Jeptha Vining Harris (April 27, 1782 – 1856) was a brigadier general in the Georgia militia during the War of 1812.
He was a lawyer and wealthy plantation owner, who served in the Georgia General Assembly as both a representative and senator.
[1] Jeptha and Sarah Harris had twelve children, six sons and six daughters, all of whom survived to adulthood, married and had a family.
[1][3][4] On December 3, 1812, the governor commissioned Harris Brigadier general of the 1st Brigade of the 4th Division of the Georgia Militia, replacing Allen Daniel.
[4] He was the grandfather of Dr. Jeptha Vining Harris of South Carolina, Mississippi and Florida, who served as a doctor with the Confederate States Army and was a doctor, customs collector and school superintendent in Key West, Florida for many years after the Civil War.
General Harris was the source of Garnett Andrews' information about George Cook and the origins of the Troup and Clark factions[10] that dominated Georgia politics for so many years.