Harness Family History

Tracing the Family's Roots

The files in this section are listed in chronological order
Supplemental files concerning other Harness families and
the times that our ancestors lived in are listed at the end.

Joachim Ernst Kraft Hörner and Family

How the name Ernst became Harness

Michael Ernst (Hörner) Harness , Sr. and Family

The Michael Ernst (Hörner) Harness , Sr. Children

Peter Harness / Susan Vauce

Michael Harness / Nancy Spahr

Peter Harness / Susannah Shook

Gideon Harness / Eliza Jane Smith

The Harness Family in The Civil War

Solomon Harness and His Runaway Slaves

Marion Harness / Mina Longfellow

Nathan Moras Longfellow

The Early Longfellow Family Members

Roscoe and Nelle Harness

Morris Harness / Betty Allen

Recollections of Betty (Allen) Harness

Liddie (Scarber) Allen

Jesse Allen and Tobitha (Hess) Allen

The Allen Family of Drasco, Arkansas

Historical Background

The Harness' of England

The First Harness' in America

Why the Palatine's left Germany for the New World

An Outline of early Virginia Land History

Palatines Migrate to Pennsylvania

How Hampshire and Hardy County Evolved