Harris, Alfred T. (Alfred Turpin), 1799-1883
Biographical Note
Alfred T. Harris (1799-1883) married Marcy C. Brander (1815-1893) in Chesterfield County, Virginia, on May 14, 1835, and they had four children: Powhatan, Alfred T., Jr., Ella, and Julia. He was a merchant in Richmond, running a tobacco exchange called Alfred T. Harris & Son, with his son Alfred T., Jr., according to the 1869 Richmond directory.
According to the 1840 census, there is an Alfred T. Harris, who enslaved 7 people, including men, women, and children. On the 1850 census, one Alfred T. Harris enslaved a Black man who was either 18 or 48, while another enslaved 6 men, women, and children.
External Sources:
U.S. Federal Censuses, 1830-1860, 1880.
"Alfred Turpin Harris", FindAGrave.com,https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25286808/alfred-turpin-harris, accessed Jan. 26, 2024.
"Mary Catherine Harris', FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25286854/mary-catherine-harris, accessed Jan. 26, 2024.
"Alfred T. Harris" in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/60214/records/2906606, accessed Feb. 13, 2025.
"Alfred T Harris" in the Richmond, Virginia, City Directory, 1869, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/2469/records/690102966, accessed Feb. 13, 2025.
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Alfred T. Harris Letter to Robert L. Brown
This letter is written by Alfred T. Harris in Richmond, Virginia, on July 30, 1845, to Robert L. Brown in Variety Mills, Virginia. Harris discusses that he has not yet received a crop of tobacco and continues to describe tobacco in great detail, from the treatment to the cost. Harris (1799-1883) was a tobacco merchant in Richmond.