HARRISON.
Richard Harrison in 1789 purchased from James Overstreet,
of Bedford, a tract of two hundred acres on the Martin King
Road, between the waters of Buck Island and Hardware,
which he sold four years later to Charles McGehee. One
of the same name, and in all probability the same person,
married Mary, daughter of Peter Clarkson. He resided in
the Whitehall neighborhood, and was the father of a large
family. His children were Elizabeth, the wife of Weatherston
Shelton, Ann, the wife of John Clarkson, Mary, the wife
of Charles W. Maupin, who removed to St. Louis, Peter C.,
Charles, John C., who married Frances Rodes, Julius C.,
who married Elizabeth Strange, Richard, David, James, who
married Sarah Harris, and William.
In 1829 Dr. Charles Cocke and George M. Payne, as trustees
of William Moon, sold Belle Grove, the seat of Old Albemarle
Court House on James River, to Peyton Harrison.
Mr. Harrison was a son of Randolph Harrison, of Clifton in
Cumberland County, and a grandnephew of Benjamin, the
signer of the Declaration of Independence. He married Jane,
daughter of Judge Dabney Carr. Settling on his plantation
near Scottsville, he practiced law for three or four years, but
abandoning that profession he entered the Presbyterian ministry.
After making this change of vocation, he returned to
Scottsville, and became pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
Near the close of 1833 he sold Belle Grove to his brother,
Carter H. Harrison. Here Carter resided until his death in
1844. He was appointed a magistrate of the county in 1835.
His wife was Jeanette Fisher, and his sons were George
Fisher, Henry, Edward Jacquelin, and Carter. Henry was
the father of George M. Harrison, Judge of the present Court
of appeals.
