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ROACH FAMILY p. 1

Contributed by Dee White Rush

Samuel Roach b. 1737 d. 1781  Buried at the Polk Family Burying Grounds, Pinesville, Mecklenburg county, NC married Eleanor Springs b. 1743 d. 2/19/1816  Buried in Old Unity Cemetery, Fort Mills, SC Her parents were John Springs and Sophia Cassaway, who lived in Providence, Mecklenburg county, NC, where they are buried.  (Roach was her 2nd husband; 1st was ______ Dodd; and 3rd was Nathaniel Henderson)

Issue:

  I.  Nathaniel Roach b. 1768, Pinesville, NC  d. 5/16/1799, Rock Hill, York county, SC; buried at the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rock Hill, SC

 II.  Thomas Roach b. 1770, Mecklenburg county, NC  d. 8/25/1822, buried at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rock Hill, SC.  He was a major in the War of 1812.  He lived in Pinesville, Mecklenburg county, NC until the age of 16, then moved to Salisbury, NC, for four years; from there he went to Charleston, SC.  After his step-father's death in 1794, he moved to Rock Hill, York county, SC, where he remained until his death. Married Ann Abigail Garrison b. 9/11/1771 or 1772  d. 9/25/1842.  Buried near her 2nd husband, John Starr, at the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery, York county, SC.  Her parents were Arthur Garrison, b. 1735 d. 1822 and Margaret d. about 1812

Issue:

A.  Dolly Ann Roach  b. 5/23/1800 d. 7/3/1880, Gregg county, TX, buried at White Oak Cemetery, married 7/15/1819 Thomas D. Harriss b. 2/1/1796  d. 12/4/1882, Gregg county, TX.  They had 15 children; only 10 lived.  In 1820, they moved to Mouton, Lawrence county, AL, and on to TX in 1848, to Upshur county (now Gregg county), TX.

Issue:

 1.  Pleasant Sylvan Harriss  b. 1/24/1831, AL d. 9/9/1906.  Married Susan Peeler.

 2.  Buck Harriss b. 1/17/1833, AL  d. 2/22/1918, Lavaca county, TX.  Married Jane Peeler, buried Hallettville, TX.

 3.  James K. Polk Harriss  b. 10/20/1846  d. 6/17/1925, Longview, Gregg county, TX buried at White Oak Cemetery.  Married Amanda _______; they lived near Sweetwater, Nolan county, TX.  No issue.