Charles Harris (mayor)

Charles Harris (1772 – March 17, 1827) was a British-born lawyer who emigrated to the United States.

[1] After being educated in France, he emigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen, settling in Savannah, Georgia, where he studied law under Samuel Stirk.

[1] Catherine died in 1815, aged 35 or 36, which partly precipitated Harris' semi-retirement from public affairs.

He is interred in the Lachlan McIntosh family vault in Savannah's Colonial Park Cemetery.

[1] At the time of his death, Harris owned seven slaves and kept another seventeen at his plantation on Skidaway Island.