He was a Catawba Native American.
ThusSeeWontSee or Thus Saw Wontree444- Peter Harris was bom in 1752, and died 6 December 1823 at Fort Mill, SC. He supposedly was orphaned by the smallpox epidemic and raised by the Spratts. He is buried in the Spratt graveyard.
He received rents for lands on the East Side of the Catawba River between 1808 and 1829. Capt. Peter or ThusSawWontsee- Peter Harris applied for a pension for Revolutionary War service on December 6, 1822. He gave the name of Broad River to Dr. Flannagan, as his birthplace.
An appeal written in 1843 by William Crafts for Old Peter Harris:
" I am one of the lingering survivors of an almost extinguished race. Our graves will soon be our only habitation. I am one of the few stalks which still remain in the field after the tempest of the Revolution is passed. I fought the British for your sake. The British have disappeared nor have I gained by their defeat. I pursue the deer for subsistence; the deer are disappearing and I must starve. God ordained men for the forest and my ambition is the shade, but the strength of my arm decays and my feet fail me in the chase. The hand which fought the British for
your liberty is now open for your relief. In my youth I bled in battle that you might be independent; let not my heart in my old age bleed for the want of yourcommiseration."4
He also told about how the Catawba had captured a gun in the battle at Stono. He kept that gun as long as he
lived.
He married, according to some sources, Betsy Dudgeon or Prissy Bullen. It is most likely that both were his women. Prissy Bullen would related to Jamey Bullen, and Betsy
Dudgeon would be related to John Dudgeon.
His will states that his rents go to "Betsy Harris, during her lifetime, and after her death, her son, (William) if he out lived her." According to Spratt, Prissy Bullen was the mother of David Harris. He was also called D. Bullin. Prissy bequeathed all her rents to John Genet Brown, except for a small bit that James Miller and James Moore had, for a little boy. Betsy Dudgeon Harris had a son, I believe that this child was William Harris, who married Sally Ayers, and was a headman around 1839.
Peter went on tour to England after his service in the Revolutionary War. He survived a small pox epidemic about 1759, and was left an orphan to be raised by Thomas Spratt. He received rents in 1813, and was an interpreter on a petition of headmen dated November 28, 1815. He
signed a petition in 1821 as Captain Peter Harris. When Peter was dying, he told the story of his one regret in his life. That in the Revolutionary War, Cornwallis' army was traveling through the area. As a British soldier knelt
at the spring to drink, having laid his gun aside, Peter had killed him. He considered this act the act of a
coward.
Peter was the father of at least three children, William Harris bom around 1800, David Harris bom 1805 and Polly Harris bom 1814. Polly later became Polly Harris
Ayers, then either Polly Otis-Oders or Polly Harris Ayers Tims. Therefore, Peter and Betsy Dudgeon had William Harris; and Peter and Prissy Bullen had David Harris, and Polly Harris could have belonged to eitheror neither one.
ThusSeeWontSee or Thus Saw Wontree444- Peter Harris was bom in 1752, and died 6 December 1823 at Fort Mill, SC. He supposedly was orphaned by the smallpox epidemic and raised by the Spratts. He is buried in the Spratt graveyard.
He received rents for lands on the East Side of the Catawba River between 1808 and 1829. Capt. Peter or ThusSawWontsee- Peter Harris applied for a pension for Revolutionary War service on December 6, 1822. He gave the name of Broad River to Dr. Flannagan, as his birthplace.
An appeal written in 1843 by William Crafts for Old Peter Harris:
" I am one of the lingering survivors of an almost extinguished race. Our graves will soon be our only habitation. I am one of the few stalks which still remain in the field after the tempest of the Revolution is passed. I fought the British for your sake. The British have disappeared nor have I gained by their defeat. I pursue the deer for subsistence; the deer are disappearing and I must starve. God ordained men for the forest and my ambition is the shade, but the strength of my arm decays and my feet fail me in the chase. The hand which fought the British for
your liberty is now open for your relief. In my youth I bled in battle that you might be independent; let not my heart in my old age bleed for the want of yourcommiseration."4
He also told about how the Catawba had captured a gun in the battle at Stono. He kept that gun as long as he
lived.
He married, according to some sources, Betsy Dudgeon or Prissy Bullen. It is most likely that both were his women. Prissy Bullen would related to Jamey Bullen, and Betsy
Dudgeon would be related to John Dudgeon.
His will states that his rents go to "Betsy Harris, during her lifetime, and after her death, her son, (William) if he out lived her." According to Spratt, Prissy Bullen was the mother of David Harris. He was also called D. Bullin. Prissy bequeathed all her rents to John Genet Brown, except for a small bit that James Miller and James Moore had, for a little boy. Betsy Dudgeon Harris had a son, I believe that this child was William Harris, who married Sally Ayers, and was a headman around 1839.
Peter went on tour to England after his service in the Revolutionary War. He survived a small pox epidemic about 1759, and was left an orphan to be raised by Thomas Spratt. He received rents in 1813, and was an interpreter on a petition of headmen dated November 28, 1815. He
signed a petition in 1821 as Captain Peter Harris. When Peter was dying, he told the story of his one regret in his life. That in the Revolutionary War, Cornwallis' army was traveling through the area. As a British soldier knelt
at the spring to drink, having laid his gun aside, Peter had killed him. He considered this act the act of a
coward.
Peter was the father of at least three children, William Harris bom around 1800, David Harris bom 1805 and Polly Harris bom 1814. Polly later became Polly Harris
Ayers, then either Polly Otis-Oders or Polly Harris Ayers Tims. Therefore, Peter and Betsy Dudgeon had William Harris; and Peter and Prissy Bullen had David Harris, and Polly Harris could have belonged to eitheror neither one.
He was a Catawba Native American.
ThusSeeWontSee or Thus Saw Wontree444- Peter Harris was bom in 1752, and died 6 December 1823 at Fort Mill, SC. He supposedly was orphaned by the smallpox epidemic and raised by the Spratts. He is buried in the Spratt graveyard.
He received rents for lands on the East Side of the Catawba River between 1808 and 1829. Capt. Peter or ThusSawWontsee- Peter Harris applied for a pension for Revolutionary War service on December 6, 1822. He gave the name of Broad River to Dr. Flannagan, as his birthplace.
An appeal written in 1843 by William Crafts for Old Peter Harris:
" I am one of the lingering survivors of an almost extinguished race. Our graves will soon be our only habitation. I am one of the few stalks which still remain in the field after the tempest of the Revolution is passed. I fought the British for your sake. The British have disappeared nor have I gained by their defeat. I pursue the deer for subsistence; the deer are disappearing and I must starve. God ordained men for the forest and my ambition is the shade, but the strength of my arm decays and my feet fail me in the chase. The hand which fought the British for
your liberty is now open for your relief. In my youth I bled in battle that you might be independent; let not my heart in my old age bleed for the want of yourcommiseration."4
He also told about how the Catawba had captured a gun in the battle at Stono. He kept that gun as long as he
lived.
He married, according to some sources, Betsy Dudgeon or Prissy Bullen. It is most likely that both were his women. Prissy Bullen would related to Jamey Bullen, and Betsy
Dudgeon would be related to John Dudgeon.
His will states that his rents go to "Betsy Harris, during her lifetime, and after her death, her son, (William) if he out lived her." According to Spratt, Prissy Bullen was the mother of David Harris. He was also called D. Bullin. Prissy bequeathed all her rents to John Genet Brown, except for a small bit that James Miller and James Moore had, for a little boy. Betsy Dudgeon Harris had a son, I believe that this child was William Harris, who married Sally Ayers, and was a headman around 1839.
Peter went on tour to England after his service in the Revolutionary War. He survived a small pox epidemic about 1759, and was left an orphan to be raised by Thomas Spratt. He received rents in 1813, and was an interpreter on a petition of headmen dated November 28, 1815. He
signed a petition in 1821 as Captain Peter Harris. When Peter was dying, he told the story of his one regret in his life. That in the Revolutionary War, Cornwallis' army was traveling through the area. As a British soldier knelt
at the spring to drink, having laid his gun aside, Peter had killed him. He considered this act the act of a
coward.
Peter was the father of at least three children, William Harris bom around 1800, David Harris bom 1805 and Polly Harris bom 1814. Polly later became Polly Harris
Ayers, then either Polly Otis-Oders or Polly Harris Ayers Tims. Therefore, Peter and Betsy Dudgeon had William Harris; and Peter and Prissy Bullen had David Harris, and Polly Harris could have belonged to eitheror neither one.
ThusSeeWontSee or Thus Saw Wontree444- Peter Harris was bom in 1752, and died 6 December 1823 at Fort Mill, SC. He supposedly was orphaned by the smallpox epidemic and raised by the Spratts. He is buried in the Spratt graveyard.
He received rents for lands on the East Side of the Catawba River between 1808 and 1829. Capt. Peter or ThusSawWontsee- Peter Harris applied for a pension for Revolutionary War service on December 6, 1822. He gave the name of Broad River to Dr. Flannagan, as his birthplace.
An appeal written in 1843 by William Crafts for Old Peter Harris:
" I am one of the lingering survivors of an almost extinguished race. Our graves will soon be our only habitation. I am one of the few stalks which still remain in the field after the tempest of the Revolution is passed. I fought the British for your sake. The British have disappeared nor have I gained by their defeat. I pursue the deer for subsistence; the deer are disappearing and I must starve. God ordained men for the forest and my ambition is the shade, but the strength of my arm decays and my feet fail me in the chase. The hand which fought the British for
your liberty is now open for your relief. In my youth I bled in battle that you might be independent; let not my heart in my old age bleed for the want of yourcommiseration."4
He also told about how the Catawba had captured a gun in the battle at Stono. He kept that gun as long as he
lived.
He married, according to some sources, Betsy Dudgeon or Prissy Bullen. It is most likely that both were his women. Prissy Bullen would related to Jamey Bullen, and Betsy
Dudgeon would be related to John Dudgeon.
His will states that his rents go to "Betsy Harris, during her lifetime, and after her death, her son, (William) if he out lived her." According to Spratt, Prissy Bullen was the mother of David Harris. He was also called D. Bullin. Prissy bequeathed all her rents to John Genet Brown, except for a small bit that James Miller and James Moore had, for a little boy. Betsy Dudgeon Harris had a son, I believe that this child was William Harris, who married Sally Ayers, and was a headman around 1839.
Peter went on tour to England after his service in the Revolutionary War. He survived a small pox epidemic about 1759, and was left an orphan to be raised by Thomas Spratt. He received rents in 1813, and was an interpreter on a petition of headmen dated November 28, 1815. He
signed a petition in 1821 as Captain Peter Harris. When Peter was dying, he told the story of his one regret in his life. That in the Revolutionary War, Cornwallis' army was traveling through the area. As a British soldier knelt
at the spring to drink, having laid his gun aside, Peter had killed him. He considered this act the act of a
coward.
Peter was the father of at least three children, William Harris bom around 1800, David Harris bom 1805 and Polly Harris bom 1814. Polly later became Polly Harris
Ayers, then either Polly Otis-Oders or Polly Harris Ayers Tims. Therefore, Peter and Betsy Dudgeon had William Harris; and Peter and Prissy Bullen had David Harris, and Polly Harris could have belonged to eitheror neither one.
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