 | Born: 2 Sep 1754, Roadstown, New Jersey 16 |
| Married: 10 Aug 1778, Cumberland Co., New Jersey 11 |
| Died: 29 Sep 1825, Perry Co., Indiana 16,17 |
| Buried: Cliff Cemetery, Cannelton Indiana |
General Notes:
An immense amount of information about the Harris family can be found in the Thomas Ewing Collection at the Library of Congress, the Madison Building, in the Manuscript Division. Boxes 284-290 contain many records.
The book, EARLY RECORDS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY by Charlott e Meldrum (1998) p. 93 lists the parents of Rachel as Nathaniel and Abigail Harris. She was born September 2, 1750; she and George Ewing were married August 10, 1778.
The book, CUMBERLAND COUNTY NEW JERSEY GENEALOGICAL DATA, compiled b y H. Stanley Craig, p. 58 states: Ewing, George m. Rachel Harris of Hunterdon Co. [N.J.], license August 7, 1778.
The book, CUMBERLAND COUNTY (NEW JERSEY) MARRIAGES, compiled by H. Stanley Craig from the records of the New Jersey Archives, reprinted 1987, p. 6 also shows: Ewing, George and Rachel Harris, Hunterdon Co. , August 7, 1778 for date of marriage license.
In an address delivered at the centennial celebration in Marietta, Ohio, by General Thomas Ewing (son of Hon. Thomas Ewing,) the following was spoken about Rachel Harris: "She was the wife of a soldier of the Revolution, who emigrated to the far West after the war ended. She had made the journey from the Ohio over river and mountain, by flood and fell, through an almost trackless wilderness, on horseback, unattended, carrying a boy baby in her arms. No man ever boasted of his lineage with loftier pride than I, when I say that that brave and loving woman was my grandmother and the baby my father." Later, the family with several other families moved up the Muskigum River to the mouth of Olive Green Creek, where they erected block houses and cabins. They had little but the bare necessites of life.
She and her husband, George, were buried on the banks of the Ohio River in Tobin Township but in June 1907, their remains and headstones were removed to Cliff Cemetery in Cannelton, Indiana. This was done under the supervision of John G. Latimer (b. 1860) It is believe, like her husband, that the death dates written on the gravestone are incorrect.
Marriage Information:
Rachel married George EWING Sr., son of Thomas EWING Jr. and Sarah VICKARS, on 10 Aug 1778 in Cumberland Co., New Jersey 11. (George EWING Sr. was born on 18 Mar 1754 in Greenwich, Cumberland Co., New Jersey 11, died on 15 Jan 1824 in Perry Co., Indiana 11,12,13 and was buried in Cliff Cemetery, Cannelton Indiana.)
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