Mary (Polly) Brown

Notes:

"Annals of Tazewell Co, VA", Harman, Vol II, page 445.
The Harman Family. Hezekiah Harman married Polly Brown on 6 April 1802.

"Archives of Tazewell...", Yantis, page 247.
Hezekiah Harman, born 30 Oct 1771, married Mary Brown, daughter of Low Brown.

1850 Census, Tazewell Co, VA, Western District, taken on 4 Aug 1850, Page 249A, Family #461. Listed as Mary Harman; age 66, born in VA; in household of son, Elias G. W. Harman.

Mary married Hezekiah HARMAN 06 Apr 1802, Tazewell Co. VA. Hezekiah (son of Heinrich (Henry) (Skygusta) HARMAN and Anna Nancy WILBURN) was born 30 Oct 1771, Rowan Co. NC; died 29 May 1845, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Polly HARMAN
2. Hezekiah (Kiah) Harman, Jr. was born 11 Nov 1799, Tazewell Co. VA; died 01 Nov 1876, Tazewell Co. VA.
3. Erastus Granger HARMAN
4. Jane G. HARMAN
5. Martha B. HARMAN

Notes:

Low served as an Indian Scout on the Virginia Frontier during the Revolutionary War under the command of Captain. Jesse Evans, 111 VA Regiment. Also under the command of George Rogers Clark, during the conquest of the Northwest Territory, and the Vincennes expedition.

He fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. Low fought in the historic battle of Point Pleasant, West Virginia against the Indian Chief Cornstalk in October 1774. He marched to the banks of the Mississippi . Low was discharged in 1780 and returned to Va.

Four of Low's Children Namely: George D. (m. Mary Horton Kendall), Jane(m. Jesse Kendall), Elizabeth (m. Allen Kendall), and Low Jr. (m. Elenor Compton, Daughter of John and Elenor Compton, M. [2nd] Nov 14 1833 Mary Tabor) moved from Virginia to Morgan Co. Kentucky between 1830 and 1840.

It has been said that Low Brown is buried in the Harman cemetery on the hill beside Tazewell High School but the location cannot be pinpointed.

Low married Jane Davidson 01 Mar 1782, Wythe or Bland Co. VA. Jane was born 1765, Augusta Co. VA; died 1820, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Jane is the daughter of John Goolman Davidson. John Goolman Davidson was murdered by Indians at Rocky Gap, In Wythe Co. now Bland Co in March 8 1793.

Jane's brother, Andrew's family was taken captive by Indians. Rebecca Davidson's story is told in a chapter of a book entitled: Trans-Allegheny Pioneers, by John P. Hale, Ed. Harold J. Dudley, 3rd Ed. Published Roberta Ingles Steele, Radford, VA 24143, Pgs 137-139. According to this account the Indians captured Rebecca while thinking they were getting the one of the Harman's who had killed several of their kind. The Harman cabin was nearby.

Rebecca was pregnant and due any time. She gave birth on the grueling journey to the Indian village. The baby was tossed into the Tug River after he became ill and fussy. Rebecca's children, twin girls, a small boy and two bound children. The two girls were tied to the trees in the village and used for targets as sport. A little boy drowned in the river when an old squaw tried to take him across in a canoe. Two bound children were never again seen. Rebecca was found by Andrew after several trips in an attempt to locate her. He stopped at a farmhouse and was invited in for dinner. An old greyhaired woman was carrying in wood and recognized Andrew as her husband. Rebecca had been sold to the British. She was permitted to return with her husband.