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John Harris Jr. (1716 – July 29, 1791 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ), was a storekeeper and frontiersman who operated a ferry along the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg.
Apr 3, 2024 · John Harris, Jr.was considered the first settler to establish a trading post along the Susquehanna River. It was he who founded the city of Harrisburg, upon the site of what, for three quarters of a century, was known as Harris' Ferry; and what would later become the state capital of Pennsylvania.
- Male
- July 29, 1791
Apr 29, 2022 · John Harris, Jr. is the son of John Harris, Sr., who is considered the first settler to establish a trading post along the Susquehanna River at what would later become the state capital of Pennsylvania. Biography.
- Elizabeth Harris, Mary Harris
- October 22, 1729
- trader
- July 29, 1791
Mar 2, 2008 · John Harris, Sr. died in 1748, and was buried, at his request, beneath the shade of a mulberry tree in River Park below Harrisburg Hospital. He had once been tied to this tree by hostile Indians who were prepared to burn him, but fortuitously, his Indian friends rescued him in the nick of time.
John Harris, Jr., the founder of Harrisburg, born on the Pennsylvania frontier in 1727, grew up in Paxton Township on the east side of the Susquehanna River in what was then Harris's Ferry.
John Harris was the first white settler and English trader to live in Dauphin County. He located in Paxtang along the banks of the Susquehanna River at what is now the City of Harrisburg. In January, 1705, John Harris received a license to erect the necessary buildings needed for trade with the Indians.
John Harris, Jr., the founder of Harrisburg, born on the Pennsylvania frontier in 1727, grew up in Paxton Township on the east side of the Susquehanna River in what was then Harris's Ferry.
