Harrison, Ezekiel

Born: 1752-10-06 Rockingham County, Virginia

Died: 1834-XX-XX Sangamon County, Illinois

Father of Reuben Harrison, Ezekiel Harrison served in the Virginia Line of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. In 1775, he married Sarah Bryan, with whom he had nine children. He moved with his family about 1816 from his native state to Christian County, Kentucky. In November 1822, Harrison and part of his family moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, settling north of Richland Creek in what would later become part of Menard County, Illinois.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 358-59; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Sangamon County, 816:20, Menard County, 816:16, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Gravestone, Harrison Cemetery, Sangamon County, IL.