John Harrod, possibly the son of James Harrod as shown by Lois J. Bakewell who cites her source as The Harrods of Happy Hollow by Homer C. Richie, was probably born in England ca 1707 or earlier. He died perhaps in Pennsylvania ca. 1754-58 and may have married as his first wife, Mary Ellis in King George Co., Virginia on 4 August 1728. Helynn Carrier corresponded with Barbara Chance Klosterman in 1990 who cites her father's notes and Mrs. Swainson. Ms. Klosterman provided Helynn with a photocopy of a recording of the marriage in the Register of St. Paul's Parish 1715-1798, King George Co., Virginia.
Mary (Ellis) Harrod apparently died before ca. 1734.
The descendants of John and Mary (Ellis) Harrod are said to be:
1. Thomas Harrod, perhaps born ca. 1724 who was probably on the tax list in Orange Co., Virginia in 1749 and/or Augusta Co., Virginia in 1779. He might have been the man of that name in court documents of Frederick Co., Virginia Order Book 12, page 59. (More on Thomas in a separate posting)
2. John Harrod probably born ca 1723-28, or Shenandoah Co., Virginia ca 1736 as shown on a Virginia IGI record. He may have died on the 26th or 28th December 1781, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. He married 5 August 1758 to Rachel Shepherd, said to have been born ca. 1739 and died 10 November 1806 (Rachel Henton's notebook). (More on John Harrod Jr. in a separate posting.)
More about the children of John Harrod and his second wife, Sarah Moore in a separate posting.
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I published on the Harrod Genforum (www.genforum.com/Harrod) a while back the Draper Manuscripts of 37:169-174, or whatever their exact listing is.I took these from Howard Leckey's Ten Mile Country book as he transcribed them when they were still clear. The microfilm copies at the Indiana State Library (I live in Indianapolis, IN) are horrible.
I also placed some of the pages from the Rachel Henton Notebook from the clear copies made by Susan Atkins. Her copies were white on black/dark brown and quite legible--so legible John and Rachel Shepherd Harrod's last child is CLEARLY LEWE and not Levi. A few of her papers and a copy of her book are in the Indiana State Library.
Also in her papers were references to the Cemetery Association that the Harrods (William and wife Leticia Coombs--I want to say Silver Creek but don't want to be wrong) belonged to, which had annual meetings reported in the local paper (on microfilm at Indiana State Library) at which there was always a short lecture on genealogy of one of the families buried there.
This must be where Susan Atkins found a statement not published that said William had a brother John (not the minister who signed his Revolutionary War pension application--that may be a nephew) and a sister Mary. Throwing that in with the facts in his pension application of Uncle James Harrod who was a Colonel (the Scott County James Harrod was also in Harrodsburg but did not hold that high a military title in Kentucky although he was a Rev. War veteran also and in the Indiana Militia), and nephew of the Thomas whom he gave evidence at the house of Evan Shelby (his aunt Mary, earlier married to Adam Newland)as to Thomas's children in the famous Mercer County, Kentucky, case Harrod Heirs vs. Harrod Heirs. This leaves only one place for his placement: son of John and Rachel Shepherd Harrod. He is too old to be the William son of William (who lived later in Bracken County, Kentucky) or the William son of Levi (who lived his life in Ohio). Helynn Carrrier accepted my several step argument for the Scott County, Indiana, James not being son of Thomas, the half-brother of the James who founded Harrodsburg and the full brother of my John who married Rachel Shepherd, as that is what she already believed based on Bernice Swainson and the "Chronlogical Account". She never accepted my argument based on the same line of reasoning for "her" William(though harder to find facts for like the census records and court documents used for the other argument which was just my re-hashing of Bernice Swainson's argument but with the records attached). My Thomas and James argument also ruled out a half a dozen other Harrod families trying to connect to the same Thomas. I can send that argument (logical discussion), but I believe it too is on the Harrod Genforum. I have asked the cousins to post whatever records they have onto the Harrod Genforum, especially Bibles, wills, and other family documents no matter what line they belong to, since such wonderful sites by Christine Smith and Sharon Puckett are no longer online. I seem to be one of the very few responding to my call.
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