Jemima Harris

(247> Jemima Harris ("Mimy") -- Born 1776. Daughter of Rachel <508) and [George <507>?); mother of Edmund Harris <600) and Alexander <601>. Scheduled (with her family) to be sent from Leo to Libra in November 1783, but not scnt. Residing at Leo in 1788 and 1791. Named in 1791 deed of emancipation. Scheduled for emancipation in 1795. Received certificate of emancipation in 1795. Sources: Deed of Emancipation, August 1, 1791, pt. 1, pp. 7, 23, and Pt. 2, pp. 13, 29, 49; "2d Book of Miscellanies," Pp. 72-73; Letterbook, 1782-1784, pp. 154-55; "List of Persons, to whom Certificates of Emancipation have been delivered, manumitted by Robert Carter," 1795, Westmoreland County Court Papers, Box 82, VSA.