Andy Harrison

Alternate Names

  • Andrew Harrison
  • Andrew W. Harrison
  • Anda Harrison
  • Andy Hairson

Land Ownership Summary

Land Lot: 635 second district first section, all of lot. 1 2
Acreage: 40 acres
Date of Purchase: November 20, 19083
What Happened to the Land: Sold March 29, 19194

Location Today

Modern Location: Majors Road, east of Peachtree Parkway. North of Long Lake along James Creek.5

Genealogy Snapshot

Born: October 1871 – ca. 1878, Georgia (birth year varies across census records)

Died: Unknown, after 1940

Parents:

  • Father: Luice (Lewis) Hairson
  • Mother: Easter Hairson6

Siblings:7

  • Betty Harrison (b. ~1864)
  • Sarah A. Harrison (b. ~1866)
  • Danill (Daniel) Harrison (b. ~1868)
  • Andy Harrison (b. ~1870–1872)
  • Perliler Harrison (b. ~1872)
  • Leear Harrison (b. ~1874)

Spouse: Fannie Harrison (b. 1881-1887)8 9

Children:

  • Jensey Harrison (adopted daughter, b. ca. 1882)
  • Mollie Harrison (adopted daughter, b. ca. 1890)
  • Tessie Harrison (adopted daughter, b. ca. 1896)10
  • Beatrice Kiser / Kaiser (adopted daughter, b. ca. 1912)
  • Ila / Ida B. Kiser / Kaiser (adopted daughter, b. ca. 1913)11

Migration: Sugar Hill, then Buford, Gwinnett County12

Burial: Unknown

Footnote

Census records also show a different Andy Harrison in Baker County, Georgia, whose name, age, race and spouse overlap but who should not be confused with the Forsyth–Gwinnett individual documented here.13

Sources

  1. Forsyth County Tax Digest (1912), “Colored Digest,” Big Creek Militia District. Georgia State Archives, Morrow, GA.
  2. Forsyth County Deed Book 1, p. 159. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  3. ibid
  4. Forsyth County Deed Book 5, p. 87. Forsyth County Clerk of Court, Cumming, GA.
  5. Forsyth County GIS Viewer. Accessed January 2026.
  6. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1880 (Jackson County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com. (Luice Hairson household)
  7. ibid
  8. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1900 (Big Creek, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  9. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1910 (Big Creek, Forsyth County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  10. ibid
  11. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1930 (Buford, Gwinnett County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  12. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1920 (Sugar Hill, Gwinnett County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.
  13. United States Census Bureau. Census of the United States, 1920 (Militia District 1680, Baker County, Georgia). Accessed via Ancestry.com.