Person Sheet


Name Peter, Jr. HARNESS
Birth abt 1773, Hampshire County, Virginia
Death abt 1852, LaPorte County, Indiana
Burial Oak Grove cemetery at LaPorte
Father Peter HARNESS (~1742-~1825)
Mother Susan VAUSE (VANCE) (~1739-1805)
Spouses
1 Grace CONNER
Birth abt 1780, Kentucky or Pennsylvania
Death 1850, LaPorte County, Indiana
Burial Oak Grove cemetery at LaPorte
Father John CONNER
Mother Sarah TRADER
Marriage abt 1804, Virginia
Children Rebecca
Mary (Polly)
Susannah (~1805-1880)
John (1807-1888)
Elizabeth (~1815-~1895)
James W. (1817-1897)
Andrew (~1823-~1900)
Benjamin (1825-)
Sarah
Peter (1822-1901)
Notes for Peter, Jr. HARNESS
Peter Harness, Jr. (born about 1773 in Hampshire County, VA), spent some time in Ohio, along with his wife, Grace Conner, who was from either Pennsylvania or Kentucky. In the 1820 census, Peter, Jr. lived in Jefferson township, Fayette County, Ohio. He is listed in that census as having 4 sons and 6 daughters in the household, along with his wife.

Peter, Jr. did not show up again until the 1840 census, and by that time was living with his family in Pleasant township in LaPorte County, Indiana. He was also in the 1850 census at that location. He and his wife Grace both died in LaPorte County, Indiana. Some of the couple's children were born in Ohio and others in Indiana.

Peter Harness, Jr. and his wife Grace and many of their descendants are buried in Oak Grove cemetery in LaPorte County, Indiana.

OHIO LAND RECORDS:
Name:   PETER HARNESS
Land Office:   CINCINNATI
Document Number:   7903
Total Acres:   80
Signature:   Yes
Canceled Document:   No
Issue Date:   November 1, 1840
Metes and Bounds:   No
Statutory Reference:   3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names:   No
Act or Treaty:   April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names:   No
Entry Classification:   Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description:  
1 E1¦2SE   WEST OF THE GREAT MIAMI No 14 N 2 E 24

Source Information for above:
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Ohio Land Records [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1997-. Original electronic data from: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Ohio Pre-1908 Homestead & Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1996.
Last Modified 19 Jun 2004 Created 12 Feb 2005 by Reunion for Macintosh

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