Note from Marvin Harris:
1026In 1840 he owned 1 male slave age 36-55 (1840 Georgia Slave Index).
On June 2, 1807 sold to John Blakeley seventy-seven acres on Shoal Creek, Clarke County, Georgia for $200. (Record of Deed Clarke County, Book C, D, & E; Book C, p. 448)
On June 22, 1807 William Harriss and wife Deademma sold to John Blackley for $215 seventy-seven acres on Shoal Creek, Clarke County, Georgia. Signed in presence of John Martin, O. P. J. (Record of Deed Clarke County, Book C, D, & E; Book C. p. 474)
Again on June 22, 1807 William Harriss and wife Deademma sold to Tyre Harriss thirty acres on Shoal Creek, Clarke County, Georgia, for the sum of $84. Signed in presence of William Strong, J.P. and John Martin, J.P. William and Deademma made marks instead of signatures. (Record of Deed Clarke County, Book C; p. 477)
On February 28, 1851, William D. Harris for $1,200 sold to Henry L. Brittain 211 acres of land on the Oconee River, which tract he had gotten from James Shields on January 25, 1808. J. Dawson Brown witnessed the document. (Record of Deed Clarke County, Book U, 1-350; pp. 51-52)
1850 Census of Puryears, Clarke Co GA
Name Age
Wm D Harris 78 b VA
Elizabeth Edwards 37 b VA