Pictures of the Harrisons

Great Grand Father John Henry Middleton Harrison,
his second wife Alice and their son Arlis.

Clyde Harrison, Velma Harrison Ross, and Arthur Harrison(Grand Dad)

From left to right, Aunt Nell, Aunt Oleta, 

 my mother Tina, and my grandparents 

Emma and Arthur Harrison

Reunion in Mississippi involving relatives I haven't met

Reunion in Mississippi before I was born
My dad is the second from the right on the bottom and my
mom is the third from the right on the top row.

Dear Ancestor

Veterans Day and Remembrances

Today I wanted to write a little about the service of members of my family. My Grandfather, Marion Bud Glover, served in the Army during World War I. He enlisted on June 5, 1917, in Los Angeles, California. He was gassed while in service and his lungs were severely damaged and he had problems from then on. He died 3 years before I was born. I have the 48 star flag his coffin was covered with. It is one of my most prized possessions. Here are his enlistment papers.

My other Grandfather, James Arthur Harrison, also enlisted on June 5, 1917, in Erath County, Texas. He also served in the Army during World War I. He was a small man from a tiny town in West Texas. He served under Black Jack Pershing.  He was in the infantry and walked half way across Europe with frost bite. He had problems walking from then on and suffered what they called shell shock back then. Here are his enlistment papers.

My father, Bert E. Glover, served in the Navy during the Korean War on a minesweeper. His oldest brother, Marion Bud, Jr., served in the Marines during World War II and was a pilot on landing craft. His other brother, Butler James, served in the Army and Air Force. He served at the end of Wold War II, during the Korean War and Vietnam Wars. 

Though they all came back home, some were never the same. Buddy was always on edge and when there was a loud noise he would just go back to his days in the service. BJ was so ashamed of the way the American people treated Vietnam vets that he chose to live in Europe during the best years of his life. My father was blessed to return pretty much like he was when he went in.

Friends of mine from the neighborhood I grew up in served in Vietnam and some paid the ultimate price. Some were disabled but made it home. I thank them all for their sacrifice and their family's sacrifice by their service to our country. We all should consider ourselves  BLESSED to live in this country where we have the liberty and freedoms that they fought and died for.

Today remember those that have served and that are still serving today. Say a prayer for them all and thank a veteran.

From the Bible of Sanders Glover

This is some of the best stuff to find. Loads of information here. 

Sanders Glover(4x GG), Son to Joseph(5x Great Grandfather) and Ann Glover, was born Thursday Morning 20th December l759 at Ponpon

Lydia Tucker Daughter to Capt. Thomas and Mary Tucker was born 2nd July 1767-Four o'clock in the morning In Charles Town

Sanders Glover was married to Lydia Tucker 8 o'clock Tuesday Evening 18th day of May In the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Eighty Four - by the Rev. Mr. Monrow- In Charles Town

Mary Eliza, Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Born 8 o'clock Tuesday Morning-the Eighth of November In the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Five at Ponpon

Sanders(3x GG), Son to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Born 8 o'clock Saturday morning the Fourteenth day of June In the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Eight. In Charleston- Rhodia Ann Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Born 14th March 1790. Nine o'clock Sunday Evening In Charleston

Rhodia Ann. Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover Departed this Life the 15th June 1790 half past 5 o'clock Tuesday Morning Aged 3 Months & one day & Buried In the old White Meeton Yard In Charleston

Lydia, Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Born 25th Nov. 1791 Seven O'clock Friday Evening at Ponpon

Mary Tucker Mother to Lydia Glover Departed this life the 1st August 1793 at 4 o'clock Thursday Morning at Ponpon & Buried In the old White Meeton Yard Charleston aged 65 Years.

Hannah Caroline Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover was born 14th January' 1794 at Nine o'clock Tuesday Evening at Ponpon

Thomas Worth. Son to Sanders & Lydia Glover. was Born Seven o'clock Saturday Evening being the Twentieth Fourth day of December In the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Six at Goose Creek

James son to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Born at four o'clock. Tuesday Evening being the Eighth day of January in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & Ninety Nine at St James Goose Creek

James Son to Sanders & Lydia Glover departed this life the 28th April 1799 Sunrise Friday morning at Goose Creek & Buried at Grove Hall. In St. James Goose Creek

William Son to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Born at Six o'clock Wednesday Morning the 5th February 1800. at St. James parish Goose Creek

William Son to Sanders & Lydia Glover Departed this life Saturday 12 o'clock In the Morning aged four days & Buried at Grove Hall In St. James's parish Goose Creek the 9th Feb. 1800

Ann Ross Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Born at four o'clock Tuesday Afternoon being the 4th August 1801. In the parish of St. James Goose Creek

Ann Ross. Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Baptized. In Charleston by the Rev. Mr. McCaully 14th November 1801

Charles. Son to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Born at half past Seven o'clock, Monday Evening the 5th day of March 1804. In the Parish of ST. James Goose Creek

Mary Eliza. Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Married to Capt. James Kennedy 1st day of May 1804 at Goose Creek by the Rev. Mr. Porgson

Charles. Son to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Baptized In Goose Creek parish 1st May 1804 by the Rev. Mr. Porgson

Mortimer, Son to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Born at Eleven o'clock Thursday Night being the 10th day of March 1808. In the parish of St. Dennis's & St. Thomas's

Mortimer , son to Sanders & Lydia Glover departed this life the 15tb October 1811 Monday Morning 12 AM

My Dearest Child thy parents Care
for the they Mothers heart is wrung
thy fond remembrance I will bear
breath shall cease ere life be done

L Glover

Lydia Caroline & Ann Ross Children to Sanders & Lydia Glover over the Cow Pox
Lydia. Hannah Caroline. Thomas Worth. & Ann Ross. Children to Sanders & Lydia Glover. Got safe over the Kin Pox March 1803
Lydia -Hannah Caroline - Thomas Worth - Ann Ross-& Charles- children to Sanders & Lydia Glover got safe over the Hooping Cough In June 1804-at Goose Creek

Sanders Glover Father to those Children departed this life on the 25~ of October 1814 Aged 55 years of an Apoplectic fit.

Snatched from this world in one short night, My Dearest husband, kindest friend, And gone, I trust, to Realms of light, to heavenly Joys, that never End L.Glover
Hannah Caroline Glover Departed this life on the 2nd day of November 1816 Aged 22 years

Ah why my Dear Child do I weep
For the, in thy Messed Abode Who art now lying sweetly asleep, In the arms of your Saviour & God L. Glover
Ann Ross Glover Departed this life on the 30th of October 1823 Aged 22 years & seven Months~torn from the fond Embraces of her Affectionate Mother to that of her Saviour on whom all her hopes were Centered L Glover

Mary Eliza. Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Baptized at Goose Creek by the Rev. Mr. Elliton In the year 1787 June

Rhodia Ann. Daughter to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Baptized In Charleston by the Rev. Mr. Holendshead June 8, 1790

Sanders son to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Baptized at Ponpon by the Rev. Stewart. December 1790

Lydia & Hannah Caroline. Daughters to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Baptized 31st day of May 1795. In Charleston by the Rev. Mr. Holendshead


Thomas Worth son to Sanders & Lydia Glover was Baptized March 1798. In Charleston by the Rev.' Mr. Holendshead.

Louis de Lestarjette 5x Great Grandfather

Louis de Lestarjette was born in France and immigrated to America sometime before the Revolutionary War. He traveled with Captain Cochran and each would marry an Elliott sister. Elizabeth Burnham Elliott   would marry Louis. They would go in to business together, shipping goods to Europe from the Carolinas.

When Benjamin Franklin was in Paris to negotiate assistance from France he sent a letter to him offering his services as a translator. After working with Franklin in December 1776 and January and February 1777 he would return from France and join the militia in South Carolina and fight along side Colonel Joseph Glover. Louis and Elizabeth would have Sophia who would marry Joseph's son Sanders.

I found this letter during my research of my family tree. I had no idea I was part French. Here is the letter.

From Louis Lestarjette

als: American Philosophical Society

[Before December 15, 1776]

Honourable Sir,

I take the liberty of offering you my best Services in this kingdom being extremely well versed in both English, and French languages, especially in the French as my mother tongue and brought up in the College of the four Nations at Paris where I was eight Years. Capn. Cochran and myself married two Sisters in South Carolina. I came over with him in the Vessel which he commands, merely to serve the Province in doing the affairs of that Vessel, and explaining to the French merchants the nature of our trade, and the manufacturing the different goods proper for that Country. I have fulfilled my mission, and Capn. Cochran can inform you of my Character. Mr. Dean also has seen a Sketch of my abilities in Paris where I went with Capn. Cochran, and was constantly with Mr. Dean for whom I interpreted the different transactions that were going on at that time. It is not the case with you, Sir, Speaking and Writing the French language properly; but your time will be so much taken up at Paris in matters of Conversation that it would be morally impossible for you to undergo the whole fatigue. I speak and write the French language, I may Say with elegance, and I have nothing else in View in offering to Stay with you, than to Serve the just Cause of America which is become my native Land. It is neither necessity or any motives of interest that lead me to open myself to you on that Subject. I am well Settled in Charlestown where I have a wife and two Children in whom I place all my happiness, and who I dare Say long for my return, but Sir, I would sacrify many enjoyments of life to be attached to so illustrious a Gentleman engaged in so noble a Cause, and whom the whole world admires. The Vessel I came in is to Sail in about a fortnight. Only Say a word, and I’ll Stay. I may venture to advance that you could not easily meet with a French American of my Capacity, and to whom you may entrust the most Secret affairs. I am with the most profound Veneration Honourable Sir, Your most humble Servant.

Lis. Lestarjette

Addressed: The Honourable / Doctr. Frankling

Notation: Lestargette

Lestarjette, Louis 

South Carolina merchant.

Colonel Joseph Glover 5x Great Grandfather

Joseph Glover (1719-1783) was born in Edonton, North Carolina and married Margaret Kelly. They became the parents of nine children. He moved to Colleton County, South Carolina where Margaret died and he remarried Anne Wilson Doughty in September 1751.

He acted as appraiser on a plantation after the death of William Singleton in 1744 which is where he found the home where he lived for the remainder of his life. His numerous descendants live throughout the United States.

He served in the Continental Army as Colonel of the Colleton County Regiment. He continued to hold that post after the first Council of Safety was formed in the same year. At the beginning of the American Revolution, Colonel Glover was Senior Officer of Militia in South Carolina in charge of munitions west of the Edisto River. During the war, he outfitted his own three-masted square rigger as a “Man of War.” His ship was later dismantled and sunk in the channel of the Charles Town Harbor, along with other vessels, under instructions from the Second Provincial Congress, in the hopes that the entrance of the harbor would be so obstructed that the British fleet would not be able to enter and attack the city.

In addition to being a soldier, Colonel Glover was a churchman and a lawmaker. As vestryman of St. Bartholomew’s Parish, he was elected from the parish to serve in the Legislature in 1781.

Next Sanders Glover 4x Great Grandfather  *(if I can find anything about him)

Charles Worth Glover *6x Great Grandfather

Charles Worth Glover was born on  April 23,  1688, at Varina Parish, Henrico, Va. He married Sarah Sanders (circa 1713) at  Henrico, Va. Charlesworth Glover died on 28 December 1732.

Charles and Sarah had four children: 
Charles Worth Glover, Jr. born October 22, 1721, at Longpoint plantation near Charleston, SC, William Glover, born September 7, 1724, at Ft. Moore near Savannah, Ga., Mary Glover, born July 31, 1726, at Dorchester, St. George, SC, and Thomas Glover, born April 27, 1730. Out of these four children, the only one known to bear issue was Mary.

Charles had a brother Joseph. Joseph Glover married but his wife's name is unknown and records show she died in childbirth on June 8, 1719, at Chowan, N.C.. Joseph Glover died that same year, but his son survived and was believed to have become a ward of his
uncle, Charles Worth Glover. That son was Joseph Glover, who later became a colonel of the Colleton County, S.C. Milita during the Revolutionary War.

Joseph is my 5x Great Grandfather and he is next.