B Jonas Harrison

1777 - 1836  (58 years)

• Name	B Jonas Harrison  [1, 2]
  Birth	11 Oct 1777	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Relocated	Jan 1821	Texas, USA   [3]
  	From Georgia
  Fact 1	17 Aug 1835  [3]
  	Texas Character Certificates
  Death	8 Aug 1836	Shelby County, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Notes	Abandoned first family in 1819 in financial disaster, moved South. Harrison County Texas named for him
  Person ID	I13533	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son John Montgomery
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Betsy Cooke
  Marriage	1811
  Family ID	F9964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Ellinder Nelly Shannon,   b. 20 Mar 1801, Wilkes, Georgia, USA d. 28 Aug 1877, Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	26 Jun 1819	Wilkes, Georgia, USA   [1, 2]
  Children	> 1. Margaret Peggy Harrison,   b. 15 Dec 1821, Harrison, Texas, USA d. 18 Oct 1857, Tarrant County, Texas, USA (Age 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Jacob Harrison,   b. 1825   d. 1867 (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Dewitt Clinton Harrison,   b. 1827, Texas, USA d. 1902 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. John H Harrison,   b. 1830   d. 1860, Texas, USA (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Thomas Jefferson Harrison,   b. 4 Aug 1831   d. 25 Dec 1868, Texas, USA (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. William Henry Harrison,   b. 27 Sep 1833, Texas, USA d. 1899, Texas, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Almira Harrison,   b. 1836   d. 1870 (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Oct 1777 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 26 Jun 1819 - Wilkes, Georgia, USA Relocated - From Georgia - Jan 1821 - Texas, USA Death - 8 Aug 1836 - Shelby County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S425] Harper, Cecil Jr, Bio Information Jonas Harrison, (Name: Name: ancestry.com;;), jomelton24 originally submitted this to Shannon / Pack on 21 Oct. [S988] DAR Ancestor A102839, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revoluton;;), Thomas Shannon. [S426] Character Certificates Land Office of Texas, CD Rom disk.