Carter Henry Harrison I

Member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Carter Henry Harrison I (1736 – 1793), also known as Carter Henry Harrison of Clifton, was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.[1] On April 22, 1776 at the courthouse in Cumberland County, Virginia, "the first explicit instructions in favor of independence adopted by a public meeting in any of the colonies" were drafted and submitted by Harrison.[1]

Harrison was the son of Benjamin Harrison IV and grandson of Robert Carter I.[1][2] Harrison married Susannah Randolph, the daughter of Isham Randolph and granddaughter of William Randolph, and had six children.[3] His descendants include Carter Henry Harrison III, who was assassinated in 1893 while serving as the mayor of Chicago.[1][2]

His home, Clifton, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Carter Henry Harrison I
16. Benjamin Harrison I
8. Benjamin Harrison II
17. Mary Stringer
4. Benjamin Harrison III
9. Hannah Churchill
2. Benjamin Harrison IV
20. Lewis Burwell
10. Lewis Burwell Jr.
21. Lucy Higginson
5. Elizabeth Burwell
22. Anthony Smith
11. Abigail Smith
23. Martha Bacon
1. Carter Henry Harrison I
24. John Carter
12. John Carter
25. Elizabeth Benion
6. Robert Carter I
26. Gabriel Ludlow
13. Sarah Ludlow
27. Phyllis Wakelyn
3. Anne Carter
28. John Landon
14. Thomas Landon
29. Frances Saint Leger
7. Elizabeth Landon
30. Thomas Delavall
15. Mary Delavall

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). "Fathers of the Revolution". Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. II. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 11–12.
  2. ^ a b Abbot, Willis John (1895). "The Harrison Family". Carter Henry Harrison: A Memoir. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. pp. 1–23. ISBN 9780795020988.
  3. ^ Page, Richard Channing Moore (1893). "Randolph Family". Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia (2 ed.). New York: Press of the Publishers Printing Co. pp. 263–264.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.


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