. Torrence, Baltimore, Maryland. From photostatic copy of original records in society collections.

page 125 24 September 1769, Samuel, son of William Herrod

Thomas Harwood Lancaster Co., Virginia

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Source: Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742, compiled by Gertrude E. Gray, 1987, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202

page 21: 2-292; William White of Lancaster County dec'd patented 192 acres in said county, 18 Jan. 1663, 146 acres first taken up by Wroughton and assigned to White and 26 acres surplus taken up by White. At death of White, it descended to his son William White who died. Escheat grant to William Ball of Lancaster County for 172 acres on Rappahanock River adjoining Jon Merriman, part of Thomas Harwood's land belonging to Charles King's orphans. 14 Oct. 1698

William Harrod's Revolutionary War Record

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Source: Virginia / West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records, Volume 2 - Dabbs through Hysop, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, 1990, Heritage Books Inc., 1540 E. Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716:

page 273: William Harrod born 9/26/1764 Berkeley Co., Virginia; esf 1780 Bedford Co., Pennsylvania, where res; mvd 1781 to Kentucky with uncle Colonel James Harrod and settled in Lincoln County where esf 1782 against Indians PN 1832 Scott Co., Indiana. F-S16398, R1206

ESF= entered service from
PN=pension