Harrison Farmer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1839, Houston Co, Texas; arrived 1839
• Military: Between 26 Mar 1839 and 18 Oct 1839, Houston County Mounted Rangers, Houston Co, Texas
• Census: 1840, Houston Co, Texas; Texas, Compiled Census
• Property: 1 Apr 1847, Houston, Anderson Co, Texas
• Census: 1860, Belton P.O., Bell Co, Texas

Notes:

Residence:
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Harrison Farmer
Arrival year: 1839
Arrival Place: Texas
Source Publication Code: 9728.7
Primary Immigrant: Farmer, Harrison
Source Bibliography: WHITE, GIFFORD. The First Settlers of Houston County, Texas. St. Louis, Mo.: Ingmire Pub., 1983. 35p.
Page: 26

also on Tax List were an Allen Killough and G.P. Killough along with Harrison Farmer.
(Eliza Killough m Richard O. Faires in Fayette County about 1860s.)

1837--Houston County was created 12 June 1837 from Nacogdoches County. County seat: Crockett

Military:
Name and Rank: Farmer, Harrison, Pvt.
comdg officer: Box, J.E. (James Edward) Capt.
Organization: Houston County Rangers
Enlistment date: Mar 26 1839
Place, Houston County
Discharged: Oct 18, 1839
Source: Ranger Muster Roll



Census:
Name: Harrison Farmer
State: TX
County: Houston County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1840
Page: NPN
Database: TX Tax List Index, 1840-1849


Property:
Grantee: Harrison Farmer
Certificate: 193
Patentee: Harrison Farmer
Patent Date: 1 Apr 1847
Acres: 320
District: Houston
County: Anderson
File: 13
Patent #: 114
Patent Volume: 3
Class: Hou. 3rd


Census:
1860 Belton PO, Bell Co, Texas

residence 589
J Shelton 73 NC
Sallie Shelton 67 NC
Nancy Shelton 42 KY
Lemuel Shelton 39 1821 IL
Sam Shelton 34 IL

residence 590
? John McDowell 35 SC
Caroline 23 MS
M.J. female 5 TX
Margaret 4 TX
J. E. 3 male TX
R.J. 1 male TX
? John Shelton 12 1848 TX

residence 594
H. (Harrison) Farmer 46 1814 Virginia
Mary 29 Mississippi
Pleasant 11 Texas
George 4 Texas
John Shelton 26 IL

Harrison married Cynthia Shelton on 9 Mar 1847 in Anderson Co, Texas. Cynthia (daughter of Johnston Shelton and Sarah "Sally" Ferguson) was born on 23 Apr 1824 in Illinois; died before Nov 1850 in of, Caldwell Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Pleasant Johnson Farmer was born on 16 Nov 1848 in Henderson Co, Texas; died after 1860 in of, Belton Co, Texas.

Harrison married Mrs. Mary (..) Farmer about 1855 in Texas. Mary was born in 1831 in Mississippi; died after 1860 in of, Belton, Bell Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Farmer was born in 1856 in Texas; died after 1860 in of, Belton, Bell Co, Texas.