Display Patriot - P-176099 - William/West Weston HARRIS Jr
William/West Weston HARRIS Jr
SAR Patriot #:
P-176099
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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Patriotic Service
Author: Bob Ervin
West Harris Jr. was born in Granville County on 28 March 1756 to West Harris and his wife Mary Turner. His father was active in the Revolutionary War taking the Oath of Allegiance in Montgomery County, NC in 1778.
West joined the NC Continental Line on 28 Nov 1776 srving in the 9th NC Regiment as a lieutenant. He joined the Light Dragoon in 1777 and served until Jan 1980. He reportedly was at Valley Forge and saw action at Brandywine and Germantown as part of the NC 9th Regiment.
After leaving the military, he returned to North Carolina, settling into farming in Montgomery County, NC. He married Edith Ledbetter in 1778. They had the following children: Edith, Williamson, Charles, Henry, Absolom, William, West III, Rowland, Frances, Mary and Allen.
He was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Commons in New Bern, NC from 15 Nov 1792 to 1 Jan 1793. He was elected to the NC Senate in 1797, 1798, 1799, 1801 and 1802.
West died at his family's gold mine near Beaver-Dam Creek in Rowan County on 26 Jul 1826. He was originally buried in Montgomery County, but his grave was moved to the Old English Cemetery in Salisbury, Rowan County, NC (Lat 35.6700 Lon -80.4694) when the land was to flooded because of the building of a dam.
Recources: DAR RC 587308 DAR Ancestor A051998 SAR RC 180508, 181841, 181842 & 181843 Roster of Soldiers from NC in the American Revolution, p 37 FindAGrave: id: 1837472
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