That would just about put Harris George in NC at the same time as my 
William George. I need to re-load my data base to see if Harris is a 
sibling. The part about my William being in NC is a bit shaky but makes 
sense because of who he married. Then he went to SC, turned west and his 
sons went through State courthouses as elected representatives in MS and 
AL, on their way to Louisiana. 
-----Original Message----- 
From: William Poe home contact 
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:03 PM 
To: Herndon, Jill 
Subject: Poe - Straughn - George 
By the way, we spoke about the Poe - George conections didn't we? 
see 
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2389360&id=I513303059 
as I figure it, Lucy Poe, daughter of Simon Poe SR married Richard 
Straughn (Straughan) and their daughter, Mary Straughn, married Harris 
George whose will follows: 
From a George Family researcher, Jane Becker of Portage, Wisconsin. 
... according to this will it was probably Harris George that was 
married to Mary Straughn. They had children Emsley, Pressley, Allen, 
Mary Lucy (or Mary and Lucy?), John William (or John and William) and 
another child not yet born at the time. Emsley was the eldest. 
Will of Harris George - Made ?? Proved Aug. Term, 1798 Chatham Co., 
Record of Estates, Vol. 2, pg. 133 N.C. State Archives film # 
C.022.50001 1782-1799 In the Name of God Amen, I harris George of the 
County of Chatham and State of North Carolina, being in a low state of 
Health, tho in my wright mind & in my proper senses, and calling to mind 
the mortality of my body and that it is appointed once for all men to 
die, I think proper to make this my Last Will and Testament in manner & 
form following, and first & foremost I give and recomend my soul to God 
that gave it & my body to be burried in a Christian Decent manner at the 
discretion of my friends & Exec'r. Nothing doubting but at the day of 
Reserection I shall put it on a fresh & as to such Worldly good as it 
has pleas'd God to bless me with, I give bequeath & dispose of in the 
following manner, that is first I give to my eldest son Emseley my young 
chesnut sorrel mare, Secondly I give to my son Presley my young colt to 
be deliver'd them when they come of age all the rest of my property, 
Real & personal I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Marey George 
during her Widdow Hood after that to be sold and Eacule (equally) 
divided amongst my children Emseley & Pressley to have only on Eacule 
part of the Land with all the Rest of the Children, all the Rest of the 
personal property Except the aforesaid Mare & Colt, to be eaculie 
divided betwixt allen Marey Lewsey, John william and the one yet on 
born, I also ordain Constitute and appoint my beloved Wife Marey/Marcy? 
George Exetrix & Rich'd Straughan Executor to execute this my Last Will 
& Testament. Signed Harris George {Seal} Sign'd seal'd & publish'd In 
the presence of us James Massey (X) Ln? Lw? Straughan (X) (This may be 
the abbrev. for Lawrence?) Aug't Term, 1798 duly proved in open Court by 
the oath of James Massey & Ln, or Lw Straughan the subscribing witnesses 
thereto Exec'r qualify'd 
There is an Emsley George listed in the 1840 census in Madison County, 
Indiana. In his household are 
1 boy 10 but under 15 
1 girl 15 but under 20 
1 man 60 but under 70 
1 woman 50 but under 60. 
There is also an Emsley George in NC in 1810. 
The Bureau of Land Management issued patents to Emsley George for land 
in Madison and Delaware Counties (Indiana) 8/1/1837. In 1840, Eli and 
Sarah (George) Kersey were living a couple of counties away in Henry 
County. 1840 Federal Cenus for Henry County, Indiana shows Eli and 
family in Franklin Township. Also William Kersey (probably Eli's 
father). Also, Verling Kersey (probably Eli's brother), and an Enoch 
George. None of them appear in the 1830 Henry County Census. 
I sent for a copy of Robert Butler Kersey's (son of Eli & Sarah, & my 
gg-grandfather) Civil War pension file. In it, his sanity is being 
questioned. Friends of Robert and his wife (who also knew the family 
when they lived in Porter County, Indiana) state that insanity runs in 
the George family, and that his mother (Sarah) was insane and that two 
of her brothers were also insane. Elsewhere in the file it says that 
Sarah wandered out of the house one December night and was found dead 
the next morning in the orchard. I never got around to putting the 
approximate date in my files and the pension file is at work right now 
so can't give you the date. I think it was the late 1860's when Sarah 
died. 
Eli & Sarah's daughter Maria also had some mental problems and spent 
time in asylums in Indianapolis and at Long Cliff (Cass County Indiana) 
where she hanged herself on June 9, 1894.